Music Master/Genius-Type (Peter Gabriel in general)

Member Name: cccclark

Product:	Peter Gabriel in general
Date:	18/06/02 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: Talented musician

Disadvantages: Not sure...

Have you ever noticed how all of the really good soundtracks almost always have something to do with Peter Gabriel?

There's something surreal about the way he writes. There can be a song you hear a couple of chords to, and it'll stick with you for days on end and you don't know what it is, who it's by or where it's from. And then somehow, you'll find out it was Peter Gabriel's song from that film 'Blaaahh'.

'Magnolia', 'Vanilla Sky' and 'Say Anything', to name just a few. Oh, and 'City of Angels'. And we all know the Genesis songs, although that's beside my soundtrack point.

Gabriel has influenced SO many bands and artists who are around today, happily stamping their mark on the music industry; VAST, Goo Goo Dolls - pretty much anyone you care to mention, really. On first hearing, if you know who he is, you'll go, 'oh, that guy from Genesis', and then write him off automatically. However, if you DON'T know who wrote that song, you'll want to know and you'll go to the ends of the earth to find out (well, I went on-line a couple of times, and then straight into HMV to buy the most expensive import in the world...EVER)(will I get in trouble for copyrite issues? Eeek!).

Peter Gabriel is a fantastic songwriter in the subtle sense. I don't think he's ever done fantastically well in the charts, as such, but he is an extremely well-respected man within both the music and movie industries.

His music is, I repeat, haunting, and lyrics aren't especially obvious - my other music-based opinions rant on about lyrics ad nauseum, but in this case I like to switch off and just enjoy the music!

I think that this man is sometimes under-rated, and people don't really take in who he is or what he has done. Maybe one day?! Well, I like him, anyway!

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