Peter Gabriel fans

[Randy walker]

The new Gabriel live DVD Growing Up is out, awesome is what I say. Unknown drummer did the tour, but Levin is still there along with David Rhodes AND Rachel Z on keys! The new cat on drums did a good job.

[roastbeefcurtainsback]

Nice I love peter Gabrial. HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH

George Taki Stylie!

[peter c]

I wrote this little mini-review
for the tour, when it came through
the Chicago area:

"Well, Peter was Peter last night,
once again. Every time I see him,
it's always great. He's changed,
as we all have in the last 12 years,
or so. The loss of hair and what
remains going white, however, did
not keep him from presenting us a
dramatic show, filled with his
dramatic lyrics, earthy rhythms
and unusual visuals."

"While pricey, the tickets wind up
being worth the burden, the show
more like something you would
attend at Radio City, to be tele-
vised at a later date. It was a
circular stage, giving the stadium
seating, much better access than
the usual perimeter staging. It
was a great presentation."

"The show, while Peter is always
wonderful, musically belonged to
Tony Levin and this is as usual.
Tony has got to me one of my very
favorite bass players. When guys
like him sit on quarter notes
(like Will Lee), it makes me envy
the drummer something terrible.
I wished all night that I could
be up on that stage having fun!
I LOVE TONY LEVIN!"

"As for Ged Lynch, I waas surprised
to see him with a full array of
acoustic and digital drums, with
percussion. He was very solid,
doing what was needed for every
tune. I loved his tempos - held
back and a supportive base, which
he and Tony built all night, like
a giant LEGO kit and by the time
we left (long show), we were all
quite satisfied."

"Though, there were signature tunes
he did NOT do (the new album being
featured), I still was very pleased
to have seen the show and can tell
by the songs he sang and the way
he sang them that his life has
changed and that he's much more
appreciative of the things that
matter. The highlights were many
as are now the memories. He is one
Pop's heroes."

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 10, 2003 09:49 PM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

[buga]

While talking about Genesis members everyone should get Steve Hackett's DVD from Japan with Chester Thompson on drums.

The set-list is great, tho they play "Watcher of the Skies" WAY to early and the picture quality is not that great, but still I would recommend it for fans of that style [img]smile.gif[/img]

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John Wetton also has a LIVE CD from Japan, with Thomas Lang on the skins, I posted Thomas solo spot awhile ago. [img]cool.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 10, 2003 09:55 PM: Message edited by: Bozzio ]</font>

[peter c]

By the way, I still
prefer Jerry Marotta
to both Lynch and Manu.

He's just "righter" for
the gig, I think.

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[five eight]

I saw an old concert video of Gabriel with Manu. He hammered his Yamahas with all the fury and chops of a young Neil Peart. And I thought he was just a 2&4 man after listening to Sledgehammer.

[peter c]

Manu has great chops, 5-8.

I have seen him numerous
times. He's got a great ear
and especially for subtle
nuance. One of my favorite
recordings, with him on it
is Joni's "Chalk Mark in
a Rainstorm." Perfect.

I said Jerry because he's
more bottom-end and primal,
like more of Pete's music.

I still love Manu!

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[Vdrummer]

I like Jerry and saw him ( about a year ago with the Tony Levin Band) and WAY before that with Gabriel, but I have to say I prefer Manu. I like his ametric fills, and his floating grooves. Jerry is more tribal which was signature to the early Gabriel songs. Both are great though. I just think I gleaned (stole!) more from Manu.

Please, no one mention Manu with Sting. That's another story entirely.

Brad

[peter c]

It was 'that' quality
that I referred to, V,
that sold me on Jerry as
'the' player for Peter.

Manu was great behind
him too. It was just
different. There was a
lot more high-end cym-
bal work, giving it an
undertone of jazz, al-
most and that, I don't
see in Gabriel's work
but I still loved it!

I saw Manu with Sting.
Don't get me wrong. I
love Manu but I did not
like him as the drummer
for Sting. Of the three
I saw with him, Manu was
the weakest behind him.

That's just my opinion.

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 11, 2003 10:44 AM: Message edited by: peter c ]</font>

[Randy walker]

Jerry rules........His playing on Fee Waybills first solo cd Read My Lips was killer.