Last night our old friend/life champion Peter Gabriel turned up at the Ed Sullivan theater with a black-clad orchestra. Peter’s promoting his symphonic LP New Blood, a sequel/extension of last year’s Scratch My Back orchestral covers album and tour; on Scratch, he recorded takes on folks like Arcade Fire, but Blood is all his own, refitted for large, classical ensemble. Corban, Scott, and I went to this taping, sat shivering (it really is cold) in the Ed Sullivan balcony, admired Peter’s hokey theatricality on “Intruder” and his fervent commitment to human rights issues in many song intros (and, songs, like “Biko”), and his general good sense in having one of pop music’s most iconic voices. You can watch the entire 68-minute performance below. It opens with “Red Rain” and closes with “Solsbury Hill,” and “Biko,” cycling through “Intruder,” “Mercy Street” “Wallflower,” “San Jacinto,” and “Rhythm Of The Heat” (in no particular order) in between. The man has songs.
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The man has songs but he hasn’t written a new one since 2002. An album of covers followed by an album of reworkings of his own songs. Let’s face it, Pete got lazy… Just saying.
Untrue Husker. He’s written songs, just not the traditional album you’re looking for.
He penned an entire soundtrack, wrote some songs for a few films, and toured a lot. And he’s still recording in the studio, he just hasn’t RELEASED it.
No lazy about it.
he is a great,complete artist and i agree with Ryan.He’s not lazy.If everybody was lazy like him the world of music could be full of masterpieces. Rock on