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  • @papalaz4444244
    @papalaz4444244 Před rokem +112

    "So" is not typical 80s cheese at all. The entire album is a masterpiece of sound design.

    • @chrisgross2043
      @chrisgross2043 Před rokem +9

      Peter's music was so much better than Genesis of the 80's

    • @papalaz4444244
      @papalaz4444244 Před rokem +5

      @@chrisgross2043 One of the tracks on "So" (I think it was "In Your Eyes") Peter had 96 different mixes of it before he could decide which to use. That's what makes this album a work of art :)

    • @williamdemerchant7295
      @williamdemerchant7295 Před rokem +6

      'Big Time' is a lot of fun too. I hadn't seen this video in years, so cool. Red Rain is another nice track from So.

    • @mowerdan8133
      @mowerdan8133 Před rokem +3

      Agreed. This tune did not sound like it belonged in the '80s. It's quality & style were more fitting for the '70s or '60s. It has a '70s funk mixed with a '60s Motown sound.

    • @papalaz4444244
      @papalaz4444244 Před rokem +3

      @@mowerdan8133 With a Chapman stick bass and a Fairlight CMI?

  • @GioSinatraFan
    @GioSinatraFan Před rokem +106

    The entire "SO" CD from Peter is a gem.

    • @KozmikZootz
      @KozmikZootz Před rokem +3

      So few albums can pull that off: "So" and "Dark Side of the Moon" & "The Wall" and Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", among them. And we never cease celebrating those exemplars of end-to-end perfection.
      And to prove that point, he we are...

    • @GioSinatraFan
      @GioSinatraFan Před rokem +2

      @@KozmikZootz don't forget Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" and "Crime of the Century"

  • @aBeatleFan4ever
    @aBeatleFan4ever Před rokem +231

    Peter Gabriel had to lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while the video was filmed a frame at a time. The video won 9 MTV Music Video Awards in 1987, which is the most any video has ever won. It was ranked #4 on MTV's "100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" at the end of 1999. The record was #1 in both the U.S. and Canada.

    • @tracycampbell3060
      @tracycampbell3060 Před rokem +8

      Wow thank you for this info. It seems like yesterday we had 80s MTV

    • @Oldschooldan1
      @Oldschooldan1 Před rokem +6

      Wait, you mean MTV actually played music videos???? Who knew?

    • @allanpeck8523
      @allanpeck8523 Před rokem +10

      It's very hard for younger people of today to appreciate how a song 40 to 50 years ago was so musically ground breaking for it's time or how a music video was so technically innovative & advanced. Those of us that lived through those times know but most people almost a half century later don't have a clue unless they're some kind of musical historian so let's cut them some slack on any criticism.

    • @sherigrow6480
      @sherigrow6480 Před rokem +1

      And yet, it's just bad. The song is better without it,

    • @robland6804
      @robland6804 Před rokem

      It's almost like MTV had to overplay the video because Gabriel's people invested so much in it. As a fledgling cable station, MTV couldn't exactly ignore artists paying big $$$ to make music videos.

  • @noelleparris9451
    @noelleparris9451 Před rokem +5

    I never get tired of this song. It always makes me happy.

  • @albertsmith9315
    @albertsmith9315 Před rokem +177

    So glad you played the official video. It was ground breaking at the time.

    • @Mr05Chuck
      @Mr05Chuck Před rokem +15

      Still is kinda

    • @Meandmymirror
      @Meandmymirror Před rokem +7

      Yes! So many songs from the 80s go best with the video

    • @walps3841
      @walps3841 Před rokem +6

      The dancing chickens get me every time.

  • @TrevorHarden
    @TrevorHarden Před rokem +160

    This is one of the funkiest, sexiest, grooviest hits of the 80s. God dang it’s good.

    • @rickwelch8464
      @rickwelch8464 Před rokem +1

      I have always HATED this song. Can't understand your take. That said, that's why music is what it is. lol. I think maybe I got so annoyed w the video back then I wrote it off.

    • @xavvi
      @xavvi Před rokem +2

      This is the whitest comment that could have been made.

    • @thefallenfaith1986
      @thefallenfaith1986 Před rokem +1

      @@xavvi Hence why it's superior to your comment.

    • @tbmike23
      @tbmike23 Před rokem +1

      I would even go so far as to say it's rad.

    • @xavvi
      @xavvi Před rokem

      @@thefallenfaith1986 lmaooo you tried at least

  • @alloralou4722
    @alloralou4722 Před rokem +135

    Peter Gabriel has always been ahead of his time. Such a great artist.
    The Secret World Tour DVD shows his incredible live talent.

    • @RonReaman
      @RonReaman Před rokem +1

      Great song and great video. I saw Peter Gabriel in concert after this album was released. (I just turned 60 y/o) If you want 80’s songs that don’t sound like 80’s songs, check some of these.
      Robert Palmer “Addicted to love” (written by Tina Turner!)
      Violent Femmes “Blister in the Sun”
      The Clash
      “Rock the Casbah”
      Phil Collins
      “Mama” or “In the Air”
      There’s so many out there that are not the synth pop songs you’re expecting.

    • @KlausJLinke
      @KlausJLinke Před rokem +2

      Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm

    • @joannasunday
      @joannasunday Před rokem +2

      The Secret World tour was really special. Paula Cole was amazing!

    • @RonReaman
      @RonReaman Před rokem

      @@KlausJLinke YES!

    • @kivimik
      @kivimik Před rokem +1

      @@RonReaman Good suggestions, but... "Mama" is Genesis.

  • @youraccount7003
    @youraccount7003 Před rokem +15

    Many serious musicians have spent many hours picking this song and music apart, and hailed it as groundbreaking genius. It's totally unique and so very cleverly written and played.

  • @blabla48076
    @blabla48076 Před rokem +437

    Trust me, "In Your Eyes" from the same album is even better. Absolutely beautiful, especially the live version from the Secret World Tour.

    • @myrhino70
      @myrhino70 Před rokem +14

      In Your Eyes is a classic! To me, live version is even better than the studio version!

    • @vanessalore9942
      @vanessalore9942 Před rokem +9

      Absolutely! That performance makes me very happy. It’s really uplifting😊

    • @ecbst6
      @ecbst6 Před rokem +5

      There you go, much better example that invokes the 80's better than Sledgehammer.

    • @jamessweet5341
      @jamessweet5341 Před rokem +14

      If I had to pick one Gabriel performance to show someone who'd never seen him, the Secret World performance with Papa Wemba and Paula Coles would be it. A tremendous ensemble around them as well.

    • @Citizenesse8
      @Citizenesse8 Před rokem +6

      I prefer the studio version but the live version reference is fine too.

  • @AuburnAlum1977
    @AuburnAlum1977 Před rokem +25

    I'm with Adam. This is S-tier 80s!!

  • @megwilcox2878
    @megwilcox2878 Před rokem +42

    "So" is my favourite Peter Gabriel album. I was hitting the clubs in the year this came out, and "Shock The Monkey" would bring everyone to the dance-floor. This was one of the first real music videos, and rocked the world when it hit MTV.

    • @00Gregg00
      @00Gregg00 Před rokem +5

      I am always shocked that "Shock the Monkey" does not get more attention from his fans

    • @sirhoopalot1
      @sirhoopalot1 Před rokem +2

      I like Shock The Monkey way mo than SLedgehammer

    • @00Gregg00
      @00Gregg00 Před rokem +1

      @@sirhoopalot1 Me too

  • @blitztim6416
    @blitztim6416 Před rokem +137

    Peter has a unique sense of humor. Going solo gave him the chance to make songs like this. He has such range. ‘Big Time’ is in a similar vein and also has a cool video. He could be fun or deeply serious.

    • @gavinhall6040
      @gavinhall6040 Před rokem +5

      For Peter its "Humour"

    • @KozmikZootz
      @KozmikZootz Před rokem +1

      @@gavinhall6040 Indeed lol

    • @gryphonvert
      @gryphonvert Před rokem +2

      I have to say that I like "Big Time" a little bit better than this one. But of course, Sledgehammer is iconic.

  • @allisonreed7682
    @allisonreed7682 Před rokem +224

    Adam, thank you for sharing this with Alex!!! Peter Gabriel's album "So" was HUGE when I was in high school and is incredibly diverse and innovative. In contrast to the bombastic "Sledgehammer," the song "Mercy Street" from the same album is intricate and atmospheric and is my favorite PG song to this day.

  • @jimmypadgett1106
    @jimmypadgett1106 Před rokem +10

    I'm 70's always but this song is great and can fit in the 70's quite well

  • @bobschenkel7921
    @bobschenkel7921 Před rokem +23

    One of the all time greatest videos of the MTV era. Sooo much creativity and originality.

  • @mikemicrael5749
    @mikemicrael5749 Před rokem +10

    Peter Gabriel is a genius who should be knighted if only for his global humanitarian work. Everything he touches is magic.

  • @JayCross
    @JayCross Před rokem +140

    The official video for this must have been an insane amount of work for everyone in involved. The song itself is very catchy.

    • @loosilu
      @loosilu Před rokem +19

      It's considered one of the best videos of all time.

    • @nizmollusk
      @nizmollusk Před rokem +10

      Totally from what i recall they took like close to 1k still photos of Peter then did it like you would a stop motion animation.

    • @angelskunk2206
      @angelskunk2206 Před rokem +12

      The video was made using claymation, pixilation and stop motion animation and took just over a week to complete so yeah it was hella work but it won 9 MTV VMAs in 1987 so the work paid off. I believe it’s MTVs most played music video of all time.

    • @wiganfan3373
      @wiganfan3373 Před rokem +5

      @@angelskunk2206 The video is hailed as the first Claymation music video ever made, not true, Frank Zappa was using Claymation in videos a decade earlier

    • @geoffreycarter2686
      @geoffreycarter2686 Před rokem +6

      The work of Aardman Animations who went on to give us Wallace & Grommit and so much more. This was key to their gaining a wider audience for their work.

  • @bradhickox8285
    @bradhickox8285 Před rokem +9

    Adam: *vibing hard*
    Alex: *visible confusion*

  • @tgforty5
    @tgforty5 Před rokem +3

    I was in my 20's in the 80's. Lots of great memories. Music was a lot of fun back then.

  • @painless465
    @painless465 Před rokem +4

    This was all over the clubs in the summer of ‘86. Great memories!

  • @tfrench4366
    @tfrench4366 Před rokem +39

    I've always been a Peter Gabriel fan. I never thought he got the fame/ recognition that he really deserves.

    • @christhornycroft3686
      @christhornycroft3686 Před rokem

      The only pop artist to do a soundtrack for a movie about Jesus. Of course, it was wildly controversial.

    • @aerynsunx
      @aerynsunx Před rokem +2

      He certainly did during the 80's. I think he was shocked by the level of attention and success that he achieved at that time.

    • @rollomaughfling380
      @rollomaughfling380 Před rokem +10

      Peter Gabriel has been nominated for 21 Grammys, and won six. *_What are you talking about?_*

    • @jgsrhythm100
      @jgsrhythm100 Před rokem +2

      @@rollomaughfling380 I think he means more recently. He has not maintained the same notoriety into the 2,000 's as some others in his era.

    • @JohnMacRae23
      @JohnMacRae23 Před rokem +2

      He's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice (as solo artist and part of Genesis)... the hell are you talking about?

  • @johnseverson6604
    @johnseverson6604 Před rokem +15

    Part of what I like most about the channel is you guys usually don’t watch the original music video. It allows you to focus on the music. So much of the 80’s was more about the visual aspects of the band/artist so the music tends to get lost.

    • @djohnspangler
      @djohnspangler Před rokem +2

      Maybe, but those bands need to own that poodle mullet. This video was groundbreaking artistry.

  • @Meandmymirror
    @Meandmymirror Před rokem +4

    This is exactly my point! Certain songs, especially in the 80s are best enjoyed along with the music video.

  • @kamehousekz87
    @kamehousekz87 Před rokem +47

    The music video is certainly inextricably linked to this song, there’s no question about that. But I do feel like every time you roll a reaction with the official music video, Alex short circuits his music analysis because the video will shade his interpretation of the music one direction or another. 😂 That’s happened a couple times, though infrequently. Love this track, though. Total classic. Glad you guys got to check it out.

    • @vanessalore9942
      @vanessalore9942 Před rokem +3

      I agree. If you were going to go visual, the live version would have been better, but I’m not criticising. Everyone should see this

    • @danmayberry1185
      @danmayberry1185 Před rokem +2

      Yay! Videos show us what to think before we absorb the music.

    • @Meandmymirror
      @Meandmymirror Před rokem +7

      But there are certain songs that feel incomplete without the video. He could always listen to the song first, and then watch the video. I would love to see them make longer videos.

  • @Xman156
    @Xman156 Před rokem +61

    TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT should absolutely be your next 80s song !!! 😁😁😁😁😁
    Also, there are TONS of great 80s songs that are absolute eargasms, unlike any other era before or after. Let me know if you need more suggestions and I can provide PLENTY !!

    • @robland6804
      @robland6804 Před rokem

      Shout might be the worst song of the 80s -- so yeah, it'd make for an interesting reaction

    • @Xman156
      @Xman156 Před rokem +4

      @@robland6804 If you hear it on your headphones with high volume and bass, and watch the video along with it, you might change your mind.

    • @parallaxnick637
      @parallaxnick637 Před rokem +2

      Tears For Fears are, for my money, the best pop band of all time. (pop the genre, not as in popular)

    • @pilarcortes7322
      @pilarcortes7322 Před rokem

      Up

    • @gilliankirby
      @gilliankirby Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@robland6804so wrong! It's a fantastic song

  • @strngenchantedgirl
    @strngenchantedgirl Před rokem +3

    I love that you also watched the music video. It’s iconic.

  • @scottboswell6406
    @scottboswell6406 Před rokem +24

    This is the Most 80's Alex has experienced! I wonder, as iconic as the video is, did it take away from his appreciation of the song. That he gave it an A is really good! To me, when Peter Gabriel says "this is the new stuff I go dancing in" is him telling his audience "this is going to be different".

  • @donnabruhn6907
    @donnabruhn6907 Před rokem +7

    This is such a great song. Love Peter Gabriel agree In Your Eyes is spectacular too

  • @willkomnath2560
    @willkomnath2560 Před rokem +6

    Any Peter Gabriel is awsome.

  • @joehebert789
    @joehebert789 Před rokem +15

    Peter Gabriel's musical journey is, in my opinion, one of the few that has the range and impact of David Bowie's. A view of his Secret World Live concert film is an amazing snapshot of his career. Well worth a deep dive

  • @davidcrowell3041
    @davidcrowell3041 Před rokem +7

    When this came out It didn't leave my cd player for 2 months. Incredible album.

  • @mobanewman7139
    @mobanewman7139 Před rokem +27

    This album was HUGE, and overplayed, but I still don't change the channel when this song comes on. Still that good to my ears.

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Před rokem +15

    A&A, you’ll love his “In Your Eyes" and "Games Without Frontiers"!!!

  • @USGrant-rr2by
    @USGrant-rr2by Před rokem +1

    It's an S. Anywhere, Any time you hear this song.....that video pops into your head. And the farther you get away from the first time you ever saw it...the more it means, when you hear or see it again, ESPECIALLY if you grew up in the 80s.

  • @courtneywallace871
    @courtneywallace871 Před rokem +9

    PG is a damn genius! Having been in high school in the first half of the eighties, to lump all eighties music together is insane. There was a ton of great music made in that decade.

  • @marcanglin7127
    @marcanglin7127 Před rokem +11

    Tony Levin's bass work on this song is sooooooo sick !!!

  • @colleenwood8220
    @colleenwood8220 Před rokem +11

    From your demographic-class of ‘83-this album was absolutely huge, as was the video. It won a lot of awards. I saw Peter Gabriel with most of King Crimson backing him and it was the one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. Give the music another listen. It’s good stuff.

    • @barrykeleher2659
      @barrykeleher2659 Před rokem +3

      The first time I saw Gabriel was the tour supporting this album. Absolutely amazing and he closed out with Biko

  • @helgar791
    @helgar791 Před rokem +2

    Adam likes his funky stuff. Can't get enough.

  • @jack_rabbit
    @jack_rabbit Před rokem +2

    digging in the dirt was the best peter gabriel single, hands down. great lyrics, great subject matter, great production, great video.

  • @flubblert
    @flubblert Před rokem +26

    One of the great avant-garde surreal music videos of the 80s. Peter Gabriel has always been about that artistic surrealism. So those of us who knew him from his Genesis roots weren't that surprised. What did catch us all off-guard was that he'd find a way to that expression through such a hard-hitting r&b sounding dance groove number like this. I can almost understand Alex's dilemma. Prolly should have just listened to the song first, as I did. Both sound and visual coming at you all at once for the very first time is probably a bit overwhelming. But this video is a must-see. So glad you did it. A bright spot in a decade full of some unbelievably lame music videos. Peter Gabriel has never been just about the music alone. He was and is an artistic genius as well.

    • @trickygoose2
      @trickygoose2 Před rokem +2

      Yes I'd already gotten to knew and love the song from hearing it on the radio a week or 2 before I even saw the video.

  • @josephcrangle4669
    @josephcrangle4669 Před rokem +8

    One of the best videos of one of the best songs, on one of the best albums (So) of the 1980s. Every decade, every genre of music has it's trash, Sledgehammer just happens to be one of the treasures. Peter Gabriel is one of the most creative and origional artists in music.

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 Před rokem +1

    I still remember this video clearly. I was 12 when this came out. Great reaction to a great song.

  • @jimmyfortrue3741
    @jimmyfortrue3741 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic song, fantastic album.

  • @michellemiles9966
    @michellemiles9966 Před rokem +14

    Hands down the quintessentially representative song and video for the 80s was Aha's Take On Me. At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards they received nominations for both Video of the Year and Best Group Video. They also won for Best New Artist, Best Concept Video, Most Experimental Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects and Viewer's Choice. And the thing is, I believe it stands the test of time, it's that good. Also, the video supports the song and truly enhances it. I hope that entices you to check it out. It is one of my all time favorites. Once you see it just maybe it will be one of yours too.

    • @yinzertoyguy3678
      @yinzertoyguy3678 Před rokem

      Even though Thriller always wins all the countdowns, I maintain that Take On Me is the best video of all time.

  • @unclestinky6388
    @unclestinky6388 Před rokem +5

    "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer is another massively popular song from this era with an iconic video

  • @Republic3D
    @Republic3D Před rokem +1

    One of my favorite 80s songs.

  • @DerekDominoes
    @DerekDominoes Před rokem +2

    So glad you went with the video version. Peter Gabriel's videos were probably the most creative videos of the era.

    • @DerekDominoes
      @DerekDominoes Před rokem +1

      That said, "Lay Your Hands On Me" is, pardon the pun, my favorite song of his even though there was no official video (as far as I know).

    • @gen5773
      @gen5773 Před rokem

      Aardman were the creative visual team - props to them.

  • @jimmayors2315
    @jimmayors2315 Před rokem +49

    Musically, that song was killer. Lyrically, it was one of the best use of innuendo lines anywhere. Bass, Tony Levin with his "Funk Fingers" (Trademarked and patented drum stick taped to his fingers) slap was innovative in its sound. Video, long before CGI was ever used, they created a complete video using Claymation and stop-frame techniques that likely took months to do, cutting edge video. And a flute solo! S is appropriate!

    • @marcanglin7127
      @marcanglin7127 Před rokem +1

      The shakuhachi flute was a digital re-creation, played on a Fairlight CMI synthesizer. Ground-breaking stuff.

    • @sloav3769
      @sloav3769 Před rokem +4

      I'm not sure there was any "innuendo" in the lyrics. It was as blatant as any ZZ Top song.

    • @JBN137
      @JBN137 Před rokem +1

      There was plenty of CGI at the time. The stop-motion was rather retro + then newish compositing techniques for the right bit of modern wow.

    • @jimmayors2315
      @jimmayors2315 Před rokem

      @@JBN137 Computer Graphics? In 1986? DOS was the working interface at that time. Pong, Mario Bros, Space Wars, and PacMan were the standard for CGI at that time. And, maybe a stick figure of Vanna marching across an early Wheel of Fortune game. . Windows wasn't even a thing then. The modern computer graphic was exampled in "Sting's I Want My MTV" video. WYSIWYG had not been introduced . Yes, there was lots of stop-frame and claymation, but not in music videos! Yeah, not saying this was completely new, but this video didn't jump to #1 and won a record 9 video music awards, and declared MTV's best ever animated music video *of all time.* for no lame reason.

    • @JBN137
      @JBN137 Před rokem

      @@jimmayors2315 Study thus grasshopper: New York Institute of Technology, Robert Abel and Associates, Cranston-Csuri, Alias, Digital Productions, Wavefront Technologies, Fantastic Animation Machine, R/Greenberg Associates, Omnibus, amongst others, all bubbling up, merging and bifurcating from the late 70’s onward. You could just start with John Whitney Sr. from the 1950’s and go from there. To be precise, Whitney’s first best all-digital work was not until Arabesque in 1975. A favorite anecdote from the days of yore is that Digital Effects would ship their 9-track tapes from NYC to a commercial bank in Maryland to batch their frames on prob an IBM 360 or Data General check-processing machine. The finished renders would be read out to a 35mm Dicomed film scanner and further scanned to video if necessary. General purpose computing, and thus CGI, existed for a number of eras before DOS or Windows. Silicon Graphics was pretty much the last big hardware play before the brute force of hundreds of cheap, networked PCs finally took over, which seems to be about where your story starts.
      The music video won awards because it looked great, not because they invented a new way to do it.

  • @EvanDander
    @EvanDander Před rokem +73

    Maestro Tony Levin bringing the low end. The album is a masterpiece. from beginning to end. Big Time, Red Rain, In Your Eyes. Kate Bush, Stew Copeland, Daniel Lanois. This is one of the best 80s records

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver Před rokem +4

      You can hear Tony Levin on Dire Straits' "One World" (1985).

    • @enderjed
      @enderjed Před rokem +1

      Stood in for Chris freaking Squire on the Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe tour

    • @guyelmouchnino6531
      @guyelmouchnino6531 Před rokem +2

      And Manu Katché banging the drums.

    • @wallacegrommet9343
      @wallacegrommet9343 Před rokem +1

      I vote Big Time

    • @piperjohn_3
      @piperjohn_3 Před rokem

      Tony played chapman stick on this. That breathing funky bass line is what made the song a hit.

  • @yvrkid7070
    @yvrkid7070 Před rokem +5

    The thing about the 80s was the videos were so distracting that the music came second. This is a masterpiece of a song that needs to be listened to without the video to hear how great it is. The video is awesome and groundbreaking and it sold the song. Peter Gabriel was totally ahead of his time, whatever decade it was. Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love" was another great video and another banger of a song.

  • @vincentjoyce5100
    @vincentjoyce5100 Před rokem +2

    Great album. In Your Eyes.
    I worked at a record store at the time in 85 and took this cd along with some others to a house party. No one had heard it before and it blew everyone away.

  • @kima.4268
    @kima.4268 Před rokem

    I saw Peter Gabriel 3x in the eighties. Almost my favorite concerts ever. I loved Genesis with Gabriel. Sucked when he left. He surrounds himself with great musicians.

  • @DawnSuttonfabfour
    @DawnSuttonfabfour Před rokem +3

    Hey Adam! The livestreams miss you! Essence of 80s, distilled.

  • @kenhagen4844
    @kenhagen4844 Před rokem +53

    Gabriel's live album from the early 80's is sooo fricking good. Biko, Shock the Monkey, I have the Touch all great versions of great songs

    • @TheFlowNetwork
      @TheFlowNetwork Před rokem +2

      Yeah, that live video of "Biko" was the first time I saw a major artist crowd surfing from the stage.

    • @EvanDander
      @EvanDander Před rokem +3

      Family and the Fishing Net, Family Snapshot, Rhythm of the Heat. That whole album takes me to a better place. Hard to believe it’s from 81 and it still sounds incredible

    • @EvanDander
      @EvanDander Před rokem

      @@marktait2371 and the drummers of Burundi.
      I know a few people who saw him on that tour.
      They all said there was nothing in the realm of concerts they could compare it to. On ‘Lay your hands on me” ( not on Plays Live) the crowd literally passed him all the way to the back rows and back up to the stage. No grabbing, no foolishness. The way it should be.

    • @michaelmulherin9952
      @michaelmulherin9952 Před rokem

      games without frontiers

  • @beckycooper7628
    @beckycooper7628 Před rokem +1

    i sorta liked this song when it came out when i was 16 (was over played) but I have really learned to love and appreciate it in my 40's and 50's. Love Peter Gabriel-he was def ahead of his time.

  • @ethelynchristopher6995
    @ethelynchristopher6995 Před rokem +9

    At the time this video came out it was groundbreaking. We'd never really seen anything like it before. Both the song and the video were huge hits.

  • @jeffrobb6660
    @jeffrobb6660 Před rokem +6

    Please follow this up at some time with live Perter Gabriel! Something like "In Your Eyes"

  • @magicbrownie1357
    @magicbrownie1357 Před rokem +8

    "Shout" by Tears for Fears I think is another great example of great 80's sound.

  • @jwickham65
    @jwickham65 Před rokem

    I know exactly where and when I was the first time I saw this video. This song completely changed my relationship with music, blew open the doors and tore down the walls.

  • @mowerdan8133
    @mowerdan8133 Před rokem

    Great tune. One of the few '80s tunes I actually like, probably because it shares alot of styles & qualities of previous decades.

    • @ErikPortland
      @ErikPortland Před rokem

      Stax. It doesn't really fit a lot of the 80s really.

  • @DreamsSketcher
    @DreamsSketcher Před rokem +18

    Well done Adam!
    And the 80s were drawing from all influences and trying to be its own new thing. A lot of fun with experimentation and all the new methods to create sound. Like synthesizers. Pushing boundaries. Some if it is great, some not, some weird. Some fluff. Fun time… so much for you to discover.

  • @merlinsclaw
    @merlinsclaw Před rokem +9

    I remember when this video first came out - it blew our minds. I have no idea how many times I watched it - it has to be in the thousands. And I still love it. It's one of the greatest videos ever made, and it captured the spirit of the song perfectly. Adam is right - if you're introducing the 80s to someone, this would be what you'd show them first.

  • @scottdebruyn7038
    @scottdebruyn7038 Před rokem +1

    OMG... 93?!!! I was born in 59 and love this song too. Go figure... 😁

  • @maryt2290
    @maryt2290 Před rokem +37

    I think Alex would have appreciated the song more without the video. Also the album is so worthy of a full reaction.

    • @jmpmusva
      @jmpmusva Před rokem

      but the video is more interesting than the song.

    • @terised
      @terised Před rokem +4

      Agreeed. The video was so unnecessary. The vast majority of their reviews do not include videos and Alex seemed very distracted by it.

    • @MrRezRising
      @MrRezRising Před rokem +2

      The problem is, both the song and the video are masterpieces of what art form they represent, like how The Shining is amazing as a book or a movie.
      Not good to mix the two at the same time.

  • @AlexisLexLexi
    @AlexisLexLexi Před rokem +3

    Level 42 - Something about you
    Howard Jones - Things can only get better

  • @flyingardilla143
    @flyingardilla143 Před rokem +2

    MTV played this video sooo much - I had to let many years go by before listening to it again.

  • @JeffOfTheMountains
    @JeffOfTheMountains Před rokem +1

    This is the first time I've ever seen the music video for this song, and it's WAY trippier than I expected.

  • @joelhahn2501
    @joelhahn2501 Před rokem +5

    After this, the next 80s video reaction MUST be Herbie Hancock, Rockit. So different from his 60s/70s stuff, yet still quintessentially Herbie. And it has a WTF nightmare fuel video to beat all WTF nightmare fuel videos.

  • @c3mi979
    @c3mi979 Před rokem +5

    I was 9 when this came out, and it is most definitely ingrained in my childhood memories. I didn't appreciate his great vocals at that age. The video was just epic. But he is a great singer/songwriter. "Your Eyes" is a great song if you want to hear just a really good song with no gimmicks or crazy video.

  • @markford4253
    @markford4253 Před rokem +2

    When this video came out it was way ahead of it’s time, blew everyone’s mind

  • @ingrid8994
    @ingrid8994 Před rokem +1

    I love Peter Gabriel. In Your Eyes is my favorite ✨✨✨

  • @SabineThinkerbellum
    @SabineThinkerbellum Před rokem +6

    Anyone remember Herbie Hancock’s video of Rockit? Somehow this video gives me similar vibes.

    • @burmajones803
      @burmajones803 Před rokem +2

      Great song from the 80s! They should check it out.

  • @richardwiley8964
    @richardwiley8964 Před rokem +14

    I think this one will grow on Alex from an artistic perspective once you sort through the intensity of it. It also illustrates how much of a music and visual period the 80's and this was era defining. It's been about a decade since I have heard this song and I think it still holds up musically. I think it is a natural progression for Peter Gabriel after leaving Genesis and some he could only do as a solo artist.

  • @Sandy-dd4le
    @Sandy-dd4le Před rokem +2

    I think my favourite part is the grimace Alex makes when the dancing chickens appear.

  • @GreggOliverBass
    @GreggOliverBass Před rokem

    All the songs on SO are amazing.... In Your Eyes and Mercy Street are particularly amazing

  • @pamcruz9134
    @pamcruz9134 Před rokem +4

    Alex's analogies are so freaking awesome 😎 😏

    • @Meandmymirror
      @Meandmymirror Před rokem +1

      I think they should make a whole video of the funny things they both say

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 Před rokem +10

    This is prime 80s and MTV musical art. There's no doubt when it came from, but it is excellent. A lot of music and music videos from that decade are kind of cheesy and dated, but this is 80s is a great, classic way. I love watching reaction video from younger folks who weren't even born then reacting to it. They're always impressed by the music and the art.

  • @JKM395
    @JKM395 Před rokem +2

    I love this video/song. This is what happens when you have unlimited creativity and a budget to match.

  • @KenWins1
    @KenWins1 Před rokem

    One of my very favorite songs which is say’n a lot considering it’s from the 80’s and I grew up in the 60’-70’s

  • @MaddyN999
    @MaddyN999 Před rokem +4

    Need to hit “In your eyes “, live from the Secret World tour preferred

  • @mariaportengen2959
    @mariaportengen2959 Před rokem +3

    A great number, a great video. 🎶🎶🎶👍

  • @djohnspangler
    @djohnspangler Před rokem +2

    Love that you did the video. It was Video of the Year…and then some in the short-lived, Golden Age of MTV. Toney Levin’s bass line slaps.

  • @saverioc2929
    @saverioc2929 Před 11 měsíci

    "So" is Peter's most commercial album I love so many songs before this album. He is a wonderful talent.

  • @MrSnitchley
    @MrSnitchley Před rokem +36

    To me the most '80s song is St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) by John Parr. It has the perfect blend of synth, yacht rock, bombast, and hairspray.

    • @brianmiller1077
      @brianmiller1077 Před rokem

      Plus the re-working of the lyrics to stick in "St Elmo's Fire"

    • @bradsouthers7476
      @bradsouthers7476 Před rokem +3

      Not to mention that the movie of the same name is a great coming of age brat pack flick... anyone making the transition from college to "grown-up life" (as my daughter calls it) can really relate to it.

    • @BooEsq04
      @BooEsq04 Před rokem +3

      Was it really an 80's song if it didn't have a sax solo?

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage Před rokem

      I met john a few times when I was in high school in the 90s. He was good friends with my music teacher and they worked on a few songs together. He's also from my home town.
      Restless heart is my favourite of John's. He did that for Arnie's film the running man.

    • @brianmiller1077
      @brianmiller1077 Před rokem +1

      @@BooEsq04 I would say the 70's had more sax that 80's. 1975-84 being peak sax.

  • @guystjohngrabham9771
    @guystjohngrabham9771 Před rokem +5

    if your hitting the 80s you have to look at "Don,t you want me Baby" by the Human League

  • @sammillex6819
    @sammillex6819 Před rokem

    I saw Peter Gabriel live in May.. What a performance❤️

  • @catbutte4770
    @catbutte4770 Před rokem +1

    Thank you Adam for saying "important" correctly ❤. It irks me when people say, "import-Int" instead of "impor-Tant"

  • @brigitte9999
    @brigitte9999 Před rokem +5

    I like this guy. I hope he finds an intelligent woman to appreciate him. Same for Alex.😍

  • @ugadawgs1990
    @ugadawgs1990 Před rokem +3

    This album, So, was one of the most significant genius contributions to music to come out of the 80s. Gabriel is amazingly creative and unique.

  • @tomward6689
    @tomward6689 Před rokem

    Perfect that you listened with the video. It makes a big difference. This is best of the 80s

  • @joannasunday
    @joannasunday Před rokem +1

    So glad you did the video!!!!! 80's videos, many of them, were super-creative. It was new technology, a new way to express the art. Definitely S tier. PG is amazing. New album out now, too!

  • @no2all
    @no2all Před rokem +4

    My favorite Peter Gabriel song is "Shock the Monkey." But Gabriel always was a trend-setter. Whether people followed him or not, depended highly upon your sense of adventure.

  • @micv5149
    @micv5149 Před rokem +3

    I was listening to another song on the radio from this album this weekend called “Big Time”. I thought about how u guys should do it or Sledgehammer on the channel to give Alex another shot at the ‘80’s.
    So weird that u did this today.

  • @hEV6060842
    @hEV6060842 Před rokem

    I absolutely love Peter Gabriel. Imagine how I felt as a 14 year old girl in 2002 falling in love with this song and couldn't watch the bloody video... cos CZcams didn't exist

  • @conniehoyt9926
    @conniehoyt9926 Před rokem

    Peter Gabriel in Toronto was THE BEST concert my husband and I have ever been to. And we have been to a lot of concerts in our 60+ years on Earth.

  • @legolite45
    @legolite45 Před rokem +78

    Tony Levin is an incredible bassist

    • @Verlopil
      @Verlopil Před rokem +4

      He's always been my favorite part of the song, especially if you watch it live.

    • @marshman96
      @marshman96 Před rokem +4

      yes he is the key to Peter's sound Big Time hits hard on the bass.

    • @jamessweet5341
      @jamessweet5341 Před rokem +5

      Tony's partnership with Peter has been one of the richest in rock history.

    • @peterz4427
      @peterz4427 Před rokem +4

      I assume you know Tony Levin was also playing for King Crimson at the time, playing a Chapman Stick. So cool to see him play it.

    • @nyrocks5580
      @nyrocks5580 Před rokem

      Tony's wife belongs to a group I was a member of for a while several years ago. When I met her, she casually mentioned that her husband is a musician -- "Tony Levin." The name didn't ring a bell at all, but I said: "Oh, that's very cool," just to be respectful. When I got home, I looked him up. Oops, what a resume!

  • @johnhughes3214
    @johnhughes3214 Před rokem +23

    This Peter Gabriel album, So, was Edward Van Halen's favorite all-time album, and had a major influence on Van Halen's 90s music.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 Před rokem +1

      Interesting! I never knew that!

    • @johnhughes3214
      @johnhughes3214 Před rokem +1

      @@allisonreed7682 As you mention, So has some beautifully atmospheric songs such as "Mercy Street" and "Red Rain," (EVH's favorite song from the album). Listen to the atmospheric song "Once" from 1997's Van Halen III and you may appreciate the Peter Gabriel influence. Especially listen to the bass line that begins at 38 seconds into the song, played by EVH rather than Michael Anthony.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 Před rokem +1

      @@johnhughes3214 I'll check it out! Thank you!

  • @RacerMMXXII
    @RacerMMXXII Před rokem

    That video! In a decade famous for them, that one sticks in my mind more than any other.

  • @monaestrada6256
    @monaestrada6256 Před rokem +1

    I've always thought this was a cutesy song until I watched Harry styles do it! Loved it !!! Really loved it!

  • @allisonreed7682
    @allisonreed7682 Před rokem +14

    As far as other songs that represent the 80s well that you need to hear ASAP - "Space Age Love Song" by A Flock of Seagulls, "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure, and "Under the Milky Way" by The Church. They are archetypal 80s and pure ear candy.

    • @burmajones803
      @burmajones803 Před rokem +1

      Yes! All three of these songs.

    • @buzzardbeatniks
      @buzzardbeatniks Před rokem +1

      I suspect Space Age Love Song would be everything Alex hates about 80s music.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 Před rokem

      @@buzzardbeatniks maybe not…it has searing guitar riffs that really drive the song all the way through. He might love it. 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @brianmiller1077
      @brianmiller1077 Před rokem +2

      @@allisonreed7682 yeah it's funny people think they're a synth band, but their big hits are really guitar driven.

    • @allisonreed7682
      @allisonreed7682 Před rokem

      @@brianmiller1077 Paul Reynolds was a teenaged beast on that guitar!