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octothorpe) wrote2006-07-04 08:16 pm
octothorpe) wrote2006-07-04 08:16 pm
Secret World
I just finished watching the DVD of Peter Gabriel's "Secret World" tour. I saw that show at MSG back in the early/mid 90s. I remember being blown away by the theatricality, and the arrangement. It brought me to tears on several occasions. The CD, both the studio version, and the live version are the best things he's ever produced.
I didn't like the "UP" album all that much. It was lacking the progressiveness of his very early work (car, scratch, melt --all actually titled "Peter Gabriel"), or the lush organic sound of his later work (So, Us). I just didn't find it as accessible. Because I didn't like the CD, I skipped the tour. Looking back at the SWL DVD, I really shouldn't have skipped the tour. $50+ a ticket is worth experiencing him live again.
A hint on the DVD that I had missed… There will be an "Over" album, as a follow-up to "UP". Not sure if it will be a companion CD (linked in a series), or standing on its own, but I am looking forward to it.
The DVD itself is actually quite poor. It suffers from some serious compression artifacts, and the sound gets a bit funky in places, but the camera work is so amazing it just doesn't matter. Sure, like all live DVDs, there is some overdubbing, but again, it's not too distracting. If you haven't seen it, pop it into your Netflix queue, and listen to it in 5.1 surround glory.
I didn't like the "UP" album all that much. It was lacking the progressiveness of his very early work (car, scratch, melt --all actually titled "Peter Gabriel"), or the lush organic sound of his later work (So, Us). I just didn't find it as accessible. Because I didn't like the CD, I skipped the tour. Looking back at the SWL DVD, I really shouldn't have skipped the tour. $50+ a ticket is worth experiencing him live again.
A hint on the DVD that I had missed… There will be an "Over" album, as a follow-up to "UP". Not sure if it will be a companion CD (linked in a series), or standing on its own, but I am looking forward to it.
The DVD itself is actually quite poor. It suffers from some serious compression artifacts, and the sound gets a bit funky in places, but the camera work is so amazing it just doesn't matter. Sure, like all live DVDs, there is some overdubbing, but again, it's not too distracting. If you haven't seen it, pop it into your Netflix queue, and listen to it in 5.1 surround glory.
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Whatcha doing friday night? I think the Pagers are inviting a bunch of folk for dinner at 7
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BTW, I love the background vocals on the CD version of Signal to Noise. It's essentially the noise going through my head each morning before I have my coffee. LOL!