*passes Sprooot the inhaler*

A while.

*silence*

Stop it

It was something to do with watching someone (there was this bloke at work, you see ) ... but I can't find it

Si did I ... and I'm singing it now, but it wasn't the one

  I may need one shortly 

*Wonders if another 'glass' will make any more sense*

only one way to find out

Am on it 

May I refer you to my previous comments? The original Genesis were wonderful

(damn this 'phone again) some of the secondary Genesis was good! PC's big band was exceptional. Alas! Only the stuff where he was doing singles, balads, and shitty dance type stuff was poor!

He is petulant and having a frenzy in his interview, though.

It doesn't really matter. Music is the best!

Don't forget the original dislike originated when he, noel Edmonds, and several others promised to leave our lives if Labour were elected.

Jim Davidson buggered off to Dubai when Labour got in so there's one bonus!

The barstewart is BACK!!

Don't forget Eric Clapton has also been less than pleasant during his time. However he still remains the eleventh best guitarist of them all.

I won't miss him.  His last album was retreading that whole Motown pastiche thing that worked for him so well in the 80s.  The thing is, why bother with pastiches when you can download the superior originals in a few clicks of a mouse?

His statement smacks a bit of self pitying. 

I don't know that the music industry's that much different to what it was in his heyday.  I suppose people like their lightweight white boy soul singers to look like male models, have piercings and tats these days as opposed to being balding, chubby, middle aged blokes with ponytails and their jacket sleeves rolled up, as it was in his day.

Is this the part when we launch an on-line petition begging him to stay !

I thought he already had many years ago...    
I can't remember the last time her had a hit.  Was it like the 1980s or something? 

I was going to say good post, but i have been singing Sussudio in my head the last few minutes, and have a feeling it will continue.

He's a bit of prat, granted (the fax thing), but I can never quite get the complete turnaround fashion can bring to guys like him.    'back in the day' Genesis were huge - a 'serious' group and now it's laughable to even suggest it in some way.     Same with U2 an Bono - imo seriously talented and huge artists - now, not cool (again Bono is so far up his own arse he thinks he's God - but I'm only talking about the music).     i do agree about what PC's done since Susudio mind.


EDIT   I'd forgotten about the Motown thing.....    I agree it's probs time for him to go, but i admit to having vinyl copies of In the air tonight and No Jacket Required so won't take away from him what he did in the past.


Is it still ok to like Peter Gabriel?

 wasn't a "fashion" thing  with Phil Collins for me, I just have a ( long-standing!) aversion to him Not sure why, exactly, he has written some gorgeous songs. Maybe my mum made me wear a scratchy haun-knitted cardigan he'd modelled on a knitting pattern or something

Ah.. so it IS a fashion thing!          Yeah, I can go with that - I was just making a general point about 'how the mighty have fallen' when it comes to what were once 'super groups'      Of course, he never lived up to old Pete, but that's a whole other debate.

I'll admit to liking some of his stuff, but am really indifferent to him now. He's had his day, made buckets of cash and lives in a tax haven...what's not to like?

If you'd seen the cardi .. !

Ah Peter Gabriel! One goes back to York in the early seventies. We were really looking forward to seeing Genesis, supported by Capability Brown.(One of us was a stately home garden fanatic) The crowd were excited. Gabriel stopped the music halfway through the first song and suggested that if anyone wanted to make a noise then they should come up and do it on the stage and then **** off. Don't know what he expected but several punters got up. The entire road crew appeared as a mate of mine  shouted, "That's intimidation! **** off back home yer public school ****.
I hadn't realised that they were so far up their own bottoms, and whilst I continued buying their product for the music, I realised that, in those days, apart from Phil Collins they were a bunch of shithouses.

*hides Genesis CDs*

Used to think he was OK but he has had his day now.  And I don't think I will miss him.

A word of caution for those who may be planning to celebrate this news by throwing a street party.  Cliff Richard made a similar vow, many years ago.   
But he carried on.  And on.  And on....

Some people think he did that at the beginning of his career.

That's a rather daft comment if I may say so. Let's not mix up music with attitude. His body of work, apart from the silly pop songs, ballads, and motown, stands quite well.

You are right Joe - it was flippant.
Misjudged attempt at sarcasm.

Don't be too offended! I regretted the way I put my reply, sorry!

I like Peter Gabriel,musically.I have a fair few of his CD's.
"Red Rain" and "Jan Jacinto" being a cpuple of tracks I like.