# name your favorite Peter Gabriel song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610 "2018-09-20T01:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/41 "2018-09-20T17:44:22Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Biko. This one, for me. Not as fun as most of his, but the one that first came to mind. Second place is the duet with Kate Bush on _So_, “Don’t Give Up” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1rRxG251s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1rRxG251s) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/42 "2018-09-20T19:33:10Z")
Humdrum ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/43 "2018-09-20T19:49:46Z")
I don’t remember [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/87yl5pbF-ZI/hqdefault.jpg "4 I Don't Remember (Peter Gabriel)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yl5pbF-ZI) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/44 "2018-09-20T20:36:45Z")
Heh, figured no one’d go with [Intruder.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzUh_H7yV0) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/45 "2018-09-20T21:08:42Z")
I like quite a few of those already mentioned but need to add \*\*“I Have The Touch.” \*\* TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/46 "2018-09-20T21:53:36Z")
> [@TCMF-2L](#): > > I like quite a few of those already mentioned but need to add \*\*“I Have The Touch.” > \*\* > TCMF-2L Ooooh! Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/47 "2018-09-21T00:02:22Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > Seconded. Especially the “Secret World Live” version. Yes, [this](https://youtu.be/evN6DIGPIJM). ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/48 "2018-09-21T00:07:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Here Comes The Flood (especially the version from [Growing Up Live](https://youtu.be/Ww9JS8dJ9fY)) This!! Almost always guaranteed to bring me to tears. No love for A Different Drum? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/49 "2018-09-21T00:19:11Z")
Solsbury Hill ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/50 "2018-09-21T01:27:42Z")
This thread motivated me to go dig in my archives to find this [1978 tour poster](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WmkCpGaC9ChW7DVT8) from Peter’s gig at San Jose State. It was in the old men’s gym which wasn’t very big at all. During the intermission they allowed people up on stage to show off their [Gabriel-inspired costumes](https://photos.app.goo.gl/byTAii5McPKtRrUx5). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/51 "2018-09-21T01:45:25Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > Seconded. Especially the “Secret World Live” version. The version with Papa Wemba and Molokai? Yeah, I’ll go with that. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/52 "2018-09-21T06:12:09Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > This thread motivated me to go dig in my archives to find this [1978 tour poster](https://photos.app.goo.gl/WmkCpGaC9ChW7DVT8) from Peter’s gig at San Jose State. It was in the old men’s gym which wasn’t very big at all. During the intermission they allowed people up on stage to show off their [Gabriel-inspired costumes](https://photos.app.goo.gl/byTAii5McPKtRrUx5). Cool. How were Jules and the Polar Bears? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/53 "2018-09-21T15:16:02Z")
> [@Mr.Me](#): > > The version with Papa Wemba and Molokai? Yeah, I’ll go with that. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. And Paula Cole - let’s not forget Paula Cole. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/54 "2018-09-21T15:31:01Z")
Don’t remember anything about Jules and Co. But I do recall Gabriel and the the band making their entrance—they came in through the back of the gym, wearing fluorescent vests and shining portable spotlights all over the place as they walked up to the stage. I also remember wondering who the heck the big bald dude was (Tony Levin) and what kind of weird bass he was playing (the Chapman Stick). ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/55 "2018-09-21T18:37:47Z")
For those who answered Here Comes The Flood, have you seen [the version from the 1979 Kate Bush Christmas Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GcqYGv1AA)? Very stark. (Yes, there was a [Kate Bush Christmas Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn0IRI5wdzI).) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/56 "2018-09-21T18:56:40Z")
“Solsbury Hill,” “Shock the Monkey” (I still remember seeing and being fascinated by the creepy video when it first aired on MTV in 1982!) and “Don’t Give Up” are all big favorites of mine. If I had to pick one, I’d have to go with “Solsbury Hill.” [Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8) [Peter Gabriel (Feat. Kate Bush) - Don't Give Up - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LMB6K4rTGU) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/57 "2018-09-21T18:59:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Biko. Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/58 "2018-09-21T19:02:01Z")
> [@Hoops](#): > > For those who answered Here Comes The Flood, have you seen [the version from the 1979 Kate Bush Christmas Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GcqYGv1AA)? Very stark. > > (Yes, there was a [Kate Bush Christmas Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn0IRI5wdzI).) Dear Lord 😃 I love Kate Bush but a Christmas special? That was…interesting…almost as good as a Johnny Rotten Valentine’s day special ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/59 "2018-09-22T01:41:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Dear Lord 😃 > I love Kate Bush but a Christmas special? That was…interesting…almost as good as a Johnny Rotten Valentine’s day special Uhm that special is fantastic and i love the duet they do. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-peter-gabriel-song/821610/60 "2018-09-22T03:05:30Z")
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