Peter Gabriel
Digging in the Dirt
Us
(1992)

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DigitalJer
May 14, 2013 - 10:21
unclehud wrote:
"Don't talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don't say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don't turn around
This is for real."

Still chilling, even after so many years.


chilling is right...you sure said it


unclehud
Apr 26, 2013 - 00:20
"Don't talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don't say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don't turn around
This is for real."

Still chilling, even after so many years.


crischu
Apr 13, 2013 - 03:58
Like it! {#Dancingbanana}

sajitjacob
Mar 21, 2013 - 20:26
Just echoing former member (aka Laz', aka Romeo) and keeping her at the top, where she belongs.

Cynaera wrote:

Actually, I agree with Art_Carnage, after having listened very carefully to the words. Not sure about the killing/buryingthebody part, but I think the rest of it is pretty darned accurate. I think "digging in the dirt" is metaphorical, not literal - perhaps carrying out a grisly, violent act in order to come to grips with abuse as a child, or something.

Whatever it's about, it's a scary and unsettling song, but I love it anyway.






sajitjacob
Mar 21, 2013 - 20:22
My wife won't read this, she's too busy making me a sandwich.

boober wrote:
That's how I talk to my wife...."shut your mouth,keep your hands on the wheel"
(God I hope she doesn't read this)





Lazarus
Mar 21, 2013 - 20:21
Cynaera wrote:

Actually, I agree with Art_Carnage, after having listened very carefully to the words. Not sure about the killing/buryingthebody part, but I think the rest of it is pretty darned accurate. I think "digging in the dirt" is metaphorical, not literal - perhaps carrying out a grisly, violent act in order to come to grips with abuse as a child, or something.

Whatever it's about, it's a scary and unsettling song, but I love it anyway.



Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...



blotto
Feb 09, 2013 - 15:00
One of my favorite PG songs. awesome and edgy.


jnrburgers
Feb 03, 2013 - 05:13
I'm sure in an interview one time that PG suggested that this song was about counselling sessions whilst his marriage was breaking up. This whole album was about his feelings about his relationship and therefore, his first 'love song' album.


oldviolin
Feb 02, 2013 - 22:36
kindred spirits...


jmkate
Dec 21, 2012 - 09:45
Melodic, yet threatening? Threatening, yet melodic? Peter can send your eyebrows towards your hairline...


boober
Nov 07, 2012 - 06:40
That's how I talk to my wife...."shut your mouth,keep your hands on the wheel"
(God I hope she doesn't read this) {#Stop}


BigIslandBlues
Oct 19, 2012 - 16:33
A great song from a fabulous album and the video was totally amazing and unlike any others at the time.


joelbb
Oct 16, 2012 - 00:28
Love PG, but this one has more than a whiff of misogyny.


rdo
Aug 17, 2012 - 16:20
sirdroseph wrote:
I have never heard this one before.

Really? That's odd. It gets played about a million times a week here.

Of course I think you and I learned math at the same school, so I have trouble with arithmetic. I have this issue with adding extra digits to numbers, so like the number 3 becomes 300. 50 becomes 50,000,000. It's a problem for us I guess.


t00lur
Jun 28, 2012 - 01:29
yeah indeed.. shut your mouth please


MiracleDrug
Jun 15, 2012 - 15:24
On_The_Beach wrote:

Put your hands where we can see them, and back away from the keyboard . . . slowly . . .


{#Lol}


oídos_abiertos
May 01, 2012 - 20:16
theralph wrote:
Waifs Sundirt to Gabriel digging in the dirt. I submit a better segue you will not find.
oídos_abiertos
May 01, 2012 - 20:13
stunix wrote:
the video included the sexy petit woman from "allo allo" with the spech impediment.

.... Francesca Gonshaw

what kind of speech impediment?


theralph
May 01, 2012 - 20:12
Waifs Sundirt to Gabriel digging in the dirt. I submit a better segue you will not find.


stevendejong
Apr 25, 2012 - 11:10
t00lur wrote:
yet another PG song to rate it a solid 1


If this is a "solid 1", then what do you have left for the Rihannas of this world, and what for and all those other countless overusers of Antares Autotune? Just sayin', although I get why people give songs low marks here on RP, it seems a bit of an over-reaction to rate a song a "solid 1".


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