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Peter Gabriel — Of These, Hope
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 03:56
 
 Misterfixit wrote:

Catholic Church and some evangelical Christians definitely did not like the movie.  Seems that the image of Jesus Christ shouting "Oh God" as he finished inseminating Mary Magdalene was somehow "inappropriate".

 

 
And some wee Scots didn't like Mel Gibson's film foray into Scottish heritage either. Others, his anti-Semitic rant.  {#Sorry}

maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 03:53
 
 TerryS wrote:

This album is one of the very few which are not even considered when purging the collection is underway.



 
To be included in a desert island atoll playlist.

dplant
(Canada)
Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 20:55
 
Happy Easter.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 09:51
 
The score as a whole is a 9, a wondrous and evocative blend of styles and moods. 

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 - 09:15
 
Like the entire album (including the cover art), absolutely crushingly devastating in all its eerie mystery — but yet after hearing and contemplating it, it is as if life cannot be truly lived or understood properly without tapping into it at least once in a while; he was obviously channeling something, and, I believe, it showed admirably.  Well done, all involved! and thanks to RP for playing it!

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 17:37
 

This album is one of the very few which are not even considered when purging the collection is underway.



Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 08:27
 
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
Censored film, btw
 
Catholic Church and some evangelical Christians definitely did not like the movie.  Seems that the image of Jesus Christ shouting "Oh God" as he finished inseminating Mary Magdalene was somehow "inappropriate".

 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 13:46
 
 Lazaerus wrote:
Maybe, just maybe, my most favorite album of all. I never get tired of listening to it.
 
One of my top 20 for sure.  This song is great.  This whole CD is great. 

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 03:54
 
Wow...talk about hitting the spot.  Nice track!
 

Synth80s
(*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk))
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 09:39
 
If you don't have this album and you have any love for PG's music, go get it NOW. It is his most complicated and beautiful work. This song is only a taste.

Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 06:17
 
Dum Spiro Spero.

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 08:58
 
Picking up some early Genesis riffs in here.

ThePoose
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 08:57
 

TUBULAR BELLS!!!! (-ish)




ckcotton
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 13:30
 
 1wolfy wrote:
Among his finest creations..
 
AB SO FRICKING LUTELY!

Whole album is super 

fiddler
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:24
 
Can't wait to see him on the 18th!...Been nearly thirty years since the last time - which was awesome!

ski19570
(Northern Sierras, California)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:23
 
Not one of his better ones that's for sure..

MoM$CooKin
(AnAlteredState)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:21
 
hypnotic...

ginger
(Connecticut)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:20
 
10. Always has been.

bpkengor
(York, Maine, USA)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 13:20
 
Marvelous!

miahfost
(Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 05:48
 
I usually like Peter Gabriel, but this is dreck.

coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 23:12
 
I hope to hope...

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 16:53
 
Among his finest creations..

LucidDreamer
(Derby City)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 16:52
 
 Lazaerus wrote:
Maybe, just maybe, my most favorite album of all. I never get tired of listening to it.
 
Agree completely. Solid 10.


Pyro
Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 07:53
 
 Lazaerus wrote:
Maybe, just maybe, my most favorite album of all. I never get tired of listening to it.
 
Me, too!  Peter's best, IMHO.  And a wonderful segue from Porcupine Tree.


Lazaerus
(Valley of the Giants - Oregon)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 15:13
 
Maybe, just maybe, my most favorite album of all. I never get tired of listening to it.

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 16:51
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

I didn't think it was censored so much as protested by Christian groups.  Am I wrong on this?

 
At least here in Argentina, it wasn't screened on cinemas and it´s very hard to find it to buy or rent the DVD/VHS... catholic church complaints on the movie had an effective influence on this...:S

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 14:50
 
Like the vuvuzela solo at the beginning.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 06:34
 
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:
Censored film, btw
 
I didn't think it was censored so much as protested by Christian groups.  Am I wrong on this?


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 06:14
 
 michael_a_k wrote:
Hmm. Promising start but then becomes ambient :^)... or I'm not getting it. can someone explain what is the point of this piece?

 

I have your answer my child, it is Peter Gabriel, the point is to quickly hit mute or change the station whenever you hear him, your life will be just that much more enjoyable.{#Meditate}

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 21:54
 
Damn. I already gave it a 10. Sometimes I wish it went to ELEVEN!

lol

robus
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 06:20
 
One of my favorite cuts off one of my all time favorite albums - some parts still engulf me and give me chills. Awesome! {#Notworthy}

ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 06:17
 
Very inspired set of music this morning Bill!

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: May 23, 2010 - 13:18
 
I had a very hard time watching this movie, it made me so very very sad.
The music however was wonderful.  I am very glad that I wasn't alive
during this time.

michael_a_k
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 12:09
 
 cavalaxis wrote:

This song is from the soundtrack of the Passion of Christ, and is greatly influenced by Gabriel's own research into the music of the region.  (I think the title refers to 1 Corinthians 13, "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.")

Get the album, Peter Gabriel, Passion Sources.  This is Gabriel exploring the mesmer, the drone, the power of music to force the mind into transcendent states.  This is the Dervish, spinning and spinning and spinning, reaching for God.

 
Cool, thanks. I will check out the album.


Otomi
(La orilla de la civilización)
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 15:44
 
 fredriley wrote:
What was controversial about the movie? I'd not heard of it before now. This is a good, elemental-feeling instrumental which might grow on me. An initial 6 from the Nottingham jury which has, through RP, learnt to disassociate Peter Gabriel from the pompous pretentious excrescence on the body musical that was Genesis. On his own he produces some really good stuff, and has my eternal gratitude for helping to bring about the Afro Celt Sound System.
 
Hi, Fred. Some people get hung up about any story that involves mentioning Jesus and sex in the same breath, I guess because of the vestiges of medieval dogma still embedded in the Western collective psyche. The film is called The Last Temptation of Christ, released in 1988 and directed by Martin Scorsese. The DVD currently on the market has some special features about Peter Gabriel's soundtrack. I have the audio CD and the film on DVD, and I recommend the latter over the former, since you get to enjoy the images and the story at the same time you hear the music. I play the CD when I need to use my eyes and part of my mind for some sort of productive activity. In fact, it's on my desk now, waiting its turn, after Isabelle Villey's La guitarra en el México Barroco and Miles Davis vs. Thelonious Monk (when work gets intense Radio Paradise can be distracting, so it's good to have some instrumentals lined up).

ckcotton
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 15:18
 
More Please!

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 08:36
 
Censored film, btw

pousso
(Nairobi, Kenya)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 08:35
 
This soundtrack is now on my "to puchase" list!    Thanks RP!

kdogg73
(Dayton, OH)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 08:34
 
If you haven't, you must listen to the soundtrack in its entirety.

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 08:32
 
Love the way this starts...

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Jan 09, 2010 - 21:57
 
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NeilBlanchard
(Greater Boston area, Massachusetts)
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 13:29
 
If you dig back into the thread, "Passion Sources" was mentioned first by Richard Prins in 2005...  {#Propeller}


 birdland wrote:

Ditto. It's brilliant.

Look for "Passion Sources" as well, featuring the original (ethnic traditional) music from which individual tracks on the film soundtrack were inspired.

thanks to JohnBauer
(Washington, DC, USA)

who posted the 'sources' stuff below.
 
"Passion" is Peter Gabriel's best (so far) and IMO that is saying a LOT as many of his mid to late albums are excellent.

Neil


gortacleva
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 13:18
 
As a newcomer to RP, it is so great to hear this in the mix. I was in high school when this came out and randomly picked up the CD at music store. It was my initiation to 'world' music. I'm glad to say I'm not listening to most of the stuff I was at 18 but this one I def. am! Also my favorite thing of PG's.

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 13:17
 
 cavalaxis wrote:

This song is from the soundtrack of the Passion of Christ, and is greatly influenced by Gabriel's own research into the music of the region.  (I think the title refers to 1 Corinthians 13, "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.")

Get the album, Peter Gabriel, Passion Sources.  This is Gabriel exploring the mesmer, the drone, the power of music to force the mind into transcendent states.  This is the Dervish, spinning and spinning and spinning, reaching for God.
 
Well said.

SweTex
(Swede living in Texas)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 15:13
 
I've had this CD for years, been years since I listened to it. Bringing this to work this weekend to listen to while doing inventory...ughh..and the movie is great,btw, one of my favourites.


cavalaxis
(The second door on the left.)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 15:12
 
 michael_a_k wrote:
Hmm. Promising start but then becomes ambient :^)... or I'm not getting it. can someone explain what is the point of this piece?

 
This song is from the soundtrack of the Passion of Christ, and is greatly influenced by Gabriel's own research into the music of the region.  (I think the title refers to 1 Corinthians 13, "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.")

Get the album, Peter Gabriel, Passion Sources.  This is Gabriel exploring the mesmer, the drone, the power of music to force the mind into transcendent states.  This is the Dervish, spinning and spinning and spinning, reaching for God.


Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 15:10
 
Wow!  Strong endorsements for this album.

lysisphere
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 15:08
 
Ohh thank you thank you for this song!  Takes me back to those pre-employment days, those days of mystery...


planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy)
Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 09:36
 
 michael_a_k wrote:
Hmm. Promising start but then becomes ambient :^)... or I'm not getting it. can someone explain what is the point of this piece?

 
What is the point of anything? Oh god I'm being sucked down into an existential vortex....{#Eek}

michael_a_k
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 14:14
 
Hmm. Promising start but then becomes ambient :^)... or I'm not getting it. can someone explain what is the point of this piece?