For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. [nb 2] To record vocals a Neumann U47 tube microphone and a Decca compressor were used without equalization. So has been described as Gabriel's most commercially accessible and least experimental album,[3][25] one that features pop songs[1] and incorporates art pop[2][26] and progressive pop[4] throughout. This also involved the wearing of construction site hard hats as they had a "turning up for work humour". [80], 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die[86], At the 29th Annual Grammy Awards, So was nominated for Album of the Year, losing to Paul Simon's Graceland (1986), while "Sledgehammer" received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. In the diocese office, Gabriel wore a dark masculine suit. Initial sessions for So consisted of Gabriel, Lanois and guitarist David Rhodes, although these grew to include a number of percussionists. [91] Rolling Stone placed So at 187 (2003 edition) and 297 (2020 edition) on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and at 14 on its 100 Best Albums of the 1980s, noting that "despite its mass appeal, however, So also presented compelling challenges. [69] Gabriel eventually embarked on the ninety-three date This Way Up tour to support So, beginning in Rochester, New York on 7 November 1986. [22][24] It was mastered in the US by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders. [83] Robert Christgau was also lukewarm in The Village Voice, writing that "Gabriel's so smart he knows rhythm is what makes music go, which relieves him of humdrum melodic responsibilities but doesn't get him up on the oneâsmart guys do go for texture in a pinch. [102] In the same year, Gabriel embarked on the Back to Front Tour where Gabriel plays every song on the So album with several of the session musicians from its recording. On the professional level you should receive the protection of someone in a high position who will help you to develop more quickly. [87][88] At the sixth Brit Awards, hosted by Jonathan King at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, Gabriel won Best British Male Artist and "Sledgehammer" won Best British Music Video. Look how well you're doing!" [19][20] Although remaining continually inspired to produce new music, he often struggled to write lyrics and would procrastinate. [28] Tim Holmes writing for Rolling Stone described the album as "a record of considerable emotional complexity and musical sophistication" and was pleased that the records would assist exposing Gabriel to mainstream pop music. It is Gabriel's first non-eponymous album, So representing an "anti-title" that resulted from label pressure to properly market his music. [37] The Quietus' Wyndham Wallace praised So's sincerity and called it "a heartfelt journey through intense emotional territory, assembled and arranged with intricacy and commitment, laboured over with such care that it sounds effortless". It enabled Gabriel to transform from a cult artist, acclaimed for his cerebral, experimental solo work, into a mainstream, internationally known star. Gabriel's first act upon becoming human is to give Constantine his weapon back, and try to taunt Constantine into being "the Hand of God" and killing Gabriel. [53] Marotta's drums on the song â said to resemble "a heartbeat heard from the womb"[25] â were coupled with Shankar's violin and "two overdubbed guitar tracks by Rhodes".[53]. [25][32], The album's first side culminates with "That Voice Again", in which Gabriel explores the concept of conscience, examining the "parental voice in our heads that either helps or defeats us". His slightly twisted pop songs packed enough emotional impact, sonic surprises and catchy melodies to make for one of the eraâs most consistently rewarding records. Gabriel would go on to say in an interview for Rolling Stone that he believed the video exposed So's songs to a wider audience, bolstering the album's success. [53] According to Anderson, she and Gabriel "could never agree on what a bassline was. He wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Little Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England, after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis, of which he had been the lead singer since its inception. Though the "Sledgehammer" video's ubiquity has bludgeoned the song, its parent album is a marvel ... awash in delicate percussion, tasteful keyboards, and bubbling bass, "Red Rain" and "Mercy Street" are stunning. All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel, except where noted. He initially sought Dolly Parton to portray the woman, although Parton declined; his friend Kate Bush agreed to feature. [12] So was remastered in 2002, partially re-recorded for Gabriel's 2011 orchestral project New Blood and issued as a box set in 2012. [3] Jude Rogers of the BBC wrote "once you look past the bombast of "Sledgehammer", ... you notice how easily its artful ideas slipped inside the 80s mainstream". [97] Jim Allen wrote for Ultimate Classic Rock, "What makes So important is the way he seamlessly blended peerless pop savvy with an iconoclastâs adventurous artistic instincts. [100] In 2011, several of tracks from So were featured on Gabriel's ninth studio release New Blood, a project of orchestral re-recordings from Gabriel's discography. Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial success and transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star, becoming his best-selling solo release. ngl i heard this song in a roblox game but i love it, Here are the lyrics i remember "Are you are you passing through or are you gonna love me" "I dont wanna be anywhere but here with you" "we close our eyes and let go" Your probably thinking why didnt you just go back to that roblox game, well they took off that song, and now i cant find it anywhere. CD 16 December 2020 Reply. So was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1987 but lost to Paul Simon's Graceland. During rehearsals, the band would listen to the B machine through headphones and record their output onto the "A machine"; parts of Gabriel's demo would also be transferred to the A machine at this stage. One of the dates was a special two-night residency (20â21 December) at Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Stadium to fund a global computer system for the University for Peace, a United Nations project. Gabriel appears to be special, in that he must be a half-breed, because he exists on Earth (also, Constantine names him as such). Gabriel's disdain for humans can be seen in the casual way he murders Chaz, invisibly and with overwhelming power. [59][60] Gabriel recalled: "The only compromise I made was to go with Peter Saville's idea for a retro-style portrait. Gabriel has seen the good in humanity, but only when faced with tragedy and pain. Gabriel wrote the song after hearing of Biko's death on the news. Most of Gabriel's band had packed away their equipment and were ready to leave the studio, but he asked them to reassemble to quickly run through a song he had an idea for. It's a masterpiece. You chose a higher path. Gabriel's over-all plot significance could be a reference to the old saying "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions" as they wished to make only the truly faithful get into heaven by bringing about the Hell On Earth scenario. Gabriel appears to be special, in that he must be a half-breed, because he exists on Earth (also, Constantine names him as such). 5 You need not fear the terrors of night, the arrow that flies in the daytime,. He only calls Lucifer by his "old names" (Son of Perdition,Little Horn, Most Unclean.) It references the experiment on obedience carried out by American social psychologist Stanley Milgram, intended as a reference to the obedience citizens show to dictators during times of war. His eyes change color depending on mood. (I think I probably donât hear so well down there.) Is that what you're thinking right now? [25], Terry Atkinson of Los Angeles Times viewed the album as offering "an amazing variety of tones, moods, and topics and a consistently powerful level of expression". Gabriel is so powerful that even Lucifer winces in anticipation of Gabriel's punch. "Biko" is an anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. ", ''Your ego is astounding!" Gabriel would record a piano demo on a modified "B machine" and play this to the band. [98], So is Gabriel's best-selling album,[99] having been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Still, Gabriel gets annoyed when he has to repeat himself, such as telling Constantine that saving people/deporting demons can't buy him a place in Heaven. ", ''Everything you've ever done, you've only ever done for yourself. Although disliking "Big Time", Atkinson concludes So is "a great album, possibly Gabriel's best". There are slight differences in appearance between his two scenes. Staunton concluded that Gabriel had displayed "a masterful confidence, delivering a satisfyingly unified whole". [68] In the same month, Gabriel performed at London's Clapham Common, along with Boy George and Elvis Costello, for Artists Against Apartheid. Peter Gabriel said in the Under African Skies documentary: "'Biko' was a more overt political song than the work of Graceland, but Graceland introduced millions of people around the world to what was wonderful about South African music. Gabriel is able to selectively manifest angel wings, can appear and disappear at will, is enormously strong, and unable to feel pain. [29][37][nb 3] Manu Katché's drums were recorded in one take as he believed any subsequent version would be inferior to his original interpretation of the music. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [84], In a less positive retrospective review, Mojo's David Buckley contrasted the album with Gabriel's earlier, more experimental work, stating "on 1986's So, he switched tack to write pop, and write big. Gabriel has noted his dislike for titling albums, mainly because it distracts from the sleeve design. Gabriel accepted and in June 1986, he performed alongside Sting, The Police, Lou Reed, and Joan Baez, with a set that opened with "Red Rain" and featured "Sledgehammer". At the end of the movie, Gabriel's hair was a lighter shade and had more curls; he wore a white sleeveless top, white trousers, numerous hospital wristbands and no shoes. [33] Opened by a shakuhachi bamboo flute, its beat is dominated by brass instruments, particularly Jackson's horn, and features lyrics abundant with sexual euphemisms. Superhuman or heavenly being who serves as God's messenger. [35][17], "Sledgehammer" was the final track to be conceived. His wings range from white to dark ash, and resemble that of an owl, they can manifest whenever he wishes. [1] In 2002, So was re-issued and remastered. It was followed by four further singles, "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Kate Bush), "Big Time", "In Your Eyes", and "Red Rain". [64][67], Bono contacted Gabriel to perform at A Conspiracy of Hope, a series of Live Aid-inspired concerts that intended to spread awareness of human rights issues in light of Amnesty International's twenty-fifth anniversary. He dedicated So's sixth track to her, calling it "Mercy Street" after "45 Mercy Street", a poem released in another posthumous collection. Angel. The album's lead single, "Sledgehammer", was promoted with an innovative animated music video and achieved particular success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and subsequently winning a record of nine MTV Video Music Awards. [71] Gabriel partially performed So at The Prince's Trust Concert and at Human Rights Now! The song is a musical eulogy, inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977. That is the life of men. Peter Gabriel's So kind of gave everyone the go-ahead that this could work in a popular fashion. Gabriel is a half-breed angel-turned human, with a general disdain for humanity. He praised its state-of-the-art production in parts, highlighting "Big Time" and "Sledgehammer" as standout tracks, but stated elsewhere it interfered, such as the Fairlight CMI synthesizer on "That Voice Again" and whistling ambient accompaniment on "Mercy Street". "[28] Chris Roberts of Classic Rock also notes that the album "[takes] the Fairlight synth and [adds] a palatable dash of world music to art pop. ", ''Do you want revenge? He had an inexpensive studio in the adjacent barn consisting of two rooms, one where Gabriel would produce his vocals and work on lyrics, and another where the music would be assembled. [23] So was completed in February 1986 and cost £200,000 to make. The sleeve was designed by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens; Saville was best known for designing several sleeves for Factory Records artists and was paid £20,000 for his work on So. "[1] Conversely, in 2002 The Guardian's lead critic Alexis Petridis stated that Gabriel had "suffered a musical mid-life crisis", lampooning it as "an album packed with ultra-commercial priapic cod-funk" and calling it "a ruthless bid for mainstream success, yet he emerged without a stain on his avant-garde credentials". [72], So received mostly favourable reviews from music critics. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. With later CD releases, this restriction was removed and the track was placed at the end of the album. [95], So has been profiled in the Classic Albums series and featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. But Gabriel is also much more powerful than any other half-breed seen, even Balthazar. [101] In 2012, for the album's twenty-fifth anniversary, a limited edition box set was released. The album received positive reviews from most critics, who praised its songwriting, melodies and fusion of genres, although some retrospective reviews have criticised its overt commercialism and 1980s production sounds. He keeps his superior attitude towards humanity however, acting shocked and proud that Constantine 'chose a higher path' when he refuses to shoot and kill Gabriel. [41] Tony Levin added bass to create a more harmonious sound,[42] and during the second half of the track, put a nappy behind his bass strings to dampen the sound. But Gabriel is also much more powerful than any other half-breed seen, even Balthazar. [28][48] The track's powerful atmosphere is created through the singing of Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour, who sings in his native language. [3] "With a song like (the previous album's) 'The Rhythm of the Heat' or 'The Family and the Fishing Net', if I were to strum that along on a guitar or piano, the song might not work very well ... whereas more of the things on this album do work just as lyric, melody and chords in a more traditional sense. [62] In April 1986, "Sledgehammer" was released as the album's lead single and became Gabriel's first and only number one on the Billboard Hot 100, displacing Genesis' first and only US number one "Invisible Touch". "[77] Terry Staunton of Classic Rock wrote "Red Rain was familiarly pensive and politically charged, but the radio waves completely surrendered to the record's muscular dance rock and slower tempo eloquence." Only when Gabriel attempts to 'smite' Lucifer, does he realize he has lost his Grace. [21] His proclivity to being dissatisfied with them required Killen to isolate certain vocal performances as the master track, in order to keep other tracks available so new lyrics could be edited in. He added that "Gabriel crafted an album of user-friendly pop that was still reassuringly odd. The love toward God is one of the reasons he wishes to bring the reign of Hell to Earth. [45] "Mercy Street" is set to one of several Forró-inspired percussion compositions that Gabriel recorded in Rio de Janeiro. [89] Gabriel was most successful at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards where he was honoured with the Video Vanguard Award and "Sledgehammer" won an additional nine awards including Video of the Year, a record that has not been challenged. Credits adapted from So's liner notes. and had wavy blonde hair and green eyes. It has appeared in lists of the best albums of the 1980s, and Rolling Stone included the album in their 2004 and 2020 editions of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. And that's what I've done ever since". Its video is the most played music video in the history of MTV. Gabriel reveals his true motive to Constantine during this fight, jealousy of humans. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commended So as the "catchiest, happiest record he ever cut". (When John refuses to shoot Gabriel). [22] He wanted to have "In Your Eyes" as the final track, but its prominent bassline meant it had to be placed earlier on the vinyl edition as there is more room for the stylus to vibrate. It was released by Charisma Records as a single from Gabriel's eponymous third album in 1980.. In it he condemns the hypocrisy of adults â hemmed in and constrained by rules and conventions â adopting masks for different occasions: for lying, cheating and betraying â whereas childhood is portrayed as a time of honest laughter, and spontaneity. Gabriel is very wary of Lucifer, he trembles before him, recognizing Lucifer as the greatest adversary he could face. [40] Bush serves as the song's respondent, she assumes a comforting role and with delicate vocals, sings lines such as "Rest your head/ you worry too much". [70][71] The tour suspended in early 1987 until June when it reached Europe, before going on to America and finishing at the Lycabettus Amphitheatre in Athens in October. The track numbers correspond to the original release.[104]. For some they come in with the tide. This was interpolated with a recording called "This Is the Picture", on which Nile Rodgers plays rhythm guitar. He bears disdain for most of humanity but believes that some can be better, selfless and noble. "[30] The cover was partly influenced by photographer David Bailey's work. Shankar. A chronicle of political, emotional, and artistic exploration, the album [attempts] to balance standard pop orthodoxy with his still-rumbling desire for sonic experimentation". It was over-dubbed at Power Station Studios in New York, despite Gabriel considering sending it via a computer-telephone set up, reasoning, "that's a lot of information to send via phone. Gabriel doesn't mince words, confirming that Constantine was going to die from lung cancer, and telling John in a straightforward way that he was going to Hell for the "life you took" (his own.). The name also refers to the fictional conflict at the center of the story, which is told across the published works and is also the primary focus of most of the bandâs music. 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