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In the early nineties, while new musical genres like Britpop, Grunge, and Post-Rock were beginning to emerge, our Archangel Peter Gabriel was probably at the peak of his success.
Leaving aside the tribal and raw outbursts of the early eighties like "Intruder" and "Not One Of Us" (though not abandoning the avant-garde side of "world music" with his masterpiece Passion of 1989) and helped by the worldwide success of So, which consecrated him as a great pop and rock icon worldwide, in 1992 he released a new album, "Us", born from the ashes of his separation from his first wife Jill Moore and the collapse of his marriage. This album, which presumably bases its conceptual core on human relationships, was released more or less contemporaneously with the new album of his former Genesis bandmates (or what was left of it), who were instead questioning the "alleged abilities and affinities with dance". The tour that followed the release of "Us" (and which was dubbed "Secret World Tour", from which this CD/DVD that I'm now going to talk about was drawn) was probably one of the most spectacular, colossal, and grandiose tours of the decade, probably followed by U2's ZooTV Tour.
Our Peter, to accomplish this, collaborated with the Canadian screenwriter Robert Lepage (with whom he would also participate in the setup of his later and more recent tours, like the "Growing Up Live Tour"), who created a unique stage with a breathtaking design. Furthermore, his band, besides including his longtime companions Tony Levin on bass and David Rhodes on electric guitar, also featured the excellent French drummer Manu Katché and keyboardist Jean Claude Naimro, along with so-called session men like Indian violinist Shankar and Levon Minassian on the doudouk. The setlist more or less gathers everything that was of solo Peter at the turn of the late eighties and early nineties: we have captivating radio hits like the evergreen “Sledgehammer” and the quirky “Steam”, introspective ballads like “Come Talk To Me” and “Blood Of Eden”, the majestic “Red Rain” and the reflective title-track. This perfect circle closes with a splendid and expanded version of “In Your Eyes”, here extended to about 11 minutes, with which Gabriel and his band bid farewell to Modena (yes, the live was actually recorded here in Italy).
To get to the point, a record that any ex-Genesis fan should own, and that encapsulates the second part of our Peter's career, which, from a musical point of view, is more accessible and commercial but not inferior to the first (77’-83’) from a qualitative standpoint. A live that can only enrich your record collection.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 Digging in the Dirt (07:36)
Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time it's getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can't go on like this too long
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
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
Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt
The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
This time you've gone too far
I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
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
I'm digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt
I'm digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
02 Sledgehammer (04:59)
You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back
All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need
You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends
I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh, let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
Show me 'round your fruitcage
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be
I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm going to be the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it
Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer
I've kicked the habit
Shed my skin
This is the new stuff
I go dancing in
We go dancing in
Oh, won't you show for me
I will show for you
Show for me
I will show for you
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I do mean you
Only you
You've been coming through
Going to build that power
Build, build up that power
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power build in you
Come on, come on, help me do
Come on, come on, help me do
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night
05 In Your Eyes (11:34)
Love
I get so lost sometimes
Days pass
And this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are
All my instincts
They return
The grand façade
So soon will burn
Without a noise
Without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes
The light, the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway
To a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution
In your eyes
Of all the fruitless searches
Oh, I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes
Love
I don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted
And this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired
Working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you
To keep me awake and alive
And all my instincts
They return
And the grand façade
So soon will burn
Without a noise
Without my pride
I reach out from the inside
In your eyes, in your eyes
In your eyes, in your eyes
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway
To a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution
In your eyes
Of all the fruitless searches
Oh, I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes
In your eyes, in your eyes
In your eyes, in your eyes
In your eyes, in your eyes
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