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Birdy Album
  1. At Night
  2. Floating Dogs
  3. Quiet and Alone
  4. Close Up
  5. Slow Water
  6. Dressing the Wound
  7. The Heat
  8. Sketchpad With Trumpet and Voice
  9. Under Lock and Key
  10. Powerhouse at the Foot of the Mountain
  11. Slow Marimbas
Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence Album
  1. Jigalong
  2. Stealing the Children
  3. Unlocking the Door
  4. The Tracker
  5. Running to the Rain
  6. On the Map
  7. A Sense of Home
  8. Go Away Mr. Evans
  9. Crossing the Salt Pan
  10. The Return, Pts. 1-3
  11. Ngankarrparni (Sky Blue)
  12. The Rabbit-Proof Fence
  13. Cloudless
OVO: Millennium Show Album
  1. The Story of Ovo
  2. Low Light
  3. The Time of the Turning
  4. The Tower That Ate People
  5. Revenge
  6. White Ashes
  7. Downside-Up
  8. The Nest That Sailed the Sky
  9. Make Tomorrow
  10. Father, Son
Passion Album
  1. The Feeling Begins
  2. Gethsemane
  3. Of These, Hope
  4. Lazarus Raised
  5. Of These, Hope (Reprise)
  6. In Doubt
  7. A Different Drum
  8. Troubled
  9. Open
  10. Before Night Falls
  11. With This Love
  12. Sandstorm
  13. Stigmata
  14. Passion
  15. With This Love [Choir]
  16. Wall of Breath
  17. The Promise of Shadows
  18. Disturbed
  19. It Is Accomplished
  20. Bread and Wine
  21. Zaar
Peter Gabriel I: Car Album
  1. Here Comes the Flood
  2. Down the Dolce Vita
  3. Waiting for the Big One
  4. Slowburn
  5. Humdrum
  6. Excuse Me
  7. Modern Love
  8. Solsbury Hill
  9. Moribund, the Burgermeister
Peter Gabriel II: Scratch Album
  1. Home Sweet Home
  2. Perspective
  3. Flotsam and Jetsam
  4. Exposure
  5. Animal Magic
  6. Indigo
  7. White Shadow
  8. A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World
  9. D.I.Y.
  10. On The Air
  11. Modern Love
Peter Gabriel III: Melt Album
  1. Biko
  2. Lead A Normal Life
  3. Not One Of Us
  4. Games Without Frontiers
  5. ...And Through The Wire
  6. Family Snapshot
  7. Start
  8. No Self Control
  9. Intruder
Peter Gabriel IV: Security Album
  1. Kiss of Life
  2. Wallflower
  3. Lay Your Hands on Me
  4. Shock the Monkey
  5. The Family and the Fishing Net
  6. I Have the Touch
  7. San Jacinto
  8. The Rhythm of the Heat
Plays Live Album
  1. Biko
  2. D.I.Y.
  3. Family Snapshot
  4. Humdrum
  5. Intruder
  6. I Go Swimming
  7. I Have the Touch
  8. Not One Of Us
  9. No Self Control
  10. On The Air
  11. San Jacinto
  12. Shock the Monkey
  13. Solsbury Hill
  14. The Family and the Fishing Net
  15. The Rhythm of the Heat
Revisited Album
  1. Animal Magic
  2. D.I.Y.
  3. Exposure
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam
  5. Here Comes the Flood
  6. Humdrum
  7. Indigo
  8. Modern Love
  9. Moribund, the Burgermeister
  10. Mother of Violence
  11. On The Air
  12. Perspective
  13. Slowburn
  14. Solsbury Hill
  15. Waiting for the Big One
Secret World Live Album
  1. Across The River
  2. Blood Of Eden
  3. Come Talk To Me
  4. Digging In The Dirt
  5. In Your Eyes
  6. Kiss That Frog
  7. Red Rain
  8. Secret World
  9. Shaking The Tree
  10. Sledgehammer
  11. Slow Marimbas
  12. Solsbury Hill
  13. Steam
  14. Washing Of The Water
Shaking The Tree Album
  1. Big Time
  2. Biko
  3. Family Snapshot
  4. Games Without Frontiers
  5. Here Comes the Flood
  6. I Have the Touch
  7. Mercy Street
  8. Red Rain
  9. San Jacinto
  10. Shaking The Tree
  11. Shock the Monkey
  12. Sledgehammer
  13. Solsbury Hill
  14. Zaar
So Album
  1. Big Time
  2. In Your Eyes
  3. Mercy Street
  4. Red Rain
  5. Sledgehammer
  6. That Voice Again
  7. This is the Picture
Up Album
  1. Growing Up
  2. Darkness
  3. The Barry Williams Show
  4. Sky Blue
  5. No Way Out
  6. My Head Sounds Like That
  7. More Than This
  8. The Drop
  9. I Grieve
Us Album
  1. Blood Of Eden
  2. Come Talk To Me
  3. Digging In The Dirt
  4. Fourteen Black Paintings
  5. Kiss That Frog
  6. Love To Be Loved
  7. Only Us
  8. Secret World
  9. Steam
  10. Washing Of The Water
BORN: February 13, 1950, London, England

Peter Gabriel has been writing songs for some 30 years. Before he hit the 'big time', he started writing songs while at about 11 or 12 years old. "The first song I wrote was called 'Sammy The Slug.' Everyone else was writing about girls, and I was writing about slugs, which shows what I was interested in." (PG quote).

While attending Charterhouse school in Surrey, England, he met up with Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips and together started the band Genesis. Their first single "The Silent Sun" was 'on the air' in 1968. Anthony became ill and had to leave Genesis so the other band members went 'looking for someone' to replace him and the drummer, and in the fall of 1970 Steve Hackett and Phil Collins joined up. From 1967-1975 Peter Gabriel was part of this Genesis progressive song writing collaboration with songs ranging from classical and mythological themes to the humorous and absurd.

Feeling a need for a bit more of 'home sweet home', Peter Gabriel left Genesis and puttered around gardening and writing songs. In 1977 he released his first solo album which was a diverse collection of music ranging from classic pop to barbershop quartet to blues to grandiose orchestrations. From then on, Peter Gabriel has been a world explorer (and creator) of rhythms and sounds, an innovative musician often mixing today's newest technologies with the world's oldest instruments, and a catalyst for bringing more "World Music" musicians to a world wide audience.

Just as his music is layered with rhythms, wonderful instrumentations, and emotional vocals, his lyrics are layered with meaning and images which touch the listener. One of the most frequently asked questions about Peter Gabriel's music is "What is the meaning of the lyrics...where did he get the idea for this song?" We thought it would be fun to put together a list of quotes from Peter Gabriel with his 'perspective' on what is behind his lyrics. There are also other sources referenced when it is significant to a song. Have a look.



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