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  • @rastarn
    @rastarn 2 дні тому +14

    Literally the most played video on MTV. Holds the official record.

  • @robertnichol3669
    @robertnichol3669 2 дні тому +20

    Peter Gabriel really is an underrated artist, the creative depth Gabriel has...well worth a deep dive into his backlog of songs

    • @DocRock67
      @DocRock67 2 дні тому +2

      Peter is underrated? I don’t think so. He’s one of the most respected musicians I can imagine.

    • @Ghoulstille
      @Ghoulstille День тому +1

      He's far from underrated. He just chooses when he wants to release an album sometimes it takes 10 years between albums and like with his last album full studio length album 21 years. And when you go away for long periods of time people tend to forget.

    • @germaneugenio
      @germaneugenio День тому

      In that case, Zappa is the real underrated. This video is most known that Inca Roads (1974). O sea, Zappa lo hizo más de 10 años atrás, y con una composición muchísimo mejor, y este es el video que la gente reconoce, una copia pobre.

  • @jasonsprecher5118
    @jasonsprecher5118 2 дні тому +21

    “In your eyes” “Solsbury Hill” “Big Time” are other hits you should check out.

  • @teverly5150
    @teverly5150 День тому +7

    The point of realization is enough to watch your reaction!

  • @520azdc
    @520azdc 8 годин тому +1

    Not only is this a great song it's also immaculately recorded. When I installed a custom stereo system in my car this was the song I used to test and tune it. Listening to Sledgehammer with 750 watts driving four mids, four tweeters and a sub at 90+dB is an experience. Play this song LOUD. Trust me.

  • @RonHouck-eb1cn
    @RonHouck-eb1cn 2 дні тому +10

    He was in the group Genesis in their early days. Good reaction

  • @n5iln
    @n5iln 2 дні тому +9

    From the same time period..."Shock The Monkey", or "Games Without Frontiers". As others have already suggested, "In Your Eyes"...the live version, with Paula Cole in his backup band. Or go back the other way on the timeline and listen to some of his work with Genesis, like "Carpet Crawlers" or "Watcher Of The Skies".
    Peter Gabriel is vastly unrecognized and underrated in the US.

  • @alexthorpe6583
    @alexthorpe6583 2 дні тому +5

    This video got so much airtime on MTV, back in the day, that even Peter Gabriel called them up to beg them to stop playing it so much. Twice an hour or more, it seemed like. They burned everyone out on it.
    He always had a voice that I loved to sing along with. 'In Your Eyes' may be his best work. 'Don't Give Up' features a duet with Kate Bush.
    Peter Gabriel was also a founding member of Genesis, back in their early Prog rock days. He left them in the mid 70's. If you want some vintage Prog music, try 'Supper's Ready', 'Firth of Fifth', 'Cinema Show'.

    • @c1ph3rpunk
      @c1ph3rpunk 2 дні тому +1

      Played so, so so much, I swear I’m still burnt on it.

  • @direnova6284
    @direnova6284 2 дні тому +5

    In Your Eyes live "Secret World" tour is a classic reacter video, everybody loves it cos it's joyous, feel good marvelousness.

  • @peterlenihan1613
    @peterlenihan1613 2 дні тому +6

    In case it wasn't already mentioned, the video was made up with over 750,000 photos which was shot in stop motion. In fact sections of the videos are actual claymation.

  • @PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000
    @PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000 2 дні тому +5

    I think that you should react to Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s duet “Don’t Give Up “ whilst the video can feel a little awkward with the worlds longest hug The tenderness and empathy and love and genuine emotion in both Peter and Kate’s voices in this song are extremely touching. The song is based on the great depression of the 1930s which was a very sad time in world history and many men lost everything. They owned often taking their own lives for feeling like failures to their families. If only they all had wives like the one Kate Bush portrays in this music video I think so. Many men would have lived happily being poor.

  • @Canine77
    @Canine77 День тому +3

    Peter Gabriel, genius, musically, lyrically and theatrically.

  • @ciao_knives7604
    @ciao_knives7604 2 дні тому +6

    You'd probably recognize In Your Eyes and maybe Solsbury Hill. Seen a few reactions to Don't Give Up, lately, too, and I have to say, while the studio version with Kate Bush is amazing, I feel like the live version with Paula Cole needs more love. Paula sounded like a real life angel in that performance.

  • @Pomdownuder
    @Pomdownuder День тому +4

    Peter's Solsbury Hill is the greatest brake up song ever.
    His duet with Kate Bush "Don't give up" is exquisite.

  • @EchoesDaBear
    @EchoesDaBear 2 дні тому +3

    GREAT reactions Rachel!! What do you think you do with a 'sledgehammer'?! You pound things! The video is still all ages...and honestly, a child will never get the sexual undertones of the lyrics (I know I didn't when this came out - I was 8 years old in 1986. Wasn't until a few years later that I understood what 'fruit cage' really was! Ahh, youthful innocence!)
    This video won awards at the time. As much as Peter Gabriel is a visionary with his music, so he is with his videos! From the same album, I recommend Don't Give Up - it's a slow track, featuring Kate Bush, the video is simplistic (in comparison to this), but perfectly embraces (you'll get that connotation if you watch it) the lyrics of the song!
    Other PG tracks: Digging In The Dirt, Blood Of Eden, Mercy Street, Red Rain, Games Without Frontiers...so much to discover!
    Cheers from Canada, eh!!

  • @lansorbet5882
    @lansorbet5882 2 години тому

    1986 - Great year for Genesis fans! Peter Gabriel on the charts, Phil Collins on the charts, Mike Rutherford on the charts, Steve Hackett on the charts, Tony Banks (Quicksilver soundtrack) on the charts, Genesis on the charts. Good times.

  • @ThomasKnip
    @ThomasKnip 2 дні тому +2

    "You don't know who Peter Gabriel is?!" *yelling progressively* 🎶🎵

  • @I_ll_beer_back
    @I_ll_beer_back 2 дні тому +1

    The great song became a number one hit in the United States and Canada and was also a worldwide hit at the time.

  • @WineSippingCowboy
    @WineSippingCowboy 22 години тому

    Written by Peter Gabriel. He quit Genesis and started a solo career.
    He was influenced by the late Otis Redding. Gabriel hired the late Wayne Jackson, who played trumpet 🎺 for Redding.
    The late Eddie van Halen liked 👍 the songs in the album So.
    In concert for the album So, Paula Cole was 1 of the background singers. After this tour, she quit and started a solo career.
    Suggested videos 📹: 1 Peter Gabriel and Paula Cole sing In Your Eyes live 2 Phil Collins and Philip Bailey sing Easy Lover. 3 Genesis performs Invisible Touch.

  • @LordBalkanYm
    @LordBalkanYm 2 дні тому +1

    I remember seeing this music video as a kid, I didn't care much for the song, but I loved the video and I am pretty sure it is one of the reasons I got really into stop animation.

  • @LostHate
    @LostHate 2 дні тому +4

    The sudden realization lol

  • @TheBTG88
    @TheBTG88 День тому +1

    How can a singer not know Peter Gabriel?!

    • @antoniocarlin5026
      @antoniocarlin5026 День тому

      this videos are FAKES.... jajaja the youtubers they pretend it ....

    • @ninja_tony
      @ninja_tony День тому

      @@antoniocarlin5026 get over yourself

  • @donaldbohn3183
    @donaldbohn3183 16 годин тому

    It's funny watch somebody reacting for the 1st time that I've heard 1000s of times. I'm currently into BAND-MAID.

  • @ColourboxNow
    @ColourboxNow 2 дні тому

    You make me laugh so much. One of the greatest music videos of all time. It took weeks to make Love Peter Cheers.

  • @thomaskjr4322
    @thomaskjr4322 2 дні тому +2

    Peter Gabriel was drummer and lead singer in Genesis in the 70's before he left and Phil Collins took over the lead.

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 2 дні тому

      In his solo work he plays keyboards for his compositions.

  • @PANIC_aka_PinD
    @PANIC_aka_PinD День тому

    Probably the most iconic 80's Mtv era video ever made. Even Peter himself struggled to make an appropriate follow up with "Steam".

  • @ofthenearfuture
    @ofthenearfuture День тому

    The song is so good! The mastering on this track was also incredible (and I use it to audition headphones haha), there's just something about what they were doing in the 70's and 80's, until the loudness wars. The stop motion is also amazing, he really had some iconic music videos.

  • @neilpatrickhairless
    @neilpatrickhairless 2 дні тому +3

    Fun fact: this is Ozzy Osbourne's favorite music video and song

  • @SUP3RM4N_73
    @SUP3RM4N_73 17 годин тому

    Sledgehammer takes on a whole new meaning once the pieces fall into place. haha

  • @mattscoggins
    @mattscoggins 4 години тому

    I was 11 when this song/video came out and I LOVED watching this music video! (that and Land of Confusion lol)

  • @mikedown3219
    @mikedown3219 2 дні тому +2

    Animation from Aardman Animation. If you are not familiar, they are known for their Wallace & Gromit animated fiilms.

  • @Kick278
    @Kick278 День тому

    Haha!! You don't have to "explain" every lyric to the kids! It sure is fun to watch!

  • @PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000
    @PHOENIXDARKFIRE5000 2 дні тому +1

    Peter Gabriel has always been one of my favourite all-time male artists with my favourite song being his duet with Kate Bush “Don’t Give Up “ which remains one of my favourite all-time songs to this very day ❤
    Statistically though, Sledgehammer had much greater success both here in Australia #3 and The UK #4 & especially in the US #1 😎
    But personally, I don’t necessarily think it was just a catchy tune that raised it so high in the charts. I also think it was the unique animation made of fruit in the music video that piqued people‘s interest . I’m not saying this song wasn’t worthy of getting a top 10 chart position. I just believe that the artistry behind music video raised a lot of attention for Peter in general
    Although many of the younger viewers may think it’s depressing that I clearly remember the day this music video was released in 1986 and I felt that the fruity video left the lasting impression on me. I am now in my 50s and can’t help but the picture Peter Gabriel‘s face made of fruit every time I hear this song.
    A lot of people don’t realise that prior to Phil Collins taking over vocal duties, Peter Gabriel was once the lead singer in the English progressive rock band Genesis. He left the group in 1975, embarking on a solo career. "Solsbury Hill" was Peter's debut solo single, released in 1977.
    Surprisingly, "Solsbury Hill" only peaked at number 45 in Australia in July 1977. I say "surprisingly" because the song was still in high rotation on radio during the 1980s. I knew the song for years, aged in single digits, before I knew the song's title or who performed it. That's not something I can say about many singles from 1977 that missed the top 40.
    "Solsbury Hill" fared much better in Peter's native UK, reaching number 13 there in May 1977. The song was an apt choice to launch Peter's solo career, as its lyrics deal with, in Peter's own words, "being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get... It's about letting go."
    At this point in time, Peter had placed seven singles on the Australian top 100, with his biggest hits being "Sledgehammer" (number 3, June 1986) and "Don't Give Up" (number 5, April 1987); the latter being a duet with Kate Bush. Both tracks were lifted from Peter's fifth studio album So (number 5, June 1986). Peter also bubbled under with "Red Rain", another single from So, in August 1987, and we last saw him teaming up with Youssou N'Dour in July 1989.
    "Solsbury Hill" originally appeared on Peter's debut album Peter Gabriel (number 25, June 1977). The single was re-released to promote Peter's greatest hits compilation album Shaking the Tree (Sixteen Golden Greats) (number 41, December 1990). This time around, a music video was made for the song, although Peter does not appear in it.

    • @fewwiggle
      @fewwiggle 2 дні тому

      "many of the younger viewers will think it’s depressing" Huh?

  • @mondospieler
    @mondospieler 18 годин тому

    When I was a kid, I thought it was just about a sledgehammer. So they'll be fine.

  • @taylortyler1867
    @taylortyler1867 2 дні тому

    "Big Time", "Shock the Monkey" and "Steam" are 3 of my favorites by Peter.

  • @ianhowe338
    @ianhowe338 2 дні тому +1

    Back in the 80s, when MTV still aired music videos, they would have these marathon weekends where they’d play like the top 40 videos of the year. I forget when this song came out, because I would have been 4 or 5 or thereabouts. But I remember this was a big video. They used to put so much effort into music videos. And if you watched MTV for an afternoon you’d get exposed to so many great songs and genres you might have never thought to listen to. Pretty much any artist could get exposure if they came up with an interesting video idea. But you could hear this next to Michael Jackson, next to Def Leppard next to the Beastie Boys next to Cyndi Lauper. Fun times. The only down side to being born in the 80s is now I’m a cranky 42 year old with bad knees. Still, fair trade.

  • @xheralt
    @xheralt 21 годину тому

    As the line from "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" says (of Captain Hammer), "The hammer is my..." well, you can guess.

  • @kylefrandsen2665
    @kylefrandsen2665 День тому

    It's hard to describe how every new, big video was groundbreaking in the '80s. I don't suggest you listen to this song, but maybe watch the video muted, Will Powers, “Smile” to see what was considered groundbreaking CGI in 1983.
    Check out The Cars, "You might Think" to see groundbreaking in 1984 (it was the first video added to the Museum of Modern Art).
    The band A-Ha's video for "Take On Me" was a mix of hand-drawn animation and live action in 1985.
    And then Peter Gabriel's stop-motion with a live person "Sledgehammer" in 1986 where each second of video took 25 still images - his face turning blue and the cloud passing across it was makeup being done and re-done for each shot.
    MTV was so exciting back then!

  • @dcanmore
    @dcanmore 2 дні тому +1

    Talking Heads 'And She Was' with video (animation) has a good mid-80s vibe along with this one.

  • @shoahkhan5670
    @shoahkhan5670 15 годин тому

    Robert Palmer 💡
    John Farnham 💡
    Nine Inch Nails 💡
    Eurovision winning songs 💡

  • @wbj2000
    @wbj2000 2 дні тому

    So many great songs from the 80's.
    You do realize the song is called Sledgehammer right? 😄
    Peter Gabriel has many great songs.

  • @seymourclarity8702
    @seymourclarity8702 2 дні тому

    I would never yell at you...
    Sup from New Zealand 🌏🇳🇿🥝, hope everyone's having a great day
    💛🌏💛

  • @orwelles
    @orwelles 22 години тому

    Funny you mention that you would have liked the video as a kid. Aardman Animations studios made the video. They are the ones who did all those Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit films.

  • @ninja_tony
    @ninja_tony День тому

    Lmao, the moment when she realizes what the song is about 😂

  • @carlcady4008
    @carlcady4008 2 дні тому +1

    He spent 16 hours a day lying down under a glass table for the stop motion elements.

    • @romanwolf0072
      @romanwolf0072 2 дні тому +2

      Including all the dead fish under hot studio lights

  • @quinn-tessential3232
    @quinn-tessential3232 2 дні тому

    Reaction suggestions: The two music videos that most made me wonder what in the world I was looking at were "Mr. Krinkle" by Primus and "Human Behaviour" by Bjork. "Mr. Krinkle" left me dumbfounded. With "Human Behaviour," the video matches the uniqueness of the song itself.

  • @mkissin493
    @mkissin493 2 дні тому +1

    IMHO today's lyrics are all or nuthin...but back in the day there was some thought put into the expression of human needs and desires 😮

  • @gable354
    @gable354 2 дні тому

    Straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @mercurylegacy
    @mercurylegacy 2 дні тому

    Sledgehammer is a cool name for a song, sounds like a deathcore heavy song for me 😝

  • @longfootbuddy
    @longfootbuddy Годину тому

    the song big time is much better than any of the typical suggestions youll get below.. cept maybe that guy down there saying shock the monkey, thats pretty good too

  • @duncansolloway2497
    @duncansolloway2497 15 годин тому

    the live version of IN YOUR EYES and DON T GIVE UP w/ KATE BUSH - that is all

  • @mitchellbeston1033
    @mitchellbeston1033 19 годин тому

    Oh, was this a big song!!!!!!

  • @audivawalsh2983
    @audivawalsh2983 2 дні тому

    I think one of the best progressive albums I've ever heard was OVO by Peter Gabriel. Not very well known but still astoundingly good.

  • @robertpetre9378
    @robertpetre9378 День тому

    This song and music video leaves nothing for the imagination 💭 😅

  • @oliverbendallcharles
    @oliverbendallcharles Годину тому

    And here I was thinking the beginning with the sperm was the giveaway😂

  • @Orielzolrak
    @Orielzolrak 2 дні тому

    Ask your audience: If they prefer you to speak over the song or to cut every so often and speak and at the end give your impression

  • @justitia257
    @justitia257 2 дні тому

    Great Peter

  • @derkabronen
    @derkabronen 20 годин тому

    there's also a Harry Styles version, worth checking out, if not for a reaction, just for yourself

  • @greenbeech3055
    @greenbeech3055 4 години тому

    This was considered a pretty innovative video at the time, although it may seemed old fashioned now.

  • @scottNNJ
    @scottNNJ День тому

    This video and song is not “wholesome”. Although the meaning is not all that obvious. The successor, “Steam”, is much more direct. But also a fantastic sound and fantastic video.

  • @SpamMouse
    @SpamMouse День тому

    Q: Who is Peter Gabriel?
    A: Welcome to planet earth we hope you enjoy your stay. (Recommendation below....)
    Try Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers. You can thank me later............

  • @motodork
    @motodork 20 годин тому

    Another song purely about sex on which Peter Gabriel sang that would be worth a reaction is Counting Out Time by Genesis.

  • @ncs4529
    @ncs4529 13 годин тому

    The whole song, every lyric, was innuendo about sex.

  • @ed-straker
    @ed-straker 20 годин тому

    Tony Levin on bass.

  • @DannySpee
    @DannySpee 2 дні тому

    He was the second artist to use stopmotion on himself: David Byrne was the first in the Talking Heads-song Road To Nowhere. Peter Gabriel has stolen his ideas more than once: Compare the David Byrne-video for She's Mad and the Peter Gabriel-video for Steam.

  • @MontassirAlkass
    @MontassirAlkass 2 дні тому

    ❤✌🏻

  • @esteban280889
    @esteban280889 17 годин тому

    The only Peter Gabriel song i can listen to. I find his era in Genesis too weird, they were only good when phil took over

  • @NABIL7
    @NABIL7 День тому

    Please, react to Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood.

  • @albertmoritzmoritz6416
    @albertmoritzmoritz6416 2 дні тому

    😊

  • @Anonymousones1
    @Anonymousones1 13 годин тому

    Don’t watch this video on mushrooms

  • @doubleubee7523
    @doubleubee7523 9 годин тому

    Now watch the Sledge Hammer TV show. (No relation)

  • @josephdenney6701
    @josephdenney6701 2 дні тому

    You have to be from the 80s to get the meaning of the song

  • @josephdenney6701
    @josephdenney6701 2 дні тому

    It a dirty song

  • @Mr.granulado
    @Mr.granulado 2 дні тому

    I think you’ll like “One” from Metallica

    • @neilpatrickhairless
      @neilpatrickhairless 2 дні тому +1

      She has reacted to One previously!

    • @Mr.granulado
      @Mr.granulado 2 дні тому +1

      @neilpatrickhairless ok thanks, I didn't see already bcs I'm New int The Channel

  • @donadams9496
    @donadams9496 3 години тому

    I'm a couple days late on this, but none of the lyrics are wholesome, as I'm sure you found by now.

  • @Boodieman72
    @Boodieman72 День тому

    Wholesome? I wouldn't say that about a song about sex. The lyrics are "your fruit cage" not "your fruit cake"

  • @DomLab-g2n
    @DomLab-g2n 2 дні тому +1

    "who's Peter Gabriel?"
    🤦

    • @jack-of-all-trades1234
      @jack-of-all-trades1234 2 дні тому

      Not everyone is 40 plus years old.

    • @caphowdy666
      @caphowdy666 2 дні тому +3

      @@jack-of-all-trades1234 You don't have to be 40+ years old to know who people are from days gone by. That is just an ignorant argument for people who take no interest in stuff from the past. At last Ray is trying to learn. It's like someone 40+ saying they have never heard of a modern artist, and someone saying "not everyone is a teenager".

    • @YonkoLalev
      @YonkoLalev 2 дні тому +1

      But, of course, Peter Gabriel is one of the prog rock icons in all the times. Our music today is popular with something else than progressive rock. It's good for them to learn. 👋 🎉

    • @jack-of-all-trades1234
      @jack-of-all-trades1234 2 дні тому

      @@caphowdy666
      I never said that you had to be.
      So you're telling me that if I randomly interviewed 100 twenty year olds versus 100 forty forty year olds the results would be roughly the same on knowledge of Peter Gabriel? You know that's not true.

    • @jasonstinebaugh8447
      @jasonstinebaugh8447 2 дні тому +2

      She finally gets it at 4:38😅

  • @poetwp975
    @poetwp975 7 годин тому

    It’s not explicit and children would not get the reference nor would they understand the words as they are sung. Your analyzing too much.

  • @diogenesagogo
    @diogenesagogo 2 дні тому

    It's clearly 'fruit cage', not fruit cake. Not that it makes any difference. I wouldn't worry too much about the lyrics anyway, they're not meant to be taken seriously. Like you say, it's just a fun song.

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 2 дні тому

      Fruit cakes is correct.

    • @diogenesagogo
      @diogenesagogo День тому

      @@treetopjones737 Not what I'm hearing.. Nor according to Genius lyrics:
      Show me 'round your fruit cage
      'Cause I will be your honey bee
      Open up your fruit cage
      Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

    • @ninja_tony
      @ninja_tony День тому

      @@diogenesagogo fruit cage isn’t even a thing lol. At lease fruit cakes are a real thing. And lyrics sites online are notoriously wrong all the time.

    • @diogenesagogo
      @diogenesagogo 15 годин тому

      @@ninja_tony Very much a thing. Look it up.(youtube keep deleting the links). They protect fruit bushes from birds etc. And they have a door you can open, unlike fruit cakes 😆