Peter Gabriel - This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- The official video for 'This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)' featuring vocals from co-writer Laurie Anderson.
The song features on the first of Peter’s studio albums to have a proper title, So was a watershed release in his career. Its marriage of the artistic and the commercial made for an indisputable success, with the album quickly sitting atop the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
Aside from some intriguing collaborations - with Laurie Anderson on This Is The Picture, Kate Bush on Don’t Give Up and Youssou N’Dour on In Your Eyes - it was the unity of singer, band and producer that made So such a crucial record in the Gabriel canon.
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Listening to this song. Excellent song.
wish you had built something... sorry, break it down build it back up.
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watch them sing, there they go
LOL!
Excellent dimples.
Laurie Anderson so beautiful so subtle so strong
In my opinion two musical geniuses together.
I think Laurie had a fantasy going on in her mind as an artist/musician.
I'm such a big fan of laurie Anderson. Such a great talent. Then you factor in peter Gabriel win win. Progressive rock is the best
ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80'S MUSIC RULES!! the dj
I was just introduced to Laurie Anderson by way of language is a virus. And I end up here. I have faith again in God. Peter Gabriel with Laurie Anderson... I'm literally crying right now lol.
You should give full credit for this work to the creative artists, human individuals who made it, not to your imaginary creator - why would you want to downgrade them and let them down like that??
@@stojadinovicdushanyour concept of God and mine are very different. We are all part of the great I am.
Personnage et musicien intemporel ! THANKS THANKS THANKS...
Miss music days like these
Wonderful song by P.G. ! Long . Excellent son
Thank you Peter Gabriel, you have been in my head since I was a teenager. My favorite (non guitar playing) musician/artist of all time!
✌👽👍🧠🎶🎵🌌
Listen to the bass, excellent bass.
Such a great song. I love it. P.G. and L. A. had good chemistry together.
I absolutely LOVE Peter AND Laurie (I even buy their books ha-ha).
I'be been in many of their shows.
Love this song in both vertions (Laurie's and Peter's albums)
Seeing them together is a great experience.
I love this retreatment of one of the more obscure tracks on So. 😊
Freaking brilliant. We need more music like this.
No we dont
It’s out there now. Just look for it. Late night TV has artists on that are sometimes like this.
@@josephparent2628 lol
@@jenniferdixon7633 spoken word artists really?
Oh yes we do
Peter Gabriel is one of the most talented UNDERRATED Music artists - both video and musical, in my life. Peter Gabriel is the Best. He has been a Soundtrack to my life. I cannot thank you enough Peter Gabriel - God Bless You
you are right
He wrote all the lyrics to 'The lamb lies down on broadway' album by Genesis. best album ever
I agree.best album ever.
He's been one of the most influential people in the industry. I mean, the guy's a legend. It's hard to say he's underrated, though maybe the younger generation doesn't have so much appreciation for his work.
How is he underrated? By WHO?! He's sold many millions of records/tapes/CDs/downloads, is well recognised throughout the industry and one or more of his videos are STILL often voted into "Top 10 Music Videos". Underrated... Pffft.
Holy xxx, think Mr. Gabriel just left a message. From the heart, we were all beautiful and new then. All my love!
Peter and Laurie... this song couldn't have been anything else. It's perfect, just as it was then. So... Perfect.
The man with a fantasy going on in his mind !
80s Beautiful synthesizer dynamism pop. Glamorous fascination music sounds. Great.
Two more unique people you will never find. Though I bet Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed was always an interesting conversation over morning coffee.
love her .saw her only once felt lucky
I love this song, always have, but never once knew that there was a video for this one! 😳🤘
Laurie still has the same hair and looks almost exactly the same, 28 years later! :)
saw her in 2019. still true!
This is actually a Special mix for this Clip. It is different to the Version on Laurie`s Album and on Peter`s "So". All 3 Versions are like an Evolution of one song - plus the brilliant funky live Versions, that came later.
I was just going to say that this version kind of sounds like a cross between the two album versions - "fuller" than the one on Mr Heartbreak, but not quite as "world music" as the one on So. They both love reworking their own material anyway, don't they?
This version was for a television show called "Good Morning Mr. Orwell" that aired on New Year's Day 1984. This was the first version the public heard.
I thought it felt a little different.
Ah snap! Yes. It's a little different. Love it but love "the original" (if i can call the longer mix that) even more... Always found it sounds best played *exceedingly* loud...👍
This song migrates to the bones-hypnotic, meditative, haunting. Amazing!
Peter Gabriel WOW ...I grow with him .....man still sounds great ....
This is one of the rare four minute songs that leaves you begging for a whole bunch more. Heck, I could listen to a whole album side of this jam.
The same way a POW in WW2 would beg for more, am I right?
@@josephparent2628 What are you talking about?
@@josephparent2628 Stop listening to him and making negative comments if you aren't enjoying it because we all are!
after many years still GREAT
Such a wonderfully 80's video.
Laurie Anderson is amazing. Love Peter, too.
Yes...yes she is (-: RIP Lou
2 magnificent artists made the timeless masterpiece.
Thank you both.
Man, Peter's got some moves!
❤2GENIUS of Music ❤ GREAT GABRIEL GREAT ANDERSON ❤
This man oozes talent
I'm sorry, i think you autocorrected lacks for oozes.
This woman too.
I have always loved this track - great to finally see it! didn't get to see PG in South Africa until the end of Apartheid.
Wow! I can't believe I had never landed on this gem passing over 20 years of searching for Peter Gabriel and Genesis videos
algorithm got better input? !
Flawless. Superb musicianship.
I believe in a documentary of So that I saw a little while back they mentioned how they got Laurie Anderson, recorded and mixed this song as well as filmmed the music video in 3 days as this song was a last minute inclusion to the album
Long words... excellent words. I can hear them now.
Two creative geniuses in the music industry in my opinion.
Bill Laswell, mastermind of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" and bassist, is on bass on this song, as well as Chic's Nile Rodgers on guitar. :)
Actually... the BASS Is being done by the GREAT "Tony Levin"! One of THE GREATEST BASS PLAYERS of ALL TIME!
And I'm a DRUMMER! But I would SO LOVE To jam with Tony!
Here.. check out THIS Video to see what I mean! ua-cam.com/video/zmI2nduAT20/v-deo.html
@@j.s.connolly8579 Bill Laswell is playing bass on this song, check the credits. It's the only song on the album in which Tony Levin did not contribute bass.
@@colonelmotorov5854 Damn, you're right. I could have sworn it was 'That Voice Again'. So, my question about whether this was bass or Chapman Stick is irrelevant.
excellent Peter!
Always one of my favorite songs from Peter. I never saw this video though .... Awesome
the '80's were the future..I love Peter's jacket!
The Soundscape Master at his best...
thank you for your bravery!!! this song still holds many truths!! xoxo
What that you're adopted?
Two legends together.
Magnifique l archange gabriel
one of my all-time favorite songs, I Love Peter Gabriel!!!
And I did too, until he touched me at mass 17 years ago. He told me this is the picture
How could anyone vote thumbs-down for this?
How could anyone vote thumbs-up for this?
excellent tout court !!! and beautiful Peter !
Laurie Anderson so brilliant
Excellent song , he is fantastic !
Excellent birds, but I think Lil Pump has more artistic ability than this fruitcake
@@josephparent2628 mate you made me choke on my coffee. No one who has “lil” in their name can be taken seriously. This man who is essentially called little
Pump is not even in the same league as Peter Gabriel. Gabriel was a revolutionary in the music scene. Little Pump is nothing more that a pompous prick
Love the rhytmic guitar...
2 Génies .................
It is so weird to see Mr. Gabriel this young, it's amazing how close and far away he was from Genesis at the time.
I love birds..They are excellent
they are......
Love her version as well
I remember that This Is The Picture was included on the CD and cassette versions of So.
This is so 80's that my computer desk turned into Rubik's Cubes and I spontaneously grew Jheri curls.
Great song though. :)
I love Peter Gabriel
And your parents dont love you
What a great show this is 🤍
Aquarius ahead of the times!!!!
charming duo...
wonderful!
I have made it a personal mission over the years to discover (uncover) and know as many of the alternate versions and rarities and b-sides .. much lesser known PG material than what his main catalog offers. I must say, it is always a treat whenever I uncover yet more, that I'd never heard. I dig the extra percussion in this cut. It gives it more flair than the (So) original.
Yes,that's the thing I noticed straight away,that the percussion is different to that which adds to the oddness of the version that closes out So.
Take a picture, I see pictures of People! Terrific Jam, Big Hearts to everyone, Later, from Sunny Southern Florida 🌴
I never really liked this song much-before today. Now, it makes perfect sense! His music speaks to my soul-expressing what I can't put into words...
This is the Music!!
The genius of video innovators Dean Winkler and John Sanborn! Peace.
Indeed! I had not heard this or seen it til today!
Maybe if your parents loved you you wouldnt have ever seen it
Remember watching this on PBS Alive off Center show.
This is A song, excellent song!
I recall buying this record and this song seemed like an add on, what an add on !! I had seen video work Laurie had done, so I recognized her name. I moved to Toronto when this was released, long ago and far away now....
excelente canción
Music has to be revolutionized from the inside out in the year 2016 where we make mind expanding advante garde creative music pop music like this again.
I prefer J Biebs to this and that sounds like a hate crime.
Arca
This song is the cure for cancer. Mom and Dad in Unison.
Two weird and awesome artists collaborating, gotta lurv it
I love all three versions of this song.
THIS IS PETER !!!!
No, this is the picture (excellent birds)
This video is so 80s it gave me mall bangs
PG essentially auditioning producers with Nile and Laswell on the track. I think this picks up Security funk and moves it further...Eno Byrne etc NYC life is captured in this song.
Married to Lou "Walk On The Wild Side" Reed. She released a BRILLIANT disk called Homeland a few years back, with the incredible track Only An Expert..Please check that track out. At 61 (at the time of the Homeland release) still remains a vital and important artist...
To be honest, with the both of them real honest going at it, Im not surprised they only came up wit this. End of the 80s. Close down pls
Your wish is granted. You‘ve closed down.
Genial totalmente
nice, merci BCP!
Good song👍
Laurie Anderson. thanks and peter
Whoa, I never knew they made a video for this album track. It's different than the one that's on the album but it's still good!
I remember seeing this video on a PBS show called "Alive From Off-Center" back in the 80's. It is my favorite version of the song.
Yeah I remember that series. I loved it. It was one of the few interesting things on television in the 80s.
I don't think Ruff-Ruff man from the PBS classic Fetch with Ruff-Ruff man would allow such an abomination to be aired on his channel
Whew, I thought I was the only one who hadn't seen this.
im 24 yrs old and this is more impressive than the videos i see now. BRING THESE KIND OF VIDEOS BACK !!
Its people like you that give cause for Satan to exist.
Video composites about as cutting edge as it was with a Paintbox FX module, but the music itself is immortal. Wish you were here to see it.
Wow! I never knew they made a video of this track! Loves it so much xxxxx
Brilliant bass
Probably the best period of your art live.
101st comment on Utube...Laurie my love!!!!
Okay. So "PL>Y the videos" is not complete🤯. Well! I'm not going to complain. Part of the appeal of Peter Gabriel as an artist is. One is always discovering new and different stuff from him. 🙂
That was picture 1986...WOW ..cool video nice remix jam ....song sounds like ..the future .....2016 ....
+Michael jones lol no it doesn't
Actually this version is from 1983 or 4
Lol, no it doesnt