Saw him at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in the early 80s... and the crowd passed him to the back of the venue... and all the back to the front. Absolutely STUNNING performance.
Hey Rory, glad you enjoyed it. You nailed it, he brought a lot of exposure to world music in his own music and he spear headed the WOMAD festival among other things like his label. This was 1987 (the prior performance of San Jacinto was 1993). He has aged a lot in the past few 20 or so years (tubby and bald) but still holds the stage as an incredible performer, just doesn't move around as much as he once did. I think i'll request some other years soon so you can see his progression.
WOW!! PETER GABRIEL AND THIS AWESOME BAND!! SO ARTISTIC CREATIVE!! POWERFUL BEAUTIFUL VOCALS!! INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY EVERYONE!! THAT IS CRAZY PETER CROWD SURFING IN THE AUDIENCE!! CONNECTING WITH THE CROWD THAT WAS AWESOME!! AWESOME REACTION RORY 💙 THANK YOU JOHN FOR THIS AWESOME REQUEST 😊 💓 🔥 🤘 ✌️
The reason that this worked at all was because he had to keep his body rigid the whole time. If he relaxed or collapsed, he would get pulled down and likely get trampled. The dense crowd pressing in with their hands out ironically is what kept him elevated. That's just nuts, he started doing this at the beginning of the 80s. There was no such thing as 'moshing' and in arena sized venues, there was NO way that a rock singer could just jump into a crowd of 30 000 people just for fun. I think tbere must have been security guards planted in the crowd to help guide Peter back towards the stage, because he could have gotten carried out so far that he would have been stranded. But how tbe hell do you 'rehearse' something like this? You just jump in and hope you survive I guess.
My favorite song from Peter. Awesome live performance. Awesome !
Saw him at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles in the early 80s... and the crowd passed him to the back of the venue... and all the back to the front. Absolutely STUNNING performance.
I saw this show in Paris in 1987. 5 days later, Genesis was playing in the same arena... 😉
one of the three musicians who has most influenced modern music!..... in my opinion
Saw Peter do this on his So tour in Philly 1986 talk about your jaw drop to the floor he might have been 1st artist to crowd surf his audience
What a beautiful song!!! He is a very unique artist..❤
Hey Rory, glad you enjoyed it. You nailed it, he brought a lot of exposure to world music in his own music and he spear headed the WOMAD festival among other things like his label. This was 1987 (the prior performance of San Jacinto was 1993). He has aged a lot in the past few 20 or so years (tubby and bald) but still holds the stage as an incredible performer, just doesn't move around as much as he once did. I think i'll request some other years soon so you can see his progression.
WOW!! PETER GABRIEL AND THIS AWESOME BAND!! SO ARTISTIC CREATIVE!! POWERFUL BEAUTIFUL VOCALS!! INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY EVERYONE!! THAT IS CRAZY PETER CROWD SURFING IN THE AUDIENCE!! CONNECTING WITH THE CROWD THAT WAS AWESOME!! AWESOME REACTION RORY 💙 THANK YOU JOHN FOR THIS AWESOME REQUEST 😊 💓 🔥 🤘 ✌️
I don't know this one. Good song, Peter is amazing, and you have to wonder how Genesis would have gone if he had stayed in the band.
The reason that this worked at all was because he had to keep his body rigid the whole time. If he relaxed or collapsed, he would get pulled down and likely get trampled. The dense crowd pressing in with their hands out ironically is what kept him elevated. That's just nuts, he started doing this at the beginning of the 80s. There was no such thing as 'moshing' and in arena sized venues, there was NO way that a rock singer could just jump into a crowd of 30 000 people just for fun. I think tbere must have been security guards planted in the crowd to help guide Peter back towards the stage, because he could have gotten carried out so far that he would have been stranded. But how tbe hell do you 'rehearse' something like this? You just jump in and hope you survive I guess.