"Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred." Anyone who has had hardships, whether mental or physical, has felt these words reach out to them. I am sure we all want to say thank you for that. It really touches you.
This song has always been like a hymn for me, inspiring me to stand against whatever odds. My hope lies here, that in that final hour I will be able to stand defiant and unbowed.
This has to be one of my all time favourite Peter Gabriel tracks. It is such a powerful song both lyrically and in terms of melody. How on earth this never appears on a Greatest Hits I'll never know! Thirty years on and this still sounds as fresh as it did back then. He is one of the few artists whose voice has changed very little over the years. Such a pity that his musical output is so infrequent as I would dearly love to hear some new material!
What an amazing performance........ The word "Genius" absolutely applies for this most amazing artist. His music goes to work directly on one's soul. Thank you, Peter Gabriel.
Cette chanson me touche énormément. J'ai passé 9,5 mois en prison, sans procès, en détention provisoire, dans des conditions sordides, alors que je suis innocent. Et cela n'en finit pas. Après avoir été acquitté en début d'année pour l'essentiel de ce qui m'était reproché, et donc ne pas devoir retourner en prison, le parquet a fait appel. J'attends donc mon futur procès devant une cour d'assise probablement l'an prochain. Cela fera 5 ans que l'on a détruit ma vie. On m'empêche de vivre normalement avec ma femme adorée. Elle me défend, se bat pour moi, niant fermement que je lui ai fait le moindre mal, mais on prétend qu'elle est sous emprise. Pas de victime, pas de témoin, mais je suis présumé coupable. Cela se passe dans un horrible pays : la France.
I am a survivor of a barbaric practice know as seclusion and restraint which is practiced on disabled children in schools across the country to this day. Discovering this song in my late teens, I listened to it over and over again, hoping that there was someone out there who knew what I had gone through. I just discovered a group that is part of a larger movement to outlaw the practice, and show teachers humane alternatives. Although there was nobody there for me as a kid, I am becoming the person who will say "...you are not forgotten here, and I will do what I can do." I will do what I can do!
I just looked for this after listening to the original on the Peter Gabriel 4 album. I like this version with the piano as much as the original. In some ways it is much stronger at the end because it is quieter and more thoughtful without the percussion but I do love the earlier parts of the song on the original. It is an overlooked song, like much of PG4, which was so ahead of its time.
One thing that makes the lyrics so special is that PG avoids accusations, thereby escaping the urge of revenge and lowering agressive potential (same in the more famous "Biko"). A true highlight in both music and humanity. "You're not forgotten here. And I will say to you, I will do what I can do"
When I was a kid this song had been my secret shoulder to cry on Then after a bloody 30 years of life has passed the words come back to me here and there Reminds me of what they say about classic literature; you’d come back to a same piece at different points of life to find totally new meaning and depths. Now I not only enjoy the compassion this song gives, but also experience this with awe and gratefulness. I agree 200% to what someone said on other comment, Peter’s voice and singing has grown magnificent to add whole new dimension to this song. Thank you for uploading
This touches. Make so I have stage four analysis Parkinson's epilepsy , it hard to hold on, but I doo. For my wife and children... I hope on.. Love you
Peter must have seen some real sorrow when he wrote song. I can feel his passion. Life is so damn short, why do people hurt others for money, for power, I think his music has made people realize images of terror, pain don't help any one at all. I think we all him a great thank you for making us realize, it's possible to care for others a whole lot more than ourselves. Thank you Peter..dback
This song is so moving, so delicate and fantastic. I still remember the first time I heard it.. I barely spoke a word of english in those days.... but I was so touched with his voice...
Excellent restraint! I'm so proud that you didn't leave a comment! I'm sorry that I am unable to imitate the great strength of character you described... xxx
At Peter's age his pipes are better than some 30 year old pop music professionals..this is called raw talent that was produced one after the other during the 60s 70s into the 80s when it went into decline and has been flatlined ever since imo save a few really good artists here and there..that includes r&b too which of course had its decline by the mid to late 90s and is struggling to stay afloat
Agree wholeheartedly w/ you...and yes, R&B has devolved into gangster rap, hip-hop, and whatever they call it nowadays. It's been a sad run for popular music lo these last three decades or so.
This freaks me right out...his voice is the same (if not better) than on the original recording!!! This is so beautiful. My guru, my elder of the arts...for the last 33 years.
It is totally gratifying and wonderful to read all the sentimental and human comments on this forum. And all this is the result of what an artistic genius like Peter Gabriel transmits and has transmitted for decades. Wallflower is an exceptional and unusual work, an artistic genius that purifies the soul and motivates the most humane humanism that we carry inside. An undoubted support that even allows us to face the current difficult times that the entire world is experiencing
Wish he´d do all of his great songs on a Solo Live Album just with his piano and voice. :-) Happy Birthday Peter, your music changed and saved my life.
Complimenti. Poesie piene di amore per la vita in tutte le sue manifestazioni e ripudio della violenza in tutte le forme si manifesti. Un grande poeta. Se poi aggiungiamo il suo impegno fuori dagli studi musicali e la sua musica beh... il risultato è unico: Peter Gabriel.
How can one not love this music? I’m supposed to be Focusing on bird calls, as I lead many people on my lushnature excursions, but instead, often I can’t help but hear music like this pounding through my head!
love this and all PG's music. it makes me think of my wonderful daughter who wants to work for human or animal rights. We are so proud of her. this song epitomises her as she has a real sense of fairness regardless of what others might think. that's how it should be, and i think PG would agree
How does PG manage to sing this song without crying for any number of reasons (the meaning of the words, picturing Nelson in the cage, the emotion of the music? I have not been able to do so since I learned the words the day the album came out.
I just finished watching this on Peter's website. Absolutely beautiful. He's just as brilliant as the CD version I'm so used to, recorded almost 30 years ago :)
This Biko, Here comes the flood, Waiting for the big one, Solsbury Hill, Secret world, On your eyes, Mercy Street, I grieve, Washing of the water and The blood of Eden are his absolute best songs!
Underrated song from an underrated album. The humanity of this song, its understanding of suffering and hope for justice, is rare in a pop song. It reflects a reality as real today was in antiquity, during the Holocaust, during Apartheid, and, god help us, in the future.
This song has saved my life more than once.
On the brink of suicide...when he sings to hold on.....well....i did
you werent suicidal then
Don't hesitate to contact me, not a psych or anything, but don't mind.
Me too
@@trevorcarvalho4562 you OK man?
I count this particular song among my reasons to live.
One of PGs most overlooked songs. So much emotion with just a voice and a piano. Every generation has someone that this song could be written for.
I like this version better than the original. It's great when someone at 60 had a better voince than he did at 20.
Yup overlooked and underrated! My favorite from him!
Not overlooked. Who knows PG's music never overlooks this anthem.
Absolutely. And so relevant today.
"Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred." Anyone who has had hardships, whether mental or physical, has felt these words reach out to them. I am sure we all want to say thank you for that. It really touches you.
Si .....sono d'accordo con te in tutto!
This song has always been like a hymn for me, inspiring me to stand against whatever odds. My hope lies here, that in that final hour I will be able to stand defiant and unbowed.
This is an absolute masterpiece of a song. It should be held on high as an example of songwriting excellence
at thirteen listening to this man , made my life , thanks peter
This has to be one of my all time favourite Peter Gabriel tracks. It is such a powerful song both lyrically and in terms of melody. How on earth this never appears on a Greatest Hits I'll never know! Thirty years on and this still sounds as fresh as it did back then. He is one of the few artists whose voice has changed very little over the years. Such a pity that his musical output is so infrequent as I would dearly love to hear some new material!
me too
There is also a German version of this anthem, all versions are great.
@@danielbraunlich5560 That was actually the original. From '81 or '82, I think.
What an amazing performance........ The word "Genius" absolutely applies for this most amazing artist. His music goes to work directly on one's soul. Thank you, Peter Gabriel.
Ma che commento posso fare, la sua voce ti arriva dentro l'anima, il cuore ed il cervello. I LOVE YOU PETER ❤❤
This should be the anthem for the international human rights court. Beautiful but also making me cry.
Cette chanson me touche énormément. J'ai passé 9,5 mois en prison, sans procès, en détention provisoire, dans des conditions sordides, alors que je suis innocent. Et cela n'en finit pas. Après avoir été acquitté en début d'année pour l'essentiel de ce qui m'était reproché, et donc ne pas devoir retourner en prison, le parquet a fait appel. J'attends donc mon futur procès devant une cour d'assise probablement l'an prochain. Cela fera 5 ans que l'on a détruit ma vie. On m'empêche de vivre normalement avec ma femme adorée. Elle me défend, se bat pour moi, niant fermement que je lui ai fait le moindre mal, mais on prétend qu'elle est sous emprise. Pas de victime, pas de témoin, mais je suis présumé coupable. Cela se passe dans un horrible pays : la France.
peter's voice is as fine as good wine, better and better with years... we'll do what we can do
This song saved my life tonight
A lot of people respond to it that way. I hope you're feeling better.
@@stellarocquie7957 Yes indeed I am. Salvation is at hand; God bless you for your caring and kind words Stella.
my idol since i was 13 pure music , live on peter ,genius
Never fails to reduce me to tears, this song.
This is a very special song.
I agree.
I'd heard a lot of Peter Gabriel songs but this song makes me realize why I have listened to him from the years.
i just love this man, the voice, the music, for 40 years,
Beautiful song and performance. PG should release an album of solo acoustic songs
What a beautiful voice.
Damn I love when he hits high notes like that.
I love his tone. It's so unique. I think it's just part of his overall charm and energy. Peter Gabriel is an experience.
What a phenomenal human being.
What an amazing voice...
I think this song is for humans but perfect for animal situation. Thanks PG!
I am a survivor of a barbaric practice know as seclusion and restraint which is practiced on disabled children in schools across the country to this day. Discovering this song in my late teens, I listened to it over and over again, hoping that there was someone out there who knew what I had gone through. I just discovered a group that is part of a larger movement to outlaw the practice, and show teachers humane alternatives. Although there was nobody there for me as a kid, I am becoming the person who will say "...you are not forgotten here, and I will do what I can do." I will do what I can do!
And your not disabled
I have loved this song and known it word for word since I was a kid.
I just looked for this after listening to the original on the Peter Gabriel 4 album. I like this version with the piano as much as the original. In some ways it is much stronger at the end because it is quieter and more thoughtful without the percussion but I do love the earlier parts of the song on the original. It is an overlooked song, like much of PG4, which was so ahead of its time.
my hero
One thing that makes the lyrics so special is that PG avoids accusations, thereby escaping the urge of revenge and lowering agressive potential (same in the more famous "Biko"). A true highlight in both music and humanity.
"You're not forgotten here. And I will say to you, I will do what I can do"
Thank you, Peter, for sharing compassion and hope with generations of people.
For me, his finest song. Shivers, every time .
Tears in my eyes..
Thx for great music, sir.
In times of overused formulas, low-risk artistic endeavors, and sick-narcissism this is like an oasis in the middle of the largest of desserts.
When I was a kid this song had been my secret shoulder to cry on
Then after a bloody 30 years of life has passed the words come back to me here and there
Reminds me of what they say about classic literature; you’d come back to a same piece at different points of life to find totally new meaning and depths.
Now I not only enjoy the compassion this song gives, but also experience this with awe and gratefulness.
I agree 200% to what someone said on other comment, Peter’s voice and singing has grown magnificent to add whole new dimension to this song.
Thank you for uploading
This song shows me that I am not the only one not having the experiences that I have gone through.
Quel talent !
Best lyrics I've ever heard.
This touches. Make so I have stage four analysis Parkinson's epilepsy , it hard to hold on, but I doo. For my wife and children... I hope on.. Love you
Peter must have seen some real sorrow when he wrote song. I can feel his passion. Life is so damn short, why do people hurt others for money, for power, I think his music has made people realize images of terror, pain don't help any one at all. I think we all him a great thank you for making us realize, it's possible to care for others a whole lot more than ourselves. Thank you Peter..dback
Is there anything this man can't do musically? He is a complete musical genius and seems so humble with it. This is one of his many stunning songs.
So much hope and compassion in this beautiful song. Thank you PG.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW,,,
his voice just gets more and more amazing with each passing year.
Simply true. Better every year. Like good wine.
OMG Beautiful...
This song is so moving, so delicate and fantastic. I still remember the first time I heard it.. I barely spoke a word of english in those days.... but I was so touched with his voice...
You face the night alone, while the builders of the cages sleep with bullets, bars and stones..
So beautiful,that it brings tears to my eyes.
Emotionnelle .... et peter you are incredible too !
Love it Peter!!!
Wanted to leave a comment. Decided to shut my mouth and listen. So few of us do... xxx
Excellent restraint! I'm so proud that you didn't leave a comment! I'm sorry that I am unable to imitate the great strength of character you described... xxx
oh my God what a version of this masterwork
At Peter's age his pipes are better than some 30 year old pop music professionals..this is called raw talent that was produced one after the other during the 60s 70s into the 80s when it went into decline and has been flatlined ever since imo save a few really good artists here and there..that includes r&b too which of course had its decline by the mid to late 90s and is struggling to stay afloat
Agree wholeheartedly w/ you...and yes, R&B has devolved into gangster rap, hip-hop, and whatever they call it nowadays. It's been a sad run for popular music lo these last three decades or so.
Radiohead was good
Makes me cry.....so much feeling
amazing
Amazing, as always. When this man sings, it makes my hair stand on end. That's when you know are witnessing true genius!!!
IMHO, his most evocative, moving and powerful song, on what may well be the best of his albums.
Amazing performance!
the best song of Peter for me
me too
This freaks me right out...his voice is the same (if not better) than on the original recording!!! This is so beautiful. My guru, my elder of the arts...for the last 33 years.
It is totally gratifying and wonderful to read all the sentimental and human comments on this forum.
And all this is the result of what an artistic genius like Peter Gabriel transmits and has transmitted for decades.
Wallflower is an exceptional and unusual work, an artistic genius that purifies the soul and motivates the most humane humanism that we carry inside. An undoubted support that even allows us to face the current difficult times that the entire world is experiencing
holy shit
This BEAUTIFUL Epic Song Will Be Played Hopefully at my Funeral in the Distant Future..🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗👏🏻😑😒
Wish he´d do all of his great songs on a Solo Live Album just with his piano and voice. :-) Happy Birthday Peter, your music changed and saved my life.
He's a great performer and musical artist, but an equally amazing poet. I've used his visual poetry in my literature classes. My students love it.
He's not a poet though
Complimenti. Poesie piene di amore per la vita in tutte le sue manifestazioni e ripudio della violenza in tutte le forme si manifesti. Un grande poeta. Se poi aggiungiamo il suo impegno fuori dagli studi musicali e la sua musica beh... il risultato è unico: Peter Gabriel.
I love this man. There's a reason my son is named after him. This song has given me hope in the face despair for more than 30 years. Bless you, PG 🙏
MAGNIFIQUE...!!!🎶❤
Thank you Peter Gabriel. This is still as good as when it came out back when I was a boy.
You want to resist them, you do your best!
Just amazing and authentically
Legend.
Been listening to PG, with reverence, for nearly fifty years now.
what a beautiful thing x x x
Though you may disappear your not forgotten here.
...My Hero...simply the best...!
How can one not love this music? I’m supposed to be Focusing on bird calls, as I lead many people on my lushnature excursions, but instead, often I can’t help but hear music like this pounding through my head!
love this and all PG's music. it makes me think of my wonderful daughter who wants to work for human or animal rights. We are so proud of her. this song epitomises her as she has a real sense of fairness regardless of what others might think. that's how it should be, and i think PG would agree
Timeless
simply amazing .....
Je ne me lasse pas de cette superbe voix si unique👍👍👍
One of my favorite songs, that can hit you at certain times and moments. As ..... Like now.
Shivers - that voice! It's a much better and shorter ending than the original.
How does PG manage to sing this song without crying for any number of reasons (the meaning of the words, picturing Nelson in the cage, the emotion of the music? I have not been able to do so since I learned the words the day the album came out.
I just finished watching this on Peter's website. Absolutely beautiful. He's just as brilliant as the CD version I'm so used to, recorded almost 30 years ago :)
There are a handful of songs that make your spine tingle when you hear them..... this is one of those songs. Peter Gabriel .... thank you!
one word:briliant
Great track from Peter Gabriel! A top 3 song for him!
This Biko, Here comes the flood, Waiting for the big one, Solsbury Hill, Secret world, On your eyes, Mercy Street, I grieve, Washing of the water and The blood of Eden are his absolute best songs!
bless you...you know emotions,, and bring them forth, and out, to heal,, bless you, bless you
I'm with you - amazing!
I like when he get frustrated and come up with a solution.
Dedicata a Victor Jara, Sacco e Vanzetti, Gino Girolimoni, Enzo Tortora...
This (old) dude abides.
PG abides! The brilliant soundtrack to my life.
An amazing piece of work. My all time Gabriel song.
Underrated song from an underrated album. The humanity of this song, its understanding of suffering and hope for justice, is rare in a pop song. It reflects a reality as real today was in antiquity, during the Holocaust, during Apartheid, and, god help us, in the future.
Amazing!
Gracias maestro, cada día tu música me inspira y me hace mejor. Tanks
Qué belleza!!! Enorme Peter...
Ståpälsvarning!!!
For those who don't speak swedish:
Raised-fur-warning! (meaning the hair all over your body will stand)
Tears. That song has been with me for 40 years. His turning to the camera hit me hard
preciosa camcion, como tantas otras de Peter GAbriel
What a treat to hear PGs wise and natural voice like this. Small imperfections, but instead so human, fatherly and full of emotions. Thank you!