Greatest Male Solo Artist - 2nd Round - Elton John vs Peter Gabriel

[Mook]

31 minutes ago, Code said:

Peter Gabriels original is neither here or there in a genre and beat. 

I have no idea what that means.

[Captain Howdy]

17 minutes ago, Mook said:

I have no idea what that means.

Neither does he.

[SasaS]

11 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Be that as it may your dismissal of a seismic artist with seemingly no knowledge of the work that made him so is shallow.

That is kind of what we do. What I heard of him (the hits) is horrible. I can allow that he may have caused an earthquake or two with his early work, but life is too short.

[cloggypop]

29 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Bad Manners. 

Lip up, fatty. 

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Neither do they. 

.

[SasaS]

47 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Bad Manners. 

I actually have a couple of their albums.

51 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

Out of curiosity, what is?

Since you ask, may be too long to answer properly, but it's a nice opportunity to talk about myself for six lines. I grew up on (mainly) British new wave and post punk, with what went together with that (ska, reggae) than indie rock, early industrial, alternative, later a lot of related stuff and then to "world music", looking at what I added to my CD collection this century, ended up mostly listening to country (traditional and some alter), Cajun, a lot of Cuban, North African and some African genres, Romanian Gypsy, Irish stuff, trad and rebel. Some jazz, but nothing too crazy. Lately I've noticed I am opening up slightly to opera, but I'm doubtful it would lead to anything much. 

[Mook]

3 minutes ago, SasaS said:

I actually have a couple of their albums.

Since you ask, may be too long to answer properly, but it's a nice opportunity to talk about myself for six lines. I grew up on (mainly) British new wave and post punk, with what went together with that (ska, reggae) than indie rock, early industrial, alternative, later a lot of related stuff and then to "world music", looking at what I added to my CD collection this century, ended up mostly listening to country (traditional and some alter), Cajun, a lot of Cuban, North African and some African genres, Romanian Gypsy, Irish stuff, trad and rebel. Some jazz, but nothing too crazy. Lately I've noticed I am opening up slightly to opera, but I'm doubtful it would lead to anything much. 

Reading that, I reckon we would have loads of common ground. 

[SasaS]

9 minutes ago, Mook said:

Reading that, I reckon we would have loads of common ground. 

It's Puccini, isn't it?

[Code]

2 hours ago, Mook said:

I have no idea what that means.

It shows.

I do though.

[Mook]

26 minutes ago, SasaS said:

It's Puccini, isn't it?

Pasta gives me wind I'm afraid.

[Mook]

Just now, Code said:

It shows.

I do though.

Perhaps you can explain it in English to us lesser mortals then...

[Code]

32 minutes ago, Mook said:

Perhaps you can explain it in English to us lesser mortals then...

The poll is already closed.

[Tarwater]

Allow me a bit of wankery: I guess he means he prefers Erasure’s more generic (a.k.a.boring) take, and that he’s confused by the 7/4 beat of the original, which mirrors the lyric’s theme of stumbling into uncertainty. When the rhythm changes to the more familiar 4/4 in the «son he said, I’ve come to take you home»-part, the song reaches its ecstatic denoument.

[cloggypop]

Just now, Tarwater said:

Allow me a bit of wankery: I guess he means he prefers Erasure’s more generic (a.k.a.boring) take, and that he’s confused by the 7/4 beat of the original, which mirrors the lyric’s theme of stumbling into uncertainty. When the rhythm changes to the more familiar 4/4 in the «son he said, I’ve come to take you home»-part, the song reaches its ecstatic denoument.

Yeah, but try mixing that into Aha for 12 disinterested people on a cold Wednesday evening in  Stavinger. 

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, SasaS said:

then to "world music",

And Peter Gabriel is boredom?? He was at the forefront of world music in pop culture.

[Tony Moanero]

32 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

Yeah, but try mixing that into Aha for 12 disinterested people on a cold Wednesday evening in  Stavinger. 

A-ha are boss, you bastard.

[Jairzinho]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

Pasta gives me wind I'm afraid.

I'd have voted for Elton if these had been the lyrics.

[Mook]

41 minutes ago, Tarwater said:

Allow me a bit of wankery: I guess he means he prefers Erasure’s more generic (a.k.a.boring) take, and that he’s confused by the 7/4 beat of the original, which mirrors the lyric’s theme of stumbling into uncertainty. When the rhythm changes to the more familiar 4/4 in the «son he said, I’ve come to take you home»-part, the song reaches its ecstatic denoument.

Ok, so the exotic time signature wasn't for him (7/4 is my favourite time signature btw) but I'm not sure where the 'genre' comes in. I'm not even sure the original version of Solsbury Hill belongs a specific genre. Progressive folk music maybe.

[Tony Moanero]

7 minutes ago, Mook said:

Ok, so the exotic time signature wasn't for him (7/4 is my favourite time signature btw) but I'm not sure where the 'genre' comes in. I'm not even sure the original version of Solsbury Hill belongs a specific genre. Progressive folk music maybe.

Solsbury Hill is just a pop song, is it not?

[SasaS]

47 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

And Peter Gabriel is boredom?? He was at the forefront of world music in pop culture.

I know, and will happily present him with an award for bringing various people to the attention of Western audiences, his own work leaves me unmoved. I liked that soundtrack I mentioned though.

[Bjornebye]

Interestingly Peter Gabriel only got 2 votes when I asked for everyone to submit their 10. Elton got well more. 

[Mook]

21 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Solsbury Hill is just a pop song, is it not?

Aye, it would certainly fit.

[Total Longo]

Peter Gabriel's fourth album is such an underrated gem. Still mostly odd enough to put off casual listeners (it's the one before "So") but there are such wonderful tunes on it as well. The Rhythm of the Heat, The Family and the Fishing Net and Wallflower are amongst his finest pieces of work. Rarely gets mentioned either.