As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, May 1, 2015

LP #15 Peter Gabriel – So (1986)


I have to admit that I’ve never been a Genesis fan, either before or after Gabriel left to start his solo career. (Phil Collins’s solo work does nothing for me either, with one glorious exception.) Gabriel has done some good stuff over the years, but So is the high point of his career (commercially as well as artistically), accessible without pandering to the lowest common denominator. “Big Time” is a classic (along with its video), and “Mercy Street” is one of the most haunting songs ever, but there are several other great tracks on it as well.
 
Favorite tracks:
Mercy Street
Sledgehammer
Don’t Give Up

No comments:

Post a Comment