Peter Gabriel's new album is to be a song exchange project entitled Scratch My Back / Another Tongue

Peter Gabriel covers songs by other artists on Scratch My Back, while these artists in turn interpret Peter Gabriel songs on Another Tongue.

Rumoured today on NME that Gabriel will cover Heroes so does that mean Bowie covers a Gabriel song?

http://www.nme.com/news/peter-gabriel/48107

God I hope not!!!

Another SpongeBob would be preferable.

I think that would be awesome! There are so many great Gabriel songs, it is hard to decide which one i think would be best for Bowie. Hmmmm....

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

I think the song 'Only Us' from Gabriel's 1992 album Us would sound cool...or 1977's 'Here Comes The Flood'. Bowie should record it with Eno.

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

I am in TOTAL support.

Both are brilliant and experimental English artists. The lack of a significant Gabriel/Bowie collaboration or connection to date has always been a real void in the music ether.

It is time for this to change.

Exactly. I have always wanted to see the 2 of them collaborate on something. It would be great to see them work TOGETHER. I am looking forward to this. I have been a fan of both all my life. Gabriel first few albums are masterpieces. The both of them should get together with Eno and record.

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

Sounds like a brilliant plan - anything that gets DB recording again has got to be a good thing. A Bowie version of "Exposure" would be cool.
Cheers,
Richard

Exposure would be great. Get Robert Fripp with Bowie again!

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/

This link makes it appear as Bowie would be doing something. However, it could just be a typo.

Games Without Frontiers!

Moribund the burgermeister , Red rain ?

'Moribund The Burgomeister' would be great to hear as well. So many choices!

'You start out wrinkled and you cry...you end up wrinkled and you die.'

My vote is for San Jacinto, would be superb to have Bowie covering it. Not holding my breath, though.

I'll raise 'Shock the monkey'.

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I had a severe and long lasting affinity for Gabriel.... I think he's swell and a well grounded song writer who has a symphathetic ear for beauty and texture. I like Peter and hope his project well. I am not able to listen to things that I like the way that I would like to as of late because of some social constipation I picked up while spending my time dallying along the way, but now those days have recompense and before long I will enjoy my music with horned daffy-dill blooming from my ear.

Sounds like a fantastic idea (and what a splendid poke in the eye with a sharp stick for that nasty little Genesis drummer).

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Sledgehammer would have been a good one for Bowie to do back when he had a powerful voice, but I fear he couldn't do it justice any longer.

Maybe Don't Give Up in a duet with Gail?

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I haven't heard much about peter gabriel since 2002 or 03, i know Peter is a bowie fan. It would be nice if Bowie would record least one new track, But i can see him turning it down, due to other commitments on a sponge-bob sequel or some other lame excuses

They both cover each other's 'MODERN LOVE' (ironically, PG played on the Serious Monlight tour, I think)

I don't mind so much but please please please not another cover of Heroes. Sick to death of it. Bowie would be the ideal candidate for Red Rain.That songs kind of lends itself to him.

Very good thinking hang man.

Here is Gabriel's Modern Love for those not familiar:

You're plunging new depths of shitehood with crap like this.

TW would turn in it's grave.

Peter Gabriels great ! but I can't see Bowie struggling to sing any of his songs ?


Anyone here seen P.Gabriel ? I saw him in 1977 ,I think that's when it was anyway ? He was really good I remember him walking among the audience whilst dressed in white attire a little biblical , he never got mobbed , but I guess his audience was a little older than a Bowie crowd ? its a long time ago but I think he did The Lamb lies down on Broadway dressed in leather whilst sprawled across a grand piano ! this was at the Apollo Manchester .

Somewhere on Youtube there's a really cool film of him doing Biko live , its really moving !

Seen him a few times in the 80's. Wish i could have seen him in his Genesis days.

For fucks sake please don't bring back Gail.

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I quite like Gail. Thought she added something different to the Bowie mix.

Among but one example.



gge

-"Since I'm going to Hell, bet ya $20.00 it looks like a Rob Zombie production ."

I agree with Doc on this , she's great on the bass and backing vocals but leave the warbling to the main man !

Yeah, but the problem is, and he admitted it himself, he can't reach some of those notes anymore. He needed Gail, and Catherine, on the last tour to augment the parts that his larynx could no longer reach.

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No tobacco and a five-year layoff might have rectified some of the problems. Fingers crossed, everyone.

I used to wake up the ocean

I spy with my little eye a monster mullet...

I'd guess that the real reason for him having Gail and Catherine would just be for the overall effect and sound ? what he actually says could mean nothing ,he's a notorious liar [one of the reasons we love him] I've never heard him fluff a note and I've seen him 20 odd times down the years , [ a lightweight I know] the only song he kinda gets a frog in his throat on is the Stage version of Stay ,but he redeems himself beautifully !

For me a great example of his singing skill is on that backstage footage from the Freddie Mercury memorial gig , Annie Lennox is being all dramatic in her approach [as usual] and sounds bloody awful ]whereas he's just stood there looking at her , and sound bloody perfect !its the clip where he's wearing that blue jacket .

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying he's better than everyone else , I just think he's so aware of his own skills and capabilities !


Back to Peter Gabriel , what about Slowburn, perhaps they could create a hybrid ?