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C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel

By David Neiwert Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 8:00pm

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Usually I try to find reasonably off-the-beaten track videos for LNMC -- and I usually prefer live stuff -- but every now and then it's fun to dust off the ol' faves.

At one time this video was considered the best studio vid ever made. I expect that's no longer true, but I'd like to know what you all think would be the videos that surpass it. Post some nominees in the comments, I'll sift through them, and run some of the better ones. Obvious and well-known ones like this are welcome too.

Tags: British rock, Peter Gabriel


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:p\l/
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:09 — curtilingus

Man. Just discovered Tibetan Bell Music set to Win amp's visualizer. A Chemical free high that is hard to put down. Even if you have never meditated before and are reluctant, this combo kinda forces the issue. No links, just any kind of Tibetan bell music, any kind of visualizer. try it. you wont need to take drugs anymore.

But I still do because it makes it twice as intense.

Even Peter Gabriel would approve this message.

STEAM
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:10 — Joe

...also by Peter Gabriel.

mmm... starting to see a trend here?

3p:
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:12 — curtilingus

Oh and for great videos. hard to pick becuase they always change but I always liked this one Go with the Flow Queens of the Stone Age

Brian Ferry's
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:16 — Van

"Slave to Love"

One of the most beautiful videos ever made IMHO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSqGwOmKEwU&fe...

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:41 — Trantorian

"Boys and Girls" is a GREAT album! Talk about lovemaking music...

Yes, definitely
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:19 — calgarylady

It is beautiful. Thanks, Van!

Different Slave to Love
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:25 — fossilhippie

Bryan does a live version of Slave to Love after a great version of All Along the Watchtower. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RxfcO5pNcM

Ooh yes
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:19 — calgarylady

Fantastic musical selection, David!

Well, if I had to pick a video that was a strong first
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:21 — Annaleigh

showing from an established band, did so much with such a little budget and no real bells and whistles, makes a powerful impression, and makes a tiny tiny dent in illuminating the horrors of war, then, I'd have to go with...

Metallica - One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgGTTtR0kc

Bjork's videos
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:22 — Van

are always good!

"Human Behavior"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuwiYq50gwA

Good choice
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:31 — BigDaddyMalcontent

.

I was going to dot that with the Army of Me video, but the
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:34 — Annaleigh

audio has been removed from all of the copies I could find...

Yay, Bachelorette still has audio!
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:40 — Annaleigh

Edit - No it doesn't, not the official, cool video anyway... Crap.

Army of Me
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 01:13 — trutheau

audio here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZLMYgsS9o&NR...

But in terms of beautiful imagery, it would be:
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:29 — Annaleigh

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSxwzOngMU

and

Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2uT3MSrFcA

Chemical Brothers Let forever be
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:27 — cadfile

Always like this one. Neat video and good song

Chemical Brothers-Let Forever Be

Art of Noise
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:33 — BigDaddyMalcontent

Close to the Edit.

Another Stop Motion Video
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:41 — Tighelander

This one is from 1983, it's by XTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngOjVt0X1i4

Two Great Ones
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:42 — DaveK

Gary Jules' version of Mad World, with almost 17 million views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

...and this fan video (not mine) of Brian Eno's The True Wheel. A perfect match of music to imagery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bPbToMJmCI

Wow
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 01:24 — trutheau

Gary Jules' Mad World is awesome. And Michel Gondrey directing. When he's involved, even if you don't like the song, you probably the vid.

Here's another Michel Gondrey creation. Radiohead - Knives Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vgMYcMROcc&fe...

And don't tell me these...
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 01:38 — trutheau

aren't awesome vids. All Michel Gondrey

Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpxsk3dHaA&fe...

The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDi67G0Siw&fe...

And something a little different: Cody Chestnutt - King of the Game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxtdifKKgcI&fe...

Here we go
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 01:43 — trutheau

a Peter Gabriel / Michel Gondrey combo

Dance Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNXrkBSp_o&fe...

Got to be:
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:43 — real_earl

Basement Jaxx for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hFwJm41h4

They need a faster server for the Sledgehammer video
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:44 — Tighelander

cause it's choppy!

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:59 — Trantorian

Dude...

Never mind.

Every body wants to be a comedian.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:01 — lafingas

:>P

)O(
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:43 — ysbaddaden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89c3hWx3RQ

Nice ...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:02 — real_earl

...well maybe it was the technology afterall, it was 1986 ...

but it wasn't 1886!
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:07 — lafingas

:>)

1986 was a long time ago ...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:11 — real_earl

I think the cameras were coal-fired ...

cause ...everything is true on YouTube
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:18 — real_earl

afterall Bob Marley wrote and sang Red Red Wine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIXFxulbGjI&fe...

Incorrect!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:25 — fossilhippie

Red Red Wine was actually written by Neil Diamond, believe it or not.

Bob Marley never covered it. I think you might be thinking of UB40.

but .....
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 20:52 — real_earl

in terms of anticipating the years of BushHell that followed it's
release, I got's to go with MC900FtJesus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtlpG0hb38

Great song, great video ...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:12 — BigIslandDave

... great album.

However, I am NOT one of those who think Genesis suffered terribly with Peter Gabriel's departure. They were good with him -- and good without him. (I still have to go out and buy 1976's "Trick of the Tail.")

BID

Musical Box
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 09:56 — Jimbo2K7

The band, Musical Box, out of Montreal has been reenacting Genesis concerts over the last few years. They have studied films, recreated instruments, sets, dialog, costumes and mannerisms, licensed specific performance and design elements from Genesis - and have created a time travel flashback experience that must be seen to be believed.

I saw the original Genesis tours circa 73 to 79, and these guys nailed the performances of the Peter Gabriel era.

Now they are putting together the first of the Phil Collins era with the Trick of the Tail tour. I know they are coming to Chicago for two nights in February. Check your local venues to see if they are coming to your town. Definitely worth a trip to frigid Chicago!

ok my favorite Willie
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:20 — real_earl

which is also a monster guitar lesson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZaZqx9v3dU&fe...

WOW
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:26 — calgarylady

Willie Nelson is the best! I love him.

Thank you, lafingas!

WILLIE NELSON
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:29 — lafingas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BUFQV_lGk

whoa!
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:33 — real_earl

I watched that last nite!...

never seen it before ...

Holy Moly
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:39 — calgarylady

That was simply outstanding!

wow ...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 22:03 — real_earl

I had no idea this kind of thing was around ... to see him doing the same
great songs 25 or so years later ..amazing.

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:18 — Astro

For my money, this is still my favorite Gabriel vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw

Henry Cow, Live
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:23 — tweakerbelle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdCAz7sQo3g

living in the heart of the beast, finale.

Now is the time to begin to go forward - advance from despair,
the darkness of solitary men - who are chained in a market they cannot control -
in the name of a freedom that hangs like a pall on our cities.
And their towers of silence we shall destroy.

Now is the time to begin to determine directions,
refuse to admit the existence of destiny's rule.
We shall seize from all heroes and merchants our labour, our lives, and our practice of history :
this, our choice, defines the truth of all that we do.

Seize on the words that oppose us with alien force;
they're enslaved by the power of capital's kings
who reduce them to coinage and hollow exchange in the struggle to hold us,
they're bitterly outlasting...
Time to sweep them down from power - deeds renew words.

Dare to take sides in the fight for freedom that is common cause
let us all be as strong and as resolute.
We're in the midst of a universe turning
in turmoil; of classes and armies of thought
making war - their contradictions clash and echo through time.

Another Peter Gabriel video has always been a favorite
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:32 — popworld7

Shock The Monkey from his 1982 album Security.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes.

Prince - Raspberry Beret.

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box.

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes. Blue Jean is pretty good.

Bauhaus - She's In Parties.

Johnny Cash - Hurt.

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime.

Devo - Whip It and Beautiful World.

)O(
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:42 — ysbaddaden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwqxKS1QhNs

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:38 — Acting Patriotic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVbLm4TN3g

Not exactly a studio version. ;)

re: U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:49 — ecotopian

I love that video! Thanks!

FREDDY FENDER "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:49 — lafingas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qu8RPvhP-U&fe...
Freddy Fender "Before the Next Teardrop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKC5E2O6Vz8&fe...

Freddie Fender - Crying Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDDqDWYAzCQ&fe...

RIP FREDDY!

Beck - Hell Yes
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:47 — Acting Patriotic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcxut-g6xo

I know it is cheesy, but I like Aha's
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:47 — LibertyLover

Take On Me

re: I know it is cheesy, but I like Aha's
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:51 — ecotopian

You're not alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXNBR2smPY

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 08:17 — highwater

Yes! Always loved this one too.

I know it is cheesy, but I like Aha's New
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 08:19 — highwater

Yes! Always loved this one too.

Nine Inch Nails
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:48 — lsd

Head like a hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTs5SoOteQQ&fe...

Gorgeous
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 22:18 — calgarylady

The LNMC is rocking tonight!

Zeds beckon me ... thanx for the wonderful tunes :)

Roots with Erykah Badu
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 21:54 — Henryvane

You Got Me- always comes to mind when I think 'Best Video'

.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 22:02 — real_earl

.

)O(
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:41 — ysbaddaden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzkpPnPWRL4

Goodbye Cruel World
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 22:31 — lafingas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU2Yb0HcqUs

A Grecian Urn
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 23:21 — New_Damage

If Keats's most famous proposition is correct, then this is the most gorgeous video ever made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU

Up On The Roof...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 23:39 — MacDaffy

The perfect combination of live performance and video by the best rock band in the world. And it's got Billy Preston!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUgrolYxro

*sniff*...i miss frankie
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 00:18 — sassafra

Frank Zappa - City of tiny Lites 1977 Live

For some reason..
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 00:31 — trutheau

I'll always remember R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9zZbJcUic

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 00:39 — larue

Heh, art wise I've not seen anything that tops Michael Nesmith's Rio, the FIRST video!

Thriller was huge, and so was Beat It . . . and Billy Jean, but they weren't Rio.

*G*

/oldfartgeezervidkid

Powerful image music video
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 03:14 — Ferrofluid

Leftfield - Afrika Shox

JESUS CHRIST POSE
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 04:09 — ronnie dobbs

Soundgarden

but really, i still consider Devo's Whip It to still be the best.

Korn
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 04:41 — Zeboz

Freak on a leash video is a cool piece of technical artistry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_yjPvHQwY&fe...

Got one
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 04:44 — Clavis

Chocolate Rain!!!

)O(
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:40 — ysbaddaden

Brown showers?

Hey, you might as well face it.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:18 — mudshark

You're Addicted to Love.

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On.

The Divinyls.

Blondie. Rapture.

The Verve. Bittersweet Symphony.

Steve Winwood. Dirty City. This isn't the official video. I like it.
This is the official vid. Still good. But I like the 1st one better.

More Winwood. Just for Listening. I'm Not Drowning

And finally, probably the most popular video of all time.
Thriller. Michael Jackson.

)O(
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:39 — ysbaddaden

He wrote my favorite song

Spank the Monkey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JBeZUwhAqM

For your consideration...
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 06:28 — ThunderMonkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb5LIo6HE6Y

"Here Without You" by Three Door's Down. However this video was made using the animation from World of Warcraft. It takes an otherwise forgettable song and constructs a rather impressive narrative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFM140rju4k

"The Golden Age of Video" by Ricardo Autobahn. A remix utilizing dialogs from various television shows and movies as the lyrics. Just pure geek goodness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzJO34SCoc

"Memories" by Within Temptation. (Not the song from the feline musical.) Only submitted because Sharon Den Adel is just a goddess.

Not sure if this counts
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 06:35 — RD

Arcade file - My body is a cage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lmcc

The reason why I'm not sure counts is because they simply used existing footage from "Once upon a time in the west". The credit should belong with the original firm maker, not the engineer that spliced it up to the music.
All the same, it's my favorite recent video.

Chris Cunningham & Michel Gondry
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 07:12 — Mr. Dave

The Chemical Brothers - Let forever be (Gondry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHpgycHaK_8

Aphex Twin - Window Licker (Cunningham)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpjqhZznBVc

People still make music videos?
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 07:25 — Fat Belly Blues

And others still watch them?

I had no idea.

Few more
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 07:58 — popworld7

Wire-Ahead

Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

Nick Cave - Where the Wild Roses Grow

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 08:21 — Chopvac

The Replacements' "Bastards Of Young" is still great, an anti-video video.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2973084/replace...

If you're not impressed, Queen's "Innuendo" still stands up for artistic and technical brilliance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpys1c3jCNs

I see that my post has been reinstated
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:38 — Chopvac

I see that my post has been reinstated, rather than "removed for violating terms of service".

Just for curiosity's sake, was it software that flagged my post because of the name of The Replacements' song? Or was it someone being overzealous about use of any such words?

Or did someone just not like my taste in music?

This video seemed groundbreaking BUT....
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 09:06 — Sticksman

...then I found out Peter cited Frank Zappa as someone who was doing this stuff well before he did. Check out Bickford's animation work on Zappa's Baby Snakes or some of the other songs he animated to.

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 09:54 — shaggles

"Cloudbusting" by Kate Bush is a pretty good one. My favouite recent video is "Daniel" by Bat For Lashes. My all time fav is probably "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang. It's so dumb it's brilliant.

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 09:57 — shaggles

Oh yeah. "Cry" by Godley and Creme. Kinda started all that morphing stuff if I remember right.

HURT ~ CASH
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 10:32 — yesyesyes

Gotta be the "best"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&fe...

My suggestion + some Peter Gabriel news
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:16 — desphrs

Radiohead's "Pyramid Song" -- I watched this in way-too-close proximity to having seen the movie A.I.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqP0WNpojFM

And some Peter Gabriel news, about an orchestral song-swap project of his coming in January! Wheee!
http://pitchfork.com/news/36940-peter-gabriel...

I heard their shows are excellent
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:11 — RD

I'm also from Montreal. Does the lead singer dress up like a flower pot like Gabriel did for those early shows?

Re: C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Peter Gabriel
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 14:33 — ricick

For me it has to be muse - knights of cydonia

Lasers, unicorns, robots, ninja cowboys. What more could you possibly want?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrmHXMsttUk

Great pick.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:33 — mudshark

but, hey. It's a Beautiful Day.

Nine Inch Nails.Closer.

White Stripes
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:45 — bibimimi

Fell in Love With a Girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27BfBkRHbs

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