Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey / Solsbury Hill FLAC

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Credits

• Written-By – Peter Gabriel

Notes

(A): From the Geffen album "Security"
(B): From the Geffen album "Peter Gabriel Plays Live"

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Side A on runout): GS 45203 A1 Qu
• Matrix / Runout (Side B on runout): GS 45203 B1 Qu
• Other (A side & B side labels): Q
• Rights Society (Side A): ASCAP
• Rights Society (Side B): BMI

Companies

• Manufactured By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
• Distributed By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The David Geffen Company

Album

The official Shock The Monkey video. Directed by Brian Grant. The single became Peters first top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and features on his fourth self-titled album, also known as 'Security'. Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire. Solsbury Hill is a song by English musician Peter Gabriel. He wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Little Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England, after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis, of which he had been the lead singer since its inception. The song was his debut single. The single was a Top 20 hit in the UK, peaking at number 13, and reached number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. The song has often been used in film trailers for romantic comedies. Songs in album Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey - Solsbury Hill 1983. Текст песни: Shock the monkey to live Shock the monkey to live Cover me when I run Cover me through the The Monkey - Peter Gabriel. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Watch the video for Shock the Monkey from Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. From The Album. Play album. Shaking the Tree. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with Solsbury Hill as his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U. The album's most successful single, Sledgehammer, won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards read more. The official Solsbury Hill video. Taken from the album Peter Gabriel, also known as Car, released in 1977. Features extracts from the 1990 video by Graham Dean, Peter Gabriel and Jerry Chater and the 1977 video by Peter Campus and Peter Gabriel with excerpts from the film Cabbages by David Stewart and Wesley West and Peter Gabriels home movies, with additional video material by York Tillyer. Production Company: Real World Productions Ltd. Next Video. Shock the Monkey. Many people assume that Peter Gabriel's 1982 Shock the Monkey is about animal rights because, well, it's called Shock The Monkey and the video shows a distressed, caged primate. But the song is actually about jealousy, and the monkey represents man's primitive instincts. When Peter Gabriel recorded his first solo album in 1977 he was determined to do everything possible to prove that he had grown beyond Genesis. Peter Gabriel wrote Solsbury Hill shortly after leaving Genesis, and nearly every lyric reflects his frustration with life inside an extremely active rock band. I was feeling part of the scenery, he sings. Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Hey, hey Shock the monkey Hey, hey, yeah. Monkey Wheels keep turning A monkey Something's burning Monkey Don't like it but I guess I'm learning Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey. Peter Gabriels third and biggest single from his fourth album. Gabriel said many people misinterpret the song: Most people saw Shock The Monkey as a sort of animal rights song. But it was actually a song about jealousy. Shock the Monkey Track Info. Written By Peter Gabriel. Solsbury Hill is located near Bath, England, where Gabriel would often walk or jog. According to legend, a temple was built there to honor Apollo, god of light, music, and poetry. Solsbury Hill was the focus of a long and bitter dispute in the 1990s between environmentalists and government concerning the construction of a 4 lane road which cuts deeply into the side of the hill. Peter from Sydney AuThe Solsbury Hill area is very well known for a lot of activity and I believe Gabriel is only referring to going back home. Steve Magyar - Palm Coast, Fl. You are absolutely correct