Peter Gabriel - Big Time

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The official Big Time video. Directed by Stephen R. Johnson.
The fourth single to be taken from Peter's fifth studio album. The album was his first one to have a proper title and So was a watershed release in his career. Its marriage of the artistic and the commercial made for an indisputable success, with the album quickly sitting atop the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Aside from some intriguing collaborations - with Laurie Anderson on This Is The Picture, Kate Bush on Don’t Give Up and Youssou N’Dour on In Your Eyes - it was the unity of singer, band and producer that made So such a crucial record in the Gabriel canon.
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Hi There!
I'm on my way I'm making it
I've got to make it show, yeah
So much larger than life
I'm going to watch it growing
The place where I come from
Is a small town
They think so small
They use small words
- But not me
I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
I've been stretching my mouth
To let those big words come right out
I've had enough, I'm getting out
To the city, the big big city
I'll be a big noise with all the big boys
There's so much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big god
As I kneel in the big church
BIG time I'm on my way I'm making it
BIG time, Oh yeah
BIG time I've got to make it show, yeah
BIG time
BIG time so much larger than life
BIG time I'm going to watch it growing
BIG time
My parties have all the big names
And I greet them with the widest smile
Tell them how my life is one big adventure
And always they're amazed
When I show them round the house to my bed
I had it made like a mountain range
With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head
And my heaven will be a big heaven
And I will walk through the front door
BIG time I'm on my way I'm making it
BIG time
BIG time I've got to make it show, yeah
BIG time
BIG time so much larger than life
BIG time I'm going to watch it growing
BIG time
BIG time my car is getting BIGGER
BIG time my house is getting BIGGER
BIG time my eyes are getting BIGGER
BIG time and my mouth
BIG time my belly is getting BIGGER
BIG time and my bank account
BIG time look at my circumstance
BIG time and the bulge in my
BIG, big, big, big, big, big, big, big
BIG, big, big, big, big, big, big, big
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@earthsign7568 6 месяцев назад

When I saw Peter here in Vancouver he yelled: what time is it? and I shouted 'Big Time' from the audience. People stared at me blankly until the music started.....

@WernerVonWeener 10 дней назад

MOST CANADIAN MOMENT EVER! love it!

@Shes_A_Cover_up 23 дня назад

Who listening in 2024?

@nestorburgos1185 4 дня назад

Big Time🕰💯

@ericnoble9340 3 дня назад

i'm still listening to this (and other) Gabriel songs in 2024

@SomeOfTheJuice Год назад

I think, as a bass player, one thing that does not get talked about with this song enough is the creativity in using both bass and bass synth in this instead of one or the other. Both can be used in harmony with each other to create different sounds, and there's many songs that I think can actually benefit from that approach of moving between them to create different textures like this song does.

@lachemoilcul Год назад

Could you explain further for non musicians? I wasn't aware there were 2 types of bass in this song, how can they be distinguished?

@IAmInfinitus208 Год назад

@@lachemoilcul Starting at 0:38 to 0:55, that's Tony Levin's actual bassline kicking in only for that solo. Drummer Jerry Marotta used his drumsticks to hit the strings while Tony fretted the notes. Everything else was purely synthesized before and after the solo, which is more artificial to the ears after enough repeated listenings since this was around the point synthesizers were now becoming more the norm. Edit (October 24, 2023): Just recently saw them on the Dallas performance for Peter's I/O tour this last Thursday. Tony stayed playing the main synth bass on keys and saved the funk fingers on his Stingray 5 only for the solo.

@josephdougherty3653 Год назад

Well said paully people who have never played a bass will not understand

@agustinenriquez-zs2de Год назад

@@IAmInfinitus208 what gear was Levin using? a stick?

@IAmInfinitus208 Год назад

@@agustinenriquez-zs2de Very likely the Stingray. No way the drumstick method I've mentioned would work on the Stick given how small that spacing is, plus that's more for tapping so using the drumsticks might feel awkward to play.

@davidg.9932 5 месяцев назад

Happy 74th Birthday Peter Brian Gabriel 02/13/1950 in Surry, England. A living legend in the progressive rock genre. From Garden Wall to Genesis to his solo albums. Musical perfection. Cheers Peter Brian and many more..

@shutterbug_713 Месяц назад

He looks like a goat nowadays

@MacytheMoonwalker 8 дней назад

You mean Surrey.

@AldenRDavis 2 года назад

1986: Cool song 2022: Still a cool song

@notsure1969 2 года назад

Otherwise known as a "classic".

@Reesej0520 2 года назад

2006: The theme for WrestleMania 22

@flowerlandofjohn 2 года назад

Yes! How about some “fusion-drums” on this track. Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 ru-vid.comhIk9mcR6ok4?feature=share

@kathifinnegan9953 2 года назад

I so agree!

@dakotadrummer 2 года назад

1986: Cool Song 2006: Awesome at WrestleMania 22 2022: Still a cool Song including good Memories🤘🤘🤘🤘

@jax254 4 года назад

This was the last thing my dad texted me before he passed away. Along with the link he said “Watch the video it’s coooool”. This video is so goofy and weird, just like my dad and just brings me to tears of happiness and sadness. Music has always been a big part of me and my dad’s relationship so I’m glad I have another song to remember him by. Thank you Peter Gabriel for adding another special memory for me.

@idsassi 4 года назад

RIP bro i hope one day i will share this song with my son too

@simonjohnson1381 4 года назад

Your dad had excellent taste

@Preppy-pink98 4 года назад

That is an awesome story😊

@nicolaupoceiro7570 4 года назад

@Kristin j.r. Kind of logical since that golden generation is dying away now...

@TerrenceCallahan 4 года назад

your dad knew what was up! This video is a masterpiece RIP to your pops

@AldenRDavis 4 месяца назад

1986: Cool song 2024: Still a cool song

@debsy101games 3 месяца назад

I know you, already commented

@grimefighter8867 2 месяца назад

You again?

@ehs1452 2 месяца назад

Bro released the sequel

@amybahner6511 2 месяца назад

I know that's right!!❤

@verityvinyl8540 2 месяца назад

Peter Gabriel is pretty awesome, brother

@clayr9833 23 дня назад

"...and my Heaven will be a BIG Heaven...and I will walk through the front door."

@cnking27 4 года назад

This song is such a deep biting commentary on fame, fortune, and the American dream, as a kid I had no idea.

@georgesawtooth2214 4 года назад

So Gabriel isn't a part that? It always amazes me how these performers bitch and moan about money, success, greed yet they are a huge part of that. And they use oil to get around.

@wpochert 4 года назад

It's actually more of a commentary on the dis-ingenuousness of almost everyone with fame, fortune, and political power.. up to and including Vatican. It's also a cautionary tale on what can happen to you as you move up the ladder. It's definitely NOT a shot at the ability to achieve.. I.E. the American dream

@wpochert 4 года назад

@@georgesawtooth2214 Gabriel is not so much speaking about money success and greed.. its more about the danger of what can happen to you along the way and once you are on top.

@bryangould1666 4 года назад

I think this song is where he came into his own ,commercially and artistically

@bryangould1666 4 года назад

The whole album has a clear crisp sound and a new sheen of consummate professionalism which really gives the songs a big boost

@siliquaesid703 3 года назад

The whole album "So" is just on another level.

@the_katman2181 3 года назад

Absolutely. It's one of the best albums of the 80's. Produced by Daniel Lanois, which explains why it sounds so damn good.

@jefferyvogel3812 3 года назад

Absolutely...

@Babycatcher_Jen 3 года назад

@@the_katman2181 Erasure's The Innocents is in that top five with it! Also, a transcendent album...the tops have to take one on a journey!🤗

@the_katman2181 3 года назад

@@Babycatcher_Jen Yes, that's a great one. Also Tears for Fears "Songs from the Big Chair", Depeche Mode "Music for the Masses", Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense", Paul Simon "Graceland". The 80's had such good albums.

@a1960g 3 года назад

@@the_katman2181 Love every single one you mentioned.

@MikeJ-uc3xg 2 месяца назад

2024 Still a great song!

@KevinKnight-by4yt 25 дней назад

Yes.

@shutterbug_713 19 дней назад

I like it loud!

@scotttemple7844 Год назад

Probably one of the greatest music videos of all time Early early MTV

@crnkmnky Год назад

Not _that_ early. The formula had been developing for five years. But artists like Peter Gabriel and Michael Jackson had perfected it by the mid-80s.

@tylerkeller8869 Год назад

@Scott Temple: The song itself i think I prefer over Sledgehammer. But the former is included in top 10 greatest videos lists constantly. Usually its in the top 3.

@jgramage Месяц назад

@@tylerkeller8869 For me, it's Steam > Big Time > Sledgehammer. But always fun to watch a Gabriel video.

@MegaUnwetter Месяц назад

@@jgramage Stand back, im on my way im making it

@iflybynotrideby3339 2 года назад

Best Wrestlemania song. I grew to like this song once I heard it as a Wrestlemania theme song in 2006. Ever since then I’ve been vibing to this song

@parisbeech2180 Год назад

Wrestlemania 22 baby

@mdh16off59 Год назад

Werstlmania 2016 too and 2012 and 2011

@mdh16off59 Год назад

@@parisbeech2180 yeah

@SantiagoDelOlmo081 Год назад

@@mdh16off59 the banners of course the Mcmahons, Triple H and Carlito lol

@christopherloyd8938 Год назад

@@parisbeech2180 Definite facts my brother I have this wrestlemania 22 on vhs trying to put it on DVD. I'm getting it from my brother cause his copies better we ordered it.😎💯

@doyleperkins4916 2 года назад

Peter Gabriel of Genesis not only "reinvented" himself as a solo artist in the 1980s-he transformed our world and broadened our pop horizons.

@PinkyakaAyannaj 2 года назад

💙🤍🙏🏽

@paullo796 2 года назад

Totally amazing artist, Phil Collins is another!

@kelechitv1637 2 года назад

no wonder why i got genesis vibes

@markperry2827 2 года назад

Peter was genesis and his solo career was more than his group career. The creativity left Genesis when he exited stage left.

@flowerlandofjohn 2 года назад

Yes, a brilliant man! How about some “fusion-drums” on this track. Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 ru-vid.comhIk9mcR6ok4?feature=share

@albertoascari2542 5 месяцев назад

😊😊😊🎉🎉..This song says it all about the mid 80's..Porsche's, Power Clothes, Stockmarket Wealth, 24 hour partying, everything just got bigger then and more exciting

@Zzyzzyzzs 2 месяца назад

Greed certainly got bigger. There's a good reason the documentary on the 2008 financial crisis, Inside Job, used this as its intro song.

@juanzanatta5247 17 дней назад

@albertoasca..and the best PURE COCAINE from Pablo Escobar..excuse me mean while I snoring the good stuff..aaaaah....don't give me wrong..I born in COCAINE country (SUDAMERICA),now I'm 25 years CLEAN..

@talismanskulls2857 Год назад

After all these decades, still one of my true favorites. I understood what was really being said even back then.

@markberryhill2715 Год назад

Do you remember when the eighties were referred to as "The Big Eighties",named so for this song?

@jonnyweiss6083 11 месяцев назад

Peter - I’m living with Lady from Stevie Ray Stiletto Band. 43 Albums. Jonny Weiss Music 🎶

@jonnyweiss6083 11 месяцев назад

I’m A FAN!

@shutterbug_713 9 месяцев назад

I like it LOUD!

@timetraveler_from_2012 7 месяцев назад

Why is it a weird thing that you understood what was being said back then? Music is made for an audience and the audience for this song definitely wasn't decades in the future. Not that it can't be applicable now, but it would be weird if it only made sense now

@aurel724 5 лет назад

Peter: I got a weird song Director: well I got a weird video. Fantastic.

@Republic_Of_Vicoria_Official 4 года назад

Hi Bomb from BFB

@guitarsinger7382 4 года назад

Hahahaha great one!!

@stuff31 3 года назад

Hit the nail on the head there.

@jswallet 3 года назад

Great comment! HAHA

@petergant8767 3 года назад

Two minds with but a single WEIRD thought!

@newforestroadwarrior 2 года назад

That stop-motion sequence from 0:21 to 0:54 is absolute genius

@dbsti3006 Год назад

So much larger than life. Lol.

@dalelerette206 Год назад

0:36 there something magical happening in the sound at this moment.

@thiagoferreiraruiz8897 Год назад

Stop motion 0:46 to 0:50 3D Graphic in 4D

@thiagoferreiraruiz8897 Год назад

@@dalelerette206 4D Graphic is 1:19 to 1:24

@fredericriberdy Год назад

It remind me the fragols rock

@theylivewesleep4570 Месяц назад

That bass line!

@dinacarr2734 Месяц назад

Tony Levin!!!!!

@louise_rose 13 дней назад

@@dinacarr2734 No, mainly a guy called Simon Clark it seems. Levin was a standing member of Peter's band of course, but it seems on this one he's just "fretting" on a drumstick bass The main bassist is Clark.

@ericrainey8224 Год назад

So cool that both Peter and Genesis were at the top of their games at this point

@dogbeachiracing5998 4 месяца назад

I had friends who were old school Genesis fans who would get annoyed with me when I would insist post- Genesis Gabriel was better, and post-Gabriel Genesis was as well. Can't say that about the Floyd now, can we?

@richardcrompton6009 4 года назад

Talking heads, Bowie, Peter Gabriel.. What amazing years we had then

@rick_terscale1111 3 года назад

@wrestlegamia productions Now we have nothing but COVID-19 (just a little REALITY, no joke, mmm-hmm!)

@enigmaisgayy9493 3 года назад

pg and david byrne are still alive though

@user-lt3yb4fm6q 3 года назад

+The Police.. 🙂

@TechnicJunglist 3 года назад

Gary Numan & Peter Murphy as well

@vrtk4870 3 года назад

tears for fears don’t forget them

@shannoncasey7630 3 года назад

My very favorite part of the song... "But, not me! I'm smarter than that... I worked it out. I've been stretching my mouth, to let those big words come right out."

@jonathanblount6437 2 года назад

Mine too

@marcoantoniorodriguesfaria355 2 года назад

Tá na Federal 😊👩‍✈️

@jojovaldez2766 2 года назад

I.ll.play.Big.Time.on.my.phone.sometimes

@dbsti3006 2 года назад

I liked before that "the place that I come from...is a small town. They think so small, they use small words." Then the part you mention. It creates a story. He was too big to be in a small town and was meant for something bigger and better. It's quite clever lyrics.

@shannoncasey7630 2 года назад

@@dbsti3006 YES! I definitely agree.

@bossshun9 6 месяцев назад

1986: Cool song to hear. 2024 to 2030: This is still a good song for me.

@rederickfroders1978 3 месяца назад

Put this musicvideo on the wall in a museum

@pottsie_era 3 года назад

this song is still fire to this day WrestleMania 22 was also good

@pottsie_era 2 года назад

hello people i'm back after nearly 6 months i'm only 19 and i would do anything to go back to relieve the 2000's.

@Prideoffreedom 2 года назад

@@pottsie_era fuck that......go back and live the ‘80s

@cagarber 4 месяца назад

Yes! I loved WM22 where I first heard this

@Bklyn988 3 месяца назад

You stole my comment bud, i was about to post that 😪😪

@pottsie_era 3 месяца назад

@@Bklyn988 sorry bro

@erichkiparski314 10 лет назад

"Inside Job" opening credits. Badass song for a badass intro for a badass documentary

@mogznwaz 2 месяца назад

That bass is KICKING

@louise_rose 13 дней назад

Yes it is, what a GREAT riff! A guy called Simon Clark apparently, he used to work with Bill Nelson and is also playing the Hammond organ here.

@therooster5970 10 месяцев назад

I sorely miss the 80s. Can I please go back and just remain there?

@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet 4 месяца назад

I would never want to go back!! Now is much more fun!!!

@michaelrandall9034 4 месяца назад

@@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet You and I would not get along at all. Enjoy the Shit Show Nightmare! Orwell wasn’t even close to how smooth the strangulation would be. BTW, put your phone in a public toilet. That’s where it always belonged.

@declinedecline1485 3 месяца назад

Hold up, wait a minute! I'm coming with!!!

@michaelrandall9034 3 месяца назад

@@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet No it’s not and I would place a wager on it!!!!!!! It’s not even close unless you exist via that tiny screen of poor choices and misinformation.

@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet 3 месяца назад

@@michaelrandall9034So, you sent your answer in via pigeon??

@BigDaddy-xx1gk 6 лет назад

Absolute perfection. I remember when the album came out, people were just dumbfounded at the sound. His tenor voice, so operatic, and below it that bass that just kept crushing your brain over and over. Then, when the video debuted, it was like a complete jaw-dropping event! They kept announcing the day and time on MTV. We could not wait. I was a freshman in college, and everybody I knew couldn't stop talking about it. Everything he did was a goddamned work of art.

@SCHPANNERMAN 5 лет назад

i am loving your story....for me it was the Michel Jackson Thriller moment

@indiag89 5 лет назад

That’s so cool. I love 80s music but I was born in 89 so I didn’t get to experience it when it was all new.

@SyndicateOperative 5 лет назад

*cough* genesis

@MidnightSwinger 5 лет назад

This is so thrilling to imagine. I was all of two years old, and I remember seeing the videos for this and Sledgehammer for the first time and being blown away, and sitting in front of the TV screaming. It really was something...

@robertbrunelle8076 5 лет назад

mtv lol

@alencarmaiaalvim6541 8 лет назад

Peter Gabriel -Big Time.The sound of 80's.

@nievesofficial 8 лет назад

Nope, sorry, that title belongs to Sledgehammer. :)

@marilynpirozzi9425 8 лет назад

+TheRobloxian09 P PG was an artist that stood out in the 80s, no matter if it was Big Time, Sledgehammer or Shock the Monkey.

@cheetahsurge 8 лет назад

+TheRobloxian09 I would have to lean more towards Shock the Monkey, to be honest.

@dovkfir4660 8 лет назад

Hgfcnvtt the same time hvvfhtu

@lsc9x 7 лет назад

ONE sound of the 80s, that's for sure!

@goobyhouser Год назад

One of the favorite songs of my childhood I quite literally say "HI THERE" just about every day because of this beautiful song.

@shutterbug_713 9 месяцев назад

I like this song loud!

@user-vd5ko8tg8j 7 месяцев назад

Мне 59..Когда увидел в первый раз это видио-шок..И только сейчас задумался,как он прав в своём виденье мира и смысла жизни,простите за высокопарность..Обнимаю,тебя,дружище!!

@bernardboka4277 6 месяцев назад

Me too, as a physician. It feels right in the spirit of the times

@benhamilton1156 5 месяцев назад

Everytime I hear this song or see the vid, beginning n end, it still gives me chills even as a kid, n not in a good way. These days it doesn't bother me much, but the HI THERE still gives me heavy chills.

@forgettingeverythinglikeno2029 Месяц назад

I loved this music video as a kid, and I still do

@omegaamigo2898 4 года назад

Director: “how much weird stuff do you want in your video?” Peter Gabriel: “Yes, BIG TIME!”

@douglassher1710 4 года назад

Wow what an original line, did you come up with it or was it one of the other dozen commenters who's repeated it?

@vincentdorner7569 3 года назад

Asshole

@willabarman5080 4 года назад

w r e s t l e m a n i a 2 2 A real sardonic bass line; simply filthy. This song and video is perfect.

@iliketrains3495 3 года назад

Apparently it was recorded by hitting the strings with drumsticks, fun fact

@synthonaplinth5980 3 года назад

Daniel Lanois' rhythm guitar work does not get enough credit on this track, it works perfectly with the bass line, be it synth or real.

@vergon6662 3 года назад

That bass line comes in thumpin' like a BIG BITCH!

@blakebrickermusic 3 года назад

There were two people playing one bass on that part. Tony levin was doing the fretting part (hitting the notes) and Jerry marotta (who was one of the drummers for Peter) was hitting the strings with his drumstick.

@blakebrickermusic 3 года назад

Also if I remember correctly, Stewart Copeland played drums on this song!

@michaelbina6298 5 месяцев назад

Just discovered my obsession with Mr. Gabriel. Cannot stop.

@NosyNeighboursSmell Месяц назад

Same same.

@NosyNeighboursSmell Месяц назад

Can’t wait to put it on in local nights out

@shutterbug_713 19 дней назад

He looks like a goat!

@dbsti3006 Год назад

From 0:56 to 1:42. The lyrics. I feel that. I grew up in a small town outside of a small city (Baton Rouge). It was mundane to me, so I joined the military and got exposed to Chicago, Dubai, Manilla, Singapore, now reside in San Diego ever since. It opened me up to so many things. Expanded the vocabulary and experience above the small town lack of knowledge. However, it's important to remember your roots and never sneer down at where you came from nor your folks. They still look at you as a loved one no matter how much better you think you are.

@pamelqtaylor8335 5 месяцев назад

Hey there Louisiana fam. Daughter of Louisiana girl and first time my Yankee butt went to her hometown ( that was a block long; Main Street) I was shocked! 😂never forgot I feel you on the want to get out!

@dbsti3006 5 месяцев назад

@@pamelqtaylor8335 I want to go back though. Stuck in California. What part of Louisiana?

@pamelqtaylor8335 5 месяцев назад

@@dbsti3006 bastrop

@Jess-kn8vl Месяц назад

I had the opposite happen. I left and they pretended to not know who I was when I would come back to visit. They won't leave and don't want anyone else to either.

@georgemathie8123 3 года назад

So is his best combination of his vintage prog rock roots with Peter's eccentric art rock with catchy pop hooks and brilliant songwriting

@maskof 10 лет назад

One of the best videos of the 80s.

@ALOISC1 10 лет назад

One of the best of all time !

@Sexy-1945 Год назад

I remember as a teenager buying this cassette for 7.99 at Target. I was blown away and still love it now that I'm 51 years old!!!!!! 😊😊😊👍👍👍👍

@debby2131 Месяц назад

I enjoy all of Peter Gabriel's songs. Very creative musician.

@hemmojito 8 лет назад

This song still works for me

@lucario719 6 лет назад

Peter Gabriel went to the director of this video and was like "i want it to look like it was made by that guy in your art class who doesn't know when to stop."

@aaronbarlow4376 6 лет назад

Ironic considering it's 'stop motion'

@crinna 5 лет назад

Best comment here

@kuliimjulischreiben 5 лет назад

“Who doesn’t know when to stop” LOL I lost it 😂😂

@mikeysuzefour 5 лет назад

Good point @lucario719.

@mrkremko1 5 лет назад

Some the clay work looks like Bruce Bickford, who’s work is featured in “Baby Snakes”

@CorFortium_ 9 месяцев назад

Here I am at 49, rediscovering the music of my childhood. I loved this man’s music and his talent before I was a teen. Now I have some life experience and listening to his music and singing his lyrics has become a mantra for me. I believe I have an understanding on his perspective on life, through his music, his lyrics and through reading about his life. I honestly believe he was trying to empower my generation. I feel empowered just listening to his music as an adult. Peter Gabriel - wildly talented artist, profound lyricist, humanitarian ❤

@MrLeovaras75 8 месяцев назад

I'm 48 myself, and remember this song like it was yesterday, but even then, I understood the meaning behind the words: Peter Gabriel was criticizing American society for being too materialistic.

@crankfotton 7 месяцев назад

We totally care

@blockstacker5614 7 месяцев назад

Thanks to my parents I grew up with a lot of this too

@NetanyahuWarCriminal 4 месяца назад

1980’s Peter Gabriel is the Doctor Who we never knew we needed.

@FishHeadSalad 8 лет назад

"and I will pray to my big god as I kneel in my big church" PERFECT!!!

@bernardboka4277 6 месяцев назад

Perhaps the most human and humble line in the song, but completely wrong based on the narrator’s lyrics.

@breakboytee7460 6 лет назад

Peter Gabriel had the coolest videos even today these videos are still cool

@luigiaiden2501 2 месяца назад

The Bass 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@zakdean3002 9 месяцев назад

“The place where I come from is a small town, They think so small, they use small words, But not me! I’m smarter than that! I’ve worked it out, I’ll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out…” Love this song so much, especially the lyrics. I remember when this album came out, the videos for this and “Sledgehammer “ got so much airtime. Even at the age of 7, I could relate so much to the words of this song, and it’ll always be one of my favorites of the era.

@shenacameron 6 месяцев назад

TotLly cool especially when UT broke

@velourkungen 8 лет назад

when this album dropped and this song and sledgehammer dropped Peter Gabriel was arguably the biggest thing in pop. this song and the album it is on is one of the best in pop history

@sdovas 6 лет назад

He wanted another video with the visual impact of "Sledgehammer " but didn't want to have to sit bolted in place and moved like a puppet this time around.

@willmistretta 5 лет назад

A savage takedown of the culture of ego and excess. Bonus: It's danceable!

@movesky6696 4 года назад

all about the bonus make lot of money big

@SyndicateOperative 4 года назад

What's perfect is that it isn't even a "takedown", it just represents it. It's just the story of a guy reaching great success. It never specifies how its bad, or tries to show that it'll fail; it lets all of that show for itself. It had the guts to be impartial!

@clemsonbloke 4 года назад

Not necessarily a take down, it could also be said to be a celebration of excess and money. Anyone who says money is bad has never had any.

@SwordHandler222 4 года назад

How is achieving great success having having great confidence something bad? The song presents it entirely positively anyway, stop thinking all media has to have that same stupid message that material success is totally meaningless, it definitely is not.

@clemsonbloke 4 года назад

@@SwordHandler222 That is basically what I was saying. Liberals are the only ones who think it's bad.

@braddonnell3920 2 года назад

Back when music videos were art. This is actual art. The amount of talent required to create this video is mind boggling. This was before all the digital magic of today's computers. People were drawing and sketching and filming and doing this by hand with analog tools.

@calvinchapman5138 2 года назад

Wherever I was in the house and the TV was tuned to MTV, as soon as I heard "HI, there," it was a full sprint to the den to catch this video.😎

@tomwatson9032 Год назад

@@calvinchapman5138 I always thought he was saying "Higher"!

@calvinchapman5138 Год назад

How many times has that happened to you! I have mistaken so many song lyrics, like Tower Of Power's So Very Hard To Go. When that song had radio play in the 70s, I heard "so very hot and cold." 🤣

@MRF1983 Год назад

Necessity is the mother of invention. The people making art/ music/ videos like this at the time had a necessary drive to realize what was inside of them, to make it take shape and form. Today, with the ease that technology grants to do that, few people making anything have anything worthwhile to say or show us that will last like this.

@iseeu-fp9po Год назад

There's actually a lot of digital art in this video. Gabriel was a front runner with adapting to new technology in the 80's, I would say. This is a representation of early-days CGI, but it was there along with stop frame animation. Just take a look at Gabriel's "Steam", for example.

@user-zq3ej4op6k 4 месяца назад

This is just a masterpiece!

@genedelrocini108 5 лет назад

The bass player should be in rock and roll hall off fame

@roland9625 5 лет назад

Tony Levin is a legend!

@enriquer.o.3871 5 лет назад

Soon he'll be. For sure.

@kitcarson2776 5 лет назад

King Tony

@erikhendrickson59 5 лет назад

Check out "Liquid Tension Experiment Live in NYC." Same bass player - he's absolute incredible!

@danielblackmon6122 5 лет назад

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Levin

@nevada531 2 года назад

An artistic genius beyond his time.

@phanhaphanha8655 Год назад

WrestleMania 22 Nostalgia 😭😭

@krampusthunderstick3729 Месяц назад

Nostalgia? From 2022? 🤣

@phanhaphanha8655 Месяц назад

@@krampusthunderstick3729 WrestleMania 22 gone live at Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL in April 2nd, 2006.

@krampusthunderstick3729 Месяц назад

@@phanhaphanha8655 Shows what I know about wrestling! 😂

@phanhaphanha8655 Месяц назад

@@krampusthunderstick3729 Undertaker goes 14-0 against Mark Henry in a Casket match John Cena retains the WWE champion against Triple H Edge took Foley down in a Street fight hardcore match Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton & Kurt Angle to become the World Heavyweight champion RVD wins the 2nd WrestleMania MITB ladder match & cashed-in the contract against John Cena to become The WWE Champion at ECW One Night Stand 2006. (Reminder: First MITB ladder match was in WrestleMania 21, April 3rd, 2005)

@IrishTony109 Год назад

Me at 11 years old: cool song Me at 47 years old: still a cool song.

@christinelyonsHACKEDLIVEFEEDNO Год назад

No affiliate programs have no interest

@christinelyonsHACKEDLIVEFEEDNO Год назад

Laymen terms are your fucd

@jesseregenauer630 Год назад

It is fucking ABSURD that utoob censors me from reading responses on these comments......

@a.taylor8294 Год назад

Same for me at 6 and at 42!!

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Год назад

The video was mind blowing when I was a kid

@brian1963110 7 лет назад

Mr. Gabriel is the king of kick ass videos!...:)

@EsaelPaggin024 6 лет назад

A real sardonic bass line; simply filthy. This song and video is perfect.

@spike7038 5 лет назад

Beautifully put Sir......

@BenJammin77 5 лет назад

Makes me want to learn to play a bass, filthy and funky like that!

@montparnasse97 5 лет назад

Sardonic is a good descriptor. I was actually just thinking how it's a little menacing. Great song

@mateorincon3448 4 года назад

Shows how Tony Levin is one of the best bass players of all time!

@dnutt022 4 года назад

The place where I come from is a small town They think so small, they use small words But not me, I'm smarter than that, I worked it out I'll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out

@patrickbrulotte3760 19 дней назад

How to know everything in one song ❤

@ericpanissidi6761 4 месяца назад

1986 greatest records that year.he had the best video's to

@KevinKnight-by4yt 25 дней назад

Very vivid.

@lukethespook2784 5 лет назад

Peter Gabriel's music videos are the most creative of all time

@truthseeker1995 5 лет назад

2:50 Look closely at the arms and hands of the figure dancing on the bed. The animator's _actually_ sculpted the clay to look like smear frames in hand-drawn animation, to simulate motion blur. I've never seen this method applied in this way in stop-motion animation, It's really quite impressive!

@AgsmaJustAgsma 5 лет назад

Yeah, I noticed that the very first time I saw this music video. It's a really simple technique to pull off with plasticine, but it's extremely effective.

@5150Reaper 5 лет назад

Truthseeker1995 clay figurines where poppin in the 80’s & early 90’s.

@AGhostintheHouse 5 лет назад

I know Aardman Studios did the animation for Sledgehammer, I bet they animated this video too.

@AgsmaJustAgsma 5 лет назад

@@AGhostintheHouse Aardman didn't produce this music video. It's from the same director, however.

@IdiotsAuthority 5 лет назад

A Ghost in the House! I can stand to be corrected but I’m nearly certain that the superb Bruce Bickford was the animator on this. He did some great stuff with Frank Zappa in the 1970s too.

@friedpancakes266 Год назад

The 80s was the last time a man who looked like your father could become a superstar

@j.b.9260 2 месяца назад

Peter had been successful since his early twenties.

@Nerval-kg9sm 2 месяца назад

He was only 35, when he recorded this.

@personalDM Месяц назад

@@Nerval-kg9sm he looked really bad and old then

@MegaUnwetter Месяц назад

@@personalDM It doesn't matter, his music was great and the video is in 480p, maybe that's why he looks older

@MegaUnwetter Месяц назад

@@personalDM But yeah, he didn't look particularly pretty, but now he looks good for his age now

@user-qj9cd3yr1z 4 месяца назад

1 of the songs i would listen to going to work

@patton303 4 года назад

Headphone song for sure. Almost 40 years later and this still blows away most mixes today.

@CriticalTechReviews 3 года назад

that guy who popularized loudness mastering should be in prison. I can't find his name now but he was engineering a lot of stuff in the mid 90s.

@wolfiethedog76 2 года назад

@@CriticalTechReviews Phil Spector....he is now dead....he was a weirdo and a half.

@princeofcupspoc9073 2 года назад

Headphones for people who have no idea what bass is. YEAH!

@mrsuns10 2 года назад

@@wolfiethedog76 he also killer someone

@tiborvisi7438 Год назад

You have no idea how it is having a great high-end stereo system with roughly 1200 Watts lol Headphones are very limited.

@jh9391 2 года назад

This vid is even more fun after you learn to decode the symbolism. Never gets old!

@dbsti3006 2 года назад

I've seen this as a kid and didn't know what it meant. The older I got and the more I watched it...you're right. Eventually you see the message.

@incognito3862 2 года назад

I wholeheartedly agree! Same with bits of the Sledgehammer video as well.

@NicGoldenEddie 2 года назад

This world you mean, na this universe. You know the fast wilderness of stars. That’s Phil’s boy 😜

@EJDD1233 2 года назад

Unfortunately, i've just detected the all seeing eye of illuminatti :(

@kjmalone17 2 года назад

@@EJDD1233 yep… scripted fame

@holeeshietpyro4072 5 месяцев назад

was mesmerized by peter gabriels videos and music as a kid in the 80s, rewatching them now as an adult i can understand the subliminals and whats being said. wild.

@MaryShmee 4 месяца назад

Yep… I was 18 when this came out and loved it. It’s hard for me to watch now

@ok-pj4eu Месяц назад

THIS SONG HAS A VERY UNIQUE SOUND TO IT.

@artistwithouttalent 3 года назад

I love this song so much. It concisely refutes the idea that bigger is better.

@ryanbell3917 Год назад

The best! so much larger than life😎😆

@AldenRDavis 4 года назад

1986: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉 2020: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉

@imnotcreative2214 4 года назад

It never gets old.

@paulguzman1634 4 года назад

You forgot to mention that in 2020 nobody can touch this kind of talented genius in music, but you are so right on!

@seeit360 4 года назад

Genius

@cdevidal 4 года назад

2086: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉

@Gsmooth10455 4 года назад

@@paulguzman1634 best comment out of a lot of great comments.

@bicyclist2 Год назад

Thankfully pre-Covid I got to see Peter Gabriel in concert with Sting. At the end they were singing each others songs. I'm old enough to remember when this song was new and on the radio. I used to listen to this on cassette tape. This is a classic and never gets old. Thank you.

@juliesnyder6705 Год назад

WOW, you saw them both together how Crazy Cool was that !!! I always Enjoyed their music but as I got older I REALLY learned to APPRECIATE the Great talent that they both have. And they're each so different. I technically grew up in the 70s, graduated in 79 but was always drawn to the 80s music, i always thought they seemed to be having a lot more FUN, LOTS of GREAT MUSIC 🪼💙🐠💛🪼💙🐠💛🪼💙🐠💛❣️❣️❣️

@fishhead_productions 4 месяца назад

That would been a great concert to see!

@AImaniaX 8 месяцев назад

God the creativity in Peter Gabriel’s videos are top notch! Back then this was so impressive!

@bensherman8976 2 года назад

Peter Gabriel is brilliant. Way ahead of his time. He is one bad mo'fo.

@trulymeparker 7 лет назад

Back when music was not only original but the video clips were an art form.

@HelloKittyFanMan. 5 лет назад

Um... a lot of music back then was covers and a lot of music today is original too. The videos from today are also an art form.

@AlexJones-rp3ld 3 года назад

@@HelloKittyFanMan. name some

@mirmir0003 2 года назад

@@AlexJones-rp3ld mitski

@mirmir0003 2 года назад

@@AlexJones-rp3ld marina and the diamonds (her ancient dreams in a modern land has similliar. energy i guess? to this a little), jack seubert , a lot more that i can't list off the top of my head but yeah :0 you can find some artists that get creative if you dig a little

@danimal7668 5 месяцев назад

This bassline slaps so hard!

@kerry_flynn 21 день назад

one of the best videos EVER

@JamesKovacic 8 лет назад

One of the most brilliant satires on success/materialism and the American dream. Anyone who takes the lyrics seriously is clearly not aware of Gabriel's genius

@kurtboyer299 6 лет назад

Was scrolling through to see if anyone has said this. Peter uses some sound-alike words with incredibly dark effect. Like "heaven" sounds like "hell" the second time he sings it. Or "So much stuff, I will own" is sung to sound like "So much stuff, all alone." Pretty creepy shit.

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 6 лет назад

"A Snow White Pillow, etc." kind of gives it, away. Who am i kidding....it gives it away, Big Time. Sorry

@Gildedbutterfly1976 6 лет назад

The American dream died after the 80s. 😂

@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay 5 лет назад

Thanks to the Bushes and the Clintons

@grandmagobet9829 5 лет назад

james kovacic: anyone who uses the satanic symbol for their picture should not and cannot be taken seriously....

@Staffy78 6 лет назад

The world will probably never see music like this again......

@gamer55551 6 лет назад

Staffy78 and that sad

@ignignxkt 5 лет назад

Probably? Sorry, but society as a whole is going down the drain. We most certainly will never receive any type of culture or music like what we got back then ever again.

@skylartodd4207 5 лет назад

@@ignignxkt Shut the fuck up already

@Daws867 5 лет назад

@@skylartodd4207 Well...he is right.

@harryheathheath5050 5 лет назад

When you here his music it hooks ya like a drug cause the tempo it makes ya think would ya sell yo soul for the $ want man greed want and need

@garethVanDagger 2 года назад

Absolutely amazing, it’s one thing to have creative ideas, but to make them look and sound cool is a whole other level. My parents played Peter Gabriel when I was a kid and after watching all his videos recently I am amazed but also sad that this was 1986 and music today hasn’t evolved or can even come close in creativity.

@PauloBorges9 Год назад

You are right , music has fallen into total decay , there is no more creativity in today 's music

@cherrypepsi2815 Год назад

@@PauloBorges9 To say that today's music is dead just shows how little you've seen the new stuff. It's just as good, just not as well known No, I'm not talking about the crap on the radio. Look up Greta Van Fleet, it's basically like smashing led zeppelin and rush together

@jarnsaxa666 11 месяцев назад

@@cherrypepsi2815ohhhh yes, that’s good stuff right there

@pabo-qv3nx 5 месяцев назад

This is Music.

@scottiencali 2 года назад

Bassline and singing at :38 seconds makes the whole song a classic!

@Mrs.deanna_marie_ember 2 года назад

I love that bass part lol Stewart Copelands drumming and cymbal work drives it home

@standhd 2 года назад

Tony Levin is the bassist. He actually had the drummer use his sticks on the cords while he did the bass line. He ended up creating Funk Fingers(thanks to Peter’s suggestion)in which he has dowels wrapped around his fingers. You can actually see this in some of the live performances of Big Time and Steam. That bass line struck me as well back in the mid 80’s when this song was released.

@sgtbigballs666 2 года назад

Tony crushes, can't say anymore

@individualchoice9826 4 года назад

Peter is a genius, vivid imagination, incredibly talented artist

@EDcase1 5 месяцев назад

1:44 I LOVE that chord change

@luisescobar-ev4hd Год назад

Tenía 14 años cuando escuchaba esta canción una y otra vez cuando fue tema oficial de WrestleMania 22 Bellos recuerdos

@GoramYako Год назад

igual yo amigo, que gran wrestlemania!

@francesconero1953 Год назад

Ciao..da.. gio..sss..junior...in...by...gio..sss..primo...miami..florida..ciaoo

@frnkjones40 6 лет назад

This song still gets me pumped

@shutterbug_713 5 лет назад

I like it LOUD! I even have a Marshall amp 2 make it loud!

@ulflyng 5 лет назад

True. Brings vitality back. Dance dance dance

@guilainebassigny4561 5 лет назад

J'adooooore!!!!!!!!!!¡

@guilainebassigny4561 5 лет назад

Cette chanson me met la pêche!!!!!!!!

@venture3800 4 года назад

That feeling when you listen to this song and appreciate the irony and hubris and yet it still applies to your life not completely ironically. Belete me now

@johnmoore9021 4 года назад

This song would be a smash hit if released today.(2019). Which would prove that its a timeless classic. Coming from someone who was teenager in he 80s

@amystadnik6755 3 года назад

I watched this video on mtv in the 80s

@TheCaptainjuicy 2 года назад

I was a teenager in the 2010s and honestly, this is one of my all time favorite songs.

@bigtub1101 2 года назад

Ago I’m 19 now and this has always been a banger for me

@VinceMiller 7 месяцев назад

Can we talk about the majesty of how well done these videos were without AI? 🤖 Great jam and video. 🙌🏻

4 месяца назад

One of my all time favorite songs EVER

@hugonongbri8100 3 года назад

This feels like one of those songs that plays at the beginning of an 80s movie about Wall Street

@SD-ym1rt 3 года назад

It was used as the opening to a documentary about the 2008/9 financial crisis narrated by Matt Damon, so you're bang on the money!

@nathanaelcowan6430 3 года назад

Weekend at Bernie's!

@SLKR.M 3 года назад

Documentary / Movie name: Inside Job (2010). Its a documentary about the global economic crisis of 2008.

@mneisinger72 3 года назад

WTF?

@jonbaird8835 3 года назад

Love the bassline

@asrexproductions 4 года назад

Over the years, I've grown to like this song more than "Sledgehammer"

@blomegoog 4 года назад

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@resplndnt 4 года назад

Sledgehammer doesn’t have that sweet bass line

@josephdolman 4 года назад

For me my favourite would be steam.

@shutterbug_713 4 года назад

Mine too, @@josephdolman! I love Steam!

@shutterbug_713 4 года назад

I like "Big Time" LOUD! Hence I have a Marshall amp to make it loud!

@kristiemao4275 2 года назад

Peter Gabriel is still one of my favorite artists :). His entire discography is fire.

@Zoofinevideo Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4LAEZumkH3E.html

@guidoretro 2 года назад

I just love how it starts "Hi there!", snare hit + music, Peter's goofy movements, "HA!!"... it wakes you up!

@Mangzorz 7 лет назад

Such a badass song.

@robertwhall 2 года назад

‘So’ was one my essential albums of my mid 80s high school years. Still one of my favorites

@reijolipponen398 Год назад

I have always like his falsett. He can use his voice many different ways. That is a mark of a good musician and an artist.

@itsamilkshake 9 месяцев назад

Such a unique song. Energetic driven weird lyrics and like nothing else. Basically an affirmation prayer.

@kurtboyer299 7 месяцев назад

Erm there's a lot of very dark satire and sarcasm in Big Time. Creepy sound alike lyrics like "So much stuff, all alone."

@itsamilkshake 7 месяцев назад

@@kurtboyer299 yeah and the video shows that side of it a lot

@Squab1972 6 лет назад

Peter Gabriel videos should not have a dislike button

@danielhall8943 5 лет назад

least.we.know.who.the.ones.are.who.dont.use.big.words.

@brucekentnyc 5 лет назад

Dont be alarmed its just a test of the Global emergency alarm system..

@ricardocerrillo1897 5 лет назад

True that!

@mikeysuzefour 5 лет назад

1,600 dummies so far hate this song...Why @Tracey Mills??

@CreatingwithWinglessAngel 5 лет назад

Exactly!!

@miskowski1500 3 года назад

35 years have passed and I am fascinated all the time. 10/10 evergreen!

@polyscroll Год назад

What can I possibly say? Peter Gabriel was a musical genius.

@simongoosen9525 11 месяцев назад

@polyscroll 8 месяцев назад

@@simongoosen9525 Yes, is. Thanks for the correction.

@scaramonga 3 месяца назад

Awesome, still sounds great!!!