Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 

Congrats on the sobriety. That's quite an accomplishment for both, especially the sobriety. I have 467 days of being sober myself. And I love this song.

It requires strength and more importantly DETERMINATION to change...I speak from experience.

Grab your things..I’ve come to take you home 👍

@@susansongsmahony7406excellent keep it up 25 years for me 👍💪🇦🇺

Congrats🎉 amazing what one day at a time can do !!

@pigfish99 Heartfelt Condolences

Sorry for your loss

I shed a tear for you right then pig. Condolences.

I shed a tear for you and your mom right now. Sorry for this loss.

So sorry for your loss I find this song impossible to listen to without crying and I have no idea why x

Brilliance!

His one liners are so golden

Used to work for PG. He's a nice guy. I remember going to a secret rehearsal of one of his tours, in an aircraft hangar. It was the one where he rolled around the stage in a Zorb ball. He managed to knock over an entire stack of keyboards and equipment. That's what rehearsals are for😂

Este tipo es un fenómeno. Esta obra maestra indica que, claramente, los caminos de Génesis y de Gabriel podían haber seguido de la mano, sin perjuicio del aporte del resto. Qué hubiese pasado, ya es contrafáctico, pero, al mismo tiempo sale Y al final quedaron tres.....

Yes, We (Humanity) is going home very soon. This will shock the World!

1995 baby keeping this alive around me 🎉

I did the same but it was Gangnam Style that came on. It's been a rough life

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

What a beautiful thing that is!

That's special....this is a truly spiritual song... anyway u take it

Its a good thing it wasn't "I touch myself" by the Divinyls.

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

@KellyDeanBishopatgmaildotcom Thanks for the heads up, but I live in Arkansas.

A belated thank you for your service

I remember when my brother got back from the Gulf op Granby. My mam and dad running up the garden path. Just thinking about it now punches me in the heart.🇺🇸

This is a great song, and thank you for your service hoping all is well with you as the wheel of time turns without end😀😉

Glad you made it brother, one vet to another.

Comment gave me chills…

We are all brand new creations trying to figure out what being alive and being human means.

Sir, she is.

God bless you

@@lennyhuhn4732Absolutely 🇦🇺

I agree it is one of the greatest songs ever written, achieves something very unusual. not sure how to describe it

I think it's very emotional

Completely agree.

I just came home from my best friend’s funeral tonight. This song was played at the service. He passed from an overdose too. My heart is with you, this song will carry our friend’s memory on forever ❤

The lyrics make me think of my own drug addiction. I survived but I know all about shutting open doors as I was only sixteen and fresh out of school when I became addicted.

💙 So sorry you lost your friend and what a beautiful track to hear the day you parted in this realm to remember them with until you meet in the next realm 💙

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

Yup, a big fave of mine too, I twas but a wee lad when I first 'heard this voice'. Boom boom boom..

Absolutly

Me too (just subtract two years ... 53 and 14) ... life changing song/album/singer!!!

I hear you sister... my heart going boom, boom, boom.

Hi Dorothy. I'm a fraction younger. A school friend told me to listen out for it and I was captivated. I'd never heard anything so singular and catchy. The same friend had tickets to see PG in Manchester in 1977 and I was mesmerised by him. Glory days!

Son grab your things, I’ve come to take you home - tears me up, save me. X

Agreed.

Agreed.

Yes

Yes...a founding member of Genesis!!!

🥰🥰

Amen. My son passed in 2019 at the age of 26 from cancer. Since he could walk he was my hero, my champ. God bless and may you many good years.

I have three healthy kids and I thank God everyday for them. I always marvel when I see parents like you. Bless you.

Look in the mirror.... YOU are too God bless

I love comments like these.

woa, deep

And then Genesis did ABACAB

@@tiagorabelo7396 Huh?

7/4, a single bar of 8 or 2 bars of 4/4, just a weird shift to fit the transition I assume

@@cherrypepsi2815 Nah man, this was expertly crafted to symbolize how the narrators mind becomes clearer and how he achieves insight.

Beautiful.

❤️

I belive someone you were close to comes for you when it's your time. My dad said as he was dying that he would come for me...I tear up listening too

I'm 35 and I do too even though I have the best memories of dancing to this with my younger sister Dana in our childhood living room three decades ago now

lost my 18 yr old son 5 yrs ago. this song reminds me of him

Yes, because Peter always had this odd sense of tribal and delicate sound that helped pioneer progressive rock.

I never understood how complex this song was until I started studying music theory. Such an amazing song.

I love this song, it has heart,

My 7th grade English teacher was kinda a badass guy. For “homework” he’d have us listen to a song and the next the day he’d sit back and hear out our horrible perceptions. The thing is though most times he wouldn’t tell us what the song meant and just told us to keep listening or read about it. This song though wouldn’t let him spit it out, I remember whatever it was he had to say it was on the tip of his tongue but looked like he struggled to put an idea into a digestible explanation. I don’t think I’ll ever read into this song, just listen and try to find out what my teacher was thinking. After a few years of listening I like to think it’s what you like to think.

Everything Peter Gabriel did was alternative. Just listen to the content he did with the band Genesis. Just absolutely absurd time frames and changes yet everything seemlessly stayed together and flowed. Musical Genius... The beauty of this is not just with it's composition. This is a superbly written song with entendre and some positive lessons embedded. Total package.

Totally agree

Masterpiece...

I hear the opening notes of this song, one of my two favorite songs ever, and I tear up.

@@jwattfaqir I'm right there with you

Spot on , it’s a absolute classic !!

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

​@@LOVEHAS1JOYRAINS2No, Jesus and his Dad are the creators! My so-called "great" parents are nothing but sperm or ovarie donors. It's a shame it has to be that way... I'm 51 and I'm fed up and I don't care anymore about them. (Pardon the Phil reference, but as someone said, referring to the awesom drummer of early Genesis, when Phil "DON'T CARE ANYMORE," my neighbors have to know about it too out loud, ha ha..") Anyway, a legendary move that works out for all the musicians in the Genesis at that time. The world needed Peter Gabriel solo, and a new version of them with Phil taking over the vocals too.. it just didn't know it then, YET it classically works itself somehow!

Sorry for the friend You lost. Nothing compares to someone leaving this world ...... Godspeed..

@@johnkollman3900 Thank you for your reply. It’s my 6th friend since high school and music keeps me connected to them. Music is the thread that sews my life together.

@@jojogrrl2756 I had a really good friend die in April was totally unprepared for it kinds rocked my world. Do me a favor tell the one's you love just that became You never know..

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

So sorry for your loss 💔💔💔

@@roxykilfoyle1028 Thank you I appreciate that alot.

I'm glad you're on your path!

Im currently almost 3 weeks off a decade long opiate addiction. I listen to this every couple days and just cry

Guess what?? It's get better, so much It's nearly a dream. Riley B you are loved 😍

@jksngtrs90 keep it up brother.

Keep it up, y’all. I’m hoping I make 12 years on Halloween 2023. I went to the e r in liver failure with bleeding varices. I wasn’t expected to live, and it took 5 years before I could return to work. 12 years later, I don’t recognize that person. Jesus came to my bed every day and told me not to be afraid, and that I would be coming with Him to our home. Keep your faith in Him. I played this song after lunch for my 2nd grade students, who decided that home is Heaven. They cited evidence in the lyrics. Life is a wonderful gift, and even on our worst days, miracles happen. 🙏🙏🙏I’m keeping you all in my prayers.

You are right.

I agree

100%

100 percent pal

@Alexander Steiner It is indeed a masterpiece, a legend. But what a crying shame that such a meaningless, horrid video profanes it so. I'd like to punch Mr Graham Dean right in the face for this wreck of a production.

Anybody who knows Peter Gabriel knows that he is never quite literal with anything which means many of his songs have a personal meaning to him just like they may have a completely different personal meaning to you. So Solsbury Hill could essentially be about anything you want it to be about. But to Peter Gabriel it is about his decision to leave Genesis. He has made this quite clear. You could go line by line and it all makes perfect sense considering the situation he was in at the time. He was fed up with the industry and life as a rock star in general. He was being thrust out as the star of a group whose works had actually been evenly divided between the 5 members. Because he and his costumes were the focal point of live shows, everyone assumed Peter wrote all the music, all the lyrics, set up the stage, and that the rest of the band were just his backing band. This was far from the truth and Gabriel hated the attention. But as much as he hated the attention at first, he was beginning to enjoy it, which was taking him away from his audience. He no longer got the butterflies before shows. The music didn't touch him the way it used to. He felt as though he was just going through the motions. He didn't like what he was becoming. "To keep in silence, I resigned." Besides all these internal things, Genesis was getting on his nerves as well. He refers to Genesis as "the machinery." It was a constant cycle of write, record, tour, write, record, tour. etc... They would schedule gigs non-stop with hardly any breaks. There was no room for freedom. Gabriel hated knowing exactly where he was going to be in 18 months, as he did with Genesis. He said Genesis was like the army. You had to turn up to the studio every morning at 9am and you were either 100% committed or you weren't at all. "I walked right out of the machinery." On top of that, the band had decided to write a concept album - The Lamb. Gabriel wanted to give this album a little bit of "balls", as he puts it, and no one else in the band was going to deliver that. He also felt that a concept album, AKA a story, should be written by one person. It needs one clear and coherent direction, which their democratic system of writing could not accomplish. This pissed off the other band members. Gabriel was beginning to realize that he could not last for long being "tied down to the old hierarchy." His creative ambitions were exceeding those of the rest of the band. The tipping point came during the writing for "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." Gabriel's wife was going through a horrible pregnancy and they didn't think his daughter was going to survive. So Peter was making these long trips back and forth between London and where the band were writing and recording out in the middle of nowhere England. This meant that he was absent during much of the writing. The band were writing music in one room while Peter was writing lyrics to what was already there in another room or wasn't there at all to attend to his wife. No one else in the band had been married or had kids at this point (besides Phil Collins) and so they didn't understand. They were mad because Peter was gone all the time. Peter was mad because to him there was no question what his priorities were. It was a matter of life and death for him. His family was far more important than writing an album. The band could not understand this and that really pissed Peter off. "So I went from day to day, though my life was in a rut. Til' I thought of what I'd say, which connection I should cut." "No one taught them etiquette." After leaving Genesis, Gabriel felt a sense of jealousy. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with his life at the time (he didn't begin his solo career right away, not until 1977). He wanted out of the music industry as a whole. His pride got the best of him when he saw Genesis having greater success without him and decided to get back in, but this time on his own terms, doing his own thing. And the rest is history.....

I think the same thing I would play this song and was thinking it was Jesus taking me home

@@jtarttthanks for the history lesson man appreciate it i was born in 05 so i had no clue what the song was about

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 1248pm 11.7.23 everyone is either a tedious junkie or delving into the death of someone... their sevels, even. which is cool. never let it be said i stifled your freedom of expression or speech.... safe to say that i am thinking: he's tripping atop the tor and delving into the musings he has had been receiving... also covered by kraftwerk with one of their ditties. uh!?

It means what it means to me/you/yours/them-we all have our personal ideas, all unique. Mine too, no-one would guess! Thats the joy, heightened by world class musician (some universal language)!-you keep teaching this way Miss LA, they'll love you and the music forever for so enriching their lives. 😘

Move each of the letters of HAL one letter to the right, so that A becomes B, B becomes C, etc.

Absolutely

This pops up occasionally on our local radio station here in Folkestone, Kent. I remember it well as a boy, and my pal at work knows it from my love of the song because I always turn the volume up a bit when it comes on. We sit and each have a moment of personal introspective enjoyment when it comes on. No telephones answered, no deliveries received, no customers served. It's Peter and Solsbury Hill, and that's that for four and a half minutes. Bugger everything and everyone, and suddenly the working day isn't as troublesome as it was five minutes ago.

It sure doesn't!!!

@@marctozie1092 Thank you.

thats so cool, i done the same with eminence front by the who,

Love U!

I feel the same

Hang in there Elvy. The human experience is difficult but things are always changing and there is beauty in the world (like this song, as you said). I'm sending you virtual hugs and kisses XOXO

+Hank Murphy I had totally forgotten about that. Thanks for reminding me! :D

+Hank Murphy i would say, the fantastic, music of the mighty Peter Gabriel.,

+j mcmann WW2 when in the UK they evacuated children out of London and put them in various safe ports around the country, like Brighton

+Hank Murphy I can't find it. It keeps coming up "The Shining" how do I look it up?

+PCthesecond same!

I was listening to it at 1:40 on a cold night, back to the fireplace and it moves me .

11:11

@@lmm1447 😁

The most important decision you'll ever make.

You posted that 3 days ago. Jesus Christ has loved you with an everlasting love. If you didn't get saved yet like you said you would, please, I implore you to do it. It is,the best decision you will ever make in your entire life! Remember, yiu can't earn your way to Heaven. None of us can. That is why we need grace each and every new day. The kind of grace and forgiveness only our Lord and Savior can give us! Ask your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to hold onto your hand, even when you are too tired to hold on, he will hold into you! Praying for you, precious soul!❤😊

Nice time to get saved. Just before WW3. Things may get tough, but He will never leave you. John 6:37. Memorize Psalm 51:6. The inward parts are deep within every part of your body - from brain to molecule. Trust Him with everything.

I wish you all of the best life can offer you

@@tipperny76 yes I did! It's been amazing ever since. I'm still dealing with severe panic attacks, but God has been helping me tremendously. I feel his love, presence and strength in my heart. I'm ready to get past this battle so that I can spread His word and do His work. I know now what my calling is, and I found it through God. Thank you for messaging me and for your prayers!! God bless you and everyone in your life. I will pray for you as well!! ❤️❤️

the 80s must have been fun

@@concars1234 Late 70's and early 80's were a fantastic time to be young.

Late 70’s- sunbathing in the yard in Massachusetts and my brother back from nam being overhead while this song played.

He may be a musical genius, but he needs to be questioned by a shrink before being allowed to make a video. That poor girl has "Just kill me" in her eyes...

@@painkillerjones6232 😂😂😂

John Butler: from the bottom of my heart,I thank you for sharing your heart rending experience of your Dad's death. Love comes in all forms. .I am sure your Dad will be there for you.I have heard it said that God is Love.Your personal belief s are your own,as the Spirit leads.Please do not pay any mind to the Rude turkeys who enforce their beliefs on you.We are all on a special journey.I happen to be a believer,but know that my faith is a gift from my Creator.I will be praying for both of you.Stay strong dearheart.Elizabeth

A father's love for his children is unparralled.

Niether do you lady.

How many rubbish pieces of so called music of today will be remembered in 50 years time? Not many!

Lol what do you mean. If it was recorded yesterday it would have trap hi hats and mad autotune.

It’s alright I guess.

I just saw him live a few weeks ago, and was really impressed! His voice is still great / so unique.

Settle down Kate..great, great song...but far from the greatest song ever written... 😁

You're so lucky. Didn't think there were Planet Hollywood's that late. I remember there being a McDonald's being next to it in Chicago it was so expensive. I always heard people say go see him in concert. I woke up I was old. And broke.

that would be tough to determine the greatest song ever written cause there is many

Wish I knew what time signature was

Same here, I only know it's difficult one.

Well, there's also Pink Floyd's "Money". Also a great song with a totally different feel. I always enjoyed playing music with "alternate" time signatures. They really keep you on your toes--especially when sight-reading!

A time signature is the format in which the notes are valued and arranged. For a song to be coherent to most listeners, it needs to maintain a certain time signature, in this case it's 7/4. This means that one measure of the music contains 7 quarter notes. The best way to illustrate it is this: Start at the very beginning of the song and listen to the guitar melody but pay extra attention to the bass drum. Count along with it. You'll get to 7 and then the guitar melody will start over, signaling the end of the measure. One full pass of the guitar melody contains 7 bass drum notes. This is not a common time signature for music in this genre. The most common time signature by far is 4/4, which means a measure contains 4 quarter notes per measure, rather than 7. Obviously it's impossible to teach music in a detailed fashion through a youtube comment, but hopefully this helped a little bit.

In an article in Guitar Player magazine, the guitarist on the track, Steve Hunter, says the time signature is 7/4 with two different sub-divisions: 4-3 or 3-4. Here's how to count it: The guitar intro is 3-4 (count 1-2-3 1-2-3-4). When the synth and vocals come in, it's 4-3 alternating with 3-4 (count 1-2-3-4 1-2-3 then 1-2-3 1-2-3-4). And just to keep things interesting, the end of the verse ("Son," he said, "Grab your things I've come to take you home.") is two 4/4 bars (count 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4). Confused yet?

Hearing it on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack had refreshed my high regards for it.

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

My heart...

Ditto

Agree entirely with you..X :)

Very best Song ever!

agree

SO TRUE!

Mike L who needs the help? you you you do

I'm still listening to Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill and 36 years old until I die

I'm 59 and still listening.

Thank You. God Bless ❤

Saved me a job. Thank you.

God bless Mr. Peter Gabriel ❤

The lyrics ❤ Thank you!

Wow. Never REALLY listened to these words..he's amazing

Cynthia Savage i take myself home hahah and i feel like this song is a personal, solitary endevour taking things from our past and going our own way

Cynthia Savage dd yup

Cynthia Savage yes we are all waiting to go home.

Yup. Every adventure feels incomplete if we don't wind up back home. The truest discoveries are rediscoveries.

Cynthia Savage This song is about (partially) Gabriel's sense of trepidation, but also relief and excitement, on his leaving Genesis the year before.

x

get in ease the seat back put on the song and just ridevwith me

Oh,I'm so sorry for your loss I hope you're feeling better now

Beautiful 👍

My condolences 😔

My condolences to you as well. So powerful to read of your love for your mom and dad. Ironically, I lost my mom in 2016 and dad in 2021, i connect with you - Love my mom and dad too to this day. May we both hear “Grab your things, I’ve come to take you home” and see them all again when our Heavenly Father calls for us some day. God bless you, Christina.

You are very strong 💪💗

My dearest condolences

Thank you

Hello Mother Father of all creation 😄 our creators r here in physical flesh !!

This song was chosen by my dad while he knew he was terminal with testicular cancer. At the time I couldn't understand.... almost 18 years later I do fully get it.

I envy you getting to hear it all for the first time. I hope you've dug in and found a good friend in peter, he has certainly become mine.

Welcome to the club Nellie S! Best!

Kids eh

Nellie. just wait until you find the album 'Selling England by the Pound'..Genesis...Peter on lead vocals. brilliant. ..to me, it's the best album that was ever made. ever. you're in for a treat. have fun. =)

This song is an allegory regarding his decision to leave Genesis. FHIMC

Beautiful sentiment. And to my brother who never came home at all.

I'm so sorry to hear that. God Bless.

I’m very sorry for your loss. You’re in my prayers.

😢❤️

LOL That took me a minute!

Damn, thought you were The Michael Stanley for a second...

Right on dude!

Mike 3 doors down the street???

Yes, loud is best!

Exactly!

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh one might say conveying "real human emotion" is the main purpose of popular music?

That’s all subjective. There’s plenty of musicians who can stir heavy emotion if you’re open to it.

I get goosebumps every time

The universe loves you, Silky Silk! Our pain makes us strong if we give it time. Wishing you much luck, and determination. There is light beyond the bleak…it can take years, but I got there…not easy, but, oh the birds sound sweet each morning. 😊

I wish you All the strength of the world dude. Hang in there and try to enjoy the little things.

❤💪👊

Trust me we all feel ya 2023 yr is depressing 😢

@@jeanmorgan1533 thank you Jean.

Peter is still very much alive !!!

Agreed 100%. It's maybe the most brilliantly emotive use of 7/4 of I've ever heard.

Yep. It brings out so many emotions.

Cannabis heal

I will show another me Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going boom, boom, boom

Wooooow ! I'm happy to read this kind of story ! Really happy, and proud, for you !! I hope life will be kind with you in the future ^^ !

Well done my friend, brilliant, much love and respect.

Good work. Now comes the hard part - life.

disgruntledtoons We are all craving home, regardless of what one’s idea of home is.

The song is about him leaving genesis

I have a home on this earth now thanks to God. But I don't like the STATE or COUNTY and would like to move to Mexico.

@@Lumalnatti11 you live in Hell

@@ephebofreedomfighter2430 how so asshole?

Lucky woman, lucky guy :))))

& a well chosen piece it is, Joyce - congratulations on (both) staying solid for thirty six years !! Gabriel is one of my all time favourite musicians :D

I join the others in congratulating you, Joyce. Marriage is such a gamble. It's not at all clear what sort of person one marries because people can hide their true selves so easily. It's only when two people open themselves up completely to each other that a relationship can succeed. Love to you both.

Lucky man!

personally i cant stand him...

Hi I Recommend an Indie song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix

I actually just programmed this to be my new morning alarm!

ah, that's what it is, Scabbarae. you're brilliant too. that's what makes this piece so irresistible. thank you. for that.

Try "The Dance of Life" - Narada Michael Walden. flips 7/4 to 4/4 and back but the 7/4 sections just grab you and won't let go. Plus awesome guitar from Corrado Rustici .

I had a very similar experience loved the song but didn't know the name or the singer I knew it reminded me of Peter Gabriel so I looked up his music and found it finally I heard it while watching vanilla sky and it was amazing and I had to figure out what this song was all about, singer,song and when it was created

Get Shazam on your phone. You’ll never have to go years trying to find/ hear a song again.

outspokengirl I can see it. Same thing happens with sounds of silence by Simon and Garfunkel for me

Because it reminds us of a longing...longing for belonging....longing to go home...we respond to the truth when we hear it on a deep spiritual level

I cry too! Love this song❤

Me too! 56

I'm 58 years old and I feel the same!! It is like he is telling God he ready to come home. I cried too.

It is a timelessly brilliant & powerful song - adored since I heard it when first released (I'm 60). It's actually about his acrimonious 1975 departure from Genesis.

Are you wondering why he is calling you Goyam ?

I’m listening to Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill May 31st 2024 0:27

awww I hope your son is ok I hope he's doing well

Love to you from Kentucky

You're a good man

That's sweet but SAD. HOPE YOU ALL FINE NOW AND TOGETHER. SON YOU'VE COME TO TAKE HIM HOME. LOVE IT X. X X

So very true.

You can us out of the 80s but you take the 80s away from us. The music then had soul. Now it is hell..

true

@Peter Gabriel Congratulations for this so beautiful song . From France. 😃😃😃

@@deraakcrow7214 Plenty of music today still has soul. You just have to know where to look for it. A lot of video game soundtracks have some real gems, for example.

@Adam Clark Too bad the same could not be said for Phil Collins LOL. Genesis needed Phil and Phil needed Genesis

@Mike B He was still with Genesis when he was huge. He just had two musical projects at once.

I think leaving helped him and his bandmates out.

Best thing to leave Genesis as it was crushing him. Never liked them anyway. They were worseafter he left....

@@markallgood7980 That's such a shame you never liked Genesis. They were the absolute pinnacle of the prog rock world for years and Gabriel was a huge part of that. Even after he left it became 'vogue' to dislike them for going in a poppier direction, but they were still awesome. Everything from A Trick of the Tail to even the power pop of Invisible Touch, they're a group that adapted to the times in ways other bands can only dream of. If you like this song, then go back into the Genesis vault and try The Carpet Crawlers, The Cinema Show and Firth of Fifth to start. If you like those, then reach deeper into their catalogue. If not, so be it, at least you tried again. I just can't imagine someone listening to this song and saying, yes I love it, then listening to say, The Carpet Crawlers and saying hell no! I hate this. Just...seems impossible.

absoluty

I think Peter Gabriel is so underrated

Couldn't have said it better myself 😁