Why is Peter Gabriel's stuff always amazing until the second or third listen? I've never seen an artist whose material is so good yet has such short staying power.
>>129811228https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsafEN0vEtILike I found this song a few days ago and the first listen was magical, and now I'm already sick of it. Which isn't the case with artists like Yes or ELO.
>>129811251He has this annoying melodramatic tone, same with Phil Collins.
>>129811335Melodramatic is fine on its own, but if I'm reaching for an explanation I as a millennia might be allergic to his boomer vibe. He's very much a product of his time and his sanctimonious fetishism for "the other" seeps into a lot of his lyrics and musical choices, which were typical of this early 80s - early 90s "afro-celtic" sound which now comes off as trite cliché.
>>129811392Then why didn't you say that?The problem is you give niggers too much credit for white songwriters and producers that you've been taught to associate interesting music with nigger.
>>129811251I literally never get bored of this tune, its such a trip and the sonic textures are fascinating.
>>129811228shit takeI've listened to PG stuff hundreds of times, and it's still great, and sometimes I hear new stuff in there that I didn't before.
>>129811501No I just think it's insincere and performative on some level.
