Il leggendario Peter Gabriel ha compiuto 67 anni. In suo onore vi posto il brano Steam, con testo e video.
Ieri era il compleanno del geniale Peter Gabriel, cantante, musicista, compositore, polistrumentista, produttore discografico, ex frontman dei leggendari Genesis.
Peter Brian Gabriel è nato a Chobham (UK) il 13 febbraio 1950, la sua carriera cominciò intorno alla metà degli anni ’60, quando assieme a degli aqmici mise su una band che poco tempo dopo divennero i Genesis, una dei più grandi gruppi di Rock Progressive.
Lo stile vocale di Peter è ispirato alla musica Soul, ma in particolare ad artisti come Gary Brooker dei Procol Harum.
Quando nel 1975 abbandonò i Genesis, Peter Gabriel cominciò una straordinaria carriera solista, in cui ha “esplorato” vari generi musicali, dal rock al pop, diventando uno dei capostipiti della World Music.
Testo: Peter Gabriel -Steam
Stand back!
Stand back!
What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
They’re on to something, picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream
You know your culture from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you
You know your stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven’s doors are shut
You kick them open but
I know you
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you’ve been
Get a life with the dreamer’s dream
Stand back!
Stand back!
Can’t you see I’ve lost control I’m getting indiscreet
You’re moving in so close ‘til I’m picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream
You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You think you’ve been blessed
But I know you
You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight line from a curve
You’ve got a lot of nerve
But I know you
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you’ve been
Get a life with the dreamer’s dream
Everybody nosedive
Hold your breath, count to five
Back-slap, booby-trap,
Cover it up in bubble wrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It’s going to blow, it’s going to break
This is more than I can take
Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you’re turning up the heat
When I start to dream aloud
See you move your hands and feet
Won’t you step into this cloud of steam
This steam
Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you’ve seen
Get a life with this dreamer’s dream
Help me yeah
Ready to steam out the log jam
Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
Water’s bubbling, it’s b-b-b-bubbling
Bubbling [Repeat x 4]
Like it’s coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam around me now
Ahh, coming alive [Repeat x 2]
Said give me some steam
Video Youtube: Peter Gabriel – Steam
