1 | [[Music/PeterGabriel This former front man]] of Music/{{Genesis|Band}} has a lot of [[TearJerker incredibly depressing songs]]. |
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4 | * "Blood of Eden", especially the ''Carnivale'' fanvid. |
5 | ** The wordless note he hits at the end of the bridge is ''heartrending.'' |
6 | ** Much of ''Music/{{Us|1992}}'' qualifies for this trope, really, on account of the CreatorBreakdown Gabriel experienced during its production; the album's content overall is a reflection of his failing relationships with people close to him. |
7 | * His cover of The Magnetic Fields "The Book of Love". The song earns extra points by being pretty darn hilarious as well. |
8 | * The alternate version of "I Don't Remember" that serves as the BSide to the "Games Without Frontiers" single evokes this; while the album version is nightmarishly chaotic, the alternate version sounds a lot more... defeated... like a cry of desperation. |
9 | * One Word: "Biko". The narrator is so troubled by Stephen Biko's death that he can "only dream in red." |
10 | * "Father, Son". God, this has to be the saddest of them all. Especially with children who lost their father. What made it worse is that Peter's father died in 2016. |
11 | * The quiet, ending section of "Family Snapshot" (a song about Lee Harvey Oswald, or someone similar; Gabriel has sourced inspiration to Arthur Bremer, the attempted assassin of George Wallace). |
12 | -->All turned quiet. I have been here before\ |
13 | A lonely boy, hiding behind the front door\ |
14 | Friends have all gone home... there's my toy gun on the floor\ |
15 | Come back Mom and Dad\ |
16 | You're growing apart, you know that I'm growing up sad\ |
17 | I need some attention\ |
18 | I shoot into the light. |
19 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqc Don't Give Up]]" is a prime example. Sounds like a cheesy title, but the lyrics, melody and Music/KateBush doing supporting vocals all make it really work. |
20 | ** And then there's Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMUmfWh9_tk cover]]... |
21 | * "My Body Is A Cage", originally by TearJerker/ArcadeFire, has always been a tearjerker. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15E0swZPoQE Peter Gabriel took it]] and made it a ''triumphant'' one. |
22 | ** Pretty much all of Scratch My Back. |
23 | * "Here Comes the Flood". |
24 | ** The acoustic/piano version makes the song even more heartbreaking. |
25 | * "I Grieve". First released in 1998, the song took on more poignancy when in an interview in 2002 he revealed both of Gabriel's daughters were in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, and he had no way of contacting them to make sure they were okay. He dedicated the song to people who have been in similar situations. |
26 | * "Red Rain" as well. |
27 | * "Sky Blue". |
28 | * "[[LonelyPianoPiece The Drop]]". |
29 | -->One by one, they're going out\ |
30 | You watch them dim\ |
31 | One by one, you watch them fall\ |
32 | And wonder where they're falling to. |
33 | * "Wallflower" from ''Security'' veers between this and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/Music Heartwarming Music]]. |
34 | * "Home Sweet Home". |
35 | * His cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsvuipGq2ns "Heroes"]] amps up the poignancy from David Bowie's original with a much more minimalist composition, giving more weight to his vocal performance, highlighting the deceptively simple lyrics and their underlying bittersweet tone. |
36 | --> I, I can remember\ |
37 | Standing, standing by the wall\ |
38 | And the guns, shot above our heads\ |
39 | And we kissed, as though nothing could fall\ |
40 | And the shame, the shame was on the other side\ |
41 | Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever\ |
42 | And we could be Heroes, just for one day |
43 | * "Mercy Street". |
44 | -->[[Creator/AnneSexton Anne]] with her father\ |
45 | Is out in the boat\ |
46 | Riding the water\ |
47 | Riding the waves\ |
48 | On the sea... |
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