Peter Gabriel - Passion
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Free Music Notes for Passion
Free Music Review: Of these, Hope
Hit: 5 Stars
Everyone that loves this record- me too - I'm not going to attempt to go over the record, I can share with you my "Passion" for the songs "Of these, Hope" and of course the Reprise of this song and its effect. I've often tried to tell people that the power of these songs are so deep to me, its almost pavlovian... as soon as I hear the melody beginning to form in the first song, I'm surprised by my tears beginning to form as well. Its a good thing- like an epiphany. Not "boo hoo". Well... it can be too...depends on where you are with yourself when you hear it- you might just miss it entirely. Its because to me, it evokes thoughts about life & mortality in the melody- Its true. its easy to identify with being human and hardships of life in this melody, and yet its absolute innocence and pain hidden beneath. Like a soul that will try no matter what even though its certain that the end result will be sad. (this synopsis wasn't tainted by the movie-it was what I felt as I heard it the first time) There is loss, pride, love, pain and wisdom in this 9 note melody - I'd heard the album before I'd ever seen the movie. I don't even remember seeing the movie. We'd just finished having friends together to play some music, we played all day & had a party, and afterwards people were doing their own thing...the sun was setting a party was breaking up. This record started playing ... mysteriously (a friend put it on) and I was alone & was totally entranced by listening to this recording-
my life was changed by listening to this record - Thank You Peter Gabriel-.All I have to say is that even if thats all Peter Gabriel had ever done musically, it would have been enough. So he's pretty much ahead and re-written the curve- In that "stratospheric" level certain composers get to-
Free Music Review: A Different Drum
Hit: 5 Stars
When Martin Scorsese directed the film version of Kazantsakis' The Last Temptation of Christ, Peter Gabriel was selected to do the score. Gabriel had already established credentials as an adventuresome composer who could respond to the dramatic nature of the film with a fitting score. What he produced was something far beyond Scorcese's expectations.For those of you that haven't seen the film, it is a brooding look at not just the events leading up to Gethsemane, but also the interior experience of Jesus as he faced the challenges of his fate. The music feeds into and frames the events on the screen creating and atmosphere of tension that from which the viewer never quite escapes. With the film score complete Gabriel still felt he had more to do, and Passion is the polished result of taking the score and remaking it to stand alone.
Gabriel's approach was to use an entire panoply of North African and Asian rhythms and sounds. The countries represented are Turkey, Pakistan, India, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, Egypt, New Guinea, Morocco, Senegal and Ghana. Nor did Gabriel settle for second best. Prominent vocalists like Youssou N'Dour, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Baaba Maal combine with the likes of Hossam Ramzy and David Rhodes to produce effects ranging from toe-tapping to incredibly eerie.
This isn't easy listening music. It deals with a difficult subject and does it by building an interior effect. At times the rhythm and harmony are almost unnerving. Moments of peace are rare and precious. Something magic happen in Gabriel's hands and the whole is much more than a simple collection of world music parts. Thoroughly modern, yet full of its roots this is an album of unusual and brilliant insights.
Free Music Review: Sensory and Extrasensory
Hit: 5 Stars
There is simply no denying this music's spiritual power. It's stature has only grown with time. At the time of its release, it was considered "exotic" enough to be considered somewhat of a bump and grind album by some (I'm sure many babies have been conceived to this music). It is good to see that this music is now being appreciated for what it is in this day and age, now that American audiences have had some time to familiarize themselves with world music, and with the middle east in particular.Words don't do this album justice. And unlike some, I DO belive that this music works well as the soundtrack for Martin Scorcese's movie, which I think is one of his best and most tragically underappreciated films (as is Willem Dafoe's performance).
The visual and emotional scope of this music is incredible. I am absolutely awed by its ability to transport you not just to the source, but beyond, to outer space, to the ethereal and astral realms, to someplace deep inside yourself yet somehow beyond. It's like Carl Sagan and "Cosmos" (recently re-released on DVD) all over again.
This stunning artistic statement is one of the most important statements of our time. I am never far away from this music when I seek spiritual nourishment. I mean this music is literally so THICK it's almost as if you are being PHYSICALLY touched by it. Something so powerful has to have been deeply divinely inspired.
Free Music Review: One of the best albums ever, no doubt about that.
Hit: 5 Stars
Not long ago, I was curious about any bad reviews of this album. So I searched the reviews from worst to best. Imagine this: there is one one-star review, one two-star review, one three-star review, maybe two four-star reviews, and even on the first page of bad reviews, you already have five-star reviews! That says a lot about the universality of this masterpiece, Passion.
I saw the movie fairly recently; the movie is a little weird, not necessarily great. But that doesn't affect the soundtrack, which is obviously incredible. If I want to feel inspired, I play this album, and almost immediately I find myself writing about people in the desert. Something about it is very epic, very cinematic, and even though some of the songs are less amazing than others, you hardly notice. It all flows together seamlessly, and it really creates an image of what Gabriel's message was.
The climax of the piece is the song "Passion," with absolutely unbelievable vocals. (The high voice, by the way, is an English choirboy.) This song will stick with you like few others.
If you want to get into world music-- or just good music-- get a hold of this album. It's almost impossible to dislike, and it's clearly very sincere without being cloying or overbearing. In fact, it's pretty close to perfect.
Free Music Review: Breathtaking.
Hit: 5 Stars
Undoubtably one of the best soundtrack ever recorded, Peter Gabriel's "Passion" is a brilliant work. For those who know Gabriel only from his vocal work, this should be a revelation-- the building tension of "The Feeling Begins" opens the album and signals this is something unique-- Middle Eastern horn soloing over drones until tribal percussion with a decidingly modern feel arrives and eventually takes over the piece. This really sets the stage for the rest of the album.
The music on here is largely difficult to describe-- unique, quite a bit is drawn from Middle Eastern, Indian, and African music, but it has a decidingly modern edge, filled with synthesizers, western drum sounds and guitars.
Discussing individual pieces is difficult-- the album works best as a whole and as a statement. There are brilliant moments, I think immediately of the stunning, passionate vocals of "A Different Drum", the building, haunting tension fading into repetitive rhythmic figures of "Zaar", the incredible beauty of the horn and bass over swelling ambient haze of "With This Love", Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's immense, pained, wails on "Passion"... the list of great moments goes on.
If you're a fan of interesting and unique music, you should probably own this record. Essential.