He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band genesis. Peter gabriel book of love sheet music, music books. Peter gabriel peter brian gabriel the book of love lyrics. In order to view this website correctly, please consider updating your browser. Peter also answers quite a lot of questions in his usual unusual way. The book of love peter gabriel stringspace orchestra cover duration. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i. Peter gabriel the book of love lyrics genius lyrics. The overarching theme of the song is a holistic description of the human emotion of love.
The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i i love it when you read to me and you. We will continue to make more of peters music available on spotify and amazon music as part of a monthly rollout plan. Book of love chords by peter gabriel songsterr tabs with. Peter gabriel hd the book of love new blood orchestra live. Check out the book of love by peter gabriel on amazon music. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The croatian musicians 2cellos recorded an instrumental version on their album in2ition. Peter gabriel book of love chords learn the song with the online tablature player. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing but i i. The book of love sheet music for piano, voice download free. The book of love performed by peter gabriel made by me some people might remember the song from scrubs or shall we dance. Peter gabriel the book of love live from womad 2009 youtube. The book of love is the eighth song on peter gabriels eighth studio album, scratch my back.
The book of love appears on magnetic fields threevolume concept album 69 love songs, which contains 69 tracks described as love songs, 23 tracks in each of the three volumes. Scratch my back was originally released in 2010 and now makes its second coming, this time accompanied by and ill scratch yours, the concluding part of a series of song exchanges in which peter and other leading artists reinterpret each others. Oct 12, 2004 the book of love is the eighth song on peter gabriels eighth studio album, scratch my back. The scratch my back album, released in 2010, was conceived as a. Its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing. Aug 18, 2017 this weeks one take is peter gabriel s book of love which has been a common wedding request over the years. The book of love the magnetic fields song wikipedia. This weeks one take is peter gabriel s book of love which has been a common wedding request over the years. Released on 25 february 1977, it was produced by bob ezrin. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing i. The life and music of peter gabriel easlea, daryl on. Aug 04, 2009 this is the first live performance of the book of love by peter gabriel.
Reunited with daniel lanois as coproducer, peter extends the hand of collaboration to led zeppelins john paul jones, brian eno, peter hammill and sinead oconnor. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peter s album scratch my back. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts. Both sides of peters songswap project now available in one place, as was originally conceived. When the magnetic fields appeared at the lyric theatre, hammersmith in january 2001 to play the whole of 69 love songs, they were joined by peter gabriel for an encore of the book of love. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more.
Peter gabriel has 21 books on goodreads with 605 ratings. Scratch my back was originally released in 2010 and now makes its second coming, this time accompanied by and ill scratch yours, the concluding part of a series of song exchanges in which peter and other leading artists reinterpret each others songs. The book of love is a song written by stephin merritt and attributed to the magnetic fields, an american indie pop group founded and led by him. The book of love peter gabriel neo kaliske cover the voice of. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts some figures and instructions for dancing. Armando gallo is a professional photographer, so the book is heavy on not just photographs, but excellent photographs of the man and his music. Gabriel and ezrin assembled musicians, including guitarist robert fripp, and his future king crimson bandmate tony levin on bass. Scrubs final song peter gabriel book of love youtube. Peter brian gabriel born february 1950 is an english singersongwriter, record.
Dec 01, 2012 peter gabriel the book of love duration. Peter brian gabriel born february 1950 is an english singersongwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band genesis. Peter gabriel is the debut solo studio album by english progressive rock singersongwriter peter gabriel and the first of four with the same eponymous title. Print and download in pdf or midi the book of love arranged by sebastian durfee. Right 2 also known as book of love, a 2016 chinesehong kong film directed by xue xiaolu the book of love film, a 2017 american film directed by bill purple this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title book of love. Version, lange, titel, label nummer, format medium, datum. Usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Book of love lyrics peter gabriel soundtrack lyrics. I just wish the book would be more detailed about what peter did in those years between the end of the secret world tour and the year the book was published 1999. These albums contain peters orchestral interpretations of some of his favourite songs by other people, as well as reworkings of some his own. Jan 30, 2010 check out the book of love by peter gabriel on amazon music.
Song book of love ukulele chords and tabs by peter gabriel. Peter gabriel does his brilliant version of the magnetic fields song, the book of love live at hammersmith apollo, london 23032011 on his new blood tour. Free and guaranteed quality tablature with ukulele chord charts, transposer and auto scroller. Contact peter gabriel the book of love on messenger. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peters album scratch my back. A choir i have set up at the leeds college of music first recording 2011 my choral and string arrangement of the book of love made famous by peter gabriel conducted by sam sommerfeld. The lyrics for the book of love by peter gabriel have been translated into 14 languages the book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts, and figures and instructions for dancing but i i love it when you read to me.
Aug 26, 2011 this song was used to season final of scrubs. Kate bush the kate bush story 2014 bbc documentary. This is also the first time that the studio version of the book of love has been available on spotify and amazon music. The book of love peter gabrielpeter gabriel popmusik hochzeit. This is the first live performance of the book of love by peter gabriel. Choose from peter gabriel sheet music for such popular songs as in your eyes, the book of love, and dont give up. Us, which was released six years after the phenomenally successful so, was, at that time, arguably peters most personal record yet as he stepped into the confessional to explore and dissect many of the relationship issues he was then experiencing. Nov 10, 2015 the book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peter s album scratch my back. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peters album scratch my back the scratch my back album, released in 2010, was conceived as a songwriters exchange project where peter covered some of his favourite songs and in return the artists he chose would then cover one of his songs. Peter gabriel the book of love live from womad 2009. A music video for peter gabriels the book of love featuring stick people from.
Listen to peter gabriel in full in the spotify app. He formed the rock band genesis at charterhouse public school and was frontman until 1975, when he. This is the best book on peter gabriel ever done, mostly because it was written by peters close friend. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. It was also featured on the last episode of scrubs at sacred heart, before it became a med school. The album also continued the now wellestablished gabriel motif of mixing high technology with decidedly analogue contributions from musicians from west africa, egypt and armenia. Spencer bright goes deep into the life of peter gabriel, exploring his musical ventures, his technological projects and also his personal life. But us is far from just being bleakly introspective featuring several songs that have gone. He subsequently recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 2004 film shall we dance gabriels version also appeared on his 2010 album scratch my back. The theory is that he covers various artists work and they will return the favour to offer us another album of gabriel covers later on.