pet shop boys , one of my favourite bands of my youth. first time i heard thier ' west end girls' song, i became a fan. long before anyone else was thier fan. they represented my youth culture. but of course i didnt realise they were gay. no one cared to be honest,. we enjoted thier music.

This was Gabriel's take on mega stars, he was dealing with, and his assent to a household name at this point in his career, this album blew up and he went from celebrated, somewhat undergound artist, to selling out stadiums. He also pioneered the use of music video as a artistic medium rather than just a plow to sell the song. He won numerous awards for this and Sledgehammer at the time. And infact Sledgehammer is the most played music video of all time on MTV. The guy is brilliant, and he continues that brilliance to this day.

Gotta love those eighties MTV videos.

AWESOME PETER GABRIEL!! LISTEN TO THAT BASS LINE TOTALLY AWESOME!! PETER GABRIEL HAD SOME AWESOME MUSIC VIDEOS!! " SLEDGEHAMMER" HE MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE GET UP AND DANCE!! I JUST DID THAT WHEN MTV PLAYED THESE VIDEO. DANCE WITH MY KIDS!! BEEN A DANCER MOST MY LIFE!! AWESOME REACTION RORY 💙 AND THANK YOU LYDIA FOR THIS AWESOME REQUEST, BLAST TO THE PAST!! BIG TIME!! 😊💓🔥🤘✌️ HE IS FUN!

It's so funny to see him after not seeing this video in so long.. he looks SO young! Of course then I would've thought he was - not old, but older.. We had a good sense of humor back then. It does kind of sum up the 80s.

cool one,,,,almost disco,,,l.o.l,,😂love that one along whit I GO SWIMMING live,,,his best song to me,,,🤘🏊‍♂🤘

Dripping w/ sarcasm & taking a big poke at the 80's yuppie ethos. Banging funk bass/guitar as well. Always loved this one

The "Sledgehammer" video is such a classic, I forget how amazingly more difficult the stop-motion Claymation was to make for "Big Time." Imagine making a long loaf of clay with different colored clay layered through the loaf where each section is an image and then slicing the loaf and photographing each slice onto one film frame image so the film runs like a cartoon. And that's just one scene. That film team was incredible.

Amazing song amazing video..🔥😁

That’s a jam.

"Considerahbly richah than yow!"

Hey Rory! That album came out after he got clean!😊

Amazing videos. He has a great sense of vision and soundscapes. I mean, he can get serious, as in Biko (about South African activist who was beaten to death in a police interview room), to this.

Excellent track absolutely amazing, With very 80's vibes. Peter Gabriel is one of the best musicians of his generation, I really loved it, thanks for this reaction Rory,👍👏🎹🎤

The great Peter Gabriel! It was such a hilarious experience seeing him live. Thank you!💚☀️

*Rory.* Thanks 😊 Great reaction 👍 Plenty more of his brilliant tunes to explore that will soon join this one on your playlist

Rory uses the right word to call it funky, because the bass line a total funk, but the song becomes this out of control almost like a dirge with a beat and a dire warning about falling to ones ego and greed. // I’m actually see a note for each color. Or rather, I see a color for each note. And this song in A-flat minor is blue. Key of A-flat is a very cold, lonely key. And in a minor mode it’s definitely lonely at the top. Great post. Big fan. More on the Theory of Pitch Psychology here at: _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_

Love this song! Give Father John Misty a try if you like funny but with real commentary.

Your quote is from Carlitos way i think