LOL!! I love seeing your reaction to Peter. He is my absolute favorite. For the same things you said! I get so excited!! He just moves me, man. And so do you!! I love you :)))) What a beautiful person you are

THIS video was WAY ahead of its time. In the 80’s I waited for this video to come on MTV so I could record it on the VCR, to play it over and over again!!!! I felt like every time I watched it I discovered something new. Such a fun song and video.😎 P.S. I also felt this way with Herbie Hancock’s “Rock It” video. 🤖

"We need this. We need this song." Preach. Gawd, this is such a great album. And you can't fake Peter Gabriel.

“In Your Eyes” is a Peter Gabriel classic.... Also “Shock the Monkey” and “Solsbury Hill” are others that I think you’d enjoy

This video was groundbreaking at the time, won loads of awards as I’m sure you can imagine. It was made by Aardman Animations who also do the Wallace & Gromit films.

Lots of great Peter Gabriel music. Solsbury Hill is one of my favs.

Hey JB, I love your enthusiasm. I'm 70 yo and I still get excited when I hear and see all the great music you're puttin; up. Thanks!

React to "In your eyes" by Peter Gabriel. It is one of the greatest songs of all-time. This man is a legend.

Big Time by Peter Gabriel is another jammin tune of his.

"Shock the Monkey", "Big Time" and "Steam" are great tunes from him too, especially "Big Time". Since you liked Sledgehammer, you'll like Big Time too. Similar video, and the song has a killer bass line.🤟🎼

oh, and if you can find it, "BIKO", it is such an important story

This is a bad ass song great song. And what makes it better your reaction.

I was born in 82 so I felt the same when this was on MTV as A child.

I'm 74 and a shut-in. You're my favorite reactor. The highpoint of my day is listening to you every day.You have a sweet and kind spirit that blesses me. Thank you!.

The 1st lead singer of genisis

Peter Gabriel was heavily into producing compelling visuals to go along with the music ever since he was performing live as Genesis' lead singer. Because he felt self-conscious as the front man, he would often use outrageous costumes as visual elements he could essentially hide behind. After he went solo, he essentially took that attention to visuals with him.

Oh this song is so good! When I visited my relatives in the USA in 1987 I had the great pleasure to join a concert of Peter at the meadowlands arena in NJ. It was an extremely good impression for me that I will never forget.

In Your Eyes, a masterpiece.

you would also love Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

Great review! Big Time is another great song by him also!

You should do Burning Down the House by The Talking Heads. ALSO, I love seeing you get excited about the songs you love, seeing you smiling make us smile too.

Peter Gabriel - 'Digging In The Dirt' is another fab song and video you should react to! 😎

He won 9 awards for this video at the MTV music awards. I love how you realized how special this is. It is most definitely a work of art.

A video like this could be made easily today with computers, but it wouldn't be the same. The hours and days it took to set up and create and film all this stop-motion art, it's mind-boggling. I remember watching it in awe when it first aired, and it still amazes me today.

I saw Peter Gabriel in concert once and it's still the best concert experience I've ever had. His visual style and incredible voice made for an unforgettable night.

This video was revolutionary at it's time. We were amazed by it. It's still creative and impressive today! Peter Gabriel has always been an artist ahead of his time! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Never lose your inner child..it's what keeps you young.

So i was born in 81. I would always wake up in the middle of the night and watch MTV lol. His videos... I loved them. I still do

Peter Gabriel is not only a brilliant song writer but also a performance artist. All his videos are imaginative and thoughtful

NEVER lose your inner child, nor be afraid to show it to the world... You are adorable!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜

Continue to be real. Yourself is always true!. Love it 💜

This animation is done with techniques called "claymation" and "stop-action" filming. It was used to make many cartoons back in the day. We had the same reaction you did to the release of this video. It's so fun and creative! I love the part where he shares the stage with the back-up singers, the producers, make-up artists, camera guys, and apparently some random people off the street. Love your channel!

This video even after all this time is still so much fun to watch . I remember when it debuted on MTV , still a revaluation to watch. Fun song still.

You should see how he would dress up in some elaborate costumes way back when he was the lead singer of Genesis. One thing that hasn't changed is his very distinctive voice and always pushing the visual boundaries.

Great song and official video... check out 'Big Time" for another great music video.... But my favorite Peter Gabriel song is Solisbury Hill

Peter Gabriel’s “Shock The Monkey”. One of favorites of all time.

That video was a big deal back then and it won many awards. Believe me, your reaction is definitely appropriate. You show true enthusiasm which makes your reactions that much more enjoyable.

The end of "Sledgehammer" is brilliant. He takes it to church , and it is like an entirely new song. First time I heard that , it took me entirely by surprise.

I was a kid in the 1970s and a teenager in the 1980s. And, I'll tell you, I feel EXTREMELY LUCKY to have grown up when I did. Music was off the chain back then!

🎵🎶Show me around your fruit cage - cause I will be your honey bee-open up your fruit cage-where the fruit is just as sweet as can be.” 🎵🎶 Love that part!😉💟☮️

This video won nine MTV Music Video Awards in 1987, including Video of the Year, Best Male Video and Best Visual Effects. I highly recommend Peter Gabriel's song "In Your Eyes" and specifically the "Secret World Live" concert video. It's 10 minutes long but is well worth the time, and his and his band's performance are out of this world.

Do big time, by him!

Another great song with an awesome video that you would like from the '80's is "You Might Think" by The Cars. Also since you are into The Bangles, you should do "Manic Monday". Awesome choice, JB, glad you liked it!

Great song and SUCH a creative video !

My favorite line of yours (disappointedly) “it sounds like it’s getting ready to end!” Great video and song right? This video won all kinds of awards. You tell those people you have great taste and can recognize real talent when you see it!

Have seen Peter in concert at least six times and he is worth every penny!

This is one of the best music videos ever, and it's all done with stop-motion. Peter Gabriel spent about a week lying very still under a sheet of glass, while people moved stuff around him and shot the whole thing one frame at a time.

I love multi ethnic videos and music from back in the day. I remember when this came out and it was great! So much talent back then we all just took it for granted. Now, many are searching for an alternative to the current music or want to experience the music of yesteryear. Great reaction!

Peter G, he’s a true artist in every sense of the word. His music catalog is deep and every record a masterpiece. Also he was the frontman of the band Genesis before Phill Collins took over.

I'm old enough to remember Peter Gabriel as the lead singer in Genesis back when Phil Collins was the drummer , he was awesome.

This video was HUGE on MTV in the 1980s. This video was state of the art creativity and computer animation at the time.

This video won a bunch of awards that year. It is a known materpiece! xo

If you decide to check out "In Your Eyes," I think you'd like the live version from his "Secret World Live" concert in the early 90's

Finally a young fella who understands our music from the 80's ( this is from a 70 year old granddad !!) Love it. Man you keep up the good work ( and understanding of music) Marvellous !!!!!

Your not being over the top...this is just the power of the 80's! 👍

Solsbury Hill, live DNA version by Peter. Simply brilliant and uses about 40 years worth of concert footage showing just how good he is live!

Great reaction. Don't lose that "kid inside"! "In your eyes" from the Secret World Tour (or anything from that live concert), please - we need to bring joy and unity back to humanity.

His concert in Oslo after releasing "So" was legendary. Performance was excellent and the sound was crystal clear! Digging in the dirt and Steam videos are great too

Masterpiece is the right word. Even the bassline is a masterpiece.

One of the best sounding songs ever produced! Such an incredible headphone experience! Love the bass line!!!

What you shouldn't forget: Peter made the first big video effects here. That cost him a huge amount of money. And you're absolutely right - it's art.

I love everything about your reaction. I'm an old Genesis/Peter Gabriel fan and 30+ years later, this video still astounds me.Glad I'm not alone👍 On a personal note, I was inexplicably excited to hear your love for Peter's voice. Wish more people could hear that. His voice is weirdly breathtaking.

I remember when this video premiered in the 80's. I was a teenager. The visuals were a big deal at that time and the song is amazing. I have to say Harry Styles did a live remake of this and he sounds a lot like Peter. I think it was on the Howard Stern Show.

I remember seeing this on MTV as a kid when it was released. This was mindblowing at the time - there was nothing like it. Along with other music videos like Take On Me and Money For Nothing, it really helped develop and innovate the art of making music videos. Truly legendary.

I remember the first time I saw this on MTV back in the day. I was so amazed by it. Back then there had never been anything like it. The song is great and the video just blew it up.

“In Your Eyes” is his best song!!! And my favorite song of all time!! I have twins due next week and naming one of the boys (Gabriel) after my fav male singer here!! 💙💙

Peter Gabriel is a great artist. This was such a great song and video, one of the best to react to. Gotta do “Steam”, “Solsbury Hill”, “Red Rain” and “In Your Eyes” for sure! You won’t regret it! And you have to see him live - great entertainer!

This video won many awards due to its sheer artistry and animation in addition to the song itself. Over the years I have yet to see another video to match it in creativity and originality.

Don't ever let yourself be doubted by people for a good song that you like. That's why we need dudes like you.. we need people who like things that might seen weird.. That's how we evolve as a culture. Thanks dude.

The lines: 'I shed my skin, This is the new stuff, I go dancing in' perfectly describes Peter Gabriel's artistic development at the time. With the album 'Us' he went from mostly making complex, symphonic, theatrical prog rock with sometimes indecipherable lyrics, (with the occassional balad thrown in for good meassure), to making straight forward songs with a beat people could dance to. He went back to the artsy stuff again, but this album opened him up for whole new audience, who kept following him.

This was playing as I arrived at a campsite in France,for the 24 hour endurance race at Le Mans in my Cobra on full volume of course

Hi JB ~ If these songs we are sharing with you are blowin' your mind, we had the same reaction when we first saw them, this one from the '80s, and to watch you and hear you express "like a kid" is beautiful. Just feel it because that's what music can do. It is the universal language. When I saw your eyes light up and your smile break, like a kid, like a kid I too smiled in my heart. We are happy to share them with you, and grateful to you for sharing with us. You're right. "We need this" ~ Much Love & Spiritual Happiness in Your Soul ~

This is class. Keep talking the way you do.This is music !!!!!! ( I am 70years old and I used to dance to this) Keep it up. From Aussie. I feel young again.

this video has always been so damned fun! How can you not gush over this one? Dancing chickens? Sperm? Fish? Backup singers? This one has it all!

I love your reaction to this. I was about 20 when it came out and everyone was just flabbergasted, especially at the dancing chickens. I so loved Gabriel for making it. Aardman really did a fab job.

I was that kid. I was born in 80 so I got excited when I saw this on MTV when MTV really was "Music Television". The end kinda creeped me out though, the part where it's dark and lights everywhere lol. XD

You are an empath, the joy and pain you feel brings tears to my eyes.

That was not over the top, it was a spot on reaction to an incredible song and video. I first saw this in 1985 I think it was and have loved it ever since. Got me into Peter Gabriel who has created some incredible music over the years. Loved your reaction!!

"You can never satisfy people even when you're being real" >>>> 100%!!!!!!!!

When this video came out first, majority (if not all) of people believed it was the best video EVER, It was a jaw dropping moment!

Who else's dad listened to this song loudly throughout their childhood and you're only just now realizing the song is one giant sexual inuendo? Anyone else?

Glad you enjoyed Peter Gabriel. His over talented, so brilliant. He was part of early Genesis, who were a masterpiece of a band, that I love beyond words. Well done James, your a magastar.

Been to many gigs and saw countless bands. in my time and this guy puts on the most fantastic and best stage sets and performances you will ever see by far!!!👌🥰

Where to start! Great song by great Artist. I love you and your reactions. I connected with you because music touches you deeply and becomes therapy ( a happy place) for you. I get that because it’s that to me. Your Queen journey brought me to you but I stayed because of you and how music touched and inspires you. A current artist, you have to check out is Harry Styles. Please trust me on this. Start with his cover of “Sledgehammer” on Howard Stern. He is a modern artist inspired by the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Amazing artist and voice. You won’t regret it.

I enjoy your honest reactions and your love for the music from my generation. By the way, I am probably 3x your age and I react like a "kid" to things (especially Beatles and ABBA). I would not have it any other way. Never lose the kid in you.

I have and always will love the dancing chickens

First saw him live in 1970; his early work with Genesis is fun to watch (the reverse mohawk haircut, fluorescent make-up and masks) and he continues to be someone with something to say.

I used to make sure I was in front of the TV every day to watch this on Nick Rocks. (Our town had no MTV.)

THIS IS IMAGINATION UNLEASHED! Love it!!!

Over 30K still photographs were combined to create this visual video masterpiece.

Peter was good friend with my sisters ex boyfriends dad. So my sister got to know him. He was before his death was an amazing man. He had a great sence of humour. Had my sister in stitches. Thank you for this react.

This was a hit the year after I graduated high school. It always brings me back to those times. Thanks!!!!

Just be you and continue loving your musical journey. Screw the haters.

This song was 20 years ahead of its time

Please react to Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush Don’t Give Up. I play this a lot for my boyfriend who is on the liver transplant list. He’s currently in a nursing home and I haven’t see him two months today. I’d love to see your reaction to the song and video. ♥️

No need to apologize for showing how you feel. Keep your reactions real. Thanks for sharing

Whatever year this video came out, I believe it won "Video of the Year", an M.T.V. award.

You are so right - this is one of the greatest videos ever created. It was definitely one of my faves back in the day! And this was the 80's and look what they did back then! And a great dancing song too.

Peter Gabriel was definitely the man who saved the eighties, but his real legacy was the singer, frontman for early Genesis 1969-1974, their masterpiece was Supper's Ready from 1972. This still may stand as Gabriel's greatest moment as well..please check out Supper's Ready, it is life- changing...

Very quintessential 80’s song. Try listening to The Car’s. There are another 80’s group. Try listening to Heartbeat City or Hello Again.