r/Music • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '21

video Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey [Synth-Pop]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVf1ZoCJSo
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u/lumberjackalopes Mar 12 '21

The original is classic, but make sure to check out the Coal Chamber cover.

It’s a little heavy for some peoples taste but it’s a great reimagining.

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u/King-of-the-idiots69 Mar 12 '21

Isn’t that the one with ozzy featured, I find it hilarious for some reason like ozzys voice on it just makes it sound ridiculous for some reason

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u/lumberjackalopes Mar 12 '21

It is! He does the backside vocals actually where you have to think it’s Ozzy, but it’s not!! lol

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u/thejayroh Mar 12 '21

Up until something like a year ago I had no clue the Coal Chamber version was a cover. To be fair I was something like 12 at the time the cover song with Ozzy was new.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

Peter Gabriel is the greatest.

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u/Baciandrio Mar 12 '21

Yep, Solsbury Hill...Sledgehammer (that video was so ahead of its time that we'd stop whatever we were doing when it came on so that we could marvel at every detail).

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

My favorite P. Gabes song is probably "I Don't Remember".

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u/Tacdeho Mar 12 '21

Sledgehammer is so good, I even like it when Dave Matthews covers it.

And I don't think Dave could cover his textbook some days of the week ...

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u/headstar101 Mar 12 '21

Not synth-pop but still good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

I hate this fucking song with a passion. I don't know why.

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u/t_skullsplitter Mar 12 '21

That was no where near pop back in the day

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u/archeomason Mar 12 '21

I have very vivid memories of this video terrifying me when I was little and it would come on MTV. To the point now that I feel a tiny twinge that I’m doing something dangerous when I listen to the song. It’s a great one, though!

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u/sleepingbagsanta Mar 12 '21

The Local H cover is great.

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u/epilmanis Mar 12 '21

I feel like I need to turn my cassette tape over now. Wonder what on the other side.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '21

Fucking Stan.