This is Peter Gabriel’s closing song, “Biko,” at Amnesty International’s “Conspiracy of Hope Tour” on June 15, 1986. It was something like a funeral in there until 80,000 of us started singing the “Uhh, uhh, ooohhh’s”. Powerful stuff. – James Bresnahan http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/peter-gabriel/video/biko_1005240.html
I loved the last Peter Gabriel album, where his transcendent cover (cocreation? PG supplied the melody) of Lou Reed’s “The Power of the Heart” (which somehow quotes “Ol’ Man River” in a love song to Laurie Anderson) almost balances out the Lou-Metallica combo/car crash. Speaking of Lou, James Wolcott’s memoir of NYC in the 70s …
This is a fan video made with the studio version of Solsbury Hill and probably done 35 years after the intial recording. Nonetheless, it’s an excellent grouping of images to go along with the beloved classic: