I’ve always loved this song and this video, but now, on this cold and dark December evening during this benighted century, I’m thinking, “Peter Gabriel is whiter than I am, and I’m whiter than Tilda Swinton. So he’s hopping around wearing kente cloth with Yassou N’Dour…”
Cultural appreciation or appropriation, you be the judge, but it’s one of the most beautiful and romantic songs ever written/performed.
@MatthewCrawley, Peter Gabriel has helped out so many international artists get heard around the world. Â He used to produce the Womad music festival before 9/11 fucked that up. Â One of the best & most diverse music festival ever. Â I was at one of the last ones in the US & Peter & Afrocelt Sound system was amazing!
probably the time of year slowing me down
The low-power AM station from somewhere up here in the hills was featuring Carl & Pearl Butler today while I was tooling around the farm.
Do you happen to own any outfits vaguely reminiscent of the ones that Carl Butler is sporting? Pix would be appreciated.
When I lived in Houston, I really really wanted to buy a Nudie suit. I had one picked out but the wife said nah.
On my playlist came this:
I’ve always loved this song and this video, but now, on this cold and dark December evening during this benighted century, I’m thinking, “Peter Gabriel is whiter than I am, and I’m whiter than Tilda Swinton. So he’s hopping around wearing kente cloth with Yassou N’Dour…”
Cultural appreciation or appropriation, you be the judge, but it’s one of the most beautiful and romantic songs ever written/performed.
@MatthewCrawley, Peter Gabriel has helped out so many international artists get heard around the world. Â He used to produce the Womad music festival before 9/11 fucked that up. Â One of the best & most diverse music festival ever. Â I was at one of the last ones in the US & Peter & Afrocelt Sound system was amazing!