Peter Gabriel's Annoying Tweet

[Scott Bails]

Sounds pretty good. Sounds like Gabriel.

[Obscured]

Sounds pretty good. Sounds like Gabriel.

Agreed. Quite good, like old pg. Hope there's more to come. Soon.

[Obscured]

“I wrote a song a few years back – ‘I’m Amazing’, which was, in part, inspired by Muhammad Ali’s life and struggles and at the time of his death, when so many people are celebrating his life and thinking about all he achieved, it seemed the right time to release it.”

http://petergabriel.com/news/remembering-the-champ/

*** “Along with so many other people around the world, I was very sad to learn of the death of the great Muhammad Ali, one of the most influential figures of the last hundred years. Although I am not a fan of the violence in boxing, or the way it inflicts so much damage to the brain, I was an enormous fan of Muhammad Ali. His mischievous courage and self-belief gave hope to millions of people who had something big and scary to confront, helping to arm every David against every Goliath and providing an irreverent challenge to racism all around the world. With his Vietnam protest he was willing to face ridicule and hatred to stand up for what he believed in. Also, he had a unique way of letting his mouth loose and then forcing himself to find a way to follow it and set a brilliant example for everyone interested in a fairer and more just world.
Ali was also a supporter of the Reebok Human Rights Foundation, which is where I met him. He insisted that I take the traditional Punch the Champ photo with him, which I was very happy to do. When I travelled to the event with him in his limo, he was suffering from Parkinson’s but it was clear he had lost none of his wicked sense of humour. We will badly miss this Champion.” – Peter Gabriel ***

I would have posted this in the Ali RIP thread a few days ago, but it got ko'd.

[Sean]

I'm doing a legit thread for the song now...

[yamishogun]

Thanks. I think it's good, but not incredible. Sounds like an Up outtake,

It seems like a Peter Gabrialized version of "The Barry Williams Show". This version is better as he added "More Than This " to it.

[JKL2000]

So our good buddy Peter Gabriel just tweeted out this thingy:

I A I N A ' M

It's like that irritating friend who posts cryptic updates on Facebook but won't actually tell you what's going on.

That'll do, PG.

[Dave (in MA)]

His mischievous courage and self-belief gave hope to millions of people who had something big and scary to confront, helping to arm every David against every Goliath and providing an irreverent challenge to racism all around the world.

I wonder if Gabe is aware of his stance against racial intermarriage?

[Ier]

Sounds... Amazing!

[Supersonic Scientist]

Just ignore Twitter. I've never even seen Twitter.

+1......Count me out as having zero plans to ever use: Twitter, FB, Instagram and whatever else mindlessly consumes today's flock.....I know, I know, never say never, AND, lot's of good interactions/reconnections happen via FB but I'm not ready to have the govmnt know everything I do.

[JKL2000]

+1......Count me out as having zero plans to ever use: Twitter, FB, Instagram and whatever else mindlessly consumes today's flock.....I know, I know, never say never, AND, lot's of good interactions/reconnections happen via FB but I'm not ready to have the govmnt know everything I do.

"This guy claims current Echolyn is neo-prog! Put him on the list!"

[bigbassdrum]

“I wrote a song a few years back – ‘I’m Amazing’, which was, in part, inspired by Muhammad Ali’s life and struggles and at the time of his death, when so many people are celebrating his life and thinking about all he achieved, it seemed the right time to release it.”

Except he was Cassius Clay when PG started to write it ...... a few years back

[BobM]

So it's about Muhammed Ali. I originally thought it was a comment on Gen X kids these days.

[Halmyre]

Except he was Cassius Clay when PG started to write it ...... a few years back

Or even Joe Louis.

[Ier]

+1......Count me out as having zero plans to ever use: Twitter, FB, Instagram and whatever else mindlessly consumes today's flock.....I know, I know, never say never, AND, lot's of good interactions/reconnections happen via FB but I'm not ready to have the govmnt know everything I do.

I have to say, thanks to the social media people follow my blog. Most hits are coming from Facebook and Twitter. If I didn't have those I would miss thousands of people every month.