The meter settles into 44 time only for the last two measures of each chorus. Peter Brian Gabriel born 13 February is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis.
After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His album, So, is his most commercially successful, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, and the song is the most played music video in the history of the station. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Forgot your password? Retrieve it. Get promoted. Powered by OnRad. Think you know music? Test your MusicIQ here! In Lyrics. By Artist. When performing the song live , Gabriel's drummer echoes the "boom"s himself; it's kinda redundant, since each word already echoes so loudly.
The guitar zooms. The song hits the ground running -- launching right into its primary guitar riff, with its groove already in cruise control by the end of the first measure -- and it stays relatively consistent throughout its runtime, with Gabriel and legendary producer Bob Ezrin merely adding thin layers of drums and synths for texture. But following the final verse and semi-chorus, a distorted guitar slide zooms in like a jet passing unexpectedly overhead, sending a chill down the song's spine -- a moment of release well worth the three minutes of acoustic tension leading up to it.
The outro yelping. The song closes by fading out on its central groove, though by then it's added enough new coats of flute, guitar and synth that it sounds more celebratory than ever before. That feeling of exhilaration and triumph is best demonstrated by the yelps, grunts and other non-verbals that start to scream out of each ear as the song draws to its end, like an entire village rejoicing in Gabriel's victory. The trailers. Despite becoming a rock radio perennial, "Solsbury Hill" was only a minor hit upon its initial release, peaking at No.
A big reason why the song lives on is due to its constant resurfacing in film trailers, particularly for coming-of-age dramedies like 's In Good Company , and more recently for 's blockbuster sequel Finding Dory. Because its melody and lyric have become such immediately identifiable shorthand for personal journey , the song always serves to make a film's central story feel inherently profound -- even helping to turn horror classic The Shining into a story of emotional growth and human connection in a viral faux-trailer from It's about Genesis, but it doesn't have to be.
The story of "Solsbury Hill" -- of personal epiphany, of hard decision-making, and of breaking free -- was unsurprisingly interpreted to be inspired by Gabriel's split from his old group, and the singer-songwriter has explained, "It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be. The guitar zooms. The song hits the ground running -- launching right into its primary guitar riff, with its groove already in cruise control by the end of the first measure -- and it stays relatively consistent throughout its runtime, with Gabriel and legendary producer Bob Ezrin merely adding thin layers of drums and synths for texture.
But following the final verse and semi-chorus, a distorted guitar slide zooms in like a jet passing unexpectedly overhead, sending a chill down the song's spine -- a moment of release well worth the three minutes of acoustic tension leading up to it.
The outro yelping. The song closes by fading out on its central groove, though by then it's added enough new coats of flute, guitar and synth that it sounds more celebratory than ever before. That feeling of exhilaration and triumph is best demonstrated by the yelps, grunts and other non-verbals that start to scream out of each ear as the song draws to its end, like an entire village rejoicing in Gabriel's victory.
The trailers. Despite becoming a rock radio perennial, "Solsbury Hill" was only a minor hit upon its initial release, peaking at No. A big reason why the song lives on is due to its constant resurfacing in film trailers, particularly for coming-of-age dramedies like 's In Good Company , and more recently for 's blockbuster sequel Finding Dory.
Because its melody and lyric have become such immediately identifiable shorthand for personal journey , the song always serves to make a film's central story feel inherently profound -- even helping to turn horror classic The Shining into a story of emotional growth and human connection in a viral faux-trailer from It's about Genesis, but it doesn't have to be.
The story of "Solsbury Hill" -- of personal epiphany, of hard decision-making, and of breaking free -- was unsurprisingly interpreted to be inspired by Gabriel's split from his old group, and the singer-songwriter has explained, "It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get, or what you are for what you might be.
It's about letting go. From atop the hill you do get a great view of Bath and surrounding countryside. It is far enough from the city to get that a sense of space, even more so when the song was written over 40 years ago. Managed by the National Trust , the hill is a popular spot for walkers easily reached from Bath. The Somerset region of England, around Bath must have held some importance for Gabriel.
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