This Makes Me Want To Like Peter Gabriel

I mean, he just keeps trying stuff. From Pitchfork:

"Early next year, he'll reemerge with an orchestral covers album that will include Gabriel's versions of songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, and the Magnetic Fields, as NME reports.

According to The Guardian, Gabriel's Scratch My Back is part of a "song-swap project" in which Gabriel will cover other people's songs, and they'll cover his. That means there's at least an outside possibility that we could hear Bon Iver take on "Red Rain"-- which would be awesome. According to NME, Scratch My Back, due January 25, is the first release in a planned series, so maybe the other folks covering Gabriel will come later.

NME has confirmed the tracklist, and it'll be fascinating to hear what Gabriel does with these songs:

Scratch My Back:

01 Heroes (David Bowie cover)
02 The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon cover)
03 Mirrorball (Elbow cover)
04 Flume (Bon Iver cover)
05 Listening Wind (Talking Heads cover)
06 The Power of the Heart (Lou Reed cover)
07 My Body Is a Cage (Arcade Fire cover)
08 The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover)
09 I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman cover)
10 Après Moi (Regina Spektor cover)
11 Philadelphia (Neil Young cover)
12 Street Spirit (Radiohead cover)"

I used to think Listening Wind was a Gabriel song.

Comments

[phil king]

His studio near Bath in the UK has always been a recording place for all sorts (Smiths Queen is Dead)and his WOMad organisation just kept growing.. I find him unaccountably irritating though.. (him and Eno alike..) do I have to like him too?

[Timothy Buckwalter]

Nope, you still don't have to like him. I'm not really convinced I like him, I just like the idea of albums full of cover versions. I'm totally with you on Eno though.

[phil king]

brian ferry. (does albums of cover versions)..