Peter gabriel has 21 books on goodreads with 615 ratings. Oct 30, 2015 south park gave peter gabriel fans a very unexpected treat this week when they played a big chunk of his the book of love cover during a wonderfully bizarre episode about tweek and craigs. Scratch my back is the eighth studio album and fifteenth album overall by english musician peter gabriel, his first in eight years. Released on 25 february 1977, it was produced by bob ezrin. In your eyes is one of the most stunningly beautiful songs ever written, imo. After the 2009 mtv music awards where kanye west interrupted taylor swifts acceptance speech, comedy central aired the south park episode fishsticks on repeat for two hours. Tweek x craig, also known as creek, is a popular ship a romantic pairing of characters in the south park yaoislash community. The song from tonights episode the book of love by peter. Peter gabriel the book of love lyrics genius lyrics. The book of love peter gabriel south park sax dragon remix. The book of love the magnetic fields song wikipedia.
The album, recorded at air lyndhurst and real world studios during 2009, consists of cover versions of twelve songs by various artists, using only orchestra and voice. Peter gabriels song lovetown was first released in february 1993 on the soundtrack to the film philadelphia and was included on the films soundtrack album. Peter gabriel appears singing twice in the american adult animated sitcom south park. On this weeks all songs considered, we count down the 10 most popular tunes. The book of love peter gabriel, scratch my back2015 exact chords tabbed out by classicalfreak, 2015 intro strings abc db. Of course, this is hardly the first time south park has crossed into the world of music, with the show even tapping sia to help cover lorde last. Streaming services are destroying our culture south park basic cable s23e09. The song from tonights episode the book of love by. The version of the song that appears in the season nineteen episode, tweek x craig, is performed by peter gabriel background. Vinyl 7 peter gabriel modern love 1977, vinyl discogs. Watch the video for the book of love from peter gabriel s scratch my back for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
These images alone fueled a lot of the comedy for the episode, especially when paired with peter gabriel s trey parkers. After leaving genesis in 1975, gabriel launched a successful solo career with solsbury hill as his first single. Tweek x craig is the sixth episode of the nineteenth season and the 263rd overall episode of the animated television series south park, written and directed by series cocreator trey parker. The song the book of love by peter gabriel, plays as everyone is overjoyed about tweek and craig being perceived as a couple. Check out the book of love by peter gabriel on amazon music. Peter gabriel hd the book of love new blood orchestra live in. Peter brian gabriel born february 1950 is an english singer, songwriter, record producer and activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and frontman of the progressive rock band genesis.
He was the lead singer of leading progressive rock band genesis from. The book of love is the eighth song on peter gabriel s eighth studio album, scratch my back. Gabriels version was used in the american tv series south park in the episode tweek x craig. Cupid me visits craig in his sleep and shoots him with a love arrow to help with their relationship.
Original song by stephin merritt the magnetic fields. Lost peter gabriel classic on this weeks south park mikes. Oct 29, 2015 the the book of love appears at the 4. In their new episode tonight they used the same song as the season 8 finale book of love peter gabriel. Usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. The video for the track was inspired by the art work of yayoi kusama, who peter collaborated with on the video. Tweek and craig arent gay but its become an actual japanese art form. The version of the song that appears in the tweek x craig episode, is performed by peter gabriel. The overarching theme of the song is a holistic description of the human emotion of love. The book of love is a song written by stephin merritt and attributed to the magnetic fields, an american indie pop group founded and led by him. This song plays as everyone starts believing that tweek and craig are in a relationship, while the two lie in their beds confused about the situation.
Of course, this is hardly the first time south park has crossed into the world of music, with the. Tweek x craig is the sixth episode of the nineteenth season and the 263rd overall episode of the animated television series south park. Matt stone and trey parker milked the scenario for all its worth and brought back a peter gabriel classic, the book of love, from the mid90s to heighten the drama of the episode. I think he looks better than he ever did now as a old man.
Fans within this community often create fanfiction or fan art depicting their ship in romantic contexts, usually as teenagers or young adults. The book of love sheet music for piano, voice download. These depictions are controversial among south park fans. The version of the song that appears in the season nineteen episode, tweek x craig, is performed by peter gabriel. Its lead single, solsbury hill, is an autobiographical song about a spiritual experience on top of solsbury hill in somerset. Suffice to say, tumblr will be aflutter this week, as south park got about as close to confirming the craigtweek ship as theyll ever get in tonights episode. The threevolume album was released in 1999, with the book of love appearing in volume 1 as track number 12. The book of love appears on magnetic fields threevolume concept album 69 love songs, which contains 69 tracks described as love songs, 23 tracks in each of the three volumes. Oct 12, 2004 the book of love is the eighth song on peter gabriels eighth studio album, scratch my back. Peter gabriel solo career captured on twocd set the ny independent music peter gabrielblood of eden is my favorite song. In case you havent heard, south park is better than ever in 2015. Peter gabriel is the debut solo studio album by english progressive rock singersongwriter peter gabriel and the first of four with the same eponymous title.
Featured music, the book of love performed by peter gabriel say something. Jan 30, 2010 check out the book of love by peter gabriel on amazon music. The book of love is a song by the american indie pop group, the magnetic fields. The book of love and a great big worlds say something. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts, and figures and instructions for dancing. South park turns to magnetic fields and peter gabriel to explore the male romance of yaoi. A heartwarming montage of tweek and craigs yaoi love. He was the lead singer of leading progressive rock band genesis from its inception until he left in 1975 for a successful solo career as a singersongwriter, soundtrack composer and innovator in visual presentation of music, music videos and digital methods of recording and. South park characters belong to trey parker and matt stone. The book of love testo peter gabriel mtv testi e canzoni. The book of love peter gabriel south park sax dragon. South park turns to magnetic fields and peter gabriel to explore.
The book of love is a song written by stephin merritt and attributed to the magnetic fields. Celebrating its 19th season, the longrunning comedy central staple has tackled everything from gentrification to whole foods to pc principals gone mad. Peter gabriel was educated at charterhouse school, surrey, england. Print and download in pdf or midi the book of love arranged by sebastian durfee. All songs considered in honor of valentines day, we asked for your ideal romantic songs. Peter gabriel the book of love live in london, 2011 lyrics.
South park turns to magnetic fields and peter gabriel to. She tells him to do the most romantic thing he can think of, and orders him to hold a boom box over his head and play peter. Peter gabriel i am in awe of him and the work he does. The book of love was written by stephin merritt of the magnetic fields and features on peters album scratch my back the scratch my back album, released in 2010, was conceived as a songwriters exchange project where peter covered some of his favourite songs and in return the artists he chose would then cover one of his songs. The version of the song that appears in the tweek x craig. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing b. I was sure south park had written this song as a parody. The book of love is long and boring no one can lift the damn thing its full of charts and facts and. Peter gabriel first recorded the book of love for the soundtrack of the 2004 movie shall we dance. The episode premiered on comedy central on october 28, 2015. Not one of us peter gabriel featuring stephin merritt 3.
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