of the progressive rock
group Genesis
. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So
, is his most commercially successful, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer
", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards
, and the song is the most played music video in the history of the station.
More recently, Gabriel has focused on producing and promoting world music
and pioneering digital distribution methods for music.
I grieve for you You leave me So hard to move on Still loving what's gone They say life carries on Carries on and on and on and on...
Life carries on In the people I meet In everyone that’s out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on.
Did I dream this belief or did I believe this dream how I will find relief I grieve...
You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja — The man is dead.
And the eyes of the world are watching now.
If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers — war without tears.
Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games Hiding out in tree-tops shouting out rude names — whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside — whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle. It's a Knockout|It’s a knockout.
The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people — I like it all so much Such a mass of motion — do not know where it goes I move with the movement and... I have the touch .