Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services. Gabriel has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko". He has participated in several human-rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the Witness human rights organisation in 1992. Gabriel developed The Elders with Richard Branson, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007.
Gabriel has won three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, the Q magazine Lifetime Achievement, the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Polar Music Prize. He was made a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers". In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2006, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. AllMusic has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, followed by his induction as a solo artist in 2014. In March 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia in recognition of his achievements in music.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel
Studio albums
Peter Gabriel (1977; known as Peter Gabriel 1 and Car)
Peter Gabriel (1978; known as Peter Gabriel 2 and Scratch)
Peter Gabriel (1980; known as Peter Gabriel 3 and Melt)
Peter Gabriel (1982; known as Peter Gabriel 4 and Security)
So (1986)
Us (1992)
Up (2002)
Scratch My Back (2010)
New Blood (2011)
Home sweet home
Peter Gabriel Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
We had a little fun and now we got a little one
Had to get married, being chased out of town
Found ourselves a place to live, we put all our money down
Call it Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
Eleven floors up in a tower block
Happy just to have a home
Nothing really worked out right, things got broke,
They stayed that way
None of our friends came around at night and little Sam got
No place to play
"We've got to get out of here, Bill" she said "I've been telling
You all the while"
When I came home from work that night she'd jumped out the
Window with our child
From our Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
Just a place to take a rest, just a place to make our nest
We call it our home
When the insurance money came through seemed dirty didn't know what to do
Took the cash went down the casino, down on the wheel on the double
And I won, oh yes I won, like I never won before
Bought myself a country house with an antique carved oak door
It was Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
Just a place to lay our head think of all those things we said
About in our Home Sweet Home.
The song "Home Sweet Home" by Peter Gabriel tells the story of a man who falls in love with a woman named Josephine, and the two conceive a child. Forced to marry due to being chased out of town, the couple puts all their money down on a place to live - an apartment on the eleventh floor of a tower block. Despite their efforts to establish a happy life, their home is plagued with troubles, and the couple argues frequently. Eventually, Josephine can't take it anymore and tells her husband that they need to leave. When he comes home from work one night, he finds that Josephine has jumped out the window, taking their child with her.
The lyrics are quite powerful, as they explore the darker aspects of love and relationships. The chorus repeats the phrase "Home Sweet Home," which is ironic given the fact that the couple's home is far from sweet. The song also touches on themes of loss, grief, and regret, as the man realizes too late the mistakes he's made.
Line by Line Meaning
Met this girl called Josephine and took her up on my machine
I met a girl named Josephine and we rode my motorcycle together
We had a little fun and now we got a little one
We had a casual relationship that resulted in a child
Had to get married, being chased out of town
Due to societal pressures, we had to get married and leave our hometown
Found ourselves a place to live, we put all our money down
We bought a home and put all of our savings into it
Call it Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
We affectionately refer to our new residence as our home
Eleven floors up in a tower block
Our home is located on the eleventh floor of an apartment building
Happy just to have a home
We are content to have a place to live
I've gone and changed the lock on our home
I've replaced the lock on our front door
Nothing really worked out right, things got broke, They stayed that way
Our life together didn't go as planned, and the problems persisted
None of our friends came around at night and little Sam got No place to play
Our social isolation made it difficult for our child to have a place to play
"We've got to get out of here, Bill" she said "I've been telling You all the while"
My wife Josephine implored us to leave our home due to the unfavorable conditions
When I came home from work that night she'd jumped out the Window with our child
When I returned home one evening, I discovered that my wife and child had jumped out the window
From our Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
Our place of residence, once so beloved, was now stained by tragedy
Just a place to take a rest, just a place to make our nest
Our home was originally intended to be a peaceful retreat, where we could start our family
We call it our home
Despite everything that happened, we still refer to our home as our own
When the insurance money came through seemed dirty didn't know what to do
When the insurance payout arrived, it felt dishonest and we weren't sure what to do with the money
Took the cash went down the casino, down on the wheel on the double
In a spur-of-the-moment decision, I took the money to a casino and gambled on the roulette wheel
And I won, oh yes I won, like I never won before
Miraculously, I won the bet and felt an unprecedented sense of excitement and joy
Bought myself a country house with an antique carved oak door
I decided to use the winnings to purchase a new house in the countryside, complete with an intricately-carved oak door
It was Home Sweet Home, home sweet home
My new house was intended to be my fresh start, but I couldn't help but feel nostalgic for the home I had shared with Josephine and Sam
Just a place to lay our head think of all those things we said About in our Home Sweet Home.
At the end of the day, our home was simply a place where we could rest our heads and reflect on the memories we had made there
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PETER GABRIEL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind