Monday, March 8, 2010

He's back!

Peter Gabriel's newest release, Scratch My Back, is a compilation of covers -- including Paul Simon's "The Boy In The Bubble",  David Bowie's "Heroes", Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going To Rain Today", Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage",  Bon Iver's "Flume", Elbow's "Mirrorball", Talking Heads' "Listening Wind", Lou Reed's "The Power of the Heart",  The Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love", "I Think it's Going to Rain Today by Randy Newman, "Après Moi" by Regina Spektor, and Neil Young's " Philadelphia".
 
The title refers to collaboration - "you sing my song, I'll sing yours".