Peter Gabriel: Play

Fantastic 5.1 surround remixed and very active. This will blow you away! It has a program feature to create a set list. Only problem, the menus aren't intuitive and you have to always reselect the sound mix.

Yes, that's five stars for extra trippy mind candy! Turn off the sound and watch just video (and slow it down/speed it up)...or just listen to the music alone: mono perception is stimulating enough, but now combine the two for binocular melding. These creations are cool and freaky generally, but some like Sledgehammer, Big Time, Kiss That Frog, Steam, The Barry Williams Show, Solsbury Hill, Digging The Dirt (I could go on) are artistic, intelligent and powerful juggernauts - relentless and overwhelming! Many of these are quite sexy with the gorgeous females and some of the other less trippy videos are often heavy emotionally. It is funny to me how consistent his style has been over the years...although some might feel that detracts, he owns his trademark sound and no one else touches it (listen to Tony Levin's bass on many of these!). Some of the videos are from 25 years ago, but seem very forward thinking and advanced. of course some of the computer generated effects look a bit dated, but that is to be expected - they are still exceptional and ground-breaking for their time. It takes a good long while to get through this whole dvd, which we all know is a plus if the material flows. I want to point out that I am watching on a huge projected hd screen with dts surround. It does make all the difference with music and videos like this. The extras are also very entertaining with a couple of extra videos, trailers and family (of Peter's) get to know you segments. I was always something of a Genesis fan (though I focused more on Yes, King Crimson, Floyd, Gong, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, etc. back in the 70's), and Peter Gabriel's Genesis is my favorite since he was such a force in that great band (to put my view in perspective). Many songs later and glimpses of future Gabriel videos over the years confirmed in my mind that this guy is a scary (in a good way), maniacal human kaleidescope - and a fascinating one at that. One of the great musical forces of our time. Watch these videos closely and be in amazement...THIS IS MIND CANDY THAT DOESN"T FESTER AND ROT THE MENTAL TEETH! Thanks Peter for the many, many musical gifts of your long and incredible career. Enjoy without MTV in tow (a heavy and annoying burden these days), and watch at will with this well made dvd in your collection.

A Peter Gabriel collection limited to his albums only reveals half of his artistry. As his fans know, he is a stellar visual artist, and "plays" in all media. That's why I was so thrilled to receive PLAY, a compilation of his greatest music videos. For the uninitiated, a word of warning. You might expect to see some of Peter Gabriel's videos at Movie-Nite at the sanitarium. His pop is unapologetically edgy, often times his videos draw on exotic parts of his imagination to match his music. I tend to like his 80's videos best, but its all here and some of it is certain to satisfy any taste, from his 70's video, Modern Love, where he looks like Ashton Kutcher -- to his recent and stirringly sentimental tribute to his father. Even in those videos that I find overwhelming, I still respect his courageous artistic decisions.. for that is Peter Gabriel for you. This DVD is better than most other music video DVDs because it features a custom programmability mode that allows you to play your own mix of songs. The menus and trance-inducing bumper music are also well done, and there are trailers from some of his concerts and a live stage performance of Games Without Frontiers included. However, where it falters slightly is that I couldn't get the English subtitles wouldn't come up for me in some videos (so I could follow along with the lyrics, if you've ever questioned what some of them were.) Also, it could've been made much better by including commentary from Peter Gabriel himself, where he explains just what he was thinking when he designed the video in the way that he did. Definately a solid purchase, and a must have for every Peter Gabriel fan to enjoy the full diversity of his talents.

I've recently been collecting a few surround 5.1 remixes of various music releases. I was happy to see that Daniel Lanois had remixed many of Gabriel's best known songs from his solo releases. It's fun to see all the videos again (which were groundbreaking for their time), but honestly I find it a bit annoying to watch them repeatedly... and of course they are all at the low video resolution of their original TV format. The music, however, is wonderful to hear in surround and in high quality audio. Some songs are better suited to that immersive 5.1 treatment than others, but Lanois has done a very nice job of all. Definitely worth buying.

all of his early videos , one with kate bush . great dvd !!

génial! le son est top! je ne savais pas que ce dvd existait merci

Great bargain all videos together worth purchasing

Hey, Amazon people in Japan! Let me tell ya something. You should highlight more clearly the fact that it's coded for the North American market. Thanks to your poor, less-than-clear, inadequate indication for the product, I cannot watch this DVD here in Japan for love nor money. Don't ever dare to remind me of "caveat emptor", you mega online retail moron!

懐かしの動画がたくさん！入手出来て良かった。