Here Comes The Flood - Robert Fripp

[BootinUp]

Gabriel believed that the recording found on his 1977 eponymous release was overproduced and not faithful to his original demo.[2] In March 1978, Gabriel reworked the song with Robert Fripp on his 1979 Exposure album. Unlike the original recording found on Gabriel’s 1977 eponymous release, this version only featured vocals, piano, a synthesiser played by Brian Eno, and Frippertronics, a recording technique developed by Fripp using two reel-to-reel tape machines.[7][3] Gabriel said that this version adhered more to the arrangement he originally conceived.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Flood_(song)

[ms liberty]

1. That was wonderful. I didn't know this existed. Thank you!

[IbogaProject]

2. Cool

I always like Peter Gabriel's sound. He is obsessive over every detail in the studio.

[BootinUp]

4. discovered it by accident yesterday. To return

the favor, can you share your interpretation of the meaning of this song. Its very abstract.

[ms liberty]

6. In "And Through the Wire" on PG3, he says it best: "I talk in pictures not in words..."

This was on PG1, and most of those songs dealt with leaving Genesis and his own very rich dream world.
It's weird but I don't have an interpretation of it that I could put into words, which is a rare thing. I'm NEVER like that!

[ProfessorGAC]

3. It's Far More Atmospheric Than The Original

And yet, it sounds like a smaller room. Has more depth but less distant.
The original is more reverb, while this one has slapback on the vocal. It makes the vocal "closer" without being dry.
Nice reworking of the song.

[BootinUp]

5. I assume they had some conversations about the original

and then Fripp decided he would solve Gabriel's dilemma. I was going to say it had a more intimate sound.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Good Description

The original version has a "recorded in a warehouse" sound.
This one sounds more like a club.