(repurposed from a post made on the YesAnd message boards -- hey, I'm packing for my move people)
I saw Peter Gabriel live on the So tour in 1986 at the Cap Center in DC. I went with my good friend Greg Turner who was into much more avant garde music than I; stuff like Japan and Ofra Haza and who knows what else. But he was a big time Peter Gabriel fanatic.
When they started to play this song, with its mellow beginning, most of our section sat down. Except for Greg. He knew what was coming. He was getting yelled at to sit down, so he turned to the people behind him and said "In three minutes you are about to see the most amazing thing a performer has ever done at a concert. Stand the fuck up!" Some did. Most didn't. And sure enough he was right. When the song ended, he turned to those behind him, spread out his arms and said, "Well???"
No one sat in our section the rest of the night.
I still say that Peter Gabriel's Us tour in '92 was the best concert I ever saw. He didn't do this song on that tour, partially because the staging wouldn't really allow it, but partially because after doing it at every show for 2 straight world tours, the crowd was ready for it and the wow response had lost its effect.
Still, the biggest level of trust between performer and audience for a concert of this size. I can't imagine too many performers who could pull this off. You can fast forward to about the 3:00 minute remaining mark if you'd like.
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