"In Your Eyes" by Nicotine Dolls

 

New York City quartet Nicotine Dolls perform "In Your Eyes," a 1986 ballad from Surrey, UK artist Peter Gabriel.

This video shows that if you're having issues with finding an electrical outlet, you can plug your microphone directly into your colostomy bag. 

For more covers of Peter Gabriel, Bon Iver's version of "Come Talk to Me" can be found here, Lowland Hum's version of "Sledgehammer" can be found here, Randy Newman's version of "Big Time" can be found here, and Reina Del Cid's version of "Solsbury Hill" can be found here.

"Big Time" by Randy Newman

 

I have Jenny Jam Onit to thank (or not) for letting me know that chief Disney/Pixar film composer Randy Newman covered "Big Time," the 1986 funk rock smash from Surrey. UK art rock singer/songwriter Peter Gabriel.

Based on the cover art, the song was likely the lead single from Newman's album "Homosexual Narwhal Phallus."

I will do all within my power to get "narwhal phallus" into everyday vernacular as an adjective, meaning "not very pleasant at all."

And, this cover (the song, not the artwork.  That's... fine), for me, is the epitome of narwhal phallus.

For Peter Gabriel covers that aren't narwhal phallus, check out Lowland Hum's version of "Sledgehammer" here, or Bon Iver's version of "Come Talk to Me" here, or Reina Del Cid's version of "Solsbury Hill" here.

"Solsbury Hill" by Reina Del Cid

 Los Angeles, California by way of Fargo, North Dakota indie folk band Reina Del Cid cover the 1977 progressive pop single "Solsbury Hill," the solo debut from former Genesis member Peter Gabriel. 

The song's lyrics are (presumably) about the city of Batheaston in England. along the north bank of the River Avon, which can be easily seen from the summit of the hill.

As this video footage was shot on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, they'd have a tougher time seeing the city lights of Bath, which would be 5,387 miles away.

To see this distance, they would all have to eat, like, twenty billion pounds of carrots.

For other Peter Gabriel covers, Lowland Hum's version of "Sledgehammer" can be found here, and Bon Iver's version of "Come Talk to Me" can be found here.

"Come Talk to Me" by Bon Iver

 Bon Iver, All!

"Bon Iver" is French for "Good Winter," and also the name of an Eau Claire, Wisconsin indie folk band who covered Peter Gabriel's 1992 release "Come Talk to Me."

It's decent, despite the noticeable lack of bagpipes and Sinead O'Connor.  

"Sledgehammer" by Lowland Hum

 

Imagine that Peter, Paul, and Mary are time travelling musicians who land in the year 1846.  While following the Oregon Trail from a gig in Independence, Missouri to one in Bear Valley, California, the trio become trapped in an early snowfall near the Sierra Nevada mountain range.  Paul contracts dysentery, and the other two music makers must resort to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter.

I believe that encapsulates the sound that Lowland Hum were gunning for.

Here, they lend their vocal harmonies to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer."