Sometime early next year, Peter Gabriel will be releasing a new album, Scratch My Back.
The Guardian describes it thusly: “[The album] is a ‘song swap,’ according to one of Gabriel’s collaborators, where the singer and a host of ‘extremely legendary artists’ will cover each other’s material.”
And one of those artists, supposedly, is Elbow.
Along with Radiohead, Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Talking Heads, and a dozen more artists that you’ve heard of. Neil Young. Lou Reed. Paul Simon.
Yeah. An all-star line-up. Gabriel covers them. They cover him.
The mere thought is making me dizzy.
The thought of Gabriel doing “Mirrorball” is… well… I don’t have the words.
Spring 2010. Scratch My Back. I’ll be looking forward to it. 🙂
Sometimes, I think the universe is conspiring against me; I heard the longer mix of Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” as I was preparing to make this post. Life’s funny like that sometimes.
Wow! Now this I’m excited about! I’ll keep my eyes out for it…can’t wait to hear it!