Peter Gabriel Tickets - Turning Rock Into Quid Pro Quo Posted By: Pat Smith

Pop music has always been about the give-and-take. Of course, sometimes the artists doing the taking didn't bother to give credit to those who were giving, but that's not a problem anyone has to worry about with Peter Gabriel. The '80s rock star, who first achieved fame with flamboyant prog band Genesis, announced earlier this year that he'd like to start a "covers" project. It was a simple enough concept: Gabriel was going to record a covers album, putting his own spin on songs both classic and more modern. In return, he hoped that each of the artists he covered would in return write a cover of one of his songs.Hence the project's clever name: Scratch My Back. It's an interesting idea, which should surprise no one, since Gabriel has always been about interesting ideas. And it was also fascinating to see who he included on his list of covers. There were older artists that you would expect, such as Paul Simon ("The Boy in the Bubble"), Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today") and David Bowie ("Heroes"). But there was also an assortment of more recent indie-rock names that will definitely appeal to younger music fans.Peter Gabrielmusicconcertticketsentertainmentpoprock