S03E19 – No Self Control (Peter Gabriel Song)

Now on to Peter Collaboration #2, the UK top 40 hit No Self Control, track number 2 on his 1980 album Melt. Peter Gabriel may have written this song, but in the production and song theme, No Self Control shares some parallels with Kate’s music as we would come to know it on her upcoming album The Dreaming. World instruments in a non-world context (marimbas are featured in this song). Distorting the human voice even further with technology (Kate’s vocals on the bridge and title line). The song’s overall theme (human psychology and someone losing their mind). In short, some of the seeds of The Dreaming can be heard on this collaboration, and what an exciting thing to hear! Cecilee’s husband Andrew Linke returns to discuss No Self Control. They discuss the inspiration of this song (a Steve Reich composition called Music for 18 Musicians), the lyrics, why Kate and Peter may not have actually written songs together beyond these few collaborations, Kate’s contributions to the song, and how it fits into the music that Kate would come to produce on The Dreaming. Song clips used: No Self Control (album version) Music for 18 Musicians (performed February 5, 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago) Further viewing: No Self Control (promo video fan edit)