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OVO

Peter Gabriel

OVO tells the story of three stages of our evolution through the lives of three generations. It is the story of a family in transition, divided by internal conflict and by the great changes going on around them. It is also a story of forbidden love.A father who loves the earth and everything that grows from it finds a way to work with nature, even though he only knows one way ? his way. The mother, who sits at her loom and sees the future emerging in the patterns she weaves, is unable to reconcile her feuding family and eventually turns against her own son. The son, with a passion for machines, starts a revolution, which was designed to liberate his people, but ends up enslaving them. And the daughter, whose quiet and enchanted childhood ends when she falls in love with one of the mysterious skypeople, an outsider, eventually defies both her father and brother for the Skyboy's love. The Skyboy turns from romeo to rebel as he watches his people being excluded and oppressed. Their baby OVO, born in the time of the flood, is sent in a floating nest that sails the sky - into an uncertain future.

  • more info £11.15
    OVO: The Millennium Show
    CD

    The release contains two CD's, both with enhanced tracks for your PC or Apple Macintosh computer and The Story Of OVO book.

    play Low Light Peter Gabriel
    play The Time Of The Turning Peter Gabriel
    play The Man Who Loved The Earth / The Hand That Sold Shadows Peter Gabriel
    play The Time Of The Turning (Reprise)/The Weavers Reel Peter Gabriel
    play Father, Son Peter Gabriel
    play The Tower That Ate People Peter Gabriel
    play Revenge Peter Gabriel 1m 30s
    play White Ashes Peter Gabriel
    play Downside-Up Peter Gabriel
    play The Nest That Sailed The Sky Peter Gabriel
    play The Tree That Went Up Peter Gabriel
    play Make Tomorrow Peter Gabriel

    The release contains two CD's, both with enhanced tracks for your PC or Apple Macintosh computer and The Story Of OVO book.

  • more info £11.81
    OVO
    CD

    On June 12th 2000, Peter Gabriel released OVO, his haunting music to the Millennium Dome Show on Real World/Virgin Records. Written and produced by Gabriel, OVO is the end result of two years of work and brings together a multitude of different musical origins, cultures, instruments and guest vocalists. OVO tells the story of three stages of human evolution through the lives of three generations of a family. It is about a family in transition, divided by internal conflict and by the changes going on around them.

    play The Story Of Ovo Peter Gabriel
    play Low Light Peter Gabriel
    play The Time Of The Turning Peter Gabriel
    play The Man Who Loved The Earth / The Hand That Sold Shadows Peter Gabriel
    play The Time Of The Turning (Reprise)/The Weavers Reel Peter Gabriel
    play Father, Son Peter Gabriel
    play The Tower That Ate People Peter Gabriel
    play Revenge Peter Gabriel 1m 30s
    play White Ashes Peter Gabriel
    play Downside-Up Peter Gabriel
    play The Nest That Sailed The Sky Peter Gabriel
    play The Tree That Went Up Peter Gabriel
    play Make Tomorrow Peter Gabriel

    On June 12th 2000, Peter Gabriel released OVO, his haunting music to the Millennium Dome Show on Real World/Virgin Records. Written and produced by Gabriel, OVO is the end result of two years of work and brings together a multitude of different musical origins, cultures, instruments and guest vocalists. OVO tells the story of three stages of human evolution through the lives of three generations of a family. It is about a family in transition, divided by internal conflict and by the changes going on around them.