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Peter Gabriel, "Down to Earth"

Submitted by dmenconi on 07/20/2008 - 21:15
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Because I'm always running weeks (if not months -- or even years) behind on keeping up with new movies, I didn't catch Pixar's latest piece of magic "Wall-E" until this weekend. And I flat loved it, cranky anti-capitalist overtones and all. It's a heartbreakingly sweet love story; and, in a great little bonus, the movie's closing-credits number is Peter Gabriel's best song in recent memory.

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I would love to see this

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 10:56 — allison (not verified)

I would love to see this film!

Love Peter's song, natch.

New PG song

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 13:56 — Anonymous (not verified)

We just got around to seeing the movie last weekend as well. Who knows when we'll see The Dark Knight?

At first, I was afriad it was Pixar's often music collaborator Randy Newman doing a Peter Gabriel imitation. But after a few seconds, it was the real deal. And a good, upbeat song too.

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David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.

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