Peter Gabriel: in radio “The book of love”, nuovo singolo

E’ in rotazione radiofonica da oggi il nuovo singolo di Peter Gabriel “The book of love”. Per la verità si tratta di un pezzo dei Magnetic Fields rivisitato da Gabriel e già proposto per la colonna sonora di “Shall we dance”, film con Richard Gere e Jennifer Lopez e per la serie televisiva “Scrubs”. Il singolo anticipa l’uscita dell’album “Scratch My Back” prevista per il 12 febbraio prossimo. Si tratta di un progetto di song swapping in cui Gabriel reinterpreta a modo suo 12 canzoni di diversi artisti. Tra gli altri anche Radiohead e David Bowie. Ecco il testo del brano.

The book of love
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It’s full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that’s where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we’re all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings