Peter Gabriel “Shock the Monkey” Security (aka ‘Peter Gabriel 4’) Geffen Records (1982) Director: Brian Grant Other than Michael Jackson & Talking Heads, I don’t think any artist had a greater impact on my formative 80s brain.

Startle The Gibbon. Surprise The Orangutan. 🦧 Upset The Chimpanzee. Annoy the Gorilla.

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Great choice!

And I would add Men At Work to that list. 📺📼

The ones I’d immediately slot into my next tier are Prince & Duran Duran

This video freaked me out so much as a kid.

Brilliant song & music video

great PG tune. always reminds me of South Park haha.

I saw him on this tour in 83, just before I turned 13, opening for David Bowie at the then-brand-new @bcplace #Lifechanging Later, caught three years of his spectacular WOMAD festival outside Seattle – dozens of genre bending mind blowing musicians per day

Same here, but the video for ‘Games Without Frontiers’ with the spinning doll head freaked me out despite loving the song