Who Ordered the Pie? - Music history, cocktails, and the stories in between.
Christopher
9 episodes
3 days ago
Send us a text Why would anyone walk away from the band that made them famous? In this episode of Who Ordered the Pie, we climb Solsbury Hill with Peter Gabriel as he leaves Genesis at the height of 1970s progressive rock. What sounds like a gentle folk-rock tune in 7/4 is actually a coded resignation letter, born from a moment of clarity overlooking the English countryside. We explore the pressures of Genesis fame, the hillside experience near Bath that sparked Gabriel’s decision, and ...
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Send us a text Why would anyone walk away from the band that made them famous? In this episode of Who Ordered the Pie, we climb Solsbury Hill with Peter Gabriel as he leaves Genesis at the height of 1970s progressive rock. What sounds like a gentle folk-rock tune in 7/4 is actually a coded resignation letter, born from a moment of clarity overlooking the English countryside. We explore the pressures of Genesis fame, the hillside experience near Bath that sparked Gabriel’s decision, and ...
Episode 7: Seven Notes, Seven Nations - How a Bedroom Riff Conquered the World
Who Ordered the Pie? - Music history, cocktails, and the stories in between.
12 minutes
2 weeks ago
Episode 7: Seven Notes, Seven Nations - How a Bedroom Riff Conquered the World
Send us a text A simple seven-note riff. A childhood mispronunciation. And somehow… a stadium chant that circled the globe. In this episode, we uncover how The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” broke free from Detroit garage rock and became the soundtrack of sports crowds everywhere; from Belgian soccer bars to the World Cup and beyond. Jack White thought the riff was too simple for a single. The world had other plans. We’ll follow the chant across continents, hear the moment Jack realized i...
Who Ordered the Pie? - Music history, cocktails, and the stories in between.
Send us a text Why would anyone walk away from the band that made them famous? In this episode of Who Ordered the Pie, we climb Solsbury Hill with Peter Gabriel as he leaves Genesis at the height of 1970s progressive rock. What sounds like a gentle folk-rock tune in 7/4 is actually a coded resignation letter, born from a moment of clarity overlooking the English countryside. We explore the pressures of Genesis fame, the hillside experience near Bath that sparked Gabriel’s decision, and ...
