Peter Gabriel - Modern Love

The official Modern Love video - taken from Peter&first self-titled album, released in 1977. Options to buy or stream: With legendary producer Bob Ezrin taking charge the intention was to make something more direct and tougher than what had come before. Though Solsbury Hill was the first single from the album, Modern Love was the only track to have a video made at that time: "The video for Modern Love was done with this director Peter Medak (I’d seen the film The Ruling Class which I really enjoyed, a great film with Peter O’Toole) and he did that with me in Shepherds Bush. They were just putting in this new shopping centre with moving escalators which seemed very ‘of the future’ at the time." Modern Love Lyrics Hey, I&feeling so dirty, you&looking so clean And all you can give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome to my prima bella She leave me in the rain with a telescopic umbrella Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell But the pearls, the pearls in her oyster were as tacky as hell For Lady Godiva I came incognito Her driver had stolen her red hot magneto Aah the pain Modern love can be a strain I don&know why they leave me in the lurch To carry on the search It&driving me up the wall Pity when I have so much passion Romance is out of fashion Can&handle modern love at all Hey I worship Diana by the light of the moon When I pull out my pipe she scream out of tune In Paris my heart sink when I see my...