Peter Gabriel tries a new sound
HUEY LEWIS, MUSICIAN: We know each other. You probably forget.</s>TUSH: Well, I've got a memory like a sieve.</s>LEWIS: What would I know about that?</s>TUSH: So what did MTV do for you?</s>LEWIS: Nothing. I did it all for MTV. MTV is here because of me.</s>TUSH: I believe that. When you got in the business, did you ever think of making videos, that you would have turn into an actor?</s>LEWIS: Never. I mean, in fact we started in '78, sort of three years before in this, and had we thought about it, I suppose we would have dressed up a little bit better. But we didn't because we were audio guys, and actually, I am glad, because we didn't really set ourselves up to be too trendy. So, now that I am a ripe old age it is an easier act to wear.</s>TUSH: It is good to see you. You are looking good.</s>LEWIS: Thank you.</s>TUSH: All right, Huey Lewis. We are going to go to meet Peter Gabriel. He is a hot new guy who has collaborated well. He has been around a while, actually. What I mean by that is that he has collaborated with a group called Afro-Celtic -- Afro-Celtic. You can say it which way -- depends, if you are from Boston, it's Celtic. If you are Irish, it is Afro-Celt, which has nothing to do with Celtic. And are going to talk to Boy George. Here is Peter Gabriel. We will come back and talk to Boy George.</s>JODI ROSS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the latest music video from Peter Gabriel. But don't blink or you might miss him. That's because the song "When You're Falling" is actually by the Afro Celt Sound System, a 10-member band offering a fusion of West African and Irish music. (on camera): Did you think it was a good idea, Peter, when you heard it?</s>PETER GABRIEL, MUSICIAN: Yeah. It was known as Simon's Crazy Afro Celtic Project for a while.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was it?</s>GABRIEL: No, but we loved it.</s>ROSS (voice-over): Loved it so much that Gabriel signed the group to his Real World Records. It's a label that provides artists from around the world with access to high-tech recording facilities and audiences beyond their geographic reach.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I came to Peter, there was no one else in the British music industry who would have shown me through the door, replied to my letters. And you have got to understand, it's a fairly weird left-field idea, but it's just gone from strength to strength.</s>ROSS: The latest album from the Afro Celts is "Volume 3: Further in Time."</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What's now happening with the Afro Celts is we're going out and doing European rock festivals and we're embracing a new generation of kids who are coming to hear rock music, and they see N'Faly walk on stage with his kora and Moussa (ph) with this talking drum -- and they're not strangers, they're people with their own culture and their own community.</s>ROSS: Gabriel is making a guest appearance on the record, although the exact reason why is up for debate.</s>GABRIEL: I really liked the track.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, you didn't. You thought it was OK.</s>GABRIEL: No, no, no. It was more than OK.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You hated the track.</s>GABRIEL: No, no, no. See, now it all comes out.</s>ROSS: Robert Plant also lends vocals to a track called "Life, Begin Again." Mix rock and pop with Moroccan rhythms and Welsh traditions and you get a record hard to accurately place in a record store.</s>JAMES MCNALLY, AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM: We found a now way of cooperating with each other in different cultures and traditions. There is no category out there for that yet.</s>ROSS: For now, just file it under "Musical Journeys." Jodi Ross, CNN Entertainment News, New York.</s>TUSH: I am pretending I am in the conversation.</s>BOY GEORGE, MUSICIAN: Me and Cyndi are having a chat.</s>TUSH: I was trying to pretend I was in the chat.</s>GEORGE: You are now.</s>TUSH: OK. Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, good to see you guys. And I must say everybody is really happy now that they have color</s>TV. GEORGE: Absolutely.</s>CYNDI LAUPER, MUSICIAN: Why not?</s>TUSH: What did this all of this mean to you guys? I remember seeing your videos when they first started.</s>GEORGE: At the time it was like A very colorful post card that went around the world so it was great. You didn't have to, kind of, tour as much. Because your videos kind of went before you and told people what you were about. It was great.</s>LAUPER: I had to tour a lot.</s>GEORGE: You did?</s>LAUPER: They worked me.</s>TUSH: You are still out there touring and I see you are doing a lot of stuff.</s>GEORGE: I am hitting</s>TUSH: Terrific.</s>LAUPER: It is very wild, yes.</s>TUSH: All right, good to see you. You both look terrific. Love that hat. Love that hat. We are going to take a little break and come right back to the MTV 20th anniversary celebration. Stay with us. Still to come more of MTVs 20th anniversary celebration. And we will meet new comer with number one album -- Alicia Keys. (music)