Gentle Giant "Interview" (2023 Steven Wilson Remix)
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- Gentle Giant | "Interview" | 2023 Steven Wilson Remix
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“Interview” was the eighth studio recorded album of Gentle Giant and was released April 23rd 1976. The line up on the album is Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear and John Weathers. The album also has the participation of ‘Sounds’ writer Phil Sutcliffe as the ‘interviewer’.
The band had completed a year of non stop touring throughout Europe and North America promoting the highly successful “Free Hand” album. Despite having no real down time the band felt inclined to write and record the follow up to “Free Hand” without having any time to reflect on its success. This may have influenced both the direction and attitude of the album, hence its somewhat cynical concept. It poked a little satirical fun at the state of the music industry and dissected the way a group’s relationship with the rock press could either help or hinder their career. Stylistically it continued in the vein of their preceding seventh studio album, “Free Hand” released in the year before, in 1975. Featuring a spoken cameo from Sounds writer Phil Sutcliffe, the shape-shifting funk-rock of the title track “Interview” lampooned clichéd rock ‘n’ roll journalism.
Award winning producer and musician Steven Wilson has remixed “Interview” in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound. The Porcupine Tree guitarist has long been a fan of the band, noting them as a primary influence on his own work. Wilson’s painstaking attention to detail, deep respect for the source material and keen tonal range make the album sound as fresh today as it did on first release.
In addition to the 2023 remixes, the original 1976 stereo mix, original 1976 quad mix, instrumental mixes, and custom visuals for each track are all included in the CD/Blu-ray version.
This video has been remastered and synced to the Steven Wilson Remix. Originally filmed at ITN House in 1976.
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Minnear's piano solo is inimitable. Part honky-tonk blues, part Monk, part Stravinsky. Truly underrated keyboardist.
Brings to mind Conlon Nancarrow's pieces for player piano!
@@yergrannyonbongos5422 Omigod I never made that link but you're so right!
I can even here a bit of cockney joanna in there
His solo is he played it very slowed down, then they sped the tape up to correct pitch, which gives it a slightly de-tuned honky tonk sound
He wasn't underrated, he only happened to play on a not-so-popular, but BRLLLIANT band.
John Weathers and Ray Shulman were one of the best rhythm sections of all time.. not just for their sheer talent and groove but for the amazing sound of their instruments... That gold sparkle ludwig kit and precision bass were absolutely fine tuned machines of prog warfare!
They really were. And with very little in the way of drama or ego within the band, especially once Pugwash was in and Phil had left (no offence to Phil or any of Pugwash's predecessors by any means, they were all fab but obviously lineup changes tend to involve tension etc) and they entered the Free Hand era and so forth, it really shows that all the members genuinely had a wonderful time with each other and appreciated each other's talents and skills. John and Ray bounced off each other so well, but the others did too. Their energy at live concerts was so infectious, big grins, smiles, jokes and good times all round. There was no limelight hogging, no nonsense, just a bunch of guys all passionate about music in different ways giving every note their best. I wish I could have seen them in person!
@@ProblemProductionsLD I'm only hearing them for the first time. Strange vibes. Immediately, I want to reference classic Yes. I even heard some Jon Anderson in the drummer's vocal solo. I even heard a little Alan Parsons. Did this band get a lot of the comparisons whilst coming up?
@Tony Komarytska I'd imagine that contemporary comparisons were somewhat uncommon and not always accurate. With GG being made of of musicians with a very broad spectrum of individual influences (for example Kerry Minnear being classically trained, Gary Green being a blues guitarist, Ray being a jazz fan, etc) and therefore a multitude of different styles forming their sound, causing even different songs on the same album to appear to be totally different genres to a layman, so comparisons would have probably seemed a little difficult and some I've seen from articles and posters of the time were definitely amusing. With the benefit of hindsight and the internet it's much easier to ring-fence or quantify things but I can understand why at the time they'd have seemed very unusual. Sometimes when supporting other artists on tour they'd be literally booed off stage! And yet other headliners' fans roared and cheered for GG even more than the act they'd presumably paid to see. A weird one for sure - and part of what I like about them. They were utterly unafraid (especially from Free Hand onwards) to do what they wanted, not what others felt they should.
@ProblemProductionsLD To be fair, they were bood offstage by Black Sabbath fans, which I've seen give the Outlaws a rude response (it was probably one guy armed with rolls of toilet paper and impeccable aim-he hit Huey's microphone twice with two shots. Huey didn't come back the second time but they were doing their encore by then)
@@Narpets2112 Black Sabbath fans are not a good musical barometer...
I want a partner that looks at me the way Derek looks at Kerry during his solos.
"Whatever you do, don't get any good shots of Gary playing"
"ok got it"
Yeah, I don't get it!
hahaha
This was my first Gentle Giant album. I was only 16, and didn't get it at first, but it slowly grew on me and, as I went back and collected their older work, I became fully aware of their genius. I am so looking forward to this reissue. RIP Ray Shulman, one of the most amazingly talented musicians ever.
I have been listening for about two months, and I can proudly say that this is, and will for ever be, my favourite band. So far ahead of everyone else in every respect, even the immortal Frank Zappa. Each track, when heard ten times over, still feels as though you are hearing it for the first time. Truly, Gentle Giant is not merely music, but the auditory equivalent of living literature. Incredible! Miraculous, even!!!
❤
wait ??? you are comparing GG to Frank Zappa -- this disqualifies ALL of your comments -- bwahahahaha !!! hilarious -- I think you ate too much yellow snow !!!!!
100% percent my feeling towards the band for so long, thank you for putting it into words! ❤
I think the same!
@@JoDoucet My pleasure.
The best band of all time🤤
confirmed.
I wholeheartedly concur
I am 100% with you guys !
7 minutes of pure energy and excellent Gentle Giant sound.
In loving memory of Ray Shulman.
My daughters sometimes say to me that, amongst all prog bands Gentle Giant is the only that has not been marked by the flow of time.
could you expand on that? that's a really interesting comment. I think I agree but it's complicated.
@@axolotl8694 I'm not a great musician, but for what I get it's manly due to the short songs, the interesting complex and mathematic compositions, and essentially to the fact they don't use chord layering of chords that envelop all the music in most prog bands. It's mainly pure piano, guitar and real instruments, not much synthesized sounds and effects.
Purity of sound and the beautiful flow and dynamic of the songs.
Your daughters are musically literate and wise in that regard! Gentle Giant is a hard band to digest for people raised on top 40, mindless lyrics and repetition, and with little to no musical skill or understanding. Even emotionally these cats are pretty freaking deep, and it requires the utmost attention and re-listening to capture every detail they have going on all at once.🤯
Amazing band! Been a fan since the seventies. Three friends, In a Glass House, Free Hand... and that just scratches the surface! R.I.P. Ray♥️🙏☮️🕉️
I really hope that one of these days, Steven can find the In A Glass House tapes (that's my favorite album from these guys), but I'm super thrilled that he's showing love for Interview. A criminally underrated album indeed.
Ray's part is perfect. it's funky, offbeat, and super aggressive.
Like almost all Ray Shulman bass parts. The guy was a musical genius.
Pugwash is criminally underrated.
Absolutely agree
I can't think of many main drummers who can play 5 instruments including guitar
If anyone out there is curious to what they are whispering , they are repeating “why do you ask, surely you know it” and “having no direction, any other way.” I was lucky to see this wonderfully talented band several times back in the day!
A treasure unburied again. Although it is only a playback show, I love being able to watch this document on youtube. This wouldn‘t be able on normal TV. Thanx for posting this, thank you youtube and thank you Gentle Giant.
The only thing wrong with this video is that it needs more shots of Gary Green!
I gotta say its not stated enough that for his time, the fact that Gary was able to do all these unison runs of Kerry's part and all those off beat syncopated guitar chords throughout pretty much their entire career was pretty incredible. He has this level of precision thats way ahead of its time. Glad he's getting a bit more love nowadays
Green was always the most overlooked guy in the band!
Ray's bass in the middle funk/bar room piano section is really clear in this mix, he sounds like Jaco doing the octave line in this with a bit of Bootsy on the single notes - he really was a tasty bass player - one of the very best.
Ray is my hero and biggest inspiration from the greatest band ever in all of music easily without a doubt the most obscenely criminally underrated bassist ever besides him being a legendary composer and multi instrumentalist/backing vocalist RIP maestro RAY
Unglaublich musikalisch, komplex und trotzdem mitreißend. Gilt für fast alle Songs der Band
Click anywhere in the timeline for this song and it's a totally different song. Total insanity!
That's a great observation, Anthony. Lol...true!
Greatness. It is time that makes the judgement. Here we are roughly half a century further along, and the music etched starkly into our brains. More vivid now than ever. Greatness.
Straight up prog funk. One of the best under the radar bands ever. So inventive and clever.
Got this link via Just JP's channel. What a band! I discovered them only a few years back. I've been a prog enthusiast for years. I bought all of their albums recently. The most daring of all 70s prog bands.
Congrats for discovering the greatest most epic legendary unique band ever.
@@1359401 I just finished watching a great interview today by dereckvon with John Weathers: th-cam.com/video/D1PcOEvgDg0/w-d-xo.html
These fella's are really into it.This will help to keep the Eurovision songcontest off my radar.
RIP Ray Shulman
Love Kerry's huge, wheezing, spinning Hammond in the mix. In my Top 3 favorite GG LPS. Looking forward to this remix.
Wow... drums and bass tight and up in the mix. Fantastic
I've been tranfixed by this video for a month now, probably watched it 20 times. GG
You have watched it 20 times because whether you know it or not yet they were/are the greatest most epic legendary unique genius band ever.
Such a unique and brilliant band. Loved them since 3 friends. RIP Ray S ❤️
This is great. I don't think I have seen this video before. I will be buying the CD for "I Lost My Head". The rest is icing.
that was an awesome remix! love your content.
I can't hear, from memory, any significant difference/s. That's a good thing. GREAT album and fab song.
Did this song proud. Still my top band of all time. Timeless and beyond anything else. Saw them twice. They destroyed me. How I miss them.
Mr. Porcupine thank you for a such awesome remix!
Incredible, magnificent tune from GG very Last Album. (Giant for a day, the Missing piece and Civillian were from another unknown band that happen to use the same name)
Back when this was released I had already surrendered with release of power and glory
Although this video and sound has changed my dieing mind
The remixing work of Steven Wilson Remix is incredible ✨
[Spoken intro]
[?]
"And who are you?"
"Oh I'm, Derek"
"And what's your surname?"
"Shulman"
"Where should we begin then?"
[Verse 1]
Yeah it's been hard, going a long time
And we're together even now
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Isn't it clear just when and how
[Chorus]
What can we tell you? At the beginning
Had no direction any other way
After the fourth one, realisation
Finding our road, the same as if today
[Verse 2]
Yeah, we all hear, everyone, no-one
Not to not say, we like a lot
Want to be seen rock and roll music
Don't take us something that we're not
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Give It Back
Gentle Giant
Proclamation
Gentle Giant
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
[Chours]
True it looks better, tide looks like turning
So, all in all, we feel we are alright
Yes, we've had troubles, much more than many
Rather have none and do we think what's right
[Bridge]
What are your plans for the future now?
And can you say who does the writing then?
How did you get -- who gave the name of the band?
[Whispered bridge]
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
Why do you ask? Surely you know it!
Had no direction any other way
[Verse 3]
Now that he's gone, turn off our faces
Wait for the new man to arrive
Soon the same song, sung for the next one
Saying our piece, though not alive
[Chours]
What can we tell you? At the beginning
Had no direction any other way
After the fourth one, realisation
Finding our road, the same as if today
[Verse 4]
Well we all hear, everyone, no-one
Not to not say, we like a lot
Want to be seen rock and roll music
Don't take us something that we're not
[Chorus]
True it looks better, tide looks like turning
So all in all we feel we are alright
Yes we had troubles, much more than many
Rather have none and do we think what's right
Kerry, such immaculate dissonance!
Wow, what a fantastic mix. You can hear everything so clear.
Video looks fantastic!
(A few audio issues for me: Missing the delay on the end of the vocal in "baaaaand," (2:52). Also thought the final fadeout was a little sloppy...and different. Would've preferred the Hammond to last throughout the Rhodes part at the end, as on the original...
Plus a few other minor things that only a GG goon like me would care about - but great to hear this anyway!) 👍
Edit:
One thing I DID like:
Was to hear that final piano stab at the end of the piano solo (3:56) which was apparently cut off in the original - due to a tape splice, I would guess. That was cool to hear for the first time.
Even though I have loved Gentle Giant since I first heard them in the early 80's I'm still 😮🤯🤔🤯🤗🤯 every time I hear them!
Great song, and Very underrated album it's one of my favorites and it was a Fantastic tour also I saw them in Boston, MA. on that tour, always great fun & energy on stage !! 👍🎶
Incredible. Lots of details came out from nowhere. Such a great band.
Man, what a brilliant piece of music.
Could be today. Great film - hadn't seen it before.
Dixie Dregs & Gentle Giant were above The Rest !!! RIP Ray Schulman an absolute Musical Genius ! His bass playing is completely overlooked !!!
Gentle giant dixie dregs and add the bill bruford band the 3 greatest bands ever but my all time favorite if i could only have one is gentle giant.
Saw this great band 4 times. Vinyl copie during the show. Outstanding band !
Amazing band saw them a couple of time performing in the Netherlands.I have still all the vinyl albums in my record library
Wow! I had NO idea that John sang that middle section!
Nice To hear this again, and even over TH-cam, there is a nice clarity to this mix. Always loved this album, even though many don't rate it that highly, so hoping there will be more from "Interview"
This album was not my first GG album but it is the first one I listened to. Wish I had kept the other one which was Playing The Fool. Both on vinyl. Still have the vinyl of this one and have them all on cd.
I've always thought this was a great Gentle Giant album damaged by a poor mix. I've been patiently waiting for this remix--and that patience has been rewarded. This album is now hot AF! Actually a dream come true.
I remember that after the release of "Interview" reviews told that Gentle Giant were clearly passed their creative peak. Another proof of music critics' total and stunning incompetence, as the band was at the top of their game. Personally I would have preferred further development on basis of compositions such as "Design" and "Another Show". However, the band decided to take new paths with Interview's successor "The Missing Piece".
The syncopations are amazing!
IBCREIBLE!! hace ya 47 años de este video, como pasa el tiempo, GG otra extraordinaria banda de rock progresivo ingles, ellos junto con Jethro Tull, King Crimson y Yes son mis 4 bandas favoritas de rock ingles.
This is the first GG song I ever heard. The "gateway" it was. Oh, man.
Ludicrously brilliant! The most exciting music of the '70s (for me, at least).
I'm so looking forward to the remix CD.
Omg! A New video, and a beautiful one. I have searched and watched every live video I could find on TH-cam. Wearing them out😊! Thank you so much for this beauty.... Gentle Giant is So much about the live performance. You just cannot appropriately explain it to people if they never saw them. Have to be seen to be believed, especially the switching off of instruments so expertly played....unheard of then, and never duplicated by anyone. THANK YOU FOR NEW VIDEO. MORE PLEASE.....
I still say it sounds like JPW is singing "Put on - your pants..." at 2:40. 😁
That's hilarious. Now I can't unhear it.
Yep! I always thought it was always "Put on your pants!/ For the feature, now-/
It really nice to see these performances. I have loved this band for years and years.
I love how they left the drumstick click at 5:47. Humans after all!
Fabulous music and video. Thank you for posting them. Good time for you. Favourite artist.
Please remix all the earlier albums too!
Nice and all that, but from a you tube streaming quality, i just cant hear any difference with the original mix, maybe some hammond stereo here and there. but i will wait until i hear the entire CD on my stereo to make up my mind ! Thanks Steve Wilson and Gentle Giant, Now time to dig deeper for "In A Glass House" or just do a plain re-release, it`s o.o.p. and even hard to find on places like discogs. cheers !!
I have a beautiful copy of Glass House on vinyl and I'll never sell it lol
@@beyondz55 Ive had it on original pressing LP, Stolen. 2005 CD. Stolen.....seems my ex friends loved that album, cause no one stole any of my copies of "Giant for A Day" LOL !
SW always tries to work using the original mix and improving that for today's standards. I can notice mostly Weathers drums are more prominent on the mix, punchier.
I think Ray's bass fits a little better with the whole band. It seems that Derek's voice, Green's guitar and Minnear's keyboards are mostly left untouched with some tweaks
No chance of a remix of 'Glass House', sadly - unless someone manages to unearth the master tapes. The masters have been missing for many years, and are thought to have been lost.
@@leotrash32 I think Weathers voice has been turned up louder.
I had no idea John sang that part.
I like this album because they had recorded clips for it
Fabulous, I hadn't seen this video before!
YESSSSSS!! Been waiting for this to happen!
Kerry Livgren the Master from the band Kansas ……this is his favorite band of all time….
So glad Ray Wilson remixed this album. The drums were too low in the mix and now they’re louder. Yay! Love GG! Thank you Ray Wilson!
It’s Steven Wilson. Check out his own output, including Porcupine Tree.
Ha, well if you want to compliment Ray Wilson watch the video of him doing The Carpet Crawlers with Steve Hackett!
👏👏👏👏👏👏 masters
oh thats cool! the bass line is a very distorted clavinet and a clean bass. i thought ray had done a crazy thing with his bass tone
An unbelievable band 😊
Nastiest riff of riffs
i love this group
The hair flick
Awesome!! ❤
Great stuff! I guess the complete album will be out soon. ❤
Never saw that video before. Where does this come from ? It's excellent quality. Did they record other songs on that stage ?
Yes they did. "I Lost My Head" is on YT too. Not sure if there are others. All mimed of course, but fun to watch nonetheless 😁
@@toddbulky mimed as in you think they lip synced back when they recorded this video? Was this the new Steve Wilson mix we just listened to? I figured the new mix replaced the audio of an old video. Hmmm
A música que nos torna milhões de amigos ❤
@@djjdevosWasAtTheShow this session was always lip-synced, and I guess it was filmed as a promo for the Interview LP. The audio on this one is the new mix by Steven Wilson. You'll find the original mix set to this video elsewhere on YT.
@toddbulky I think there was an original audio, before they replaced it with the studio version.
Nice to see the full unedited video!
Btw the Rainbow ment Peace, Love & Ecology back in my day here !! ✌ Before it was stolen for another meaning in the 1980s !!
For those who are wondering about Ray he was Married and with family, even though he is Rock'n that crazy "Prince Valiant" Medieval haircut !!! 🛡⚔🏹😆
Thank you Steven for coaxing some tone out of those drums. 70s was bad for drum tone and what John was playing is harder than it sounds.
What do you mean? As a musician myself It sounds hard, because it is! John 'Pugwash' Weathers is an amazing drummer, and a really cool guy. He makes it look simple.
The bass had to be louder though. The bass being so in your face made the original so good
i agree
Beautiful ❤
Thanks for this amazing and beautiful music ❤
What The Fuck!!!..where did this come from...im from Cleveland Oh and Im glad to say I saw them live 6 times...in my top 5 of all bands...met Derek Ray and Kerry when they signed wall of record shop I managed during promotional stop....it said "Gentle Giant not General Grant"...it seems that because of sloppy hand writing on paper..mc of past show introduced them as GENERAL GRANT
love this song
I always thought of this band as a kind of anarchic anti band as nothing they did conformed to anything that anyone else was doing - complete originality, huge skill and very exciting! A one off!!
Damn, this is one of the only videos I've seen where John is singing lead vocals live, while drumming. He's ridiculously good. Wish there were more live videos of his lead-oriented songs around, like Aspirations or Isn't It Quiet and Cold. This video is incredible, their energy was top-notch.
Yes… don’t think I’ve seen him singing elsewhere.
Aspirations is sung by Kerry Minnear. John wasn't in the band when they did Isn't It Quiet And Cold. That was Phil Shulman singing. The only other song where John is singing *lead* is "Friends" from Giant For A Day.
Gorram... Incredible!
Ray RIP
how the f**k did they get so good?
Nice nice nice
❤️🙏Fabulous 🙏❤️
Excellent
Always thought that it was Kerry Minnear who sang in the middle of the song 😮
Derek probably did because everyone thought Kerry's voice wasn't strong enough for live performance even though they liked it.
Yes, I was surprised to see John Weathers singing the part of the interviewer asking more questions. Wonderful!
@@unknownbone174 No, John sang that part on the album.
John sang that part on the album.
Oh my God!
This song is kick assss!
Wait! What is this music…it’s like jazz, yet it’s rock?!😮 …but it also has dissonant harmonies like Jacob Collier’s music has? 😂
Yes, Genesis, Jethro, Crimson, ELP, etc…are 70s Prog big boys, but Gentle-G were way ahead of their time and in a category of their own! …and to think that they were just screwing around, creating unpopular (anti-pop?) music just for the fun of it, as an experiment per say… 🔬🧪
Proclamation has always been my fav.!
😅
Jacob Collier wishes he had as much taste and attitude as these guys in the 70's 😂
i have a find show is first chair and pianist, she can play Romanoff or what his name. is. VERY talented. you name classical music the hard stuff. she can play. so i inveted her over for a Jam and
i made it in AM and i said hit the white key. she was lost. and so sincere was beyond her......this girl has perfect pitch. i can--t play it, but listening since 6th grade I understand ir. i love SO sincere i played it to her. to far out :) sounds normal to me.
oh yes!!!❤❤❤❤
Great stuff. Some more of Gary would have been nice but I understand they may not have had the chance to have too many cameras shooting it. But great video all the same and my preorder can’t come quick enough!😊