Gentle Giant German TV ZDF 1974-Live Brussels film studio

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  • German TV ZDF 1974-Live Brussels film studio Derek Shulman ( vocals, saxophone, recorder, bass, percussion) Ray Shulman (bass, violin, acoustic guitar, recorder, trumpet, vocals, percussion) Gary Green (guitars, recorders, vocals, percussion) Kerry Minnear (keyboards, cello, vibes, recorder, vocals, percussion) John Weathers (drums, vibes, tambour, vocals, percussion)
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  • @kingcurry6594
    @kingcurry6594 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    RIP Ray Shulman. One of the truly great bass players and multi-instrumentalists..
    The whole band are brilliant musicians.

  • @northperthrecords9492
    @northperthrecords9492 7 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Am i the only person who obsessively keeps watching videos of Gentle Giant everyday?

    • @1359401
      @1359401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Nothing wrong with that whatsoever considering that they are the greatest most criminally underated band ever

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are like a gem...Take them out a stare at it and be grateful you have it ...:)...

    • @maximemailloux9680
      @maximemailloux9680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No

    • @abelardo110
      @abelardo110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh, no: you are in good company! :-D

    • @hugo_PaNK
      @hugo_PaNK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No eres el único amigo!!

  • @shc3460
    @shc3460 9 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    During those years I lived in a communist country - Romania - and you could only listen (and never watch) progressive rock groups like GG on banned radio stations like Free Europe. Very rarely one could get an album of "decadent" music groups. And I listened GG with eyes closed ... You cannot imagine my delight to watch now online concerts I only dreamed of during those times. Thank you Gentle Giant!

    • @shawnsulliv
      @shawnsulliv 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's awesome!

    • @Snardbafulator
      @Snardbafulator 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Gods bless you for surviving those years, brother.

    • @YPO6
      @YPO6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      was Krzysztof Penderecki's music banned too?

    • @earthrider2417
      @earthrider2417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Silviu Ciurea your story makes me appreciate them so much more

    • @Gabrielabelman25
      @Gabrielabelman25 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xRickAstleyx Amen!

  • @aenamabag
    @aenamabag 6 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    00:00 to 50:25 was particularly outstanding

    • @PRdeSO
      @PRdeSO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree the last five seconds was a bit of a let down...

  • @kristoffmussolini5186
    @kristoffmussolini5186 8 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    These have got to be one of the most technically proficient bands that have ever existed.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i think your dead right there!!...and i knew that in 1974 when i first saw them in concert....

    • @ReadIcculus93
      @ReadIcculus93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I've literally just heard this for the first time in my life, and play bass guitar in a band myself, I cannot stress just how accurate this statement is. They pushed the limits of what a band could do. Only records like Tarkus before them managed to do anything similar or technically as proficient.

    • @NuntiusLegis
      @NuntiusLegis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ReadIcculus93 My favourite bands are Gentle Giant, ELP and Jethro Tull. The latter achieved similar precision on albums like A Passion Play or Songs From The Wood, while mostly being more melodic and less dissonant. I think their best drummer, Barrie Barlow, topped (everyone, including) Carl Palmer and John Weathers.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Zappa outshines that. Best concerts - Best 3 person - Hendrix, Best 4 person - RTF Honorable mention Leon Russell. Best concert - Zappa.

  • @GoodSneakers
    @GoodSneakers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    One of the greatest prog bands ever. God, this stuff is hard to play. Their rehearsals must have been meticulous. The music is, even in terms of progressive rock, extraordinarily original. So odd and weird, but it works. Never get tired of GG.

  • @schpleeb
    @schpleeb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    0:16 Cogs in Cogs
    3:20 Proclamation
    8:13 Funny Ways
    16:58 Runaway
    21:13 Experience
    27:02 Features from Octopus
    33:20 Advent of Panurge
    40:32 So Sincere

    • @Mediumreginald
      @Mediumreginald 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ya missed proclamation! 3:20

    • @schpleeb
      @schpleeb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ted Dennis so I did! I've amended it above :) thanks

    • @Mediumreginald
      @Mediumreginald 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      no prob. i was just looking for easy access to the greatest drumming faces of all time and i was scared for a second it wasn't included somehow

    • @schpleeb
      @schpleeb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      John Weathers' gurn at its finest

    • @zooblestyx
      @zooblestyx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ray's giving him a run for his money.

  • @gringochucha
    @gringochucha 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Yes, their music was as complex as fuck, but it was also fun and funny and interesting and full of heart and fantasy. So many bands go for the complex and miss everything else.

    • @ClaudioDesideriFilms
      @ClaudioDesideriFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your words are "So Sincere" 😁

    • @OllieProphet
      @OllieProphet ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bingo! All the Neo-prog bands I've listened to have the chops, but miss the heart. It's so much musical masturbation these days, all flash, no soul. GG composed and played with the story as the center of the song, and they consistently spun a great yarn.

  • @iron_rain_band
    @iron_rain_band 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    And who doesnt love watching John Weathers play? Just the best.

    • @NavukhodonosorJJ
      @NavukhodonosorJJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! Cannot stop looking at his great play!

    • @ConceptJunkie
      @ConceptJunkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's like watching a cartoon Daddy Long Legs, and I mean that in a positive way... it's like he's got more than 2 arms and 2 legs. He's just so energetic and looks like he's having so much fun playing. GG's music is an acquired taste, no doubt, but there's so much amazing stuff going on that you keep coming back for more.

    • @ableasdale2000
      @ableasdale2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep, he feels the music.

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ConceptJunkie Acquired taste for some, I'm sure. I'm just one of those freaks who fell in love with them the moment I first heard them hahaha.

    • @saanzacs
      @saanzacs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beast drummer!!!

  • @robinpearce6961
    @robinpearce6961 10 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    They don't make bands like this anymore. Incredible.

    • @ConceptJunkie
      @ConceptJunkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They never did. Gentle Giant came here from another universe.

  • @geraividet
    @geraividet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    These guys are still ahead of their time even today

  • @jonbilbao2207
    @jonbilbao2207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Drummer´s lunatic face expressions when playing are pure gold !!!!!!!

  • @gogamma
    @gogamma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    So Ray plays flawless bass, puts down the bass, Derek puts on guitar and Ray proceeds to play violin like it is his main instrument and then plays trumpet like that was his main instrument! The versatility of these guys is staggering.

    • @brakemcgaughey5724
      @brakemcgaughey5724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think Ray played violin in college! So sick man. These guys are the greatest.

    • @nikjames2965
      @nikjames2965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You have to love Ray's SNARL

    • @barbarakiel1310
      @barbarakiel1310 ปีที่แล้ว

      Panmusicents🎷📯🎸🎻🎺🎼🎶🎵🤗

    • @108grog
      @108grog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And that vibraphone solo -
      Holy Shite

  • @SleepFan771
    @SleepFan771 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Kicking ass from renaissance, medieval kingdoms, through folklore into heavy prog rock. Gentle Giant ruled and this is amazing!

  • @RandallGoya
    @RandallGoya 10 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I saw Gentle Giant open for Jethro Tull in 1973 in Rome, Italy, while they were playing Aqualung/Thick As a Brick. I don't remember the Tull show, but I became a Gentle Giant fan for life! And I was studying cello back then too!

    • @TheVoltrom
      @TheVoltrom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I envy you :)

    • @AnapaulaSantos-rp7oc
      @AnapaulaSantos-rp7oc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was there

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then you might like the "Dead South". Plays Cello like a guitar.

  • @ccabreratovar
    @ccabreratovar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When I was 12 years old I heard it for the first time now I am 58 and still like it a lot more every day... I'm from Caracas Venezuela ..amazing

    • @108grog
      @108grog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me, at 13 or 14, I can't remember which.
      A friend turned me on to GG and early Genesis.

    • @naranjacuatro
      @naranjacuatro 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Burda de bueno el beta mano jajajaja

    • @ccabreratovar
      @ccabreratovar 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@naranjacuatro súper bueno

  • @TheVoltrom
    @TheVoltrom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Best prog rock band of all times.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TheVoltrom Oh god yeah fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There is no best band in prog.
      You got Genesis that are real good and ELP that can kick ass too and Rush , so in my book they are all really good, no best ...just different

    • @TheArcelle
      @TheArcelle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +TheVoltrom
      Totaly exact the best band of all times and of the universe
      Laurent

    • @mattleemattlee123
      @mattleemattlee123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +andy T I don't think you ever saw them live. I love Yes, love ELP, but these guys were another thing altogether, and live...forget it! (A big "get well" to Gary Green, by the way!)

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I said that there is no better band in prog, sure Yes Genesis are good, but those guys are really more open to different styles!

  • @Herreken
    @Herreken 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The drummer is a pleasure to watch.

    • @schildtrager9270
      @schildtrager9270 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Herreken So is the Bass player :-)

    • @Herreken
      @Herreken 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +SchildTräger Which bass player?

    • @Amsterdamagesoup
      @Amsterdamagesoup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bass player is brother Ray

  • @marshfilm
    @marshfilm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Rush fan in 87, Yes fan in 89. Didn't discover GG til 2012. Late to the party lol...

    • @mrveritas700
      @mrveritas700 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Zappa, Tull, Yes, and Gentle Giant, '71. Added Neal Morse in '01. Even saw Pink Floyd open for the Nice. Saw Trini Lopez, Beach Boys, Warlocks and CTA all before '68. You weren't late to the party. Gentle Giant arrived too early. But there are a lot of people who didn't discover them until recently.

  • @lordbyron189
    @lordbyron189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I am also an obsessive listener to the best band ever, Gentle Giant. By the way, Kerry Minnear is a genius.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yeah!!!!!!! You absolutely a gazillion% correct-they are/were the greatest band ever

    • @user-fg3wu1dd7j
      @user-fg3wu1dd7j 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Да пожалуй соглашусь Кинг Кримсон и не только ,даже ранний Генезис и Джетро Талл до 1972 уделывают

    • @martinbrodie8507
      @martinbrodie8507 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You too?

  • @BunzJackson
    @BunzJackson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The highbrow baroque vibe of the keyboard and bass mixed with the hard blues rock of the guitar and drums is so goddamn cool in a way I never would have expected before I heard them.

  • @realredraccoon2115
    @realredraccoon2115 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I can't even make it through this whole thing. I keep going "Whoa that part was crazy!" and replaying the same parts lol

    • @dominicks19
      @dominicks19 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same

    • @nexusreplicant143
      @nexusreplicant143 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you imagine the effect of those songs played back in 1970's? No you can't! It's not easy music and it wasn't. Not all people is able to appreciate the subtleties and intrincacies of their music, even now. They were far ahead of their time. Soft Machine is another group I love from that time. Out of this earth!

  • @martinboere3274
    @martinboere3274 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The craftmanship by which Gentle Giant turned their recorded music into versions which were fit for stage performance is still mindblowing.

  • @Digitalaudiodesign
    @Digitalaudiodesign 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    in 74 i was twelve and bored to death on a sunday morning when i switched the TV on and saw this! Big fan ever since!

  • @bunnyhead71
    @bunnyhead71 10 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Probably the most talented and least known of the 70's prog scene. The talent that flowed out of this band rivaled Zappa as far as I am concerned....Gentle Giant, the worlds most unsexy prog band ever...brilliant...

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      bunnyhead71 Magma would like a word with you.

    • @kennethmendenhall753
      @kennethmendenhall753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but the music is so saxxy

    • @corywest6224
      @corywest6224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Frank was a known fan of them which I LOVE

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      beg to differ....gentle giant was way out front of zappa....but thats easily said some 50 years on....i am glad (and proud) that i went to see them twice around 1974.....absolutely amazing...

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@asusmctablet9180 Magma is fucking sick, but I definitely prefer Gentle Giant.

  • @squizza28
    @squizza28 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    that's typical gentile giant, near end of so sincere where all the band play the drums and then all play xylophone. What other band could ever do that?! So amazing, real treat!!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neal Morse Band.

  • @Kerdevan1
    @Kerdevan1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Of course Derek and Phil Shulman (who had left the band by then) were born in Glasgow in bonnie Scotland. Just back from Wales visiting John Weathers and his beautiful wife Carol last weekend, cool. Kerry and Ray, what musicians, enough said!

  • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
    @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm from Brasil, and I was born in Rio de Janeiro, long, long time ago. When I was at my 13's, I discovered one radio station transmiting in FM (FM was pretty recent back in the day), and this station called Eldorado (or EldoPop for the supporters) and the set list was all about ProgRock and Hard Rock. And GG was very present , along with all the great bands from the late 60's and early 70"s. It was such a GREAT time to be alive. God bless these guys.

    • @scrubless5763
      @scrubless5763 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello my friend of Brasil. i wish GG would play at the radio any time, im from Minas Gerais and just discovered GG because of a friend in Ceara.

    • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
      @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scrubless5763 hello friend!

    • @EugenioMarins
      @EugenioMarins หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eu descobri o GG na Fluminense FM. Agradeço penhorado.

  • @periurban
    @periurban 10 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Discipline, control, musicianship, versatility, power, invention - it's all here. At their best they were the wizards of prog. How could we have idolised ELP and so neglected these guys? The world is insane.

    • @mikeporter5421
      @mikeporter5421 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So true. We are so fortunate to have the recordings of Gentle Giant. I remember 1973 when I first heard them. Thank God.

    • @ShareTheSphere
      @ShareTheSphere 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At some point in time people will understand what the word creative means, and I hope that this comes soon and results in aknowledging Gentle Giant as The True Giant.

    • @parkscenejr
      @parkscenejr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yes man, GG were awesome, criminally underrated band.

    • @richardhewlett5603
      @richardhewlett5603 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Self-indulgent shite!

    • @periurban
      @periurban 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Richard Hewlett Technically, impossible. But thanks for your input.

  • @rodericktech5643
    @rodericktech5643 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    There are places in this performance that are just extraordinary. There was never a group like this, and in all likelihood there never will be again.

    • @andrejetstrat
      @andrejetstrat 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      rodericktech they are just so interesting to watch and listen to they never get old

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zappa and a few others fit this description. But definitely one of the top bands.

    • @antoinewcaron2132
      @antoinewcaron2132 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely!

    • @garyjackson5249
      @garyjackson5249 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Extraordinary!!!!!!!!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Zappa beats them and Neal Morse is a close second.

  • @toyvers
    @toyvers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thanks, Gentle Giant. A life's gift.

  • @Signal_in_the_noise
    @Signal_in_the_noise 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    God these guys just rip . Love how they just completely created their own style and sound. It doesn't surprise me they were so overlooked though....the average joe could never get this stuff. They were on a different playing field compared to what else was going on at that time in popular music. 100% originality . Gotta love Ray Shulman's nostril flares though, and that vibraphone solo was vicious!

  • @saanzacs
    @saanzacs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Real epic musicianship personified - the likes of which we will never see or hear again

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Neal Morse does a pretty good job. Playing different instruments - Neal Morse "Alive".

  • @whiskeycreammedia
    @whiskeycreammedia ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Shulman's bass and Weathers on drums provides for literally the most monstrous backbeat in music history. I could listen to this video 25 hours a day.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They were/are the greatest most epic legendary unique genius criminally underated band ever.

  • @JonahJojoTheMan
    @JonahJojoTheMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I will never tire of watching Gentle Giant and seeing their virtuosity. They are genius. Only the crowd disappoints. They look frozen.

    • @ramonfernandomirandanoguei365
      @ramonfernandomirandanoguei365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey u again hahaha

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ah, they don't know what hit them.

    • @JonahJojoTheMan
      @JonahJojoTheMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tixximmi1 lol 😂😂😂

    • @Phoebedumplings
      @Phoebedumplings 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tixximmi1 I think they were genuinely stunned.....the crowd I mean!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Phoebedumplings And they didn't really know the music. As Zappa would say, "they were pushing the envelope of music"

  • @willrocksBR
    @willrocksBR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The transition from Proclamation to Funny Ways is so sublime...

    • @Gatodostennis
      @Gatodostennis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +William Freire It's amazing :)

    • @BaxBreakoutBox
      @BaxBreakoutBox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +William Freire, Yes, the transition is very smooth.

    • @willrocksBR
      @willrocksBR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      6 years and I'm still listening!

  • @danburnes722
    @danburnes722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These guys had so much fun, lots of talent, versatility, and synergy. I keep finding my way back to Gentle Giant.

  • @jedejo
    @jedejo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great, I was 16 and saw it on TV in 1974 on ZDF ;-). It is a Jewel. Best Band ever.

  • @tedgangersongs
    @tedgangersongs 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Unbelievable, overwhelming creativity and musicianship.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      superlatives aren't enough for GG

  • @markthrasher6770
    @markthrasher6770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    36:40 Ray's bass....

  • @terryp3034
    @terryp3034 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I saw this show, only in Texas, not Belgium. Simply stunning. To this day, I've not personally seen a live band as tight, intricate and inventive as these guys. In a show built around several numbers from "The Power and The Glory", the bassist and percussionist really stole the show, as they are the ligament, the sinew that let the music stretch and then snap back into place while keeping it moving along. At the time, only King Crimson compared with their talent, though the sound was completely different.
    Today, the only group that excites me like this is Hiromi's jazz trio.

    • @jeanpierre5669
      @jeanpierre5669 ปีที่แล้ว

      Muito bem lembrado. Hiromi's Trio realmente é tão intrincado e coeso como GG e KC.

  • @charleshoernemann8661
    @charleshoernemann8661 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Culture shock way back then, culture shock again now! Brilliant! The best Prog-Rock band IMO...

  • @carstenschaefer8191
    @carstenschaefer8191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In 1974 - a Sunday - I had switched the tele on (ZDF, second German channel) for a youth programme from 11 am to noon. I was just about to switch it off, because "Das ZDF-Sonntagskonzert" was almost always classical music. And I didn't much fancy classical music...when the announcer said on camera, "We are proud to present to you one of the leading rock bands in the world...". I thought, "What? Rock music? Certainly know them!" (after all, I was 14 years old and knew it all :-) ). "...Gentle Giant!" I drew a blank. Sat down and watched it...speechless! I knew "Yessongs" - but this was a whole different planet! Became a fan that day and have stayed for the rest of my life. After the show, I met two friends who walked their dogs every Sunday. We met and said simultaneously, "Did you just watch The Sunday Concert?! Bloody amazing!" So it was 3 life-long GG fans. And it's still my favourite GG concert...

  • @railwaystationmaster
    @railwaystationmaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The mercurial Gentle Giant at their very best LIVE , their performance of Funny Ways showcases musical dexterity the like few will have heard in nearly 50 years since this recording , pure genius never better exemplified by these amazing prog rock artisans .

  • @NajNilak
    @NajNilak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been listening to GG since around 1985 and love them. But I was astounded again when I heard this concert and realised that they sound almost exactly like they do on the record. Such musicianship!

  • @rodrigomillan3861
    @rodrigomillan3861 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a song So Sincere is!!!…that Drummer demeanor is amusing…I loved it the musicianship and they way they prog!

  • @seanschmidt8408
    @seanschmidt8408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All I can say is......WOW! The band at the total height of their powers. Just incredible.

  • @glennwales1192
    @glennwales1192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    AHHH Gentle Giant, thanks to all those that love these guys as much as I do! We got to see them in Phoenix way back when, twice over several years. arguably the best live performance I had the privilege to see. The last time I saw them, was their last live performance, that from Derek Shulman's lips when we ran into him after the show. He was a total "gentle "man and was apologetic for their lackluster performance (his words) not mine. They were incredible as usual, but I could tell they were tired. Whenever I need a smile or a bit of inspiration I dial me up some Gentle Giant. Thanks for the posts! sorry to have been so much of a bore. Peace. Waler

  • @PlymouthVT
    @PlymouthVT 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Apparently the Shulman's were just out out of there minds genius's.
    And we are grateful.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But the main writer was Kerry Minnear (keyboards)

  • @tomhendriks108
    @tomhendriks108 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I recently ' discovered ' Gentle after being a King Crimson fan since 1991.. I do not know why it took me so long, but GG is become my 'new' favorite band. Not only brilliant musicians but so full of rich melodies...amazing...

    • @arno-luyendijk4798
      @arno-luyendijk4798 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still, I can understand the connnection from KC which brought you to GG. They both had an attitude of "What do you mean we keep lingering on a point? Let's take it further next time! " and both did so in their own individual ways.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always considered them the Best Band you Never Heard.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      congrats to your discovery...but better late than never!!... ;-)

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      but you can go to the next level with Zappa. Then you're at the top.

    • @sharonbodea7677
      @sharonbodea7677 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tixximmi1 Captain Beefheart is the Lord of music.

  • @larrylanberg3552
    @larrylanberg3552 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's really cool to see this retro interest in Gentle Giant all of a sudden. They're far more popular now than they were back then.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes indeed i love it damm great and about damm time for cryn out loud. They are/were the greatest most epic legendary genius unique obscenely criminally underrated overlooked band of all time.

  • @flyingspaguettmonster8738
    @flyingspaguettmonster8738 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My Top 5 Prog bands in order Van Der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes

    • @ofenblase2091
      @ofenblase2091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don´t like Rankings. Very important bands in the 70´s. More prog than GG and KC doesn´t go. Floyd and ELP not to forget.

    • @giagnorio86
      @giagnorio86 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Emerson Lake and Palmer..

    • @abuksen
      @abuksen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what about Jethro tull & ELP?

    • @flyingspaguettmonster8738
      @flyingspaguettmonster8738 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love Jethro tull TAAB and A Passion Play are phenomenal

    • @abuksen
      @abuksen 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      now I'm listening Aqualung, Passion Play - is a great album too

  • @samilmansur
    @samilmansur 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is one of the best live performances ever.

  • @jimimurti
    @jimimurti 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One who says "I don't like this" never tried...

    • @lucasfp5650
      @lucasfp5650 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or never acquired the taste

  • @terriblja
    @terriblja 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Великолепная , самобытная , интеллектуальная банда .

  • @Jo_Kuiper
    @Jo_Kuiper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was broadcast as a so called Sontagsconzert"", every week on Sunday around noon, and was normally some classical music, I and my brother heard it back then, and loved it right away.

  • @ClaudioDesideriFilms
    @ClaudioDesideriFilms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Every time I watch this concert it blows me away like the first time. Pure energy and coolness!😍

  • @cosmicdrifter287
    @cosmicdrifter287 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    gentle giant is what it says on the tin,this band were giants but too gentle.
    so crimanally underrated it makes me mad when i think about it.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The word underrated is used way too much. But in this case the shoe fits.

  • @j.b.2893
    @j.b.2893 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Long time fan of Giant from the early 70s. These guys are unmatched, way unmatched.

  • @cdsutton5470
    @cdsutton5470 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was 50 years ago.
    The year I started playing.
    This incredible music is sttill fresh.
    Seriously
    Les get these guys into the RRHOF

  • @willoyd
    @willoyd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    United Kingdom's crème de la crème avant-garde. So rich, so sophisticated, and yet so sublime, it's hard to describe with words. Hearing these virtuosos play gives the noun 'experience' a new meaning. They dared to trade commercial success for transcendentness. I'm thankful for that.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      willoyd Its not hard at all to describe with words-they simply are or should i say (were) the greatest most criminally underated band ever.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like you definition. The UK's Zappa. That's my 2 cents worth.

  • @nikjames2965
    @nikjames2965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I first saw these guys on UK TV on a program called sight and sound in concert - it must have been in the mid 70s. I was gobsmacked then and they still astonish me now 50 years later. How they held it all together so perfectly is little short of miraculous.. they absolutely ROCK

    • @chedda5587
      @chedda5587 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have the sight and sound video uploaded to TH-cam here th-cam.com/video/UM-yGcpaY_4/w-d-xo.html

    • @danielwang7793
      @danielwang7793 ปีที่แล้ว

      1978, I think. Great, great band!

  • @marciopainhas5828
    @marciopainhas5828 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the best prog-rock bands ever, and no doubt. Amazing albums and remarkable musicians. Surpassing choir. Dig them for almost 50 years. RIP Ray Shulman! Greetings from Brazil!

  • @louison79
    @louison79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    At 45:27 Derek Throws his bass drum stick right on the organ keyboard! A few seconds later it's Gary... Historical performance of a historical band. Most complex, sophisticated prog rock, yet fun and funky!

  • @paulbaker9699
    @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Gentle Giant the most innovative and one of the best progressive groups of all time and fantastic live seen them live 4 times always great

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right on that Jeremy

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like prog because the mixture of hard rock and classical. The 70.s brought a wave of exploratory rock bands as King Krimson one of the first bands Greg Lake was in.. Yes , Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues , Procol Harum, Genesis, Gentle Giant, The Strawbs, Van der graff Generator , The Strawbs, Pavlov Dog, Triumvirat, Ice Castle Jethro Tull, Curved Air, and some Italian prog like PFM , El Orme , The New Trolls and El Banco to name a few but there are thousands out there. hope i have given you some new ones to listen to. You would not be a Richards of the Utah Family of Richards thats my moms side of family

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 60,s and seventies were hot with talent.. See you know many of the great bands . I will have to listen to some of the you mentioned like captain beyond Gods.. I am 61 born in Utah but lived most my life in California close to San Francisco. so saw many bands.

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You live in Provo? So you may be among the Richards family of Utah...Richards candy and Ice cream the legacy of Richards in Utah My my grand father was Paul RIchards and started the Memorial hospital in SLC of of 9th I have a cousin still living in SLC Clark Richards.... My aunt was Lenore Richards a great surgeon in SLC. Let me know if these names ring a bell?

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree what do they know growing up q lot of my friends hated when i listened to gentle giant they were listening to main stream bands

  • @rickvenlo1362
    @rickvenlo1362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ray- one of the most gifted ever.

  • @cuprum1
    @cuprum1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a fantastic vibraphone solo. I'm mesmerized.

  • @waynedent7646
    @waynedent7646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Gentle Giant - the best evidence that alien life forms have been interacting with we humans and bringing their technology to bear on planet earth!

    • @HeltonMoraes
      @HeltonMoraes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Specifically, they have installed metronomes inside their brains...

  • @migaren
    @migaren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great band was Gentle Giant!

  • @szymonhalasa9790
    @szymonhalasa9790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    POWER AND GLORY TO GG !!!

  • @dennispuleo9575
    @dennispuleo9575 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These cats were soo far ahead of themselves...RIP RAY. TRULY MISSED

  • @jeanpierre5669
    @jeanpierre5669 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    O vigor e a potência desse quinteto é impressionante, contagiante, desconcertante. Provavelmente a banda que fez as melhores e mais virtuosas apresentações ao vivo na história do rock progressivo, ultrapassando até as duas encarnações do King Crimson em suas sensacionais trilogias. Curiosamente, no entanto, cada um deles, em seu instrumento, é sumamente menosprezado nas infames "listas dos melhores"...

    • @rickvenlo1362
      @rickvenlo1362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very well put.
      Absolutely correct.
      ✌️💯🍀

    • @marciopainhas5828
      @marciopainhas5828 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Falou e disse!

  • @together9432
    @together9432 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:16 Cogs in Cogs
    3:20 Proclamation
    8:13 Funny Ways
    16:58 Runaway
    21:13 Experience
    27:02 Features from Octopus
    33:20 Advent of Panurge
    40:32 So Sincere

  • @rexormax1925
    @rexormax1925 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have no words! Unreachable monsters!

  • @yvescarpentier884
    @yvescarpentier884 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dam!!I love the voice of Derek Shulman

    • @1359401
      @1359401 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep he is damm great and one of the best ever

  • @sleeve51
    @sleeve51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "In a Glass House" is a masterpiece. Sounds just as good today as it did on the first day it was sold in stores. This is the band (if I had a pick) that I wish I could have played in. Although with my music expterise' they'd laugh me out of the town

    • @mshioty
      @mshioty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Live performing in the '70s Was Just Better Than Today.

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mshioty It really depends on who's performing, but I agree that there were a lot of amazing bands in the 70's. There are some very impressive performances happening right now, but you have to dig a little bit. Hell, most people had to dig a little bit to find Gentle Giant. They're criminally underrated when compared to some of the other prog rock bands of the 70's, in my opinion.

  • @jonbilbao2207
    @jonbilbao2207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All my life I´ve boasted myself as a prog expert and it wasn´t until last spring lockdown time that I discovered this gem of a band. I should be ashamed of my ignorance.....and I really am

    • @Dirgnimai7
      @Dirgnimai7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better late than never, Jon!

    • @jonbilbao2207
      @jonbilbao2207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dirgnimai7 Yes, Kevin

  • @d.c.rhodes66
    @d.c.rhodes66 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The drummer is a monster, as are all the musicians, but I love watching him play.

  • @RaphaelAlbinati
    @RaphaelAlbinati 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good lord, Kevin Minnear absolutely killing it on the vibes.

    • @martinbrodie8507
      @martinbrodie8507 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was a multi-instrumental genius.

    • @108grog
      @108grog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      F-ing amazing

  • @haroldt101
    @haroldt101 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glass House! Oh yea. that is such a great song. Have it on a Reel to Reel. 40 years still sounds amazing.

  • @HughGotIt
    @HughGotIt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Too bad for the low video quality, but the sounds still captures this highly talented band at it's best! Tremendous performance!!
    Thanks for sharing, Oscar.

  • @bennyrietveld9355
    @bennyrietveld9355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was a moron in high school, and overlooked these guys. They were like Yes on steroids.

  • @paulbennett7021
    @paulbennett7021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mic'ing up these guys must have been a nightmare!

  • @adjesbr
    @adjesbr 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They were very good musicians and deserve much more respect that they achieved during their time on the road.

  • @pings17
    @pings17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The Rhodes piano intro in Proclamation is mesmerizing.Even when they sing out of pitch the sound is captivating. Love strange arrangements. Keeps you interested the whole time. 👍 Puts today’s music to shame. Completely formulaic and pathetic. Prog Rock is just a musical delight. Wish I were old enough to have seen them live.

  • @sethmaven6924
    @sethmaven6924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I listen to all kinds of Rock, from Brit Invasion and New Wave to Death Metal and Punk and Prog.
    THIS is the most talented band ever- period.

  • @pariaheep
    @pariaheep ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Magicians!!! At that time, one of the few bands that could challenge
    Zappa in playing such meticulous "orchestrated" music. Sampling, mash-ups, glitch, electronics, ...this band did it all in '74.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. But even Frank recognized GG as one of the better innovated groups. Jan 74 was my first Zappa concert. Blew my mind.

  • @thrice-greatestulysses4792
    @thrice-greatestulysses4792 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's definitely as if they were a gentle giant ...

  • @waynedent7646
    @waynedent7646 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I remember seeing them for the first time when they opened for Tull. When they broke into Knots, my friends and I couldn't believe they could pull those harmonies off live. They did and perfectly! They had the crowd in the palms of their hands. They played for 30 unforgettable minutes. Jethro who?

    • @alexconstable9280
      @alexconstable9280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a great double bill!

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Must have been one the new shows in the 2000's...:)...It's crazy seeing some of the double billings we grew up with; Tull with Giant is real early 67-68? ...I believe I saw Ian tour with U.K as backup...U.K blew them away...Tickets were only like 11 bucks too...:)..

    • @dzre2087
      @dzre2087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      GG didn't exist in '68.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ian had a lot of great bands open for them. Same complement for Kiss (didn't like them much) but it's the big band that opens the door to GG (Tull) and Rush (Kiss).

    • @evanjazzista
      @evanjazzista 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jethro Tull reportedly sued their management for having put GG as an opening act to their tour. The audience reaction was stellar to GG, so Anderson got mad.

  • @dbc7772011
    @dbc7772011 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is all so incredible, but Experience is my favorite, master inner voices, making any choices 🎵🎶

  • @ableasdale2000
    @ableasdale2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I keep re-watching this. It's amazing and rich.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You keep watching it because they are/were the greatest band ever

  • @tombola3121
    @tombola3121 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is definitive the best Band ever!! Very complex, intelligent and funny music!
    They had 10 !! fantastic Albums (from about11) ELP had only one (there Debüt) King Crimson 3 or 4 and Genesis only 4....!! Every of this fine members is a Orchestra at its own ;-)) thanks for sharing this !

    • @1359401
      @1359401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are/were the greatest most underated band ever

    • @pedroaugusto8285
      @pedroaugusto8285 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Bola ELP has 4 masterpieces; Genesis has 6; Yes has 6; King Crimson has 4; Camel has 3 and GG has 6

  • @mttmtmmt5701
    @mttmtmmt5701 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Probably the most technically phenomenal prog. rock band of all time. This is live and almost impossible to pull off so cleanly, but they did it and more!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AMZ Anderson (Tull) Neal Morse, Zappa Zappa was the most technical by far. But even Zappa interviewed and said that GG is one of the very few bands that are outside of the box.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Zappa has them beat. Really beat. But "BEAT" is performing this Sep in Austin. I have my tickets. Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and a drummer.

  • @eduardoclavel3732
    @eduardoclavel3732 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the incredible Gentle Giant they were..

  • @tjschakow
    @tjschakow 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Greatest display of musicianship I ever saw. Rochester 7/4/1976

  • @mikefoley3785
    @mikefoley3785 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Amazing concert. The sound is fantastic.

  • @leonsilva27
    @leonsilva27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i´m brazilian and I was born in 77 but i found GG few years ago. a ten years ago. and YES was the best band. now the top is split by the two bands. awesome!

  • @andreysavelev9004
    @andreysavelev9004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bravo.Bravissimo!!!! Exelent musicians. Fantastic music.

  • @JeffReams
    @JeffReams 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an amazing unique band Gentle Giant is.

  • @pobinr
    @pobinr 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I keep coming back to this. I can't believe how brilliant it is. I wish there were bands one could go see like this now. My friend the late Martin Smith played on their 1st two albums.

    • @jsimon43
      @jsimon43 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      go search for "umphrey's mcgee" thank me later

    • @teddingtontcu
      @teddingtontcu 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you in the UK
      If so three friends Ropetackle centre Shoreham NEXT WEEK
      SEE YOU THERE!

    • @MouseCaneta
      @MouseCaneta 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      teddingtontcu You are so lucky to be in england..

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try "Similitude of a Dream" (part I and Part II) by Neal Morse. And Ian Anderson still tours. And you really need to see Dweezil Zappa play his dads music.

    • @pobinr
      @pobinr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teddingtontcu thank you. But I've only just seen your message 8 yrs later😅
      I hope it was good