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- Ok, well I found my new favorite Gentle Giant track. Good gracious... they left no survivors on this one!
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Sounds like a phase shifter on the drums! This band was so creative. My favorite band of the 70's.
I believe it was actually flange.
@@jayburdification YES!
At that time it would have been real tape flanging.
Definitely a flanger!@@jayburdification
@@nicolasaloni4282 the old thumb on the tape head trick
Finally someone who takes notice of their great 1st album. It is difficult for me to name favorite songs by them because there is so much high quality with such a huge diversity. But for me this one belongs to the first row. I esp. love the middle part with the citation of Franz Liszt's beautiful Liebestraum (lovedream) the way the drums come in shattering the atmosphere and then the competition of drums and piano destroying the beauty and after the destruction coming back to the wonderful harmonies. A friend of mine once compared the middle part to a riding a sled in an ice tunnel.
If someone is interested in the original piano version here is one performance of a pianist I really like to listen to because after all the decades great artists have played piano music she still often finds a way to play them in her own way.
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"Why Not?" is the greatest one in terms of dynamics and tightness, I'd say.
The vocal harmonies on 'Nothing at all' work so beautifully, as you said, because of the brothers voices blending perfectly. Phil Shulman is the eldest of the three brothers but left the band after their fourth album, he could play a range of wind instruments, keyboards and percussion. Ray was the youngest and died last March, and again was a wonderful multi-instrumentalist. As the band progressed, close harmonies became much more rare in their songs, and they became better known for their counterpoint vocal arrangements, an interweaving of contrasting melody lines that fit together like a puzzle, the proper musical term being 'Contrapuntal'. It's one thing to experiment in the studio with the wide range of instruments each band member could play but seeing them live was astonishing. The stage was littered with instruments and in a lot of songs they would be swapping from one to the other within the same piece, sometimes for just a few bars. Props to their roadies and sound guys, it must have been an almighty logistical and technical challenge to set up and mix each night. If you liked the drum bridge in this track, check out the version of 'So sincere' from their live album 'Playing the fool' , where every band member joins in on the drums. I was so lucky to see them each time they toured the UK, but in the days before the internet their fans had to scour the music press for any fragment of information of tours or albums. Sadly they were not liked or appreciated much by UK music journalists, the band were just too far ahead of their time and could not be pigeon holed. GG's uncompromising creative stand meant their music was never going to find mass appeal or be heard on the radio, they were hardly pin-up material either or about to give you catchy choruses, they made the listener work hard to keep up. It is gratifying to know that more folks are finally discovering them now, and are vastly more open minded to their music.
Masters of the hocket.
@@ShiverHinge ...and Masters of 'Baroque 'n' Roll'
Yes, please do an album review, Octopus is a good one to cover (most go for Free Hand). The first three albums features all three (multi-instrumentalist and vocalist) Shulman brothers, after which the oldest brother, Phil, left the band and gave up music.
This is another one of those bands that the more you listen to them the more you fall in love with their music 🟤
The first time I saw them ~'71. The audience were like deer's staring into the headlights. They didn't know what hit him. Most came to see Tull. They really didn't have a clue. To me Gentle Giant should be the definition of what prog is. Today no one can define it. (in a hundred words or less) Zappa was right about them.
I hear you man, I saw the 6 times from 1974' to 1977' from Boston, RI to NYC then and opening for Jethro Tull (Who Loved GG) and Yes to name two Big Prog acts and they Headlined their tour in 1976' and 77' when I saw them. Always Great fun and full of energy on stage and one of my Very favorite Prog bands to have seen in the 1970s by these Fantastic Multi-instrumentalists along with Yes/ King Crimson/ Genesis & Jethro Tull, It was the Best Era Ever in my view !! 👍🎶🎸🎹🥁🎤🎻🎷🎼✌
Gentle Giant is where serious listeners go to measure their prog chops. Probably the greatest band I never saw, although I did catch five Three Friends shows with Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore, with a couple shows with Kerry at the beginning of their short run.
@@mikemicrael5749 Yes I agree, Three Friends has been fun over the years !! 🎶
I can Define p r o g in three words Emerson Lake and Palmer😊
@@edljnehan2811 Saw Keith when he was with the Nice. Pink Floyd opened for them. I'll stick with Gentle Giant.
If you want to make a full album reaction i would suggest their third studio work, "Three friends", a truly fantastic concept album!
I'm glad you reacted to them. They are probably tied with Yes as my favorite band. Very underrated band.
They are severely underrated. These guys are absolutely epic in every way. I love everything I've heard from them so far.
@L33Reacts Indeed. If you're interested in going further, the albums "In a Glass House" and "Free Hand" are great choices to delve into early on.
They are the only band I know of that compositionally is in a league with Yes.
I stumbled across them in the 70's. Heard one song and I was hooked.
Dude these guys are you amazing. I love the harmonies so much. And Instrumentally they are so energetic 😍 😄 it's so good
Good for you for diving into early 1st GG. This song is true to their name Gentle yet Giant! The first 3 albums are brilliantly unique compared to the ones that later eventually consolidated their signature counterpoint style. Creatively their sophistication soared from this to their 3rd album. This, their prog-psychedelic 1st album immediately demonstrated that GG were not going to be your ordinary outfit considering the drastic transformation from their previous fairly successful British Pop incarnation called Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. They reformed and completely changed their entire ethos with this album. Their 2nd & 3rd are one-of-a-kind masterpieces!
The 'Flanged' effect on the drums, was produced in studio, by literally pushing the recording tape with your finger as it goes through the heads 😮
This Effect I've heard at first on the Album 'Just a Poke' (1970) from the Jazz-Fusion Band 'Sweet Smoke' on the Track called 'Silly Sally'. A very good Album. Meanwhile legendary. Absolute recommendable. ☺ Kind Regards Heinz.
@@heinzmuller159 yes, in the digital age its hard to believe that such basic 'kitchen sink' techniques were employed by producers/engineers...but hey, it sounds incredible 😃
Also...a modern guitar flanger pedal mimics this effect, the difference in a chorus pedal, is that IT mimics a Leslie cabinet..on slow spin "Chorus" setting 👍
Yep. Manual flange.
@@jayburdification ooer missus!! 😉😂
Lee, I recommend the live video of Gentle Giant's "Funny Ways" to witness the virtuosity of keyboardist Kerry Minnear. Sheer genius!
A must see
When they did this live, all 5 members of the band would join in on the one drum kit,
One of the few American bands of the time who comes close to GG, in their own way, is Happy The Man. Check out “Kneebitten Nymphs In Limbo”.
Everything by HtM is excellent. My go-to recommendation for those who haven’t heard them is “Steaming Pipes.”
Hi Lee, Yes more Gentle Giant !! 👍🎼
Hey not for nothing but your title always says "Drummer Reacts", when are we all going to see you playing your Kit to some Classic Rock & Prog tunes Lee ? Come on man we would Love to see it !! 🧔♀🥁🎶
Bro if I had my kit still, you would have. Sadly what's left of it is at My mom's house about a hour away. During my drug years I pawned about half of my equipment. Probably more then half. So I'm trying to get the pieces back but I'm honestly too poor and have nowhere to put it. I've got kids. Unfortunately drumming is at the bottom of the totem pole at this point of my life.
@@L33Reacts I hear you Lee, I had to sell all my Drums, Percussion & Guitars when I had a Total financial collapse in the 2008' recession, the company I worked for was sold and ended, the I had 4 surgeries and many procedures for my back, neck, arm & shoulder !! I got nothing anymore just good concert memories !! 🎶
Gary Green's heavy, bluesy guitar was always a excellent contrast to the more delicate passages. They were always excellent at integrating those elements--the same with Derek Shulman's gritty singing vs. Kerry's and Phil's harmonies.
Fantastic Debut Album. My favourite of the Giant.🙂
Got to see them live , long long ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ☮☮💘💘💥💥
If you want to do a full album listen of Gentle Giant I recommend THREE FRIENDS or IN A GLASS HOUSE (can't recall offhand which GG songs youve listened to so far), but they are wicked good conceptual albums.
There was a certain amount of Roger Chapman (Family) influence goin on , in everybody's vocal in 1971 ! 😂
Roger Chapman influenced a lot of singers, though his vocals are a bit much for the casual listener. I'm always ready to hear more Family!
My first exposure to GG. I know some other reactors seem obsessed, so there must be something there.
Now that I’ve given a listen, I would definitely have had this album in my collection.
There is definitely something here my friend! These guys are SO undervalued. They pack a helluva harmony punch and the riffs are always groovy
Love this track, typical GG, pure joy 🤩
...Gentle Giant wasted no time... they meant business right from the first album, first song - such an awesome band!
Gentle Giant was one of prog rock's most experimental bands. Maybe King Crimson was even farther out there,but-- GG always seemed to keep more of a 'song' in there ideas. Most anything they did through the Interview album is worthy of checking into. Got to se them 4-5 times back in the early/mid 70's....mindbogglingly talented cats! The first time was opening for Jethro Tull on the Thick As A Brick tour--if you can imagine that! Check out some live y-tube vids,Lee....you'll be amazed! Cheers, T
The thing about this first album was it included songs that were from the transition period from Simon Dupree to Gentle Giant, so it's often less proggy than the later albums. But not in a bad way. As long as you're not expecting the sort of convoluted medieval prog rock of the classic period albums there's a lot to like about these early recordings (the drum solo wasn't the best idea, but it was the early 70's...) Also, oldest brother Phil Shulman is most involved on these early albums, so you hear his singing and instrumental contributions more than on later albums. He starts fading away starting with Three Friends. For something great but different from this album, check out "Isn't It Quiet and Cold?" (An awesome video was made for it.)
Phase shifter 12:55 on the skins solo. An effect not used much anymore. Love this track. Check out steven Wilson's remix compilation with this track and a shorter version without the drum solo...it's called three piece suite. A compilation of tracks from gentle giants first three albums plus a never released bonus track.
I had this album for years before I ventured to listen to more GG. I was amazed when I finally did!
Great reaction to a great song from their first album 🤙 other great tracks from this album is *Funny Ways, Alucard* and *Why Not?*
*The Power and The Glory* and *Three Friends* are the albums that definitely should be full-album-reactions, and even *Acquiring the Taste* would work better this way actually. The rest I would say works okay as single song listens but would actually recommend doing all of them full-album, it's the best experience IMO.
Never heard this tune and maybe not anything off this album. Very nice. With these acoustic guitars and vocals, it reminds me of Genesis. Very Gothic proggy. Love when they cut loose. Distorted drums? (who is the drummer? Martin Smith, thanks) They are showing us what weirdness is coming. [C,S,N&Y meets Frank Zappa] Very cool.
If you do a full album consider Octopus
What GG always seems to be saying, musically and to the subject in their lyrics, is PAY ATTENTION!
That's exactly what it is! Gotta keep you on your toes!
This album establishes their sound as both 'gentle' and 'giant' 😊. It's well worth exploring the whole thing. (Spoiler alert: it ends with the UK national anthem played Hendrix style).
Bonus fun fact: A young session player called Reg Dwight (Elton John) was offered the keyboard gig at first, but turned it down. They made the right choice in getting Kerry Minnear IMO.
No way?? That's crazy lol I had no idea about that. Yeah Kerry was the right choice LOL
@@L33Reacts Yeah, the Shulman brothers had an earlier career as a 60s pop group called Simon Dupree And The Big Sound. Reg/Elton worked with them on one of their singles. They were getting fed up with doing pop and wanted to flex their musical muscles more. Elton is a fine musician, but he recognised that the direction they wanted to go was too eclectic and avant garde for him.
"There's a lady who is sure all that glitters is gold..." Does this predate Zep 4?
Have you Done ”so sincere” from the power and the Glory?
You definitely have to react to the song "Spiritus, Manes Et Umbra" by Dr. Z - there's a lengthy drum solo in it, not necessarily great, but similar sounding to this one a bit.
Great ear, great instincts once again, young dude. With Giant it wasn't just virtuosity, multi-instrumentalism and fearlessness--it was their use of song dynamics that set them apart more than anything else. Nice reaction. Please try Horslips, from the same era. Anything from Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part, or the Book of Celtic Invasions, or Drive the Cold Winter Away.
🎉🎉🎉he is going to love Gentle Giant 🎉🎉🎉🎉
it's a strong song, innit? album's great... first two tracks are two of my ATF GGs. have you done 2nd album "Acquiring The Taste"? a lot of great stuff on there too. I'm an unapologetic giant fanboy... and they're Scottish, like me. :-)
This is nothing to do with Gentle Giant but I wanted to let you know that if you watch the video of the song "Rondo" by ELP at the Isle of White festival, it shows Carl Palmer doing an awesome solo. That concert is what sky rocketed their career.
Steve Wilson cut out the whole drum solo on his mix of this.
Gentle Giant was a great band, but they sometimes got too "Artsy Fartsy" for their own good and to the detriment of their music.
It happens! Still great imo 👌