I'm 61 and I only heard Gentle Giant this year. By chance I heard "The Street, The House, The Room" with the eccentric little fiddly bits and was intrigued. So naturally I've gone through the whole catalogue. They are absolutely amazing and I play very little else.
Some here have commented that Gentle Giant were way ahead of their time and on an entirely different level, which are very true...but they carved out and occupied their own patch, and they preferred it that way. As Derek Shulman said, "we create our music at the risk of becoming very unpopular"...most people viewed them as oddities, unfathomable intellectuals, or just plain weird; they just didn't get it. But those of us who did get it loved it and still love it all these years later! They were incredible and one of a kind!
Their riffs are full of space, which was always remarkable. For a progressive rock band playing off-kilter grooves over polyrhythmic-odd-time-signatures, that angular space funked things up ~ 2:48 funk from all that space they put between beats. You could almost dance to it but you could always feel it. You could certainly twitch to it quite satisfactorily.
I think their cult level of fans has more to do with their music being more musicians'music than most other prog bands. Don't get me wrong, I also love more commercial sounding prog bands and that music also has its deserved place to be. But the intricacies of GG's music maybe responds better when you yourself are in some way making music . Not that not-musicians cannot like them: but for them it's most of the time an 'acquired taste', while musicians get their music more from their own experience.
Saw them in Los Angeles at the Whiskey and the electricity went off...they perform acoustically for 30 minutes without missing a beat. Excellent concert!
Thanks Guys for watching and listening to Gentle Giant! I am amazed at all the folks who either have been following the band or who just discovered these talented musicians and Derek Schulman as manager of his own record company DRT records. The band is amazing still if you have seen "Three Friends" with Gary Green you know. I'd just like to say thanks and GG lives on. The Steven Wilson remixes are great. I encourage you to check out more GG on youtube
I once worked the stage at the Paladium in NYC sometime in the mid '70s. There were three bands on the bill. Alvin Lee and Company of 10 Years After was the headline band, Gentle Giant was the second band on the bill and were just beginning to find their way. The third band was Columbia records attempting to recreate ELP in America. It was of course a three piece band called American Tears. My friend worked for them so we both ended up on stage for this concert and all three bands played two shows that day. One in the afternoon and a second that evening. I actually met the guys from GG and I smoked a joint with Alvin Lee while his drummer was playing a solo. It was a memorable day.
These guys are so far ahead of the musical curve! Five seriously musical geniuses that blend so well together and enjoying the experience. Live they were always jumping up and down on stage having a ball! Thank God for Gentle Giant. They made my college years ecstatic.
... as are all their previous albums, especially Free Hand, In A Glass House, and The Power And The Glory. But after Interview they went rapidly downhill.
Go listen to Giant for a Day or Civilian in their entirety and I'm sure you'll find that, despite not being so proggy, they're still products of Giant and are actually extremely enjoyable and well written. I personally like all 11 albums, all for different reasons, hopefully you find something new if you decide to listen once more.
@@creaketh Totally agree with you especially missing piece damm great and way to underated amongst most GG fans.Simply no matter what they came up with they could do no wrong.they were/are the greatest most criminally underated band ever
I’ve often wondered how carefully Derek crafted his vocals such that sometimes he sounded sharp or flat but it really worked and seemed purposeful. A sample like Way of Life is clear but something like this track - when he hits “today” in “same as in today” it’s noticeable to me - or am I mishearing! Anyway it’s a testament to his voice that I’ve never heard a singer in 3F or cover band come close to Derek’s original.
John was only a 4/4 drummer who happened to fall in with 4 other strange musicians then had to conform to some more complex stuff than just 4/4, he did it rather well.
1:52 when i First listened to that piano section i had goosebumps, this is maybe the best "dissonant" song ever. Only genius like these band members could create songs like this, proclamation, playing the game, advent of panurge etc... Another Song that is not much considered is "Inside Out" of their last album.
The most complex and sophisticated Progressive Band ever. Only Yes 1971-1974 could be compared in original complex compositions. But Gentle Giant si still nowadays the most exquisite original real progressive Rock band ever. RÄ.
Fantastic music!~great sound!~ I remember those old "gell" lights, so hot, they made our hairspray catch on fire!~Hot!!~ Wonderful music always, the best!
With I believe some newspaper laid out on the strings for the "crispy" effect... Yes, badass funky prog! Listen to that bass guitar figure during the piano solo... So simple yet so good!
This soundtrack is obviously the studio album, but you'd hardly know it because the music's so rehearsed (you know it because Kerry can't bang out the acoustic piano both-handed while also comping with the organ) ;)
Yes 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. What can we tell you? At the beginning had no direction, Any other way. After the fourth one, realization, Finding our road, the same as if today. 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. 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. 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? 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. What can we tell you? At the beginning had no direction, Any other way. After the fourth one, realization, Finding our road, the same as if today.
I've always been a big fan of their unique multi-instrumentalist talents. I love their blend of Rock, Jazz, Baroque, Celtic and folk. Saw them live 3 times. Jeez, amazing! :) and to think that Derek went on to run Roadrunner Records and signed bands like Slipknot, Dream Theater and Type -O- Negative :)
Cannibal Corpse too. Thank You for checking this out. I am seeing a lot more people delving into music that was made in the 70's. Gentle Giant was an amazing band.
I am from Russia, 56 years old. I'm a life-long Beatles fan, and I like GG too. I think they are No 1 in prog rock, even above Genesis, Yes and ELP. But not above 10CC.
You're not alone. We are many all around the world. I love Gentle Giant since my teenage years in Uruguay, where this was a well respected cult band, back in the 70s. You can also check some videos made by people from the vinyl community, like the ones by the great collector/musician Dereck Higgins - an extraordinary guy who has a lot to share, not only musically speaking . If you feel curious, just type on youtube : dereckvon Collections: Gentle Giant pt. 1 & 2
In early 1977 I got to see them at the Dallas Electric Ballroom right after the Genesis Concert at SMU the same night. They didnt have any advertisements in the press about the show. Luckily they announced the event at the Genesis concert. Wow! What an evening for proggers!
Then you must have also seen the opening act, PRISM, which featured my stepbrother Steve Parker on bass. I hope to release the gig (soundboard!) someday, and I have two songs of Gentle Giant during soundcheck. The album Gentle Giant recorded in 1978 and up until they broke up, there's a special device for percussion that Prism's drummer John Rousseau built for them. Derek later produced some tracks for Prism (by this time they were known as Hands), and told them "by the way, you should quit playing progressive rock" ha ha! How ironic then that Hands music has been critically acclaimed and almost every review mentions how much like Gentle Giant they sound. Oh the irony.
WZUM, a progressive radio station in Pittsburgh, PA, played Gentle Giant back in the 70's. I don't know of any group that sounds remotely like them. Their fans are all around (Hi, there!)
Followed them from the very beginning knew pugwash when he was with strawberry dust / ancient grease the most underrated band of all time even today their music still sounds fresh brilliant band
@@1359401 IMHO they are both good, but not in the same league as the earlier records. I saw the Civilian tour (the last one) in 1980, and that material was even better live.
What's fun is it looks like Minnear is performing a real knock-out grand piano solo live in the room, even though we are hearing the record of course... Not sure about the drummer - maybe they all did it live in there after all?.. They did play it on tour back then...
Yeah, they did. It was a music video with the original album track back in 1976. This was before MTV. Many bands that were recording videos back then would make these promo videos with the band playing live and it was synced with the original track. Thus this video is lip-synched for airplay on TV music shows in the 70s. This was played on a show in the US called The Midnight Special. I got it off Giant on the Box DVD the first DVD, there are two DVD releases. Just go to the Gentle Giant website to buy.
Back in about 1980 I picked up a GG double compilation.At the time I remember I was trying to make sense of Yes’s Tales of Topographic Oceans but this GG was beyond me at the time.About ten years ago the penny dropped.I have all their albums now.Derek looks a bit like Paul Rodgers here
Turn it up ... enlighten your neighbors .. better yet , purchase for hundreds of thousands of dollars an awesome sound system for your awesome ride and tool thru town playing this for everyone .
Ray Shulman rocking his "Prince Valiant" look from 1940s films 😉 Btw the Rainbow Bass strap and Cover Art wasn't an LBGTQ thing !! Back in the 1960s-70s (my Era I grew up in) The Rainbow Button, Sticker or Flag was a Hippie thing for Peace, Love & Ecology !! Okay "Youts" Lol 😆
They would have gone down a treat at Glasgow's annual Celtic Connections festival. The Shulmans were a Gorbals family (infamous Glasgow district )and as their tribute to fellow Gorbals expat, the famous psychiatrist R.D. Laing, on their earlier 'Knots' proved, Glasgow has given the world so much more than sectarian violence.
Purtroppo si erano esibiti in PLAYBACK !!!!!! E come ho detto altre volte far esibire una band straordinaria come loro o come altre altrettanto splendide come YES KING CRIMSON VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR GENESIS PINK FLOYD CURVED AIR RENAISSANCE etc è sempre un DELITTO !!!!! Bands di questo straordinario talento si DEVONO esibire LIVE secondo me e NON in PLAYBACK !!!!!!
"Angry Giant" This song takes the cake as being the most tense and abrasive in their whole catalog. It just shouts "listen, we're dead tired from this crazy touring schedule, composing this stuff in hotel rooms and rehearsing where and when we can, then record it and spew it out in record time. We're pretty tense. Here's some sandpaper." Still top notch GG, though. Also, at 5:01, what are you laughing at, Kerry?
Derek Shulman thinks more on the business side of the music, he owns DRT music, home of death metallers and hardcore rock. This GG album "Interview" was at the middle end of their band. From "The Missing Piece" to "Civilian" was their change to shorter songs and more accessibility much like Genesis did for "And Then There Were Three". Thus, Derek also met Lee Abrams a radio promoter for the AOR programming which gave AOR Journey, Foreigner and REO Speedwagon constant airplay. They worked on "Civilian", gone were any prog sounds, but more straight ahead rock which failed miserably. I'll never forget the "Civilian" tour, people were scratching their heads, What's this?
About half of The Missing Piece is actually pretty good prog. Civilian is more hard-rock style, but still very good. The real stinker was Giant For A Day, which has only one or two listenable tunes on it, in my opinion.
"Two weeks in Spain" Showed the change in direction. You could tap your feet to the beat! :-D Loved them from the beginning though. Saw them live in '72
The Missing Piece was their best work in my opinion, but many people didn't like it, thinking they'd deviated from their roots. But it's the most listenable album of them all. If it wasn't for the punk revolution at the time it would have done really well.
To each's own Larry. Gentle Giant is an acquired taste. That's the title of their second album "Acquiring the Taste". I didn't like them at first, then I took a second listen and fell in love. Their live shows were incredible. Now this the 70's so it is outdated and part of the baby boomer's area, but I still like listening to them. I know Larry you share another view and that is cool. This is no argument page. It's only rock and roll and the extension of it, and we like it.
Well, I must tell you that the reason why this sounds uncannily like the album is that this video is dubbed to the album version. Back in the 70's they did a lot of this for music videos so they could air on different programs.
I'm 61 and I only heard Gentle Giant this year. By chance I heard "The Street, The House, The Room" with the eccentric little fiddly bits and was intrigued. So naturally I've gone through the whole catalogue. They are absolutely amazing and I play very little else.
Congrats for discovering the greatest most epic legendary unique innovative genius band ever.
Some here have commented that Gentle Giant were way ahead of their time and on an entirely different level, which are very true...but they carved out and occupied their own patch, and they preferred it that way. As Derek Shulman said, "we create our music at the risk of becoming very unpopular"...most people viewed them as oddities, unfathomable intellectuals, or just plain weird; they just didn't get it. But those of us who did get it loved it and still love it all these years later! They were incredible and one of a kind!
Their riffs are full of space, which was always remarkable. For a progressive rock band playing off-kilter grooves over polyrhythmic-odd-time-signatures, that angular space funked things up ~ 2:48 funk from all that space they put between beats. You could almost dance to it but you could always feel it. You could certainly twitch to it quite satisfactorily.
Absolutely 💯
Well said sir. 👍
Ray is such an awesome bassplayer. With all the great technical ability and odd time signatures, this band could MOVE.
Easily the most criminally underated bassist ever
I agree! Yeah Ray!
He was one of a kind... R.I.P.
Ray is one of my bass guitar heroes!😉
When John starts singing Derrek gets out of the way of the camera. I got such a surprise.
This band was incredibly talented.......and I must say way Under-rated!
You came close and almost go it correct-your comment should have said-This band was/is the greatest ever and the most criminally underated ever
1359401 no, he was right, you’re over the top.
@@Eleventhearlofmars lol, aw give him a pass, it's hard to not get excited over the incredible, creative musicality and ability of these guys.
@@JoeDiVitaMusic not to overlook their commitment to quality, musical quality, over money of pop "success". A perfectionism for the ages.
I think their cult level of fans has more to do with their music being more musicians'music than most other prog bands. Don't get me wrong, I also love more commercial sounding prog bands and that music also has its deserved place to be. But the intricacies of GG's music maybe responds better when you yourself are in some way making music . Not that not-musicians cannot like them: but for them it's most of the time an 'acquired taste', while musicians get their music more from their own experience.
This is simply in another level. There's no point in comparing.
Aw c'mon! Cardi B and what's er name, Billie Eilish are just as good, right?
@@JoeDiVitaMusic I have no idea who those are... I mean, for real.
@@JoeDiVitaMusic GG would be totally into Billie Eilish. She's ridiculously talented.
Seeing john singing is great lol
Saw them in Los Angeles at the Whiskey and the electricity went off...they perform acoustically for 30 minutes without missing a beat. Excellent concert!
In the dark?
Cool
Did they light candles?
Gentle Giant MTV: Unplugged
@@Ninja_S1000RR-R But before MTV.
Thanks Guys for watching and listening to Gentle Giant! I am amazed at all the folks who either have been following the band or who just discovered these talented musicians and Derek Schulman as manager of his own record company DRT records. The band is amazing still if you have seen "Three Friends" with Gary Green you know. I'd just like to say thanks and GG lives on. The Steven Wilson remixes are great. I encourage you to check out more GG on youtube
My God, there is so much musicality and beautiful enthusiasm in this song... I'm speechless.
You can safely say that no one sounds like GG; what a great band.
I was there,......June 1976 Cow Palace, San Francisco G.G. with Yes. Greatest concert I have ever experienced.
Me too! You handed me a joint.
No, I did not. If you hadn't taken your mescaline pill you may know who gave you the pot.
I once worked the stage at the Paladium in NYC sometime in the mid '70s. There were three bands on the bill. Alvin Lee and Company of 10 Years After was the headline band, Gentle Giant was the second band on the bill and were just beginning to find their way. The third band was Columbia records attempting to recreate ELP in America. It was of course a three piece band called American Tears. My friend worked for them so we both ended up on stage for this concert and all three bands played two shows that day. One in the afternoon and a second that evening. I actually met the guys from GG and I smoked a joint with Alvin Lee while his drummer was playing a solo. It was a memorable day.
Gentle Giant and Jethro Tull are inspiratory fuel.
Saw them live many times. Amazing band. They were terrific in Central Park NYC Wow that was some gig.
Such a very special band of very talented musicians.........Exceptional indeed!!!!!!!!!
Interview is the most underrated GG album. One of their best
Missing piece is their most underated-then interview
This was the album my dad recommended to me when I asked him "what album should I start with"
@@billgaming8623 It’s pretty accessible. I think The Power and the Glory is the best album to best get into them
😀It’s great to see the drummer is a Oakland A’s fan🥁🥁🥁🥁
These guys are so far ahead of the musical curve! Five seriously musical geniuses that blend so well together and enjoying the experience. Live they were always jumping up and down on stage having a ball! Thank God for Gentle Giant. They made my college years ecstatic.
Was lucky enough to see them several times back in the 70's. Still listen to their cd's when I'm driving.
Interview is a fantastic album.
... as are all their previous albums, especially Free Hand, In A Glass House, and The Power And The Glory. But after Interview they went rapidly downhill.
@@robst247 Hi, yes agrees on that. I can sure understand it as well after so many great albums.
Go listen to Giant for a Day or Civilian in their entirety and I'm sure you'll find that, despite not being so proggy, they're still products of Giant and are actually extremely enjoyable and well written. I personally like all 11 albums, all for different reasons, hopefully you find something new if you decide to listen once more.
@@creaketh Totally agree with you especially missing piece damm great and way to underated amongst most GG fans.Simply no matter what they came up with they could do no wrong.they were/are the greatest most criminally underated band ever
My God, Derek's voice !
I saw these guys in Swansea uk at the brangwyn hall 1974, unbelievable !!!!
I’ve often wondered how carefully Derek crafted his vocals such that sometimes he sounded sharp or flat but it really worked and seemed purposeful. A sample like Way of Life is clear but something like this track - when he hits “today” in “same as in today” it’s noticeable to me - or am I mishearing! Anyway it’s a testament to his voice that I’ve never heard a singer in 3F or cover band come close to Derek’s original.
Manband Pugwash, yay! John Weathers is a hero of mine.
JW is the perfect drummer. A powerful machine most of the time, with some unexpected frills only when it's fitting
John was only a 4/4 drummer who happened to fall in with 4 other strange musicians then had to conform to some more complex stuff than just 4/4, he did it rather well.
This was the first album with G.G. i bought, 10 years old. It was a revolution for my musical enjoyment and still is. One of my favorite albums.
Such a funky beat. Love it! Clever lyrics, the arrangement could make your head explode, yet it all comes together perfectly.
1:52 when i First listened to that piano section i had goosebumps, this is maybe the best "dissonant" song ever. Only genius like these band members could create songs like this, proclamation, playing the game, advent of panurge etc... Another Song that is not much considered is "Inside Out" of their last album.
Gentle Giant is THE GOAT!!! Absolutely!
Yes indeed-the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Great Album. I have it.
The most sublimely insane and fun band in the history of forever!
Prog but very funky, indeed.
this is genius! i wish more people could appreciate this kind of music
Alien music from outer space ♥
You had to be there in the 70s to understand GG.
My best favorite band! . My best favorite tune!
The most complex and sophisticated Progressive Band ever. Only Yes 1971-1974 could be compared in original complex compositions. But Gentle Giant si still nowadays the most exquisite original real progressive Rock band ever. RÄ.
Such an infectious sound from an underrated band!
I'm in love with this song... ❤️
Well you should be-they are the greatest band ever
An absolutely awesome and perfect performance of my favourite Gentle Giant track.
I didn’t expect them to bother having John mine his vocal part.
Fantastic music!~great sound!~ I remember those old "gell" lights, so hot, they made our hairspray catch on fire!~Hot!!~ Wonderful music always, the best!
Fantastic song love the bass guitar in this.
This is definitely their best song. That dissonant piano part takes the cake.
just about everyone of their songs are the best ones
With I believe some newspaper laid out on the strings for the "crispy" effect...
Yes, badass funky prog! Listen to that bass guitar figure during the piano solo... So simple yet so good!
Yeah pure funk that bassline
Cool vibes!!! ❤
These ways were way ahead of other groups in complexity!
This soundtrack is obviously the studio album, but you'd hardly know it because the music's so rehearsed (you know it because Kerry can't bang out the acoustic piano both-handed while also comping with the organ) ;)
it was a promo video to air on Midnight Special.
@@danpage79 Anyone know where the rest of it is?
I actually his voice fits the music perfectly
Indeed, Derek's voice is great and his vocals are unique, just like GG!
This is uncannily like the LP version, tight or what? Just an Awesome Band.
Interview is after acquiring the taste my favorite GG recording.
Gentle Giant.. the nightmare of ALL the fucking famous bands in the WORLD
The only groups that played as inventively were Frank Zappa's.
Graham Exton mahavishnu orchestra?!
Intense and intricate composition...simply amazing to watch!
This is awesome.
Yes 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.
What can we tell you?
At the beginning had no direction,
Any other way.
After the fourth one, realization,
Finding our road, the same as if today.
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.
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.
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?
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.
What can we tell you?
At the beginning had no direction,
Any other way.
After the fourth one, realization,
Finding our road, the same as if today.
Thank You !
I've always been a big fan of their unique multi-instrumentalist talents. I love their blend of Rock, Jazz, Baroque, Celtic and folk. Saw them live 3 times. Jeez, amazing! :) and to think that Derek went on to run Roadrunner Records and signed bands like Slipknot, Dream Theater and Type -O- Negative :)
Cannibal Corpse too. Thank You for checking this out. I am seeing a lot more people delving into music that was made in the 70's. Gentle Giant was an amazing band.
probably the best Demis Rousos cover done by Gentle Giant, if you hear the original, its night and day.
I thought it was an actual Interview but it turns out it was a video of the song Interview. Lmaooo
Beyond the beyond, the best
I am from Russia, 56 years old. I'm a life-long Beatles fan, and I like GG too. I think they are No 1 in prog rock, even above Genesis, Yes and ELP. But not above 10CC.
Hello, Mihxail Povorin. Thanks for your comment all the way from Russia!. I think so too.
I can't find any persons to really like GG. Other than the odd musician geniuses i know from far and wide. We're doomed
I'm thick as a brick and i love GG :)
There are many of us. I once met a man in a very foreign place.He had a GG t-shirt. Long story short. I made a new friend that day.
Gentle Giant opened for Jethro Tull, and Ian Anderson loved them. He has said kind things about GG, also Frank Zappa liked them too.
incredible!
You're not alone. We are many all around the world. I love Gentle Giant since my teenage years in Uruguay, where this was a well respected cult band, back in the 70s. You can also check some videos made by people from the vinyl community, like the ones by the great collector/musician Dereck Higgins - an extraordinary guy who has a lot to share, not only musically speaking . If you feel curious, just type on youtube : dereckvon Collections: Gentle Giant pt. 1 & 2
Bloody marvellous!👏🏻🇬🇧
In early 1977 I got to see them at the Dallas Electric Ballroom right after the Genesis Concert at SMU the same night. They didnt have any advertisements in the press about the show. Luckily they announced the event at the Genesis concert. Wow! What an evening for proggers!
Then you must have also seen the opening act, PRISM, which featured my stepbrother Steve Parker on bass. I hope to release the gig (soundboard!) someday, and I have two songs of Gentle Giant during soundcheck. The album Gentle Giant recorded in 1978 and up until they broke up, there's a special device for percussion that Prism's drummer John Rousseau built for them. Derek later produced some tracks for Prism (by this time they were known as Hands), and told them "by the way, you should quit playing progressive rock" ha ha! How ironic then that Hands music has been critically acclaimed and almost every review mentions how much like Gentle Giant they sound. Oh the irony.
i thought it was an interview with gentle giant, not a song.
me too lol!
check the words out,,,
randy dunn no prog song wants you to pay attention to the words
@@chopvansuey Gentle Giant's lyrics are pretty freaking good man
Me too
WZUM, a progressive radio station in Pittsburgh, PA, played Gentle Giant back in the 70's. I don't know of any group that sounds remotely like them. Their fans are all around (Hi, there!)
Fantastic!
Gentle Giant es LA BANDA
I remember using the exact same expression (but in french) while talking to some friends in a party and they were laughing haha
Great company to the pandemic moment
Excellence is excellence.
This is excellence.
Followed them from the very beginning knew pugwash when he was with strawberry dust / ancient grease the most underrated band of all time even today their music still sounds fresh brilliant band
They are/were the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Their last great album, this. Nice video to the studio track, hadn't seen it before. 😊
Disagree-missing piece and civilian are damm great legendary albums.
@@1359401 IMHO they are both good, but not in the same league as the earlier records. I saw the Civilian tour (the last one) in 1980, and that material was even better live.
What's fun is it looks like Minnear is performing a real knock-out grand piano solo live in the room, even though we are hearing the record of course... Not sure about the drummer - maybe they all did it live in there after all?.. They did play it on tour back then...
Yeah, they did. It was a music video with the original album track back in 1976. This was before MTV. Many bands that were recording videos back then would make these promo videos with the band playing live and it was synced with the original track. Thus this video is lip-synched for airplay on TV music shows in the 70s. This was played on a show in the US called The Midnight Special. I got it off Giant on the Box DVD the first DVD, there are two DVD releases. Just go to the Gentle Giant website to buy.
Back in about 1980 I picked up a GG double compilation.At the time I remember I was trying to make sense of Yes’s Tales of Topographic Oceans but this GG was beyond me at the time.About ten years ago the penny dropped.I have all their albums now.Derek looks a bit like Paul Rodgers here
Great job syncing this up! :-) One of my most favorite GG songs!
Turn it up ... enlighten your neighbors ..
better yet , purchase for hundreds of thousands of dollars an awesome sound system
for your awesome ride and tool thru town playing this for
everyone .
Mind-blowing music! Long live GG!
this is the house of the prog music
Ray Shulman rocking his "Prince Valiant" look from 1940s films 😉 Btw the Rainbow Bass strap and Cover Art wasn't an LBGTQ thing !! Back in the 1960s-70s (my Era I grew up in) The Rainbow Button, Sticker or Flag was a Hippie thing for Peace, Love & Ecology !!
Okay "Youts" Lol 😆
Me too, & I'm still a hippie!
@@paulbennett772 Haha there yah go !! Lol ☺ ✌
They would have gone down a treat at Glasgow's annual Celtic Connections festival. The Shulmans were a Gorbals family (infamous Glasgow district )and as their tribute to fellow Gorbals expat, the famous psychiatrist R.D. Laing, on their earlier 'Knots' proved, Glasgow has given the world so much more than sectarian violence.
YES, Kansas, ELP, but less known, at least here in the USA. Love them though.
The audio quality of this video is high. TY 4 uploading it.
Purtroppo si erano esibiti in PLAYBACK !!!!!! E come ho detto altre volte far esibire una band straordinaria come loro o come altre altrettanto splendide come YES KING CRIMSON VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR GENESIS PINK FLOYD CURVED AIR RENAISSANCE etc è sempre un DELITTO !!!!! Bands di questo straordinario talento si DEVONO esibire LIVE secondo me e NON in PLAYBACK !!!!!!
too good!
Actually when this album came out in '76 I was rather disappointed a lot of it is hard to listen to very often
☮mágicos tempos; eu os vivi☮
delicious -- how does anyone get this good -- must be something in the water in London , ....
Golders Green
"Angry Giant"
This song takes the cake as being the most tense and abrasive in their whole catalog. It just shouts "listen, we're dead tired from this crazy touring schedule, composing this stuff in hotel rooms and rehearsing where and when we can, then record it and spew it out in record time. We're pretty tense. Here's some sandpaper."
Still top notch GG, though.
Also, at 5:01, what are you laughing at, Kerry?
The idea of making a lip-synced video?
Also, "Another Show"
Best band ever!
Unbelievable! 2021!
Derek Shulman thinks more on the business side of the music, he owns DRT music, home of death metallers and hardcore rock. This GG album "Interview" was at the middle end of their band. From "The Missing Piece" to "Civilian" was their change to shorter songs and more accessibility much like Genesis did for "And Then There Were Three". Thus, Derek also met Lee Abrams a radio promoter for the AOR programming which gave AOR Journey, Foreigner and REO Speedwagon constant airplay. They worked on "Civilian", gone were any prog sounds, but more straight ahead rock which failed miserably. I'll never forget the "Civilian" tour, people were scratching their heads, What's this?
+dan page I like civilian
About half of The Missing Piece is actually pretty good prog. Civilian is more hard-rock style, but still very good. The real stinker was Giant For A Day, which has only one or two listenable tunes on it, in my opinion.
"Two weeks in Spain" Showed the change in direction.
You could tap your feet to the beat! :-D
Loved them from the beginning though. Saw them live in '72
The Missing Piece was their best work in my opinion, but many people didn't like it, thinking they'd deviated from their roots. But it's the most listenable album of them all. If it wasn't for the punk revolution at the time it would have done really well.
forgot about that one. you are right.
My guys!!!
Did John Weathers played with Pete Brown..Pique Weathers à drummer was John????
Fantastic writing and playing. GG were in a league of their own. What a shame they tried to go commercial after Interview and compromised on quality.
Awesome quality!
To each's own Larry. Gentle Giant is an acquired taste. That's the title of their second album "Acquiring the Taste". I didn't like them at first, then I took a second listen and fell in love. Their live shows were incredible. Now this the 70's so it is outdated and part of the baby boomer's area, but I still like listening to them. I know Larry you share another view and that is cool. This is no argument page. It's only rock and roll and the extension of it, and we like it.
Puuuhh,, found it, my favourit song on youtube
Um zé mané da gota serena não gostou do vídeo...ah mizeravi !!
PERFECT!!!!!
Well, I must tell you that the reason why this sounds uncannily like the album is that this video is dubbed to the album version. Back in the 70's they did a lot of this for music videos so they could air on different programs.
gaaahd this song goes hard
Incredible quality, was the whole show recorded?
Brilliant!
Heb alle LP's van dit geweldige clubje.
How it comes back around after 4:30. Fucking amazing