Why not play something from Camembert Electrique by Gong. This is the first vinyl record I bought from Gong. One thing is for sure, if you like Gong, you like Zappa. Maybe I'm right?
Currently touring UK with Ozric Tentacles. I have my tickets. I love this band so much, and the myriad off shoot bands and projects. I have flown continents to see them play live, many many times.
There are definitely quite a few moments between Gong and Can that share the madness. Songs like "Augmn", "Peeking O", "Soup" and "Spray" come to mind.
Hey JP from Nedley in Mallorca ! Nice choice ! Gong are a wonderful, wacky delight with a cracking tight band that could do anything from funky to trippy to an out and out raging rocker. Leader Daevid Allen from Australia, went to the UK, was a founder of Soft Machine. In 1968 he ended up on our island of Mallorca, performing many times in the mountain town of Deia then moved to France and Australia but returned to Deia to perform from time to time. Unfortunately we never got to see that or meet him before his death in 2015.
Trippin Music! Although my chemical enhancement days are sadly long behind me, I look back fondly on them. And Gong was a big part of the soundtrack of my early years. Since the death of leader Daevid Allen a dude named Kavus Torabi has taken the Gong ball and run with it. And they're making really good music still and won't disappoint. Kavus has another band called Knifeworld that everyone should really hear as well.
Who else provides whimsical druggy space jazz? Gong always hits a sweet spot. Loved your reaction. If you want to keep going, "You" is another great album. Take care Justin.
The name of the effect for the guitar that you were looking for is "wah-wah pedal". Great album; you will especially laugh when you hear the last track "Witch's Song / I am your Pussy", which features the F-word and maniacal laughter.
The Smiths, Hawkwind, Gong - JP is literally tracing through the music of my student days - great music - loving it. I would recommend the Planet Gong live 77 album - and the track Allez Alibaba Blacksheep have you any Bullsh*t. This music vibes very well with Hawkwind and Amon Düül
@@Katehowe3010 - I hadn't before, but now I'm not so sure. I reckon it's more Gong than, say, Shamal. (And the applause was taken off a Gong live tape, or so I once heard the bloke who would have been involved in it say.)
Ahh Yes Justin, the French Spacey Prog-Fusion Masters !!!👍🎶 You've made me proud over the years with your Pro growth Grasshopper !! 🦗😉 First the Top acts like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull .... 🎼 Then the Deep Prog knowledge like Nektar, Gentle Giant & Gong !! ✌ No "Radio Play" here just Great Musicianship, Cops & Fun !! 🎶🎸🎹🥁🎷🎤🎵
Always amazed to see you listening to music that was obscure even when i was young, I lived through this, there were only a few "in the know" when I was at school, we never heard anything like this on the radio and without streaming services had to learn about music by buying or borrowing albums. Well done mate!
What a fun, well done song. It scratches both prog and jazz itches at the same time. This is a keeper. edited to add that it isn't surprising that it is over your head... it is flying isn't it? Stands to reason then that it would be over your head.
I've been more used to the various live versions of this track so it was interesting to hear the original again. Disappointed that you didn't go into the pseudonyms of the players - that's an episode in itself! It's classic Gong but 80% Allen and I could have done with a bit more Tim Blake and Steve Hillage. The trilogy builds and gets better and better. Keep going!
‘Radio Gnome Invisible’ is a trilogy, consisting of: ‘Flying Teapot’, ‘Angel’s Egg’, and ‘You’. They’re all wonderful albums, and do have a unifying theme (the search for enlightenment, which is the serious stuff underpinning the whimsy). Thank you for giving this incredible band some love. Great reaction, as always. Cheers.
Time to try some Stereolab especially Cybilles reverie maybe (I would love this) some The Monochrome Set track called 10 don'ts for honeymooners to start you off on the rabbithole
This is great stuff, for more whimsical space jazz and anther long song Saturday please listen to Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra, Space Is The Place.
Ok, this was very cool. I've never heard of Gong before you first reacted to them. I'm also glad you finally got back to RUSH. Still not sure why you went away from them for so long. You've also gone away from Renaissance. Really hope you get back to them too, and keep them in your rotation of all the interesting and unique music that you react to, along with YES, RUSH, Renaissance, and a few others that I 'greatly enjoy'. You're almost done with U.K. sadly, since they only put out 2 albums, though there's a couple songs on their live album that you should definitely check out. 'Night After Night' is a very good song, that I 'know' you'll enjoy. The other is called 'As Long As You Want Me Here'. Not sure if you'll like that one or not. I'm still not sure what I think of it, lol. However, the band that I'll keep requesting until you react to them is Gypsy. I think they put out 4 albums, but I also 'think' each album wasn't as good as the previous one. The first album is great. I think their second album 'might' be worth listening to as well. Don't think the other 2 are worth it though. Don't 'think so' : ) Oh yes, 2 more song requests, which I highly recommend that you react to in one video. Brand X: 'The Poke' and 'Masques' (they're the first 2 songs on the album 'Masques') I'll just say this: Percy Jones plays a fretless bass, which I know you've already heard, since you've reacted to some Brand X before, but just trust me on this Justin, you want to hear Percy's bass on these 2 pieces of music. After all, have I ever steered your wrong before? 😛
cheeers JP :) Any chance of a return to Cardiacs please at some point? I met Kavus from Gong + Cardiacs and he was fantastic, imposing but friendly and very passionate about music.
The beginning sounds like the halfway segment of Pink Floyd's 'Echoes'. I haven't heard a lot of Gong but they were known by my hippie friends back in the 70's. I didn't have any records by them, only Steve Hillage solo album 'L'.
I like this stuff (though I can't always listen to it). Hearing this again now, there's definitely an influence on bands like King Gizzard coming from Gong!
Largely as Mr Adams said, good but not their best work. And the trilogy may well be the most famous pieces of DA's Gong, but lets not forget the earlier stuff. Camembert Electrique has always been my go to Gong album. And if you get to it you may find it an even bigger challenge than this, but very rewarding. Partic side 1, ha. Well worth a play, but it'd deffo have to be entire sides rather than tracks to make sense of it. Here's to us all seeing the submarine fly, and hearing the angels sing 🙂
Glissando guitar, used heavily by Allen and Hillage. I love the Canterbury scene. Lyrics are slice of life and sometimes silly. However, in the case of Gong and Daevid Allen, he was communicating Eastern philosophies beneath the silliness and mythology. Gong always had a great rhythm section. Such funky bass playing. Mike Howlett is also a great bass player (listen to "You" and "Shamal"). This album finally has had a decent remastering on CD. Prior releases sounded terrible. "You" is the best album of the Radio Gnome trilogy.
hi kids, funky bass or wot///? as ilisten i'm drinkin tea wiv bag still in mug and also cleanin singles 45rpm bought from the charidee shop an hour ago (Japan - second that emotion b side is called halloween jp)
@@lemming9984 too busy as per usual to remove bag from mug. Good job song was relatively short, i had no excuse not to stop cleanin vinyl. Controversially : Tea>B sides of 45s ?
No matter how "high or low" any song of theirs "ranks" in their ... total ordering on the set of their songs? ... Gong is always a breath of fresh air. (I like this song, and a lot, but how much doesn't matter as much as does the fact that it's all so beautifully absurd. and Gonged. I wonder if that is a gong solo? I hope so.) Anyway what I was thinking, later on, is that it would be interesting to hear if your opinion of the *Dregs of the Earth* has changed at all. You could try out *Twiggs Approved* for instance, and see how that sounds through all the newly installed filters? th-cam.com/video/O1oObPhgtDM/w-d-xo.html (They were seen in action again in 2018, I see. And there was me thinking their demise was now finally final this time.)
If you get in the mood for something more moody (with much more piano), you might like the latest *Mieko Shimizu* collaboration with *William D Drake* : *I'm Coming Up in My Submarine* th-cam.com/video/G57Eq2QAua0/w-d-xo.html um ... because Mr Drake is friends with Mr Torabi who is the appointed heir of Daevid Allen (so he Gongs, sometimes, because this has been laid upon him - see his interviews for details) actually just because Mieko is doing something new.
As far as I know, none of the band , or atleast a large percentage of Gong didn't take any mind expanding or recreational substance. I know both Mr Allen and Mr Hillage didn't use any substances
I just listened to this album recently, and I really liked it (although, there was a track toward the end that kind of annoyed me and took me out of it... but that's okay). I need to get more into the fun and quirky side of prog, because this was really cool. And apparently, it's part of a 3 album series? I don't know how the albums are connected (maybe they aren't?), but I definitely need to get on that. Thanks for the reaction👍
Some here have said this is the weakest of the Trilogy - I disagree. I know for many Steve Hillage was the main pull and he features very little on this LP but, I have never been much of a fan of guitarists. Daevid Allen’s guitar playing was sometimes god awful (the Soft Machine demo recordings a prime example) but he had a unique style and I found much of his playing very refreshing as he never tried to be flashy like most guitarists are expected to be. I prefer saxophones (I am a sax player) and the song Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell on this LP features in my view one of the greatest sax solos ever courtesy of Didier Malherbe.
Agree. You mentally have to be "there" when listening to gong. I have never heard them when I wasn't some degree of high. Nothing heavy; hash and mushroom tea! Very organic.
@@relinquishh Yes I imagine we can appreciate space rock without being attracted by weed and other substances, it was a bit second degree on my part ! Actually, I'm more attracted to Shamal, and Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums, which tend more towards Jazz Rock than Space Rock.
Flying Teapot....Angels Egg.....and You... are a trilogy of albums.
I always think of Camembert as the prologue.
@@SPKdesign1 yes with 2032 as the epilogue
@@acrookedbeat9013 Yes.
I saw GONG many times over the years, they are wonderful, quirky, dreamy, jazzy. Have a cup of tea.
Have another one ☕
Why not play something from Camembert Electrique by Gong. This is the first vinyl record I bought from Gong. One thing is for sure, if you like Gong, you like Zappa. Maybe I'm right?
Their most accessible record. And it’s still WILD 🎉
Angel's Egg and You are also cool albums. Try Camembert Electrique for their early, Pre-Virgin sounds
The musical humour in this album makes it so special. And such musicianship! Never fails to bring a smile.
0:55 That's because the tea in the pot is mushroom tea.
Currently touring UK with Ozric Tentacles. I have my tickets.
I love this band so much, and the myriad off shoot bands and projects. I have flown continents to see them play live, many many times.
I loved the bit with the Can-like percussion line.
There are definitely quite a few moments between Gong and Can that share the madness. Songs like "Augmn", "Peeking O", "Soup" and "Spray" come to mind.
Hey JP from Nedley in Mallorca ! Nice choice ! Gong are a wonderful, wacky delight with a cracking tight band that could do anything from funky to trippy to an out and out raging rocker. Leader Daevid Allen from Australia, went to the UK, was a founder of Soft Machine. In 1968 he ended up on our island of Mallorca, performing many times in the mountain town of Deia then moved to France and Australia but returned to Deia to perform from time to time. Unfortunately we never got to see that or meet him before his death in 2015.
Trippin Music! Although my chemical enhancement days are sadly long behind me, I look back fondly on them. And Gong was a big part of the soundtrack of my early years. Since the death of leader Daevid Allen a dude named Kavus Torabi has taken the Gong ball and run with it. And they're making really good music still and won't disappoint. Kavus has another band called Knifeworld that everyone should really hear as well.
And don’t forget his band the Utopia Strong with former snooker player Steve Davis (who is a massive Gong fan)
@@TheGenreman Though, of course, The Utopia Strong are quite a different proposition, being more ambient. Still trippy as hell!
Kavus was also a member of The Cardiacs too.
Who else provides whimsical druggy space jazz? Gong always hits a sweet spot. Loved your reaction. If you want to keep going, "You" is another great album. Take care Justin.
Thanks Gene :)
"Pre-Modernist Wireless", the only one with Kevin Ayers, could well be the best Gong before "You." Then there's "Gazeuse!". All great.
@@bookhouseboy280 Angel's Egg :)
@@airwindows I'd never suggest skipping "Angels Egg", it's just that not only is "P-MW" pre-"You" highlights, it's also live. Peak early Gong.
GONG? Count me in! Justin, you have such a unique way of listening to music and describing it - great.
The name of the effect for the guitar that you were looking for is "wah-wah pedal". Great album; you will especially laugh when you hear the last track "Witch's Song / I am your Pussy", which features the F-word and maniacal laughter.
And the introduction of Steve Hillage.
The Smiths, Hawkwind, Gong - JP is literally tracing through the music of my student days - great music - loving it. I would recommend the Planet Gong live 77 album - and the track Allez Alibaba Blacksheep have you any Bullsh*t. This music vibes very well with Hawkwind and Amon Düül
@@Katehowe3010 - I hadn't before, but now I'm not so sure. I reckon it's more Gong than, say, Shamal. (And the applause was taken off a Gong live tape, or so I once heard the bloke who would have been involved in it say.)
My favourite album of all time!
5:38 beautiful GONG moment right there !
Far out music, absolutely crazy. Listen carefully to the tongue in cheeck lyrics!
Ahh Yes Justin, the French Spacey Prog-Fusion Masters !!!👍🎶
You've made me proud over the years with your Pro growth Grasshopper !! 🦗😉
First the Top acts like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull .... 🎼
Then the Deep Prog knowledge like Nektar, Gentle Giant & Gong !! ✌
No "Radio Play" here just Great Musicianship, Cops & Fun !! 🎶🎸🎹🥁🎷🎤🎵
Ty as always Ronnie :) Appreciate you being part of the journey
@@JustJP Yes Sir, Keep the Classic Prog going Justin, and some more "Live" vids ,GG, KC, Yes etc 👍🎶
Moze actually played bass on the first two Magma albums too!
Brilliant Thanks JP! Gong were a really tight band and seeing them live you realised these guys could really play.... loved this.
If you're talking about that sustained, slightly vibrato guitar sound, its called glissando and they're still employing it today. Roll on, Gong TNG!
Have a look for Planet Gong "Floating Anarchy". It's a live lp with Daevid Allen (of Gong) & Here & Now. It's quite different in its similarity.
Quite different. Influenced by the punk scene at the time.
@@blackcatcentralmusic Here & Now are fairly Punk and payed a lot of Festivals.
Always amazed to see you listening to music that was obscure even when i was young, I lived through this, there were only a few "in the know" when I was at school, we never heard anything like this on the radio and without streaming services had to learn about music by buying or borrowing albums. Well done mate!
For us the Wayside catalogue opened our eyes to the obscure stuff.
What a fun, well done song. It scratches both prog and jazz itches at the same time. This is a keeper. edited to add that it isn't surprising that it is over your head... it is flying isn't it? Stands to reason then that it would be over your head.
😂
Tripped out genius. Great track.
Ever since I heard Steve hillage who once a member of gong I've been following him up to his solo albums to system 7
Me too, but couldn't cope with System 7. Open was the last thing I bought.
Great reaction. Completely agreed. Thanks
I've been more used to the various live versions of this track so it was interesting to hear the original again. Disappointed that you didn't go into the pseudonyms of the players - that's an episode in itself! It's classic Gong but 80% Allen and I could have done with a bit more Tim Blake and Steve Hillage. The trilogy builds and gets better and better. Keep going!
Early morning coffee and Gong ! Glad it’s a Saturday.
@@Katehowe3010way too early for tea. ;)
This was amazing to watch 😂 Looking forward to seeing the reaction to Pot Head Pixies reaction!
😜
I am, you are, we are…
‘Radio Gnome Invisible’ is a trilogy, consisting of: ‘Flying Teapot’, ‘Angel’s Egg’, and ‘You’. They’re all wonderful albums, and do have a unifying theme (the search for enlightenment, which is the serious stuff underpinning the whimsy). Thank you for giving this incredible band some love. Great reaction, as always. Cheers.
Great track, great reaction and some interesting info on the teapot theory there. Nice one Justin.😺
Just ordered a load of tickets to see Steve Hillage next March! Can’t wait.
Have a wonderful time!
Time to try some Stereolab especially Cybilles reverie maybe
(I would love this) some The Monochrome Set track called 10 don'ts for honeymooners to start you off on the rabbithole
Good stuff! Yeah, nice hat work by the drummer...!
My favorite Gong line: "Cops at the door......No cops at the door....Cops at the door.....No cops at the door."
I saw Gong in 2009 at Beautiful Days festival in Devon, great fun
Were there any original band members present at this time?
@@lemming9984 I don't know
I once saw Gong supporting Hawkwind. Trippy man..... lol
Joyfully jazzy, raucously rocky, precociously progressive. Weird, wacky, wonderful.
This is great stuff, for more whimsical space jazz and anther long song Saturday please listen to Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra, Space Is The Place.
Amazing music. The 70's psychedelic era.
Make sure you try “Green” by Steve Hillage and produced by Floyd’s Nick Mason.
"Palm Trees" is a beautiful song. Great guitar playing by Steve
Check out the mushroom tapes.Gong live in South America 19 74 Awasome!! .
Ok, this was very cool. I've never heard of Gong before you first reacted to them. I'm also glad you finally got back to RUSH. Still not sure why you went away from them for so long. You've also gone away from Renaissance. Really hope you get back to them too, and keep them in your rotation of all the interesting and unique music that you react to, along with YES, RUSH, Renaissance, and a few others that I 'greatly enjoy'. You're almost done with U.K. sadly, since they only put out 2 albums, though there's a couple songs on their live album that you should definitely check out. 'Night After Night' is a very good song, that I 'know' you'll enjoy. The other is called 'As Long As You Want Me Here'. Not sure if you'll like that one or not. I'm still not sure what I think of it, lol.
However, the band that I'll keep requesting until you react to them is Gypsy. I think they put out 4 albums, but I also 'think' each album wasn't as good as the previous one. The first album is great. I think their second album 'might' be worth listening to as well. Don't think the other 2 are worth it though. Don't 'think so' : )
Oh yes, 2 more song requests, which I highly recommend that you react to in one video. Brand X: 'The Poke' and 'Masques' (they're the first 2 songs on the album 'Masques') I'll just say this: Percy Jones plays a fretless bass, which I know you've already heard, since you've reacted to some Brand X before, but just trust me on this Justin, you want to hear Percy's bass on these 2 pieces of music. After all, have I ever steered your wrong before? 😛
YES!!!!!!
cheeers JP :)
Any chance of a return to Cardiacs please at some point?
I met Kavus from Gong + Cardiacs and he was fantastic, imposing but friendly and very passionate about music.
Reminds me of Mushrooms as well 😉
The beginning sounds like the halfway segment of Pink Floyd's 'Echoes'. I haven't heard a lot of Gong but they were known by my hippie friends back in the 70's. I didn't have any records by them, only Steve Hillage solo album 'L'.
I like this stuff (though I can't always listen to it). Hearing this again now, there's definitely an influence on bands like King Gizzard coming from Gong!
I don't even like tea but I like Flying Teapot.
GONG! It's been so long...and I was vey high at the time; shrooms, yes.
Largely as Mr Adams said, good but not their best work. And the trilogy may well be the most famous pieces of DA's Gong, but lets not forget the earlier stuff. Camembert Electrique has always been my go to Gong album. And if you get to it you may find it an even bigger challenge than this, but very rewarding. Partic side 1, ha. Well worth a play, but it'd deffo have to be entire sides rather than tracks to make sense of it. Here's to us all seeing the submarine fly, and hearing the angels sing 🙂
Get onto Gongs album "Camembert Electrique" that's a brilliant album. Very Psychedelic.
Sounds a bit like something FourPlay would compose, only more extreme. That base rift sounds very Bob James like ;)
Got into gong after visiting my dealers house.
I forgot just how random this album is! In a strange way it reminds me of Mr Bungle.
Glissando guitar, used heavily by Allen and Hillage. I love the Canterbury scene. Lyrics are slice of life and sometimes silly. However, in the case of Gong and Daevid Allen, he was communicating Eastern philosophies beneath the silliness and mythology.
Gong always had a great rhythm section. Such funky bass playing. Mike Howlett is also a great bass player (listen to "You" and "Shamal").
This album finally has had a decent remastering on CD. Prior releases sounded terrible.
"You" is the best album of the Radio Gnome trilogy.
Have a cup of tea. Have another one.
Ahh, welcome to the madness of Daevid Allen and the forgotten margins of progressive rock.
I wonder what type of 'Tea' they mean lol.
Certainly not Darjeeling but rather Hallucinogenic Tea I guess !😉
hi kids,
funky bass or wot///?
as ilisten i'm drinkin tea wiv bag still in mug
and also cleanin singles 45rpm bought from the charidee shop an hour ago
(Japan - second that emotion b side is called halloween jp)
OMG - leaving the bag in the mug! I use loose-leaf in a teapot!
@@lemming9984 too busy as per usual to remove bag from mug. Good job song was relatively short, i had no excuse not to stop cleanin vinyl. Controversially : Tea>B sides of 45s ?
Stop the Cavalry - jonah lewie on vinyl Has there ever been a better Single?
@@HippoYnYGlaw Yes, Eno - Seven Deadly Finns!
@@lemming9984 jp needs to play it
Can I recommend you check out Camembert Electrique by Gong at some point?
Try Transister zig zag
and Rock on 🎼🎵🎶🔉
No matter how "high or low" any song of theirs "ranks" in their ... total ordering on the set of their songs? ... Gong is always a breath of fresh air. (I like this song, and a lot, but how much doesn't matter as much as does the fact that it's all so beautifully absurd.
and Gonged. I wonder if that is a gong solo? I hope so.)
Anyway what I was thinking, later on, is that it would be interesting to hear if your opinion of the *Dregs of the Earth* has changed at all. You could try out *Twiggs Approved* for instance, and see how that sounds through all the newly installed filters? th-cam.com/video/O1oObPhgtDM/w-d-xo.html
(They were seen in action again in 2018, I see. And there was me thinking their demise was now finally final this time.)
If you get in the mood for something more moody (with much more piano), you might like the latest *Mieko Shimizu* collaboration with *William D Drake* : *I'm Coming Up in My Submarine* th-cam.com/video/G57Eq2QAua0/w-d-xo.html
um ... because Mr Drake is friends with Mr Torabi
who is the appointed heir of Daevid Allen
(so he Gongs, sometimes, because this has been laid upon him - see his interviews for details)
actually just because Mieko is doing something new.
I love Gong. The trilogy is great but I like Camembert Electrique best. Steve Hillage has several great solo albums.
Wasn’t this the third album on virgin label .
Second release, on the same day as TB.
The track could in certain way be a Duran Duran song, the bass lines.
Try Gazeuze
Francis Moze came to Gong from Magma
How about "it sweeps on in" :) (regarding 17 minutes in)
I assume you're taking on the trilogy. Let a Pot Head Pixie show you what to do...
As far as I know, none of the band , or atleast a large percentage of Gong didn't take any mind expanding or recreational substance. I know both Mr Allen and Mr Hillage didn't use any substances
I just listened to this album recently, and I really liked it (although, there was a track toward the end that kind of annoyed me and took me out of it... but that's okay). I need to get more into the fun and quirky side of prog, because this was really cool. And apparently, it's part of a 3 album series? I don't know how the albums are connected (maybe they aren't?), but I definitely need to get on that. Thanks for the reaction👍
@@Katehowe3010 Okay, thank you for the info! I'll check it out: )
tu veux un Camembert ?
Some here have said this is the weakest of the Trilogy - I disagree. I know for many Steve Hillage was the main pull and he features very little on this LP but, I have never been much of a fan of guitarists. Daevid Allen’s guitar playing was sometimes god awful (the Soft Machine demo recordings a prime example) but he had a unique style and I found much of his playing very refreshing as he never tried to be flashy like most guitarists are expected to be. I prefer saxophones (I am a sax player) and the song Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell on this LP features in my view one of the greatest sax solos ever courtesy of Didier Malherbe.
I think you are confusing the gamelan with a gong.
I feel like you have to be at least a weed lover to enjoy this stuff, and since I'm none of that...I couldn't like Flying Teapot ! 😉
Agree. You mentally have to be "there" when listening to gong. I have never heard them when I wasn't some degree of high. Nothing heavy; hash and mushroom tea! Very organic.
I don't partake but I love this Gong album trilogy
@@relinquishh Yes I imagine we can appreciate space rock without being attracted by weed and other substances, it was a bit second degree on my part ! Actually, I'm more attracted to Shamal, and Pierre Moerlen's Gong albums, which tend more towards Jazz Rock than Space Rock.
@@a.k.1740 I like those albums too. Pierre is an amazing drummer
@@relinquishh Yes, he was a great drummer but sadly passed away far too soon at the age of 52.