I used to be a member of the Gong household in 1975/6. This stuff used to go on all the time in rehearsals at La Maison du Gong in Witney. Very very psychedelic.
@@royferguson3909 Yep! Still happy and healthy. Had so many great times with Gong in the 1970's back in the UK. Seems like another age now. Bumped into Daevid again unexpectedly back in the 1990's when he was busking at Paddington Markets in Sydney, during hard times career - wise!! Then he reconnected with the Gong family and had some renewed success before retiring back here.Spoke to Daevid a few times here in Oz before he passed.
I take my hat off to you ,I' m 54 and Gong have been my favourite band since I was 15/16 discovered psychedelic s .Last time I was Gong was in 2013 in Brighton and Gilly was really getting frail & had to sit down ...Steve Hillage & Daevid were just buzzing off each other..beautiful human beings us Gong/ Canterbury set folks..I just found this guy doing this solo and thought you might enjoym.th-cam.com/video/EHKGY0V4CIo/w-d-xo.html
@@sophiew1967 GREAT COVER - HAS THE HILLAGE PEDAL DOWN NICE. (caps off now). At leadt you saw them - magic combination that stays with you for ever! Peacex
Ace wasn't it ! You should share some of your memoirs of that time online ,I.know there's a site just dedicated to.old stories about the whole Canterbury Set..This video probably has been one one my most watched one's ever ,there's an extended documentary with English subtitles made for 1973 French tv..you might see yourself on it !.peace & love to you xx
"I left my body on my bed, and flew away inside my head, to dive right through the moon and find, a perfect world inside my mind". Gong helped me get through some difficult times in my youth. Supreme respect to you Mr Allen and co. RIP.
Ditto! My roommate and I shared an extended quote from You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever in our college yearbook. Daevid Allen and the band members are gods in my eyes.
Congratulations on the fair and tempting description o' thy wonderful journey. But wot hath happened tae the sweet a-savin' madness that used tae help us endure this materialistic world ? I attended two Gong concerts in South o' France in 1972 and 73.
Oui, tu as raison. Sache qu'à mon âge, cette folie ne m'a jamais quittée. Donc, je n'ai pas à la retrouver. * * * Yes, you're right. Know that at my age, 74 years yongë, this madness hath ne'er left me. Sae, I dinnae hath tae find it.@themaidofmiddleearth
I can't believe I'm today's years old (52)& just finding this wonderful shit.. I'm an old hawkwind fan too.. I never heard any of my buds mention gong!!
Just a fun band, have so many of their old vinyl. Talented, not a care in the world, fun, jamming, out of control and totally cohesive at the same time. What a great band. All is one and one is Gong.
I helped put on a few of their shows and spent many days with them as they all came back to the states in the 90s . They were FRIENDS not rock stars. LONG HOURS in a van listening to Daevids stories ...GREATEST MEMORIES EVER ! Lovely And Talented is a great way to describe them !
gil wood Saw the show at Tramps in NYC in 1996. They were beyond phenomenal. With Pip Pyle on drums, subbing for Pierre, and Steffi on lead guitar, I believe. Daevid, Gilli, Didier, Mike Howlett, & Tim Blake all returned from the Angel's Egg/You band lineup of 1973-74. It really was something special, you could feel it in the room as Daevid & Gilli worked their magic.
Me too. Just played Guru Guru's Hinten for the first time in awhile and experienced several flashback type goose bumps/shivers. As I quit taking acid and other psychedelics years ago, it was the next best thing. Great feeling! Great music!
Daevid Allen, I just want to say thank you so much for making a huge change in many of our lives. Not only did you add coloring to this world with music, but also with your amazing humour. We are heartbroken by the news that the time has come, It sucks that most of us (including myself) never got the chance to meet you in person, but regardless, you will always be in our hearts, and we wish you the safest most peaceful remaining six months that life have given you to enjoy. Indeed, enjoy those six months and live it to it's fullest, like there's no tomorrow. You have given us so much that you deserve more than that amount of time for yourself and your family. Eventually we will see you again in Planet Gong, and you will forever have our love and support. Farewell. Best Wishes, Kevin
Have seen the band name Gong for years but had no idea of the music. Then this video came up in the right hand column, I was "WTF is THAT on the thumbnail?" I decided to watch, and I have become a convert based upon this one video and the groove & performance contained therein. Immediately sought out Angel's Egg, and then started backward towards Magick Brother. Thus far I've heard em up to & including "You". Camembert Electrique is I think my favorite, blown away by the alternate reality, the musicianship, the humor, the otherworldliness. Daevid, Gilli & crew really created something special and I look forward to discovering more as I go - call this video the 'gateway drug to Gong'! Bravissimo & RIP Daevid & Gilli...
@@MrPloopi Listened to Camembert Electrique again last night, it is fast becoming an alltime favorite album (over 50+ yrs of listening to music)...Strong and streamin' mate....
Welcome..the Gong family is universal and we welcome all friendly faces :) I.kind of envy you discovering all this stuff ,wish I.could get in my teapot & fly off to being 16 again in 1983 & being blown by them on acid for the first time..lol.Have you listened to his early stuff with Soft Machine/ Robert Wyatt & Kevin Ayers??you're in for a treatm.th-cam.com/video/0ebVTQ5nIHI/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
I got into Gong when Tommy Vance played Oily way on the friday night rock show about 40 years ago. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart. RIP Daevid and Gilli.
used to listen to this over and over again in the '70's - one of my favourite Gong albums... RIP Daevid, blessings and ultimate peace in the profundity of bliss...
I discovered Gong when I met Gilli 4 years ago. She told me to look up Gong on TH-cam and smiled. WOW, how did I not know of Gong, I lived in Europe for 4 years in 70s, love Pink Floyd...I guess that I wasn't ready for Gong. Watched How to Stay Alive video.... WOW..DMT stuff, colours, s.p.a.c.e., the big pyrimid in s.p.a.c.e, all the graphics going into the space part with busy patterns moving in harmony, the colours.. the mathematical stuff..Gilli said we would meet in next life. That blew me away, I must be a honerable pixie
@@margaretmcrae5642 I actually first heard them in 94 when I was 20 and heard the song Oily way and thought it was some Frank Zappa shit. See that was in them cassette days when I listened to College radio on Thursday and Friday nights. 07 my boss put me down with Gong. And the record store I hung out in used to have all their albums. They played Angels egg and that was when I found out that was them on that black tape the whole time.
una pequeña demostracion de la alucinacion de semejante he increible banda que bien hizo David Allen(voz)de separarse d soft machine y regalarnos con su "desbordante" música
i found the crystal machine appealing, but i was introduced to this album coming on to a tab (weak, last one i've had in teh dacades) and realising the two dudes hanging out were using this to invite me for a threesome :p just had to watch to try and lose that. the bathtub didn't help.
every time i think ive done too much acid, i find a video like such and it reminds me that i have merely pegged the rabbit hole that our forefathers have dug for us
I've always thought that as well!, pity he doesn't reproduce it so faithfully here, another underappreciated solo is by Charlie Whitney of Family, from the allbum Bandstand, listen to the song 'Glove'...
Long time Gong fan, (since the 70's) and though this is 13 years old i am amazed this has had 1.4 million views, because they are one of those bands that only the people who know them know them. Had the pleasure of meeting Blumdido and Daevid long ago and they are the reason i play 45 year old analogue synth (them and Dr Who).....
I'm so happy that I got to meet him at a festival in my own village in Kent with my three week old daughter. He was super nice and went out of his way to find a pen so he could sign my ticket and draw a pot head pixie on it. Magickal Daze!
Those hats! I'll never forget tripping on mushrooms 3 feet in front of this freak on Halloween night at Berbati's Pan (Portland OR) 1996.! The stage was only up to my shin. Best concert EVER! The show was billed (literally printed on the tickets) A Psychedelic St Paddy's Day with The Legendary Gong.
Goodbye Daevid, and thanks for all the cups of tea. O, and the mushrooms. This is a great reminder of all that was good in the psychedelic days. And before I forget, thank you to Señor Sharpstrings for keeping so many people happy at Stonehenge in '76 🍄
I had the privilege to see that band at Québec City, in 1997. It was simply magic!!! The crowd was hysterical! From memory, I have rarely seen so many recall requests.
Fanastic video! Whatever other music I've been into over the years, the magic of Gong has always been with me. Great musicianship, fun, spirituality, positive vibes and originality all in one unique package :-) Eccentric he may be by traditional standards, but Daevid is one of the most wise and together people I have ever had the fortune to come across in this mad world!
F**kin hippies !! No , only joking . I was brought up on this ; utter genius , incredible musicianship and has always put a smile on my face when I've needed it . Rare vid . Love it.
An English friend introduced me to Gong around '96 or '97, with the Gong "You" remixed CD. I liked it a lot, so he then introduced me to the original work. Oh, the fun times we had in Hong Kong in those days! Still love Gong.
Rest in Peace, my Magick Brother. The world is a better place for you having been here, and I am a better human being for having gotten to speak, be with, and sing with you. Your music will live in my heart, mind, and immortal soul for all time.
Think I MAY have mentioned this before? But I was SO lucky as a 15 year old to see Gong with Camel at the Stadium Liverpool . . . . .AND with the blessed Clare Murphy . . . .WOW, eh? .... HAAAAAAAAA
Divided Alien got out of this world through a hole in space. We'll meet sometime again, hopefully on the flying teapot in the future or past. Can't tell.
Used to go on camping trips in the late 80s we used to go meet our man for a fresh strip of strawberries 🍓 then onto the camp fire with our ghetto blaster with all our gong cds at the ready ☮️✊🏽
first time I heard gong was when I was 14 dropping my first acid, this music made for the most memorable experience, I will never forget , flying teapot took me to a place that is imprinted on my mind forever!!!
It was Crimson for my first acid voyage, but I caught up quickly to Gong, I don't like to say it, but man oh man music was truly better back in those days
@@3lullabies That would be certainly well out there and a lot to get one's head around. Les is about as quirky as they come and a very imaginative, innovative artist. Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, The Residents and Zappa too.
it is so rare to see alot of Gong video, so thank you for posting this. It is amazing to think that these guys have been around so long, and still, now sound so incredible. Music's best kept secret..
You gave so much & took so little, your presance upon the earth was a joy for all who were open to receiving your wisdom. Glide forever Vale Daevid Allen RIP
I’ll admit I came to take the piss out of the old hippies. Then I came back again. And again. And again. Now......makes me want to hear more of them. Wherever Daevid is now I’m sure he’s pleased he’s got a convert.
I.have watched this piece of footage more than any other on TH-cam over the years.What I.wouldn't have given to live in their commune with them in France .lol
How did I not know this band before? This is some of the best psych/jam/fusion stuff I've heard. Although the silly hats and dance moves, I could do without. ;-)
Awesome! - an old friend of mine who is no longer with us introduced me to the Genius of Gong about 25 years ago with the epic Radio gnome invisible part 2 - flying teapot masterpiece and still a big fan after many a mind fuzzing late night. Cheers Graham wherever your soul maybe now.
Saw them at Windsor Park festival in the 70’s. Just before they started a guy from the Release tent came on to the stage and announced that someone was selling really bad acid, called Head Sunshine. I’d just swallowed a tab. It was a mixed day for me.
I used to be a member of the Gong household in 1975/6. This stuff used to go on all the time in rehearsals at La Maison du Gong in Witney. Very very psychedelic.
nice to read your post albeit 10 years - on
you still on this planet
@@royferguson3909 Yep! Still happy and healthy. Had so many great times with Gong in the 1970's back in the UK. Seems like another age now. Bumped into Daevid again unexpectedly back in the 1990's when he was busking at Paddington Markets in Sydney, during hard times career - wise!! Then he reconnected with the Gong family and had some renewed success before retiring back here.Spoke to Daevid a few times here in Oz before he passed.
I take my hat off to you ,I' m 54 and Gong have been my favourite band since I was 15/16 discovered psychedelic s .Last time I was Gong was in 2013 in Brighton and Gilly was really getting frail & had to sit down ...Steve Hillage & Daevid were just buzzing off each other..beautiful human beings us Gong/ Canterbury set folks..I just found this guy doing this solo and thought you might enjoym.th-cam.com/video/EHKGY0V4CIo/w-d-xo.html
@@sophiew1967 GREAT COVER - HAS THE HILLAGE PEDAL DOWN NICE. (caps off now). At leadt you saw them - magic combination that stays with you for ever! Peacex
Ace wasn't it ! You should share some of your memoirs of that time online ,I.know there's a site just dedicated to.old stories about the whole Canterbury Set..This video probably has been one one my most watched one's ever ,there's an extended documentary with English subtitles made for 1973 French tv..you might see yourself on it !.peace & love to you xx
am 62 & listening to Gong since mid 70's, my mates use to say " whats this s**t " 😂
There is two kind of persons in this world .
1. Loves gong .
2. Doesn't know gong .
Elie Meouchi 3. Thinks they suck
@@ssn0651 4. Can't spell Glide
Never heard of them. I like it!
@@ssn0651 - Not an option: they're objectively great. So there.
As this now has over a million views it's official; there is hope for mankind.
R.I.P. Daevid Allen.... you may be Gong, but not forgotten!
Was Always such a Koool & Fun guy !!! : D
One of the most under rated artists of the freak era
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Not sure how I passed my o levels with benylin and flying teapots
"I left my body on my bed, and flew away inside my head, to dive right through the moon and find, a perfect world inside my mind". Gong helped me get through some difficult times in my youth. Supreme respect to you Mr Allen and co. RIP.
i really couldn`t have put it better
Ditto! My roommate and I shared an extended quote from You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever in our college yearbook. Daevid Allen and the band members are gods in my eyes.
Congratulations on the fair and tempting description o' thy wonderful journey. But wot hath happened tae the sweet a-savin' madness that used tae help us endure this materialistic world ?
I attended two Gong concerts in South o' France in 1972 and 73.
Oui, tu as raison.
Sache qu'à mon âge, cette folie ne m'a jamais quittée. Donc, je n'ai pas à la retrouver.
* * * Yes, you're right.
Know that at my age, 74 years yongë, this madness hath ne'er left me. Sae, I dinnae hath tae find it.@themaidofmiddleearth
I can't believe I'm today's years old (52)& just finding this wonderful shit.. I'm an old hawkwind fan too.. I never heard any of my buds mention gong!!
Daevid Allen was previously in Soft Machine but moved to France and formed Gong after his UK visa expired.
@@harryirene1 thanks!
No probs!
He was Australian.
R.I.P. PIERRE MOERLEN, ONE Incredible drummer, and percussionist ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Moerlen's album sans Daevid are drumming, composing, and playing genius.
Just a fun band, have so many of their old vinyl. Talented, not a care in the world, fun, jamming, out of control and totally cohesive at the same time. What a great band. All is one and one is Gong.
Great musicianship! This arrangement still blows my mind. Especially Steve Hillage. Wow!
Not enough bands use that whooshing spaceship sound nowadays, if anyone even does. Hawkwind and Gong were awesome at it
Space rock hawkwind were master's of it
Check out Acid Mother's Temple. The keyboards are always doing that
We need to bring back the wooshing spaceship sound, if we don't who will? I'm on it.
Just as I remember them. Had coffees with them and helped them set up in 1972. Lovely and very talented people.
Had "coffees" with them? Is that coffee with a couple drops of Lysergics added.
Schmutzgreifer liar.
I helped put on a few of their shows and spent many days with them as they all came back to the states in the 90s . They were FRIENDS not rock stars. LONG HOURS in a van listening to Daevids stories ...GREATEST MEMORIES EVER ! Lovely And Talented is a great way to describe them !
gil wood Saw the show at Tramps in NYC in 1996. They were beyond phenomenal. With Pip Pyle on drums, subbing for Pierre, and Steffi on lead guitar, I believe. Daevid, Gilli, Didier, Mike Howlett, & Tim Blake all returned from the Angel's Egg/You band lineup of 1973-74. It really was something special, you could feel it in the room as Daevid & Gilli worked their magic.
@@Bobsloth13 Well erm Daevid rolled a mean joint!
I miss pierre moerlen (RIP) once of the best drummer of the world.
I miss the " crazy acid times " when i hear Gong, Can, Hawkwind, Hillage and all the others..
Me too. Just played Guru Guru's Hinten for the first time in awhile and experienced several flashback type goose bumps/shivers. As I quit taking acid and other psychedelics years ago, it was the next best thing. Great feeling! Great music!
Hawkwind, the first time we got to hear Lemmy's brilliant voice.
You still can 😉
me 3, 17 & just about to peak times
Think it's time for some shrooms or acid again
Daevid Allen, I just want to say thank you so much for making a huge change in many of our lives. Not only did you add coloring to this world with music, but also with your amazing humour. We are heartbroken by the news that the time has come, It sucks that most of us (including myself) never got the chance to meet you in person, but regardless, you will always be in our hearts, and we wish you the safest most peaceful remaining six months that life have given you to enjoy. Indeed, enjoy those six months and live it to it's fullest, like there's no tomorrow. You have given us so much that you deserve more than that amount of time for yourself and your family. Eventually we will see you again in Planet Gong, and you will forever have our love and support. Farewell.
Best Wishes,
Kevin
Thanks Gong for getting me through the difficult times and remembering the important things like being happy and smiling.
Yan Gran th-cam.com/video/r-6YrpHQBfY/w-d-xo.html
Merci gong pour tous les fous rires à l'omelette..
Have seen the band name Gong for years but had no idea of the music. Then this video came up in the right hand column, I was "WTF is THAT on the thumbnail?" I decided to watch, and I have become a convert based upon this one video and the groove & performance contained therein. Immediately sought out Angel's Egg, and then started backward towards Magick Brother. Thus far I've heard em up to & including "You". Camembert Electrique is I think my favorite, blown away by the alternate reality, the musicianship, the humor, the otherworldliness. Daevid, Gilli & crew really created something special and I look forward to discovering more as I go - call this video the 'gateway drug to Gong'! Bravissimo & RIP Daevid & Gilli...
welcome brother :)
@@MrPloopi Listened to Camembert Electrique again last night, it is fast becoming an alltime favorite album (over 50+ yrs of listening to music)...Strong and streamin' mate....
Me too!
If you like the classic line-up of GONG, "2032" is a must listen...
th-cam.com/video/07SA4HH0YdE/w-d-xo.html
Welcome..the Gong family is universal and we welcome all friendly faces :) I.kind of envy you discovering all this stuff ,wish I.could get in my teapot & fly off to being 16 again in 1983 & being blown by them on acid for the first time..lol.Have you listened to his early stuff with Soft Machine/ Robert Wyatt & Kevin Ayers??you're in for a treatm.th-cam.com/video/0ebVTQ5nIHI/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
I really wish there was more footage of this brilliant lineup.
Billie eilish: my videos are weird, I'm innovating music videos.
Gong in the 70's: this shit needs more baby crying sounds
Yeah, I played this on a discord server and it picked up this version instead of the album version and confused everyone in the call
Those are "meows" from the song "Princess Dreaming".
@@lenini056 thanks for the correction, didn't know!
I got into Gong when Tommy Vance played Oily way on the friday night rock show about 40 years ago. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart. RIP Daevid and Gilli.
used to listen to this over and over again in the '70's - one of my favourite Gong albums... RIP Daevid, blessings and ultimate peace in the profundity of bliss...
Jane Johnson Did you heared them in the 70s? wuohhh!!!!
How can I be 58 years old and not have heard of Gong?
I am ashamed.
Don't fret, Paul Jurgen-Romrig, I discovered them when I was 34.
Think I found them when I was about 20. I'm 56 now and still enjoy them.
I discovered Gong when I met Gilli 4 years ago. She told me to look up Gong on TH-cam and smiled. WOW, how did I not know of Gong, I lived in Europe for 4 years in 70s, love Pink Floyd...I guess that I wasn't ready for Gong. Watched How to Stay Alive video.... WOW..DMT stuff, colours, s.p.a.c.e., the big pyrimid in s.p.a.c.e, all the graphics going into the space part with busy patterns moving in harmony, the colours.. the mathematical stuff..Gilli said we would meet in next life. That blew me away, I must be a honerable pixie
@@margaretmcrae5642 I actually first heard them in 94 when I was 20 and heard the song Oily way and thought it was some Frank Zappa shit. See that was in them cassette days when I listened to College radio on Thursday and Friday nights. 07 my boss put me down with Gong. And the record store I hung out in used to have all their albums. They played Angels egg and that was when I found out that was them on that black tape the whole time.
@@alex-E7WHU yes mate im 13 and love gong and will enjoy all my life
Good grief!! How brilliant was that..made my day seeing that. A superb band, tight and silly all at the same time. Love the Gongsters... always have.
Daevid Allen was something else, all right. One of the Greats.
saw you guys twice at Newcastle city hall in the seventies. magnificent and got your albums and smoked a lot of weed. fab times and thanks.
What a great clip. Ive never seen this before. I cant believe how tight they are playing it live. Hillage and Malherbe are just awesome.
R.I.P Daevid.Never ending inspirational vibes."Now you're here & now you're Gong".
Much love Gong freaks everywhere.
This is equal parts crazy, spooky, magical, spacey, bewildering and all together simply amazing. Thanks.
una pequeña demostracion de la alucinacion de semejante he increible banda
que bien hizo David Allen(voz)de separarse d soft machine y regalarnos con su "desbordante" música
you forgot compelling, addictive :)
i found the crystal machine appealing, but i was introduced to this album coming on to a tab (weak, last one i've had in teh dacades) and realising the two dudes hanging out were using this to invite me for a threesome :p just had to watch to try and lose that. the bathtub didn't help.
Those are all descriptors I want someone to use for my art someday
@@atomictraveller Tim Blake had the crystal machine, if my memory serves me right
The Right Stuff
For some reason I never listened to Gong back in the day, but it seems it's never too late to find this magnificent group!
every time i think ive done too much acid, i find a video like such and it reminds me that i have merely pegged the rabbit hole that our forefathers have dug for us
Superb independent group. Superb music. They never copied or followed anyone. The best. Gorgeous music.
Zappa, no?
My favourite Gong track. The guitar solo on the album version is probably the most beautifully crafted solo ever played.
I've always thought that as well!, pity he doesn't reproduce it so faithfully here, another underappreciated solo is by Charlie Whitney of Family, from the allbum Bandstand, listen to the song 'Glove'...
RIP Gilli Smyth. Your voice lives on in the ears and hearts of those who love you.
OMG Posted on Facebook - so many people will not get HOW GREAT THIS Live VIDEO is
Long time Gong fan, (since the 70's) and though this is 13 years old i am amazed this has had 1.4 million views, because they are one of those bands that only the people who know them know them. Had the pleasure of meeting Blumdido and Daevid long ago and they are the reason i play 45 year old analogue synth (them and Dr Who).....
RIP Daevid Allen.
So happy that i could see them just one year before Daevid's final trip. He still had much energy and magick left, that old gnome ☺
The best video on TH-cam. Angels Egg was the soundtrack to my happyest days. RIP Daevid Allen. Thank you for the music and the memories.
I so love this song/video.
@@bobthebomb1596 SO MUCH TO LOVE X
Those kids were blessed to have experienced that genius performance. And the band were kids.
Cracking performance from an eccentric and talented band with a great front man in Daevid Allen. Rest in peace David.
Just the thing for a head full of mushrooms! Angel's egg is an extraordinary piece of work, to say the least. Steve Hillage really floats my boat.
+Robert Tunnah yes I agree an all time great concept album, entertaining throughout
I never get tired of hearing GONG! One discovers something new everytime one listens to GONG!
Hell, I not only listen to Gong, I like saying the word Gong, I even like typing the word Gong; how Gongishly cool is that?
i love them..I have many blurred memorys listening to them ;)
Toujours aussi excellent !!! Ca c'est de la musique
I love the synth sounds. This ingredient makes You my favorite Gong album.
An incredible example of Syncopated singing and rhythm.
I'm so happy that I got to meet him at a festival in my own village in Kent with my three week old daughter. He was super nice and went out of his way to find a pen so he could sign my ticket and draw a pot head pixie on it. Magickal Daze!
Those hats! I'll never forget tripping on mushrooms 3 feet in front of this freak on Halloween night at Berbati's Pan (Portland OR) 1996.! The stage was only up to my shin. Best concert EVER! The show was billed (literally printed on the tickets) A Psychedelic St Paddy's Day with The Legendary Gong.
Gong helped me through some difficult trips!
The real gong show, gnomesayin'
Goodbye Daevid, and thanks for all the cups of tea. O, and the mushrooms. This is a great reminder of all that was good in the psychedelic days. And before I forget, thank you to Señor Sharpstrings for keeping so many people happy at Stonehenge in '76 🍄
I'd like to thank everyone for all the great, entertaining comments on here. I've read them all. Glad you enjoyed!!
Spotify put this on one of my discovery playlists and I was convinced this was a nameless 2010s band trying to emulate King Gizzard. I was very wrong.
More like the other way around
A cup of industrial strength tea, thanks Daevid.
Half a million views for my beloved Gong.Long live The Alien.
I had the privilege to see that band at Québec City, in 1997. It was simply magic!!! The crowd was hysterical! From memory, I have rarely seen so many recall requests.
This is a stellar performance. So tight, they really know what they're doing
Fanastic video! Whatever other music I've been into over the years, the magic of Gong has always been with me. Great musicianship, fun, spirituality, positive vibes and originality all in one unique package :-) Eccentric he may be by traditional standards, but Daevid is one of the most wise and together people I have ever had the fortune to come across in this mad world!
F**kin hippies !!
No , only joking . I was brought up on this ; utter genius , incredible musicianship and has always put a smile on my face when I've needed it .
Rare vid . Love it.
An English friend introduced me to Gong around '96 or '97, with the Gong "You" remixed CD. I liked it a lot, so he then introduced me to the original work. Oh, the fun times we had in Hong Kong in those days! Still love Gong.
Soft Machine, Camel, Caravan, Egg, Gong. No more words, Canterbury is the best prog scene ever!
Not forgetting Hatfield & the North and Matching Mole.
Camel IS NOT from the Canterbury scene.
canterbury isn't progressive rock
No, it's better than that hahaha!!
YES CANTERBURY SCENE WAS THE BEGINNING OF PROG YOU DOLT!!!!!!!
every day i discover a new really good band
Try Orquestra Voadora from Brazil , Amon duul ii early stuff and Ray Barretto if you are tired of top 40 radio crap .
From the planet gong absolutely brilliant saw daevid at the kaleidoscope club Birmingham in 88 amazing
Rest in Peace, my Magick Brother. The world is a better place for you having been here, and I am a better human being for having gotten to speak, be with, and sing with you. Your music will live in my heart, mind, and immortal soul for all time.
It's rather unnerving that he doesn't blink...
I'm going to take some mushrooms and steal a traffic cone and play some Gong
RIP Daevid was a pleasure meeting and chatting with you, at Bath Pavilions with my then boyfriend in 1996.
Think I MAY have mentioned this before? But I was SO lucky as a 15 year old to see Gong with Camel at the Stadium Liverpool . . . . .AND with the blessed Clare Murphy . . . .WOW, eh? .... HAAAAAAAAA
steven pike Did u see him? wuohhhh!!!! :)
Divided Alien got out of this world through a hole in space. We'll meet sometime again, hopefully on the flying teapot in the future or past. Can't tell.
gnomecore
lol- brilliant!
Quick, send this to Keemstar, and make sure you're using a Linux distro that uses GNOME as the main desktop environment!
Used to go on camping trips in the late 80s we used to go meet our man for a fresh strip of strawberries 🍓 then onto the camp fire with our ghetto blaster with all our gong cds at the ready ☮️✊🏽
Fantastic! Thank you Roddy from Ireland who introduced me to them a long time ago!
first time I heard gong was when I was 14 dropping my first acid, this music made for the most memorable experience, I will never forget , flying teapot took me to a place that is imprinted on my mind forever!!!
Are you me?
best comment of all time.
It was Crimson for my first acid voyage, but I caught up quickly to Gong, I don't like to say it, but man oh man music was truly better back in those days
same but it was camebert electrique
One of the most original envelope pushing and quirky, unique bands ever along with Devo.
And Les Claypool....also would have loved a 'Silver Apples' and a 'Gong' collaboration...that could have been interesting....
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That would be certainly well out there and a lot to get one's head around. Les is about as quirky as they come and a very imaginative, innovative artist. Captain Beefheart, Sun Ra, The Residents and Zappa too.
I thought Devo were a pop band? And a fairly cynical one at that.
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Anti-pop I would say and doing their own thing whatever others think and whether they get it. True artists.
No shit, sherlock.@themaidofmiddleearth
I love how strange this music is it's like the most surreal dream you ever had
It’s like from another planet.
Its like doing LSD
Accurate comment
@@KurtI2525 That's because it IS from another planet. It's from the planet GONG.
it is so rare to see alot of Gong video, so thank you for posting this. It is amazing to think that these guys have been around so long, and still, now sound so incredible. Music's best kept secret..
The garden gnomes they found in the cannabis patch
Lol Thinking something along those lines as well.
I think these gnomes found the psilocybin mushroom patch....
Those are Pothead Pixies.
It goes further than that you should check my walls.
Little bit more than cannabis.....
Why don't you partake and jump on in..... 🍄
Incrível Anos 70 e sua juventude transgressora e criativa! Vida longa ao Rock'n'Roll !!!
Crazy, freaky, jazzy and fonkey!!!! Saw S.H. on his first solo tour in Germany - what a gas ;-)))
You gave so much & took so little, your presance upon the earth was a joy for all who were open to receiving your wisdom. Glide forever Vale Daevid Allen RIP
A true original among true originals. Thank you, Daevid.. for everything.
+The Loony Department +1
I listen to this over and over, and all I can think is "I need a gnome hat, stat!".
The drummer is absolutely awesome!!!
My gate fold Radio gnome is in my collection. I am only 56.... 2024... Just so future people get it..
Gongs been a massive part of my journey. Fuck. Such a trippy bunch of bastards
THANK YOU Daevid for the music!
I’ll admit I came to take the piss out of the old hippies. Then I came back again. And again. And again. Now......makes me want to hear more of them. Wherever Daevid is now I’m sure he’s pleased he’s got a convert.
Saw em on Wednesday! Daevid & Gilli & their son, Orlando on drums with a new line up. Bloomin marvelous!!!
They sing about potted Pixies, but boy, can this lot groove like cosmic mothers!
Pot head pixies 🧚♂️
If the seven dwarfs are in a forest eating the wrong shrooms ..they may be sound like that.
More like the right shrooms!
@@iamdamosuzuki_ absolutely
Fucking great! Saw them in Macclesfield at “Bar Cuba” and I duetted with David during Oily way....really nice guy.
I.have watched this piece of footage more than any other on TH-cam over the years.What I.wouldn't have given to live in their commune with them in France .lol
Likewise! ✌ 🌙
Classic Gong, love it. R.I.P. Daevid.
That gnome can sure play guitar....
That would be Steve Hillage.
Professor S Sharpstrings.
Pot head pixie you mean?
Peter Lawson steffy shaprstrings is someone else
Merci pour l'upload de cette belle vidéo de cet album génial.
Once in the seventies I took an LSD and went to a Gong concert near Paris. Impossible to explain but extraordinary!
Aha! Now I know where Flavor Flav got his inspiration. Never thought I'd ever see such great footage of Gong from early 70s
How did I not know this band before? This is some of the best psych/jam/fusion stuff I've heard. Although the silly hats and dance moves, I could do without. ;-)
It's optional if you close your eyes silly! 🙄
what if you loved them back then but not until this youtube video did you know they did silly hats and dance moves
Awesome! - an old friend of mine who is no longer with us introduced me to the Genius of Gong about 25 years ago with the epic Radio gnome invisible part 2 - flying teapot masterpiece and still a big fan after many a mind fuzzing late night. Cheers Graham wherever your soul maybe now.
Saw them at Windsor Park festival in the 70’s. Just before they started a guy from the Release tent came on to the stage and announced that someone was selling really bad acid, called Head Sunshine. I’d just swallowed a tab. It was a mixed day for me.
Gong is still a great live band. Maybe not as "crazy" but still sound awesome and very fresh. See them if you ever get a chance.