They weren't overlooked. They were both too far ahead, and too far behind their time. No one else was approaching prog rock this way. That they were inaccessible to the critics wasn't their fault
I agree with this,listen and love their music since 50 years, so unique innovative and beautiful,you have a big chance to discover them and you will have a splendid marvelous journey with them.
I'm glad you're hooked. Gentle Giant is easy to absorb and digest unlike other Prog bands like King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd that you would really have to listen a few times to appreciate them.
You'll never find a band like this one. A friend dropped "Three Friends" in my car when I helped him move, and he let me keep it. Absolutely changed how I listened to and approached Music.
He could be at any instrument any week, "You may know what I don't know, but not thatI don't know it and I can't tell you So you will." Bless him The Great Gentle Giant of ProgRock Ray Shulman.
I saw Gentle Giant live at the beautiful Tower Theater in Philly in the late seventies. I'm still in awe,and amazed by that concert. 5 classicly trained Musicians playing the coolest progressive Rock tunes on the Planet. ❤🥁🎶
Incredible how they swap and change musical instruments. You can see they're all classically trained, accomplished musicians. A very special band indeed
I saw Gentle Giant in the UK this era, maybe this tour. I sort of knew Kerry Minnear, we had a mutual friend & I lived opposite his parents. His solo here is one of my favourite bits of GG, but it's a vibraphone not a xylophone (xylophones have wooden sound blocks).
@@barrieflix Wow. You probably lived close to the greatest musician to ever live. There is a video of him playing an electric guitar with some quality depth.
Memorabile concerto in Italy nel 1972. Qui da noi hanno avuto un grande apprezzamento , grandi strumentisti e musica all'avanguardia. Una delle migliori prog band....
Hoje perdemos Ray Schulmann, um dos gênios musicais e criativos desse incrível grupo. Ray influenciou e inspirou muitíssimos baixistas com seu estilo forte, dinâmico e sincopado. Pode ser visto nesse vídeo alternando-se no violino e trompete. Que descanse em paz.
I was fortunate enough to see this band in 1975 - like no other I had seen or have seen since, it was them that inspired me to become a musician. Their material was and is both brilliant and timeless. British prog produced many great bands - without doubt this was one of the very best in the genre.
I guess people just didn’t applaud for someone playing their heart out on the vibes...I just don’t get it. That, my friends was pure genius what we just witnessed here. We’re not worthy! HAIL GENTLE GIANT!
As a big fan of progressive rock, I love this. GG is a very undervalued progeband. Mainly forgotten, which is sad. But some of us keep the memory alive?
holdem5180 of course. But there are 142 millions of people that have seen that video, and half a million have seen this. So GG is a very undervalued band. We have the proofs.Sorry for my bad english.
Gentle Giant is my favorite band. Their performance on their main instruments is amazing, but it's amazing that their performance doesn't diminish at all when they switch instruments. They are truly a group of geniuses!
Few things gets better with time, nostalgia is one, Gentle Giant is another, Long live Gentle Giant and their Music. Love to all the lads and hats of for Ray. If somebody happens pass his place of rest, please lay down a Rose from me.
The acoustic guitar strumming over the xylophone is just so beautiful. In fact, there are so few rock-oriented bands that ever used xylophone. These guys were so special in an era that is now long gone. It just can't be over 30 years since I was just a long-haired hippie kid listening to this stuff ? Where did the years go? Thing is, THIS music holds up and still sounds both modern and fantastic!
It’s crazy how far apart on the music spectrum this and MF DOOM are, but given the right opportunity, they come together and form a beautiful song with both segments equally shining, not being overpowered by the other, and neither having to change its style to fit the other, madlib did great on putting the sample and beat together, with DOOM laying down some powerful punchy lyrics. Amazing work by both Gentle Giant for the original song and DOOM and Lib for putting their twist on this song to create a whole new one, music is definitely the universal language, able to bring us all together even through different genres
My heart yearns to be back in high school listening to these songs playing on my dads old ‘record player’ he had given me. I had my new Radio Shack deluxe headphones i had saved up to buy. The seventies were a horrible beautiful time. The music coming from Europe, being called progressive. Genesis’s second album only being sold as a special import at Licorice Pizza. NOBODY but my friend and I had ever heard of GG. Thank you for my time trip. It’s was better back then….
Damn! this is the band that got away...I missed seeing them live. They played at New Paltz the year before I got there. Back in the day, going to a concert was a big event. If they were still around, I would have seen them 10 times by now...Thank God there's plenty of footage of them live, no one would believe what they pulled off live, except for those lucky to see them in concert,
@Pcrimsont. I got lucky. My then boyfriend introduced a ton of bands to me when we met in 1970ish. I was 18. We got to see so many bands play at Massey Hall in Toronto Ontario, one and a half miles from where we lived. They put on what they called Cheap Thrills concerts. This is how we got to see Genesis, Strawbs, and others but GG was the ultimate!!! My favourite then and now, 51 years later! You would like Focus, Curved Air, King crimson, Exception, Camel, Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells, Pink Floyd, Emerson,Lake and Palmer, TRex. Enjoy!
@@wendycrawford1792 Hi Wendy. I did see a lot of live music in the seventies, but not as many in the following decades. Plenty of Genesis, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson tours. One of my highlights was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells at Carnagie Hall in Manhatten. When the NYPD's Tatoo came on stage for the bagpipe section, the place went nuts!
music of GG unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the songs fill with fervor and the instruments have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)
This is soooooo beautiful, it should be remembered as the classical music of our times, Gentle Giant is as great as all those great classical composers Bach, Beethoven and others.
This is a great discovery, I’ve given up reading some bullshit for my new job tomorrow, it’s totally destructive to my evening peace. This music is far more inspiring and instructive.
Fact is.....I don´t get tired of listening to this song.. No matter how old it is..for me the sensation brought if beyond any countable measure of time. it´s has a dimension sense of its own..
Sempre extraordinários de princípio a fim! Um trajeto que segui a milímetros e que ainda hoje não dispenso a música de uma banda MUITO além do que se convenciona chamar "música"! Soberbos executantes e qualidade e profusão de instrumentos e sua inclusão nas composições, de uma complexidade e fineza incrível! Gentle Giant São ETERNOS!!!
My Special Band from the progbands . There was so many in the ealy 70th ( Genesis , Yes,King Crimson , Focus , Camel , Soft Machine, Colloseum , Jethro Tull aso. ) They Sounds all different but GG was more different. 5 genious musicians could Play over 30 instuments in a way of close by perfect !!!!!!! That was GG 👍💯🎸💞
@ronaldoroyal|8443. Yes! I was introduced to GG by my then boyfriend back in 1970ish. I was 18, along with so many other brilliant bands, some of which you mentioned. We were lucky at the time. Massey Hall in Toronto had these bands come and put on shows for 5 bucks a ticket!!! We lived an hour and a half away. We saw Gentle Giant 3x, Genesis 4x, Camel in England in 75. Never did see King Crimson or Pink Floyd, but loved them both intensely. For whatever the reasons, Gentle Giant was my favourite band then and still is to this day. It’s hard for me to listen to them - so emotional and memories. Cheers
This is one band I deeply regret not seeing. Gentle Giant was a fantastic band and were way ahead of their times musically speaking. I'll have to just settle for their recordings and TG for that.
I hate "OMG" in texts....But for the love of God: these guys were the top musicians of their era. I'm a simple keyboard "rocker" to this day. I'll play any Yes. Genesis, Pink Floyd...and some of my favorite Gentle Giant....but they were way underated for their time...any time! They rocked, and also showed an amaing grasp of ja..(guess what key is broken on my pc).....There just aren't any words: at the age of 58, they inspire me to keep on: practicing, trying to increase my knowledge of theory, and reach for................................
pink floyd is not everything. but they are not best nor worse than gentle giant. nor any other band from the 60's /70's. because they were all amazing in their own original way. no one ever did anything like dark side of the moon before. that is why PF is great ;)
I'm always astounded by the dead silence at the end of Kerry's vibes solo. The audience must be dead. I must have heard this song hundreds of times, and it still kills me. What a great performance by an amazing band.
@@rickpauline3091 If that's the case, then OK, I guess I can sort of understand. It reminds me of this video where the audience gets treated to a surprise Praxis reunion party, but no one seems to enjoy the show (well, at least not until Bootsy Collins shows up, and even with that, it seems to me that handlers must have either replaced some of the audience, or instructed them to participate more) th-cam.com/video/dyQJH615KwA/w-d-xo.html . Since the show is sponsored by PBS, I wonder if the audience was expecting something highbrow like Masterpiece Theater. If so, LOL, what a massive overdose of cognitive dissonance. An alternative theory I've pondered is whether this might be some sort of cultural difference, i.e., Belgians not caring for GG in the same confusing way that Germans love David Hasselhoff. I've heard that Italians especially loved GG... maybe the film's producer should have filmed the show there.
@@repoman7804 Maybe the audience was not dead but civilized enough not to destroy the music by inadequate noise. The piece was not finished yet and you could have realized that. You obviously don't know that there is a time to listen and a time to applause. And your lack of knowledge seems to make you think you heve the right to criticize people who know that. You are wrong. And who told you the Germans love Hasselhoff? Funny that people with the least knowledge have the biggest mouth.
I think this kinda stuff draws an audience that appreciates the moment and talent more than the hype of the situation. Different cultures also produce different audiences. My American ass can't go to a decent concert or anything without the act being partially drowned out with whooping and hollering. Not to mention seas of cellphone recordings.
Un ejemplo de un grupo involucrado en la exploración de distintas melodias y armonias con transiciones bruscas por ejemplo la suavidad de Ray en el violin con la fuerza de la trompeta, y Kerry la transicion entre los mazos del xilofono y la bella de la cuerdas frotadas del chelo y los ritmosy grooves con los mallets de Weathers, y Green desde el acorde soporte, SENCILLA Y COMPLEJAMENTE PERFECTA, QEPD y gran viaje celestial RAY
I have loved this song literally from the first time I heard it, when it was first released, and I think I might actually love it more now. It is timeless and really showcases how ridiculously talented each one of these men are.
I absolutely LOVE GG...the GREATEST band ever !! I personally don't believe in the genre thing !! there's two kinds of music ...GOOD and bad !! No better example of so called..progressive rock, Yes...Genesis..ELP...but this band...has everything you would EVER want or need, it's ALL there !! Writing espescially, then sound, and arrangements of such complexity that sometimes i think Bach and the classic dudes would Love a front row seat to Gentle Giant....Rock on Three Friends, Keep it going...Thank You Gary..
It is incredible that they have a mastery of so many instruments. I would love to be in a band like this. All the work put in, the musical skill. The satisfaction you would get from being able to pull this off.
Gentle Giant :one of the "Giants" of my youth..unforgettable and ,most of all,still ALIVE .. This creativeness and genious musical approach, highest performers'skills need to be known by this current and future generations. Long Live the Giants and thank for sharing that with us: good soul vibrations..!!
Pure genius, one of the most overlooked bands of all time.
They weren't overlooked. They were both too far ahead, and too far behind their time.
No one else was approaching prog rock this way. That they were inaccessible to the critics wasn't their fault
Never underrated. Always genius. Forever Giant.
I so appreciate this band like no other in this time
Wouldn’t go that far….this song is ok but I like the MF DOOM ONE BETTER.
"strange ways" by maddvillain is a good song that samples this song
Thanks 13 years later! Was listening to gentle giant and couldnt place where I had heard it before
Thank you.
Never heard GG until yesterday. I am totally blown away. Their music is really out of this world.
Congrats you have discovered the greatest most epic legendary unique original innovative genius band ever enjoy the journey.
I agree with this,listen and love their music since 50 years, so unique innovative and beautiful,you have a big chance to discover them and you will have a splendid marvelous journey with them.
I'm glad you're hooked. Gentle Giant is easy to absorb and digest unlike other Prog bands like King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd that you would really have to listen a few times to appreciate them.
You'll never find a band like this one. A friend dropped "Three Friends" in my car when I helped him move, and he let me keep it.
Absolutely changed how I listened to and approached Music.
He could be at any instrument any week, "You may know what I don't know, but not thatI don't know it and I can't tell you
So you will."
Bless him The Great Gentle Giant of ProgRock Ray Shulman.
I saw Gentle Giant live at the beautiful Tower Theater in Philly in the late seventies. I'm still in awe,and amazed by that concert. 5 classicly trained Musicians playing the coolest progressive Rock tunes on the Planet. ❤🥁🎶
Incredible how they swap and change musical instruments. You can see they're all classically trained, accomplished musicians. A very special band indeed
th-cam.com/video/jnKhmHIG6Kk/w-d-xo.html squid, so well said👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
R.I.P. Ray Shulman
Minnear was a monster on the keyboards! One of the best ever! And the xylophone part here is phenomenal!
I saw Gentle Giant in the UK this era, maybe this tour. I sort of knew Kerry Minnear, we had a mutual friend & I lived opposite his parents. His solo here is one of my favourite bits of GG, but it's a vibraphone not a xylophone (xylophones have wooden sound blocks).
Vibes but yeah, absolute beast!
@@barrieflix Wow. You probably lived close to the greatest musician to ever live. There is a video of him playing an electric guitar with some quality depth.
Memorabile concerto in Italy nel 1972. Qui da noi hanno avuto un grande apprezzamento , grandi strumentisti e musica all'avanguardia. Una delle migliori prog band....
These guys don't just dabble in other instruments, they MASTER them!
Their collective talents are beyond measure.
That Vibes solo though!! 👌🏼
The most exquisite band in the history of the rock and roll i m sure
The most insanely talented ensemble ever assembled
I 'VE SEEN THEM LIVE, WITH THE THREE BROTHERS TOGETHER ON STAGE........WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!! BELIEVE ME , THEY CHANGED MY RELATION WITH THE MUSIC!!!!
Most underrated band of all time.
you left out greatest
Hoje perdemos Ray Schulmann, um dos gênios musicais e criativos desse incrível grupo. Ray influenciou e inspirou muitíssimos baixistas com seu estilo forte, dinâmico e sincopado. Pode ser visto nesse vídeo alternando-se no violino e trompete. Que descanse em paz.
I was fortunate enough to see this band in 1975 - like no other I had seen or have seen since, it was them that inspired me to become a musician. Their material was and is both brilliant and timeless. British prog produced many great bands - without doubt this was one of the very best in the genre.
Wonderful Kerry Minnear solo on vibraphone. And without doubt one of the best Gentle Giant song.
The xylophone solo is the best ever. I saw this live & i swear to God he lifted up into the top of the Calderone Theater. 1974
Amazing solo indeed, although it's a vibraphone! 🙌🙌🙌 Btw you are a very lucky guy!!
I guess people just didn’t applaud for someone playing their heart out on the vibes...I just don’t get it. That, my friends was pure genius what we just witnessed here. We’re not worthy! HAIL GENTLE GIANT!
As a big fan of progressive rock, I love this. GG is a very undervalued progeband. Mainly forgotten, which is sad. But some of us keep the memory alive?
Udai Taxim agree
Nearly half a million hits, undervalued? I think not.
chris guy One Direction - You and I - 142 million hits. I think yes.
one direction and Giant should never even be in the same sentence...... period..... no comparison
holdem5180 of course. But there are 142 millions of people that have seen that video, and half a million have seen this. So GG is a very undervalued band. We have the proofs.Sorry for my bad english.
The whole performance is truly incredible, but the vibraphone solo is totally flabbergasting!
Gentle Giant is my favorite band. Their performance on their main instruments is amazing, but it's amazing that their performance doesn't diminish at all when they switch instruments. They are truly a group of geniuses!
Love this band. And returen for their fantastic compositions and melodies
🇫🇷 Great ! I ve all their original vinyls records ! ❤
I' m 65 years old and The Giant follows me all along my life !
amazing artists, wonderful music!
Ray Shulman my hero 😢 what a sad sad sad day. RIP Maestro.
I just went to hit the 'like" button and thought, how in the hell can I "like" this tragic news. But you paid proper tribute to this genius.
He was the King of 4 strings
Descansa en paz Ray ❤
These fellas put sounds together like no others. Period.
Very ture. VERY UNIQUE and VERY AWESOME.
This song is a masterpiece!
Superb. The vibes solo gives me shivers!
Me too. Saw this live!❤️
@@wendycrawford1792 Saw them at the Rainbow (Finsbury Park) supporting Tony McPhee - fantastic gig.
These 5 took prog to ridiculous heights, and yet, when they all hit the groove, they were so damned funky . True artistry
Few things gets better with time, nostalgia is one, Gentle Giant is another, Long live Gentle Giant and their Music. Love to all the lads and hats of for Ray. If somebody happens pass his place of rest, please lay down a Rose from me.
I've watched this video for the last 10 years, I keep comming back at least once a year, such an epic performance
Met Kerry's daughter Sally 3 days ago at Progfest. She did an awesome set with Dave Bainbridge. Much talent inherited.
The acoustic guitar strumming over the xylophone is just so beautiful. In fact, there are so few rock-oriented bands that ever used xylophone. These guys were so special in an era that is now long gone. It just can't be over 30 years since I was just a long-haired hippie kid listening to this stuff ? Where did the years go? Thing is, THIS music holds up and still sounds both modern and fantastic!
Kerry minnear vibraphone solo..es un "extraterrestre" hallucy..man 🤘🤘
It’s crazy how far apart on the music spectrum this and MF DOOM are, but given the right opportunity, they come together and form a beautiful song with both segments equally shining, not being overpowered by the other, and neither having to change its style to fit the other, madlib did great on putting the sample and beat together, with DOOM laying down some powerful punchy lyrics. Amazing work by both Gentle Giant for the original song and DOOM and Lib for putting their twist on this song to create a whole new one, music is definitely the universal language, able to bring us all together even through different genres
god-like taste in music
My heart yearns to be back in high school listening to these songs playing on my dads old ‘record player’ he had given me. I had my new Radio Shack deluxe headphones i had saved up to buy. The seventies were a horrible beautiful time. The music coming from Europe, being called progressive. Genesis’s second album only being sold as a special import at Licorice Pizza. NOBODY but my friend and I had ever heard of GG. Thank you for my time trip. It’s was better back then….
Better therapy video ever. A "detox" sound for a sick world we have.
Damn! this is the band that got away...I missed seeing them live. They played at New Paltz the year before I got there. Back in the day, going to a concert was a big event. If they were still around, I would have seen them 10 times by now...Thank God there's plenty of footage of them live, no one would believe what they pulled off live, except for those lucky to see them in concert,
@Pcrimsont. I got lucky. My then boyfriend introduced a ton of bands to me when we met in 1970ish. I was 18. We got to see so many bands play at Massey Hall in Toronto Ontario, one and a half miles from where we lived. They put on what they called Cheap Thrills concerts. This is how we got to see Genesis, Strawbs, and others but GG was the ultimate!!! My favourite then and now, 51 years later! You would like Focus, Curved Air, King crimson, Exception, Camel, Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells, Pink Floyd, Emerson,Lake and Palmer, TRex. Enjoy!
@@wendycrawford1792 Hi Wendy. I did see a lot of live music in the seventies, but not as many in the following decades. Plenty of Genesis, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson tours. One of my highlights was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells at Carnagie Hall in Manhatten. When the NYPD's Tatoo came on stage for the bagpipe section, the place went nuts!
Love to the Giant, one of the best bands ever.
That's my song. Funny ways. And what a xylophone solo
its actually a vibraphone
music of GG unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the songs fill with fervor and the instruments have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)
Such a beautiful song. I never get tired of hearing it
R.I.P., Raymond Shulman...
The transition from Proclamation to Funny Ways with that genius look from Ray, brilliant
On the last bass note.
The transition from Proclamation to this song is so sublime...
It sounds like the ending to raconteur troubadour
The older I become, the better this song gets. I guess it's my own funny ways!
Descansa en paz, maestro. 😢😢😖
This is absolutely the best! The talent of Ray is off the charts!
This is soooooo beautiful, it should be remembered as the classical music of our times, Gentle Giant is as great as all those great classical composers Bach, Beethoven and others.
This is absolutely so good
The start of 4:34 with Kerry is absolutely mind blowing…
This is a great discovery, I’ve given up reading some bullshit for my new job tomorrow, it’s totally destructive to my evening peace. This music is far more inspiring and instructive.
Ray Shulman R. I. P.
Oh my goodness, I had no idea until now... this is so sad...
Fact is.....I don´t get tired of listening to this song.. No matter how old it is..for me the sensation brought if beyond any countable measure of time. it´s has a dimension sense of its own..
Brought up listening to this great band of the seventies. Happy memories
Rest in peace, Ray🙏🏼
Sempre extraordinários de princípio a fim! Um trajeto que segui a milímetros e que ainda hoje não dispenso a música de uma banda MUITO além do que se convenciona chamar "música"! Soberbos executantes e qualidade e profusão de instrumentos e sua inclusão nas composições, de uma complexidade e fineza incrível! Gentle Giant São ETERNOS!!!
I can't find words to define each musician and each part of this masterpiece!
Oh my god, this is soo beautifully.
underrated ! music beyond this reality! the more i listen to this song, the more i like it!
The mooore i look at it the moore i like it
The guy puts down the vibe mallets then picks up a cello and sings backup. How freaking good were they?
That’s Kerry Minnear (and all of them) for you
@@rubintuesday 🥰
My Special Band from the progbands . There was so many in the ealy 70th ( Genesis , Yes,King Crimson , Focus , Camel , Soft Machine, Colloseum , Jethro Tull aso. ) They Sounds all different but GG was more different. 5 genious musicians could Play over 30 instuments in a way of close by perfect !!!!!!! That was GG 👍💯🎸💞
it's true
@ronaldoroyal|8443. Yes! I was introduced to GG by my then boyfriend back in 1970ish. I was 18, along with so many other brilliant bands, some of which you mentioned. We were lucky at the time. Massey Hall in Toronto had these bands come and put on shows for 5 bucks a ticket!!! We lived an hour and a half away. We saw Gentle Giant 3x, Genesis 4x, Camel in England in 75. Never did see King Crimson or Pink Floyd, but loved them both intensely. For whatever the reasons, Gentle Giant was my favourite band then and still is to this day. It’s hard for me to listen to them - so emotional and memories. Cheers
Beautiful music 🎶..if someone sends you this..that person is a legend ❤️ 🙌 💖
Genius at work. Masterpiece! Thanks
Ray Shulman is amazing
This is one band I deeply regret not seeing. Gentle Giant was a fantastic band and were way ahead of their times musically speaking. I'll have to just settle for their recordings and TG for that.
And still the times have not caught up with them.
I saw them OPEN...for Foghat...and..get booed off the stage!..Flint,Michigan....
Kerry Minnear, can I get a FUCK YEAH!
Minnear was a multi-instrumentalist, progrock virtuoso.
Definitely!
Fuck Yeah
I hate "OMG" in texts....But for the love of God: these guys were the top musicians of their era. I'm a simple keyboard "rocker" to this day. I'll play any Yes. Genesis, Pink Floyd...and some of my favorite Gentle Giant....but they were way underated for their time...any time! They rocked, and also showed an amaing grasp of ja..(guess what key is broken on my pc).....There just aren't any words: at the age of 58, they inspire me to keep on: practicing, trying to increase my knowledge of theory, and reach for................................
+Joseph Baum z?
You're only as old as you're young, mate! Keep on practicing :D
darkside of the moon saved my life but gentle giant changed it forever
pink floyd is not everything, many people don't understand that and they jail themselves to the same.
yep
pink floyd is not everything. but they are not best nor worse than gentle giant. nor any other band from the 60's /70's. because they were all amazing in their own original way. no one ever did anything like dark side of the moon before. that is why PF is great ;)
I completely agree, and the "Yes".
perfection
RIP dear Ray
They are all so locked in
the best song of all time performed by the best band of all time
Ese solo de vibráfono es absolutamente brillante!
I'm always astounded by the dead silence at the end of Kerry's vibes solo. The audience must be dead. I must have heard this song hundreds of times, and it still kills me. What a great performance by an amazing band.
I think audience was brought in for the performance, and most (or all?) of them had no idea who they were seeing.
@@rickpauline3091 If that's the case, then OK, I guess I can sort of understand. It reminds me of this video where the audience gets treated to a surprise Praxis reunion party, but no one seems to enjoy the show (well, at least not until Bootsy Collins shows up, and even with that, it seems to me that handlers must have either replaced some of the audience, or instructed them to participate more) th-cam.com/video/dyQJH615KwA/w-d-xo.html . Since the show is sponsored by PBS, I wonder if the audience was expecting something highbrow like Masterpiece Theater. If so, LOL, what a massive overdose of cognitive dissonance.
An alternative theory I've pondered is whether this might be some sort of cultural difference, i.e., Belgians not caring for GG in the same confusing way that Germans love David Hasselhoff. I've heard that Italians especially loved GG... maybe the film's producer should have filmed the show there.
@@repoman7804 Maybe the audience was not dead but civilized enough not to destroy the music by inadequate noise. The piece was not finished yet and you could have realized that. You obviously don't know that there is a time to listen and a time to applause. And your lack of knowledge seems to make you think you heve the right to criticize people who know that. You are wrong.
And who told you the Germans love Hasselhoff? Funny that people with the least knowledge have the biggest mouth.
@@maraboo72 Your first sentence was great but the rest was needlessly condescending lol
I think this kinda stuff draws an audience that appreciates the moment and talent more than the hype of the situation. Different cultures also produce different audiences. My American ass can't go to a decent concert or anything without the act being partially drowned out with whooping and hollering. Not to mention seas of cellphone recordings.
one of my teacher brought me here... what a great teacher.
Great work on the triangle! These guys are absolutely astonishing. I’m a musician (keyboards mostly) but GG are something else. Brilliant!!!
Un ejemplo de un grupo involucrado en la exploración de distintas melodias y armonias con transiciones bruscas por ejemplo la suavidad de Ray en el violin con la fuerza de la trompeta, y Kerry la transicion entre los mazos del xilofono y la bella de la cuerdas frotadas del chelo y los ritmosy grooves con los mallets de Weathers, y Green desde el acorde soporte, SENCILLA Y COMPLEJAMENTE PERFECTA, QEPD y gran viaje celestial RAY
They are beautiful and completely unique! Они прекрасны и совершенно уникальные!
Another upper shelf with a label of Masterpieces
I have loved this song literally from the first time I heard it, when it was first released, and I think I might actually love it more now. It is timeless and really showcases how ridiculously talented each one of these men are.
Freaking musical geniuses- every one of them
Where was the standing ovation for the greatest vibraphone solo ever?
Not a sound....He was expecting SOME applause...at least.........!you can see it.....
too shook
When prog rock bands perform no one is cheering, clapping or shouting. … Pure Silent and appreciation of music.
Totally insane levels of musicianship! So playful and joyful. Thanks for sharing.
GG. Are CRAZY great. I wish I had known about them when they were in their peak. Glad I know about them in my older age.
Omg! I had never seen the performance of this song before!
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I absolutely LOVE GG...the GREATEST band ever !! I personally don't believe in the genre thing !! there's two kinds of music ...GOOD and bad !! No better example of so called..progressive rock, Yes...Genesis..ELP...but this band...has everything you would EVER want or need, it's ALL there !! Writing espescially, then sound, and arrangements of such complexity that sometimes i think Bach and the classic dudes would Love a front row seat to Gentle Giant....Rock on Three Friends, Keep it going...Thank You Gary..
Charlie Quinn Pink Floyd, King Crimson and then...yes, why not Gentle Giant. The rest is muzak
@@ulfingvar1 You forget a lot of bands VDGG Soft Machine 1- Robert Wyatt Shawn Phillips, Caravan Renaissance ect...
@@MrDanielphenixOh no, just forgot to mention them..Love them all..list can go on..
As far removed from "music" manufactured for TV audiences as possible. This beautiful track is simply delicious. Thank you so much guys.
they were spooky good.
Kerry Minnear going crazy on the vibraphone..underrated Prog band!
that mid section starting at 03:20 is magical, the look on Ray's face says it all
Love this song and the whole album.
It is incredible that they have a mastery of so many instruments. I would love to be in a band like this. All the work put in, the musical skill. The satisfaction you would get from being able to pull this off.
Geniali, veramente! Musica eccelsa, onirica l'assolo di xilofono mi ha spiazzato🤗
R.I.P Ray Shulman 😢🌹
Gentle Giant :one of the "Giants" of my youth..unforgettable and ,most of all,still ALIVE .. This creativeness and genious musical approach, highest performers'skills need to be known by this current and future generations. Long Live the Giants and thank for sharing that with us: good soul vibrations..!!
I've heard this song several times now over the past three or four years. And yes, it's pretty much perfect.