Thanks for this. I'm an ex-pat and feel dismay for the state of ol' Blighty in which so many of my family and friends still live- I know PH is a rare bird, but his outlook warms me right through. We need to hear more of these views in the current Euro/Anglo public discourse. Go Pete!
serves him right for being so fucking weird. I know whereof I speak as a former huge fan of his. he became irrelevant to me over twenty-years ago. I have never heard him speak and must say it is a very pleasant surprise to see him so affable and forthright. I never knew he was so charming. You can see his determination to communicate coming through his mild insecurity and timidity. I have gained enormous admiration and respect for him through this video. thanks for the upload
"yeah right Pete" "sometimes i just get smashed all day" Thanks for that lyric , i laughed so hard, boy i needed that, Then ofcourse , "how could you let it happen" still not got over that.
@MeurglysIV He mentioned "Nadir" a name he gave himself, i.e."Nadir's Big Chance" and "K' a nickname someone gave him, i.e. "Enter K", I like your other comment below. Good question. I think he is accustomed to living with doubt. He writes about emotion but never seems to lose his head.
@tiadoran It could have been as simple as some people reading the one word "godbluff" that put them off. People are strange in that regard. I see VDGG as my private band nobody else around here ever heard of, except for those psych heads that turned me onto them.
Interesante entrevista de1992 con Peter Hammill, vocalista de Van der Graaf Generator, que muestra a una buena y honesta persona con la que se puede estar de acuerdo en muchos temas.
I always got the opposite impression. His lyrics often sound critical of evil acts and his singing style makes it sound as though he's preaching or even performing an exorcism. I've wondered whether it was the religious passion of his work that people had kneejerk reactions to.
@@dodibenabba1378 Well the two are very much compatible. If you experience the divine as transcendent, then it transcends intellectual knowing - so agnosticism is pretty much the only intellectual stance that makes sense.
I think it's a shame that he isn't as big as peter gabriel and david bowie. It serves him right for being so great.
He's more artist than performer, the other two inferiors are the other way around.
@@dodibenabba1378 Wow that's really fucking pretentious
@@kidflersh7807 Well in fairness, David Bowie did once describe himself as "the poor man's Peter Hammill" 😂
@@michaelgove9349 i remember hearing that, but i don't know if that's actually true
@@dodibenabba1378 Oh no man. He is TRUELY a great PERFORMER.
That, "You act different with certain people" bit was on point.
Thanks for this. I'm an ex-pat and feel dismay for the state of ol' Blighty in which so many of my family and friends still live- I know PH is a rare bird, but his outlook warms me right through. We need to hear more of these views in the current Euro/Anglo public discourse. Go Pete!
He *was* a rare bird. These days he is just another bitter middle class Remoaner.
this guy is something else. nothing but inspirational
As always, thoughtful and impossible to pin down. Peter Hammill has always been his own man. We should all try to be so.
serves him right for being so fucking weird. I know whereof I speak as a former huge fan of his. he became irrelevant to me over twenty-years ago. I have never heard him speak and must say it is a very pleasant surprise to see him so affable and forthright. I never knew he was so charming. You can see his determination to communicate coming through his mild insecurity and timidity. I have gained enormous admiration and respect for him through this video. thanks for the upload
Why did you stop being a fan of his?
As Close As This came out about 20 years ago, and is one of his best records. Check it out.
I believe the word Peter was thinking of, early on, to describe his religious/theological outlook, is ... Agnostic.
You do indeed.........
He's a good guy, at heart. Or at least one whom I agree with.
In this form, at least.
It is frightening.,.,........l have many of the same thoughts........
"yeah right Pete"
"sometimes i just get smashed all day"
Thanks for that lyric , i laughed so hard, boy i needed that,
Then ofcourse , "how could you let it happen" still not got over that.
Very interesting Prof.
Thanks
Interesting views on the concept of the whole English/European identity in light of Brexit.
oh shit he better not met me because I'm definetly gonna scream like a little girl even if I'm a 6foot 6 man
Thanks!
@MeurglysIV
He mentioned "Nadir" a name he gave himself, i.e."Nadir's Big Chance" and "K' a nickname someone gave him, i.e. "Enter K", I like your other comment below. Good question. I think he is accustomed to living with doubt. He writes about emotion but never seems to lose his head.
Oh how i dread thinking of my 23 yr old self listening to dreck when i should of listened to VdGG and PH
"In the Passionkirche" VHS.
@tiadoran It could have been as simple as some people reading the one word "godbluff" that put them off. People are strange in that regard.
I see VDGG as my private band nobody else around here ever heard of, except for those psych heads that turned me onto them.
I feel you buddy...
Interesante entrevista de1992 con Peter Hammill, vocalista de Van der Graaf Generator, que muestra a una buena y honesta persona con la que se puede estar de acuerdo en muchos temas.
Agnostic Peter, agnostic.
I always got the opposite impression. His lyrics often sound critical of evil acts and his singing style makes it sound as though he's preaching or even performing an exorcism. I've wondered whether it was the religious passion of his work that people had kneejerk reactions to.
I think he is talking more about pantheism or some other transcendant feeling, rather than agnosticism
I don't, that's why he describes an agnostic stance. I think that's what you'd like him to be.
@@dodibenabba1378 Well the two are very much compatible. If you experience the divine as transcendent, then it transcends intellectual knowing - so agnosticism is pretty much the only intellectual stance that makes sense.
Interesting, his comments re European, Britain, and England, at 7:45.