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  • German TV ZDF 1974-Live Brussels film studio Derek Shulman ( vocals, saxophone, recorder, bass, percussion) Ray Shulman (bass, violin, acoustic guitar, recorder, trumpet, vocals, percussion) Gary Green (guitars, recorders, vocals, percussion) Kerry Minnear (keyboards, cello, vibes, recorder, vocals, percussion) John Weathers (drums, vibes, tambour, vocals, percussion)

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  • @kingcurry6594
    @kingcurry6594 Рік тому +61

    RIP Ray Shulman. One of the truly great bass players and multi-instrumentalists..
    The whole band are brilliant musicians.

  • @northperthrecords9492
    @northperthrecords9492 8 років тому +285

    Am i the only person who obsessively keeps watching videos of Gentle Giant everyday?

    • @1359401
      @1359401 8 років тому +33

      Nothing wrong with that whatsoever considering that they are the greatest most criminally underated band ever

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 8 років тому +8

      They are like a gem...Take them out a stare at it and be grateful you have it ...:)...

    • @maximemailloux9680
      @maximemailloux9680 6 років тому +5

      No

    • @abelardo110
      @abelardo110 6 років тому +9

      Oh, no: you are in good company! :-D

    • @hugo_PaNK
      @hugo_PaNK 5 років тому +4

      No eres el único amigo!!

  • @shc3460
    @shc3460 10 років тому +352

    During those years I lived in a communist country - Romania - and you could only listen (and never watch) progressive rock groups like GG on banned radio stations like Free Europe. Very rarely one could get an album of "decadent" music groups. And I listened GG with eyes closed ... You cannot imagine my delight to watch now online concerts I only dreamed of during those times. Thank you Gentle Giant!

    • @shawnsulliv
      @shawnsulliv 9 років тому +12

      That's awesome!

    • @Snardbafulator
      @Snardbafulator 8 років тому +9

      Gods bless you for surviving those years, brother.

    • @YPO6
      @YPO6 7 років тому +2

      was Krzysztof Penderecki's music banned too?

    • @earthrider2417
      @earthrider2417 7 років тому +2

      Silviu Ciurea your story makes me appreciate them so much more

    • @Gabrielabelman25
      @Gabrielabelman25 6 років тому

      @@blessedspaghetti Amen!

  • @carstenschaefer8191
    @carstenschaefer8191 Рік тому +17

    In 1974 - a Sunday - I had switched the tele on (ZDF, second German channel) for a youth programme from 11 am to noon. I was just about to switch it off, because "Das ZDF-Sonntagskonzert" was almost always classical music. And I didn't much fancy classical music...when the announcer said on camera, "We are proud to present to you one of the leading rock bands in the world...". I thought, "What? Rock music? Certainly know them!" (after all, I was 14 years old and knew it all :-) ). "...Gentle Giant!" I drew a blank. Sat down and watched it...speechless! I knew "Yessongs" - but this was a whole different planet! Became a fan that day and have stayed for the rest of my life. After the show, I met two friends who walked their dogs every Sunday. We met and said simultaneously, "Did you just watch The Sunday Concert?! Bloody amazing!" So it was 3 life-long GG fans. And it's still my favourite GG concert...

    • @Aclimade
      @Aclimade 4 місяці тому +3

      Thank you. That was very much worth reading.

  • @aenamabag
    @aenamabag 7 років тому +207

    00:00 to 50:25 was particularly outstanding

    • @PRdeSO
      @PRdeSO 5 років тому +18

      I agree the last five seconds was a bit of a let down...

  • @jonbilbao2207
    @jonbilbao2207 4 роки тому +30

    Drummer´s lunatic face expressions when playing are pure gold !!!!!!!

  • @iron_rain_band
    @iron_rain_band 6 років тому +97

    And who doesnt love watching John Weathers play? Just the best.

    • @NavukhodonosorJJ
      @NavukhodonosorJJ 3 роки тому +3

      Yes! Cannot stop looking at his great play!

    • @ConceptJunkie
      @ConceptJunkie 3 роки тому +8

      It's like watching a cartoon Daddy Long Legs, and I mean that in a positive way... it's like he's got more than 2 arms and 2 legs. He's just so energetic and looks like he's having so much fun playing. GG's music is an acquired taste, no doubt, but there's so much amazing stuff going on that you keep coming back for more.

    • @ableasdale2000
      @ableasdale2000 3 роки тому +6

      Yep, he feels the music.

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 3 роки тому +8

      @@ConceptJunkie Acquired taste for some, I'm sure. I'm just one of those freaks who fell in love with them the moment I first heard them hahaha.

    • @saanzacs
      @saanzacs 2 роки тому +7

      Beast drummer!!!

  • @kristoffmussolini5186
    @kristoffmussolini5186 8 років тому +167

    These have got to be one of the most technically proficient bands that have ever existed.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 роки тому +2

      i think your dead right there!!...and i knew that in 1974 when i first saw them in concert....

    • @ReadIcculus93
      @ReadIcculus93 3 роки тому +14

      I've literally just heard this for the first time in my life, and play bass guitar in a band myself, I cannot stress just how accurate this statement is. They pushed the limits of what a band could do. Only records like Tarkus before them managed to do anything similar or technically as proficient.

    • @NuntiusLegis
      @NuntiusLegis 3 роки тому +13

      @@ReadIcculus93 My favourite bands are Gentle Giant, ELP and Jethro Tull. The latter achieved similar precision on albums like A Passion Play or Songs From The Wood, while mostly being more melodic and less dissonant. I think their best drummer, Barrie Barlow, topped (everyone, including) Carl Palmer and John Weathers.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому

      Zappa outshines that. Best concerts - Best 3 person - Hendrix, Best 4 person - RTF Honorable mention Leon Russell. Best concert - Zappa.

    • @creak3293
      @creak3293 Місяць тому

      @@NuntiusLegis A Passion Play is my absolute favourite from Tull for the same reason you described. Also Relayer and Tales by Yes are up there for me, alongside Giant, ELP and Tull. Such fascinating music.

  • @robinpearce6961
    @robinpearce6961 11 років тому +73

    They don't make bands like this anymore. Incredible.

    • @ConceptJunkie
      @ConceptJunkie 3 роки тому +14

      They never did. Gentle Giant came here from another universe.

  • @Herreken
    @Herreken 10 років тому +60

    The drummer is a pleasure to watch.

    • @schildtrager9270
      @schildtrager9270 9 років тому +1

      +Herreken So is the Bass player :-)

    • @Herreken
      @Herreken 9 років тому +5

      +SchildTräger Which bass player?

    • @Amsterdamagesoup
      @Amsterdamagesoup 6 років тому +4

      Bass player is brother Ray

  • @gringochucha
    @gringochucha 10 років тому +46

    Yes, their music was as complex as fuck, but it was also fun and funny and interesting and full of heart and fantasy. So many bands go for the complex and miss everything else.

    • @ClaudioDesideriFilms
      @ClaudioDesideriFilms 2 роки тому +3

      Your words are "So Sincere" 😁

    • @OllieProphet
      @OllieProphet 2 роки тому +3

      Bingo! All the Neo-prog bands I've listened to have the chops, but miss the heart. It's so much musical masturbation these days, all flash, no soul. GG composed and played with the story as the center of the song, and they consistently spun a great yarn.

  • @GoodSneakers
    @GoodSneakers 3 роки тому +75

    One of the greatest prog bands ever. God, this stuff is hard to play. Their rehearsals must have been meticulous. The music is, even in terms of progressive rock, extraordinarily original. So odd and weird, but it works. Never get tired of GG.

  • @geraividet
    @geraividet 6 років тому +45

    These guys are still ahead of their time even today

  • @cuprum1
    @cuprum1 Рік тому +5

    What a fantastic vibraphone solo. I'm mesmerized.

  • @TheVoltrom
    @TheVoltrom 10 років тому +195

    Best prog rock band of all times.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 9 років тому +3

      TheVoltrom Oh god yeah fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 9 років тому +11

      There is no best band in prog.
      You got Genesis that are real good and ELP that can kick ass too and Rush , so in my book they are all really good, no best ...just different

    • @TheArcelle
      @TheArcelle 9 років тому +3

      +TheVoltrom
      Totaly exact the best band of all times and of the universe
      Laurent

    • @mattleemattlee123
      @mattleemattlee123 9 років тому +6

      +andy T I don't think you ever saw them live. I love Yes, love ELP, but these guys were another thing altogether, and live...forget it! (A big "get well" to Gary Green, by the way!)

    • @sega62s
      @sega62s 9 років тому +2

      I said that there is no better band in prog, sure Yes Genesis are good, but those guys are really more open to different styles!

  • @gogamma
    @gogamma 3 роки тому +59

    So Ray plays flawless bass, puts down the bass, Derek puts on guitar and Ray proceeds to play violin like it is his main instrument and then plays trumpet like that was his main instrument! The versatility of these guys is staggering.

    • @brakemcgaughey5724
      @brakemcgaughey5724 3 роки тому +7

      I think Ray played violin in college! So sick man. These guys are the greatest.

    • @nikjames2965
      @nikjames2965 2 роки тому +2

      You have to love Ray's SNARL

    • @barbarakiel1310
      @barbarakiel1310 2 роки тому +1

      Panmusicents🎷📯🎸🎻🎺🎼🎶🎵🤗

    • @108grog
      @108grog Рік тому +3

      And that vibraphone solo -
      Holy Shite

  • @lordbyron189
    @lordbyron189 4 роки тому +42

    I am also an obsessive listener to the best band ever, Gentle Giant. By the way, Kerry Minnear is a genius.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 4 роки тому +2

      Oh yeah!!!!!!! You absolutely a gazillion% correct-they are/were the greatest band ever

    • @ЕгорЦарев-щ4ф
      @ЕгорЦарев-щ4ф 2 роки тому

      Да пожалуй соглашусь Кинг Кримсон и не только ,даже ранний Генезис и Джетро Талл до 1972 уделывают

    • @martinbrodie8507
      @martinbrodie8507 2 роки тому +1

      You too?

  • @saanzacs
    @saanzacs 2 роки тому +10

    Real epic musicianship personified - the likes of which we will never see or hear again

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому +1

      Neal Morse does a pretty good job. Playing different instruments - Neal Morse "Alive".

  • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
    @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 3 роки тому +10

    I'm from Brasil, and I was born in Rio de Janeiro, long, long time ago. When I was at my 13's, I discovered one radio station transmiting in FM (FM was pretty recent back in the day), and this station called Eldorado (or EldoPop for the supporters) and the set list was all about ProgRock and Hard Rock. And GG was very present , along with all the great bands from the late 60's and early 70"s. It was such a GREAT time to be alive. God bless these guys.

    • @scrubless5763
      @scrubless5763 11 місяців тому +1

      Hello my friend of Brasil. i wish GG would play at the radio any time, im from Minas Gerais and just discovered GG because of a friend in Ceara.

    • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
      @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 11 місяців тому

      @@scrubless5763 hello friend!

    • @EugenioMarins
      @EugenioMarins 8 місяців тому +1

      Eu descobri o GG na Fluminense FM. Agradeço penhorado.

    • @marceloaraujo8728
      @marceloaraujo8728 День тому

      Foi bom ser coroa hoje e jovem nos anos 70. Tenho 7.2.☮

  • @Zongroned
    @Zongroned Місяць тому +1

    It was such a special occasion when it was announced (1975) they were coming to my home town ,Utica NY. We got back stage to meet them. Later that year I moved to Seattle with my band of musicians. We met them back stage a second time. Such a great time with great musicians.

  • @SleepFan771
    @SleepFan771 10 років тому +39

    Kicking ass from renaissance, medieval kingdoms, through folklore into heavy prog rock. Gentle Giant ruled and this is amazing!

  • @ccabreratovar
    @ccabreratovar 4 роки тому +30

    When I was 12 years old I heard it for the first time now I am 58 and still like it a lot more every day... I'm from Caracas Venezuela ..amazing

    • @108grog
      @108grog Рік тому +1

      Me, at 13 or 14, I can't remember which.
      A friend turned me on to GG and early Genesis.

    • @naranjacuatro
      @naranjacuatro 7 місяців тому +1

      Burda de bueno el beta mano jajajaja

    • @ccabreratovar
      @ccabreratovar 7 місяців тому

      @@naranjacuatro súper bueno

  • @schpleeb
    @schpleeb 10 років тому +266

    0:16 Cogs in Cogs
    3:20 Proclamation
    8:13 Funny Ways
    16:58 Runaway
    21:13 Experience
    27:02 Features from Octopus
    33:20 Advent of Panurge
    40:32 So Sincere

    • @Mediumreginald
      @Mediumreginald 10 років тому +5

      ya missed proclamation! 3:20

    • @schpleeb
      @schpleeb 10 років тому +8

      Ted Dennis so I did! I've amended it above :) thanks

    • @Mediumreginald
      @Mediumreginald 10 років тому +11

      no prob. i was just looking for easy access to the greatest drumming faces of all time and i was scared for a second it wasn't included somehow

    • @schpleeb
      @schpleeb 10 років тому +11

      John Weathers' gurn at its finest

    • @zooblestyx
      @zooblestyx 10 років тому +4

      Ray's giving him a run for his money.

  • @periurban
    @periurban 11 років тому +138

    Discipline, control, musicianship, versatility, power, invention - it's all here. At their best they were the wizards of prog. How could we have idolised ELP and so neglected these guys? The world is insane.

    • @mikeporter5421
      @mikeporter5421 10 років тому +9

      So true. We are so fortunate to have the recordings of Gentle Giant. I remember 1973 when I first heard them. Thank God.

    • @ShareTheSphere
      @ShareTheSphere 10 років тому +10

      At some point in time people will understand what the word creative means, and I hope that this comes soon and results in aknowledging Gentle Giant as The True Giant.

    • @parkscenejr
      @parkscenejr 10 років тому +13

      Yes man, GG were awesome, criminally underrated band.

    • @richardhewlett5603
      @richardhewlett5603 10 років тому

      Self-indulgent shite!

    • @periurban
      @periurban 10 років тому +1

      Richard Hewlett Technically, impossible. But thanks for your input.

  • @marshfilm
    @marshfilm 6 років тому +10

    Rush fan in 87, Yes fan in 89. Didn't discover GG til 2012. Late to the party lol...

    • @mrveritas700
      @mrveritas700 8 місяців тому

      Me too

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому +2

      Zappa, Tull, Yes, and Gentle Giant, '71. Added Neal Morse in '01. Even saw Pink Floyd open for the Nice. Saw Trini Lopez, Beach Boys, Warlocks and CTA all before '68. You weren't late to the party. Gentle Giant arrived too early. But there are a lot of people who didn't discover them until recently.

  • @larrylanberg3552
    @larrylanberg3552 Рік тому +4

    It's really cool to see this retro interest in Gentle Giant all of a sudden. They're far more popular now than they were back then.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 Рік тому

      Yes indeed i love it damm great and about damm time for cryn out loud. They are/were the greatest most epic legendary genius unique obscenely criminally underrated overlooked band of all time.

  • @whiskeycreammedia
    @whiskeycreammedia 2 роки тому +27

    Shulman's bass and Weathers on drums provides for literally the most monstrous backbeat in music history. I could listen to this video 25 hours a day.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 роки тому +2

      They were/are the greatest most epic legendary unique genius criminally underated band ever.

  • @BunzJackson
    @BunzJackson 4 роки тому +21

    The highbrow baroque vibe of the keyboard and bass mixed with the hard blues rock of the guitar and drums is so goddamn cool in a way I never would have expected before I heard them.

  • @Digitalaudiodesign
    @Digitalaudiodesign 6 років тому +8

    in 74 i was twelve and bored to death on a sunday morning when i switched the TV on and saw this! Big fan ever since!

  • @RandallGoya
    @RandallGoya 10 років тому +92

    I saw Gentle Giant open for Jethro Tull in 1973 in Rome, Italy, while they were playing Aqualung/Thick As a Brick. I don't remember the Tull show, but I became a Gentle Giant fan for life! And I was studying cello back then too!

    • @TheVoltrom
      @TheVoltrom 10 років тому +5

      I envy you :)

    • @AnapaulaSantos-rp7oc
      @AnapaulaSantos-rp7oc 6 років тому +2

      I was there

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому

      Then you might like the "Dead South". Plays Cello like a guitar.

  • @toyvers
    @toyvers 9 років тому +19

    Thanks, Gentle Giant. A life's gift.

  • @dennispuleo9575
    @dennispuleo9575 Рік тому +1

    These cats were soo far ahead of themselves...RIP RAY. TRULY MISSED

  • @marciopainhas5828
    @marciopainhas5828 Рік тому +4

    One of the best prog-rock bands ever, and no doubt. Amazing albums and remarkable musicians. Surpassing choir. Dig them for almost 50 years. RIP Ray Shulman! Greetings from Brazil!

  • @quantum11th
    @quantum11th 6 місяців тому +1

    This is one the Best Prog Rock bands in history! - Ladies and Gentlemen (and those in between) - There is No commercial bubble gum rock music here!

  • @bunnyhead71
    @bunnyhead71 10 років тому +71

    Probably the most talented and least known of the 70's prog scene. The talent that flowed out of this band rivaled Zappa as far as I am concerned....Gentle Giant, the worlds most unsexy prog band ever...brilliant...

    • @asusmctablet9180
      @asusmctablet9180 6 років тому +10

      bunnyhead71 Magma would like a word with you.

    • @kennethmendenhall753
      @kennethmendenhall753 6 років тому +1

      but the music is so saxxy

    • @corywest6224
      @corywest6224 4 роки тому +9

      Frank was a known fan of them which I LOVE

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 роки тому +2

      beg to differ....gentle giant was way out front of zappa....but thats easily said some 50 years on....i am glad (and proud) that i went to see them twice around 1974.....absolutely amazing...

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 3 роки тому +2

      @@asusmctablet9180 Magma is fucking sick, but I definitely prefer Gentle Giant.

  • @andyambrose4517
    @andyambrose4517 8 днів тому

    ...absolutely insane... no other band past or present can come near to this level of musicianship in a live performance

  • @JonahJojoTheMan
    @JonahJojoTheMan 6 років тому +45

    I will never tire of watching Gentle Giant and seeing their virtuosity. They are genius. Only the crowd disappoints. They look frozen.

    • @ramonfernandomirandanoguei365
      @ramonfernandomirandanoguei365 3 роки тому +1

      Hey u again hahaha

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +6

      Ah, they don't know what hit them.

    • @JonahJojoTheMan
      @JonahJojoTheMan 3 роки тому +1

      @@tixximmi1 lol 😂😂😂

    • @Phoebedumplings
      @Phoebedumplings 3 роки тому +3

      @@tixximmi1 I think they were genuinely stunned.....the crowd I mean!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +2

      @@Phoebedumplings And they didn't really know the music. As Zappa would say, "they were pushing the envelope of music"

  • @rodericktech5643
    @rodericktech5643 8 років тому +39

    There are places in this performance that are just extraordinary. There was never a group like this, and in all likelihood there never will be again.

    • @andrejetstrat
      @andrejetstrat 7 років тому

      rodericktech they are just so interesting to watch and listen to they never get old

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 4 роки тому +2

      Zappa and a few others fit this description. But definitely one of the top bands.

    • @antoinewcaron2132
      @antoinewcaron2132 3 роки тому

      Absolutely!

    • @garyjackson5249
      @garyjackson5249 3 роки тому

      Extraordinary!!!!!!!!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому

      Zappa beats them and Neal Morse is a close second.

  • @squizza28
    @squizza28 9 років тому +19

    that's typical gentile giant, near end of so sincere where all the band play the drums and then all play xylophone. What other band could ever do that?! So amazing, real treat!!

  • @jankowalski6731
    @jankowalski6731 Рік тому +1

    Rey Shulman is absolutely genius

  • @Kerdevan1
    @Kerdevan1 10 років тому +13

    Of course Derek and Phil Shulman (who had left the band by then) were born in Glasgow in bonnie Scotland. Just back from Wales visiting John Weathers and his beautiful wife Carol last weekend, cool. Kerry and Ray, what musicians, enough said!

  • @tedgangersongs
    @tedgangersongs 10 років тому +25

    Unbelievable, overwhelming creativity and musicianship.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 роки тому +1

      superlatives aren't enough for GG

  • @samilmansur
    @samilmansur 11 років тому +25

    This is one of the best live performances ever.

  • @willrocksBR
    @willrocksBR 9 років тому +36

    The transition from Proclamation to Funny Ways is so sublime...

    • @Gatodostennis
      @Gatodostennis 9 років тому +2

      +William Freire It's amazing :)

    • @BaxBreakoutBox
      @BaxBreakoutBox 9 років тому +1

      +William Freire, Yes, the transition is very smooth.

    • @willrocksBR
      @willrocksBR 2 роки тому

      6 years and I'm still listening!

  • @rexormax1925
    @rexormax1925 2 роки тому +2

    I have no words! Unreachable monsters!

  • @PlymouthVT
    @PlymouthVT 11 років тому +5

    Apparently the Shulman's were just out out of there minds genius's.
    And we are grateful.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +1

      But the main writer was Kerry Minnear (keyboards)

  • @Bryan-js2is
    @Bryan-js2is 4 місяці тому +1

    Kerry Minnear is absolutely insane on the keyboards. I never heard anything like this.

  • @jedejo
    @jedejo 9 років тому +8

    Great, I was 16 and saw it on TV in 1974 on ZDF ;-). It is a Jewel. Best Band ever.

  • @paulbennett7021
    @paulbennett7021 2 роки тому +2

    Mic'ing up these guys must have been a nightmare!

  • @d.c.rhodes66
    @d.c.rhodes66 7 років тому +3

    The drummer is a monster, as are all the musicians, but I love watching him play.

  • @curiouscatlabincgetsworrie7755

    The one and only Gentle Giant! Not only did they wrote this insane stuff, they're there to show the world how to rock their socks off live in concert as well!

  • @railwaystationmaster
    @railwaystationmaster 2 роки тому +6

    The mercurial Gentle Giant at their very best LIVE , their performance of Funny Ways showcases musical dexterity the like few will have heard in nearly 50 years since this recording , pure genius never better exemplified by these amazing prog rock artisans .

  • @Whocares1987
    @Whocares1987 10 років тому +26

    God these guys just rip . Love how they just completely created their own style and sound. It doesn't surprise me they were so overlooked though....the average joe could never get this stuff. They were on a different playing field compared to what else was going on at that time in popular music. 100% originality . Gotta love Ray Shulman's nostril flares though, and that vibraphone solo was vicious!

  • @RaphaelAlbinati
    @RaphaelAlbinati 3 роки тому +2

    Good lord, Kevin Minnear absolutely killing it on the vibes.

  • @ableasdale2000
    @ableasdale2000 2 роки тому +3

    I keep re-watching this. It's amazing and rich.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 роки тому

      You keep watching it because they are/were the greatest band ever

  • @sethmaven6924
    @sethmaven6924 3 роки тому +2

    I listen to all kinds of Rock, from Brit Invasion and New Wave to Death Metal and Punk and Prog.
    THIS is the most talented band ever- period.

  • @danburnes722
    @danburnes722 2 роки тому +8

    These guys had so much fun, lots of talent, versatility, and synergy. I keep finding my way back to Gentle Giant.

  • @rickvenlo1362
    @rickvenlo1362 Рік тому +1

    Ray- one of the most gifted ever.

  • @jonbilbao2207
    @jonbilbao2207 4 роки тому +4

    All my life I´ve boasted myself as a prog expert and it wasn´t until last spring lockdown time that I discovered this gem of a band. I should be ashamed of my ignorance.....and I really am

  • @pariaheep
    @pariaheep Рік тому +1

    Magicians!!! At that time, one of the few bands that could challenge
    Zappa in playing such meticulous "orchestrated" music. Sampling, mash-ups, glitch, electronics, ...this band did it all in '74.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому +1

      Yep. But even Frank recognized GG as one of the better innovated groups. Jan 74 was my first Zappa concert. Blew my mind.

  • @cosmicdrifter287
    @cosmicdrifter287 10 років тому +21

    gentle giant is what it says on the tin,this band were giants but too gentle.
    so crimanally underrated it makes me mad when i think about it.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому +1

      The word underrated is used way too much. But in this case the shoe fits.

  • @yvescarpentier884
    @yvescarpentier884 2 роки тому +2

    Dam!!I love the voice of Derek Shulman

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 роки тому

      Yep he is damm great and one of the best ever

  • @tomhendriks108
    @tomhendriks108 10 років тому +25

    I recently ' discovered ' Gentle after being a King Crimson fan since 1991.. I do not know why it took me so long, but GG is become my 'new' favorite band. Not only brilliant musicians but so full of rich melodies...amazing...

    • @arno-luyendijk4798
      @arno-luyendijk4798 5 років тому

      Still, I can understand the connnection from KC which brought you to GG. They both had an attitude of "What do you mean we keep lingering on a point? Let's take it further next time! " and both did so in their own individual ways.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 4 роки тому

      I always considered them the Best Band you Never Heard.

    • @stratman9449
      @stratman9449 3 роки тому

      congrats to your discovery...but better late than never!!... ;-)

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +1

      but you can go to the next level with Zappa. Then you're at the top.

    • @sharonbodea7677
      @sharonbodea7677 2 роки тому

      @@tixximmi1 Captain Beefheart is the Lord of music.

  • @EveningStars0110
    @EveningStars0110 3 роки тому +2

    They sound much better live. They were real musicians, always improving their songs and playing them even better live.

    • @jamiepastman5594
      @jamiepastman5594 3 роки тому +3

      They rocked much harder live, and rewrote the tunes to fit the harder side. Going to their concerts was extra amazing because of that, all the tunes had new endings.

  • @rodrigomillan3861
    @rodrigomillan3861 10 років тому +9

    What a song So Sincere is!!!…that Drummer demeanor is amusing…I loved it the musicianship and they way they prog!

  • @ALEXMETALOASTH
    @ALEXMETALOASTH Рік тому +2

    Im still watching this live, after 2 years found it!!!! Just Epic!!!!

  • @tombola3121
    @tombola3121 8 років тому +4

    This is definitive the best Band ever!! Very complex, intelligent and funny music!
    They had 10 !! fantastic Albums (from about11) ELP had only one (there Debüt) King Crimson 3 or 4 and Genesis only 4....!! Every of this fine members is a Orchestra at its own ;-)) thanks for sharing this !

    • @1359401
      @1359401 8 років тому +1

      They are/were the greatest most underated band ever

    • @pedroaugusto8285
      @pedroaugusto8285 7 років тому

      Tom Bola ELP has 4 masterpieces; Genesis has 6; Yes has 6; King Crimson has 4; Camel has 3 and GG has 6

  • @Jo_Kuiper
    @Jo_Kuiper 2 роки тому +2

    This was broadcast as a so called Sontagsconzert"", every week on Sunday around noon, and was normally some classical music, I and my brother heard it back then, and loved it right away.

  • @paulbaker9699
    @paulbaker9699 9 років тому +53

    Gentle Giant the most innovative and one of the best progressive groups of all time and fantastic live seen them live 4 times always great

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 9 років тому +1

      You are right on that Jeremy

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 9 років тому +3

      I like prog because the mixture of hard rock and classical. The 70.s brought a wave of exploratory rock bands as King Krimson one of the first bands Greg Lake was in.. Yes , Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues , Procol Harum, Genesis, Gentle Giant, The Strawbs, Van der graff Generator , The Strawbs, Pavlov Dog, Triumvirat, Ice Castle Jethro Tull, Curved Air, and some Italian prog like PFM , El Orme , The New Trolls and El Banco to name a few but there are thousands out there. hope i have given you some new ones to listen to. You would not be a Richards of the Utah Family of Richards thats my moms side of family

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 9 років тому

      The 60,s and seventies were hot with talent.. See you know many of the great bands . I will have to listen to some of the you mentioned like captain beyond Gods.. I am 61 born in Utah but lived most my life in California close to San Francisco. so saw many bands.

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 9 років тому

      You live in Provo? So you may be among the Richards family of Utah...Richards candy and Ice cream the legacy of Richards in Utah My my grand father was Paul RIchards and started the Memorial hospital in SLC of of 9th I have a cousin still living in SLC Clark Richards.... My aunt was Lenore Richards a great surgeon in SLC. Let me know if these names ring a bell?

    • @paulbaker9699
      @paulbaker9699 9 років тому

      I agree what do they know growing up q lot of my friends hated when i listened to gentle giant they were listening to main stream bands

  • @bennyrietveld9355
    @bennyrietveld9355 6 років тому +1

    I was a moron in high school, and overlooked these guys. They were like Yes on steroids.

  • @NajNilak
    @NajNilak 2 роки тому +7

    I've been listening to GG since around 1985 and love them. But I was astounded again when I heard this concert and realised that they sound almost exactly like they do on the record. Such musicianship!

    • @neilog747
      @neilog747 6 місяців тому

      I think the sound here is fresher and sharper than the LPs! This concert is a gem.

  • @neilog747
    @neilog747 6 місяців тому +2

    Huge Genesis fan all my life. OMG this band are even better.

  • @thrice-greatestulysses4792
    @thrice-greatestulysses4792 8 років тому +7

    It's definitely as if they were a gentle giant ...

  • @notan23
    @notan23 2 роки тому +1

    This is the greatest live-band thats ever lived..!

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 роки тому

      Oh god yeah f yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are without a doubt a gazillion% correct.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому

      Zappa, RTF, Warlocks and Leon Russell all had better shows. You must be young.

  • @terryp3034
    @terryp3034 8 років тому +18

    I saw this show, only in Texas, not Belgium. Simply stunning. To this day, I've not personally seen a live band as tight, intricate and inventive as these guys. In a show built around several numbers from "The Power and The Glory", the bassist and percussionist really stole the show, as they are the ligament, the sinew that let the music stretch and then snap back into place while keeping it moving along. At the time, only King Crimson compared with their talent, though the sound was completely different.
    Today, the only group that excites me like this is Hiromi's jazz trio.

    • @jeanpierre5669
      @jeanpierre5669 Рік тому

      Muito bem lembrado. Hiromi's Trio realmente é tão intrincado e coeso como GG e KC.

  • @nikjames2965
    @nikjames2965 2 роки тому +5

    I first saw these guys on UK TV on a program called sight and sound in concert - it must have been in the mid 70s. I was gobsmacked then and they still astonish me now 50 years later. How they held it all together so perfectly is little short of miraculous.. they absolutely ROCK

    • @chedda5587
      @chedda5587 2 роки тому

      They have the sight and sound video uploaded to UA-cam here ua-cam.com/video/UM-yGcpaY_4/v-deo.html

    • @danielwang7793
      @danielwang7793 2 роки тому

      1978, I think. Great, great band!

  • @mttmtmmt5701
    @mttmtmmt5701 6 років тому +7

    Probably the most technically phenomenal prog. rock band of all time. This is live and almost impossible to pull off so cleanly, but they did it and more!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому +3

      AMZ Anderson (Tull) Neal Morse, Zappa Zappa was the most technical by far. But even Zappa interviewed and said that GG is one of the very few bands that are outside of the box.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 8 місяців тому

      Zappa has them beat. Really beat. But "BEAT" is performing this Sep in Austin. I have my tickets. Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and a drummer.

  • @willoyd
    @willoyd 9 років тому +13

    United Kingdom's crème de la crème avant-garde. So rich, so sophisticated, and yet so sublime, it's hard to describe with words. Hearing these virtuosos play gives the noun 'experience' a new meaning. They dared to trade commercial success for transcendentness. I'm thankful for that.

    • @1359401
      @1359401 9 років тому +2

      willoyd Its not hard at all to describe with words-they simply are or should i say (were) the greatest most criminally underated band ever.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 4 роки тому

      I like you definition. The UK's Zappa. That's my 2 cents worth.

  • @flyingspaguettmonster8738
    @flyingspaguettmonster8738 8 років тому +38

    My Top 5 Prog bands in order Van Der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes

    • @ofenblase2091
      @ofenblase2091 8 років тому +2

      I don´t like Rankings. Very important bands in the 70´s. More prog than GG and KC doesn´t go. Floyd and ELP not to forget.

    • @giagnorio86
      @giagnorio86 8 років тому +3

      Emerson Lake and Palmer..

    • @abuksen
      @abuksen 8 років тому +1

      what about Jethro tull & ELP?

    • @flyingspaguettmonster8738
      @flyingspaguettmonster8738 8 років тому +3

      I love Jethro tull TAAB and A Passion Play are phenomenal

    • @abuksen
      @abuksen 8 років тому

      now I'm listening Aqualung, Passion Play - is a great album too

  • @deejay_1895
    @deejay_1895 Місяць тому

    Es gibt kaum eine Band, bei der ich mich so wenig verzeihen kann, dass ich damals nicht in eines ihrer Konzerte gegangen bin.

  • @glennwales1192
    @glennwales1192 6 років тому +20

    AHHH Gentle Giant, thanks to all those that love these guys as much as I do! We got to see them in Phoenix way back when, twice over several years. arguably the best live performance I had the privilege to see. The last time I saw them, was their last live performance, that from Derek Shulman's lips when we ran into him after the show. He was a total "gentle "man and was apologetic for their lackluster performance (his words) not mine. They were incredible as usual, but I could tell they were tired. Whenever I need a smile or a bit of inspiration I dial me up some Gentle Giant. Thanks for the posts! sorry to have been so much of a bore. Peace. Waler

  • @tigerlami
    @tigerlami 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic = my best band in 1973-74

  • @jeanpierre5669
    @jeanpierre5669 Рік тому +5

    O vigor e a potência desse quinteto é impressionante, contagiante, desconcertante. Provavelmente a banda que fez as melhores e mais virtuosas apresentações ao vivo na história do rock progressivo, ultrapassando até as duas encarnações do King Crimson em suas sensacionais trilogias. Curiosamente, no entanto, cada um deles, em seu instrumento, é sumamente menosprezado nas infames "listas dos melhores"...

  • @migaren
    @migaren 3 роки тому +6

    What a great band was Gentle Giant!

  • @sleeve51
    @sleeve51 9 років тому +18

    "In a Glass House" is a masterpiece. Sounds just as good today as it did on the first day it was sold in stores. This is the band (if I had a pick) that I wish I could have played in. Although with my music expterise' they'd laugh me out of the town

    • @mshioty
      @mshioty 8 років тому +1

      Live performing in the '70s Was Just Better Than Today.

    • @tonyrigatoni766
      @tonyrigatoni766 3 роки тому +2

      @@mshioty It really depends on who's performing, but I agree that there were a lot of amazing bands in the 70's. There are some very impressive performances happening right now, but you have to dig a little bit. Hell, most people had to dig a little bit to find Gentle Giant. They're criminally underrated when compared to some of the other prog rock bands of the 70's, in my opinion.

  • @dupont135
    @dupont135 2 роки тому +1

    What a great band, forgotten though. But this kind of proge-music is gold!

    • @1359401
      @1359401 2 роки тому +2

      Forgotten? Not even they are more popular now than ever

  • @haroldt101
    @haroldt101 11 років тому +4

    Glass House! Oh yea. that is such a great song. Have it on a Reel to Reel. 40 years still sounds amazing.

  • @together9432
    @together9432 Рік тому +3

    0:16 Cogs in Cogs
    3:20 Proclamation
    8:13 Funny Ways
    16:58 Runaway
    21:13 Experience
    27:02 Features from Octopus
    33:20 Advent of Panurge
    40:32 So Sincere

  • @tizianomarenda4730
    @tizianomarenda4730 3 місяці тому +1

    sono fortunato di averli visti a varese come gruppo di suppotrto a jetrho tull..............grandi......

  • @seanschmidt8408
    @seanschmidt8408 5 років тому +5

    All I can say is......WOW! The band at the total height of their powers. Just incredible.

  • @joaoalvaroralva3556
    @joaoalvaroralva3556 6 років тому

    GENTLE GIANT: BIGGER THAN YES, ELP, K.C., GENESIS, P.F. and others. A truly monument of humanity!!!

    • @1359401
      @1359401 6 років тому

      the greatest most criminally underated band ever

  • @MrDano1138
    @MrDano1138 11 років тому +4

    I wish I was alive for this show.

    • @iadorenewyork1
      @iadorenewyork1 5 років тому

      Saw them twice in my early years. It was an honor. I was a big admirer of this group. Well, Daniel, this is almost like being at the concert.

  • @terriblja
    @terriblja 8 місяців тому +1

    Великолепная , самобытная , интеллектуальная банда .

  • @adjesbr
    @adjesbr 11 років тому +4

    They were very good musicians and deserve much more respect that they achieved during their time on the road.

  • @skidco1
    @skidco1 2 місяці тому +1

    Stunning versatility. Great upload, thanks.

  • @waynedent7646
    @waynedent7646 8 років тому +37

    I remember seeing them for the first time when they opened for Tull. When they broke into Knots, my friends and I couldn't believe they could pull those harmonies off live. They did and perfectly! They had the crowd in the palms of their hands. They played for 30 unforgettable minutes. Jethro who?

    • @alexconstable9280
      @alexconstable9280 8 років тому +2

      What a great double bill!

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 8 років тому +2

      Must have been one the new shows in the 2000's...:)...It's crazy seeing some of the double billings we grew up with; Tull with Giant is real early 67-68? ...I believe I saw Ian tour with U.K as backup...U.K blew them away...Tickets were only like 11 bucks too...:)..

    • @dzre2087
      @dzre2087 7 років тому +2

      GG didn't exist in '68.

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 3 роки тому

      Ian had a lot of great bands open for them. Same complement for Kiss (didn't like them much) but it's the big band that opens the door to GG (Tull) and Rush (Kiss).

    • @evanjazzista
      @evanjazzista 3 роки тому +1

      Jethro Tull reportedly sued their management for having put GG as an opening act to their tour. The audience reaction was stellar to GG, so Anderson got mad.

  • @portgill1
    @portgill1 11 років тому +2

    Kerry Minnear rocks!! the best vibe solo ever to grace my ears whether in rock or classical!!! its just awesome ;)

  • @ClaudioDesideriFilms
    @ClaudioDesideriFilms 2 роки тому +6

    Every time I watch this concert it blows me away like the first time. Pure energy and coolness!😍

  • @thomasdombrowski1566
    @thomasdombrowski1566 2 місяці тому

    Ich habe das Konzert am Tag der ersten Austrahlung 1974 gesehen. Soweit ich mich erinnere, lief die Sendung im Rahmen des "Sonntagskonzert" im ZDF Sonntag Mittag um 12:00 Uhr!
    Stellt euch vor, das liefe heutzutage im "Fernsehgarten". Sometimes I believe "In my own funny ways" that in former days everything was better;-).

  • @PhantomCounty
    @PhantomCounty 6 років тому +7

    ...when was the last time you saw David Gilmour transition between guitar, violin and trumpet?! Yeah... exactly! NEVER!
    Gentle Giant is REAL progressive rock!!!