Focus - Round Goes The Gossip

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  • Опубліковано 7 чер 2010
  • Taken from the album Focus 3
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 95

  • @dennismurphy2979
    @dennismurphy2979 5 років тому +49

    JAN AKKERMAN most under- appreciated guitarist ever!

    • @moi3557
      @moi3557 Рік тому +7

      Not by those in the know!

    • @pinball1970
      @pinball1970 Рік тому +3

      ​@@moi3557 Always been by favourite

    • @mickbrock2430
      @mickbrock2430 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes totally agree seen recently here and wayback 76 😊😊😊

  • @Guitfiddlejase
    @Guitfiddlejase 8 років тому +35

    1985.."Hocus Pocus" is on the radio..
    I think I'm really on to something..I tell my dad about it.
    He laughs at me! He says-"This song is like "Jump"!
    ...you gotta dig on "Round Goes The Gossip" if you wanna really hear Focus!..another schooling from my father.
    Miss you Dad.

    • @privateinformation2960
      @privateinformation2960 4 роки тому +4

      My dad got me hooked on a LOT of music that most people my age would never have heard of, stuff like Emerson Lake and Palmer, being an english family most of what we got was english. I first heard of focus *after you posted your comment* when i watched Robocop. Absolutely hooked. This track is immensely cool.

    • @notrombones5041
      @notrombones5041 Рік тому +1

      Guitfiddlejase - Your dad sounds like he is/was pretty cool.

  • @notrombones5041
    @notrombones5041 10 років тому +21

    This is the pinnacle of Focus.
    Great prog tune.

  • @henkdegroot5872
    @henkdegroot5872 2 роки тому +6

    Nog steeds een van de beste Focus-nummer die ik me nog kan herinneren van de jaren '70. Met dank aan Deep in Black voor de lyrics!

  • @aschuppe
    @aschuppe 9 років тому +39

    Just another one of many examples of the Focus Band's genius.

  • @bobkish824
    @bobkish824 2 роки тому +15

    If you listen very closely at the end during the fade out, Thjis van Leer hits some incredibly high notes. The very last note is the highest he has ever recorded on record.

    • @lp8650
      @lp8650 6 місяців тому +3

      i have this record in mint, and you can hear it in even more detail! love it hahahaha

    • @fel24thecat
      @fel24thecat Місяць тому +1

      The highest I can hear is a B5 which is high even and considered in the highest range…for sopranos

    • @bobkish824
      @bobkish824 Місяць тому

      @@lp8650 At the very end, when Thjis van Leer is going higher and higher, it sounds like someone is saying, "Push-it, Push-it!"

  • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
    @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 5 років тому +18

    This is called modal music; the harmonic progression works in a particular way.

    • @napomania
      @napomania 4 роки тому +1

      great comment for Great Music

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca 6 місяців тому +2

      "Modal" just means anything that isn't tonal but doesn't go out of its way to be annoying like atonality

  • @antoniomelillo6274
    @antoniomelillo6274 6 років тому +20

    phenomenal musicianship

  • @genmama1955
    @genmama1955 Рік тому +8

    I used to listen to my Focus albums every day in college. Love them ❤️

    • @rondegroot1508
      @rondegroot1508 Рік тому

      JustJP (american) reviews focus albums.
      ua-cam.com/video/vPZVMEPW6K8/v-deo.html

  • @aryinc
    @aryinc 9 років тому +11

    Awesome band, proud of the dutch.

  • @TheRubikona
    @TheRubikona 7 років тому +7

    one of the best titles in history....

  • @michealfrancis770
    @michealfrancis770 4 роки тому +5

    A mate gave me a loan of the album sometime in 92 saying I had to listen to this track as it was so terrible it was funny! I put it on and instantly loved it which kind of shocked him. They quickly became a favourite of mine and am still listening to their music in late 2019. Timeless and classic!

  • @achtsieben87
    @achtsieben87 2 роки тому +3

    Absolute classic record and a stand-out from the 70's.

  • @KingfisherLtd
    @KingfisherLtd 3 роки тому +3

    This is the first Focus I have ever heard. When I was a little shit my father gave me a cassette with this album recorded. This cassette still exists, but the sound is so wobbly because of constant listening. And that's how I started to listen to classic rock... By the way Jan Akkerman is one of my guitar heroes.

  • @icklono5
    @icklono5 11 років тому +10

    I appreciate their courage for making such kind of innovative and intellectual music while living in this kind of popularist, economy driven music industry.

    • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 5 років тому +3

      It's either, one has integrity or one has none of it; for most it's none.

  • @helenfein6103
    @helenfein6103 9 років тому +6

    love it,I can hear the layers of instruments in a lot of their songs. Every layer is good enough

  • @exsoundus
    @exsoundus 13 років тому +8

    Zappa goes Dutch!!

  • @7000bass
    @7000bass 12 років тому +2

    That's so right (for those who were there & can remember all that). Thank you for the link to my old memory box. How exciting was all that true music back then?!

  • @DanielGonzalez-vw8pl
    @DanielGonzalez-vw8pl 3 роки тому +6

    Está música no es para todos,es para gente con el fino gusto por el Rock progresivo

  • @johnmikk1495
    @johnmikk1495 2 роки тому +2

    Damn musicians, if I could ever see them play, I would feel fulfilled.

  • @ashratempel5094
    @ashratempel5094 Рік тому +1

    Amazing masterpiece from the summer of my years.

  • @jrg7951
    @jrg7951 6 років тому +6

    Dutch Masters

  • @luke-da-duke
    @luke-da-duke 11 років тому +5

    i fucking love that drum intro.

  • @philippelombard4551
    @philippelombard4551 5 років тому +1

    a famous piece straight out of the witty spirit of Thijs Van Leer that cleverly mixes cool and atmospheric funky rock rock with a touch of celestial flute Renaissance period !

  • @evilrobottolhurst
    @evilrobottolhurst 9 років тому +10

    Nice bit of Virgil in Latin from 1:30 ...

  • @martyndj
    @martyndj 8 років тому +7

    God I love this sooo much!

  • @krizvieiracerpa5651
    @krizvieiracerpa5651 4 роки тому +1

    this song makes me tear up so much , it's borderline perfect

  • @andrescarreramancilla2494
    @andrescarreramancilla2494 6 років тому +3

    Focus in Valparaíso, from Chile, very revival. 2017, september, thank.

  • @heinerboellenfalltor
    @heinerboellenfalltor 4 роки тому +2

    Gladly, today I bought the whole double vinyl album in a second hand record-shop. Good condition for only 12 € .
    I'm listening to it now on my original 1970ies HIFI gear.
    That is: Dual 701 turntable, Marantz 2270 receiver, B&W dm-2a loudspeakers.
    In addition I purchased the "Hamburger Concerto". Very good music worth listening to.

    • @achtsieben87
      @achtsieben87 4 роки тому

      Heiner, back in 1978 I bought the double vinyl album in a second hand record-shop, and both records
      were the same! I loved House of the King, but never got to listen to Sylvia until years later.

    • @heinerboellenfalltor
      @heinerboellenfalltor 4 роки тому

      @@achtsieben87 Focus waren genial! :-) Akkerman in "vor Focus"-Zeiten bei den Hunters 1966: ua-cam.com/video/TEH1qTiGY5w/v-deo.html

    • @chriswakefield9538
      @chriswakefield9538 10 місяців тому

      And you came back to the UA-cam version for the sake of leaving a comment? Lol!

  • @BlackMytilus
    @BlackMytilus 4 роки тому +1

    amazing!!!! Great Dutch band!! High quality music

  • @gingataisen
    @gingataisen 10 років тому +1

    This is a great song for pretty much anything.

  • @CatnipEmpire
    @CatnipEmpire 13 років тому +2

    sweet!
    Gossip goes round the world three times before the truth even puts on its shoes.

  • @andremaynarde8435
    @andremaynarde8435 11 років тому +5

    MARAVILHA!!!

  • @15chipshops
    @15chipshops 14 років тому +2

    For some strange reason this does not make it on the "Houcus Pocus: Best Of" CD but i guess i have always had an issue with best of albums for this reason.
    My favourite Focus tune!
    Thanks for the post

  • @frosnen
    @frosnen 3 роки тому +1

    Goosebumps

  • @ericfullilove4111
    @ericfullilove4111 6 місяців тому

    Expert!

  • @meloland5649
    @meloland5649 10 років тому +2

    Fantastic, Awsome,!!

  • @TheFocus3
    @TheFocus3 9 років тому +1

    So Great !

  • @sparkyp3765
    @sparkyp3765 9 років тому +1

    Fantastic!

  • @Jeeforceful
    @Jeeforceful 13 років тому +4

    now that's sick drumming

    • @oddbottom6671
      @oddbottom6671 7 років тому

      Yeah I agree, really great control during his rolls

    • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 5 років тому

      Sick, in what sense?

    • @drumdad54sdl47
      @drumdad54sdl47 4 роки тому +2

      Pierre Van Der Linden is a master..& still with Focus today.

    • @drumdad54sdl47
      @drumdad54sdl47 4 роки тому

      @@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
      "Sick" as in awesome.
      (Slang)

  • @mtm5021
    @mtm5021 3 роки тому +2

    Excelência

  • @napomania
    @napomania 5 років тому +1

    incredibile fantastica meravigliosa

  • @moi3557
    @moi3557 Рік тому

    Wonderful!!

  • @sonykroket
    @sonykroket Рік тому

    unbelievable.....

  • @deepinblack1940
    @deepinblack1940 4 роки тому +3

    Extemplo libyae magnas it fama per urbes,
    Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum.
    Mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo;
    Parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras.
    Ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.

  • @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo
    @RicardoMartinez-jy5lo 5 років тому +4

    At the level of composition this is first-rate modal music. The idea of singing in Latin has now been taken by another Dutch band, Epica.

    • @SilvioNapoliiu5SPA
      @SilvioNapoliiu5SPA 4 місяці тому

      maybe because singin in duch was not so musical. latin is a perfect musical language

  • @alanBastard
    @alanBastard 13 років тому +4

    Forthwith rumour runs through Libya's great cities-
    Rumour of all evils the most swift.
    Speed lends her strength, and she wins vigour as she goes;
    Small at first through fear, soon she mounts up to heaven,
    And walks the ground with head hidden in the clouds.
    Hmmm..

  • @AYATOLLAHBEATS
    @AYATOLLAHBEATS 4 роки тому +1

    Wooooooah!

  • @7000bass
    @7000bass 12 років тому +5

    This is one of the biggest but most underated tracks that may sum up the best of '70's "prog rock" movement. In my opinion, it never got better than this. But, of course, Focus does much better than this. Love 2uall.

    • @ErikDesiderioMusic
      @ErikDesiderioMusic 5 років тому

      Just started getting into them, what tracks are better than this?

    • @arjenh7214
      @arjenh7214 4 роки тому

      @@ErikDesiderioMusic Hamburger Concerto!

    • @rondegroot1508
      @rondegroot1508 Рік тому +1

      @@ErikDesiderioMusic Eruption

  • @Guitfiddlejase
    @Guitfiddlejase 13 років тому +1

    @15chipshops My favorite Focus tune too man...

  • @RailcarFerrostaal
    @RailcarFerrostaal 11 днів тому

    Love the latin lyrics part, so enigmatic, but at the same time frightening as they remind me the time I’ve found out a great friend of mine she committed suicide

  • @focus471
    @focus471 13 років тому +1

    What a great song! it's their version of Pop goes the weasel...i guess..???? tried to sing the last part of the song very hard if you don't have that vocal range...

  • @lisaowens5070
    @lisaowens5070 3 роки тому +3

    Focus
    Immediately Rumor runs through cities;Extemplo libyae magnas it fama per urbes,
    Rumor of all evils the most swift.Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum.
    Thrives on mobility and power flow;Mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo;
    Small at first through fear, soon she mounts up to heaven.Parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras.
    Walks on the ground and his head in the clouds.Ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.
    Source: LyricFind

  • @lie188
    @lie188 11 місяців тому

    🤝

  • @focus471
    @focus471 13 років тому +1

    What a great song! it's their version of Pop goes the weasel...i guess..????

  • @fernandoperdomomusic
    @fernandoperdomomusic 2 роки тому

    RIP Bert Reuter

  • @martinbe5111
    @martinbe5111 6 років тому +1

    No la tocaron ayer en chile 😢😢😢😭😭😢😭

  • @evilrobottolhurst
    @evilrobottolhurst 13 років тому

    vires adquirit eundo!

  • @TheJORGEBEER
    @TheJORGEBEER 3 роки тому

    Focus on music...

  • @camilobedex
    @camilobedex 11 років тому +1

    Am I the only one who thinks that this would be a great song for Soccer game's menu?

  • @elsaarmstrong-zp6ng
    @elsaarmstrong-zp6ng 3 місяці тому +1

    I heard somebody say it’s sung in Latin?

  • @mikeace5831
    @mikeace5831 5 років тому +3

    Can I hear at the end of this song it says bulshit

  • @pljms
    @pljms 6 років тому

    Sadly, they never used to perform this live.

  • @finaldestination5847
    @finaldestination5847 5 років тому

    It sounds a little bit like Magma !!

  • @sonictriger2
    @sonictriger2 11 років тому +3

    phenomenal musicianship