GENTLE GIANT Free hand Live REACTION - One of the most original and spectacular bands you'll see!
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GENTLE GIANT Free hand REACTION
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REST IN PEACE Ray Shulman 3/30/23.
Ray was Gentle Giant's bassist and one of the main composers. He is also known for his quadraphonic violin solos that sonically circled the concert hall as he played. As a bassist, Ray is perhaps one of the most underrated in rock.
Thomas Wictor, in his column "Unsung Bass Stylists" (Bass Player Magazine, January/February 1994),
writes about Ray's performance on the Live Lp Playing The Fool:(1977)
"Ray Shulman certainly qualifies as one of the most creative and innovative bassists ever. He weaves unbelievably complex
and confounding lines that draw on medieval, classical, funk, rock, and jazz influences. His attack often sounds like a cross between picking and slapping, adding intensity and power to his already unforgettable licks. "Free Hand," from its syncopated intro to its thunderous finale, is a textbook example of how this brilliant musician improvises and plays off the other members of the band to produce a stunning live performance."
Ray's base and the battery completed by Drummer John Weathers rules on this song...
Ray was equally exemplary on acoustic guitar, and his electric violin solo's with the echoplex were a blast. Ray will be missed to be sure.
I saw them on that tour in '78.
Hands down the best concert I've seen to this day.
Already a fan, I saw Giant on tour in Toronto in the 70's. Years later got to meet Ray when our paths crossed in the field of video game audio. What a lovely man, exactly as you'd expect him to be. Gracious, egoless sweetheart. When I got back home I sent him a black and white photo I took of them at the Toronto show on a hand-held 35 mm film SLR.
No one ever has or ever will be as unique as Gentle Giant. They are the best 5 piece band EVER!!!!
The penultimate Progressive rock band. No other prog band has come close to the technical virtuosity and truly magnificent musicianship of this awesome band 🤘🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was fortunate enough to have seen these live TWICE in Chicago back in the day. Utterly BLEW ME AWAY!
Rest in PEACE, Ray Shulman,
10/30/2023 - You were a massively important musical
innovator, composer, performer, and all around HERO, and will be eternally missed.
My 16 year old son would agree with you with Zappa close second
three words: sleepytime gorilla museum
Ridiculous Band
The greatest most epic legendary unique genius obscenely underrated band ever.
Chiming in a year late...
Certainly not underrated by anyone with an appreciation for their skills both creative and technical. But even at their peak they weren't pop radio material, nor did I ever get the impression that they tried to be.
The underrating problem they had was an unsophisticated public, the majority of whom were - and are - attracted to simpler beats, predictable chord progressions and melodies they can sing.
I don't look down on folks for digging simple music, but I do feel a little sorry for them that they're missing so much. If music was food, they could walk by a five course gourmet meal on their way to Macdonald's for a bag of fries.
No one ever sounded like GG or ever will! Deeply creative, with virtuosity and showmanship. Ten amazing years that will live on! RIP Ray Shulmann.
Echolyn sure tried. ;)
Sorry but i would have sweared it was king crimson except for the vocals.
Welcome to the world of Gentle Giant! Great and complex band.
Lots of songs that you will enjoy.
Thank you. GG forever 💜🎶
And a dash of Funk. Got to see them a few times during the '70s. Sometimes the audience didn't really understand what they were doing. They're more popular today than back then. RIP Ray. Very special group. Even Zappa said they were "out of the box''.
my first take from a friend's recommendation ... barely getting this. i bought their live album "i bought every album."
I essentially saw this concert in the winter of 1978. Same tour, same show, different venue (Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) They even wore the same clothes! It was the most amazing concert I've ever seen. This is just a small sample of their talent.
These guys are so amazing. The numbers of instruments used on their recordings are phenomenal. The arrangements are made to keep you interested, switching tempos on the spots, even trading instruments during performances. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Paul. Cheers from Canada. 🇨🇦
It sounds like progressive rock because it is progressive rock. After the most well known bands in that genre they are probably the most well known of the "obscure" ones (at least from the classic era).
Gentle Giant is Classic Prog, one of the Very Best there ever was !!! 👍🎼🎶
Just lost Ray Shulman one of the Great Musicians in Prog !! 🎶🎸🎻🎺🥁🎼
This is great. I'm so glad you love this. Free hand was written after they got out from under the contract of the label that wouldn't let them continue with their own creative ideas. This song and album is an answer to those executives after they found another label and made this album. Read the lyrics.
Gentle Giant is an innovative pioneer of progressive rock.
Listen to everything they do. You'll love it all.
Free Hand - side 1 5-stars; side 2 2-stars
Really, really glad that you pointed out how incredibly funky they were - that's something that I don't think they get enough credit for. Their live performances frequently featured fantastic solos over great grooves, like they do here.
Saw them twice in the 70's. Mad lovvvve for this band. RIP Ray 🙏
Ah! Congrats Harri - you've found them. One of the very best bands you will ever hear - so varied and so different. The studio version of "Free Hand" is a good place to start but lots of other gems along the way I assure you. "I Lost My Head" is another favourite of mine.
You need to react to some of their studio bangers. Mister Class and Quality, Advent of Panurge, The Runaway
I have never seen a better live band than Gentle Giant. I was so fortunate to have experienced their musical prowess during my college years. Gentle Giant was the musical standard to live up to.
GG in Birmingham, UK in 1975 is my gold standard for gigs. Only Gabriel comes close.
Yep! Saw them open for YES in Seattle circa 1975. Took a bunch of photos that I still have to this day.
Yes in 75 (Relayer tour) with GG as the opener? No. No, that is just not even imaginable. No venue could contain that much great music!!
I had two albums from these guys back in college and I loved them. The only comparison in styIe I can come up with is Zappa.
Have you tried some Grobschnitt? Earlier the better.
Zappa loved Gentle Giant.
@@lashedbutnotleashed1984very true. Always loved that music link
Gentle Giant, original Mothers of Invention, some peak contemporary music of all time. ❤
BTW, Zappa loved Gentle Giant
Ahh, the beautiful chaos of GG(but not so chaotic if you are paying attention), the albums " Octopus " and " The Power And The Glory " are the best places to start...yes, they are prog
The Power and Ths Glory is NOT a good place to start. Masterpiece but not accessable
Great prog-fusion band... excellent choice! 🍻
What a great band . I saw them ln 1972, At the Bayfront Center in St. Pete Fl.. I thought they were phenomenal. I think they should have been much more popular and bigger than they ever became . That night they opened for Jethro Tull on the Thick as a Brick tour. I have never experienced a night of music or a concert evening that was equal to this night since that time, and I have seen hundreds of concerts. But this will always remain the greatest concert night that I can ever remember. Two of the greatest bands of all time.
Oh MAN!! Tull and GG. Seen them both but never on the same bill. I can't even fathom how great that would have been.
@@jupiterlegrand4817Ditto. Saw them separately, but wow, I can't imagine. Those two, Genesis (with Gabriel and Hackett as well as later incarnations) and PFM were my musical heroes back then. As I've grown older I've added to the list but these bands will forever remain.
Exception band of multi-instrumentalists drawing from every musical genre (and having come a long way from Simon Dupree & The Big Sound!). Check out 'On Reflection' live from the same concert where they REALLY show their chops!
Thank for showcasing the Giant. They created their own genre and we're the only ones to ever occupy it. Glad you enjoyed them, Harri!
There's so much Gentle giant music I'm sure you would enjoy. They were like no-one else. Honestly, this song is nothing. Look up their song 'On Reflection.'
I saw them LIVE opening for Jethro Tull’s Thick as a brick Tour.
Baltimore Civic Center.
Mind blown.
Still blown 50 years later.
There's so much that blows my mind about Gentle Giant. Their music is incredibly complex and incredibly enjoyable. The mixture of John Weathers's pounding, forceful, funky drumming against crazy polyrhythms from the other members, wonderful fusion guitar, thick, rich bass, and unbelievable keyboard artistry. Then they do chamber music with insane vocal passages in the literal next song they play, On Reflection. Thankful for youtube to be able to catch them on video, but I so wish I had been able to catch them live.
You make a great point - John Weathers' drumming anchors these often madcap arrangements so well that it makes it easier for non-musicians to follow and appreciate these complex and ambitious tunes. Such a great combination of musicians doing some really challenging and thrilling songs.
It's definitely progressive rock, it's just a few pieces of elements, some jazz, rock, organ and funk. Wonderful!
Happy to see you enjoyed it. They were an amazing band, and yes, so tight!
Thanks Paul! Nobody still sounds like GG. Tight, funky, groovy, strange prog rock on STEROIDS (or something). Would have LOVED to hear these guys live. OH, man.
Lovely to see you groovin' to it. Enjoy more squire.
Man you have to listen to the album Octopus; you'll be astonished as well !
you simply must watch "On Reflection" from the same concert performance
Syncopation, repeating motifs, counterpoint, intricate time signatures.
Ah, one of their simpler songs. We just lost the bass player, Ray Shulman, one of the greatest ever. I think you'll enjoy checking out several other songs from their catalog and trust me, this is "simple" for them, they were as great as any live band ever.
It was great , but usually they have 3 or 4 vocals that makes it even better
R.I.P. To bassist Ray Shulman who passed just a few days ago.
these guys are real musicians.
They were great!
For a little different side of Gentle Giant, you might try On Reflection, also a good live version of it available from the same time period. Good post and comments, thanks.
it 's a bit like Talking Heads a bit
I hear it.
Ultimate stuff from the Great Gentle Giant 💫❤️☝️
They were a musicians musician band. Every concert I went to of theirs I recognized other bands in the audience listening and learning.
I saw them at the Tower in Philly
For the encore they all changed/ played each others instruments.
And were great.
GG are probably the greatest prog band that ever was. NO one like them in any way. Probably the best live concert I've ever seen. GOSH I wish I could go back in time and see them one more time.
Oh, I think in the seventies there was quite a bunch of such bands around, Spin, for example, had a pretty similar Funk-Rock-Jazz thing going, they never had a singer though, as far as I know and they weren't this wild, the energy almost reminds me of Focus.
And Zappa of course, as someone else already mentioned, never quite as funky maybe, but I'd bet he was one of the biggest influences for these musicians.
Ray was an awesome Bass Player!!!
Harri ~ so glad you have decided to look upon GG - the are one of a kind
Big Fan here.....saw them Live in the early 70s in Buffalo NY....they were outrageously good
They are exciting!!!! Love GG
All the good prog bands were a bit funky, but GG were the funkiest. Absolute dynamite live. They loved Zappa. In return, he quite liked them. No word on the relationship with George Clinton, but I'm betting GG loved him.
GG are straight up funky. I was getting into them expecting some straight out there prog but found myself grooving so hard to the funky rhythms they have. So good
Nice Harri. Brilliant band. Saw them 4 times in Toronto. 🙏🍁
Nobody does anything like this always loved this group 🤟🏼👍💙💙
There's a fair bit of Weather Report in Gentle Giant but they used those influences & made it their own.
Legends.
Check out another of their tracks called Knots.
Sad you never saw them. Such an atmosphere so live! is difficult to describe.
Hands down the most impressive band I've seen. Thanks for the vid and commentary. I'm glad you were impressed. Gentle Giant stellar performers and showmanship.
I used to call them medieval rock or unpredictable music
The funkiest prog band.
Very Almost Never Hear these Guys in US!!!!!AWESOME PIC HARRI❤!!Got about Everything they put out!!!Way to Sucker Punch Me Musically Brother!!
Harri, I'm so glad you found these guys, and that you GET them...your standing ovation at the end was perfect! GG were what I call the pentultimate sausage band...not sure how many chicks were in the audience digging them, but they didn't care. How in heck did they come up with such ideas?? Genius, pure genius!
RIP RAY!!!! Loved this Band so much and saw them in Concert around this time in Chicago. GG!!~!!
I saw them live at Kleinhans Music Hall. I think it was in 88. They are one of my desert island bands.
Was probably 78, they disbandes im 1980
I saw Gentle Giant in the Washington DC area in the mid 70's and they were absolutely phenomenal!
☆☆☆☆☆
💯
Funky as hell is right. Check out Just The Same or Proclamation or Cogs In Cogs from these guys.
My favorite album of theirs is In a Glass House about a guy in an insturstution . I have all their early albums .
Rock, funk, blues, classical, madrigals - GG melded together a wide range of styles, each being a multi-instrumentalist. Not many band break out recorders, a cello, a violin and some vibes!!
The Shulman brothers and Kerry Minnear ( keyboards ) were all classically trained
Yo when Derek became a record executive he signed Bon Jovi Pantera Cinderella Dream Theater Slipknot Nickleback crazy.
Are they having a laugh, they can't be serious.
Yes, unusual. Like alternative jazz/rock?
This is a great album! But, as always, live performances are NEVER the best version for a first listening.
Reminds me of koenjihyakkei, guess they were influenced by more than just magma
Grande musica...G.G..tecnicamente formidabili
Saw GG 4 times and we just loved them because they didn't sound like anyone else!! And, it wasn't music we could play quite yet!!
or ever..
This record came out around 1978. Toward the end of the U.S. Disco era. This is their kind of dance music (from Europe). Every piece in the arrangement is asymmetrical but they fit into a general audience groove! I don't think they were this fonky in their earlier records - Octopus, Three Friends, Power and the Glory, Missing Piece.
Gary Green, One of the best Guitar players in rock.
Gentle Giant were in their own league. Please sir, although this is a year later...would you listen to "His Last Voyage"...studio version on the Free Hand album.
The best band ever full stop❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm of an age where I listened to many progressive rock bands along with a healthy dose of soul and funk music.This tune is the funkiest prog song that I've personally come across. Loving prog and funk equally, this song is just a delight. Enjoyed your reation very much.
Wow, this band really deserved its name : on stage they're hitting it like Seb Chabal used to hit his opponents on a rugby field (albeit being almost always followng the rules) and being the most cheerful and compassionate guy in his everyday life.
Oh, Harri, I have a bit of a leftfield recommendation : "Musique" by France Gall. I'm quite sure you will enjoy it :
ruclips.net/video/W07Qa5HEV7M/видео.html
Sorry in advance for the subpar audio quality but this video has an English translation of the lyrics.
It's interesting to see the line-up in 1978 (per Wikipedia)
Gary Green - guitar, mandolin, vocals, recorder, bass guitar, drums, xylophone
Kerry Minnear - keyboards, lead vocals (on recordings only), cello, vibraphone, xylophone, recorder, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Derek Shulman - lead vocals, saxophone, recorder, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, "Shulberry"
Ray Shulman - bass guitar, trumpet, violin, vocals, viola, drums, percussion, recorder, guitar
John "Pugwash" Weathers - drums, percussion, vibraphone, xylophone, vocals, guitar
look at the range of instruments they played and they were famous too for swapping them around in live shows.
The singer you liked was Derek Shulman who used the pseudonym "Simon Dupree" in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound and his brothers Ray and Phil were the core of Gentle Giant.
You are correct in saying that it's difficult to compare them to any other band but I think that perhaps the closest would be Canterbury Sound Bands like Soft Machine, Caravan, Hatfield and the North and Egg but even then there are big differences. One of the Shulmans said that their music was so unique because for some time they just played things that interested them without listening to any other music. But to a Prog fan in the early to mid-seventies you didn't really care if they sounded like anyone else, you just listened and appreciated it (for example, the Faust Tapes).
You'll find this hard to believe but I never thought of them as being funky, possibly because that was foreign to me, but now that you have mentioned it, it's hard to miss.
Finally, I had decided to ask for "Proclamation" but a search told me that Greybeard Music Man had chosen this before and yo reviewed it eleven months ago. I'm glad you enjoyed it, they have lots more excellent music, some including Folk, Renaissance (not the band) and church choral music references.
This is the best concert I've ever been to. Woolsey Hall New Haven Connecticut. I loved your review! Harry it brought tears to my eyes!
9:28 Freddie Mercury was prog too lol, at least til the 80's. Also, Queen were hearing these guys record their first few albums at the studio in the early 70's.
So underrated... But it's ok .
these guys make virtuosos look like beginners. And they all play multiple instruments, in one song the bass player sings one melody while playing another on the violin at the same time. Incomprehensible.
The singer went on after the band ended and now works in the recording industry. He is the guy who discovered John Bon Jovi and 1st signed him to a contract.
Ps ...
thamks Harri
Great band and a rabbit hole you need to explore.
Mastercraftsmen.
I do believe Nektar's "Remember The Future" album has a funky prog deal going, yet somewhat different but...
RIP Ray.
Clav D6, Wurly 200 and Hammond; all painted white. Love it. That stack was heavy, and Kerry looked like 120 lbs wet. I hope he had help moving it!
Correct, nobody sounded like GG. It was mashup of tonality and style that was so tastefully presented. It just worked. One wonderful musical story after another. The music was the vehicle for the story, so regardless of how cool the music was, (and it was!) it was the story that amazed us all.
Try their Cogs In Cogs (Live) or "Mister Class And Quality?" / "Three Friends". Their main composer (also the keyboardist / cellist / occasional singer) Kerry Minnear graduated from London Music Academy with PhD in composition (he had composed a piano concerto while at the academy). Kerry is indeed a genius of composition...
By the way, speaking of Queen: the lead singer of Gentle Giant Derek Shulman was a big fan of a legendary American rock experimentator Frank Zappa, and Zappa once made a prominent answer to the question of what music he (Zappa) listens to apart from his own. Frank answered, "I like Queen. I like Gentle Giant". That short.
Octopus is the album to start with . They have an excellent double live album from mid 70s . One of them ended jump as manager of Zeppelin . Amazing prog
Gentle Giant is so great, but they were playing five years too late. They have a great psychedelic, prog sound, but the Sex Pistols and other punk bands were already eroding the foundations of "classic rock" by the time this live recording was made. If you're ever looking for a feel-good song, check out the song "Friends" by Gentle Giant. Sweet!
This myth is whats holding back your favorite genre from being taken seriously
@@unknown6390 , it ain't no myth; it was reality.
I saw these guy's twice in the 70's when I was in High School. You're right ...to see them in person was so great! San Diego. One of my favorite bands. They were so versitile and were experimenting with such a syncopated complex sound.
Their best album is their second one acquiring the taste in my opinion they never topped that one.
Part 2, Parliment/Funkadelic's album "Maggotbrain and some of their other stuff had a sci-fi'ish progness to it as well.
Thanks
Thank you for all the joy and love you bring to over 100,000 subscribers around the world. I would like to request that you react to an amazing live RUSH performance of Leave That Thing Alone which starts off with an amazing jam session by the group and then is followed by another great solo by Neil on par with the one that you reacted to in the Frankfurt Drum Solo - this is the link ruclips.net/video/6XPrNGpzeGI/видео.html If you have already heard or seen that one before then can you please do the Studio Version of In The End by RUSH and if you know that one then please do the Studio Version of Anthem by RUSH. Thank you again my friend. Greetings from across the pond in Toronto Canada !
Saw them once live - best concert I ever saw. Amazing.
They were one of my favorite bands of the 70's. So tight!
And for desert go with some of Utopia's stuff.