Gentle Giant- The Runaway (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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The bass in this record is disgustingly amazing.
Wow, I'm as happy as Larry. There just isn't enough GG being talked about, this is an exceptionally fine album, more please!
One of my 3 GG favorites.
One of their best albums by far!
As an impressionable kid, my favorite book was " My Side Of The Mountain" by Jean Craighead George. A story about a boy who runs away to the woods and lives with his pet falcon and weasel. I did likewise (without the pets) for 13 months, at 14 years old, and went to school every day! My parents hated it but it was useless to force me back! From a wild child to a mellow midget in maturity, it has shaped everything I am. Peace.
Chucking out, at the Red Lion pub. The glass breaking!🤣🤣
Amazing album! And, what an opener! And the bass, wow wow wow! I agree, Ray is one of the most entertaining bass players, one of my favorites!
I have never clicked so fast! Thanks for reacting to this song, I hope you do the whole album. It's phenomenal.
Edit: This album came out just a few months after Dark Side of the Moon, so I imagine the intro for this song was inspired by the intro for Money with the sound effects forming the beat.
Ah nice point; could be!
What is really crazy is that these 5 guys were able to play this all live! The studio albums were just the template.for their live shows. Amazing improvisation. Never exactly the same twice. I'm still godsmacked almost 50 years later.
Definitely a favorite among anyone who loves prog purity. "In a glass house" is a fun listen, but very serious about muscial craftmanship and and arrangements.
Finally!!! I’ve been waiting for the album, IN A GLASS HOUSE. Thank you for beginning this strange journey into Giant’s mystical offering.
The glass room shattering in the beginning was a rough start, but then it settled into lots of Gentle Giant wholesome goodness - I like it!
There were one or two tours where they opened with this number. The glass breaking happened with the lights down and everything came on when the instruments came in. Quite a dramatic and cool opening.
@@swimszoots I saw that. Great show. I have seen them 3 times.
If you put G.G. on, I'm gonna listen and give a 👍. I think I love this band more now than back in the day. All these years trying to convince people how awesome they are, it seems finally, it's becoming a reality. Thanks for help spreading the word!
Brilliant Justin!! You're reviewing Gentle Giant!! Exceptional musicians they were. They could twist any note or scale and make it their own. I always wondered if the glass shattering at the beginning was the precursor to sampling???? Great review as always! I discovered these guys on RUclips almost 10 years ago!👍👍💫🙏🙏🎶🎶🎶
A positively brilliant song and, yes, that is my favorite part because in the anxiety the music provokes that choral part senses a peaceful almoct angelic possibility.
I think you're going to like Way of Life ........ a track from the same album. Pure delight !!!!
I have heard this group in concert and they have great energy and complicated music. I was never a fan of the vocals, but the music was so good it always brought me back. I have 10 of their albums in my collection, so yeah, I'm a GG fan. Thanks JP, good comments in your review.
When my children were misbehaving I threatened to runaway. They'd laugh at that but they would settle down, I think they were afraid they would have to make their own meals. Haha
More ideas in this song than some bands manage in their entire careers. See also 'Mental Notes' by Split Enz.
Nice you'll enjoy this album. You need to do more gentle giant reviews. Seriously gentle giant does have a cult following believe it or not
If anyone knows where the Master Tapes to this album Derek Shulman would appreciate knowing, he would love to commission Steven Wilson to remaster this album, I believe they were with WWA in the US and Vertigo GB, they seem to have gone missing unfortunately, otherwise GG would release it in 5.1 currently!!! 🤔❤
You can believe whatever you want malekmo61 but this lp was never released in the USA. They were still signed with Columbia for Octopus but they didn’t like In A Glass House citing no hit single so WWA in England decided to release it. The next album was The Power and The Glory for Capitol Records in 1974. That’s where I started.
According to Derek Shulman the next Steven Wilson remix is Interview.
@@shyshift unfortunately yes it was an import not a local release meaning that it was a rarity in the USA, unless you could shop at an import shop in the USA, there was no chance you would know about the release!!! I imported it in the late 70s and my pressing was WWA, here in Australia, it also came out on CD impersonating the album cover. This version had the CD Jewel case with the print that was on the clear plastic vinyl version and the booklet with the interior album sleeve print of the band, quite clever for it's day!!! Apparently a remastered version but not from the Master Tapes!!
@@malekmo64 Correct but I lived in Sacramento and we had Tower Records and they had a slew of imports. I only had an 8 track in my bus. I would buy lps and listen to them at my friend’s house from time to time.
@@malekmo64 I stumbled into a record store near where I lived as a young man and BOOM, there it was. I was shocked! This rinky dink record store having a Gentle giant import only album was like finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow near a sewer. I couldn't buy it quick enough. This is one complex record and the epitome of GG. Continue the journey!
The live version of this from "Playing the Fool" is awesome. A much heavier sound live.
And the glass shattering in the beginning....the first "Industrial" song?
I'm glad you told him so I don't have to. 🙂
Fully agree on both observations !
The live version on the Playing the Fool album which leads to "Experience" is superior to this studio version (though this one is very good).
And yes, the glass shattering intro loop is a precursor of this kind of electro cold wave or electro-industrial music !
This makes me so happy! 😀 This is a great album (and song) and quite different from The Power And The Glory. There's a huge amount of tuned percussion on this album (a Kerry Minnear special), some church organ (a personal favourite) and some real solid grooves (Ray Shulman is the boss). You have something wonderful to look forward to, just make sure you're well rested before you hit that record button...
Anyone interested in buying/listening to this album should try and seek out Alucards own version, since this is the far superior version from a sound quality perspective.
On running away; I ran away everytime I got grounded for misbehaving and was confined to the inside of our house. This was when I was 6-9 years old. I used to steal my shoes from the hall, lock myself in my room, open the window and jump out. I usually stayed away for an hour or two before sneaking back trough the window again. As far as I know they never found out I was doing this, I just couldn't stand being locked inside. I was a stubborn and strong willed child, probably still am to be honest. 😝
Woo-hoo! I am so glad you made it to Glass House. So many great Gentle Giant albums, but this one is my personal favorite. And you're right about Ray on this album, his bass lines are so clever and creative, they're what initially caught my ear on my first listen all those decades ago. Hopefully you do the whole album. Thank you JP!
I love how Kerry's two lines go from angelic to demonic in about 3 seconds.
Check out the live performance of Funny Ways. GG are superb.
I never ran away but, when I was 19, my buddy and I were driving around at 1:00 am on a Monday morning (after a get together celebrating my recent return from a 3 month trip to Europe and North Africa). When we couldn't find anywhere open for coffee (it was the 70s) we decided to fill his gas tank and drive to Vancouver. Five hours into the drive I phoned home to tell my mom where I was going so she wouldn't worry (she still did) and my buddy phoned in to quit his job since he was scheduled to work that evening. Ah the 70s.
This band is alright.
Gentle Giant (GG), TRULY ORIGINAL, SPECIAL, AND UNIQUE - -
Blending mix influences of Jazz-Rock-Classical-Baroque-Medieval-Contemporary-Funky messed up beats and rhythms with lots of Counterpoints, Syncopations, Canons, Unusual Time Signatures ... I guessed these are some of the reasons why they called themselves GG.
Now in this new Millennium many people are discovering, awakening, and being amazed by the gentle brilliance and giant genius of GG! -
My favorite band of all time... Seen them live in Montreal... 4 times... Even more Brilliant live!
They used their skills, talents, knowledge, and training to follow their passion for exploring musical avenues and possibilities where the human mind had never been before or since, for their own pleasure and satisfaction ...
...AT THE RISK OF REMAINING UNPOPULAR AND NOT VERY WELL KNOWN ...
They were very aware and accepting of this ... but followed their passion and excitement anyway... Each had to be a giant inside to go that path. Denis Rouma T.
I hope you liked this at least almost as much as The Advent. This is about my favorite GG album, Octopus and Three Friends are on the same line.
bought that record used in the 80's so sweet
Great reaction! The opening of this album is so cool, and the ending is too, but you will come to this in time.
Being an import only album. Back in the 70's & 80's this was the holy grail of albums to find in the import section at the record store. The internet has killed the hunt for great prog records.
gentle giant's greatest record
Possibly my favorite GG album. They were at their height of compositional complexity and sophistication around this time. Like you said, there's so much to unpack here.
Mine too. But the Octopus to Free Hand run are all pretty amazing.
As always with GG, beautiful chaos...but not so chaotic if you're paying attention and thinking...
Great reaction! Yes, love this song and this album. Although I do love most of GG's albums.
The vocal melody has never blown me away on this one, but it more than makes up for it in the instrumental parts. Especially the part starting at 5.42 in your vid. The bass behind it just makes me groove out.
excellent.
I really fancy your choice of music and your reactions to it. Keep it up. Great channel Justin.
Don't make my feel old 🤣🔊🎼🎵🎶 Rock on
IMHO this is was one of the best GG albums ever, The unique starts makes perfect sense, it sets up the rhythm for the song.
In A Glass House!!! You got to it. The litmus test for being a true prog fan.
Great thanks for that review so good
the first G G album I bought 46 years ago and that song - album intro ! ! ! ! ! genius
Wow, the beginning of the track was both, uncomfortable and fabulous at the same time!
A jazzy renaissance vocal set against a bizarre heavy groove? Who does this $hit. We are often playing 'catch up' with GG.
Indeed we are!
This album blows my mind..!
Love this song. I bought this album back in the 70's. When I heard the beginning of The Runaway with all the breaking glass sounds I was astonished! I'm glad you discovered this song.
So glad you come back to GG.
In 1970 I was 17. I walked into an incense drenched psychedelic record store called Phantasmagoria to buy the 1st ELP album. A sales person saw my purchase and convinced me to listen to the 1st GG album. The cover impressed me. After hearing a minute or two I formed an instant visceral dislike for this band. I wasn't ready. It was too discordant, too experimental for my ears. I never really gave them a chance until 2014 when I heard Gary Green's band Three Friends in a live performance on Cruise to the Edge. My ears had matured, thankfully. Their music is not for the casual listener. It demands attention. Now I love everything they did.
It may be interesting to you to contrast this with the Live version as appears on Playing the Fool. Their studio stuff is great, but their live shows were next level. I've seen them live 5 times. Still a fave!
I completely agree... I only got to see them on the 'Missing Piece' tour, but it was amazing.
Gentle Giant is the epitome of prog music.
Bummer I missed the reactions to this album, I think I was just about to get into GG about a year ago, and just recently I got into THIS album. This opening track and the title track are kind of my new favorite songs, I listen to them every day. But yeah it's the album that's taken me the longest time to appreciate so I can totally relate to that feeling of not quite getting everything in one listen 😅
This and Three Friends are my favorite GG albums, glad to see you getting into this one. Second half is my favorite but it’s all amazing
For me "In a glass house" and "Free Hand" are the best Gentle Giant's albums. But i love several other such as Octopus, Acquiring the taste, Three Friends, and The power and The Glory
Good music... Good ever... 👍
Now we're talking.......or listening. My favorite GG record. Nothing more to say.
Gentle Giant is not my favorite but, I do find them interesting. Like Supertramp, I prefer one singer over the other… there may be more singers, don’t flog me. I’m glad to have heard it.
I probably threatened to run away many times but I don’t think I ever did. Once, I did go clubbing and my friends wanted to take off somewhere, thought maybe to eat, no, they went to the beach. I did protest when I found out which turned my stomach and I was throwing up all the way there. Basically, they kidnapped me overnight and my car was left the parking lot all by its lonesome.
My folks, in the morning, past by and saw my car sitting there and called the cops, thinking I was hurt or killed or something. Phones were harder to come by back then… but I was also less communicable back then too. Of course I got an earful when I returned.
Good times.
Bonnie Raitt’s version of Runaway is pert good.
Peace and clubbing Music
Agree.
Wow, thanks! Also like to suggest their lovely "Talybont".
I saw Gentle Giant live 3 times and they did all this music very well by being mult-instrumental and swapping instruments. Ray Shulman was a great great bass player, one of the greatest....Now he has not even touched it in years,
This is by far my favourite album of theirs. A true masterpiece. (:
The beauty with GG Zappa and others in the same field is that you always find new things in the music even that you heard it 50 times.
A funny thing.......I had this song prepared in the car for an x-girlfriend, and when I start to drive she was looking around to see what had been broken........
Lol! Kind of like when theres an ambulance/siren effect in a song, especially if you're driving
Good choice for Gentle Giant! Kerry Minnear doesn't get enough credit for singing on so many Gentle Giant tracks Ty Justin
No no, Thank YOU
Ray is very energetic, especially on stage, he's all over the place
For me this is a band that always put in the effort, no resting on their laurels. Every song is like a different sort of stew with the musicians adding just the right ingredients and spices. My sole complaint is I wish the vocals were higher in the mix, I put a big store in lyrics, they convey much more meaning to me than interesting instrumentation.
Amazing album and amazing track... Pugwash on drums driving it forward...
This is in my mind their best album, I love most of their others album but this one will always have a special place in my hearth.
FYI: This album came out in 1973 in the UK, but NOT in the US. It was only available as an expensive import for years. Sometime in the late '70s, I found a used copy in a comic book store and was so happy to find it. The cover was old and torn, but the record was in good shape. In a Glass House wasn't actually released in the US until 1992.
A great start to one of the best albums I have heard. Please get through the whole thing!
Maybe for the future: Three friends; my favorite album
Yes, albums by certain bands always need a second or third listen.
Loved this one, hadn't heard it in years. Brings me back to my college days. You should revisit the Acquiring The Taste album, songs like "The Wreck", "Black Cat" and "The House, the street, the room" are classics.
I might have mentioned this before but this album was my introduction to Gentle Giant so your reaction to these songs really makes my day. As for not feeling this one I understand (and I think you do too) that one has to be in a certain headspace to listen to GG.
How would you compare this album/rank it to the others you've heard? :D
@@JustJP My favorite era are these three in the middle of their career, In A Glass House, The Power and The Glory and Free Hand which is also the order I would rank them in. But ya know, IMHO, right?
Justin, great to see you back at Gentle Giant, there are no bad tracks from this period of the band, everything was just magic.. I know you've heard this before, but if you imagine Gentle Giant crossed with Genesis, you get Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon three. I agree wit the Canterbury allusion, it must be time to listen to some Caravan again 😀 The 'For Richard' suite. 'The Love in your eye', or the 'L'Auberge Du Sanglier' suite are all masterpieces.
Wonderful! I wonder what you'll do to wrap your mind around An Inmates' Lullaby... (Maybe you should do the next two together - nice contrast with the heavy rockin' Way of Life.) And yes, please, do seek out the Alucard version of the album - not as great as a Wilson remix but far better quality than the atrocious CD version that came out in the 90's.
Easy to see why Frank Zappa was a fan of Gentle Giant's music.
I remember when I finally found this on import. My second favorite album after 3 Friends. I suggest multiple listens 🙂
Back in the seventies my "heaven" was a place called "Moby Disc". It was primarily a used record shop. My fingers could flip through albums for hours looking for cheap scores for a kid with a $10 a week allowance. Couldn't afford many new albums, or rather I would rather get three used albums than spend the bucks on a new one.
And "In A Glass House" did not have a U.S. release, so one had to buy the "import", which was even more expensive.
So, when this turned up in the used albums you just bought it regardless of the shape the album was in.
Mine had some serious pops in it, but strangely in ways they played into the Gentle Giant sound and simply didn't bother me.
In any case, this GG album is a special favorite of mine.
And when you get to revisiting YES? Do "In The Presence Of" from their 2001 album "Magnification". The BEST of late yes. No big name keyboard player on this one...instead they have orchestra.
Blessings.
If I can listen to Zappa I can listen to Giant. Some sweet major sevenths in there.
Great track. But I KNOW you will love 'I lost my head'.
Not a huge GG fan but I like this album a lot.
This album took a while to click for me but love it now. Prog does take a couple of listens. JP did you listen to the rest of lizard yet. If not do a review.😁
Apart from the glass (never fussed on), the rest is gravy. It's all you expect, want, in fact need from The G's. There's no one quite like them. Now, for some quality breaking glass check out National Health, and their track 'The Collapso'. There's a great live version off whistle test. However the beeb make them substitute a box of cutlery being dashed onto a metal tray for the breaking glass... Likely for Heath and Safety reasons :) good ol' beeb.
If enjoyed this I bet you really will enjoy Experience. I'd recommend the live version from Playing the Fool or the King Biscuit Flour Hour where they medley the two perfectly.
This is the only Gentle Giant album that I have. And I Iove it.
But I cannot get into any of their other albums.
My favorite GG song! I'm still holding hope you'll give "Saga - Don't be Late" a listen someday!
Makes me think of Cardiacs
This is one of my favorite albums from GG. A bit eclectic at times, but it has too many good moments.
:D :D :D
Yeah my man you should do a chronological on this album there is a reason for it I won't give it away but you'll appreciate it more if you just do them in order whenever I'm not saying you know do you like you did with Genesis Lamb Lies Down I'm just saying just do them chronologically and you do you'll see why here's an interesting little fact that album was never released in America you had to get it on import luckily back in the day record stores had an import section so you could get records that were released in the US because they had a section that had all the Imports which was pretty cool also WWA records that was the same English label that Black Sabbath was on they were on Warner Brothers in America but they were on WWA in England and so is gentle giant and then before that I think they were on vertigo I've had a really cool label on the record it's amazing kind of a psychedelic coolest thing with all these Stripes going around and difference concentric eccentric circles he have to check it out it looked really cool revolving on the turntable all right my man I'll be checking the next drop
You have to listen to this song some more? You’re excused…
I could never get to grips with this band. Incredible musicians, but often that came before songwriting IMO. Octopus was a consistently good album, and there's some good tracks on The Power & the Glory.
Please consider Three Friends. School Days at least
Do you plan to go through the whole album? Because ... My favorite song on the album is the title track "In A Glass House".
Best song from one of my least favourite GG albums.
I disagree, there's not enough time for ME, to watch all the videos on your channel.
🤣 ty Dell
Stubborn, foolish record execs! GG's US label wouldn't release this album stateside (not commercial enough for them?), literally forcing fans to pay extra for imports of the LP.