March of the Ants - I like it :) Jump of The Flea? Flap of the Moth? My most recommended GG albums are Acquiring the Taste (Ray the bassist's favourite too) and Octopus.
Hey, "Proclamation" was gonna be my pick if *I* won at marbles! :) No one ever did it like Gentle Giant. Their discography is well worth a deep dive, with only one duff LP out of 11 studio albums, and everything short, sweet, and hooky, none of the 20 minute epics or 90 minute concept albums usual to prog rock. Incidentally, they've been mined as a favorite source of samples by Madlib, including a memorable cameo on Madvillainy. He used this particular song on the great Lootpack album Sound Pieces.
Lol - awesome! March of the Ants. My new band name. BTW - this entire album is great. This album came out 4 years before the first Police album. And no synths on this track.
PROG ALERT to Rookies: Referencing other LATER music or recent MEMES mean nothing and have little relevance to the music of this era before MTV videos & Video Games. Only if you think they were influenced because they are BEFORE Pop Queen & others! Personally, I find the comments irritatingly distracting especially since some ppl may not know of those forced associations. There's already so much that could be said about the song itself (structure, Time-signatures, tempos, harmonies, counterpoint, polyrhythmic syncopation...) Nevertheless, I did ENJOY your REACTION! Welcome to Gentle Giant! GG were early originators of European PROGROCK & unlike any other, whose motto was not to conform to mainstream commercial Rock Pop & to use all of their multi-instrumentalist technically trained virtuosity to push the boundaries of modern music. Saw them Live twice 74-76 and no other band switched back & forth from Rock instruments to classical & jazz in a heartbeat with very playful energy while very playfully producing very complex arrangements, simultaneously. Their 10 years were moderately successful, but they were never super stars or well known to the general 70's Rock listeners. The songs on this themed "PLAYING THE GAME" Concept Album are all about Politricks! Get ready for something completely different when you choose to go down this rabbit-hole of uncovered music in this underappreciated genre. PROG has MANY like King Crimson, YES, Genesis, PFM, Renaissance & other Canterbury Prog bands, etc... who were deeply inventive non-Pop acts! Look forward to your further intros into this old-new timeless world.
I'm 66 years old. Up to now it's for me the best Band I ever heard. I listen to many music but I always come back to GG.
A unique and brilliant band. Nobody sounds like or plays like them. Truly badass.
Gentle Giant is absolutely amazing. This album, Three Friends, and Octopus are all worth diving into.
And Free Hand and Interview all masterpieces…
I'd say the first 8 albums are great 😄
This band can blow your mind also. Good stuff
March of the Ants - I like it :) Jump of The Flea? Flap of the Moth? My most recommended GG albums are Acquiring the Taste (Ray the bassist's favourite too) and Octopus.
The live version is insane, you should check it out.
Love me some Gentle Giant!
Hey, "Proclamation" was gonna be my pick if *I* won at marbles! :) No one ever did it like Gentle Giant. Their discography is well worth a deep dive, with only one duff LP out of 11 studio albums, and everything short, sweet, and hooky, none of the 20 minute epics or 90 minute concept albums usual to prog rock.
Incidentally, they've been mined as a favorite source of samples by Madlib, including a memorable cameo on Madvillainy. He used this particular song on the great Lootpack album Sound Pieces.
Saw GG open for Yes, Seattle 1976. Great show!
Oh wow awesome!
You know what they say - the more things change...
And that's only the opening track! GG are just amazing - the prog bands' prog band.
Gentle Giant!!!
One of those bands that Nintendo composers were clearly into
More GG, please! It's a true rabbit hole.
Lol - awesome! March of the Ants. My new band name. BTW - this entire album is great. This album came out 4 years before the first Police album. And no synths on this track.
Oh yes, dig into it more. I can't say which song to start with, they don't have real bad songs. Always surprising and innovative and complex.
Now I wanna compose "March of the Ants"!
The guitarist from Phish was heavily influenced by these guys
PROG ALERT to Rookies: Referencing other LATER music or recent MEMES mean nothing and have little relevance to the music of this era before MTV videos & Video Games. Only if you think they were influenced because they are BEFORE Pop Queen & others! Personally, I find the comments irritatingly distracting especially since some ppl may not know of those forced associations. There's already so much that could be said about the song itself (structure, Time-signatures, tempos, harmonies, counterpoint, polyrhythmic syncopation...) Nevertheless, I did ENJOY your REACTION! Welcome to Gentle Giant! GG were early originators of European PROGROCK & unlike any other, whose motto was not to conform to mainstream commercial Rock Pop & to use all of their multi-instrumentalist technically trained virtuosity to push the boundaries of modern music. Saw them Live twice 74-76 and no other band switched back & forth from Rock instruments to classical & jazz in a heartbeat with very playful energy while very playfully producing very complex arrangements, simultaneously. Their 10 years were moderately successful, but they were never super stars or well known to the general 70's Rock listeners. The songs on this themed "PLAYING THE GAME" Concept Album are all about Politricks! Get ready for something completely different when you choose to go down this rabbit-hole of uncovered music in this underappreciated genre. PROG has MANY like King Crimson, YES, Genesis, PFM, Renaissance & other Canterbury Prog bands, etc... who were deeply inventive non-Pop acts! Look forward to your further intros into this old-new timeless world.
This is way before Sting. Maybe you should say Sting was influenced by Giant.
This album was released in 1974