If you think this is good - check out the new footage that we have unearthed of PH playing live on swiss TV from 1974! Jawdropping stuff - The Lie, forsaken gardens and Louse. Louse! solo on piano! Google it!
Energy and musianship are completaly different things...VDGG King crimson Gentle giant or 70' Jethro tull are 10000 better than any punk rock Band ever produced
The greatest band ever! The greatest musicians ever! I’ve been their fan since 1976. I got all their CDs on special order at Sam’s music store downtown Toronto.
Indeed! Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance solo album released in 1975 was a huge influence on the Sex Pistol's Johnny Rotten - you can hear the influence clearly.
@@StevenHargraves Yes, it's also the first album featuring the word "punk". By the way, great album! Also, kraut rock bands like CAN, Faust and Neu! had a huge influence on punk, new wave and indie.
pete hammill. the unrecognized genius of our times. people talk about bob dylan, robert hunter and peter sinfield's lyrics. hammill is just as good as any of them but never gets any credit from the mainstream. check out the lyrics to his song 'lost'. i'll take pete's lyrics over dylan any day. not to mention pete is a way better singer and his band is far more interesting to listen to.
Dylan is a genius - but I also agree Hammill is light years better. He's untouchable as far as lyric writing goes. I saw Dylan a couple of years back - good but not great. He was in a huge arena - and I think the crowd were expecting foot tapping singalongs of Hey Mr Tambourine Man etc - but everything he played bore no resemblance to the originals - much to the audiences bafflement. But every time I've seen PH & VdGG, solo, four piece, trio or even as a duo with the late great Stuart Gordon, I've been utterly blown away. Sad that they had to postpone this years tour.
I find dylan to be more consistent lyrically. Sometimes I find peter to be on the overwrought side of things. I find this problem to be most common on pre-Godbluff albums. I think he hits his lyrical peak on A Black Box. Jargon King i could see being put in a Norton's Anthology.
I was born 1960! Van der Graaf is "THE BAND"!!! The first song I loved was " A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers", than came "Meurglys III" and I was done... I feel lucky, that I found this vid. :-)
It's a fantastic record - a rocking style that in some ways would augur the K Group. I wished that they had done a few more albums in this vein, as Charles Dickie only appeared on Vital - and so came too late the party to make much impact - and from his solo stuff - it's a shame. I'd have enjoyed hearing what they could have come up with as Hammill was on fire all thru the 70s - and cello / violin / guitar / bass / drums made for a hell of a racket live. Such a good album that - they coped without Jackson or Hugh Banton (Though Jaxon pops up with a cameo on the sphinx returns at the very end)
Incredible, psychotic, on the edge stuff~and beautiful too. Always loved "The Quiet Zone" and "Vital". Just wish more people could hear Van Der Graaf. Thanks for Posting Man.
Yes indeed. The oversized headband Peter Hammill was in the habit of wearing during this era and the wild eyes (not to mention the unhinged vocal delivery) makes him look like he just escaped from a mental asylum. Lol
@@icecreamforcrowhurst By the time he was playing with the K group - (video is on youtube 1981 rockpalast in Hamburg) - he wore a green medical smock- to complete the asylum look... ...Although now he looks like one of the staff who's joined the inmates...
Saw them at that time, see-through mac included, at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. A concert so good the audience forgot to cheer, never seen anything like it. Absolutely delightful to see this again.
Many thanks for the comments Peter - I was only 5 in 1977 - so missed out on this tremendous line-up. I would have liked to have seen Graham Smith and Charles Dickie playing together - a far different dynamic to Jaxon Banton - and the metalhead in me would have loved hearing Nic Potter's brtual bass tones. If you are still a fan - I can't recommend their recent box set highly enough - including lots of vintage video clips. Sadly their current tour (May 2022) has been postponed due to Peter Hammill falling ill in Germany. Fingers crossed he will make a full recovery after his surgery yesterday.
Awesome! I am a HUGE Voivod fan too of course - ever since Hatross. But came across VdGG a couple of years later. They were amazing last night in Manchester. They sound like no one else!
Very underrated track from an underrated album of an underrated band. Sad VdGG (and I guess the VdG lineup here) did not last beyond this and the live album. Their sound was incredible.
I can remember buying Godbluff, Still Life and World Record; later bought Vital album Somehow, at the time this had entirely escaped me I love it - brilliant!
Great work - thanks for putting this up here - a fantastic song from a fantastic album. PH performed this later with the Nic Potter and Stuart Gordon (it appeared on the Roomtemperature live album) and a couple of years later when drummer Manny Elias has been added to that trio and they toured as 'The Noise' and it appeared on another live album - 'There Goes The Daylight'. Finding gems like this makes the other 99% of the time I waste on the internet worth it!
Thanks for posting this! I've been searching for ANY live footage from this particular VdGG band for decades! This album and Vital kick so much ass! The bass work, the drumming, Hammill's voice- all of it so great!
Thank you very much for this video... one of my favorite songs :) I'm really glad to finally see how they did it. Great respect for violinist Graham Smith.
Well, they never went mainstream - and spent most of the last 50 years split up. BUT - now you are here - you have now discovered the band that rapidly became my favourite band EVER - about a month after first hearing them when I was about 18. So - get out there - and dive into their back catalogue. I saw them live a few months back - and they were utterly fantastic. Again.
Des moments merveilleux - nous étions pauvres, amoureux, des enfants vraiment innocents, mais heureux. L'avenir semblait sans fin, mais maintenant, à la fin de la soixantaine, il est évident à quel point la vie est précieuse et courte
First heard them over the radio in Kansas City on a show called Her Majesty's Voice in 1970. Peter would play solo shows there and later with the violinist.
This is a real, and pleasant surprise. Just great. Saw VDGG several times in the 70s - missed last performance in London because of lockdown, then ill when they did play it.
I would have loved to have seen them in the 70s. Instead I've seen them in their 70s! Check out the new live DVD/ Blu Ray/ CD box set that is out in march. From the one clip they've released it looks and sounds fantastic. I took my son to see them last year. Already a veteran of many live shows - including Hammill solo when he was 9!
Not sure the headband really works Peter, but great to see this incarnation of VDGG in action, even if they are miming. RIP Nic Potter, looking really cool here.
The best! Even the new album is better than anyone could expect it to have been as they are STILL doing new and exciting experimental and boundary breaking music!
Thank-you so much for this footage, Herman & Steven: fascinating! The band look great, but what is Hammill wearing?? I have all the Van Der Graaf & Hamill albums from back in the 70's, but never saw them , except on Whistle Test, doing 'Lighthouse keeper'. Always assumed Mr Hammill was just ACTING mental: i think this film proves otherwise...
Thank you so much for posting this. Quiet Zone in my opinion is an absolute artistic masterpiece that I feel has been overlooked. Sometimes Hammill's lyrics completely astound me, a true artist.
Yes - its an incredible record - to switch from the keyboard / organ driven sound - to guitars and strings - and create equally inventive and dramatic music - just superb stuff. Pity that the lineup was short lived.
OH man! Vital is the most intense live recording I have ever heard and it's amazing how it's got sort of a life of it's own. Vinyl vs cds and remasters all sound quite different! What an evening that must have been. Shame there ain't any video of the event.
Usually I don't dig music that is so.....umm....theatrical, I'm more of a punk sort of person, keep it fast, simple and offensive to anyone I don't like. Google has been good for my musical appreciation though and as much as the algorithm has flaws, it is reasonably good at finding things I might like. As I listen to a few dozen songs I have never heard each week, some make my various playlists, some don't make it past the first six notes. This band is interesting and I am not quite sure why I like them yet. I see his lyrics are the draw for most of the fans who have commented, but it takes me a while to parse songs so it will be a while before I know if he is expressing existential dread or singing about his cat.
First time I've heard the single version of this track. Sounds like it might have been remixed to really emphasize Nic's bass? Sounds much punchier than the album version to me anyway.
The audio was taken from the 2005 remixes - and I might have slightly tweaked it a little tiny bit when outputting it for this video. I can't help it though - I'm a death metal & Hardcore punk musician - so it infects everything I do - with the possible exception of talking head promo videos for Uni courses....
Cat s eye yellow Fever dei Van Der Graaf Generator è uno splendido pezzo tratto dall' album The quiet zone the pleasure dome del 1977 Uno dei migliori assieme a the siren song the wave the sphynx in the face lizard play a me questo brano pare influenzato da qualcosa di Antonio Vivaldi pare uscito dalle sue celeberrime Le quattro stagioni Anche un altro straordinario gruppo sempre inglese cercò di adattare Vivaldi col rock i Curved Air di Sonja Kristina Linwood e Darryl Way il quale esegui col violino elettrico il brano presente sul loro primo album Airconditionning del 1969 ed Intitolato Vivaldi Io penso se Vivaldi potesse ritornare nella nostra era farebbe degli elogi ad entrambe le bands
A Genius piece of progtastic proto-punk-prog new wave, rockin good, pure, straight, great awesomeness! I love VdG/VdGG… gonna have to put the whole album on the turntable now! 🥰
As you're a native speaker (as I presume) can you tell me if in the version of Necromancer from that album Peter Hammil says "When I speak I speak mystically, all my life I have cabalized"? I didn't now "to cabalize" was a verb.
Many thanks Graham - it was a treat to discover that this ever existed! PS Also I'm a big fan of String Driven Thing as well as VdGG - Heartfeeder is amazing.
You guys here, listening and enjoying this masterpiece... are my favorite people in the universe.
If you think this is good - check out the new footage that we have unearthed of PH playing live on swiss TV from 1974! Jawdropping stuff - The Lie, forsaken gardens and Louse.
Louse! solo on piano!
Google it!
hello ~
VDGG is the greatest Band of all times..just my opnion!
@@MarcusVinicius-we2pg Недооценённая группа всех времён и народов.
OK.It's amazing song.Great.And enjoy everybody.
Amazing! Violinist looks like he is time traveling into the future from the 13th century.
3 centuries too early for the violin then
Prog rock has many faces but this face is particularly memorable...
prog rock with the energy of punk and post punk (eg. early Stranglers). Peter Hammill is great at both tormented and gentle vocal delivery.
Energy and musianship are completaly different things...VDGG King crimson Gentle giant or 70' Jethro tull are 10000 better than any punk rock Band ever produced
Muy de acuerdo con usted,Marc.
@@MarcusVinicius-we2pgWhy not like both?
@@metalheadgamer80 I'm pretty sure it's possible..not in my case.
Hammil is a absolutly Genius!!!
HOLY F***! I just discovered this song today randomly! Where has it been all my life!?
They are one of the best-kept secrets in music! Check out the rest of their albums. Van der Graaf Generator are my fave band.
Welcome in the prog world😉
Things found randomly are often the greatest mindfuck surprises ever.
same here 😅😱
The greatest band ever! The greatest musicians ever! I’ve been their fan since 1976. I got all their CDs on special order at Sam’s music store downtown Toronto.
Geddy Lee is that you?
Well, as to the greatest band ever, there was also Gentle Giant... Kerry Minnear is a monster of composition, he's in fact a PhD in composition.
Progressive punk 😱❤️
Indeed! Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance solo album released in 1975 was a huge influence on the Sex Pistol's Johnny Rotten - you can hear the influence clearly.
@@StevenHargraves Yes, it's also the first album featuring the word "punk". By the way, great album! Also, kraut rock bands like CAN, Faust and Neu! had a huge influence on punk, new wave and indie.
@@StevenHargraves
Absolutely! Except Peter really sings 😏
peter hammill and van der graaf generator could eat punk as a snack for lunch
Simply majestic. No one comes close to PH, then or now.
You are totally correct!
Fantastic. Punk with a violin and cello!
pete hammill. the unrecognized genius of our times. people talk about bob dylan, robert hunter and peter sinfield's lyrics. hammill is just as good as any of them but never gets any credit from the mainstream. check out the lyrics to his song 'lost'. i'll take pete's lyrics over dylan any day. not to mention pete is a way better singer and his band is far more interesting to listen to.
Dylan is a genius - but I also agree Hammill is light years better. He's untouchable as far as lyric writing goes.
I saw Dylan a couple of years back - good but not great. He was in a huge arena - and I think the crowd were expecting foot tapping singalongs of Hey Mr Tambourine Man etc - but everything he played bore no resemblance to the originals - much to the audiences bafflement.
But every time I've seen PH & VdGG, solo, four piece, trio or even as a duo with the late great Stuart Gordon, I've been utterly blown away. Sad that they had to postpone this years tour.
@@StevenHargraves im getting the word out here in the states. Noone in Racine Wi has ever heard of them. Music was better overseas obviously
@@MrChristopherHaas Spread the word my friend - it's always good to meet a new convert! ha ha
I find dylan to be more consistent lyrically. Sometimes I find peter to be on the overwrought side of things. I find this problem to be most common on pre-Godbluff albums. I think he hits his lyrical peak on A Black Box. Jargon King i could see being put in a Norton's Anthology.
Ибо это не ширпотреб
I was born 1960! Van der Graaf is "THE BAND"!!! The first song I loved was " A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers", than came "Meurglys III" and I was done... I feel lucky, that I found this vid. :-)
Glad you like it mate. They are my fave band too - have you seen the Tintagel by the sea video with Peter Hammill on Kids TV?
Steven Hargraves I watched it after your comment. It gives a different view to PH for me; thanks for this! :-)
Daniel Frank I was 10 when they did this. They're my new favourite band.
This was their first studio album without David Jackson . I think it's a vastly underrated album . I love it .
It's a fantastic record - a rocking style that in some ways would augur the K Group. I wished that they had done a few more albums in this vein, as Charles Dickie only appeared on Vital - and so came too late the party to make much impact - and from his solo stuff - it's a shame.
I'd have enjoyed hearing what they could have come up with as Hammill was on fire all thru the 70s - and cello / violin / guitar / bass / drums made for a hell of a racket live.
Such a good album that - they coped without Jackson or Hugh Banton (Though Jaxon pops up with a cameo on the sphinx returns at the very end)
I love Pawn Hearts, but this may be my favorite.
I wish we had more from this line up
I don't think Jackson was on their debut "The Aerosol Grey Machine"
It's my favorite album!!!!
Incredible, psychotic, on the edge stuff~and beautiful too. Always loved "The Quiet Zone" and "Vital". Just wish more people could hear Van Der Graaf. Thanks for Posting Man.
Yes indeed. The oversized headband Peter Hammill was in the habit of wearing during this era and the wild eyes (not to mention the unhinged vocal delivery) makes him look like he just escaped from a mental asylum. Lol
@@icecreamforcrowhurst By the time he was playing with the K group - (video is on youtube 1981 rockpalast in Hamburg) - he wore a green medical smock- to complete the asylum look...
...Although now he looks like one of the staff who's joined the inmates...
This song has a sense of urgency like no other.
I am speechless. This is a masterpiece.
Saw them at that time, see-through mac included, at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. A concert so good the audience forgot to cheer, never seen anything like it. Absolutely delightful to see this again.
Many thanks for the comments Peter - I was only 5 in 1977 - so missed out on this tremendous line-up. I would have liked to have seen Graham Smith and Charles Dickie playing together - a far different dynamic to Jaxon Banton - and the metalhead in me would have loved hearing Nic Potter's brtual bass tones.
If you are still a fan - I can't recommend their recent box set highly enough - including lots of vintage video clips.
Sadly their current tour (May 2022) has been postponed due to Peter Hammill falling ill in Germany. Fingers crossed he will make a full recovery after his surgery yesterday.
Came across this masterpiece and stuck at this footage for couple hours. this is simply beautiful
Привет, Никита Романюк! Тоже страдаешь извращённым вкусом? ;)
@@pipertoniy почему же извращенным, вряд ли кто-то будет спорить с тем, что это красиво🤩
Viva English music - always different, always magical. Well, it used to be.
Brand new VDGG fan here thanks to Voivod and their fan base. Incredible music!
Awesome! I am a HUGE Voivod fan too of course - ever since Hatross. But came across VdGG a couple of years later.
They were amazing last night in Manchester. They sound like no one else!
It was such a fantastic & interesting line-up (with Cpt. Ahab on violin) - those were the daze! Grz from a german all-time-fan!
Great and unique video footage from the quiet zone/pleasure dome era.
Very underrated track from an underrated album of an underrated band. Sad VdGG (and I guess the VdG lineup here) did not last beyond this and the live album. Their sound was incredible.
The footage of an most iconic band in prog rock
This song rocks especially with headphones on
When Graham Smith join (in this time) VDG,coming from String Driven Thing,he could'nt stop exclaiming "Wow,here's MY music !"
Вот ОНА МУЗЫКА конца этого "света"!!! За НОВОЕ ВРЕМЯ СВЕТА🌅🌅🌅
Awesome! How could this not have been a major hit ?
Oh this is fantastic. Precious little footage of this late incarnation of the band. Utter brilliance.
I can remember buying Godbluff, Still Life and World Record; later bought Vital album
Somehow, at the time this had entirely escaped me
I love it - brilliant!
Great work - thanks for putting this up here - a fantastic song from a fantastic album. PH performed this later with the Nic Potter and Stuart Gordon (it appeared on the Roomtemperature live album) and a couple of years later when drummer Manny Elias has been added to that trio and they toured as 'The Noise' and it appeared on another live album - 'There Goes The Daylight'. Finding gems like this makes the other 99% of the time I waste on the internet worth it!
'The' Nic Potter!
Thanks for posting this! I've been searching for ANY live footage from this particular VdGG band for decades! This album and Vital kick so much ass! The bass work, the drumming, Hammill's voice- all of it so great!
Nick potter did a great bass job, cheers mate
Listening to Van der Graff Generator .... Better than Breathing!
A song of incredible musical richness and energy. I remember listening to this back in the 1970s: it blew me away.
Amazing song
Thank you very much for this video... one of my favorite songs :) I'm really glad to finally see how they did it. Great respect for violinist Graham Smith.
The words and melody aquire different dimensions in Peter's singing or what shall I call his godlike utterances.
Grande Peter, sei il migliore tra i migliori!
Super song and fabulous playing. Apart from well, ALL the others, Evans' drumming is phenomenal.
+1.
that bass sound..... juicy👍👍👍
Ultravox certainly took notes here!
Love the PUNK BASS Sound...
One of my favorite songs ever. Love all things Hammill.
How on EARTH is a lifelong Prog Rock LOVER such as i just NOW discovering THIS
Well, they never went mainstream - and spent most of the last 50 years split up.
BUT - now you are here - you have now discovered the band that rapidly became my favourite band EVER - about a month after first hearing them when I was about 18. So - get out there - and dive into their back catalogue.
I saw them live a few months back - and they were utterly fantastic. Again.
@@StevenHargraves thats what im doing. Theres ALOT to take in
Des moments merveilleux - nous étions pauvres, amoureux, des enfants vraiment innocents, mais heureux. L'avenir semblait sans fin, mais maintenant, à la fin de la soixantaine, il est évident à quel point la vie est précieuse et courte
That's true. Sad though. Live life while you can. So glad they reformed in 2005 and I got to see them playing every tour since.
Been following him since 1979 but this is the most exciting thing to surface ever! THANK YOU !!!
First heard them over the radio in Kansas City on a show called Her Majesty's Voice in 1970. Peter would play solo shows there and later with the violinist.
Indeed!
I love their music and wanna say big Thank you for amazing performances and amazing music ❤️❤️❤️
This is a real, and pleasant surprise. Just great. Saw VDGG several times in the 70s - missed last performance in London because of lockdown, then ill when they did play it.
I would have loved to have seen them in the 70s.
Instead I've seen them in their 70s!
Check out the new live DVD/ Blu Ray/ CD box set that is out in march. From the one clip they've released it looks and sounds fantastic.
I took my son to see them last year. Already a veteran of many live shows - including Hammill solo when he was 9!
Цепляет,особенно скрипка!
Not sure the headband really works Peter, but great to see this incarnation of VDGG in action, even if they are miming. RIP Nic Potter, looking really cool here.
This is fucking extraordinary....Wow !!!
Amazing Band
The best!
Even the new album is better than anyone could expect it to have been as they are STILL doing new and exciting experimental and boundary breaking music!
AWSOME!! Quiet Zone is my favorite album!!
Thank-you so much for this footage, Herman & Steven: fascinating! The band look great, but what is Hammill wearing?? I have all the Van Der Graaf & Hamill albums from back in the 70's, but never saw them , except on Whistle Test, doing 'Lighthouse keeper'. Always assumed Mr Hammill was just ACTING mental: i think this film proves otherwise...
Beautiful video piece. The lyrics are magical & with melody a masterpiece. Thanks so much to all participants!
Many thanks for uploading this lovely curio.
VdGG were my favourite band in the 70s and they are still up there with the best of all time.
Fantastic song! So intense.
I love how the violinist looks just as panicked as the music! Great track!
Splendid! Thanks
Para o amantes e seguidores da saga VDGG/VDG documento absolutamente fabuloso e inolvidável! Van de Graaf Generator são eternos!!!!
Fantastica le Quattro Stagioni del progressive rock E Vivaldi seduto in prima fila ad applaudire Hammill & c !!!!!!
Smash the system, the ears, the world with the song ! Just genius
Masterpiece (another one from them) !!! Thank you !!!
Thank you so much for posting this. Quiet Zone in my opinion is an absolute artistic masterpiece that I feel has been overlooked. Sometimes Hammill's lyrics completely astound me, a true artist.
Yes - its an incredible record - to switch from the keyboard / organ driven sound - to guitars and strings - and create equally inventive and dramatic music - just superb stuff. Pity that the lineup was short lived.
Благодарю, кошачий глаз ивапще VDGG великие!!!
Super tight drumming and Peter is delightful...
Guy Evans is one of my favourite drummers - he's incredible. He can make complex time signatures sound simple and 4/4 sound intricate!
Thanks Peter! Danke für Alles!
Much as I love Jaxon/Banton, I wish we had some more Van der Graaf to listen to. QZ/PD is generally underrated and this might be its highlight.
Hammill has a handful of songs that sound like absolutely nothing else. What do you even call this, opera-punk?
Now this is the side of VDGG that I like the best: energy, heaviness, and Hammill on guitar.
Greatest bass tone this side of Lemmy
Yes! Nic Potter was awesome. The bass on Vital was intense.
OH man! Vital is the most intense live recording I have ever heard and it's amazing how it's got sort of a life of it's own. Vinyl vs cds and remasters all sound quite different! What an evening that must have been. Shame there ain't any video of the event.
Potter...Nic was so good.
Wow ! Anger ..sick hammill odd costume ..fantastico !
Usually I don't dig music that is so.....umm....theatrical, I'm more of a punk sort of person, keep it fast, simple and offensive to anyone I don't like. Google has been good for my musical appreciation though and as much as the algorithm has flaws, it is reasonably good at finding things I might like. As I listen to a few dozen songs I have never heard each week, some make my various playlists, some don't make it past the first six notes.
This band is interesting and I am not quite sure why I like them yet. I see his lyrics are the draw for most of the fans who have commented, but it takes me a while to parse songs so it will be a while before I know if he is expressing existential dread or singing about his cat.
Wonderful!
Este tema es totalmente genial,extraordinario,magnífico.Peter Hammill es y ha sido un coloso de la música,todavía poco reconocido en general.
Wonderful! Thanks!
I got the 45 in my collection!
Always loved this quick, punchy track
Bravo! Much thanks for this rare artifact.
I think maybe Rikki Nadir penned this one.... I saw this incarnation live at Derby Uni in 1977. They did not disappoint...!
Lucky you!
Great!!!
Best vdGg-song EVER! 😍
Fooking great!!! many many THANX!!!!!
Outstanding! Thanks for posting.
I like it!
Just perfect!
Great sound. Bloody hell this ROCKS!
Cheers. Van Der Graaf certainly do - as you say - rock.
First time I've heard the single version of this track. Sounds like it might have been remixed to really emphasize Nic's bass? Sounds much punchier than the album version to me anyway.
The audio was taken from the 2005 remixes - and I might have slightly tweaked it a little tiny bit when outputting it for this video. I can't help it though - I'm a death metal & Hardcore punk musician - so it infects everything I do - with the possible exception of talking head promo videos for Uni courses....
Un Genio Absoluto, Hammill.
Cat s eye yellow Fever dei Van Der Graaf Generator è uno splendido pezzo tratto dall' album The quiet zone the pleasure dome del 1977 Uno dei migliori assieme a the siren song the wave the sphynx in the face lizard play a me questo brano pare influenzato da qualcosa di Antonio Vivaldi pare uscito dalle sue celeberrime Le quattro stagioni Anche un altro straordinario gruppo sempre inglese cercò di adattare Vivaldi col rock i Curved Air di Sonja Kristina Linwood e Darryl Way il quale esegui col violino elettrico il brano presente sul loro primo album Airconditionning del 1969 ed Intitolato Vivaldi Io penso se Vivaldi potesse ritornare nella nostra era farebbe degli elogi ad entrambe le bands
A Genius piece of progtastic proto-punk-prog new wave, rockin good, pure, straight, great awesomeness!
I love VdG/VdGG… gonna have to put the whole album on the turntable now! 🥰
the perfect transition from prog to punk
masterpiece, big thanks for the edit !
Hammil cool! Electric pumps!!!
Thanks!
The version on After the Flood - Van Der Graaf Generator At The BBC 1968-1977 (John Peel Sessions) is also fantastic.
As you're a native speaker (as I presume) can you tell me if in the version of Necromancer from that album Peter Hammil says "When I speak I speak mystically, all my life I have cabalized"? I didn't now "to cabalize" was a verb.
nice music
Magnificent!!!!
Sentido del drama...
Damn good job
Damn good bloody good
Damn good job !!
Well done, boys, for resurrecting morsel from the Tardis!
Many thanks Graham - it was a treat to discover that this ever existed!
PS Also I'm a big fan of String Driven Thing as well as VdGG - Heartfeeder is amazing.
Music of my love