GENTLE GIANT - FREE HAND (LIVE) REACTION
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The most underrated band in rock.
the greatest most criminally underated band ever
Word.
@@gretch8928 The probably most talented musicians in prog music.
That's all they got....ahead of their time.
The artist that worked on Gentle Giant's albums also did some work for King Crimson. He said there were only two groups that intentionally played to be unique, below the surface, and remain unpopular - Gentle Giant and King Crimson.
Derek Shulman - lead singer for the prior blues band "Simon Dupree and the Big Sound" that included the three Shulman Brothers - would suffer a mental breakdown. The heavy metalish album "In a Glass House" addresses his experience. They used to speak more openly about the experience, but seemed to clam up after the advent of the internet.
I have an original album "In a Glass House" which took me five years to find. I later bought two copies of the CD after its introduction. Understanding this mental problem experience adds another dimension to the group and helps explain the reason why they would remain so below the surface.
P.S. They would run into the Beatles in the recording studio (while that band was working on their Sg. Peppers album I think) and they asked to borrow their instruments to cut the song 'Kites' which became a hit. Then girls started chasing Simon Dupree (Derek) around pulling his hair and he lost his head. During that time in the studio, I think Pink Floyd also met up with the Beatles.
Gentle Giant is to difficult to be super popular. Totally underrated.
The most underapreciated band in rock history.
The craziest thing about this band is that none of them are ever in the "best" conversations on their instruments. It's nuts.
That's why iv'e always maintained that any sort of list is ultimately futile! Compiled by people with extremely limited knowledge.
None ever appeared on any albums outside of Gentle giant.Giant..
Kerry Minnear is a musical genius!
They are VERY under rated. Now I’ve got to break out my collection.
Extremely underrated band. In their defense, they actually made it a goal to produce music that was not normal, so they sort of remained not super popular on purpose. Probably why they are so well respected. One of my favorite bands ever.
Check out The Advent Of Panurge and In A Glass House.
Your Gentle Giant reaction videos are currently my favorite things on the internet. I've been a huge fan of Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and ELP, for years, but Gentle Giant is the one progressive rock band I listen to most these days. They were overshadowed by the other bands commercially, but their chops and creativity are off the charts. One little note: Their drummer, John "Pugwash" Weathers, chose to play more of a funky and straight-ahead style compared to some of the other (also great) progressive drummers of the day. As someone who also loves soul, funk, and R&B, that factor mixed in with all their other styles -- which other prog bands didn't really dabble in -- just makes them that much more unique, as you can see/hear in "Free Hand" - one of my absolute fave GG songs.
Playing the Fool is their official live album. Brilliant!
Agree 100%. You could just play the whole album over 4 shows front to back.
Gary on guitar is a good friend of mine. I’ll let him know that you released this. I’m sure he’ll get a kick out of it
Did you ever attend any of the GORGG gatherings?
way cool
Met Gary (and I think Ray) in a restaurant between San Diego and L.A. (We'd gone down to seen them in SD.) I think they asked for directions. We were so excited to meet them. Best prog band ever. Tell Gary we'll never forget how great those shows were.
I always thought Gary Green was the strangest fit for a band like this but I don't see them being this fucking good with anyone else. Very unique band.
@@SoilentGr33n Could be. I’ve seen him in an R&B context and he’s quite comfortable there. His brother is kind of a jazzer. Think Stephane Grappelli
Gentle Giant are/were the most underrated band ever!!!
This is the definition of the term...It's not bragging if you can do it.
Iconic historic execution and musicality. True progressive rock. Real musicians and no auto tune.
Boys in the band,knots, black cat,Pantagruel's Nativity, the house the street the room, wreck, proclamation,cogs in cogs by gentle giant
Definitely bangers
They are on my playlist alongside king crimson,YES And The Mars volta
Been listening to Gentle Giant for 15 years now and they still get rotation on my playlist. All the different elements they bring are a joy to listen to.
Chod, I saw them open for Yes in 1976 in San Francisco. It remains my favorite concert ever.
I have been a Gentle Giant from first listen when those albums were new in the 70's. It is so refreshing to see younger people appreciate the talent and ability of Gentle Giant, as well as the other bands you mentioned. Thanks for your brilliant observations.
Transitions:Just The Same,On Reflection,Cogs In Cogs, The Runaway,Knots,Interview, The Face,Proclamation,So Sincere,An Inmate’s Lullaby,Way Of Life,Experience,In A Glass House, Giant,Funny Ways(live)
The Runaway is my favorite GG song.
I greatly admire you for covering these guys. Thanks!
New sub. Giant never broke big for the reason you stated: "Too complicated!" But among musicians they are revered to this day.
OK, now you're in the right space man. More Gentle Giant, Return To Forever and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, please?
The most criminally underrated and overlooked band ever!
You left out the word greatest otherwise completely agree
These guys were so great.....I saw them in Concert & was blown away! They stopped and switched playing different instruments, including the violin! SO AMAZING!!!!! Thx for recognizing GG!
Each individual in this performance gives a virtuoso performance. I cannot think of another band that man for man has this level of talent. Plus the synergy!
I got to see GIANT at a small theater like this - with another British 'Classical-Rock' band, RENAISSANCE. Great concert!
My all time favourite band. I was lucky to see them live 3 times in Toronto CA.
Yeah. Greatest of all. So blessed to have seen them so many times all those years ago.
Great reaction, that's the kind of reaction Gentle Giant deserves. Amazing band.
When I saw them live (way back when) they switched instruments every few numbers.
Look them up on Wiki, scroll down to personnel to see all of the instruments each group member plays.
As a high-schooler and would-be keyboardist, my idols were Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Genesis (with Hackett and Gabriel) and PFM. Saw Giant live in Toronto Canada back then. All the keyboardists in those bands were awesome players who eschewed flash and just laid down the business.
It's nice to see some new appreciators of Giant's highly sophisticated but utterly unpretentious work. For all its complexity this piece is just so much joyful fun.
A lovely memory just popped to mind. Me the skinny white teenage hitchhiker on my way from Ottawa to Toronto, picked up by an older black dude in a Volvo. We started talking music and I ended up laying some Giant on him via a cassette from my backpack. He had never heard of them, but got into Knots straight away. "This is a madrigal!," he says. "Yup," says I. "What are the odds I get a ride with this guy?" I thought to myself. "How many people even know what an effing madrigal is?!"
I guess that was a prototypical pre-internet "reaction" scenario right there.
This performance is wonderful to see although the tempo seems a little rushed for spitting out those lyrics, as compared to the studio version. Densely delicious nevertheless. This kind of treasure is one of the best things about RUclips for this old dude.
The studio version of The Advent of Panurge is amazing. The album Three Friends is a masterpiece. I could keep going...
Saw this tour and several before it. Some of the best concerts I ever saw, and if I could go back in time, these are the guys I'd want to see more than anyone. The greatest prog band of all time.
Great to see these guys LIVE. Their music is so complicated and off the wall, but still they can get in a groove. Just amazing musicians, jammin'. A lot of their music abstract and not at all funky, but still mind-blowingly good.
I agree with you Chod. They are ABSOLUTELY underrated. Prior to your last reaction (Alucard) I had never even heard of this group. I’ve since watched a few live performances on RUclips. They are simply phenomenal. Very often in music, what we hear is the result of big label marketing. I’m guessing they were overlooked by the industry.
They were too good for the record industry. They understood Goodbye Yellow Brick Road but GG was Way Beyond their comprehension.
GG's live performances from the '70's are insane.
they are my all time second favourite band, their sound ranges from incredibly groovy (like this one) to atmospheric and emotional in some other songs and I really love it!
Totally underrated and undervalued as a band, but not with many of us!! "Octopus" album next please!! Saw them at the Shrine Theater in L.A. in 1976. Nobody like them, so they make my playlist often!
So cool that you're giving a forum for this music. Thanks for doing this one! Alucard was good but this is a whole other level. I've seen a lot of great bands live, these guys are the top of the heap. So glad you're digging them!
Saw this same concert at a different venue (Woolsey Hall, Yale University) in the winter of 1978. Best concert I ever heard in my life. These men were amazing. Unfortunately, they gave it up in 1980 after 10 years of great music. The bass player Ray Shulman died a short time ago, but the rest are still alive and have a huge internet following. They thankfully seem to be happier to participate/mingle with fans these days, giving interviews for their rabid fans - even participating in a few videos made by fans (thankfully Ray did a few before he died) So glad I was able to see them live just that once.
Gentle Giant was very underrated. You're also correct that most people, not all, but most, don't want to try to wrap their hand around complicated music, as evidenced by the 47 upvotes currently logged on your video. I can't fault them for it, people like what they like. My musical taste are broad. They go hither and yon. Music to me is like food, sometimes I'm in the mood for a hamburger, but sometimes, I want a steak or pasta. I pick my music depending on the mood I'm currently in.
In their 10 year career (1970-1980), they sold maybe 3 million records cumulative! GG is the best band I have ever seen live and their musicianship and compositional skills are unequaled.
Eleven also being the number of studio albums they put out.
I agree with you! Gentle Giant is incredible! I saw them live twice. They are the only band that brought me to tears for the beauty of the music. Listen to Cogs in Cogs, So Sincere, and On Reflection. Watch them live!
I clicked “like” before I even watched your reaction.
Love to watch you react to their songs "Peel The Paint/I Lost My Head" (live), "Excerpts from Octopus" (live), and "Empty City."
I was just checking out the latest reaction videos I subscribe to and when I saw this pop up - it was an instant "wait...wth? Gentle Giant?!"
I got into them with this album when working at Wherehouse Records & Tapes '77-78. Definitely not for everyone, but definitely can't deny the musicianship - amazingly good prog rock! Thanks for sharing!
Off the scale playing. Phenomenal band.
Gentle Giant one of Classic Prog's Greatest acts !!
Always better Live with these guys !! : D
This is but a "tip of a very large iceberg" my friend! I had the pleasure of seeing this band three times in Montreal back in the 70´s as a teen starting out. In particular, the "Freehand" tour whereas I had front row seats to what we just watched and heard! 100 % played live and sounded as good or better than the records! Bands like Giant, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Yes, ELP, etc, etc, were the top 40 of the 70´s. I indeed, came up through a golden era! 🤌
I think it's not just the technical brilliance, but what sets them apart is their feel. And that's what makes them great musicians: unlike most prog they have groove, they feel the music. Just brilliant and criminally underrated.
Chod Gentle Giant did transitions that Yes couldn't even do. I saw them live several times and as a musician myself they left my jaw on the floor. each member played several instruments and they would switch off with one another LIVE and never lose a beat
Gentle Giant, tight, tight, tight....and great composing...above all done live. And nice people to interview as well.
Oh My GAWD You did Gentle Giant!!! Just subscribed!
Ok Chod if you want to dig deep some more....A Classic!!! Prog/Rock album from a Very lesser Known band from Germany....It came out in 1973...The Band is "Nectar"....the album was Remember the Future....when you get a chance...give it a try.....Remember the Future Part 1...(16:41) lots of transitions....and a Very well respected Album in the Prog World
Nektar: British band that moved to Germany.
Recycled was always my favorite of theirs
Recycle is one of my favorite pieces of music ever/Larry Fast and Choir...m
@@boramsey5122 Saw it performed live April 1975.
Chod! Lovely to see you get GG religion and spread the good word to new potential listeners! I was pulled into your channel last week through a link from a Facebook GG fan page to watch you listen to "Alucard" last week, and here you are again!
This band hit me at the perfect time (in their history) and age (for me). I was 16 and a confirmed Yes and ELP fan when the album that gave this cut its title hit the record stores, but I didn't hear it until the following spring when me and my buddies had already bought tickets to see Yes at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon in July 1976 . . . with Gentle Giant opening!
Long story short, that might my allegiance switched from Yes to its opening act, and they've remained my favorite band ever since. Got to see GG twice more in a small club in Boston called The Paradise before they broke up, and got to sing one of their simpler songs before the guitarist Gary Green, keyboard player Kerry Minnear, and drummer John Weathers at a fan gathering here in Portland in around 2000.
A lot of other folks here have recommended "On Reflection" (I'd recommend the studio version to be able to hear the incredibly beautiful complexity of that one most clearly).
I'd also be interested to see your reaction to a couple of very different GG cuts: "Knots" from the _Octopus_ album, and "Experience" from _In a Glass House_, which I don't see other GG aficionadoes talk about as much, but I feel it has everything, from terrific lyrics and that medieval recorders sound to just about the hardest rocking this band ever did in the studio.
It's because they have their music written out. YES, wanted to be Gentle Giant. They're virtuoso. Crazy.
Brothers playing together since childhood, plus an outstanding guitarist and drummer, the recipe for the highest musicianship standard.
You still need to see them with brass and woodwinds. Phenomenal.
Loved your reaction - I felt exactly the same back in the 80s. Had the great fortune to see them live three times. Here's the thing, my friend ... music is applied mathematics - timing, beat and notes. Most people are used to arithmetic, counting on their fingers, when it comes to music. Gentle Giant is advanced calculus. If you were to use Gentle Giant music as mathematics, it would chart a course to Mars, or maybe another dimension. Most people cannot (CANNOT) understand it in the way that you do. Music is something they put on to fill the empty space while they're doing something else ... white noise ... or maybe something to tap their toe to. Nobody is tapping their toe to Gentle Giant unless they're a music major. So very cool to see you "get it" about 40 years after they stopped making it ... but get it nonetheless. You're hope in this world.
Came here from the Gentle Giant official page, really love this because this was exactly my reaction when I first heard the band at age 18, and now I'm 38 and they're still my number 1 favorite band ever. I hope you dive even deeper into their stuff because there's a LOT of gold here! If I was to recommend another one, I'd check out "On Reflection" or one of the "Excerpts from Octopus" vids.
Nothing compares to GG. Transition, rhytm, color...When 16 in the Montreal Forum, saw these huge eyes opening the curtains to start the whole show. Music out of this world, groovy. Still clearly remember after all these years and GG still is the foundation of my interest in music. Eccentric energy emerging suddenly in organised notes, rythm changing speed and groove. It took talented musicians to create that musical entity. Nothing compares...
Saw them in the 1970s in Birmingham. A memorable night.
More recently Rachel Flowers has played with some ex members of Gentle Giant and her respectful playing of Kerry Minnear's keyboard parts is exceptional. Worth taking a look.
Saw GG 4 or 5 times in the seventies, including this show, which I'd been photographing from very close as was possible in those days. I’m lucky to be living in Québec City, so we were on their tour circuit. They filled the pro hockey arena easily here as the area has prog rock's best crowd in the universe it seems. So we were blessed to have them on every tour. I remember reading somewhere that Gay could not figure out how they could easily fill any auditorium anywhere in Québec, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, you name it, and were largerly ignored in the ROC or in the US. Nobody ever could rock a stage the way they did, and we in Québec just love that. Well maybe Deep Purple, but that's hardly prog rock. ;-)
I am delighted with your reaction. I've been loving on these guys since 1973. Saw tham in Boston that year. They are for real, though they didn't cook quite as hot that night as on this video. One reason they might not have broken through was, what else was going on then? Number 1 on the top 100? "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" People just were not ready for them.
i like that you have a producer ear for this gem of a band, so many awesome licks and ideas, so many cool sample possibilities
Listen to me for a moment....... I was at the Long Beach concert for example and several other of the live shows back in the 1970s and have always loved Gentle Giant and even would go back home to my band room with all the carpet on the garage walls to insulate the sound as to not disturb the neighbors because we were working band and had to rehearse but go ahead and plan some of those songs almost everyone of their albums I had a different dimension to what gentle giants make up was all about and yes you are completely correct that they are incredible musicians and they did have a few songs that actually were almost top 40 hits like “two weeks in Spain”...... what I found being a guitar player and I am on multi instrument musician myself everybody and gentle giant play six or seven different instruments and so they can transform on so many different levels that if you are a musician even if the type of music is a little hard to wrap your head around you always walk away satisfied being able to experience such a crazy absurd style of 1970s music as they I believe only lasted about 10 years pretty much did an album every year from 1970 to 1980 and I was fortunate enough to see at least half of those tours that when they came to LA. I just wanted to say that I’m really glad that you were thrown them up on your listening list list as band of as one of the bands that you are considering down to dissect and have a opinion about....If you have any questions or or curious about something else only a person that was there in person could have an answer for than certainly hit me up as my name is Jimmy Mills and you can see it it’s on Leigh Mills I believe on Facebook
You are “the man!” I’ve been a fan since the early 70s... I was a lonely evangelist for GG! My close circle of fellow musicians loved it... but it certainly was not for all! They were referred to by some as “music for thinking people!” Welcome to the other planet club! You are becoming my favorite reactor!”
GG where huge in Montréal and many seventies prog bands started their North American tours and careers here (genesis-supertramp-Giant-Yes-King Crimson...) They would play in front of 20,000 people every concert. Saw them 3 times and all shows were memorable!
Gentle Giant were awesome back in the day and another totally under rated one from the UK.
Thanks for doing GG. Interesting observation about funk! That is one that I never thought of about them but I can see your viewpoint. They were never popular beyond the progressive rock arena where they are widely acknowledged as the holy grail of the genre. I know many people who would spend a lot of money to see them regroup one more time. Sadly this will not happen. They were the most original band ever.
Gentle Giant take everything to a whole other level. You get it. That's refreshing in a time where music let's just say, hasn't pushed any boundaries or even taste for too long. Enjoy the rest, because, oh there's more with Gentle Giant. Be well!
Really appreciate what you had to say about this.....Funkiest classical music eva. So good. You get it!
I just happen to run into your page:
Finally a "Brother".. such as myself.. that's a Gentle Giant lover like myself.. not too many of US dive into prog-rock like that.. one of MY absolute favorite prog-rock bands.. still to this day thanks keep up the good work
Brilliant reaction Chod . Saw GG 4 times and they were magnificent. In 77 I saw GG twice, Genesis, Yes, Gratful Dead and Rush just to name half the concerts.
Saw them twice in their hey day. Loved them !!
The amazing thing about Giant is, this song, from the album Free Hand is note for note just like this...
Still one of the most underrated bands ever! Love the funk pick up. Great stuff to be sure.
True audiophiles and musicians in the day knew who they were.
Gentle Giant, the Prog band that musicians of Genesis, Jethro Tull, Zappa, Yes, Nektar and more Loved to see when they could !!!
One of Classic Progs Best Live shows !!! : D
Be aware that the studio version of this song has a through-composed instrumental section that they never played live - they replaced it with the funky breakdown part. GG tended to radically re-arrange songs for the stage - usually to simplify them (believe it or not!) and make more room for improvisation - so it's usually best to check out studio versions first.
I saw them live at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, NY in the '80s.
Much of this live version is different from the original studio album cut, it's like a jazz piece where they kept the main theme pretty much intact and then wove a completely new middle section from it. The crazy thing is, at the same time as this performance their current album was an exercise in... *mainstream pop rock* . Yes, Gentle Giant were a mind-melting anomaly.
Thanks for that! It is such a Joy to see you have the same Reaction to them that I had back in the Seventies in NYC! I am so privileged to have seen them Live 3 times back then and was truly Mindblown everytime!
Hahaha Wilburn, I love watching GG totally screw with your head, it reminds me of how I was when as a young lad I first brought home their album 'Octopus,' just because I liked the cover. I was never the same afterward.. Ridiculous musical satisfaction.. but oh so good!
What a wonderful change of pace from all the pop music out there. These guys are truly original and inventive. Thank you for making my evening.
Caught between Peter Gabriel's Band and Pink Floyd,
The same could be said of Nekter pre Larry Fast.
That was an awesome reaction! I thought you would like them when I suggested Alucard. Yes, GG is for real and no I don't know why they weren't as popular as other Prog bands. I guess because they never had a single that could get radio air play. I think the next song you should do from them is from this same concert called On Reflection. It shows off their vocal abilities. Four of the five sing polyphonic lines and they also start off playing one kind of instrument and then switching to a different instrument part way through. Multi-instrumentalists, multi-talented. It's not fair how great they are!
Love GG! Fantastic band!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Elton john was in their first band before they changed direction and they kicked him out.
@Melvin Womack WOW! 🤯
Yep, Reg Dwight was the keyboardist in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound for a while. They were a psychedelic, R&B/Soul band, before evolving into Gentle Giant. The R&B and funk influences are in the 'soup' that make up GG.
Love This Band, "Octopus", should be looked at!, my Fav album!!
They genuinely had great fun doing what they did best, and better than almost any band out there, if not any band out there.
I saw you wearing the shirt,,lol
I ran to type this in.
One of my favorite bands from way back.
Yes, a mind-blowing progressive rock band.
Another great relatively unknown prog-rock band you should check out is Touch.
They only made one self-titled album "Touch" in 1968. It will also blow your mind. Way ahead of it's time and out-of this-world.
(Fun Fact: the keyboardist in Touch was the original keyboard player on the classic 60's frat-rock song "Louie Louie").
Touch got very little recognition (though the LP was played on underground rock stations at that time).
(Fun Fact: during the recording of this LP, there were many prominent musicians there in the studio watching them record,
including Eric Clapton and Grace Slick).
These were the band of my youth, and I reacted like you did, 'why doesn't anyone else appreciate what they're doing?' I got every album as it came out, and saw them at every tour I could, but never heard them on the radio, only ever saw a couple of music press articles and one TV concert appearance on the BBC, that's it. I only ever met one other person who had one of their albums. The music press didn't like them, GG just wouldn't play their games. They were always a musicians band too, if you get what I'm saying, they were way beyond the general publics tastes or comprehension, maybe always will be, this is still challenging stuff even now. I have heard little glimpses of their influence in others music, and you just know they must have a GG album or two, but they maybe just can't come up with anything even approaching this. PLEASE more live reactions. How about the live version of 'Cogs in cogs/ Proclamation'? ruclips.net/video/t2c4k_dHA2Q/видео.html
Wilburn...you ain't seen nothin yet. This song is no where near their best. Dig in my brother!
The dudes all play four or five different instruments, .....and they do it well.
Saw them live 3 times in the mid 70's. Unreal.
Yeah...............Giant. These guys were top notch.
Fell in love first with octopus the rest is history,kudos for your enthusiasm
I once tried to stay depressed while listening to Gentle Giant, and it was impossible! Loved your reaction to one of my favorite bands...
The most underrated band ever because 99% of the public will never get them. Your reactions are worth the price of admission alone! LOL. I've been listening to complex progressive music for 45 years and I'm still blown away every time I listen to them and always have a huge grin on my face. and BTE youll be gathering your thoughts for the rest of your life brother!
In general, prog and fusion are usually underrated (at least by the mainstream public). But Gentle Giant *are indeed* rather exceptional.
Funny you should mention Yes. They opened up for them and it was my first exposure. I became a huge fan from that point on and got to see them one more time when they opened up for Utopia.
OMG I've been begging for reactions to Gentle Giant for ages, and this is the first I've seen. I love Free Hand, but you really really need to hear On Reflection. The live versions have better energy, but the studio versions have an awesome craft and precision. And yeah -- nobody's ever heard of them, nobody respects them, and they totally bleepin' blow it away, every time.