The thing is.... they were really brilliant musicians! I mean technically listen to how the interweaving of the sax and the bass and the guitar shimmering away in perfect time and pitch. Brilliant!
I grew up in the 70s and sat around and listened to all kinds of music and all types of rock n' roll with my buddies while stoned........... how did I miss this band?
This is one of the greatest bands of all time, no really they are something very special. Behold a higher realm dear friends, for these are musical avatars, this happens but once every few centuries. This is creativity to be cherished, adored and incorporated into your very soul. The blissful freedom in everything they do is the most healing, invigorating, inspiring and fulfilling thing I have ever experienced in a musical performance. Simply gorgeous and a true angelic gift to the world.
I was part of the production team for this and I recorded and mixed the audio. I wasn't expecting the audience to sing along and only had a couple of mics out front to capture clapping. The night was truly magical especially when everyone joined in and I was determined to reflect that. I think we had about 6 cameras each one as a matter of course records audio but you usually never use it but I took them all from the sides and back and mixed it with the main audio and all these years later listening back to this I think it worked!
Not wishing to piss on your chips but Daevid was Australian. Over the past half century or so Gong has included people from France, Switzerland, Fiji and Argentina. Current front man Kavus Torabi is Anglo-Iranian. They were founded in Paris and their first 5 years were spent in France. Still some of the finest music ever created by mortals though. Make Internationalism Great Again!
@@pagancidergod8840 Steve Hillage: I first met Daevid in the autumn of 1972, in London, in the apartment of the hippie poet and musician Lady June, where Kevin Ayers lived. 👍
@@shanemolloy7862 I see your point. Britain became one of the places to be for people who wanted to make interesting music. It doesn't suggest that he was British. In fact, I would say that the longer he went on, the more Australian he became. Most importantly, the music was great and remains great to this day.
@pagancidergod8840 Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove was a hyper multi ethnic community and some incredible musicians found their sound at places like the all saints church hall and Portchester hall. Dave Allen was so loved in the UK we tend to forget he was an Aussy. Most British folk would support an Aussy sportsperson over an American if the Brit gets knocked out of a competition. We are often in ae if Aussy grit, strength of character and stoic approach to difficulties. I mean all British f1 fans are super excited for young Oscar Piastry with Norris next season. They could simply wipe the floor with the competition. Many people rate Oscar with more potential than Norris. It's about time for another Aussy F1 champ. Mark Webber would have been an excellent F1 champ, so let's see what Oscar can achieve. 👍
Ahhh, memories of my back on the warmed earth at Glastonbury 70's, and Gong taking my brain from my head and carrying it up into the universe to be part of creation 🤣
@@tb-cg6vd my dad outplayed the shit out of him when they were in SA. The band came for a jam session in my dad's apartment and to be fair, this was the time of shamal, so Mike hadn't played his instrument for a few years but still.
Sing-a-long-a-Gong!! It takes me back to being teenage in the 70's. So many new fans recently, I notice. Would they like some tea? Blessings to all! :-))
In answer to real/ parody/ comedy. It is a mix. Brilliant muscianship and arrangements. Themes: some fantasy...pot head pixies and flying teaports, comedy....planet Gong and a little astro archaeology thrown in which Hillage explored much more in his solo projects. They are unique in this field of subject matter and it all started in a French commune. Daevid Allen was a bit of a cult figure but in the nice sense.
Bertrand Russell circa 1952 flying teapots are a real thing in the sense of shrodingers cat ie a scientific thought experiment or mathematical concept. The burden of proof for a theorem is on the proposer not on the dissenter. You can't say there exists a teapot too small to be observed in orbit around the sun just because nobody can disprove it. Even if that concept is recorded in ancient texts such as the bible.
By the way I was being ironic. Of course there are FTs and PHPs. Some say the world is divided into people who love Gong and those who have never heard of them. I would like to propose a third category, those who have believed the guff they’ve read and dismissed Gong as “silly” or a genre they don’t like!
"I think I never glid before" - glissando. Saw them at a little place called Gaspar's in Chicago in '77. We were practically sitting on the edge of the stage. No Hillage by then, but Daevid could still bring it, man
followed um forever .... seen um loads .. master builder ... how to stay alive ...................make sure u listen to General Flash of the United Hallucinations ..
What an out there band. The only one who could possibly match them for experimentation, originality and strangeness was Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. Masters of jazzy space rock.
not even close. Gong is a jam band. They actually have a groove and don't ruin the dancing beat with shitty noises just for the sake of random noises or drumming math theory
@@notunclemort Hey , I drove Daevid all over the country ...Its so weird as a huge fan to be hearing that voice and seeing Daevid in your backseat ... Gilli was the other amazing journey ... Shes one of the coolest women in music and she cooked us dinner !!! AWESOME PEOPLE ALL OF THEM !
These are great. Thanking you with tea. Was this an Unconvention? Some line-up there. Alas I never saw Moonweed together with the rest of them, despite many gigs. Thanks again :)
Armsterdam, in 2006...Search "Gong 2006 11 5 MelkwegAmsterdam " in YT, you'll have the full show... But Gong start to play in the beginning of 70's and was a fucking good band ! Rip Daevid...
Haha nope it is definitely round. Check history, Gong are very real, when Branson first started Virgin records Gong were one of two bands he released an album for, Gong released Camemberr Electrique, and the other was a certain Tubular Bells by Mile Oldfield. Very real my friend
@@jimpriestley6693 Oh I know bong are real in the physical sense, Jim, I'm not suggesting they're akin to Atlantis, ghosts or Bigfoot. No, I was merely querying whether what they do is 'real' given it's so laughably absurd in a Monty Pythonesque manner. In fact, they're so terrible they're quite good, hence me watching and commenting on them. You do know it's 2019, right?
The thing is.... they were really brilliant musicians! I mean technically listen to how the interweaving of the sax and the bass and the guitar shimmering away in perfect time and pitch. Brilliant!
First time I took acid, in bed with a cold, parents downstairs, I put their album on replay all day. What a perfect day.
Why did you took acid when having a cold? You are bananas
@@minutemantercero1702 True. I bought it and I just couldn't wait!
Fresh my man fresh
wow, my first time was hearing Gong in bed too. Master Builder. it was in 2006 I think
I had experienced Manfred Mann Chapter III during my first acid trip ....
What a fantastic live performance... a bit of everything... and Daevid was a real one of a kind as a performer and writer.. true genius
I grew up in the 70s and sat around and listened to all kinds of music and all types of rock n' roll with my buddies while stoned........... how did I miss this band?
Never heard of these guys until about 10 mins ago...Stumbled upon the song "Magdalene"...Now Iam a fan!!
You will have a lot to discover. What a pleasure to have RUclips. You must watch this : ruclips.net/video/bb74GWjcjeQ/видео.html
WHATEVER YOU DO DONT DISCOVER ACID MOTHERS GONG....DONT DO IT
@@flatearthgenius5732 Acid motheres gong?? TELL ME MORE!!
Welcome to Gong Doug! Sadly Daevid and Gill no longer with us but the music lives on!
@@jimpriestley6693 Yes,it does live on! Im bookmarking all of Gongs vids!
This is one of the greatest bands of all time, no really they are something very special. Behold a higher realm dear friends, for these are musical avatars, this happens but once every few centuries. This is creativity to be cherished, adored and incorporated into your very soul. The blissful freedom in everything they do is the most healing, invigorating, inspiring and fulfilling thing I have ever experienced in a musical performance. Simply gorgeous and a true angelic gift to the world.
Mushrooms,Gong.perfect...great band
Ding et Dong , il m'a retourné le cerveau dans ma jeunesse et suis devenu artiste peintre 🎉
Oh! the bass playing 5:45 onwards!
He's So locked in.
Superb tone,choiceful fills.superb!
everybody singing along to oily way was so wonderful
I was part of the production team for this and I recorded and mixed the audio. I wasn't expecting the audience to sing along and only had a couple of mics out front to capture clapping. The night was truly magical especially when everyone joined in and I was determined to reflect that. I think we had about 6 cameras each one as a matter of course records audio but you usually never use it but I took them all from the sides and back and mixed it with the main audio and all these years later listening back to this I think it worked!
@@TheYellowBrickRoadShow thanks for this response, been getting into mixing myself so this is really appreciated, much love !
I like how Daevid fucks up with the, "Have a cup of tea" part, but the band ignore him and carry on regardless! HHAHA!
Daevid can't possibly Get it WRONG. SIlly.
@@GekoPishIn some live songs he does, but it’s so great us fans hardly notice
Daevid’s glissando guitar is awesome!
It's when great eccentrics like Daevid Allen meet great performers like Steve Hillage that actually makes Britain great you know ❤
Not wishing to piss on your chips but Daevid was Australian. Over the past half century or so Gong has included people from France, Switzerland, Fiji and Argentina. Current front man Kavus Torabi is Anglo-Iranian. They were founded in Paris and their first 5 years were spent in France. Still some of the finest music ever created by mortals though. Make Internationalism Great Again!
@@pagancidergod8840 Steve Hillage: I first met Daevid in the autumn of 1972, in London, in the apartment of the hippie poet and musician Lady June, where Kevin Ayers lived. 👍
@@shanemolloy7862 I see your point. Britain became one of the places to be for people who wanted to make interesting music. It doesn't suggest that he was British. In fact, I would say that the longer he went on, the more Australian he became. Most importantly, the music was great and remains great to this day.
@pagancidergod8840 Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove was a hyper multi ethnic community and some incredible musicians found their sound at places like the all saints church hall and Portchester hall. Dave Allen was so loved in the UK we tend to forget he was an Aussy. Most British folk would support an Aussy sportsperson over an American if the Brit gets knocked out of a competition. We are often in ae if Aussy grit, strength of character and stoic approach to difficulties. I mean all British f1 fans are super excited for young Oscar Piastry with Norris next season. They could simply wipe the floor with the competition. Many people rate Oscar with more potential than Norris. It's about time for another Aussy F1 champ. Mark Webber would have been an excellent F1 champ, so let's see what Oscar can achieve. 👍
@@shanemolloy7862 I have literally no idea who any of these people are and if you are talking about motor racing I have even less interest. LOL.
Wow!! Actually excellent musicians from planet Mushroom 23...
thanks for posting this great 8min jam session..so cool
Very stoned this morning 20 degrees outside southeast Alaska , love Gong!!!
Ahhh, memories of my back on the warmed earth at Glastonbury 70's, and Gong taking my brain from my head and carrying it up into the universe to be part of creation 🤣
De México, un completo converso de Gong. He escuchado Camembert 3 veces.
The bassist is very good.
I believe it's Mike Howlett the OG bass player for Gong. He's a record producer too.
Off the charts bass player.
Mike Howlett
@@antirules8443 My fave Gong player.... which is saying something when you've got Hillage, Malherbe & Moerlin in the same band!
...and on the side he formed The Police (Strontium 90)
@@tb-cg6vd my dad outplayed the shit out of him when they were in SA. The band came for a jam session in my dad's apartment and to be fair, this was the time of shamal, so Mike hadn't played his instrument for a few years but still.
@@piercemcdowell4565 Maybe so, but I bet he wasn't wearing as silly a hat!!!
Howlett = winner.
This liane of 2 meters, coming from Australia, was such a great master !
Sing-a-long-a-Gong!! It takes me back to being teenage in the 70's. So many new fans recently, I notice. Would they like some tea? Blessings to all! :-))
Pour moi un des meilleurs concert - For me one of the best concert
A cup of tea ? Yes please !
In answer to real/ parody/ comedy. It is a mix. Brilliant muscianship and arrangements. Themes: some fantasy...pot head pixies and flying teaports, comedy....planet Gong and a little astro archaeology thrown in which Hillage explored much more in his solo projects. They are unique in this field of subject matter and it all started in a French commune. Daevid Allen was a bit of a cult figure but in the nice sense.
Bertrand Russell circa 1952 flying teapots are a real thing in the sense of shrodingers cat ie a scientific thought experiment or mathematical concept. The burden of proof for a theorem is on the proposer not on the dissenter. You can't say there exists a teapot too small to be observed in orbit around the sun just because nobody can disprove it. Even if that concept is recorded in ancient texts such as the bible.
By the way I was being ironic. Of course there are FTs and PHPs. Some say the world is divided into people who love Gong and those who have never heard of them. I would like to propose a third category, those who have believed the guff they’ve read and dismissed Gong as “silly” or a genre they don’t like!
Love that little Steve Hillage song/riff baseline thrown in there ... cool
It took me this many years and watching this video to figure out how he makes that guitar sound. Thanks for uploading!
Gliss....
"I think I never glid before" - glissando. Saw them at a little place called Gaspar's in Chicago in '77. We were practically sitting on the edge of the stage. No Hillage by then, but Daevid could still bring it, man
👍 Absolutely! 🍄+🎵=🗝️
followed um forever .... seen um loads .. master builder ... how to stay alive ...................make sure u listen to General Flash of the United Hallucinations ..
What an out there band. The only one who could possibly match them for experimentation, originality and strangeness was Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. Masters of jazzy space rock.
not even close. Gong is a jam band. They actually have a groove and don't ruin the dancing beat with shitty noises just for the sake of random noises or drumming math theory
@@agnidas5816 what’s your point?
@@agnidas5816 Trout Mask Replica is the best album of all time.
French bands Magma and Art Zoyd would like a word with you....
Had the trilogy flying tea pot, angels egg, you and continental circus.
No Camembert ???
Brilliant :) And I WOULD like some tea please :)
Wish I was there!
Fantastic.. memories.. ooohh..
from Argentina. Aguante Gong
tim blake is sooo cool here!
very very good all..................................
Etnik apik ditonton dirungokke..... Neng ndesoku ora ono koyo iki pak lek.....
Thank ya! Sooo good!
This is da cause to stay on earth!
Love and perfect Music and perfect Artists that can do! My Life!!!
Over d top
Great guitar work in this tune.
I am. YOU are . We are crazy ! Very good gig, sounds fine Dave.
The P H Ps.
Anybody Listening to Gong at this time of night needs to go so a Doctor! ! Lol! 🙃
What a gig, too bad I never got to see them!
Maaarrccciii ça me rappelle des beaux ET bons souvenirs hallucinogènes 🎶🎵🎼🎹🎸🎷🤗
Jethro Tull makes total sense now.
TIM BLAKE was one of the coolest rock stars I ever picked up from the airport
That must’ve been Fun. This tune sounds so grooovy.
gil wood surely he just flew himself to each gig through the æther?
@@notunclemort Hey , I drove Daevid all over the country ...Its so weird as a huge fan to be hearing that voice and seeing Daevid in your backseat ... Gilli was the other amazing journey ... Shes one of the coolest women in music and she cooked us dinner !!! AWESOME PEOPLE ALL OF THEM !
Wizard Allen discovered flautist Malherbe playing in a cave
Esto es realmente hipnotizante encantador alucinante
Superb. Fills your heart.
With the hatchet buried between Allen and Hillage they are at their most potent 🤪
I like them a lot :)
And another. Thank you.
Class.
My God.
Crowd goes wild, as it should be YES
Fantástico !
tout le monde a l'air en forme!!!
Costa Rica 1993 on the beach with my walkman tape player smoking doobs.. I was 6teen..
Pura vida carepicha !
2025, 50 años despues y suena SUPER-OCTAVE-DOCTOR 🤩💫✨
Que fhlayeros...!!!
excelente!!
Uma viagem, porrada!
The university of sound
Would you like some tea????
a lovely cup'f tea , yes please !!
Earl grey. Hot.
Earl Grey & Assam mix.
Sure, Ice tea though😂
Bloomdido is suck of tea, suck of tea, suck of tea, yaeh!
who's the drummer? I loved the period with Pierre Moerlen
Yes ..I'll have another one. Thank you.
These are great. Thanking you with tea. Was this an Unconvention? Some line-up there. Alas I never saw Moonweed together with the rest of them, despite many gigs. Thanks again :)
Wow, no one replied to you. Yes, this was the 2006 Uncon...a truly wonderful weekend.
Interesting band. Always will be. It helps that I'm not one of those Led Zeppelin kind of mothers
And Stevie Hill-side Village
HILLFISH
Dire que j’ai serré la main du chanteur en terrasse devant un bar juste à côté du concert qu’il allait faire au bataclan à Paris
Whoa, Tim Blake on the same stage with Daevid Allen....
🌹🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌹🏃♂️
wazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Hi, can anyone tell me where this was recorded because I think I was there and it would be great to find out??
Flying teapots and nj drones?
I think that's true, really.
🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🐭
Sheer majick
🚲
Yep fuck listening to the radio !!!
this concert is available on dvd or blue ray????
I have the DVD, (Gong Family Unconvention - Amsterdam, Nov 2006). Not sure if it's still available. It's great.
have a cuppa tea.. fuk it.. somebody had to say it
Pink F meets Zappa?
Where is Jim Collins?????
When and where ?
Somebody knows where it was recorded and when ?
it was recorded on the Planet Gong, at Forever o'clock.
@shiva1008, best reply EVER🤣
Gong Unconvention, Amsterdam, Nov. 2006)
GONG didn't give a fuck....
good music and fun seemed to do it....
time is your life
Geweldig Concert ! ,alleen welke Nummers elen ze ?
gONg YoU
Never heard Gong before, Tim Blake should never have played with Brock's Hawkwind, this musician ship far exceeds it. brilliant stuff
levitation levitation levitation !!!!!!!!
Think I'll put the kettle on.
Please could someone tell what kind of effect is the singer using on guitar towards the end of the track?
Thank you
I know the track pretty well and I hadn't picked that as a guitar part. We are watching some kind of magic?
Both Steve and Daevid are playing Glissando guitar.
Where is this from? Place...date...
This looked like a great night, what a line up and the crowd were right up for it. Where was this and when?
Armsterdam, in 2006...Search "Gong 2006 11 5 MelkwegAmsterdam " in YT, you'll have the full show... But Gong start to play in the beginning of 70's and was a fucking good band ! Rip Daevid...
tof4944, Ah yesss. The Milkyway. Sweet.
paris la cigale 2000 ?
Would you like some Tea ,,, ? !*
its steve hillage on guitar?
yes
Would you .... erm, would you like something...?
From this finesse to the shitty rap of nowadays
Is this real or some kind or ironic joke/parody?
It is very real, one of the greatest bands of all time!
@@jimpriestley6693
Sure. And the earth is flat too, right?
Haha nope it is definitely round.
Check history, Gong are very real, when Branson first started Virgin records Gong were one of two bands he released an album for, Gong released Camemberr Electrique, and the other was a certain Tubular Bells by Mile Oldfield.
Very real my friend
@@jimpriestley6693
Oh I know bong are real in the physical sense, Jim, I'm not suggesting they're akin to Atlantis, ghosts or Bigfoot. No, I was merely querying whether what they do is 'real' given it's so laughably absurd in a Monty Pythonesque manner. In fact, they're so terrible they're quite good, hence me watching and commenting on them. You do know it's 2019, right?
Keep enjoying your simple music, Justin is there for you 😊