GENTLE GIANT On Reflection Live Music Reaction - They are totally unbelievable! First time hearing

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2023
  • GENTLE GIANT On Reflection Live Music Reaction
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  • @donnysarian
    @donnysarian 3 месяца назад +11

    They were the pinnacle of Progressive Rock.

    • @kathleenpett3194
      @kathleenpett3194 Месяц назад

      Yes indeed, saw them as a backup to Jethro Tull at MSG, NY in the 70's

  • @petergiffes1239
    @petergiffes1239 Год назад +24

    Saw them many times… one of my favorite bands of all time. Supremely talented. Great live act. Tight and highly entertaining.

  • @jeffreykabik
    @jeffreykabik Год назад +9

    I met them after the show Very nice people with no ego .They signed my copy of Octopus

  • @jupiterlegrand4817
    @jupiterlegrand4817 8 месяцев назад +6

    They are THE progressive rock band. Live they had no equal. My all-time favorites.

  • @dmisso42
    @dmisso42 5 месяцев назад +4

    Ore of the most progressive of rock bands.
    A unique assembly of super accomplished and talented musicians.

  • @csmichelson1
    @csmichelson1 9 месяцев назад +5

    The best. I was so lucky to have been the right age to make sure I maximized my Gentle Giant experiences. Wherever they were in the states, that’s where I was. Never a band like them, and never will be again.

  • @boathemian7694
    @boathemian7694 9 месяцев назад +5

    Brilliant band decades ahead of its time

  • @ronniefarnsworth6465
    @ronniefarnsworth6465 Год назад +6

    Yes of course, Gentle Giant are one of Classic Progs Greatest bands and more popular now than Ever !! 👍🎶🎸🎹🎻🥁🎤🎷🎺🎼

  • @stevedotwood
    @stevedotwood Год назад +7

    Love them, own all of their albums.

  • @netuno60
    @netuno60 Год назад +8

    Totally progressive and super musicianship.

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg Год назад +15

    I loved GG for at least two decades before I ever saw this (sight and sounds concert) I believe, I bought a bootleg about 15 years ago...But, when you know giant's work like the back of your hand, I was moved when I watched their live performances and them doing note for note from their studio works, having not seen them live...Thanks youtube...And unless you spend YEARS devouring their works; e.g. Octopus, Three Friends, In a glass house etc. it's only then you realize how important they are in the prog discussion. Listen to Acquiring The Taste 10 times in a row...That helps with the love....:)

    • @lesblatnyak5947
      @lesblatnyak5947 Год назад +2

      My friends older sister had six tickets to Gentle Giant in 74 in a university lecture hall in Toronto. I was impressed saw them 3 more times including this tour.

  • @lesblatnyak5947
    @lesblatnyak5947 Год назад +5

    Saw Gentle Giant 4 times absolutely brilliant. Well worth a listen

  • @suesmith7968
    @suesmith7968 Год назад +9

    A stellar performance!!! ☮️❤️

  • @alanfine9825
    @alanfine9825 8 месяцев назад +2

    Still love them RIP Ray! Saw them live in Chicago later 70's....so incredibly talented & unique.

  • @pauldover1403
    @pauldover1403 Год назад +14

    That was in memory of Ray Shulman who died recently. Ray is the one playing the viola and bass guitar and his brother Derek was on lead vocals. This is the band at their most Gryphon-esque ( a band who used to play early music and played instruments they made themselves) but they went beyond this. This version differs from the album version which is in three parts because its parts are in a different order. I'm told as well in the portion where they sing in four parts with the viola and vibraphone (I think) that Ray is playing the accompaniment to another part as he sings his own part which makes it even more difficult. There was recently the analysis by Doug Helvering (a Classical composer) where he was commenting on it at great length whilst following it in a musical score but that seems to have disappeared from RUclips. However his 50 minute long reaction to the whole of the Free Hand album is still up ruclips.net/video/p-VYUSV0_6A/видео.html
    The band were not mega-successful at the time although they had plenty of fans worldwide but they appear to be becoming more popular again nowadays, especially with the Stephen Wilson remixes and RUclips.
    All in all a fitting tribute to Ray who leaves us with fond memories.
    You've now played the band three times. Firstly "Proclamation" ruclips.net/video/XcCLlVHzNis/видео.html then in April, "Free Hand" ruclips.net/video/0681B0sgnlM/видео.html and also Simon Dupree and the Big Sound which the Shulmans led.
    In my way did I use you, do you think I really abused you
    On reflection now it doesn't matter:
    How can you say I made you need me more than anyone else
    Who can say it right now it's finished over:
    It's my act, it's my calling, I explained exactly the falling
    Different ways of life can never even:
    Be the same when you saw me, could you always take me the
    Same way As I came and went I tried to remember you:
    Still, you stay
    Tied in your way
    Changing times
    Watching the signs
    How:
    Could you see in me what you thought about all you want me to be
    Now:
    On reflection why should have I changed my ways for you
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    Cry my sympathy's with you but I never lied to you all in all
    It seems it's just an experience:
    Placed my cards on the table told of everything I was able
    Understanding still, not anything different:
    Find another to lean on, start again for I should have long
    Gone, on reflection now it's just an experience:
    Soon the pain will have ended, together never intended, as I
    Come and go I'll try to remember you:
    Still, you stay
    Tied in your way
    Changing times
    Watching the signs
    How:
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years
    That we shared in our way:
    Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and
    Our time drifting away:
    I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years
    That we shared in our way:
    Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and
    Our time drifting away:
    Look back it's not your game, together just in name
    I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years
    That we shared in our way:
    Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and
    Our time drifting away:
    I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years
    That we shared in our way:
    Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and
    Our time drifting away:
    I'll remember the good things how can you forget all the years
    That we shared in our way:
    Things were changing my life, taking your place in my life and
    Our time drifting away:
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around
    All around all around, all around all around

    • @radgator1
      @radgator1 10 месяцев назад

      Wow, I had no idea Ray died recently. So sad and way too young. One of the greatest multi-instrumentalists of ours or any era. If it made sound Ray could play it at a virtuoso level. The definition of underappreciated. Only some of the greatest compositions, arrangements and performances ever recorded. Peace and love to his family. Thanks for making our lives that much better by sharing your genius.

    • @drbassface
      @drbassface 10 месяцев назад

      Interesting lyrics from the perspective of a guy that was dumped by his lover, while he still cares romantically…while she has moved on coldly.
      Same with think of me with kindness.
      Great group. Saw them open for Tull in Baltimore. 1972ish.
      Life changing.
      RIP Ray
      ruclips.net/video/mlR7YbM7_Jc/видео.htmlsi=zYbmyLb3dg4_E-Wq

  • @giuliogrifi7739
    @giuliogrifi7739 Год назад +3

    Definitely from the best british progressive rock !

  • @mariov1347
    @mariov1347 6 месяцев назад +2

    very talented musicians. i have all their work. huge fan.

  • @wadehines9971
    @wadehines9971 Год назад +3

    Gentle Giant is another treasure from my youth.

    • @emilobe
      @emilobe 10 месяцев назад

      Me too. And it still is. Forever! 🌟

  • @ivanhenriqueroberto1970
    @ivanhenriqueroberto1970 11 месяцев назад +3

    Simply the best band ever existed. Superior musicianship.

  • @jmcc199
    @jmcc199 Год назад +3

    Such a talented group - saw them many times, never a crowd so it was very intimate and amazing !!!! - Very underrated - not underrated, just unknown. RIP Ray Shulman (guy on violin brother to Singer Derrick)

  • @kevinmauch5622
    @kevinmauch5622 Год назад +8

    One of the best live bands ever. At the risk of sounding petty, Derek should have rethought the jumpsuit thing.

    • @boathemian7694
      @boathemian7694 9 месяцев назад

      No way the speed suit fuckin rocks lol!

  • @elforeigner3260
    @elforeigner3260 6 месяцев назад +1

    They were mostly brothers, professors of music in their own right, one of the best progressive bands I’ve ever heard. Gentle Giant, Yes and ELP are for me the sacred triad of prog-rock. Beautiful musicians.

  • @grahamdhudson
    @grahamdhudson 3 месяца назад

    Vocal playing around is superb

  • @loisrogers9042
    @loisrogers9042 Год назад +2

    I'd never heard them. Loving it!

  • @musicfanatic5037
    @musicfanatic5037 Год назад +6

    I saw GG in the mid70s in New Haven. I was only familiar with with their debut self titled album, but had a friend who was a fanatic. Waiting for them to come out, I asked, "how many of these guys are there?" as the stage was full of all kinds of instruments. The musicianship was impeccable, the music and tempos highly complex. It was literally amazing to watch, though their style, while loosely prog, does take some getting used to - it is an acquired taste. But they were also self-depreciating: note the intro saying their latest was "reasonably sucessful in some parts of Thailand and Singapore"! They did it their way, all the way.

  • @fostercathead
    @fostercathead Год назад +3

    Ray passed away on March 30, 2023.
    May he rest in peace...

  • @moontan91
    @moontan91 2 месяца назад

    Tull and Gentle Giant have their roots in medieval music.

  • @davebzen795
    @davebzen795 Год назад +2

    Paul - Robert Taylor of AllMusic wrote that "On Reflection" was revolutionary for its time due to the band's vocal approach. Taylor also wrote that the song was one of progressive-rock's defining moments. Terrific and submission choice< Paul. Nice review, Harri.

  • @TerrysQuest
    @TerrysQuest 7 месяцев назад +1

    that style of the voices singing different parts and then coming together in harmonies dates back to the 1600s.

    • @TerrysQuest
      @TerrysQuest Месяц назад

      yes, its called hocketing.

  • @Henry_Martin_Taylor
    @Henry_Martin_Taylor Месяц назад

    On Reflection is a somehow summary of GG's work. Another nice song of them is called 'Isn't it quiet and cold' and there is an awesome video in the tube

  • @DavidTateVA
    @DavidTateVA Год назад +7

    Totally shocked to see you reacting to Gentle Giant. This entire album ("Free Hand") is amazing. Most GG is a bit advanced and esoteric for the masses, but Free Hand has several memorable and accessible tunes. Well, relative accessible, by GG standards. This is probably my favorite GG tune of all time.

  • @chadbruce1457
    @chadbruce1457 9 месяцев назад +1

    Gentle Giant is my favorite band of all time! And yes, they toured with Jethro Tull back in the day!

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 4 месяца назад

      Yeah that's who I first saw them with.

  • @MidwesternCornbilly
    @MidwesternCornbilly 8 месяцев назад

    Some may be interested to know that Gary Green (recorder) currently resides in Princeton, Illinois. It is located north of Peoria and has a population of around 7800+. Life takes you on strange journeys indeed.

  • @ronniefarnsworth6465
    @ronniefarnsworth6465 Год назад +1

    The toured with Jethro Tull in 1972-73' and Tull Loved GG and especially Ian Anderson !! 👍
    GG was a band the members of Yes, Genesis, Tull, Zappa and others saw when they had a chance to see them touring !!! Sadly Bassist/Violin Ray Shulman just died two months ago !! 😪🙏🎶

  • @Grithron2
    @Grithron2 Год назад +1

    I'm sure others will have directed Harri to the studio version - where the song structure is virtually inverted, with extra lyrics. The studio version of this song is a real favorite of mine - appearing on a various-artists album which I "inherited" from my father at the age of 5, it was my very first experience of progressive-(folk-)rock. I wonder why it took me another 17-ish years to study Gentle Giant at length, because when I finally did so they joined the likes of King Crimson and Frank Zappa (and Charles Mingus and Michael Mantler) in my all-time pantheon of musical geniuses.

  • @GentleGiantOfficial
    @GentleGiantOfficial Год назад

    👏👏👏👏

  • @gj8683
    @gj8683 4 месяца назад

    As with some of their other songs, this is a substantial rearrangement compared to the studio version, which is also great.

  • @Rowenband
    @Rowenband Год назад +1

    This is the best prog-rock band, the most complex and innovative. I love Yes, Van der Graaf generator a lot, but Gentle Giant is the best.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator Год назад

      most challenging music. crazy good musicians. unique.

  • @tixximmi1
    @tixximmi1 Месяц назад

    Gentle Giant is the definition of Prog.

  • @ossonwos-theproject5518
    @ossonwos-theproject5518 Год назад

    For me that tune and "inca's road" by Zappa are the nices music ever writen.

  • @TerryKrysinski
    @TerryKrysinski Год назад +1

    Great one,Harri! Gentle Giant actually opened for Jethro Tull in their early years ( I believe it was for the Thick As A Brick tour here in the US). They most certainly were progressive to the core (until their final album or two). Never was a band as talented and never will be. They are unique in the pantheon of great UK prog bands! There are several live shows/vids of them on y-tube. I highly suggest you seek them out,bro. Just take into consideration that they were all playing different instruments at the start of this song. The lead singer - Derek Shulman,sometimes played bass during songs where his brother,Ray-played violin. The band at times would break into sections live where they each played recorders ( the flute sounding instrument here...like the beginning of Stairway to Heaven,e.g.). They also had a me oment where they were all playing drums/percussion at the same time. Just remarkable talent! Freehand (this song is from it) was their highest selling album. But also check into Power & The Glory,In A Glass House, and Octopus. You will be AMAZED! Thanks for this one...Regards, T

    • @TerryKrysinski
      @TerryKrysinski Год назад

      ASo--forgot to mention...this live version is quite a different arrangement to the studio one. They were so skilled,they'd come up with totally different versions of their songs in concert. Here is the studio take... ruclips.net/video/aaI81eJV9so/видео.html

  • @gpg9516
    @gpg9516 5 месяцев назад

    They opened for Yes in 76(?) in Denver. I knew their music from a couple of lps. Their musicianship is stunning and their ability to completely rearrange their tunes for live performance is amazing. In terms of sound quality their live Playing the Fool is more consistent than Yessongs. They are right up there with Yes, Genesis and King Crimson in my opinion.

  • @martinbirkhauser3751
    @martinbirkhauser3751 Год назад

    Thank you, you summed it up very well!

  • @bigdaddyeb56
    @bigdaddyeb56 Год назад +1

    I seen Gentle Giant live in Offenbach Germany in 1976 along with Genesis and some other Bands

    • @pauldover1403
      @pauldover1403 Год назад

      I don't know if this was the same, but on some BBC in concert programmes you applied for tickets without knowing who you would see.

  • @lancewilliams4847
    @lancewilliams4847 5 месяцев назад

    Progressive Medieval! and some other stuff! haha

  • @airdutemps8363
    @airdutemps8363 8 месяцев назад

    Let nostalgia kick in

  • @williameckert1623
    @williameckert1623 Год назад +2

    Epitome of Prog

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator Год назад

    Jethro Tull meets early Genesis!

  • @haeuptlingaberja4927
    @haeuptlingaberja4927 9 месяцев назад

    Check out Advent of Panurge, dude. Or the Runaway. Or So Sincere. Etc, etc. And don't worry about labeling them--they strenuously resisted all conventional classification. Giant is one of the very few bands for whom Frank Zappa had only high praise. There was no one else like them.

  • @jeffking887
    @jeffking887 Год назад

    Derek Shulman said they were three classically trained musicians with a rock drummer and a blues guitarist.

  • @lphilpot01
    @lphilpot01 10 месяцев назад

    Your comment about commercial success being secondary to musical quality for GG is correct. The liner notes to their first album as much as say that, very directly. This live version is significantly different from the original studio version, however.

  • @scottgillham2000
    @scottgillham2000 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome band! Great review! 👍 The only other band you could compare them with is Gryphon, but they are still different.

  • @NathanVeenstra
    @NathanVeenstra Год назад

    Although not exactly the same, I do think Focus is kind of similar too. Anyone who likes this, should definitely check out the Dutch band Focus.

  • @DaveBath
    @DaveBath 9 месяцев назад +1

    For those who enjoyed the medieval/renaissance contrapuntal stuff, the short instrumental work Talybont (ruclips.net/video/nqdZ27ar4eQ/видео.html) has a little of the same feel, a bit like you are in a fair with Robin Hood at an archery contest, and you are drinking mead with Friar Tuck.

  • @JayCross
    @JayCross Год назад +1

    More than Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant stands out for their music's complexity, so they are perhaps more comparable to Emerson Lake and Palmer, later Frank Zappa, or Yes.

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 Месяц назад

    Hey Harri, GG is perhaps the GREATEST band EVER.

  • @Chucky-hf6oe
    @Chucky-hf6oe 24 дня назад

    King Crimson

  • @dennismcgranary3286
    @dennismcgranary3286 4 месяца назад

    This appears to be from 8 months ago. You have heard this band and others long ago. I watched you reactions through the Pandemic 🤔
    This must be a Second listen at least. Since once you hear One GH song you HAVE to hear Every GG song Immediately!

  • @Jacobs-im2jz
    @Jacobs-im2jz 6 месяцев назад

    There was never a band like Gentle Giant and probably never will again. There are bands influenced by them but never like them. There is a band on RUclips called Three Friends who has some of Giant's members in it. Give them a listen.Not qwuite the same but not bad!

  • @michaelbaucom4019
    @michaelbaucom4019 Год назад

    GG's beautiful chaos...but not so chaotic if you're paying attention
    Yes, they're prog, to understate

  • @dkd1228
    @dkd1228 5 месяцев назад

    Gentle Giant is one of the very few acts that impressed Frank Zappa.

  • @pauldover1403
    @pauldover1403 Год назад

    Oh, the band are most commonly compared to Van Der Graaf Generator, although they both have distinct identities.

  • @benoitrenaud519
    @benoitrenaud519 Год назад +3

    They certainly have a cult following, and am in the cult!

  • @WilliamJones-sf5pt
    @WilliamJones-sf5pt 2 месяца назад +2

    Their live performances were better than their studio albums.

  • @ba_charles
    @ba_charles 6 месяцев назад

    jethro is prog lol

  • @jamesbalestrino2670
    @jamesbalestrino2670 2 месяца назад

    It took me a bit to “understand” Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator. But once you do, your whole outlook on music changes.

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator Год назад

    Surprised by the lack of audience enthusiasm. Is this just English restraint? Such brilliant musicianship and diversity in compositions. Love this band. You are correct. It is all about the music. Like Genesis they take the music quite seriously, but not themselves. So there is always a bit of a sly smile to their music. A bit of a tongue-in-cheek presentation. (prog rock for sure)

    • @MrDiddyDee
      @MrDiddyDee Год назад +1

      I saw them live on many tours, and believe me this isn't a normal GG crowd. It was part of series of concerts called 'Sight and Sound' that the BBC recorded, so the atmosphere is a little sterile, and the audience were not necessarily already fans of the band, but just lucky enough to have got free tickets to a concert. It was an experimental TV link up with BBC radio, in the era before stereo TV transmissions, it was called a 'simulcast', the idea being to use your, hopefully, higher quality radio receiver to hear the broadcast and turn off your mono TV volume. For one number there were some technical issues, the drummer had to fill in with some awkward extended chat while it was sorted. I have never seen the band look so ill at ease for a gig, this was their first TV break for them and it was broadcast live, warts and all. Still a big technical challenge in the 1970's to deal with such a variety of instruments on stage, particularly acoustic ones, then the added cameras, muted crowd, and a shaky response to a change of direction for some of the new songs, all had an effect on the bands performance. This was not them at their height of confidence, and they would struggle on for acceptance for only another couple of years.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator Год назад

      @@MrDiddyDee Total professionals. Love GG.

  • @grahamdhudson
    @grahamdhudson 3 месяца назад

    100% better than Tull IMHO

  • @williamwhite-dx9fd
    @williamwhite-dx9fd 4 месяца назад

    This not the song introduce someone to Giant.

  • @Geraint3000
    @Geraint3000 10 месяцев назад

    It's not pop - if you're prepared to go outside of 4/4 and the key of C Major then you're in for a massive treat.

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 Год назад +1

    I'm outa here! Headache!

  • @CuzKatieSaysSo
    @CuzKatieSaysSo Год назад

    Sorry 😅 I lasted about 14 seconds.
    Not my cup o tea! 😂

    • @neilparnell967
      @neilparnell967 9 месяцев назад +1

      My goldfish lasted longer !
      Definitely your loss, if you put nothing in you get nothing out.