I agree!! I saw them last year (2012) and Malcolm blew my doors off! The whole band was outstanding and Gary came out and talked to the crowd afterward. Very nice guy.
Only time reveals what is timeless Music. And this music sounds even better to me now than the first time I heard it, because I appreciate it more and realize that there is nothing quite as much fun, as rhythmic or as adventurous as Gentle Giants work.
Gentle Giant were always my idols during the prog rock era and me and my friends agreed that among the ten or so greatest bands of the genre they were the greatest of them all (G.G., King Crimson, YES, Genesis, E.L.P., P.F.M., Camel and Focus in Europe ... Zappa/Mothers, Todd Rundgren/Utopia and Kansas in the U.S.A.) and even though I saw some of these bands in the 70's, I was never lucky enough to see them, just the albums and live audio recordings. Discovering their videos in the DVD that was released and on youtube and then learning about "Three Friends" has been an awesome experience !! :) .... I had forgotten how much I loved this tune and this arrangement with the 2 keyboard players is just WOW ... great camera work :) regarding my list somebody will say "what about Pink Floyd?" ... they were masters among masters and I would never belittle them, but to me they were about 50% ass-kicking straight ahead rock, 30% experimental, 10% British influenced folk and only about 10% progressive .... just my opinion :) and to think that Journey was a true prog band when Neil Schonn and Gregg Rollie first formed it after leaving Santana, but the sound changed radically when Steve Perry joined them. They were still great, but what a difference ..............
beeroosterm yeah, don't make me feel even sorrier than I am already ... LOL ... I could have also seen king Crimson, the Wetton, Cross, Bruford line-up but being a high school student on a budget I had to choose and instead I got tickets to The Mahavishnu Orchestra (between nothingness and eternity tour) at the Long beach Arena, CA, which was festival seating (meaning everybody was standing) and being among the first in line I saw the whole thing at the very edge of the stage .... woo-hooo !!!
I was at just the right age to concerts and one of the first bands I saw was Gentle Giant. after seeing their live show I was a fan for life. To this day, I have never seen another group that changes instruments mid-song and never lose a beat
Kerry was GG's main composer so you could say Three Friends comprises a good half of the old line-up. Yeah, I guess this is already more than enough even if we miss other members!
I saw them (Gentle Giant, that is) in their heyday- twice in Germany and once in St. Louis at the Fox- just one of the most talented group of musicians and composers and they are just one of my favorite bands ever!!
Dang, I want to see Three Friends sooooooo bad! I wish they would come a little further down the East Coast of the US! (DC, Baltimore, Richmond, VA) I leave work to see them! Incredible!!!!!
This just drops me to my knees and readers me totally speechless. You guys NAILED it...just a little more with the interweaving soft vocal harmonies within the original version at it would be like it was really Schulman and company
РЕСПЕКТ!! Музыканты - профи всегда очень любили переигрывать композиции Gentle Giante. Помню ещё в 70-е была болгарская электронная группа, которая делала это очень круто!
In the early 70's I saw King Crimson in concert in Wichita KS and Gentle Giant was the opening band and they played this entire album. I liked them better than KC, even though I am a huge Crimson fan. I do remember ( even though when the lights went down, the lighters came on and everyone was high ) the drummer did a solo and the entire band gathered around the drummer and the result was this huge very cool drum concert. Oh how times have changed. SO GLAD TO SEE THIS! TY zboyphillips!
I'd love to see Gary tour larger venues to perform Gentle Giant music - much like Steve Hackett has done with Genesis earlier music. "Genesis Revisited' was fantastic. It might need to be a bigger band though, to cover the huge range of different instruments that Gentle Giant used to play...
Gary Green and Three Friends should tour with choir and orchestra to perform their huge repertoir. It would be a memorable event..... Dreaming costs nothing!
This music is timeless. One cannot say that about most music. Of all the progressive rock bands playing back in the seventies, GG was the most unique and incredibly musical band. No one could touch them . It almost seemed as if none of the other prog rock bands would even mention them in interviews because they were just too damned great!
Does it get any better than this? (answer: no!) Oh my GOD this is great. Every one of these posts just gets more and more intense and exciting. Malcolm Mortimore is incredible (no offense JW). Kerry and Gary work together like the last 30 years didn't happen. This is so great I can't stand it!!! Good beyond hope! They MUST TOUR or I may have to join agarone in Montreal.
The other original members didn't want to join the group? What happened? These new guys play very well, but I would prefer the GG all of us knew! But at least it's something, a first step, amazing possibility to see these mosters musicians playing live again!!!! All the efforts GG fans did to see them showing up again, worked at the end! BRAVO ALL!!!
Too good!! zboy, thanks a lot!! I was looking for a complete song from the tracklist cause I couldn't get the torrent with the audio material on the dime a dozen site.
It seems I've come a little late to the party. I was a casual fan of Gentle Giant back in the day but I really loved this song. I wasn't enough of a fan to know the members name of by sight for that matter. Could someone help me out with who is who in this video. I know that Danny Green is the guy playing the red Gibson SG and that Malcolm Mortimore is the drummer but that's it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Liked them then like their music now, Gentle Giant great band, three friends kept it going thanks to Garry, there music sadly went over most people's heads but isn't that always the way.
As teens in 1972 my friend & I went to see Black Sabbath at the Hollywood Bowl. The “new band from England” warming up was Gentle Giant. I was awestruck at their performance when some butt brain in the audience threw a cherry bomb at them while others booed and demanded Sabbath. and GG left the stage in anger. I will fly anywhere on the planet to see Three Friends. Is there a web site for when they tour?
The moment I saw Gary Green's leg start tapping, I knew it was game time !
I did the camera shooting on this one:-) Great band (they don't make them anymore), great concert, great people
Spetacular. Long life to Gentle Giant.
Three of the six that peformed on the Three Friends record. Awesome 🐸👍
Saw them in NYC last month. Got pictures with Gary Green and Malcolm Mortimore. Got Mortimore's autograph : )
Maestro Kerry Minnear.
By far my favorite keyboardist. A musical genius!
I saw him playing fabelous vibes. He plays flute and cello too.
What a thrill to see Kerry Minnear
I agree!! I saw them last year (2012) and Malcolm blew my doors off! The whole band was outstanding and Gary came out and talked to the crowd afterward. Very nice guy.
Only time reveals what is timeless Music. And this music sounds even better to me now than the first time I heard it, because I appreciate it more and realize that there is nothing quite as much fun, as rhythmic or as adventurous as Gentle Giants work.
Gentle Giant were always my idols during the prog rock era and me and my friends agreed that among the ten or so greatest bands of the genre they were the greatest of them all (G.G., King Crimson, YES, Genesis, E.L.P., P.F.M., Camel and Focus in Europe ... Zappa/Mothers, Todd Rundgren/Utopia and Kansas in the U.S.A.) and even though I saw some of these bands in the 70's, I was never lucky enough to see them, just the albums and live audio recordings. Discovering their videos in the DVD that was released and on youtube and then learning about "Three Friends" has been an awesome experience !! :) .... I had forgotten how much I loved this tune and this arrangement with the 2 keyboard players is just WOW ... great camera work :)
regarding my list somebody will say "what about Pink Floyd?" ... they were masters among masters and I would never belittle them, but to me they were about 50% ass-kicking straight ahead rock, 30% experimental, 10% British influenced folk and only about 10% progressive .... just my opinion :)
and to think that Journey was a true prog band when Neil Schonn and Gregg Rollie first formed it after leaving Santana, but the sound changed radically when Steve Perry joined them. They were still great, but what a difference ..............
beeroosterm yeah, don't make me feel even sorrier than I am already ... LOL ... I could have also seen king Crimson, the Wetton, Cross, Bruford line-up but being a high school student on a budget I had to choose and instead I got tickets to The Mahavishnu Orchestra (between nothingness and eternity tour) at the Long beach Arena, CA, which was festival seating (meaning everybody was standing) and being among the first in line I saw the whole thing at the very edge of the stage .... woo-hooo !!!
I was at just the right age to concerts and one of the first bands I saw was Gentle Giant. after seeing their live show I was a fan for life. To this day, I have never seen another group that changes instruments mid-song and never lose a beat
Kerry was GG's main composer so you could say Three Friends comprises a good half of the old line-up. Yeah, I guess this is already more than enough even if we miss other members!
I saw them (Gentle Giant, that is) in their heyday- twice in Germany and once in St. Louis at the Fox- just one of the most talented group of musicians and composers and they are just one of my favorite bands ever!!
Fantastic job, Garry, Malcolm, Kerry and friends.
Awesome performance! I played this record thousands of times!!! Lov it! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
God , This is absolutely the best live version of this I've heard. WHOA !!!! outstanding my boys
Dang, I want to see Three Friends sooooooo bad! I wish they would come a little further down the East Coast of the US! (DC, Baltimore, Richmond, VA) I leave work to see them! Incredible!!!!!
This just drops me to my knees and readers me totally speechless. You guys NAILED it...just a little more with the interweaving soft vocal harmonies within the original version at it would be like it was really Schulman and company
dude, three of them are from the original GG!
Simply amazing
So much genius on that stage.
РЕСПЕКТ!! Музыканты - профи всегда очень любили переигрывать композиции Gentle Giante. Помню ещё в 70-е была болгарская электронная группа, которая делала это очень круто!
Thanks to 3 friends for keeping this amazing music alive. It is about f$%ing time someone brought this back. They sound great, too.
OMG, I was absolutely impressed by the drummer!
Really really impressed!!!
In the early 70's I saw King Crimson in concert in Wichita KS and Gentle Giant was the opening band and they played this entire album. I liked them better than KC, even though I am a huge Crimson fan. I do remember ( even though when the lights went down, the lighters came on and everyone was high ) the drummer did a solo and the entire band gathered around the drummer and the result was this huge very cool drum concert. Oh how times have changed. SO GLAD TO SEE THIS! TY zboyphillips!
Jim C.: I saw that drum bit in Detroit in '72.
It brought Cobo Arena to its feet with approval.
T H A N K Y O U !!!!!!!! For the beautiful healing music.
NICE ! This is one of my favorite Gentle Giant tunes, and you did a fine job !
You do realize there are some original Gentle Giant members in this band right? :D
I'd love to see Gary tour larger venues to perform Gentle Giant music - much like Steve Hackett has done with Genesis earlier music. "Genesis Revisited' was fantastic.
It might need to be a bigger band though, to cover the huge range of different instruments that Gentle Giant used to play...
Can you imagine how fabulous this would sound scored for band and orchestra!
The godamn sound mix is astonishing
Excellent quality music, the type you dont see much these days.
Amazing I had no idea this had happened... takes me back, way back
Hey, David from "the bank" (Roger will know).
Thanks for letting me listen, really enjoyed this. You guys are so talented!!
These guys will become my friend!
One of the best bands ever
Nice play . Very good musicians. Thumbs up.
Fantastic!!!!!!
Great music, great skills, no hype or crap!!!
WONDERFUL
Very good/underrated band....sublime
Gary Green and Three Friends should tour with choir and orchestra to perform their huge repertoir. It would be a memorable event..... Dreaming costs nothing!
Good, very good and the songs are absolutely original and well produced .
So great!!! Awesome memories!
Excellent.
Very well done boys.
Great soundboard mix too.
MORE, MORE, MORE!
Bob Holzner
Chicago, Illinois
This music is timeless. One cannot say that about most music. Of all the progressive rock bands playing back in the seventies, GG was the most unique and incredibly musical band. No one could touch them . It almost seemed as if none of the other prog rock bands would even mention them in interviews because they were just too damned great!
Sorprendente!!!! Siempre me ha gustado el rock progresivo y en especial el que hacia en su tiempo la mejor banda de este genero: Gentle Giant
BEST ALBUM!!
finally the return of gentle giant!
great music
Some Prog is still valid, still relevant and darn it all, still damn good fun. And you can dance to it.
Mortimore looks so concentrated. I think overall he has been the best player in the gigs.
No one could drive the band like pugwash weathers.
Awesome....
Beautiful!!!
PURE BEAUTY
Este Tema tiene una de las melodías más reconocibles de Gentle Giant
Does it get any better than this? (answer: no!) Oh my GOD this is great. Every one of these posts just gets more and more intense and exciting. Malcolm Mortimore is incredible (no offense JW). Kerry and Gary work together like the last 30 years didn't happen. This is so great I can't stand it!!!
Good beyond hope!
They MUST TOUR or I may have to join agarone in Montreal.
Stunning!
Wonderful!
I wish Malcolm stayed as their drummer. Glad he is doing this.
Overwhelming good!!!!!
I wish i had seen the original giant. but this is excellent - so so good - please tour in england.
I used to be a fan of Johnny Weathers but..I have to admit Malcolm is NO 1
The guy to the left with the "Giant for a Day" Mask :-D
WONDERFUL..My first progressive LP!!!
Really good pianist
Awesome!!!
Sick melody. Briliant and unlike anything else.
The other original members didn't want to join the group? What happened? These new guys play very well, but I would prefer the GG all of us knew!
But at least it's something, a first step, amazing possibility to see these mosters musicians playing live again!!!! All the efforts GG fans did to see them showing up again, worked at the end! BRAVO ALL!!!
incredibly coool and great1
Kick ass version!
love love love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always liked Gentle Giant. saw them back in 75 at Hammersmith- played most of Freehand album plus older stuff - so different to any other group
great sound quality
No me canso de escucharlos!!! Qué grossos que son!!!
Wow!!!!
Too good!! zboy, thanks a lot!! I was looking for a complete song from the tracklist cause I couldn't get the torrent with the audio material on the dime a dozen site.
This song sounds fuckin great
THE BEST!
After performing at the PMFM, Three Friends are going to Japan and Germany!!
Malcolm kills this stuff. Check out Empty City.
Playing FMPM in Montreal Sept 12-13!!
prologue is a great song, i'm funny when i play it on my fender stratocaster!
It seems I've come a little late to the party. I was a casual fan of Gentle Giant back in the day but I really loved this song. I wasn't enough of a fan to know the members name of by sight for that matter. Could someone help me out with who is who in this video. I know that Danny Green is the guy playing the red Gibson SG and that Malcolm Mortimore is the drummer but that's it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Prologue on itselleni Gentle Giant yhtyeen paras kappale❤
Please tour Canada - I've never seen GG live.
I wish I could assist this master peice
They got the funk!!
Mitici!
They're going to the NEARfest next year so there you'll have them!
Just watch the drummers left hand! This guy is GOOD!
Bravissimi
Long live Prog Rock!
Liked them then like their music now, Gentle Giant great band, three friends kept it going thanks to Garry, there music sadly went over most people's heads but isn't that always the way.
Who would be able to follow them even if you had them!! ;-)
As teens in 1972 my friend & I went to see Black Sabbath at the Hollywood Bowl. The “new band from England” warming up was Gentle Giant. I was awestruck at their performance when some butt brain in the audience threw a cherry bomb at them while others booed and demanded Sabbath. and GG left the stage in anger. I will fly anywhere on the planet to see Three Friends. Is there a web site for when they tour?
Someone said once there's a thing called "Art Rock". Definition? Simple. Please watch the video above.
Period.
grandissimi
💖
Malcolm Mortimore my favourite GG drummie.
hey people! someone upload some excerpt from last night's gig, please. why do i have to live so far!
Does anybody have a Cogs in Cogs video??? made by three friends???
This is real prog rock, people come and go some are irremplazable but oh well!!!
Which one's Kerry?
He was late with the volume as well.
who has the guitar tabs for this track?