Gentle Giant- Mister Class and Quality? & Three Friends (REACTION & REVIEW)
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2022
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Album Link: • Prologue (2011 Remaster)
I like to imagine "Three Friends" being the song you hear right after you die and your soul is heading towards the pearly gates.
And this is why imo Three Friends is my favorite GG album. So good.
Listen again to that speedy little intro to “Mr. Class” and pay special attention to the bass. Then listen to the “Three Friends” finale again and also pay special attention to the bass line and you’ll notice it’s all the same notes as the intro, just slowed down to fit the tempo of the song. Isn’t that just the coolest thing ever? That, to me, is the essence of progressive rock. Three Friends was my intro to GG and remains my favorite progressive rock album of all time.
Did you notice that the bass line of the intro of Mister Class is the same as the guitar/bass line of Three Friends. The tempo is just slower for Three Friends......it's awesome!!!
If you enjoyed this album I think you will really love the previous one, Acquiring the Taste. Some great tracks and some hidden gems on there!
There's everything in there, it make a good afternoon.
Peel the Paint is one of the most badass songs ever… the heavy part of course. I love Derek’s lyrics in Mr. Class and Quality. Look around my house and see the prizes I have showing, House and car and pretty wife have all been won by knowing…etc. …choose my friends for my own ends…all so true as are Peel the paint’s and Working all day’s. Intelligent band, love them!
My favorite GG song from my favorite GG album. "Mr. Class and Quality" is the song that made me fall in love with Gentle Giant in 1973. So long ago.
The Three Friends title track is an amazing piece of music, a true inspiration. I think any of the Classical composers would have been proud to have composed that melody and chord sequence, seriously! Arguably GG's crowning glory of a single track, which is saying so much about how good the track is because we all know the countless gems of tunes they have across their albums! That melody of notes that the bass, keys and guitar play in tandem is just impeccable, it feels like it could just repeating in a loop into eternity and beyond....
What a wonderfully cohesive album this is. It's not as 'immediate' as Octopus or In a Glass House but shows the developing talents and musical intelligence of a band, somewhat underrated at the time but perhaps even better regarded in 2022 than they were in 1972.
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Bloody brilliant!
There is a lot of irony in "Mr. Class and Quality", for example the line "Mr. Class and Quality, I never talk about it". Oh, you don't? What are you doing now? And calling workers "lazy" when they actually labor in their sweat while you just give or take another order? Yeah, pity on you, how hard-working you are. And of course you deserve it all!
Ray's bass playing on the outro..... OMG!!!!
THIS is the MUSIC 👍 an orgasm... Thanks from Italy!
GG is my favorite band and it's impossible for me to rank the seven albums from 'Acquiring the Taste' to 'Interview', but I'd suggest listening to 'Free Hand' next.
Gentle Giant are to prog rock what Rossini is to classical music : a genuine compositional enjoyment. A true medicine for body, spirit and soul. I love them for ever.
One of the greatest pieces by the greatest band,brilliant
Yes, absolutely, when the epilogue starts I get sad chills and an ecstatic sense of young wonder simultaneously. How GG manages to do that in their progression of chords, I don't know, and you have to listen to the whole album first for it to work and work it does. I guess this is when people listened to albums from start to finish; it was a form of discovery.
Rest in Peace Ray Shulman...