Gentle Giant - Funny Ways - 16mm Film - 1974
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2007
- "Funny Ways" from a 16mm Film directed by Christopher Nupen, a classical music film director who invited the band to record this concert in a film studio in Brussels for the German television station ZDF.
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- I wish I could forward each one of your generous comments to "The Giants" themselves..
here´s the link to the official Gentle Giant Home Page - www.blazemonger.com/GG
all the best!
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Pure genius, one of the most overlooked bands of all time.
They weren't overlooked. They were both too far ahead, and too far behind their time.
No one else was approaching prog rock this way. That they were inaccessible to the critics wasn't their fault
Never underrated. Always genius. Forever Giant.
I so appreciate this band like no other in this time
R.I.P. Ray Shulman
Incredible how they swap and change musical instruments. You can see they're all classically trained, accomplished musicians. A very special band indeed
ruclips.net/video/jnKhmHIG6Kk/видео.html squid, so well said👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
"strange ways" by maddvillain is a good song that samples this song
Thanks 13 years later! Was listening to gentle giant and couldnt place where I had heard it before
Thank you.
He could be at any instrument any week, "You may know what I don't know, but not thatI don't know it and I can't tell you
So you will."
Bless him The Great Gentle Giant of ProgRock Ray Shulman.
These guys don't just dabble in other instruments, they MASTER them!
Their collective talents are beyond measure.
I saw Gentle Giant live at the beautiful Tower Theater in Philly in the late seventies. I'm still in awe,and amazed by that concert. 5 classicly trained Musicians playing the coolest progressive Rock tunes on the Planet. ❤🥁🎶
Late 70's in INDY, backing up RENAISSANCE in a 'small venue'. Great show!
That Vibes solo though!! 👌🏼
R.I.P., Raymond Shulman...
Most underrated band of all time.
you left out greatest
Ray Shulman my hero 😢 what a sad sad sad day. RIP Maestro.
I just went to hit the 'like" button and thought, how in the hell can I "like" this tragic news. But you paid proper tribute to this genius.
He was the King of 4 strings
That's my song. Funny ways. And what a xylophone solo
its actually a vibraphone
darkside of the moon saved my life but gentle giant changed it forever
pink floyd is not everything, many people don't understand that and they jail themselves to the same.
yep
pink floyd is not everything. but they are not best nor worse than gentle giant. nor any other band from the 60's /70's. because they were all amazing in their own original way. no one ever did anything like dark side of the moon before. that is why PF is great ;)
I completely agree, and the "Yes".
The most exquisite band in the history of the rock and roll i m sure
I guess people just didn’t applaud for someone playing their heart out on the vibes...I just don’t get it. That, my friends was pure genius what we just witnessed here. We’re not worthy! HAIL GENTLE GIANT!
Descansa en paz Ray ❤
Ray Shulman R. I. P.
Oh my goodness, I had no idea until now... this is so sad...
As a big fan of progressive rock, I love this. GG is a very undervalued progeband. Mainly forgotten, which is sad. But some of us keep the memory alive?
Udai Taxim agree
Nearly half a million hits, undervalued? I think not.
chris guy One Direction - You and I - 142 million hits. I think yes.
one direction and Giant should never even be in the same sentence...... period..... no comparison
holdem5180 of course. But there are 142 millions of people that have seen that video, and half a million have seen this. So GG is a very undervalued band. We have the proofs.Sorry for my bad english.
The older I become, the better this song gets. I guess it's my own funny ways!
Kerry minnear vibraphone solo..es un "extraterrestre" hallucy..man 🤘🤘
The most insanely talented ensemble ever assembled
Kerry Minnear, can I get a FUCK YEAH!
Minnear was a multi-instrumentalist, progrock virtuoso.
Definitely!
Fuck Yeah
The whole performance is truly incredible, but the vibraphone solo is totally flabbergasting!
Gentle Giant is my favorite band. Their performance on their main instruments is amazing, but it's amazing that their performance doesn't diminish at all when they switch instruments. They are truly a group of geniuses!
Love this band. And returen for their fantastic compositions and melodies
This song is a masterpiece!
Hoje perdemos Ray Schulmann, um dos gênios musicais e criativos desse incrível grupo. Ray influenciou e inspirou muitíssimos baixistas com seu estilo forte, dinâmico e sincopado. Pode ser visto nesse vídeo alternando-se no violino e trompete. Que descanse em paz.
Rest in peace, Ray🙏🏼
I was fortunate enough to see this band in 1975 - like no other I had seen or have seen since, it was them that inspired me to become a musician. Their material was and is both brilliant and timeless. British prog produced many great bands - without doubt this was one of the very best in the genre.
Ray Shulman is amazing
I 'VE SEEN THEM LIVE, WITH THE THREE BROTHERS TOGETHER ON STAGE........WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!! BELIEVE ME , THEY CHANGED MY RELATION WITH THE MUSIC!!!!
R.I.P Ray Shulman 😢🌹
These fellas put sounds together like no others. Period.
Descansa en paz, maestro. 😢😢😖
Wonderful Kerry Minnear solo on vibraphone. And without doubt one of the best Gentle Giant song.
Where was the standing ovation for the greatest vibraphone solo ever?
Not a sound....He was expecting SOME applause...at least.........!you can see it.....
too shook
When prog rock bands perform no one is cheering, clapping or shouting. … Pure Silent and appreciation of music.
Better therapy video ever. A "detox" sound for a sick world we have.
My Special Band from the progbands . There was so many in the ealy 70th ( Genesis , Yes,King Crimson , Focus , Camel , Soft Machine, Colloseum , Jethro Tull aso. ) They Sounds all different but GG was more different. 5 genious musicians could Play over 30 instuments in a way of close by perfect !!!!!!! That was GG 👍💯🎸💞
it's true
@ronaldoroyal|8443. Yes! I was introduced to GG by my then boyfriend back in 1970ish. I was 18, along with so many other brilliant bands, some of which you mentioned. We were lucky at the time. Massey Hall in Toronto had these bands come and put on shows for 5 bucks a ticket!!! We lived an hour and a half away. We saw Gentle Giant 3x, Genesis 4x, Camel in England in 75. Never did see King Crimson or Pink Floyd, but loved them both intensely. For whatever the reasons, Gentle Giant was my favourite band then and still is to this day. It’s hard for me to listen to them - so emotional and memories. Cheers
Met Kerry's daughter Sally 3 days ago at Progfest. She did an awesome set with Dave Bainbridge. Much talent inherited.
RIP dear Ray
It’s crazy how far apart on the music spectrum this and MF DOOM are, but given the right opportunity, they come together and form a beautiful song with both segments equally shining, not being overpowered by the other, and neither having to change its style to fit the other, madlib did great on putting the sample and beat together, with DOOM laying down some powerful punchy lyrics. Amazing work by both Gentle Giant for the original song and DOOM and Lib for putting their twist on this song to create a whole new one, music is definitely the universal language, able to bring us all together even through different genres
god-like taste in music
one of my teacher brought me here... what a great teacher.
These 5 took prog to ridiculous heights, and yet, when they all hit the groove, they were so damned funky . True artistry
Superb. The vibes solo gives me shivers!
Me too. Saw this live!❤️
@@wendycrawford1792 Saw them at the Rainbow (Finsbury Park) supporting Tony McPhee - fantastic gig.
Memorabile concerto in Italy nel 1972. Qui da noi hanno avuto un grande apprezzamento , grandi strumentisti e musica all'avanguardia. Una delle migliori prog band....
I've watched this video for the last 10 years, I keep comming back at least once a year, such an epic performance
The guy puts down the vibe mallets then picks up a cello and sings backup. How freaking good were they?
That’s Kerry Minnear (and all of them) for you
@@rubintuesday 🥰
madlib is a fucking genius i swear to god
The transition from Proclamation to Funny Ways with that genius look from Ray, brilliant
On the last bass note.
"My ways are strange. They'll never change."
they were spooky good.
Love to the Giant, one of the best bands ever.
A band without egos. Ray had to play the violin, so his brother played bass. Then John Weathers eats a drumstick and all hell breaks loose.
perfection
Madvillain brought me down this street.
yeeeeeeeessss
The start of 4:34 with Kerry is absolutely mind blowing…
This is a great discovery, I’ve given up reading some bullshit for my new job tomorrow, it’s totally destructive to my evening peace. This music is far more inspiring and instructive.
Damn! this is the band that got away...I missed seeing them live. They played at New Paltz the year before I got there. Back in the day, going to a concert was a big event. If they were still around, I would have seen them 10 times by now...Thank God there's plenty of footage of them live, no one would believe what they pulled off live, except for those lucky to see them in concert,
@Pcrimsont. I got lucky. My then boyfriend introduced a ton of bands to me when we met in 1970ish. I was 18. We got to see so many bands play at Massey Hall in Toronto Ontario, one and a half miles from where we lived. They put on what they called Cheap Thrills concerts. This is how we got to see Genesis, Strawbs, and others but GG was the ultimate!!! My favourite then and now, 51 years later! You would like Focus, Curved Air, King crimson, Exception, Camel, Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells, Pink Floyd, Emerson,Lake and Palmer, TRex. Enjoy!
@@wendycrawford1792 Hi Wendy. I did see a lot of live music in the seventies, but not as many in the following decades. Plenty of Genesis, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson tours. One of my highlights was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells at Carnagie Hall in Manhatten. When the NYPD's Tatoo came on stage for the bagpipe section, the place went nuts!
The xylophone solo is the best ever. I saw this live & i swear to God he lifted up into the top of the Calderone Theater. 1974
Amazing solo indeed, although it's a vibraphone! 🙌🙌🙌 Btw you are a very lucky guy!!
The acoustic guitar strumming over the xylophone is just so beautiful. In fact, there are so few rock-oriented bands that ever used xylophone. These guys were so special in an era that is now long gone. It just can't be over 30 years since I was just a long-haired hippie kid listening to this stuff ? Where did the years go? Thing is, THIS music holds up and still sounds both modern and fantastic!
Freaking musical geniuses- every one of them
The transition from Proclamation to this song is so sublime...
It sounds like the ending to raconteur troubadour
music of GG unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the songs fill with fervor and the instruments have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)
They are all so locked in
Kerry Minnear going crazy on the vibraphone..underrated Prog band!
Few things gets better with time, nostalgia is one, Gentle Giant is another, Long live Gentle Giant and their Music. Love to all the lads and hats of for Ray. If somebody happens pass his place of rest, please lay down a Rose from me.
My heart yearns to be back in high school listening to these songs playing on my dads old ‘record player’ he had given me. I had my new Radio Shack deluxe headphones i had saved up to buy. The seventies were a horrible beautiful time. The music coming from Europe, being called progressive. Genesis’s second album only being sold as a special import at Licorice Pizza. NOBODY but my friend and I had ever heard of GG. Thank you for my time trip. It’s was better back then….
Such a beautiful song. I never get tired of hearing it
This is soooooo beautiful, it should be remembered as the classical music of our times, Gentle Giant is as great as all those great classical composers Bach, Beethoven and others.
I hate "OMG" in texts....But for the love of God: these guys were the top musicians of their era. I'm a simple keyboard "rocker" to this day. I'll play any Yes. Genesis, Pink Floyd...and some of my favorite Gentle Giant....but they were way underated for their time...any time! They rocked, and also showed an amaing grasp of ja..(guess what key is broken on my pc).....There just aren't any words: at the age of 58, they inspire me to keep on: practicing, trying to increase my knowledge of theory, and reach for................................
+Joseph Baum z?
You're only as old as you're young, mate! Keep on practicing :D
This is absolutely so good
Sempre extraordinários de princípio a fim! Um trajeto que segui a milímetros e que ainda hoje não dispenso a música de uma banda MUITO além do que se convenciona chamar "música"! Soberbos executantes e qualidade e profusão de instrumentos e sua inclusão nas composições, de uma complexidade e fineza incrível! Gentle Giant São ETERNOS!!!
the best song of all time performed by the best band of all time
This is one band I deeply regret not seeing. Gentle Giant was a fantastic band and were way ahead of their times musically speaking. I'll have to just settle for their recordings and TG for that.
And still the times have not caught up with them.
I saw them OPEN...for Foghat...and..get booed off the stage!..Flint,Michigan....
Интеллигентные виртуозы, каждый играет на десятке инструментов, которым наплевать на деньги... Всё это жутко трогательно...
Все правильно,только один из них понял что надо на что-то жить и открыл нам бонджови ,скидроу и прочий шлак.Лучше он это не делал
Exactly! Perfectly said!
Ese solo de vibráfono es absolutamente brillante!
This is absolutely the best! The talent of Ray is off the charts!
Kerry's vibraphone solo just covers the moment when the arch angel Satan turned evil. Fuck me, holy shit, why is noone screaming in the studio, I know I would have. Unfortunately this was recorded when my father was still in primary school.
Being reserved,I guess.....I saw them ...front row....1975 or 75......we were well stoned on Ganga......we didn’t sit on our hands,I tell ya what!
I'm always astounded by the dead silence at the end of Kerry's vibes solo. The audience must be dead. I must have heard this song hundreds of times, and it still kills me. What a great performance by an amazing band.
I think audience was brought in for the performance, and most (or all?) of them had no idea who they were seeing.
@@rickpauline3091 If that's the case, then OK, I guess I can sort of understand. It reminds me of this video where the audience gets treated to a surprise Praxis reunion party, but no one seems to enjoy the show (well, at least not until Bootsy Collins shows up, and even with that, it seems to me that handlers must have either replaced some of the audience, or instructed them to participate more) ruclips.net/video/dyQJH615KwA/видео.html . Since the show is sponsored by PBS, I wonder if the audience was expecting something highbrow like Masterpiece Theater. If so, LOL, what a massive overdose of cognitive dissonance.
An alternative theory I've pondered is whether this might be some sort of cultural difference, i.e., Belgians not caring for GG in the same confusing way that Germans love David Hasselhoff. I've heard that Italians especially loved GG... maybe the film's producer should have filmed the show there.
@@repoman7804 Maybe the audience was not dead but civilized enough not to destroy the music by inadequate noise. The piece was not finished yet and you could have realized that. You obviously don't know that there is a time to listen and a time to applause. And your lack of knowledge seems to make you think you heve the right to criticize people who know that. You are wrong.
And who told you the Germans love Hasselhoff? Funny that people with the least knowledge have the biggest mouth.
@@maraboo72 Your first sentence was great but the rest was needlessly condescending lol
I think this kinda stuff draws an audience that appreciates the moment and talent more than the hype of the situation. Different cultures also produce different audiences. My American ass can't go to a decent concert or anything without the act being partially drowned out with whooping and hollering. Not to mention seas of cellphone recordings.
Seeing them live while still in HS in Nov 1975 at the old Academy of Music in NYC off 14th Street was a once in a lifetime experience and one I still consider a privilege. Everyone and I mean everyone I have seen since live, pales in comparison.
I was there too, 17 at the time! Great memories!
@@tommyrawlings3046 tickets were an unbelievable $8. $8 for the most amazing concert I have ever seen!
amazing artists, wonderful music!
that mid section starting at 03:20 is magical, the look on Ray's face says it all
Fact is.....I don´t get tired of listening to this song.. No matter how old it is..for me the sensation brought if beyond any countable measure of time. it´s has a dimension sense of its own..
Genius at work. Masterpiece! Thanks
Another upper shelf with a label of Masterpieces
I can't find words to define each musician and each part of this masterpiece!
I absolutely LOVE GG...the GREATEST band ever !! I personally don't believe in the genre thing !! there's two kinds of music ...GOOD and bad !! No better example of so called..progressive rock, Yes...Genesis..ELP...but this band...has everything you would EVER want or need, it's ALL there !! Writing espescially, then sound, and arrangements of such complexity that sometimes i think Bach and the classic dudes would Love a front row seat to Gentle Giant....Rock on Three Friends, Keep it going...Thank You Gary..
Charlie Quinn Pink Floyd, King Crimson and then...yes, why not Gentle Giant. The rest is muzak
@@ulfingvar1 You forget a lot of bands VDGG Soft Machine 1- Robert Wyatt Shawn Phillips, Caravan Renaissance ect...
@@MrDanielphenixOh no, just forgot to mention them..Love them all..list can go on..
Simply Genius!
Their musicianship was second to none, true genius. One of the most under appreciated and underrated bands in the history of music!
Totally insane levels of musicianship! So playful and joyful. Thanks for sharing.
Geniali, veramente! Musica eccelsa, onirica l'assolo di xilofono mi ha spiazzato🤗
I just realized MF Doom sampled this song in "Strange Ways", i'm so happy when stuffs like this happenes to me lol
underrated ! music beyond this reality! the more i listen to this song, the more i like it!
The mooore i look at it the moore i like it
As far removed from "music" manufactured for TV audiences as possible. This beautiful track is simply delicious. Thank you so much guys.
Their music should be on the Voyager 2 Golden Record
Beautiful music 🎶..if someone sends you this..that person is a legend ❤️ 🙌 💖
Omg! I had never seen the performance of this song before!
Javiera Beatriz Alina Martìnez Daza X2
Kerry is the greatest in EVERY friggin thing he does
Their sound guy sure had his hands full. What a band. Unequaled imho.
Ray shulman R.I.P