Gentle Giant- Cogs in Cogs (First Listen)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 9 май 2021
- Hey there, welcome to my channel! I hope you enjoy my clean content as I listen to music and bands I'm unfamiliar with, or digging deeper into. Stick around with me and maybe we can all discover some new music together. Let me know YOUR thoughts on the song and leave me your suggestions as well.
If you enjoy the daily videos and would like to help me support and grow the channel:
Patreon: / justjpofficial
Paypal: paypal.me/justjp2019?locale.x...
Twitter: / heyitsjustjp
Email: jpmpofficial2018@gmail.com
P.O. Box 678616
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32867
Song Link: • Gentle Giant - Cogs in... 
Видеоклипы
There’s more “prog” packed into these 3-odd minutes than most bands could produce in an entire album. And the genius of it all is that they make it sound so effortless. And this isn’t even the album’s true masterpiece. That would be “No God’s a Man.”
IMO the main difference between GG and most other prog bands is that GG actually rocked while too many were simply too intellectual.
@@lanhet I think they did both! Their musicianship is amazing. Very difficult made to sound easy. (oh, and was that a swipe at a particular band?)
@@rk41gator Yes indeed they did both, their music was extremely well written, highly complex and flawlessly performed, but at the same time they were great rockers and highly entertaining. Whereas I intellectually appreciated many prog bands, I thoroughly enjoyed GG. And no, I was not thinking of any band in particular... ;-)
GG IS the definition of prog.
@@tixximmi1 💯 and they definitely rocked the hardest of all the early prog acts, and came up with some of the catchiest riffs. I’ll never understand why they got booed opening Sabbath concerts. They were very influential on future metal bands.
It’s amazing how there’s still a groove, regardless of the complexity
Courtesy of John Weathers.
Weathers definitely helped provide Gentle Giant with power and groove.
@@blackcatcentralmusic The Power and the Groovy 😜
Agreed Tim!
Guess they were too 'difficult' for mass popularity but you are so right. With the crazy harmonies and quirky rhythms they GROOVE. Just amazing and why I like them so much.
"In A Glass House" and "Free Hand" are fantastic!
Yeah Justin gotta listen to those. Add Three Friends and Acquiring the Taste
I really like the live version (Playing the Fool album) of "The Runaway".
At some point, you should get into their live performances. Playing the Fool is the official live double album.
A great live album although the sound could have been better in my opinion but it's still great after all these years! (especially for the "Excerpts from Octopus" and "The Runaway / Experience" which I find better than the studio versions).
In a Glass House is my favorite of theirs, just brilliant 👌👌
Few songs have the raw ENERGY as COGS IN COGS. That bass by Ray Shulman is wild.
I find their music intriguing. I only discovered it a couple of years ago and need to study it in more detail. It's so layered and complex and dense that deserves dedicated time for study.
This band gives you a lot to chew on, if you want to. Sadly, too much for most people to bother sinking their teeth into.
Three Friends and In a Glass House are amazing!
Very few people mention Three Friends, but I consider it to be their absolute masterpiece, both musically and lyrically. Definitely not as entertaining as some of their other albums, but really artistically powerful and satisfying.
@@lanhet I agree that Three Friends is their best and most cohesive album
Basically the first 8 Gentle Giant albums are all very good!
And yes, I definitely smirk when you try keeping up with the time signatures. 😁
I agree with Gentle Giant's first 8 studio albums (plus Playing the Fool - The Official Live).
The Missing Piece contains a handful of good tracks (and crappy ones too) but nothing special, Giant for a Day! is the worst of all their LPs for me, and finally I have a soft spot for Civilian which is basically a rock album but a great one !
Haha ty Wilss!
Free Hand is another great album.
This was a good song to put in the middle of a mixtape of soft rock ballads.
Acquiring the taste is a Damn good album also
Pantagruel's Nativity
Wreck
Black cat
The House, the Street, the Room
The age of Twilight are phenomenal tracks
Some of this reminds me of sections of A Passion Play....
🚬😎
Parts of the album In a Glass House always made me think of A Passion Play but I never thought of it with "Cogs in Cogs" but now that you mention it there is indeed a certain similarity in the construction of some sections and the way that it sounds! (even if A Passion Play is more labyrinthine, which makes sense because it is spread over an entire album while this track only lasts three minutes!)
I never laugh at you, but I do laugh with you. Most Gentle Giant is a first listen for me too, so I empathize.
Empathy is appreciated :D Though I'd definitely laugh at myself too!
Gentle Giant is a band that was so consistent that it’s hard to even differentiate their albums as far as quality. The debut was a little tentative, and the last two a little unimaginative compared to their classic stuff, but every album from Acquiring the Taste to The Missing Piece is a stone cold classic and within that run it’s just a matter of personal preference.
I dunno man, Civilian is pretty kick ass.
@@seangearhart2494 I like Civilian quite a bit, it's just not quite on the level they were on from 71 to 77.
The Missing Piece was the first GG album I bought. It put me off buying any more for a decade! I now love all up to (but not including) TMP.
@@lemming9984 I think The Missing Piece was the beginning of their attempts to be more commercial, being pushed by the record company to do so. The first side of TMP is all 3 minutes songs (some shorter) so that radio would play them. In 76-77, FM radio began its transition to the current format - no more 20 minutes prog-rock pieces played whole. BUT, you should listen again to the 2nd side, especially As Old As You're Young and Memories of Old Days, which could have been featured on Octopus or Free Hand. I aslways thought the production was off - no bass and too much treble - but Steven Wilson will probably fix that.
You have to react to his last voyage by them!
Yes! It's a great song. Beautiful and sad at the same time. Graceful.
Some of the prettiest vocals ever sung.
Love it. Gentle Giant were masters with counterpoint and vocal harmonies. Later on side two there is an underrated song, "The Face" with similar attributes.
Wonderful. I consider the trio of albums, Glass House, The Power and The Glory and Free Hand to be the apex of Gentle Giant's discography so it's fantastic that you are doing the whole album. Cogs in Cogs is certainly one of those GG songs that really will benefit from multiple listenings.
I love this video. That's the kind of reactions I like from you, Justin. Cogs in Cogs is one of their top songs. For me Gentle Giant has 3 periods. The first is the more medieval-folk prog (with Gentle Giant, Acquiring the Taste, Octopus and Three Friends), the second is the most power rock period with In a Glass House, The Power and The Glory, Free Hand and Interview). the last period is the more “commercial” one (The Missing Piece, Giant for a Day and Civilian). My favorite period is the second, the most powerful one. All these 4 albums are superb, with a preference on my side for Free Hand. But every GG album is great in a way or another, even Giant for a Day is superb in it's simple way.
Man, this was the first Gentle Giant song I ever heard and trust me it blew me away like it did you. It gets you caught up in it's rhythms and swirling organs and harpsichord lines with the frantic and wild vocals.
I love the way the mid section break with the singing in rounds is almost hypnotic. Amazing stuff.
Yes Kerry was a great keyboard player. Derek fired the original keyboard player when they were still part of Simon Dupree. That player was then known as Reginald Dwight. You know him as Elton John.
Would love to see a react to His last voyage, from Free Hand. Its among their most beautiful songs.
Free Hand is probably my favourite album, though all up to (but not including) Missing Piece are good.
@@lemming9984 I think the best albums by Gentle Giant are the five albums between the first and interview, and I do also like those two albums as well. The missing piece has also some Jems on it. Free hand was the album that introduced me to them and therefor it has an extra special place in my heart, but I have commonly found Octopus to be my favorite, but I tend to change opinion on that according to the album that I am listening to, or the one that I have in recent memory. Gentle Giant has my favorite discography of any band.
Yes I chuckled as well What a vibrant enthusiastic band of musicians Truly seem to be enjoying themselves
of all the GG albums this one is my favorite !!!!!!!!!!!
That's excellent Justin. If you like this album, then you'll love Free Hand which they take to another level again. It's the album that follows this one, and its outstanding. There's a Steven Wilson remix of Free Hand heading our way in June. Looking forward to that.
One night in 1973 after a 3 hour live show of G.G.I look at my friend and I only asked him a question with 3 words:"what just happened?"The album "three friends " is the easiest accessible and more relaxing and mellow in terms of musical structure ".It is magical.Thank you kindly Justin.
Great song, my favourite on the album. GG managed to create a pure prog song in just three minutes, with shifts, melodic hooks, contrapuntual vocals and all. And yes, Three Friends rocks (not a fan of In A glass House, but it's one of people's favourites).
PS: please check your jpmp mail.
In a Glass House is a masterpiece, but let down by pretty awful production. It baffles me how bad it sounds compared to all their other albums. :/
I have to respectfully disagree. The instruments are well recorded and the sound is balanced (ie it was engineered well), but the production is cold, remote and strangely muffled throughout the record; the sound on Octopus is raw, but is also warm and up front. And yes I believe I remember seeing the interview, it's such a shame.
@@pentagrammaton6793 I owned an original vinyl: the production was superior to all previous GG albums. First cd version was godawful, sounded like the copy of a copy of an lp transfer. Try the Alucard version, made under Derek Shulman's supervision. It's pretty good - amazing drum sound, and acoustic instruments are actually very warm sounding to my ears.
@@benoitdesmarais2948 thanks, I'll check it out. :)
@@benoitdesmarais2948 I just heard the Alucard remaster, and I was amazed by the improvement. Thank you, this album lives again! God bless modern studio tech when used properly. :D
This is great :-) Guess I'm a fan without having known before.
I remember hearing this track for the first time, and I laughed out loud at how bonkers it was. Genius. :)
So good, I love them so much. This is a great album as are many of theirs including (but not only) Three Friends, Octopus and Glass House. It's fantastic that you're doing these, it makes me happy!
It's a real and continuing pleasure to be discovering a band I should already know, in your company. It also reminded me that Gong ought to be somewhere in your list of things to do...
One of my favorite songs on this "The Power and The Glory" album...Love it!
Seeing them live on RUclips is a real treat
This song keeps my _gears_ going, Justin!
Amazing song! Hope you'll explore much more Gentle Giant to come!
Lol! Definitely :D
I had to play part of it back to make sure I heard a multi-part Old English Round in there - awesome, I never heard anything quite like this!
My favorite GG song!!! Thank you!!!
Superb track... superb album.
Love this song, and most of the songs off this album. Great reaction!!
Their approach to vocal and instrumental arrangement owes a lot to renaissance polyphony with parts looping and intertwining like illuminated manuscripts or celtic knots. Yet they also switch it up to doing it with a hard rock energy and modern jazz harmonies.
WRT to other albums. I think Free Hand is the one where they achieve the greatest balance between complexity and accessibility.
Great track and album. I bought the blu-ray surround version of remixed by Steven Wilson...so good.
Thanks JP. Another insightful review of GG. Imagine what it would be like trying to figure out to play this song as a cover band. I have seen a few try with some success but most bands simply would not even attempt it. The fact that GG could play this and others in their catalogue accurately live speaks volumes about their musical abilities. I liked your interpretation of the lyrics. All in all we're just another cog in the wheel ;-)
It's nuts, and has been one of my favorite Gentle Giant songs since it came out. Wow.
Nice! No God's a Man I the perfect beautiful change up mood from Cogs. Great album but one of my favorites GG tunes. Another exquisite Gentle side of the Giant.
Derek Shulman's favorite Gentle Giant album.
Gentle Giant and Cardiacs are the most important bands you've reviewed. Heaven sent.
Was affraid the weirdness would throw you off... Fantastic song from a fantastic album 👌
I always think; "Aww, look, he's trying!" When you're trying to play along...:)...
Lol! :D
Yes!! Ray's bass line is wicked here
Quite possibly the finest accomplishment they ever made. I love basically their whole output up until the late 70's, but this one is just pure perfection. The groove and the melodies are out of this world and it's so well arranged and put together it's damn near insane.
hell of a song
Having to catch up with the music always puts a smile on my face. On first listen I found a lot of there songs exited me due to the well thought out complexity. Power and the glory is my favourite album of GG. With prog I want songs that challenge my own music ability. Sound chaser by yes is a good example.
Oh wow I needed to laugh today, thank you for that :) This is the highlight of the album (alongside No Gods a Man) imo. I just love how despite the song`s complexity it still remains an awesome groove, I dance to this quite regulary.
I was thinking when I`m done with The Power And The Glory that i`d venture into Free Hand and In A Glass House. I would love if you`d come along with me, but if you already have other plans let me know and I might reconcider mine.
I can`t wait to hear your take on No God`s a Man. What really elevates that song for me is the fact that the melody itself seems to suffer from cognitive dissonance. (That psychological theory that states that if you participate in activitives that you know are bad for you, you tend to exaggerate the positive aspects while at the same time downplay the negative consequences, in order to not feel so guilty for doing it) This aspect further intensifies after the guitar solo, especially in the vocals. That contradiction gets me every single time. I`ll leave the lyrics to you, you`d do a much better job with them than I ever could :)
Thank you.
Dope track.
: D You know me JP, I Love it !!! Lol
Yes it's Elec. Harpsichord !!
Gentle Giant ....... "4/4" Nah !! : D
GG, The Masters of Musical Mathematics !!
Yes, Three Friends & Free Hand!!
If you love this album Justin, you may well enjoy their next release Free Hand as it's stylistically a pretty good match. :)
Sometimes I can't keep up with the time signatures, even when I know the track!
Lol!
Your music mirrors your mind
Resembles Oingo Boingo!
Just stumbled on your channel. Hope you're still around. I love to see people's first reactions to GG. Saw them twice in the early 1970s and had never heard anything like it.
Thanks so much Marc! I've covered a few albums from GG now, and I love them :D
What a great album I got to see them preform this album in an intimate setting at a recording studio for a live radio broadcast for WLIR on Long Island back in the day. Amazing
I am GREEN with envy!!
Afternoon, Justin. Dave from a blustery London. Wild is The Wind. As I only have two GG albums in my collection (The Missing Piece and a Live one), I'm exploring like you. I warm more to their quieter songs like Funny Ways. Others I am admiring more than liking. No, I am not laughing at you trying to keep up with the time signatures; I'm not even trying! I think the the instrumental make-up and tempo of this song is a little like The Spider by Kansas.
The craziest thing is the used to opening with this song at their live shows
G. Giant ALWAYS kill it! The reason I think they didn't achieve Genesis' level of popularity (in the States, anyway), is what a workout it is listening to them. They may also have been somewhat musically intimidating given the instrumentation and arrangements, but they were sort of a more sophisticated, more complex Jethro Tull, a harder rocking Genesis, and the high range of Shulman's vocal probably puts some people off. Oh, well.
About two and a half years ago- possibly three by now or even four!- I got into Field Music . Far from being GG copyists, someone mentioned their names in the same article so I bought Playing the Fool from a second hand store and, this is the point....
......started watching a computer animated upload of this LP on yt.
Is it still available or was it a Dream?
Great song. Every now and again they introduce Yes -like orchestral touches to proceedings to remind us how playful and inflammatory the rest of the combinations are. I'm treading slowly through their discography along with JustJP, but always revisit BBC in Concert to remind myself how wrong I was to dismiss them as Madrigal Pioneers in tights with Cellos and Wind Instruments back in 1978.
Diolch JP. Missed Jaco yesterday. What did I miss - ? - maybe we'll never know. Weather Report's A Remark You Made got thru to me in 1985, the live version. So , it just goes to show that some facets of every musical style will eventually appeal to us if we give it a chance. I may even like The Necromancer on Thursday... Ooops! T. M . I.
As notoriously complex as their music up to The Missing Piece, I always found their music lighthearted and whimsical.
It takes great skill to make this stuff sound so effortless.
No. Time signatures be damned with GG. Go with the flow and just enjoy the music. So complicated yet presented straightforward. Pure genius. Pure Progressive rock.
The wreck track from Acquiring the taste is fantastic!
As the famous German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht said in his poem "Die Ballade vom Wasserrad" ("The Ballad of the Water Wheel"):
"Freilich dreht das Rad sich immer weiter
Dass, was oben ist, nicht oben bleibt.
Aber für das Wasser unten heißt das leider
Nur: daß es das Rad halt ewig treibt".
Translation:
"Certainly the wheel always spins on
So that what is up does not stay up.
But for the water below this sadly means
Only, that it is driving the wheel forever".
The king who came into power through revolution now has to be wary of another revolution coming up. The wheel, or the cogs in cogs, turn(s) on.
We especially like their second album "Acquiring the Taste". It is all over the place, including a shanty.
Oh, man, my favourite song ever made by this band. Look for a concert video version because they really blow your mind.
Nice ; Giantle Gent
'Cogs in cogs' for sure, and GG were the master craftsmen, the Swiss watchmakers of music; intricate parts, quality, elegance, technical skill, standing the test of time and gaining more value with every year. You picked up on the political and social message of the lyrics straight away. It's an image of a king on the album cover, but the whole album is linked with tracks about the rise and eventual fall of leaders of all kinds, monarchs, politicians, dictators or CEO's, the shifting circle of power struggles that has been going on for centuries continues, and the songs will always be as relevant in whatever era we are living in. Here's a word you can throw in to describe many of GG's compositions... 'Contrapuntal', basically the use of counterpoint, independent and sometimes contrasting melodies that interweave to form the whole. I've been a MASSIVE fan of the band since they first toured the UK, it warms my heart to know that RUclips is spreading the word for new generations just discovering their talent. I was frustrated as hell that they were SO overlooked in the UK, and I only managed to convert a couple of friends into buying their albums (only after I had dragged them to one of their gigs and they were totally mesmerised by GG's stage performance) whenever I put one of their LPs on most friends were completely baffled, if not actually irritated, by their music. And yes, devoted fans can be smug watching a newbie trying to nod along before a track takes a wild shift out of left field. LOL The shifting time signatures, eclectic mix of instruments, the rock, the jazz, the funk, the baroque is a heady mix to absorb, it demands your full attention which sadly so many folks haven't given to their music, hopefully the tide is gradually changing.
If there is any laughter I would suspect it is WITH, not at your struggle. Short and Sweet.
Cogs in Cogs is the best sing they made!
No laughing here, just knowing recognition after years of enjoying GG.
I love Gentle Giant. My favorite album from the band is Acquiring The Taste. Give him a chance!
Saw them in concert 3 times. This album came out during the Nixon era, I used to think this was an album about Nixon and how the government was a mess before he was impeached.
This was a first listen for me too but I'm familiar with earlier GG. Amazing musicianship, as expected.
Has anyone suggested Dixie Dregs? The album What If (1979) is a good starter. You'll hear the influences of Yes, ELP, Genesis, Tull, even Gentle Giant. The Dregs musicianship is over the top. Every tune is a really fun ride.
Edit: Snap! Knew I shoulda checked first. You did a Dregs reaction last year. My bad but good on you!
Dixie dregs-the second greatest band ever with Gentle giant at #1
This one is such a gas.
Check out the live version of this on German TV. Opens the show.
Me, again! You have to listening Klaatu - Hope. I think your mind is blow!!
I just got the remastered Steve Wilson and I never had it before, so it's in heavy rotation for me. Love it. However, Octopus will always be my favorite. Also, I hope you do Playing the Fool so you can hear how amazing they were live. And I do have a soft spot for The Missing Piece. A lot of fans dog it, but I think it's a great album, IMO.
Awwyeah 😁💥
This was their best album.
"a whirling dervish of a tune"
"mysterious synthy sound" = Mellotron.
Even a music-minded,mellow midget,like myself. Must make notes on meter!And getting in the groove,you cant hide your reactions and we all have them-no judgement just accept that you will look funny and roll with it!!! And pull out that dulcimer! Peace.
And yes, we do laugh a bit at your expense!!!
😂
Gentle Giant is brought in as a substitute teacher to teach a class in prog rock. A promising young student tentatively raises his hand, "Geddy" calls the Giant, "Ugh.........is this gonna be on the test?"
I'm hot and cold on GG, but I kind of liked this one. It's strange but interesting.
Cogs in Cogs Time Signature Breakdown:
(0:00-0:19) 15/8 repeated 4 times
(0:20-0:22) 17/16 only once
(0:22-0:27) 9/8 twice
(0:27-0:36) 7/8 repeated 4 times
(0:36-0:43) 3/2 repeated 8 times
(0:43-0:48) 4/4 repeated 4 times
(0:48-0:49) 3/4 once
(0:49-0:56) 4/4 repeated 6 times
(0:57-0:58) 5/4 once
(0:58-1:05) 3/2 repeated 8 times
(1:06-1:10) 4/4 repeated 4 times
(1:10-1:11) 3/4 once
(1:11-1:14) 4/4 twice
(1:14-1:15) 5/4 once
(1:15-1:21) 9/8 twice
(1:21-1:23) 7/8 once
(1:23-1:41) 15/8 repeated 4 times
(1:41-2:21) 6/4 repeated 22 times
(2:22-2:26) 4/4 repeated 4 times
(2:27) 3/4 once
(2:28-2:30) 4/4 twice
(2:30-2:31) 5/4 once
(2:32-2:35) 4/4 repeated 3 times
(2:35-2:36) 3/4 once
(2:36-2:40) 4/4 repeated 3 times
(2:40-2:57) 15/8 repeated 4 times
(2:58-3:06) 6/4 repeated 4 times
(3:06) end
(is a quote)
Hey Justin My Man!! Looks like I'm late to the party again!! YOU WERE SPOT ON AGAIN MY FRIEND!! So we're the comments!! They are so much fun to listen to right?? So to relate to this music and PROG- how about some more P.F.M.- PHOTO OF GHOSTS OR CELEBRATION & MORE STRAWBS PLEASE- ROUND & ROUND AND HERO AND HEROINE!! BEFORE I GO MY FRIEND; DONTVFORGET MY AWARD WINNING BLUES ARTIST- MIKE LEDBETTER!! (MY NEPHEW)! SONG #1- A B.B.KING CLASSIC- 3 OCLOCK BLUES BY THE NICK MOSS BAND, SONG #2- DANIELLE NICOLE & MIKE LEDBETTER - NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME, SONG#3- I WANTVTHE WORLD TO KNOW BY THE NICK MOSS BAND(LIVE FROM THE BING LOUNGE), AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST- A TRIBUTE TO MIKE ENTITLED- DANIELLE NICOLE- ID RATHER BE BLIND IN LOVING MEMORY OF MIKE LEDBETTER!! THESE ATE ALL AMAZING LIVE PERFORMANCES SO WHEN YOU START DOING VIDEOS PLEASE PUT THESE AMAZING PERFORMANCES ON YOUR LIST!!! IT WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED!! OKAY MY FRIEND- UNTILL WE MEET AGAIN- YOUR #1 AZ FAN MICHAEL😽😸😊😊 P.S.- LOVE THAT YES FRAGILE SHIRT YOU GOT!!! AWESOME!! HAVE A GREAT NIGHT JP!!
Empty promise broken the path has
Not been paved any way.
Cogs in cogs the machine
Is being left where it lay.
Anger and the rising murmur breaks
The old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.
All words saying nothing
The air is sour with discontent.
No returns have been tasted
Or are they ever sent.
Slowly burning is the fire, rising murmur breaks
The old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.
Cogs in cogs wheel turning around,
The circle tuns around,
The changing voices calling
Circle turns around,
The changing voices.
Slow burning is the fire rising murmur breaks
The old circle, the wheel slowly turns around.
Cogs in cogs in wheels
In circles slowly turn around.
Can we even make it more complex was the question asked when composing this song I think.
The answer is probably yes.
It sounds great.
I can hear the Yes and Genesis influences in this song.
??? I hear the common lineage with Tull because of Medieval/Renaissance references and the intricacies of Passion Play (released in 73, with GG opening for them - imagine that double bill!). I'd say GG has a Zappa influence (and Zappa loved them), and come to think of it, you could maybe do a mix of Cogs with Yes' Sound Chaser, but Relayer came out after Power &G. As for Genesis, for GG to be influenced by them, it would have to be from Trespass up to Selling England, and i can't think of a single song on these that sound anything like the brilliant and manic madness of Cogs in Cogs.
Can anyone imagine Elton John in the middle of this? I heard somewhere that he auditioned for Giant and King Crimson.
The two bands to my ear that were least like any others were GG and KC.
About Three Friends & In a Glass House: The Power and the Glory is somewhat fragmented for my taste, TF and IaGH are musically more cohesive. TF was the bellweather (?) to Octopus and IaGH is the natural progression after Octopus. Both are great albums. And Free Hand is also very good.
I actually think TPATG (musically) is very cohesive for a concept album. If you did`t speak a word of English, but you were told the name of the album and that it`s about a ruler who starts of good but gradually turns just as bad is his predecessors, you`d have no problem following that storyline till that ending with Valedictory, when you realise just how appaling it all went.
@@progqueen6219 Maybe, but musically cohesive.
Laughing? Just a bit JP, just a bit ;o) - In A Glass House, as good as Power & Glory - and Free Hand, just a little behind.
😅
Maybe some time signatures were in-cog-nito. I was wondering if you were going to use your new Gentle Giant book.
I had recorded this one before I got the book; next time though! :D
In another context and another band, the rather unsightly voice of Derek Shulman would be hard to bear, but miraculously it blends so perfectly into this musical ensemble that is Gentle Giant, that it works perfectly !!! great track and great album ! Hope you will do the title track which is not on the original album but used as a single A-side that same year.
I agree AK!