The Undercover Man Here at the glass - all the usual problems, all the habitual farce. You ask, in uncertain voice, what you should do, as if there were a choice but to carry on miming the song and hope that it all works out right. Tonight it all seems so strange - my spirit feels rigid, my body deranged; still that's only from one point of view and we can't have illusion between me and you, my constant friend, ever close at hand - you and the undercover man. I reflect: 'It's very strange to be going through this change with no idea of what it's all been about except in the context of time....' Oh, but I shirk it, I've half a mind not to work it all out. Is this madness just the recurring wave of total emotion, or a hide for the undercover man, or a litany - all the signs are there of fervent devotion - or the cracking of the dam? It's cracked; smashed and bursting over you, there was no reason to expect such disaster. Now, panicking, you burst for air, drowning, you know you care for nothing and no-one but yourself and would deny even this hand which stretches out towards you to help. But would I leave you in this moment of your trial? Is it my fault that I'm here to see you crying? These phantom figures all around you should have told you, you should have found out by now, if you hadn't gone and tried to do it all by yourself. Even now we are not lost: if you look out at the night you'll see the colours and the lights seem to say people are not far away, at least in distance, and it's only our own dumb resistance that's making us stay. When the madness comes let it flood on down and over me sweetly, let it drown the parts of me weak and blessed and damned, let it slake my life, let it take my soul and living completely, let it be who I am. There may not be time for us all to run in tandem together - the horizon calls with its parallel lines. It may not be right for you to have and hold in one way forever and yet you still have time, you still have time. www.sofasound.com/vdgcds/gblyrics.htm
@@alexnero4968 Nothing wrong with them - but possibly because the time I saw them was them performing Godbluff so this is what I listened to most after Still Life
Vu a colmar j'avais 18 ans magnifique album mais pour moi celui qui me touche le plus c'est pawn hearts tout est bien dans vdg une musique qui se bonnifie avec le temps comme un bon vin j'irai peut etre les voir avec mon fils a paris l'annee prochaine
❤mitici Van der graaf...lii ho conosciuti da ragazzino...e se dovessimo dare un premio cm miglior cantante prog è proprio a luiche bisognerebbe darlo!ho avuto la fortuna di vederlo in concerto a Mantova nel 2000...ci ho ho parlato...mi sn complimentato e ci siamo stretti la mano!indimenticabile serata...ciao.a tt i suoi fans..grandissimi VDGG MITICI..
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff Live 1975 - Charleroi, Palais Des Expos, 27.09.75 1 The Undercover Man 2 Arrow 3 Scorched Earth 4 Sleepwalkers Flute [Flutes], Saxophone [Saxes], Other [Devices] - David Jackson Organ, Bass Guitar - Hugh Banton Percussion - Guy Evans Vocals [Vox], Electric Piano, Guitar - Peter Hammill
На фоне кажущегося поначалу невразумительного, но всетаки шикарного вокала флейта звучит, вообще, изумительно и в созвучии мы ощущаем странную гармонию, не стандартную, но очень интересную тем, что это заставлчет слегка грустить и дает моральную силу и экспансию чего то мощного, внутреннего, то что делает мужчину мужественным и правдивым(!)... К толерартным это не относится!...!
Yes, I wish he had stayed stage front at the mic and concentrated on singing and being the frontman, and just let the band of fabulous musicians play behind him.
I want to know... do the cameramen hate Hugh? Why does he get so little screentime? even when he's playing bass on arrow, the only glimpse we see of him is obscured behind guy's set
Видеоклипы
00:00 The Undercover Man
08:35 Arrow
17:00 Scorched Earth
27:10 The Sleepwalkers
Этот диск слушаю уже 40лет и НЕ надоел и очень нравится... Это супер... Шедевр на века
The magic is there. We are priviliged to have a glimpse of VDDG at such a peak.
VDGG is the group that made me accept sax in rock music...so many years ago!
So, you wasn't Bill Haley fan.
↢↢↢Headlong into the chilling 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥..
As swift as any arrow↣↣↣
Incredible quality. One of my favourite albums by them.
van der graaf generator che bravi e la voce inconfondibile di peter hammill 🤩🤩
The Undercover Man
Here at the glass -
all the usual problems, all the habitual farce.
You ask, in uncertain voice,
what you should do,
as if there were a choice but to carry on
miming the song
and hope that it all works out right.
Tonight it all seems so strange -
my spirit feels rigid, my body deranged;
still that's only from one point of view
and we can't have illusion between me and you,
my constant friend, ever close at hand -
you and the undercover man.
I reflect:
'It's very strange to be going through this change
with no idea of what it's all been about
except in the context of time....'
Oh, but I shirk it, I've half a mind not to work it all out.
Is this madness just the recurring wave of total emotion,
or a hide for the undercover man,
or a litany - all the signs are there of fervent devotion -
or the cracking of the dam?
It's cracked; smashed and bursting over you,
there was no reason to expect such disaster.
Now, panicking, you burst for air,
drowning, you know you care
for nothing and no-one but yourself
and would deny even this hand
which stretches out towards you to help.
But would I leave you in this moment of your trial?
Is it my fault that I'm here to see you crying?
These phantom figures all around you should have told you,
you should have found out by now,
if you hadn't gone and tried to do it all by yourself.
Even now we are not lost:
if you look out at the night
you'll see the colours and the lights
seem to say people are not far away,
at least in distance,
and it's only our own dumb resistance
that's making us stay.
When the madness comes
let it flood on down and over me sweetly,
let it drown the parts of me weak and blessed and damned,
let it slake my life, let it take my soul and living completely,
let it be who I am.
There may not be time for us all to run in tandem together -
the horizon calls with its parallel lines.
It may not be right for you to have and hold in one way forever
and yet you still have time,
you still have time.
www.sofasound.com/vdgcds/gblyrics.htm
My favorite song of all time. The undercover man. Period.
I'm breathless !
Amazing performance in great image quality! It's wonderful
Great flute playing!
I ave see many many time vdgg...for mi this is the best period...great vdgg...from verona.🤟✌️🎸
Love this band
Saw them 2 weeks later at UEA - still remember it as a brilliant concert and this album is my favourite VDGG
I was at that gig!
Don't understand, why it is you favourite... What is with world record, still life or with hearts?
@@alexnero4968 Nothing wrong with them - but possibly because the time I saw them was them performing Godbluff so this is what I listened to most after Still Life
Enjoyed their show in London a month before. Was a highlight during a couple of weeks in the UK during the end of the summer of 75.
best prog band ever
Isto é muito bom .. muito bom. Minha banda preferida......
Killer.
Great footage! Good quality. Thanks for posting
Wonderfull
Ah the beautiful brilliance of vandergraaf generator ... unique and eloquent of the human spirit against an uncaring universe 🌛
Perfect comment. ^^^ This ^^^
Peter Hammil una voz predilecta aparte que es un grupo excelente. Disculpen si escribí mal el nombre del creador de este grupo genial
Still.Applies.......Still Life.....goes on
Uau....my favorite LP VDGG
Vu a colmar j'avais 18 ans magnifique album mais pour moi celui qui me touche le plus c'est pawn hearts tout est bien dans vdg une musique qui se bonnifie avec le temps comme un bon vin j'irai peut etre les voir avec mon fils a paris l'annee prochaine
Just ordered the DVD. Amazing.
VDGG, greatest band ever. in history, in multiverses histories..VDGG
❤mitici Van der graaf...lii ho conosciuti da ragazzino...e se dovessimo dare un premio cm miglior cantante prog è proprio a luiche bisognerebbe darlo!ho avuto la fortuna di vederlo in concerto a Mantova nel 2000...ci ho ho parlato...mi sn complimentato e ci siamo stretti la mano!indimenticabile serata...ciao.a tt i suoi fans..grandissimi VDGG MITICI..
Grazie Delandes...ciao a presto..forse!
Я вам завидую что вам так повезло встретить эту группу и пожать им руки.. Удачи Вам!...
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff Live 1975 - Charleroi, Palais Des Expos, 27.09.75
1 The Undercover Man
2 Arrow
3 Scorched Earth
4 Sleepwalkers Flute [Flutes], Saxophone [Saxes], Other [Devices] - David Jackson
Organ, Bass Guitar - Hugh Banton
Percussion - Guy Evans
Vocals [Vox], Electric Piano, Guitar - Peter Hammill
Gracias Dios por Van Der Graaf Generator 🙏
fuc love this band growing up
SO FANTASTIC !!!
Only "Still Life" with its "Hopeless Sea Monsters" is better.
As I already said before, VDGG is a MUST BE to evry record collection.
i always hear ancient sounds on their music, like ancient greece or roman spirits in there, specially on sleepwalkers and scorched earth
На фоне кажущегося поначалу невразумительного, но всетаки шикарного вокала флейта звучит, вообще, изумительно и в созвучии мы ощущаем странную гармонию, не стандартную, но очень интересную тем, что это заставлчет слегка грустить и дает моральную силу и экспансию чего то мощного, внутреннего, то что делает мужчину мужественным и правдивым(!)... К толерартным это не относится!...!
this band sld be remember as any1
PH is such a commanding frontman when he takes centre stage (as on 1st half of Sleepwalkers here)
Yes, I wish he had stayed stage front at the mic and concentrated on singing and being the frontman, and just let the band of fabulous musicians play behind him.
Credit to the film crew here, letting us see all four members playing their hearts out. How good is Guy?
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I want to know... do the cameramen hate Hugh? Why does he get so little screentime? even when he's playing bass on arrow, the only glimpse we see of him is obscured behind guy's set
why r u so gr8 son
geil
Very impressive! After all these decades it's official and available?
It is! This remaster comes from the 2021 box set "charisma years"
@@deslandes1298 Aha, it was part of a box set, I see, thanks.
genius.
I wonder why they swapped the order of Arrow and Scorched Earth
I wondered the same thing
Etat de grace
Good Band. Looks like pink floyd, in the wall
why was it giving to u
Долой Штолле!
sub esp please !...
OMG!!! Thanks a lot for sharing this PRECIOUS JEWERLY!!!
THANK YOU BROTHER!!!
QUALITY FOREVER!!
The undisputed masters of _chiaroscuro_