@@nsgobbi Yeah obviously not underated for those who know them i meant the world wide general public and underated in terms of record sales, radio airplay. concert attendance notoriety.etc especially compared to other very popular progressive bands such as yes.genesis.elp..king crimson.jethro tull etc. and many more bands in different genres.
@@1359401 Fully agree, underated under the conditions you mentioned, but consider that one of the most popular phrases by the Shulmanns was: “we intended to expand the boundaries of the popular music, even risking to be very impopular” ….. fair true !!
@@nsgobbi Yeah even though they made that manifesto/statement on acquiring the taste it doesnt really matter their musicianship and composistions are the stuff of such legendary genius they definetly should have been appreciated and recognized more.Case in point even when they changed their direction and sound and did go mainstream for missing piece. giant for a day and civilian they still were barely noticed. Thanks to internet as of late they are starting to get noticed,discovered and respected a lot more.
Saw it 24 seconds in, when the same hand appeared in the front row and the back row, right behind each other~~~ Had to laugh out loud, ~~~ were they were about to start sprouting leaves???
The proof that pop/rock can be more than fashion, posing, hype and marketing. These guys could play their instruments and compose substantial pieces that stand the test of time. And, for anyone fortunate enough to see them, they enjoyed it and it was fun too! (PS. during the verses of Just The Same, the bass and drums are playing in 6/4 while the piano, voice, and guitar are playing in 7/4).
OMG, saw them seven times, possibly the best live band, period. You had to know their songs to really appreciate them. Yet, I introduced them to novices who were blown away. RIP, Ray Shulman, the maestro of the band, full of maestros.
Gentle Giant is currently experiencing a second life! A musical reincarnation more than 40 years after the band's initial recognition. Thank you, Steven Wilson, for continuing to breathe new life into these fabulous old recording gems for the internet. You are truly waking a sleeping Gentle Giant.
There are a select amount of small groups of truly original musicians, and Gentle Giant is one of those groups. They changed my life, and like many, many others, elevated the taste and understanding of music. We all enjoy music, but this group actually taught us about classical, jazz, fusion, and progressive music through rock and roll. Their recent resurfacing is a true inspiration.
What can I say about this elixir? Zappa was right about this group. They hit the scene and suddenly they were gone. Good to see an emergence of this great music. Only saw them once in concert. My loss. They seemed to disappear.
Sin dudas vanguardistas en una fusión de distintos tipos de ritmos básicamente la clásica. En el mismo pedestal de Génesis (con Peter Gabriel) Emerson,Lake and Palmer, Focus y Premiata Forneria Marconi. Me crié con sus músicas y hoy, para cumplir en unos dias 67 años los sigo escuchando. Música para los oídos,corazón y mente. Saludos desde La Paz, Canelones, Uruguay
This group seemed to escape many during the time. It wasn't for any lack of talent. I'm happy that they are probably more popular today than back in the beginning. The cream will always rise, even though it takes 50 years.
The radio stations didn't want to play GG because they were afraid people would change the channel. It wasn't easy listening. It wasn't good for background music. You had to actually listen to appreciate its Grandeur.
This is amazing. The level of composition and musicianship is unrivalled. This is an example why mankind is not complete trash. Thank you so much, this music sustains me.
Steven Wilson made an excellent remix of that iconic song from Gentle Giant, I love the fact that he started by focussing the whole mix by letting the natural bass drum sound and that equally perfect bass tone breathing more naturally together, making that listening experience from that virtuoso's band, playing that perfect song score even more thrilling; The animation collage by Noah Shulman is interesting and fun to watch...!!
Acá en México tambien hace aire !!!! acá tambien es de culto Gentle Giant !!! , uno de los pilares del Rock Progresivo Ingles , grandiosos todos sus albums !!
I'm diggin' the video! Listening to the most prog-rock band of the 70s prog bands, and watching a very terry Gilliam style animation... It doesn't get better than that! I praise yer effort. Very beautiful! I fukkin luv it!
Loved them from the first moment I heard them early/mid 70's....saw them live in Chicago & even more impressed with their multiple instrument ability!!!
This was the first record of theirs that I owned - back in 1975. The was a genius/prodigy piano player at our boarding school, and this album scared him. 👺
A bunch of nerdy guys, no show off egocentric front man stealing the limelight, not your average up-all-night debauched rockers. Just utterly fantastic musicians each hugely talented in his own right, unselfishly interplaying with each other. Will we ever see their like again? Come on Kerry - shake off that writer's block. We love your stuff man.
Well, Noah Shulman, blessed creator of multimedia excellence, your outstanding video is just “eat up”, as we say, with Americana. It warms my heart. Thank you.
Многие утверждают, что Gentle Giant лучшая команда за всю историю prog rock. Очень даже хорошо, и это меня лично радует. Но это не совсем так, и даже совсем не так, ибо Gentle Giant просто не с кем сравнить, они оригинальны, гениальны, штучное явление в мировой музыке. Однако есть ещё с два-три десятка протуберанцев такого же масштаба, со своим лицом, ни на кого не похожих, таких же революционеров. И в этом прелесть. Все эти имена, кому надо и тем, кто любит Музыку, известны. И никакой искусственный интеллект в ближайшие пару тысяч лет не преодолеет уровень Олимпа, где среди равных музыкальных гениев обосновались Gentle Giant. Привет из термоядерной России/доброго Советского Союза😅 термоядерной
Superb! Steven Wilson gaves clarity to the mix. It seems it was recorded today! The music, of course, is amazing. Gentle Giant is one of the best ever! Congrats to Noah Shulman for the very nice clip!
I was lucky to be able to see Gentle Giant 1975 the band that was on the same bill...Strawbs what a great show it was...one of my all time favorites. Neither band was a "household name" but OMG excellent prog by any standard. Gentle Giant and Strawbs together WOW! BTW tickets were $5.00 in advance $6.00 at the door.
A really awesome song. I became aware of it thanks to Jordan Rudess' cover on his album "The Road Home". If you listen closely at 2:22, you can hear a bit of the main theme of "Battlestar Galactica". Considering "Just the Same" predates BSG by 3 years, I wonder whether or not Stu Phillips actually knew the song at that time.
Excellent video, for a brilliant song. The remix is fantastic too. Minnear's parts sound better than ever, as does Ray. Now I really want to hear what Mr Wilson can do with Acquiring the Taste. Please make it happen GG.🙏
Truly unique approach to composition, very innovative, crazy time signatures, unusual beats and rhythms, that carved out a special niche in the progrock explosion in the 70s. I was an instant fan the moment I heard The Advent of Panurge on the Octopus album. Yeah, Steven Wilson is a gifted engineer and did an incredible remix of the whole Free Hand album.
My first gentle giant album was aquiring the taste. My first impression was king crimson, and yes had a baby, and then somehow, Genesis(Peter Gabriel era), and elp got mixed in there, too, although Greg lake was in KK , and elp, and that was my first impression of GG, they sounded like all those other early 70s English prog bands, but they had these parts! Little bits and pieces that made them like none of the others! That's why GG is probably my favorite early 70s eng prog rock band! Oh, yeah...I was about 14 or15 when I heard my first GG song, ever. There was a radio station in az called kstm that played deep trax from classic rock mostly between mid ,60s to mid,late 70s. That station was the shit! I mean, they played frank Zappa! That's how awesome that station was! Anyway, the first ever gentle giant song I ever heard was Wreck. I turned that shit all the way up, and fukkin waited for the end of the song, so I could hear the dj, tell me what the fuck I was listening to. That's when I fell in love with the mighty giant! And actually, to this day, I still think the main riff in wreck is very early Jethro Tull-ish! Anyway, gawdz bless the gentle giant s! Wherever they are! How bout a comeback album?... just for shitsandgiggles! No, seriously!
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the greatest most criminally underated band ever
GG is never underated by those who know them.
All the rest, simply does not matter their opinion.
@@nsgobbi Yeah obviously not underated for those who know them i meant the world wide general public and underated in terms of record sales, radio airplay. concert attendance notoriety.etc especially compared to other very popular progressive bands such as yes.genesis.elp..king crimson.jethro tull etc. and many more bands in different genres.
@@1359401 Fully agree, underated under the conditions you mentioned, but consider that one of the most popular phrases by the Shulmanns was: “we intended to expand the boundaries of the popular music, even risking to be very impopular” ….. fair true !!
@@nsgobbi Yeah even though they made that manifesto/statement on acquiring the taste it doesnt really matter their musicianship and composistions are the stuff of such legendary genius they definetly should have been appreciated and recognized more.Case in point even when they changed their direction and sound and did go mainstream for missing piece. giant for a day and civilian they still were barely noticed. Thanks to internet as of late they are starting to get noticed,discovered and respected a lot more.
@@1359401 Absolute true. Record companies also to blame in a certain extent. Interview album is a mild critic and exposed the issue IMHO.
Gentle Giant is the most hidden of hidden gems of the 70s prog scene.
More like GG is the greatest most criminally underated/ undiscovered band ever
@@1359401 you have a point there
More people heard GG than PFM or Aphrodite's Child, though.
@@RobFieldFlorida one thing cool about PFM, they are celebrities and national treasure in Italy.
Van der Graff Generator too was underrated
40 years of listening to this and it still blows my mind
Gentle Giant meets Terry Gillian via Noah Shulman!
Gilliam
Saw it 24 seconds in, when the same hand appeared in the front row and the back row, right behind each other~~~
Had to laugh out loud, ~~~ were they were about to start sprouting leaves???
LOL yeah
So great Conrad Poos was available for this one.
One of the best bass performances of all time.
Ray, what a player.
The man was a musical genius!
R.I.P. Ray, a huge loss.
He also wrote most of the music!
@@DavidRavenMoonalong with Kerry Minnear
Noah Shulman, such a talent!
ah thanks! I tried emailing you a few times. Please get in touch!
@@NoahShulman Great job Noah.
Yea these vids are a trip!
The GIANT never sleeps , GIANT FOREVER YOUNG
The proof that pop/rock can be more than fashion, posing, hype and marketing.
These guys could play their instruments and compose substantial pieces that stand the test of time. And, for anyone fortunate enough to see them, they enjoyed it and it was fun too! (PS. during the verses of Just The Same, the bass and drums are playing in 6/4 while the piano, voice, and guitar are playing in 7/4).
Oh....... That's the lock! Now I'm getting it.
this has nothing to do with pop rock.
The sound of genius!😊
OMG, saw them seven times, possibly the best live band, period. You had to know their songs to really appreciate them. Yet, I introduced them to novices who were blown away. RIP, Ray Shulman, the maestro of the band, full of maestros.
Fantastic news! I hope "In A Glass House" will get the Steven Wilson upgrade as well in the near future...
Unfortunately i highly doubt it they cant find the master tapes
The multi-tracks are missing for those.
@@zacharynathanson2003 Yeah sorry my bad i meant to say multi-tracks
Zachary how can that be possible??
I love glass house
Gentle Giant is currently experiencing a second life! A musical reincarnation more than 40 years after the band's initial recognition.
Thank you, Steven Wilson, for continuing to breathe new life into these fabulous old recording gems for the internet. You are truly waking a sleeping Gentle Giant.
There are a select amount of small groups of truly original musicians, and Gentle Giant is one of those groups. They changed my life, and like many, many others, elevated the taste and understanding of music. We all enjoy music, but this group actually taught us about classical, jazz, fusion, and progressive music through rock and roll. Their recent resurfacing is a true inspiration.
Just the Same, one of the greatest intros ever! The finger snapping, the piano, the guitar, Derek’s voice, all unique and inter played so well.
Don't forget the sax also
Great remix - it's not often I say that.
Amazing musicians. They deserve much more recognition and praise.
Iw was lucky enough to catch them on the Glass House tour. They had a quad sound system. Amazing show!
I usually don't like the Steven Wilson mixes, but the heavier bass and drums here works.
Great video. Just right. The ultimate British prog band IMO.
Even on my crappy phone speakers I can tell Steven has once again found the heart of the music.
The Steven Wilson remix of FREE HAND is available now: fanlink.to/GentleGiantFreeHand
👍🏻
The greatest band band ever take my money-thank you
Where, please?
no pre-order on Amazon Italy
Thanks for being the best band of all time. I hope you can find the master tapes of In a Glass House so Mr.Wilson can give it the same treatment!
Is it possible to make a masterpiece still better ?
A: Yes, it is.
Sounds Great
I have tears of happiness streaming down my face. This is so perfect
What can I say about this elixir? Zappa was right about this group. They hit the scene and suddenly they were gone. Good to see an emergence of this great music. Only saw them once in concert. My loss. They seemed to disappear.
What did Zappa say about them?
@@mr.bloodvessel260 ruclips.net/video/6gvtLa0R7kQ/видео.html
@@tixximmi1 😉
@@mr.bloodvessel260 Right from the horses mouth.
@@mr.bloodvessel260 Called them a bunch of names, I heard. Threw sand in their faces, smelled their shoes, stuff like that.
Sin dudas vanguardistas en una fusión de distintos tipos de ritmos básicamente la clásica. En el mismo pedestal de Génesis (con Peter Gabriel) Emerson,Lake and Palmer, Focus y Premiata Forneria Marconi. Me crié con sus músicas y hoy, para cumplir en unos dias 67 años los sigo escuchando. Música para los oídos,corazón y mente. Saludos desde La Paz, Canelones, Uruguay
This group seemed to escape many during the time. It wasn't for any lack of talent. I'm happy that they are probably more popular today than back in the beginning. The cream will always rise, even though it takes 50 years.
The radio stations didn't want to play GG because they were afraid people would change the channel. It wasn't easy listening. It wasn't good for background music. You had to actually listen to appreciate its Grandeur.
@@williamrice1955 Yeah they just didn't get the air play.
Love the imagery of this vid , most underrated prog band ever it fits today decades later, M.T. wha? .
Ray on that bass… beautiful tone.
That's my 'Jam!'👍✌️
Yeah! That's the sound! Finally the handkerchief is removed from the master! Well done!
This is amazing. The level of composition and musicianship is unrivalled. This is an example why mankind is not complete trash. Thank you so much, this music sustains me.
All you need is Gentle Giant!
I found Giant when I was in high school and I’m still listening to them fifty years later.
THANK YOU, RAY!!
its like a thin sonic blanket was taken off the whole album ,Brilliant!
This music fills my cranium to the gills.
I'm a drummer and play along with this often, it's so much fun to play along with the GGs and all these wonderful musicians! From CA, USA.
easily the most important band in prog.
Ever hear of a power trio called Rush, or another little known garage band called Genesis? Music is always in the ear of the beholder.
@@gr.vo.3058 heard of them both, but imho gg are something a bit more. Love both Rush and Genesis
@@BillsGymSock That makes perfect sense to me . I'm just getting into GG. I like what I heard today. "Octopus".
The best most misunderstood progressive Rock band in the history of Rock!
Or as Zappa would say, The best band you never heard.
Great song and music...thanks guys!
This music is brilliant, like all GG's songs btw. And the animation is excellent too! Noah Shulman certainly watched Monty Python!
Gentle Giant: to know and to love!
My favorite group of all times... mention also to italian groups like Banco and PFM...
GG is the the greatest band ever but absolutely love pfm and banco both of those bands are right at the top of my all time favorites as well
Almost every gentle giant composition is like a journey on train to many different foreign lands!
Great Video! G.G. is one of the three most important bands to come out of the U.K., LOVE IT.
Steven Wilson made an excellent remix of that iconic song from Gentle Giant, I love the fact that he started by focussing the whole mix by letting the natural bass drum sound and that equally perfect bass tone breathing more naturally together, making that listening experience from that virtuoso's band, playing that perfect song score even more thrilling; The animation collage by Noah Shulman is interesting and fun to watch...!!
My always favorite band...
Acá en México tambien hace aire !!!! acá tambien es de culto Gentle Giant !!! , uno de los pilares del Rock Progresivo Ingles , grandiosos todos sus albums !!
The Steve Wilson remixes really improved the sound. And great never before seen videos too.
I'm diggin' the video! Listening to the most prog-rock band of the 70s prog bands, and watching a very terry Gilliam style animation... It doesn't get better than that! I praise yer effort. Very beautiful! I fukkin luv it!
Loved them from the first moment I heard them early/mid 70's....saw them live in Chicago & even more impressed with their multiple instrument ability!!!
Beautifully done production starring Ray's hand as the lead hand.
This was the first record of theirs that I owned - back in 1975. The was a genius/prodigy piano player at our boarding school, and this album scared him.
👺
A bunch of nerdy guys, no show off egocentric front man stealing the limelight, not your average up-all-night debauched rockers. Just utterly fantastic musicians each hugely talented in his own right, unselfishly interplaying with each other. Will we ever see their like again? Come on Kerry - shake off that writer's block. We love your stuff man.
From another planet. A much better planet.
That bass! Damn!
Excelente
Been listening to this for twenty years, and I still can't figure out the lock. Another comment on here helped me with this.
Since 1972 they have been my favorite band! Amazing what all they did!
Spetacular. Great Gentle Giant.
Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
Well, Noah Shulman, blessed creator of multimedia excellence, your outstanding video is just “eat up”, as we say, with Americana. It warms my heart. Thank you.
Многие утверждают, что Gentle Giant лучшая команда за всю историю prog rock. Очень даже хорошо, и это меня лично радует. Но это не совсем так, и даже совсем не так, ибо Gentle Giant просто не с кем сравнить, они оригинальны, гениальны, штучное явление в мировой музыке. Однако есть ещё с два-три десятка протуберанцев такого же масштаба, со своим лицом, ни на кого не похожих, таких же революционеров. И в этом прелесть. Все эти имена, кому надо и тем, кто любит Музыку, известны. И никакой искусственный интеллект в ближайшие пару тысяч лет не преодолеет уровень Олимпа, где среди равных музыкальных гениев обосновались Gentle Giant. Привет из термоядерной России/доброго Советского Союза😅 термоядерной
Great Imagination Noah, fantastic
I thank God I had a friend turn me on to this amazing band back in the 80's!!!
Rather good
YESSSSSS
No...Gentle Giant! (Sorry, I had to do it!)
Superb! Steven Wilson gaves clarity to the mix. It seems it was recorded today! The music, of course, is amazing. Gentle Giant is one of the best ever! Congrats to Noah Shulman for the very nice clip!
I was lucky to be able to see Gentle Giant 1975 the band that was on the same bill...Strawbs what a great show it was...one of my all time favorites. Neither band was a "household name" but OMG excellent prog by any standard. Gentle Giant and Strawbs together WOW! BTW tickets were $5.00 in advance $6.00 at the door.
Oh this makes me happy.
Great video for an already great song.
Soo Pythonesque. Love it!
totally agree !
Awesome!
Awesome!!! GG is one of the best prog-rock bands ever. Terrific musicians.
TOTALLY LOVE IT.....THANKS STEVEN.
Best video I have seen in ages! Great song too!
Fabulous music and video, thanks, good time for you
I am here ... now ! Gentle Giant !!! Fabulous video ... please one more ... one more ! :)
This is clearer than crystal.
What a fantastic video you’ve made….that took imagination and brains 💥🤝👏
Todos los discos de Gentle Giant son unos DISCAZOS!…ni a cual irle!
Excellent.❤
The most Gentle Giant thing I've ever seen! Thank you, Noah!
My favourite band :)
1967 Smoky Times thank you my Lord!!!! 🙌🏼
A really awesome song.
I became aware of it thanks to Jordan Rudess' cover on his album "The Road Home".
If you listen closely at 2:22, you can hear a bit of the main theme of "Battlestar Galactica".
Considering "Just the Same" predates BSG by 3 years, I wonder whether or not Stu Phillips actually knew the song at that time.
Excellent video, for a brilliant song. The remix is fantastic too. Minnear's parts sound better than ever, as does Ray. Now I really want to hear what Mr Wilson can do with Acquiring the Taste. Please make it happen GG.🙏
Problem is, they don't have complete multi-track tapes from ATT, their debut, or In a Glass House, which is why they haven't done them yet.
Three Piece Suite contains all the remixes that could be done for the first 3 albums.
Or so I read.
Truly unique approach to composition, very innovative, crazy time signatures, unusual beats and rhythms, that carved out a special niche in the progrock explosion in the 70s. I was an instant fan the moment I heard The Advent of Panurge on the Octopus album. Yeah, Steven Wilson is a gifted engineer and did an incredible remix of the whole Free Hand album.
Senior callin' thank you for that.
fav band
LOVE the wonderful musical jigsaws that are from the Gentle giant catalog...and i love this video! :) , Pete
Masterpiece of progresive rock🎹🎸😊🌌🌟🌈
The greatest album ever by any band and the most legendary genius greatest criminally underated band ever-GG rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@1359401 Completely agree. GG's instrumental and compositional talent makes her one of the most extraordinary in history.
Truly outstanding mix on this. It sounds like it was recorded yesterday.
My first gentle giant album was aquiring the taste. My first impression was king crimson, and yes had a baby, and then somehow, Genesis(Peter Gabriel era), and elp got mixed in there, too, although Greg lake was in KK , and elp, and that was my first impression of GG, they sounded like all those other early 70s English prog bands, but they had these parts! Little bits and pieces that made them like none of the others! That's why GG is probably my favorite early 70s eng prog rock band! Oh, yeah...I was about 14 or15 when I heard my first GG song, ever. There was a radio station in az called kstm that played deep trax from classic rock mostly between mid ,60s to mid,late 70s. That station was the shit! I mean, they played frank Zappa! That's how awesome that station was! Anyway, the first ever gentle giant song I ever heard was Wreck. I turned that shit all the way up, and fukkin waited for the end of the song, so I could hear the dj, tell me what the fuck I was listening to. That's when I fell in love with the mighty giant! And actually, to this day, I still think the main riff in wreck is very early Jethro Tull-ish! Anyway, gawdz bless the gentle giant s! Wherever they are! How bout a comeback album?... just for shitsandgiggles! No, seriously!
Bloody great.
Great song
Che band! Che talenti! Qui siamo di fronte a dei mostri sacri di virtuosismo, di inventiva!
Video Good..Band absolutely stunning.
What's a fashionable song great this.
Awesomeness.
Unbelievable video! Thank you for augmenting the memory!!