Gentle Giant - The Advent Of Panurge Live

[xxGuanoxx]

What song are they playing in the beginning? Or is it just this once live they've played it?

[morvelification]

@xxGuanoxx sounds like the end of octopus features, which is like a live suite they did

[JoeSzilagy]

Very Good?!!!! How about astounding!! I've played with some really good musicians playing the most complicated stuff by the most complex prog rock and fusion bands, but when we played Gentle Giant, (especially stuff like 'A Cry For Everyone'), man, we had to be on our toes every second, and even then we could just barely pull it off!

[stripedblood]

Loved em in the 70s and still do..original and contemporary and excellent musicians..reunion due?

[kohisiyo]

Wonderfull !!

かなりのﾃｸﾆｼｬﾝ揃いときいてましたが,成程です。

プログレですね。ｼﾞｪｽﾛﾀﾙやｼﾞｪﾈｼｽやｷﾝｸﾘの要素­も全て包括してます。

Upされたかたに感謝します。

[GLEN22362]

And boom goes the dynamite. Best version of TAOP ever

[joemomma110]

6:00-6:35 goes Ham



[peoniesfleur]

Their music is beautiful. Pure.

[BRealBTru]

A very good band & **very** under-rated. This song is excellent & the live performance is executed at a very high level. Looking back, it seems to me Gentle Giant's most challenging problem was they were stuck behind two even more accomplished bands, Yes and Jethro Tull. Being Gentle Giant in the 1970s was like being a very good baseball team in the American League East now - you're always looking up at the Yankees and Red Sox.

[phantomxr]

This is Musicanship at the highest level ,the meter and rhythym catches you off guard a fuckin brilliant surprise,to my ears the Greatest Band in the UNIVERSE!!! Ive been a fan since early 70s .Check out KITES by Simon Dupree and the big sounds and hear DEREK SHULMAN (the lead singer GG ) sing the greatest pop song of the 60s!!

[morvelification]

rays smile at 4:05 nawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww­w

[jdani58]

@morvelification Yeah, he smiles 'cause they just got a choir masterpiece

[morvelification]

kinda sad to think these guys only opened for the big acts rather than being the main attraction.. this is so tight and.. just amazing, no other words for it really

[Ghoopty]

John Weathers is one of the most animated drummers in rock. FUCKING GENTLE GIANT RULES!!!!!

[rickydall]

great !!!

[skidoofus]

knots <3

[muzaklover78]

Love this song! Especially that bass line. My favorite is the lick you can so easily miss at 3:08-3:10.

[atoddfan]

saw them twice!!! F ing amazing!! Miss them :(

[teddingtontcu]

This is arguably the best purely prog piece they did. It is arguably the best prog piece of all time. What are the features of prog............think, then if want disagree. I dont think you will!

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Wow, this is better than the original! Incredible tight band that have some amazing musicians.

[holdersteven]

Bang! They're tight

[gred0sadir0bulla]

First song that i listen from Gentle Giant....they're amazing!!!!

(sorry for my english :P)

[mcclane12000]

What a bloody ripper the main riff is! Lovin 6.10 - 6.36.

[rondolce]

I saw them in '74, at the Kinetic Playground , in Chicago. They absolutely killed and about 200 people were there.

[heikalo]

Very complex, but also, they really rock! Great drum and bass.

[finkelroth50]

Wow! Great video. I love the bass-drums-recorder jam. You don't get the "invented" musical genre's much in todays music. This shit was ORIGINAL and way ahead of it's time. I saw GG once open for the Pink Floyd Animal's show at Anaheim Stadium hear in So. Cal. back in the 1970's. All five played a glockenspiel-bells jam leading into a group drum solo in perfect synchronization! I listened in the center of the field and it was broadcast in QUAD sound. Amazing memory. Chow-

[AshDrums7]

wow

[xTjPx]

what a fantastic band!

[Meibukan]

The only band that was able to incorporate elements of classical style into rock music in a meaningful way.

Lead singer is doing a BAD Ian Anderson impression, however.

[Hyardacil]

@Meibukan Are you serious? I LOVE his body language.

[Stinger1879]

@Meibukan Umm The first few ELO albums? ever listen to Early ELO?

[Stinger1879]

@Meibukan Or Emerson LAke and Palmer?!

[Stinger1879]

@Meibukan Rick Wakeman, Yes so many others dude widen the variety

[2202533]

Alguem sabe se acho em DVD esse show

[mamamiabeara]

The complex beats and changes are wonderful. Great music.

[holdersteven]

One of my all time favorite bands Its hard to top their talent,

[FlyingJunk]

I think Octopus is their best LP.

[Frejus87]

@FlyingJunk I totally agree

[scabbarae]

Damn...they can ROCK the fuck out. I must say, though, the vocalist is downright repulsive to watch onstage. (we can forgive him in light of his skill)

[PeeceSells]

@scabbarae wtf? his voice was fine, sounded great with the band...although if you really dont like it listen to songs with Kerry Minnear singing (i.e. I lost My Head[part of it])

[scabbarae]

@PeeceSells I said he was repulsive to WATCH, as in, he's ugly onstage but it's okay because he sounds great.

[PeeceSells]

@scabbarae ah sorry i misunderstood

[valentynesuite]

eccezionali...sempre!

[Combos01]

Could someone please tell me what song is playing here during the first minute of this vid? Its not on the original song

[CaptainSpork1337]

@Combos01 That part is from the song 'Knots' also off the album 'Octopus'.

[HelliLalttunen]

@Combos01 In concerts they used to play a thing called "Excerpts from Octopus", and end it with The Advent of Panurge. So what you hear at the start of this video is part of music from the album Octopus.

[MrTanookiMario]

I just discovered these guys. All I can say is it's unlike anything I've heard before. I'm pretty sure it's amazing but I'm not sure yet, lol.

[gogitosbanditos]

they have some kind of disco bass drive in the flute part. XD

i really, really adore 'em.

one of the best bands ever. too bad have never seen them live.

[bgas98]

@gogitosbanditos Saw them live many times, from 1974 thru 1980...amazing!

[naurito]

@bgas98 i definitely envy you. I was born in 1991, lol.

[bgas98]

@naurito the first time live was in Wollman Rink, in Central Park. Took many black & white shots.

[moby406]

Thanks for posting this. I had hoped that there would be a few Gentle Giant vids up. so happy to watch them again!

[Topographer]

Today we have Simon Cowell and his fabulous talents.

At least as far as record companies are concerned.

[guitarran]

The Advent Of Panurge and think of me with kindness are my favorite GG tunes. First heard these guy's in 1977, WOW. Bands today should take a note from GG, you can groove and still be progressive.

[tsopuaifa]

Breathtaking!

[brastoki]

Best prog rock ever!!!

[sunspunk]

Saw them and no words can describe it!

[HazChemld50]

I was at school when I heard this track coming through an open window. Octopus had just been released. From that moment, I was hooked. I got all the albums. I saw them live in Bristol in the 1970's. I knew every word and every note to all their songs. A truly awesomely talented band. It is such a shame they never made it as big in the UK as they should have done back then. Nice to see there are so many fans out there still.

[erlendskar]

One of the most underrated band

[piafounet]

@erlendskar all progressive fans would disagree

[miketheorganist]

Never saw this band, heard so much about them, had Free Hand and Octopus. Thank God for Youtube.

[Mauday]

one of the greatest bands of all time, and (even from a mouth of a heterosexual man!) weathers is one hell of a sexy stud ;)

[then00best]

Shulman's P bass growlsss

[syr1811]

Yeah!

Love his playing.

Wish he would have joined Three Friends!

[godbluffvdgg]

@then00best I hear ya. mean ass sound with a super phat bottom.

[tightpants2]

@then00best its those flats on it i think.

[tightpants2]

@tightpants2 upon consulting a higher power ive concluded its either overdrive or distortion

[PCFDD]

Is there any footage of GG in concert in their early years?

[fuzzysheep01]

i envy you.

[timrob62]

I first got to hear GG when my brother brought home "3 Friends" after seeing them open for Black Sabbath. I was 10 at the time. I then got to see them in 1976 when they opened for Yes. By then I knew ever note by heart. I was truly a fanatic by then.