Master Builder - Gong

[SuperCartiel]

Master Builder,

Tell me how to make a temple.

Tools and moon stones?

You don't really need them, you know.

Master Builder,

tell me what the temples made of?

Deep inside you,

You can make an invisible temple

from your own imagination if you will.

[Indymirage]

Every time I hear the studio version, I'm just knocked out....incredible musicians and isn't it about time some one mentions the incredible work of Simon Heyworth??? wow....

[tojicoz]

awesome

[SeaOfMadness08]

Holy fucking shit, this song is the fucking bomb!

[ostvolk73]

listen to the GONG TV on facebook

[1012egg]

GoNg!

We have covered this song in Australia back in the mid 90's, playing to kids in their teens. The reaction of the crowd was quite interesting. Mind you I am talking to kids into Nirvana, Pearl Jam etc.. They weren't sure to clap or boo, but they listened! The music itself definately made an impression! (Then again we were crazy too: who on earth would have balls out there playing Gong covers to hyped up teens? Any of you given it a try ????)

[aramanu101]

@1012egg

Yes! I Covered Flying Teapot with my friends once at a gig and decided to play the song 1st.. after we finshed the song, we had nothing but still faces and silence for 2-3 seconds.. then a satnding ovation. One of the best nights of my life!

[1012egg]

All of my respect to Pierre Moerlen RIP the wizard of Gong drums!!!

[Codroy17]

Does anyone know who wrote the lyrics for Gong? Was it Daevid Allen?

[SuperCartiel]

@Codroy17 Allen was one of the principal lyricists for Gong. Other times the words were done by Steve Hillage, Gilli Smyth, Francis Moze, and various others.

[skata666nai]

mew!

[thomasbristow]

@xordae oh yeah the damn cd track segues into the next and that's where it cuts out. Better to record a few seconds of the next rack and fade out.

[thomasbristow]

@thomasbristow no i changed my mind it's good as is

[Krypt1812]

It reminds me Hawkwind - Magnu 

[jcmorellana]

Puta madre que buena canción!!!!!!!!!!!!

[marcfedak]

THanks OzzProg for posting this. It appears that Gong and Hawkwind were on a similar frequency in the mid 70s -- both had a spacey drone to a lot of their songs and also a sinister, proto-punk drive. This song reminds me of "Hassan Sabah" (I can't remember the exact title).

[SuperCartiel]

@marcfedak It's 'Hassan I Sahbah' from 'Quark, Strangeness and Charm'.

[marcfedak]

@SuperCartiel , Thanks, you're right, that's the song I was thinking of. Great song it is.

[SuperCartiel]

@marcfedak You're welcome.

[Big77Jim]

Gong and Caravan where the two easiest to listen to of the Canterbury scene which was for the most part a Jazz fusion movement and you can hear it here along with the psychedelic stuff.Killer chops and very spacy.It kind of makes you want to load a bong or smoke a joint which I cant do right now due to being unemployed and would hate to fail a drug screen.What facist pigs.

[lynus111]

@Big77Jim Stick a bit of Wyatts Rock Bottom on than and get weirded out instead :D

[twerpantine]

@Big77Jim take lsd it isnt screened for in urine tests

[pankoz999]

uses the birds like a musical instrument. NOW THAT'S PROGRESSIVE MUSIC!! Nicefully done!

[Dirkchucklebutty]

C'est  Cosmique !! (English translation: Gong are the Dog's Bo**ocks)

[Kyrindattara]

WOW

[freudastaire]

Free your tea and your mind will follow!!!!

[darioluzi]

usa il palindromo

[eaulon]

@earthless.  Sounds great to me luv [no wot u mean]

[reedeema]

kinda reminds me of the prodigy ... 

[MrScumwhisperer]

yeah- in the same way that Beethoven reminds me of herb alpert and the tijuana brass

[DerrickthePinecone]

@reedeema ...or you mean Prodigy reminds you of these guys, considering Gong was out WAY before Prodigy!

[reedeema]

@DerrickthePinecone you you can put it that way ;)

[bluefukingreene]

this is so far ahead of its time is unreal.they re like 80 now and still playing.gong is great.

[earthless1990]

music of paradise

[earthless1990]

I'm not fan of sax but here it sounds crazy

[scouserfourteen]

In terms of everyone wants in music (real music fans I mean!) this has pretty much everything.... invention, amazing musicianship, mystique, passion, goosebumps, je ne sais quoi, the wow factor, unpredictability.... it has it all, and we have to thank Gong for this work of genius.

[CresswellTim]

hey now thats a party track get out the mushrooms and the bong baby

[Spoutnik1957]

BEST MUSIC EVER!!!!

[MEPG75]

QUE PINK FLOYD NI QUE LA MADRES, ESTA BANDA ES SUPERIOR 

[grapeman56]

this is my first time hearing gong. YES!!

[Mikemaniax]

@grapeman56 No. Not Yes. GONG!

[Mikemaniax]

@grapeman56 Although I love Yes too, so that's probably a terrible response.

[stelisklados]

@grapeman56 Same here.

[w7class]

@grapeman56 Check out "Springling Of Clouds" IMMEDIATELY!

[aew782]

holy sht

[oursaphone]

First time i heard this one i was drunk and half asleep laying next to the speakers and i just asked Manon : What's playing? It's You... she answered... WOW!

[Huija]

supreme wisdom with humour. Bring back those days!!!

[dannyofthededd]

lovely..i loves this ere...like

[carmencruisback]

THIS is Gong"s music !!!! their last LPs "2032" is so bad I should cry.....

[KeithHarbaugh]

when i cant score Gong, i get the withdrawals.

[johnnybadshirts]

deep inside you

you can build an invisible temple

of your own imagination

if you will

[skinnynorris85]

this is insane.. lovin' it!!

[Johnnie88]

IAO ZA-I ZA-O

MA-I MA-O

TA-I TA-O NOW

[tanpiltanpil]

My brother pissed on Bloomdido's foot in 1974 in the toilets at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.................

[KarmicJuggernaut]

@tanpiltanpil thats amazing!!! hahaha bloomdido bad de grasse!

[jgpification]

These guys seem to know about MUSIC. Very talented I must say. I like it man, I like it alot.Thanks for the post

[AcousticTreat]

FUCKING YES YES YES!

[drwugong]

Glorious Om Riff - amazing song, perhaps the pinnacle of Gong. Brilliant.

[uncleambient]

Better than good.

Love Gong !! :)

[dharmaseed]

YOU ARE I AND I AM YOU

[sebsdadez]

@dharmaseed you am i or are i you?

[dharmaseed]

@sebsdadez That, too! :)

[MistrX44444]

Gong

Thank you

[Tengent]

I've never understood Gong. Ever. I adore all Canterbury Scene but Gong. I just don't get it. And I really do want to like Gong, lol. I like the new album but none of the first few albums.

[vonpiro]

My fav song from this incredible band

[tobarrr]

Pierre has an incredible drum style. He has to be one of the most underrated, if not unrecognized drummers of the 20th century.

[KarmicAnarchist]

@tobarrr One of the deadest too,

[cheezruff]

@tobarrr Pierre Moerlin was my drum hero for years. Fusion Prog Jazz Master!!

[AcousticTreat]

@cheezruff TOO RIGHT!

[DoctorSess]

master builder...interesting title.

[AcidDroog]

gong are real masters of jazz/space rock.

[patrixm]

This is a must-have album. Thanks for posting it.

[BlakZappath]

VIVA EL PROG ROCK!!!

[uncleambient]

Saw Gong play this live last week in Leamington Spa UK...just awesome!!

[eamonosu]

steve hillage style comes out

[lynus111]

@eamonosu The Glorious Om riff :D

[pilluification]

helvetti erittäin hyvä!!!!!!!!

[ruskinruss]

Hi spillage your here too..And yes moelen is the best man...Such intricate foot work...I Used to try and model meself on Pierres drum work...Guess what..I gave up..lol..Mind you, Joe Blocker is great on Green...

[viciouslyincompetent]

GONG PLAYING THE LONDON FORUM IN NOVEMBER...

I am so there

[Stef1v]

omg big mistake...the drummer in this song is Pierre Moerlen

[Stef1v]

awesome drumming by Pip Pyle (R.I.P.)

[Sokratisgk]

Too bad too few comments have been written about this song and generally on all Gong songs. Those guys are unbelievable. More people should know them...

This song is one the most incredible sounds I ve ever heard in my life.

[countdumas]

listen to Melting Euphoria on the youtube. They are similar to Ozric Tentacles and Hawkwind. I also want to recommend to you Michael Tsarion on the youtube. He is a conspiracy researcher/author/lecturer of best quality. Dr. Bill Deagle, Jordan Maxwell, Alan Watt, Leo Zagami, Alexandre Dumas pere are also of high quality.

[ikon187]

Dis is da sickes shit iv eva herd!! Dis shit is gettin sampled;D

[OzzProg]

What 2 seconds? I ripped this off the CD, and this is how it is...

I also own the vinyl, and there's nothing special in the last 2 seconds? OR IS THERE!?

[KarmicAnarchist]

Funny you should say that, but on Floating Anarchy, and on Angels Egg, the groove loops back on itself, and plays the last two seconds of each side, over and over, in a gently irritating monotony, that gently pulls you back out from what ever drug raddled catatonic trance you've managed to slip into.

Only a small thing, but a thoughtful touch, & much gentler than the needle skidding off the vinyl, and raping it's way across the label like a dose of mindshits. That's really not nice at all.

[jimzy61]

@OzzProg you cut off the second L when he says will. thats the 2 seconds

[EvenThisNameTaken]

@OzzProg

Yeah - there's nothing missing as far as I can hear. That's how it is on the vinyl and the CD.

[hermokeskus]

@OzzProg Well... basically there is the beginning of next song, but it is matter of taste if they should have been included on this clip or not.

[DaDa2Phlux]

@OzzProg OMG you did WHAT ???!!!! The last two seconds contain an embedded cue to ......

[Jyotirveda2]

Master Builder, tell me how you make a temple?

Tools and moon stones,

you don't really need them, you know...

Master Builder, tell me what the temple's made of?

Deep inside you,

you can build an invisible temple in your own imagination

if you will

[GandalfDaBlack]

man, wish i were hearing it live! fantastic drumming too eh lads?

[Spillage66]

That's a 21 year o ld Pierre Moerlen drumming! Amazing eh! Hehehe! Single bass pedal also!

[GandalfDaBlack]

what?? holy smokes, did not know that.  now i'm even more in awe. I reckon him and "Magma"'s Christian Vander are the best I've ever heard.

[expoonation]

Badaboo.. Everytime I hear this I go WOOO

Amazing, Always, Adoration.

[KarmicJuggernaut]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[loathar21]

I just got turned on to this band recently. (Thanks to Sirius, The Vault)

These guy JAM!

[StreetMagic101]

greatness

[poo4breakfast]

Master Builder gives me a boner everytime I hear it!

[KarmicAnarchist]

@poo4breakfast I know a Bricklayer who would get on well with you then.

[poo4breakfast]

@KarmicAnarchist fuck you hippy.