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  • THIS IS A FUCKING BAND!!!

  • My favorite thing about prog...Gentle Giant.

  • I LOVE HOBBIT MUSIC!

  • @792x33 AHAHAHAHA

  • When I started college in the mid-'80s, I discovered progressive rock, and it was still so much better and fresher than most of what was on the radio back then. I still love prog greatly.

  • Triple A: Amazing Awesome Axcellent

  • Mind-bogglingly Good.

  • the sublime beauty @ 5:59 of THE Voices, Mellotron and Hammond B-3 at full Holy Heavenlyness is probably my favorite GG section of all. And what amazing company it keeps!!!

  • F*CK Yeah !!! i Love so much this Feeling !!! Thx GG !!! at 3:29 of the song ...its just ANwSOME PROG riffs ! GREEEEAAAATTTT !!!! WOah ! shit i am enjoying too much !

  • sublime!

  • Great composers, and great musicians. I love them.

  • WELL PLACED EACH NOTE!

  • keyboard reminds me of mahavishnu orchestra

  • Ethereal.

  • Best prog. keyboard riff ever. Ever.

  • grazie, grazie, grazieeeeeeeeee

  • I just spun this on vinyl two days ago... Between the concept, the themes, the lyrics, the musical cues... I think this may be Giant's most potent album. The closer is phenomenal - Who can't relate to the nostalgia of a childhood trio of best friends who's lives take them in different paths?

  • My favorite thing about Prog... is the meter changes. I just love it.

  • @xeinosa Is it meter change, or just meter irrelevance?

  • i love that violin part!!!!!!!! aaaahhhhhh!!!!

  • Agreed, the best of Gentle Giant. What a way to end such a fantastic song, stunning.

  • To był po prostu jeden z najpiękniejszych wycinków w historii ludzkości. Na pewno jeden z piękniejszych w Muzyce. Po co o tym tyle gadać?

  • this song has so much class and quality.

  • ohhhhh man, this song is way too much... soooo good... Love how the intro is such a simplistic silly sounding version of the outro

  • THE most underrated band this is indeed the best prog band

  • A most underrated Band. Beautiful original music.

  • he guys, I'm searching for a band that is similar to the french space/prog rock band Pulsar, do you know any bands that play music close to theirs?

    I will be looking forward to you answers.

    Thank you!

  • @cosmicrider23 Magma

  • Ovviamente sono paragonabili agli zero assoluto

  • nothing touches RUSH

  • Anyone catch the grunt at 4:13 in the middle of the solo?

  • @gombagod i did thats scary

  • fantastici

    

  • Work of Art .....Like most of their stuff.

  • È mostruosa, un vero capolavoro.

  • In fact from the minute 6, it is another theme called "Three friends" and it gives name to the LP.

  • In fact from the minute 6, it is another theme called "Three friends" and it gives name to the LP.

    The three school friends grow up to become a road digger (Working All Day), an artist (Peel The Paint), and a white-collar worker (Mister Class and Quality) who can no longer understand each other's lifestyles. But regardless of the storyline, the music is astounding, ranging from raucous rock to exquisite choral work, and ending with the stunningly beautiful title song.

  • Why don't we ever hear such complex works of aural art like this nowadays??? Just goes to show that musicians are getting lazier and less creative :(

    These guys are epic - REAL musicians

  • @TwistedAnvil

    We do hear such complex works of art these days. Just look for them. There's so much great progressive rock around these days, along with other similar genres such as post-rock. Obviously you won't find it listening to the radio, but trust me, music is better now than it has ever been before.

  • I came across this by accident - and hence, the first Gentle Giant work I heard. What had I been missing all these years? This is truly sublime.

  • Gentle

  • I like to call myself a progsnob...and these boys have always been at the top of anything good list. Never missed with making perfect agile songs.

  • great song...some of the best usage of violin in rock music

  • @ganjapocalypse, Gentle Giant are my favourite band but if you like violin check out Caravan'- L'auberge du Sanglier, killer track for violin

  • Garoto gordinho cujo o nome nunca me lembro

  • wow, that sounds insane!!!!!

  • Gentle Giant´s music DO SUCEED!

  • Similar to early YES and this is fuckin´great!

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  • After over 30 years the part of this tune starting at 5:59 still gives me chills. God do I miss prog  : (

  • @MrBaconbit - Agreed, just ain't the same anymore. I've tried Porcupine Tree lately and they've got some nice sounds but nothing does it for me like '70's King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Yes, Happy the Man, and so on...

  • @benway813

    good prog still exists, take beardfish and the mars volta for instance, they are creating some epic prog at the moment

  • @Daltonn0810 Thanks for the suggestions - never heard of beardfish, I've listened to a bit of the mars volta and will try some more.

  • @benway813 try the song, "take the veil." or "tetragrammaton" by volta.

  • @MrBaconbit prog like this doesn't exactly exist anymore but it's still here. You should check out Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium .

  • @MrBaconbit Don't worry too much, friend. The fact that prog is not heard on radio does not mean it's dead...check out the Swedish band Anglagard and you will hear what it is inspired by, heheh

  • @MrBaconbit ...and I may be younger (born in the revolutionary year of 1968) but I also get the chills and whatever more by that very tune at that moment, ever since I discovered this LP at my uncle.

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  • @MrBaconbit the same for me, I had it played for my wedding day...

  • @MrBaconbit Then go check out: Spock's Beard, the Light and their next 5 albums.

  • @MrBaconbit don't know if you were in to bands like Gong, Caravan, Hatfield and the North etc. but there is a return of the 'Canterbury Sound': check out The Boot Lagoon, Syd Arthur and Diagonal- may be to your liking!!

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  • You can hear someone growl at 4:15 during the solo.

  • grandi canzoniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  • All music is pretentious.

  • they are almost as good as justin bieber! woah good job guys, please come to my city i will give you water and you will wash your faces because you are somewhat dirty lol or its just their hair

  • Dont forget our intellectual capacities and our inherently positive attitude.

    We know we lived through unique musical times.

  • @teddingtontcu Prog has a reputation of being pretentious, so cool it with the "intellectual capacities." Don't want to give haters any ammunition. ;)

  • Pour moi et mes amis des 40 dernières années, Gentle Giant nous a permis de passer au travers de l'adolescence et de dépasser les paradigmes quels qu'ils soient! Peace GG!

  • this is okay, but i really like justin bieber. he's soo much better than this band.

  • @benlorenc you must not be a musician. or you're joking

  • @skaterat121 of course he's joking, that comment was too grammatical for a justin bieber fan

  • @benlorenc dude, don't troll, don't be that guy, nobody likes that guy

  • where else but utube! great music

  • hope they go on another tour. the last one was brilliant, although the Shulmann brothers and Weathers were sorely missed.

  • Simply BRILLIANT! I HAVE THE ORIGINAL VYNIL! Seen the guys perform this live too! Wish they were still playing...

  • @MrRafiki Me too. I was two years old when they broke up.

  • Ho avuto la fortuna di vederli in concerto a Zurigo nel 1977 ed è stato qualcosa di memorabile...Mi hanno educato all'ascolto della musica di qualità!

    ASSOLUTAMENTE GENIALI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This music is so good. I was stuck at a party listening to 80's music the other day. Even worse was it was 80's Karaoke. No one can Karaoke to Gentle Giant as the music is so complex.

  • Dream concert - Kansas, Gentle Giant, Yes

  • @ciderale May I count the early Kayak in in this excellent row?

  • the beginning sounds like 1970s FELA...African soul music!!!!

  • @Chikagba

    Haha i'd never noticed that before it does sound a bit like Fela. But SOUL music?? Fela invented AFROBEAT!!!

  • GENTLE GIANT = MODERN OPERA ESPERANTAROCK!!! FANTASTI I love...

  • this music makes me feel good on off days, thank you gentle giant =).

  • riff at 1:06 is unreal

  • We Prog Rock fans are a unique and noble breed.

  • @borgduck Yes We are.There's no Doubt.

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  • @borgduck You're being sarcastic, right?

  • @borgduck not just a unique and noble breed, we obviusly have super human ears.

  • @borgduck

    a smug and faggy breed. eat a dick

  • @jordanroe0 And you're an expert on eating and sucking dicks.

  • @borgduck good one dude..

  • @borgduck Indeed we are.. :-) I posted last year that this was the first Gentle Giant work I heard and that I missed this truly wonderful wonderful music for so long. I've explored the GG back catalogue as a result of this accidental find.

  • @borgduck

    jesus...

  • @charlyblues Thanks! I know!

  • @borgduck geniuses

    

  • @numba1pinoy Indeed. We are! Someone below has given me the ultimate complement!

  • Fantastic Track.

  • ...can't succeed without them

  • This is the first time I ever heard Gentle Giant. It's pretty awesome!

    Gentle Giant fans: I urge you to check out this mid-70s prog band from Quebec (they don't sing, or very rarely): MANEIGE

    They're very similar, except MANEIGE uses about 20 instruments in their songs, and the members have to switch from one instrument to another (except the drummer, obviously). They're less on the rock side, more on the jazzy-prog-"elevator music"-ish type... hehehe, just check 'em out, you won't be sorry!!

  • I remember these guys really well. Gary Green was a really great guitar player.

  • @mrt0724 I love this band and I think Gary is a very underrated guitarist and multi-strumentalist. I love him alot.

  • Dont forget yezda urfa or happy the man!

  • Mahoton Cajinto Yes Def our favourite 

  • Mahoton!

  • saatanallis-perkeleellinen raskaan alan mestarinäyte ja vieläpä ilman kakofonisia rasitteita. Ei onnistu enää tällaisen tekeminen.

    

  • ETCETERA  was a canadian prog band you need to know

  • (last part of my "Short" list og my favorite bands at the moment)

    Cluster, Camel, Van Der Graaf Generator, Phideaux, Tangerine Dream, Harmonium, Can, Faust, Jethro Tull, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fields Of The Nephilim.

    Thats about it! :) Also I'm 21.(I know age thing is silly)

    Good music won't be forgotten!

  • @Anirml Quite a nice band list. But I miss The Nice for instance in any list in this thread. Or some less known bands from former Czechoslovakia like Collegium Musicum, Blue Effect (or M. Efekt), Fermata, Progress 2, Dezo Ursiny, Flamengo, Gattch etc.

  • @Anirml Can't Believe you missed out CARDIACS !

  • (List Continiued)

    Kraan, Lucifer's Friend, Jericho Jones, Blossom Toes, Triumvirat, Ennio Morricone, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Triumph, White Noise, T.2, Focus, Opeth, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Osanna, Naked City, Ozric Tentacles, Witchfinder General, Birth Control, Astra, Comus, The Decemberists, Gryphon, Sigur Rós, Agitation Free, Gorillaz, The Mars Volta, Rush, Neu, Ash Ra Tempel, Semiramis, Eloy, Herbie Hancock, Passport, Yezda Urfa, Robert Wyatt, Hatfield and the North, Caravan, Renaissance

  • A "Short" list og my favorite bands at the moment

    Soft Machine, Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Magma, King Crimson, Yes , P.F.M., Amon Düül II, Frost*, SBB, Fugazi, Beardfish, Transatlantic, Marillion, Mike Oldfield, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Art Bears, Henry Cow, UFO, Procul Harum, Jade Warrior, Pink Floyd, Gong, Supersister, McDonald and Giles, Museo Rosenbach, Igra Staklenih Perli, Bacamarte, Esperanto, Saturnus, Curved Air, Savage Rose, Alphataurus, Rare Bird, Eroc, Grobschnitt

  • @Anirml you've got great taste too.

  • genius!

  • Is this song an add-on of "Three Friends"?

  • Sadly, I've only HEARD of "Gentle Giant" during my schooldyas Back when...even took time to look at the LP sleeves & think 'interesting'...never EVER bought a "G.G." LP then....Paper route money can only afford so m uch, eh?.....but I *shall* rectify that with any & every CD that they now have.

    I *knew* they were/are as GREAT as I *THOUGHT* they'd be..THIS gem in particualr..

    Thanx fer it, m8..

  • Fantastic Track and the Final Part (organ) makes me literally tremble........Thanks GG

  • I Luv '70 Rock Prog

  • First time hearing Gentle Giant, sounds fantastic...can someone tell me what their best several albums are please.

  • @K3VIN552 you should propably start by Octopus

  • @marlom2312 Thanks alot, are their any other good progressive rock bands that are worthy of listening to, I've been checking out some of those bands that the user AttTheGates posted. Im big into progressive metal, but I've been wanting to hear more of its roots, so I decided to check out progressive rock more

  • @K3VIN552 It will depend on taste, but if you like Gentle Giant you should check Yes and King Crimson, which are amazing, check out the Albums Close to the Edge & In the Court of the Crimson King

  • @marlom2312 Thank you, Im a huge fan of King Crimson, basically all of their albums are great, and I'll check out Yes, thanks again

  • @marlom2312

    PFM's River of Life and Crimson's Larks Tongue and aspic.

  • They are disgustingly phenomenal. Artistically out there in brillanceland!!

  • Extremely original. Beyond anything I have ever heard in the commerical world. Awesome.

  • Fab nightmares!!

  • Great peter gabriel haha

  • La musique de mon temps merci pour votre folie Gentle Giant!

  • FANTAFANTASMAGORICI ... dai aiutatemi a mettere della roba su g e n t l e g i a n t . it, foto inedite, ecc.

  • idk if you can classify this as prog...this needs to be in a genre of its own...way to hardcore to be prog

  • Magical, wonderful! Pure class!

  • Esto es musica... buena musica!!! aguante Rock progresivo y sus derivadas!!!

  • three friends is the best album that GG has done u got to love the end

  • Wonderful.

    Love this band. Musicianship of the highest order.

  • Aaaaaaaah........PROG!

  • Absolutely Incredible...!!

    Long Live Gentle Giant..!!

  • Sorry they are already dead :O

  • una fiaba!

  • Came across this by accident - and hence, the first Gentle Giant work I heard. What have I been missing all these years? Excellent stuff!

  • @Actorrugby is the same for me ...

  • @Actorrugby I guess this is the way it happened for most of us :)

  • Thanks for the tip. I will have to listen to the whole album

  • wooooow!!!

  • AAAAAWW, now go down & have a nice rest.

  • I'm guessing you don't play an instrument?

  • Derek & Raymond Shulman are Mister Class & Quality, Gentle Giant Forever inteligentia musica!

  • I'm not really drawn in by their music, but it is intriguing to find compositions this complex, with so many twists and corners, and with so much exploration of various genres.

    That's a band I would at least respect as one that's very bold and artistic in their songs.

  • I know what you mean. Check out "Proclamation" by GG if you haven't, very enjoyable. Although it does go crazy experimental at the end :p

  • @MacraStraba Welcome to prog rock

  • First time I really hear this band. Quite heavy and with many surprises, ingenious yet powerful. I thought it was a boring prog band! This artistry in composition in ''rock'' is rare though.

  • keep listning, keep the mind open,eyes closed. a fatty won't hurt.

  • check out "proclamation" and "advent of panurge"

    and why not "a cry for everyone" while youre at it..

  • Thanks!

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  • Quality, originality, class, in your face just where you want it. Saw these guys live, had all their albums and not once did they let me down! Up there with the greats.

  • love the music but the drummer always looked like a total pedo, I'M SORRY but it's true

  • @PocusUK World of appearances....

  • don't think i've ever had Plato as a reply lol but you're right

  • @PocusUK rofl...they all look like crack junkies, and I particulary hope John weathers never drove a van, but heck... can progressive rock get any better ?

  • Thats why he's awesome!

  • Like no other ever was, or will ever be.

  • it is not a music , it is parallel universe of GG

  • Look up Gentle Giant in Wikipedia. They

    give this band high marks for being

    sophisticted and complex...

  • The "good" part cuts in @ 6 minutes.....

    that "spacey" sound reminds me of

    Pink Floyd's SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS....

  • Haven't heard this in over 35 years!!

  • bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bella bellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! un gruppo assolutamente geniale!!!!!

  • great gary green

  • Just as solid NOW as way back then. Actulally, I'm happy to see I was into that back then. I can only imagine what it could have progressed to......damn!

  • A great synth pop band, perhaps? The 80s were so mean to progressive rock.

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  • HOW they trip over those meters still amazes me.