Van Der Graaf Generator -Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Part 2

[stripedhyenuh]

Cool hats!

[audaceinfuga]

AMAZING!!!!!!

[chuckles9605]

I see the musicianship but I'm not sure about the com-positional skills based on this one tune.

[lelobm]

essa é a bandinha do chaves!

[kenytco68]

Reminds me why Genesis is so great.

[jeanlucchapelon]

Very interesting to see how they were playing that fabulous LP without all the effects of the studio!!!!

GREAT!!!

[SherrifOfNothingham]

Jesus Christ on a bike....

[mechtholdjin]

the best thing I have ever seen on YouTube

[esa062]

There's no other drummer like Guy Evans

[jeanlucchapelon]

Loriginalité de tous ces groupes anglais progressifs King Crimson Yes Genesis ELP the Nice Greenslade Renaissance Caravan j'en oublie...

Mème si on fait mieux techniquement aujourdhui les idées à chaque instrument sont là!!!!

Et les textes...

[MrDanielphenix]

Van de graaf without Jaxon is a pity.... Van der graaf now is a pity period... It's a joke...pathetic They should have call it a day end of 2005....the new albums are boring...and Hammill"s voice is a joke now!

[periurban]

One of the best bands ever. Pity they have decided to continue without Jackson.

[nickdryad]

Its true but remember that musicians like PH and Guy Evans did not have the vast array of cumputer technology to help them. This performance shows as Tommy Saxondale would say, evidence of Hard Graft.

[carmine6786]

what are the wires that come out from the jackson's sax?

[OZK033]

@carmine6786 Jackson was an early and innovative user of the electrified saxophone. This is how he was able to get such a diverse array of sounds and tones with his instruments, and able to make use of octave effects and the wah-wah pedal.

[MatsEP]

Masterpiece.

[toecutterr6]

Hiwatt cabs!!!!!!!

[davesantos]

Amazing, as usual.



[jicnacio]

Masterpiece!!!



[RockHistoryTube]

MASTERPIECE.

[HollywoodWags]

First time seeing this, and it is jarring the hell out of me. Good stuff.

[bsettis]

Masterpiece!!!



[simonalamona345]

They go so well...

[Kohelles]

Me too.

[ksjoyjespeace]

IF MOUSSORGSKY AND WAGNER WERE ALIVE TODAY, THEY'D ASK TO JOIN VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR!!!!!

[mulotwo]

Wonderful band !

[nisanus]

Das ist die ultimative Hammer-Nummer von VDGG!

[stevent60]

the drummer is unique !

[wigmeistergeneral]

i strongly recommend you to google Wilf Turnbull.. He writes unintentionally funny letters to pop stars and wrote to Hammill about this song AND HE REPLIED. It's hysterical

[verbo108]

Lost mastheads pierce the freezing dark....

[verbo108]

And parallel my isolated tower, no paraphin for the flame, no harbour left to gain...

[TheNakedSun]

the points of all these ancient myths are solemnly directed straight at: you...

[VantiveMan]

If you could see the skeletons of the sailing ships far sinking low, you begin to wonder if,,,,,

[VantiveMan]

VDGG were REAL musicians, unlike so many artists these days bar Radiohead and Muse

[seiferganon]

You should check out Porcupine Tree.

[simonalamona345]

@VantiveMan I gotta disagree here, there are lots of great and talented bands these days, Radiohead is one of them.

[VantiveMan]

@simonalamona345 Yes I think you have misinterpreted my comment?

[VantiveMan]

@simonalamona345 Oh so right, only band that gets near to VdGG is Radiohead Thom Yorke is a God,,,,,,,,,, Peter Hammill is his father

[totem63]

I don't believe in any god. but if god would exist, can you imagine his voice else than this ?

[emptyheadbrokenbones]

"pawn hearts" is a mental trip. It's one of the most intense and passionate records ever.

[cavewaller]

@emptyheadbrokenbones

yeah; it used to scare me!

[lazlocarreidas]

absolutely agree

[MorfGworfmim]

I like the beat that comes in at 1:00 a lot :D

[PCFDD]

I think that most prog bands sound different, VDGG, Wishbone Ash, Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Gentle Giant, don't sound similar. but all put great emotion across in their music, whether technical or not. I find "The remembering" from TFTO by Yes a good example.

[dabsong]

well.. of course they might be different styles but it is all valuable, to me yes or elp are superb, but vdgg is so intense and intriguing which makes them another way to perform prog rock ... highly recognizable too.

But none of them tops the other I would say it would be so absurd to compare in a worst to best standard

[Cornishphotos]

Terrific stuff - used to play this full volume in my bedroom when I was in my early teens chiefly to wind up my parents. I think I have to thank VDGG for sowing the seed that later got me interested in jazz. Great vid - enjoyed every second.

[Jam2morrow]

Cornish.......thank you for the post because I had forgotten that VDG had done similar for me and took me into Gong.

[bobgreen623]

For me, there was more than one type of 'prog'. On the one hand you had empty displays of musical prowess which ultimately said nothing to me (e.g ELP and Yes) despite being fine players. On the other hand, you had bands who were trying to create some kind of magical state, or to say something - still phenomenal musicians, but somehow serving the music rather than using the music as a vehicle to display technique; I'm thinking here of King Crimson, Genesis and VDGG. All imho of course

[burlearth]

I agree and it's the main reason many can still admit to liking these groups.

[vivafra87]

I don't think ELP or Yes (especially Yes) are only a display of musical prowess: by saying that, you completely forget songs like Long Distance Runaround, Lucky Man, Take A Pebble, Turn Of The Century. And also the most technical stuff from Yes is more involved in music than in pure technique -----> a musician of their level can play really FASTER than they do on their songs.

[denisesofia]

Amazing!! =) Does anyone knows the name of the drumer?? thanks!

[bertholdfuxx]

Guy Evans

[bobgreen623]

As berthold said, it's Guy Evans. Good, isn't he?

[BernieFVA]

Good lord....incredible...I can't believe that they are actually going to be playing in my area...now...in 2009...I have waited 28 years!

[kateooo]

i am speechless.

[ppihan]

what a drummer! Well in fact, what a band!

[jeanlucchapelon]

@ppihan

I would like to know the chords that Banton plays in the 1rst part to reintroduce the 1rst melody : it's full of mystery!!!!!!!