GONG Unconvention, Amsterdam 2006

3 days of love, peace and music...
An incredible reunion of the GONG family in the very center of Amsterdam! YEAH!!!
Watch Daevid Allen, almost 70 years old, dancing and playing like crazy! I love you Daevid!!!
(The shooting is made with no audio, the track in the background is from YOU)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gong
• unconvention
• amsterdam
• 2006
• daevid
• allen
• gillie
• smithy
• dider
• malherbe
• hadouk
• planet
• camembert
• electrique

[totallyunimpressed]

Where's the original audio for this gig?

It's been overdubbed with a track from the YOU album from 1975 or thereabouts

[MaoTseDong]

Hi, it was shot from an old mobile phone, without audio recording... no original audio whtatsoever :) just a visual memory...

[bobpasc]

who's in the band in this version. Killin musicians on this.

[MaoTseDong]

Yes I confirm... I took it from YOU, not sure if it was Outer Temple or Inner Temple....

YOU are I, and I am YOU

[Spillage66]

No chance mate! That's fucking Pierre Moerlen! You've put the track from "YOU" over some footage from Amsterdam. That's stupid! Please ammend this and let everyone know that they can't possibly play like that anymore! Pierre past away and no fucker can replace him.

That's all, cheers.

[MaoTseDong]

Of course man :)

the shooting is from a mobile phone with no audio, in 8 different moments...

who you think would imagine thats the audio from the concert? would you think a single track can span 3 days??? and no voices coming out when he sings? thats from you, and is just an audio comment to some IMAGES.

Cool it down man :) no bad words, and respect who passed away...

love...

Mao

[LSDCoatedBrain]

But even more with one.

[ajittffcure]

Nice bass lines by Mike Howlett!

[Spillage66]

@gnowave You misunderstood me mate. I'm talking about Gong during the mid-Trilogy era, '72 to '75. What did Steve go through? I'm ignorant of the facts there, but I suspected something must have happened with him, as his singing has suffered terribly. I also wasn't aware of the bitching re- Howlett either. Cheers.

[gnowave]

@Spillage66 pierre's band was not gong, but peirre's gong. so its a non-argument. two totally diferent bands. and tho giving a nod to the skill of the moerlen/howlett camp, i prefer the fun and inclusivness of daevid, steve, didier etc. howlett just openly slags daevid off, very nastily. steve? well, he's had plenty of troubles to get thru, and got thru it thanx to miquette's love and solidity, but his spirit in his playing is still very kind and generous. we dont all need tortured by training

[gnowave]

@Spillage66 so what your saying is that you feel more drawn to pierre moerlen's gong? which is diferent in esence and substance to the spirit of daevids gong. daevid fucked off late 70s and got here&now and new york gong to rebel against what howlett and moerlen were getting it into. (my own taste being left aside). technically howlett & moerlen r masters, but not much fun tho. daevid and steve are gentle inclusive folk, where as a look at howletts facebook comments, well, he's not very nice.

[Spillage66]

@gnowave I very very doubt it! Hillage's guitaring isn't half as good. The only players who have stuck to their skills are Howlett, Malherbe and Allen. The new drummer's really good, but nowhere near as great as Moerlen.

[gnowave]

@Spillage66 um, they acutally play better now than at most times in the 70s and 80s, either using here n now band drummer steve cassidy, or ananda shamal. pierre may have passed over, but the band are now better than they ever were live.

[profperplexed]

I REALLY like this clip, pay no mind to the naysers saying nay

Professor Perplexed

of the University of Errors

"playing the role of Mike Howlett the first couple of minutes of this video -- i'll cherish that !!! and Josh Pollock as Gilli/Moonweed/Glisses sync is really funny.

[sexyEmma4u]

Its only bands like GONG and EARTH CULTURE that really have something to say!!!

[markino1963]

wish i was there, gong rule out of the rules!