Gentle Giant - Advent of Panurge

German TV ZDF 1974-Live Brussels film studio Derek Shulman ( vocals, saxophone, recorder, bass, percussion) Ray Shulman (bass, violin, acoustic guitar, recorder, trumpet, vocals, percussion) Gary Green (guitars, recorders, vocals, percussion) Kerry Minnear (keyboards, cello, vibes, recorder, vocals, percussion) John Weathers (drums, vibes, tambour, vocals, percussion)

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• of
• Panurge

[JAZZCLASS70]

German or Belgium ?



[fachiro1970]

@JAZZCLASS70 transmitted by German tv, but recorded in belgium

[jkovert]

They got Jesus to play keyboards.

[dfaband]

Powerhouse drumming from Weathers at 5:05

[millsy2010]

@ibolomania well this is a fair enough observation of course; quite often comparisons aren't particularly valid, however, there's no escaping the fact that to the unitiated, as an example of 70's progressive rock, this may suggest that all bands employed similar amounts of unecessary flash in getting a song across.

At 1.25 it opens up into a pretty decent fusion track..

For me, a good example of a band who bought into the prog idea without having the song-writing to go with it.

[metamorphosis67]

They used to open for Black Sabbath ! The neanderthal Sabbath fans would boo them off the stage every night. In Los Angeles, at the Hollywood Bowl, the Sabbath fans threw a cherry bomb on stage, literally forcing them to quit after two songs. They called the audience a bunch of fucking cunts & walked off the stage to a deafening roar of boos. However, later on that same "Octopus" tour they came back to L.A. doing smaller shows to their own core audience & sold out all of those shows.

[BackToTheBlues]

@HarryLoveTV I've often thought St. Sanders stuff comes across as a bit proggy!

I only found out about Gentle Giant last year, got all their stuff on my iPod now, even King For A Day has some good stuff on it. GG played the most varied music I've ever heard.

[ibolomania]

@millsy2010 Well... listening progressive music over-years, what i found out is you cannot compare GG with Genesis. Or trying to compare Magma with Pink Floyd. Each band had a great contribution to this genre. Personally, GG had a very unique style and a very great level of complexity of making music that others never reached. GG merged so many things in their compositions. And more importantly, for me, GG is a very distinct and unique band of this genre that one should appreciate. Regards.

[juresaiyan]

@dfaband one of the best prog rock drummers ever!

[HarryLoveTV]

this is like one of those "shreds" videos

[millsy2010]

@dribbler23 without doubt, the masters of the progressive genre are, for me, Genesis. They took all the ideas you talk about and with barely a note wasted created a legacy that's hard to touch. I'm sure there would be moments of GG music that would move me, but I find this piece embarrassing I'm afraid.

Each to their own I guess!

[dribbler23]

@TheUnfindlableSongs I so wish that wasn't so true.

[dribbler23]

@millsy2010 Most progreesive rock is self indulgent- and all the better for it. It's not a genre that tries to tick all boxes for all men. It goes out on limbs, it challenges, it asks you whether you have the nous to take part, understand, want to come for the ride. I also want to know who you think were the 'truly talented' of this period. For musical range, playing ability and writing dexterity, in my opinion, GG are hard to beat. I await your rebuttal with much anticipation.