Gentle Giant "Free Hand" (2021 Steven Wilson Remix)

Gentle Giant | Free Hand | Free Hand (2021 Steven Wilson Remix)
Taken from the Blu-ray of the 2021 Remix of “Free Hand” by Steven Wilson.
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Directed, Produced and Animated by Sam Chegini

[@tixximmi1]

RIP Ray. You'll be missed.

[@GentleGiantFan]

Probably the most underrated and most underappreciated band of the prog era. That bass tone...just so sick. Ray Shulman is definitely one of my fav bass players.

[@francescodamato3345]

Not only that, he is a living Legend!

[@gj8683]

The way he follows through all the changes in this song is phenomenal.

[@magusperde365]

I woukd say the opposite. Its the blanket " look I have deep taste" prog band. Not that its bad band. They sre great

[@herzogsbuick]

it's not just the tone, it's his O-face

[@1crashit]

@@francescodamato3345 🌹Ray Shulman, a founding member, with two of his brothers, in the progressive rock band Gentle Giant, died March 30, 2023, at 73. His death was announced by his bandmate and brother, Derek Shulman, today (April 1). Ray Shulman had been battling a long illness, though the specific cause of death wasn’t disclosed. In his Facebook post, Derek Shulman called his brother “my best friend.” He wrote, in part, “Ray really was a genius in so many ways. He was such a kind and caring soul. He was an incredible composer, musician, music producer and tech wizard.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Minnear & Ray Shulman are musical geniuses!

[@stevenaston249]

A marriage made in heaven GG and Steven Wilson

[@xristospier3602]

GENTLE GIANT, ARE A GREAT PART OF MY LIFE, SINCE THE BEGINNING......LET'S SAY SIMON DUPREE AND THE BIG SOUND!! STEVEN WILSON IS A GENIUS!!! FANTASTIC WORK!!!

[@SkyP1e]

I'm 56 years old. My first favorite band was the Beatles and that lasted until the 70's when Emerson, Lake & Palmer finally took the top position. Then I discovered Frank Zappa and the Mothers and Frank occupied my top spot until I FINALLY discovered Gentle Giant around 2010. I have no idea why it took me so long to find GG but they have been my favorite band ever since.

[@charlieuliginosa2494]

How did you miss out on Henry Cow and Stormy Six?

[@tixximmi1]

Yes GG is probably the least known of the greats. I did see them once back in the early '70s but almost forgot about them until a few years ago. But Zappa and Tull have always been my favorite with GG in a tight 3rd. About 20 years ago I added Neal Morse to my top 5.

[@michaeltozzi3112]

Just wait until you find Cardiacs

[@theobviousidentity]

Have you heard Cardiacs?

[@SkyP1e]

Since someone just replied to this year old comment ten hours ago, I have now listened to four Cardiacs songs and will also be giving Henry Cow and Stormy Six a listen as well. I can't say for sure how Cardiacs will land in my personal top 100 but after three songs I can safely say that I like them and will be consuming more. I haven't heard the other two bands yet but I will be queuing them up after I binge on Cardiacs for a while first. Thanks for recommending artists that I wouldn't have likely discovered on my own.

[@clivelittle5537]

Anything Gentle Giant is fine by me I,ve been a fan since 1970, Steven Wilson does an amazing job on albums that are already classics in the prog genre. I have a saying there's prog & there's Gentle.Giant. 🎶

[@ronniewall1481]

SAW THEM AT ARMADILLO WORLD HEADQUARTERS. FOR SIX BUCKS. THEY PUT ON A FOUR HOUR SET.

[@__29973]

I’ve just started saying - ‘you’ve heard nothing until you’ve heard Gentle Giant’

[@reidwhitton6248]

That first instrumental break with Ray and Gary playing those fast, bouncy lines in unison is so cool!

[@eidonveda]

There is no other band as Gentle Giant. They are the greatest.

[@jamescpotter]

The best damn rock band ever! Especially live.

[@Billyboy939]

Can finally hear everything clearly. Rays bass was never mixed as well as this.

[@honeycomblord9384]

This is a certified 3d hand moment

[@giovannisugonatoli]

Basslines...Ray, great

[@Richcanvas]

For many decades I've listened to albums by various bands and became convinced that if the production had been better the bands would have been more successful. One band in particular is Man. I had all their albums lost count of how many times I saw them. Similarly, with Gentle Giant. Yes the music is exemplary and unique and that can't and never will be taken away but this 'reworking' by Steve Wilson 'addresses this and bloody hell, something that you thought couldn't be made better in terms of a listening experience most certainly has.

[@TheBlissMagnets]

Cool, just discovered this band and they are funky as hell.

[@DrCorndog1]

My favorite GG album. I'm tempted to re-purchase it for this awesome mix.

[@nsgobbi]

Do not think twice.

[@pitpride1220]

Steven Wilson is a production genius.

[@stereofidelic67]

next to Giles Martin ;)

[@-Atmos1]

Sounds Great through my speakers _________________________________________________________________________

[@SpiritualSpectrum]

@@stereofidelic67 Can't they both be great? I think George would agree.

[@lowvolume4494]

Steven Wilson never fails to amaze. Simply breathtaking.

[@pholkphan]

I am more jealous of Steven Wilson than anyone else on the planet. Absolutely brilliant work, so thrilling to hear new details in the favorite music of my youth.

[@user-hm9pf4cu4f]

Спасибо!!!Музыка на века!

[@RAFallani]

GG is top 10 prog band.

[@altercharmeur2554]

Gentle Giant's masterpiece remastered by Steven Wilson. The best thinkable combination.

[@Wizardofgosz]

Remixed, AND remastered.

[@altercharmeur2554]

@@Wizardofgoszyes, a very importand fact ... the hardcore fans are partly not amused. But i think it is a good transformation of GG's music in our time.

[@michaelsalisbury1477]

Alter Chameur it's not necessary for Steven Wilson to remix EVERY prog album!!!!!!

[@SpiritualSpectrum]

@@altercharmeur2554 I'm a hardcore fan and I'm amused, and I can spell "important". Just kidding, there's lots of word I can't spell very well (that's deep). .

[@RandomRummageandGames]

I love gentle giant!

[@OG_Rider]

❤

[@devaacht8352]

Immer noch genauso genial wie damals👍

[@slapshack]

Wow! What a wonderfully strange video!

[@martyndormer]

The Apex of Prog bands.

[@user-qm6hg2rg9m]

ジェントル　ジャイアントで1番好きな曲です。これぞ本物のプログレッシヴロック 素晴らしいです。 This Is Very Nice Prog Rock Song

[@johnnyguitar8067]

ジェントルジャイアントは日本まで好きって思われるんだ！凄い

[@Laurobf]

Song far beyond its era!!

[@jacobkilstrom]

An excellent song by an excellent band!

[@pal-of-pals]

Easily one of their best songs

[@nsgobbi]

Not knowing that it was impossible to make something perfect still better, Steven Wilson just have it made.

[@francescodamato3345]

Just like bees don t know that their flying is such a special thing and they go from flower to flower

[@patrickdemeyer8992]

Steven, you didn't change the composition & you just updated the sound a bit with an amazing video. you are endless : thank God you exist. long live the scorpio's ! GG is timeless !

[@BretHHamilton]

What a fantastic video! I could not imagine a better match for this wonderful song.

[@honeycomblord9384]

It's so strange, but that's why I love it.

[@NeSkuSound]

Ах, хорошо)

[@simonsimonian8306]

if you ever decide to make your own "top underrated bands" list and wonder which band should top that list, look no further.

[@tixximmi1]

The word underrated is soooo misused. Except in this case.

[@theboraxbandit9563]

Don't forget Cardiacs though...

[@jacksonbrawn6638]

Brilliant! Loved the animation too!!!

[@chopinfanne8021]

Holy shit this sounds AMAZINGGGG!!! I'm so glad this is getting the care in production it deserves

[@andyking9588]

In my opinion, THE BEST Prog band of all time - reputation unsullied by not reforming and dead horse flogging - take note so many other ageing Prog saddoes

[@Jimsydonk]

Someone was having fun in blender making this

[@yanivsh16]

Great new mix by the wizard Steven Wilson

[@Jiuhuashan]

Wow, brilliantly trippy video and always a great song.

[@jousif21]

pure sensation; a rare thing; thrilling

[@80thtasties85]

Hats off to SW !!! cheers from germany!

[@pedrov6329]

melhor banda de todas

[@karloskamposs]

Amazing , Mexico present !!!

[@luisreyguerrero6511]

😅Otra JOYA musical de Gentle Giant!

[@mattcave382]

Sounds soooo great

[@MrFallout2]

Absolutely love gentle giant but this video had me dying of laughter the entire time wtf 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love how there's a scene with the hand busting out of the cage to symbol it now being a FREE HAND 😂😂😂😂

[@andreasantini492]

Album fantastico realizzato da una band eccezionale!

[@justtony6081]

thank you so much

[@cecilgalvao5336]

Obrigado. Thanks for such wonderful music

[@nsgobbi]

🇧🇷👏🏼👍

[@christiantoma5917]

let’s go!!

[@blackiefitzpatrick6611]

Very Nice!!! Awesome!!! thx

[@nelsonfragoso5713]

Grande bande de rock progressivo pouco valorizada,prinicipalmente aqui no Brasil....

[@ososdiego]

Hermosa canción 🤩

[@Chuckles..]

The vid, Nice handy work.

[@1ouncebird]

As always Gentle Giant is fabulous and Freehand is a great tune. Count me in as one who doesn't need every album by 70s prog bands to be remixed by Steve Wilson. But if you like it then that is fine. As for this video I want to praise Sam Chegini for a wonderful visual feast. Very well done Sam. That must have been a lot of work so thank you for it. As it was moving along I was wondering if at some point it would give a nod to the album cover of Free Hand. And then it happens. The way this video finishes up is just OUT FREAKING STANDING! Bravo Mr. Chegini!

[@jasonjenkyns5083]

wow. this is actually insane. great work SW. =)

[@arieldariosanchez3038]

Excelente

[@zzzxxyy]

They really beat Genesis to the punch while out Zeppelining Led Zeppelin here.

[@jamiepastman5594]

nobody played clavinet like Kerry Minnear. NOBODY!

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Incredible musician, a true genius!

[@-Atmos1]

Freedom Truth & Justice

[@ariana.musical]

amazing 💫✌🖐🤙🤛

[@eduardoaugusto6782]

Letra Who would believe me now that my hands are free That my hands are free I never thought it would ever come to me Ever come to me Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind Leaving you behind What ever made you think that I'd change my mind That I'd change my mind? It wasn't hard to run, break away from you Break away from you After all you'd done, what was I to do What was I to do? Who's gonna take my place in the games you play In the games you play Nobody's listening now to the things you say And the things you say Now my hands are free from the ties, from the ties Now I look forward to the future, where it lies And with you, feeling low, looking black Here, now my head is clear, why should I look back? When it was over did you have regrets? Did you have regrets? Or did you really think it was over yet? It was over yet? Now that my life's my own I leave you behind Leaving you behind What ever made you think that I'd change my mind That I'd change my mind, that I'd change my mind That I'd change my mind, that I'd change my mind Who would believe me now that my hands are free That my hands are free I never thought it would ever come to me Ever come to me Now that my life's my own, I leave you behind Leaving you behind What ever made you think that I'd change my mind That I'd change my mind? It wasn't hard to run, break away from you Break away from you After all you'd done, what was I to do What was I to do Who's gonna take my place in the games you play? In the games you play Nobody's listening now to the things you say And the things you say and the things you say And the things you say

[@johncarlton3068]

This was pretty obscure when it was first released

[@neroribeiro]

Épico demais

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

Thanks so much, fabulous song and video, good time for you

[@johngreen3587]

Epic

[@delukxy]

Remarkable. The depth and separation of it all on my modest but decent PC speakers was a joy to hear. I'm going to have to listen again on my Bottlehead Crack headphone amp and Sennheiser HD 600's!

[@nsgobbi]

Imagine it screaming through Doug’s prime Bose headphones ! 🤣

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@nsgobbi bose lol

[@nsgobbi]

@@Eleventhearlofmars 🤔

[@johnnyguitar8067]

Didn't know Cyriak was a Gentle Giant fan! :P

[@Jpeterson7]

Steve gotta remix The Missing Piece. Needs it badly. This remix is great. Has more power like the live version.

[@ACooke108]

He gave all the instruments more space apart so one can better appreciate how all the parts fit and work together. P.S. Greatest progressive band ever.

[@davidriley1847]

Brilliant take! Took me 2 times to really understand what he did . I imeadatley heard the vocals had more echo but , well . . . thanks

[@MegaCirse]

The impression of reading Alice in Wonderland / On the Other Side of the Mirror (Lewis Caroll) with my ears... Same perceptions, same understandings and encodings ... With great and rare intelligence, each listening is a constantly renewed state of fullness 😊🌟🍸🎵🎻

[@belzo5776]

god damn

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@periurban]

It's like I never heard this before.

[@AlfonsoRockProg]

Waiting for "In a glass house"

[@BG-id2cv]

Won't happen. They have lost the master tapes.

[@AlfonsoRockProg]

@@BG-id2cv So sad.

[@progqueen6219]

The best version avaliable is Alucards own, so that's the one to get if you haven't already.

[@markranfone6393]

@@BG-id2cv really? :(

[@BG-id2cv]

@@markranfone6393 That's what I have read. Hopefully in the not too distant future the master tapes to IAGH might be found in someone's attic....as long as I'm still alive to hear the finished product though!

[@alansilverman8500]

"Thing!!! - it's Gomez... have you seen Morticia around anywhere? ...she seems to be gone!"

[@joctre]

GG forever...

[@blindhouse4744]

🤯

[@pieroaycart785]

G R A N D E GENTLE GIANT

[@crystalc1ear]

gentle giant

[@connorrichardson9783]

Let’s just say that Steven Wilson has remixed every prog album out there

[@debbiekelley7899]

Did they upload the 5.1 mix in this video or the stereo mix?

[@jacekcwika1117]

hahahhahahaha brilliant

[@rostokmcspoons]

Steven, if you happen to read this, I'd like you to remix Cardiacs too please :)

[@theboraxbandit9563]

Oh my god yes!

[@rostokmcspoons]

@@theboraxbandit9563 Always good to bump into another Cardiacs fan :) In hindsight I think it was an ill-judged request, at least this soon after Tim's passing... but I'd often thought Tim pushed the high-end a bit too much - I seem to recall someone mentioning he'd damaged his hearing and that was the reason. Anyway if there's ever a re-issue or a true 'Best Of' album then I'd love SW to do some respectful tweaking

[@theboraxbandit9563]

​@@rostokmcspoons Likewise sibling! I have similar thoughts. I tend to EQ the lower end up. I appreciate why he favoured the high end with all of those heavenly melodies in the sky or as Tim called it "Pixie Dust" STG needs it the most with some thinning out too. There's a few remasters kicking about KZbin, but nothing on SW's level. Let's hope we get lucky and something surfaces :D

[@ANTHONYCUSHEN]

Come on! back to Shoreham pleeese

[@MrTsetso]

Best prog band ever!!!!!!!! А little bit out of phase at the end.

[@michelcolmant1714]

Thing

[@ronniewall1481]

HEY STEVE.

[@davidebrunelli2781]

Free hand ottimo album, benché un po' sottovalutato rispetto ai primi

[@Sakonosamu]

不覚にも『手っちゃん』（古谷三敏）を思い出してしまいました。

[@whitey7998]

Really great. Just such a shame that Acquiring The Taste won’t get the same treatment.

[@rubintuesday]

Why not? Is there a reason?

[@whitey7998]

@@rubintuesday They don’t have the master tapes for ATT

[@williamtillier4246]

0:32

[@krisscanlon4051]

I think Fish of Marillion vocally has the same delivery and early Split Enz had to listened to GG...

[@WASMITAUGEN]

Free Hand Songtext Wer würde mir jetzt glauben, wo ich die Hände frei habe? Dass meine Hände frei sind Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass es jemals zu mir kommen würde Komm schon mal zu mir Jetzt, wo mein Leben mein eigenes ist, lasse ich dich zurück Dich zurücklassen Was hat dich jemals glauben lassen, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde? Dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde? Es war nicht schwer zu rennen und sich von dir zu lösen Trenne dich von dir Was sollte ich nach allem, was du getan hattest, tun? Was sollte ich tun? Wer wird meinen Platz in den Spielen einnehmen, die du spielst? In den Spielen, die du spielst Niemand hört jetzt auf die Dinge, die du sagst Und die Dinge, die du sagst Jetzt sind meine Hände frei von den Fesseln, von den Fesseln Jetzt freue ich mich auf die Zukunft, wo sie liegt Und mit dir fühle ich mich niedergeschlagen und sehe schwarz aus Hier, jetzt ist mein Kopf klar, warum sollte ich zurückblicken? Haben Sie es bereut, als es vorbei war? Hast du es bereut? Oder hast du wirklich geglaubt, es sei schon vorbei? Es war schon vorbei? Jetzt, wo mein Leben mein eigenes ist, lasse ich dich zurück Dich zurücklassen Was hat dich jemals glauben lassen, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde? Dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde Dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde Wer würde mir jetzt glauben, wo ich die Hände frei habe? Dass meine Hände frei sind Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass es jemals zu mir kommen würde Komm schon mal zu mir Jetzt, wo mein Leben mein eigenes ist, lasse ich dich zurück Dich zurücklassen Was hat dich jemals glauben lassen, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde? Dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde? Es war nicht schwer zu rennen, sich von dir zu lösen Trenne dich von dir Was sollte ich nach allem, was du getan hattest, tun? Was sollte ich tun? Wer wird meinen Platz in den Spielen einnehmen, die du spielst? In den Spielen, die du spielst Niemand hört jetzt auf die Dinge, die du sagst Und die Dinge, die du sagst und die Dinge, die du sagst Und die Dinge, die du sagst

[@kevgamble]

Marvelous music, of course. Though it sounds like Wilson's done the same thing to the bass guitar here that he did on the Tull remixes: made the bass frequencies much fuller and larger, but at the expense of the midrange and edge of the tone. The overall mix sounds very full and balanced, but I feel like the actual tone of the bass guitar is obscured. It's bigger and duller here. Fortunately, the openness of the arrangement still gives it plenty of space, but Wilson's approach seems to be to lop off the top half of the bass guitar to make room for all the treble sounds he wants to bring up in the mix. It sacrifices the "grunt" in the bass tone.

[@nsgobbi]

For my taste, everything that SW lay his hands on, becomes better !

[@kevgamble]

@@nsgobbi I hear you. It's a very pleasing mix to listen to - full, warm, I like it. The older mix sounds thinner overall in comparison. But it comes with tradeoffs, which include altering the tone of some of the musical voices within it, which is hard for me to ignore.

[@nsgobbi]

@@kevgamble You’ve got a point, Kevin. From now on, we enter the field of music perception and subjectiveness, purism and other concepts. Let’s never forget the value of the musical work, that is greater and above all these discussions. Best regards !

[@kevgamble]

@@nsgobbi Absolutely, Newton! This is beautiful music that is a delight to hear, and hopefully this will only help expose more people to it going forward. Cheers!

[@stenthesnake98]

This is the most polite and wholesome disagreement on the internet

[@Wizardofgosz]

I love Giant, but I frankly don't know if these needed remixing.

[@jayfabe620]

A/B the albums and it's night and day, especially Three Friends. Free Hand didn't need as much cleanup, but it sounds much cleaner with more separation.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@jayfabe620 And this improves your life how??

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@Rama-wr9yx I'm a recording engineer. I've mixed hundreds of records. I've heard this whole thing already because they sent a sample copy to one of the guys I follow on KZbin named Doug Helvering. He's a classical composer and he reacts to interesting music. I've heard the whole record and I'm not convinced I need to buy it over the most recent remasterings I bought a few years ago.

[@jayfabe620]

@@Wizardofgosz no need to be dickish

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@jayfabe620 It's a serious question. If you don't own the record by all means go out and buy this remix I guess. But if you already own it there's no need to buy it. I don't hear any significant improvement in anything here.

[@MTheoOA]

4:27 - Faz o L...

[@MediaWest]

the remix are very clean and dynamic. but i miss the distortion of the original british vinyl. same with the beatle remix. very clean. i guess heaing this song the original disk for 50 years, you hear it like it was. still freaking great.