Wait...he plays the bass, he plays the violin, he sings and he keeps wicked timing.....Kill me Lord.....
@gman-zl3vm7 ай бұрын
The GOAT! RIP Ray! I miss you!
@jababorg44845 жыл бұрын
4:07 Ray Shumann plays a highly elaborate melody on the violin and at the same time sings super complex verses. It's unbelievable. This guy was a complete musician, one of the biggest I've ever seen in my life.
@fictionmusicproductions Жыл бұрын
I agree totally, BUT the melody he is playing and singing are the same. Still. What a fucking master.
@chatelain567 Жыл бұрын
And the wickeddest bass player ;a wizard!!
@Chadner Жыл бұрын
Absolute legend. These guys were the real deal. May he rest in peace.
@ronaldhirsch8968 Жыл бұрын
They were doing stuff that nobody else could dream of doing. Simply put, they were way, way ahead of their time.
@davidemaria97912 жыл бұрын
There has never been and there will never be a band like Gentle Giant.
@carlaland9449Ай бұрын
Amen!
@martinjf467Ай бұрын
Thank God for small mercies! 😄
@sadboi7537 Жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated bands ever that’s no one really knows about.
@rafaelaugustolarapalmeros8060 Жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant was one the best Prog Rock band in Rock History
@1359401 Жыл бұрын
Correction gentle giant is/was the greatest most epic legendary unique genius band ever.
@blazingday85966 жыл бұрын
Ray Schulman - Bass guitar hanging from neck.....violin in hand.... and singing his rounds...…..unique.
@corkskrewclubhouse9313 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. The amount of talent in this band, uncanny.
@martinbrodie85074 жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant is the reason I started playing the recorder in high school in the early 70s.
@racheldavies26237 жыл бұрын
the greatest prog band of all time, ridiculously talented
@mttmtmmt57014 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius. No other band could touch their technical mastery.
@bunnyhead7110 жыл бұрын
Speechless...How this band did not get up there with the likes of Yes, Genesis, ELP and Renaissance is criminal...
@pdoerfler5810 жыл бұрын
Agree
@holdem51809 жыл бұрын
I saw every band you named, and with Gabriel and when i saw Giant, it was the best live band i ever saw.....Pink Floyd Animals tour was the best show I ever saw........
@rogerparry59149 жыл бұрын
Sadly, piss-pour marketing...
@holdem51809 жыл бұрын
Roger Parry sadly that was better for the public because we got to see them in small venues it was actually great
@VeganChefRon6 жыл бұрын
The level of musicianship is off the chart. I've met Gary Green a couple of times. He still rocks anywhere he plays! Super nice guy.
@Crinklechip-s4 жыл бұрын
You can argue if you like the music or not (personally I think its awesome) but surely these guys were the most talented rock band on the planet when they were together?! What I wouldn’t give for a time machine!
@craigcolbert94032 жыл бұрын
If I had a time machine I would go back and relive their live performances. They are absolutely incredible.
@JeffReams8 ай бұрын
Speechless … So much talent in this band.
@wardka7 жыл бұрын
When they start off instrumentally I thought, "Okay, so they can't really sing it live. This is still great." Then my mind is blown and I'm devastated for the rest of the day. 6 minutes is all I need. How did anyone survive an entire concert? It's too good!
@roniszR7 жыл бұрын
Check out Knots live. That video got me into this band with the complex vocal part :)
@iadorenewyork14 жыл бұрын
When I saw them live, twice, back then, I thought they'd not be able to replicate their album perfection. ... But they did!
@chrismadmonk13 жыл бұрын
this is simply fantastic, no one makes music (progrissive) like this now,,, there not capably now..........hail
@39selrach13 жыл бұрын
ray looks like such a badass playing the violin while singing and with a bass strapped around his shoulders.
@victormelton13 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, this never gets old...
@martijnvaassen4 жыл бұрын
Ray Shulman deserves a statue....in 24k gold...with inlay rhinestones and a cherry on top. I mean, look at him being a total bad @$$, pulling off sick musical feats, wearing a constant smile of total enjoyment. Man, I'd be happy with just 10% of the supremeness this cat has.
@jeffwolinski2659 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, and the genius is now gone, RIP Ray.
@coldresin Жыл бұрын
@@jeffwolinski2659 We'll miss him. I'm so thankful we have all this music recorded, imagine if we didn't have the technology for it back then.
@asaibene3 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece!!!!
@jupiterlegrand48174 жыл бұрын
The greatest prog band of all time. Oh, to see them just one more time~!
@alancumming64073 жыл бұрын
Unique. To be treasured.
@munrotop6 жыл бұрын
40 years on and it’s still awesome
@johnsurrey74264 жыл бұрын
I didn’t think they could play this live, but what a phenomenal performance! Five incredible musicians, and like everyone else says, they deserve much more acclaim than they have ever got. Absolute genius!!
@MartinandFreddie Жыл бұрын
Saw them a number of times in the 70's, they could reproduce anything, they recorded, live on stage, often with enhancements. One of the joys of a GG concert was watching them swap around their instruments, and of course seeing 5 men play one drum kit !!
@tranquilitybase64177 жыл бұрын
We will NEVER hear music like this again.
@xsamitt5 жыл бұрын
Your are right ....most people today are unable to grasp real musicianship and artist purity and beauty!
@GuitarWholesale5 жыл бұрын
Hold my folk and weird instruments.
@creaketh4 жыл бұрын
I once said that a while ago, and here I am--listening to it again! Yeah, that was bad.. Oh well.
@chainmatrix4 жыл бұрын
21 years later there was this though kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2a9qWBmpNJohJI
@yatz573 жыл бұрын
"Never" is a very long time... Still, seeing as how we're almost out of it - yeah, you're probably right.
@79SteelyMatt11 жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant was the best prog band ever-an absolute amazing group of super talented musicians that could play any instrument
@tixximmi15 ай бұрын
And the definition of Prog is non existent. When someone asks what is prog the answer should be Gentle Giant. Outside of that, there isn't any definition.
@79SteelyMatt5 ай бұрын
That comment was eleven years ago and nothing has changed your comment still rings true!!
@scottsinner7530 Жыл бұрын
Just read that Ray passed away a couple of days ago. Sad to hear, but happy with how much amazing music he created while he was here. RIP, Ray.
@alancksweet66349 жыл бұрын
The BEST you can get RIGHT here w/ Gentle Giant. Played this track at my wedding day in 2000 & EVERYBODY just loved it!! :) Miss these guys! Alan CK Sweet-Music producer/drummer-
@ericpiazzi34446 жыл бұрын
One of the best bands ever!
@jeffwolinski2659 Жыл бұрын
RIP, Ray Shulman, what an amazing musician, this is my first stop on a Gentle Giant video binge after hearing the news.
@BeatagoniaDawless7 жыл бұрын
that bass line at the end is just sick
@nancyhoddinott7 жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant is absolutely mind numbing. Best live performances I have ever seen. Shifting time signatures, modes , key changes and brilliant interaction of the musicians onstage--who are all multi instrumentalists--has never been equaled.
@sapiensfromterra51035 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the counterpoint in their music, this is even more impressive than the above!
@tommyrawlings3046 Жыл бұрын
No one remotely like them! Works of genius!
@ronaldoroyal8443 Жыл бұрын
For most people, this awesome music ( Band); was too much difficult to understand . Point ........👍💯🎸
@wimcooijmans8271 Жыл бұрын
It's almost human ...🙂
@miodre13 жыл бұрын
How I miss those days! Still brings me to tears.... Timeless music
@BlueSkies325 жыл бұрын
This band is not of this earth, how magnificent, and no charts!
@jeffreyizzo88113 жыл бұрын
I saw them three times in the 70s -- once in a small 400-seat club in Boston. Simply beyond description. Another time they were opening for Renaissance -- once they were done no one wanted the headliners!
@martinparadudelle45814 жыл бұрын
Thanks to musical friends.....I found these guys 45 years ago. Unfortunately, never live.
@rembeadgc8 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest prog bands ever! Excellent.
@relayerdan7 жыл бұрын
I agree with you they were amazing !!
@andyspiller73237 жыл бұрын
What a band fantastic musicians.
@bigchuzzle21176 жыл бұрын
One of the best bands full stop!
@koshersalaami4 жыл бұрын
I saw them do this live once. They didn’t do it like this, they did more like the studio version. Each of them strolled to their microphone in turn and as they got there they hit their vocal entrance. I couldn’t believe I was watching it. I’ve played rock, I’ve played Renaissance and Baroque, and that is one complex set of vocal lines, and the tempo doesn’t make it any easier. And it looked so damned casual.
@morado66613 жыл бұрын
The vocals harmonies are insane !!!
@northernranger111 жыл бұрын
I have always been a GG fan. This song is unbelievable. So tight. I am really happy to be stuck in the 70s with music like this. The level of musicianship is on another planet. Real musicians are rare these days.
@llpBR9 жыл бұрын
The quality of this video is so superb I thought they replaced everyone with lookalikes. Majestic.
@keef0004 жыл бұрын
Great band from me youth, seen them, love them, and from Portsmouth, Awesome stuff.
@rileyraines67196 жыл бұрын
So good ,so talented, so lost in the shuffle, one of the best bands ever!!!
@fishybishbash10 жыл бұрын
Neo-classical turbo-charged folk influenced British acid rock
@1354gaston9 жыл бұрын
Or simply just call it Prog Rock.
@fabrigasan21505 жыл бұрын
Polistrumentisti eccezzionali li ho sentiti ad Ascona 35 anni fa bei tempi🏋🏼♀️🤸♀️
@fabrigasan21505 жыл бұрын
Ecco cosa serve imparare a suonare e ad ascoltare musica classica nelle scuole da bambini: invece di isegnarci tante minchiate……
@superslayerguy4 жыл бұрын
the best genre
@Laulanmad3 жыл бұрын
the frontier among all
@polishrocker934 жыл бұрын
I listened to the studio version and the live back to back and I felt like I was listening to two different songs. Incredible
@LastTree Жыл бұрын
Such talent, pure joy to hear
@Bucky31513 жыл бұрын
THIS is really great musicianship. THIS is whats missing from neoprogressive music today. I own the Free Hand album and bought it upon it's original release way back. Tracks like this are so complex I just assumed they were studio creations not to be pulled off live. I'm blown away by the calibre of musicianship show here. . to think these guys would pull this off live is nothing short of mind-boggling
@tixximmi110 ай бұрын
You should have seen Zappa.
@JoséDiSiervi Жыл бұрын
A real masterpiece. The musicians are excellent!
@RayRay-ot5xd4 жыл бұрын
Absolute brilliance!
@hermannmayer86406 жыл бұрын
great fine music on earth
@rodolfolaterza7 жыл бұрын
It's not just a virtuose and incredible song: any person can see a pure, honest, sensitive, original, terrific, complex, unforgettable music. Forever will be an inspiration for everyone that see music as a culture that can change concepts and lifes. This song is timeless. Please, all here must share for your friends, family this unique moment of music history.
@cesarleyes57677 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites.
@fabiocopponi958611 жыл бұрын
Fantastic music!!!!!!
@afonsocelsolima59058 жыл бұрын
Amazing band ...
@MaxPaws13 жыл бұрын
Sheer Genius! A most amazing group of musicians! Saw them live once, way back... wish it had been more.
@Prof.ArnonPalty7 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal band.
@johnmccool34823 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite band. First time I heard them I was blown away. They were such a talented group
@mmacham12 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does John Weathers' sweet-ass baseball outfit make the badassery of this video go through the roof or what?!
@banishedfromthedwarfplanet5305 жыл бұрын
Oakland A's.
@hifijohn3 жыл бұрын
I was just going to comment on that,its not just a jersey it looks like the entire outfit. I wonder why he picked Oakland, maybe he just likes green.
@oscarbrittingham-detxemend3963 жыл бұрын
@@hifijohn the name says weathers on the back. idk if it’s custom or if he got it because of the name, but it’s still a super cool fit
@pangurechyx30103 жыл бұрын
@@oscarbrittingham-detxemend396 and Weathers 69, no less.
@thejuiceweasel11 жыл бұрын
This is beyond words.
@ElliottCC7 жыл бұрын
Amazing ! I loved these guys for so long!
@OSMP2711 жыл бұрын
If early medieval minstrels had played with half the vitality of gentle giant, in the courts of their kings, the dark ages wouldn't have happened!
@adam8727 жыл бұрын
This really is a mind blowing song and performance. They were incredibly talented these guys. All that multi-tasking and crazy counterpoint. I just shake my head and marvel at it all.
@RalfS7775 жыл бұрын
Wow.....so much raw talent in this band of musicians!!!!!! Have to be one of the most talented groups i've heard to date!
@Muzicutevechi7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance!
@snicky5811 жыл бұрын
Bloody amazing that they would even attempt to do this song live. Even more amazing that they did such an excellent job of it.
@russellgeorge19937 жыл бұрын
one of the most criminally underated bands of all time! I'm so glad that my brother turned me on to this band.
@13594017 жыл бұрын
they are absolutely the greatest most criminally underated band ever
@croesyllan10 жыл бұрын
wonderful ! Dream of dreams!
@JesseMoynihan9 жыл бұрын
This is a priceless example of a sound and development of ideas that could possibly never exist again. Everything is on the line. Rigorous and sublime.
@johnheav7 жыл бұрын
I "borrowed" this album from a music professor in 1977 and never gave it back. Their music was at once mathematical AND emotional. I've never heard anything like it. Forty years later they still engage both my brain and my heart.
@klaasbil84595 жыл бұрын
That poor professor has been crying about it the rest of his life.
@manalbouchafra97003 жыл бұрын
Stealing is a bad bad thing John!
@dudovich13 Жыл бұрын
Record thief. Can't tell you how many albums I loaned out and never got back. Needless to say I don't loan any more.
@haraldsoosalu26287 жыл бұрын
Ray has an incredible sense of harmony. Really god damn fun to listen to his bass runs and he never repeats himself. This is the most flawless and the most beautiful piece of music that no other band will never be able to pull off.
@callumsutherland29547 жыл бұрын
Possibly the most incredible live performance I have ever seen... Astounding.
@meyershwarzstein88679 жыл бұрын
I saw this tour -- amazing stuff. What a privilege!
@pimtelman11 жыл бұрын
It shows once again what an unbelievable good band this is. Seen them live twice and always remembered them as one of the best live concerts that I've seen..
@rofcay96068 жыл бұрын
40 years later and I STILL get goose-bumps. SO grateful I saw them multi- times. Hail the Giant !!!!!!
@AdamMithriddle6 жыл бұрын
Regarding the first part, if you listen carefully you can hear that Kerry's playing Ray's bass part on the cello, and Ray's essentially playing Kerry's keyboard part on violin.
@Implementing0Failure5 жыл бұрын
Adam W Seems natural since the two of them co-wrote most of the musical parts in most of GG’s compositons?
@sygendron7 жыл бұрын
I saw that show. It was amazing. They were the best live. I'm still amazed by such talent and maestra.
@davesantos13 жыл бұрын
I like to watch/listen to these guys everyday when i wake up... I don't know, they help me to go through with good expectations and a smile. =)
@ganegalad31649 жыл бұрын
Sooooo good!!!
@joaquintakanaka9 жыл бұрын
If a being from a distant galaxy asked me what Progressive Rock is all about, and I only could play just one theme, this would be a serious candidate. Thank you Gentle Giant for the AMAZING music you made! In 500 hundred years from now, schools will teaching your music.
@milosmakovsky61106 жыл бұрын
Yes. :-)
@DecksterPenkor6 жыл бұрын
Ummmm - Good band - but your prediction is far-fetched. School? Teaching Gentle Giant music? The world would have to vastly change for the better.
@townshendshean Жыл бұрын
I don't know man...according to the libtards, the planet is doomed and we've only got a decade or two left lol!
@joaquintakanaka Жыл бұрын
@@DecksterPenkor Ahah, guess I'm an optimist :)
@marcogennari223310 жыл бұрын
Sono favolosi non ci sono parole, la musica parla da se.
@shawnfella9 жыл бұрын
The Earls of Counterpoint
@marshfilm6 жыл бұрын
The fucking Earls of counterpoint!!! Thank you!
@squireman7213 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than this. I saw them live back in the '70s and these guys could play ANYTHING! The pure definition of prog.
@nonsonokate6 жыл бұрын
Fantastici! Non smetterei più di ascoltarli.
@tomosoos13 жыл бұрын
an oasis in the world of music. it is so very hard to play outside of the norm and survive. love to G.G.
@giannottister8 ай бұрын
The musical knowledge of this band is amazing.
@thomasdixon13698 жыл бұрын
Incredible that they could pull this piece off live. With 5 vocalists and ability to play multiple instruments, I don't think there was a band that was that versatile or had that big of a sound at the time (perhaps Kansas or the jazz group Oregon). Great post!
@ulfingvar18 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Dixon One of the best band ever!!!! To imagine that unimaginative hackwork today is more commercially successful is shameful
@Eleventhearlofmars8 жыл бұрын
+ulfingvar1 the tripe of today doesn't deserve a comparison mate, nail hit on the head
@waynedent637 жыл бұрын
Love your post mate. I don't trust today's music because they have that machine that makes out of tune singing sound in tune. Gentle Giant did this stuff without such trickery. They sang in tune, the most inventive harmonies and melodies in rock music history.
@PhilShary7 жыл бұрын
As much as I love the 70s music, I would go even further to say that even back in the day of Gentle Giant much simpler and low-quality music was way more popular. But not everything can stand the test of time and gain a cult following.
@gatogorka7 жыл бұрын
No matter how great the music created during the 70s by such bands like Yes, Tull, Genesis, Hatfield and the North, and a lot others was, I never listened to anything like Gentle Giant... There was not one single note that wasn't worth listening to. And listening to with great attention to the best of rewards. Great from beginning to (nearly) the end, that was Gentle Giant, although Giant for a Day, Civilian and the first side of Missing Piece were a bit below par. Anyway, although the 70s are gone and so are Gentle Giant, I have to give a shout to a recent and young band coming from Italy, Promenade of their name, who have the intricacies of Gentle Giant's works, specially their track Athletics from album Noi al dir di noi. No, they aren't Gentle Giant (and are not trying to be, either) but having such great music in the 2010s is still great news...
@paulbennett7722 ай бұрын
Without doubt the most versatile band ever. Finished with standard rock lineup, - guitar, bass, kbdd, drums - but started with recorder, violin, cello, vibes!
@peterg.bassist5 жыл бұрын
5:26 such an amazing counterpoint- bassline! Just an amazing band!
@MCMarash6 жыл бұрын
Stellar! Wish they were still producing.
@fibboobbif8 жыл бұрын
absolutely timeless, outstanding!
@JonahJojoTheMan5 жыл бұрын
My God! How beautiful! The music that introduced me to GG. It's been so long ... I remember well that I was ecstatic listening to it on the radio, on an old progressive rock show, with my eyes turned upwards, wondering if it was possible for a rock band to do something so wonderful and elaborate. Yes, it was. Gentle Giant, best band ever.
@ThefightingCelt5 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine any other group trying to replicate this ? Gentle Giant were perfection .
@salahalawi11709 жыл бұрын
For a second I wanted to cry!! This music will never be repeated again Such a tempo..groovy. ..what ever u name it hahahaha
@tamaramorrison92209 жыл бұрын
salah alawi Try Fewjar maybe. Not exactly the same actually, but also this lets-mix-as-many-kinds-of-music-in-one-song-as-possible - type. Gluttony, Problem 3 (album: Afewsides) or S.p.a.m (album: Afewsides) for example. I love them as much as Gentle Giant or Nirvana (which means a lot^^). In their making-of-vids (unfortunately in German) you can see that they will use classical instruments for their new album, too! I defenitly look forward for this piece of shit =D
@tamaramorrison92209 жыл бұрын
TheGoldfish Thanks! Do you know some good bands maybe? Always seaching^^
@tamaramorrison92209 жыл бұрын
TheGoldfish Yas, love Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd. But I will try out the other ones, thank you!
@tamaramorrison92209 жыл бұрын
TheGoldfish Certainly not everiything... but I listen to Jethro Tull since I was a child, my father loves them. So ... there are some albums in my shelf =D
@tamaramorrison92209 жыл бұрын
TheGoldfish Yeah, true^^ He came home so often with a new DVD - we always watch together.
@suphiresa9 жыл бұрын
I was 20 when I heard them in 1976 on the Ankara Radio and waited to buy ''Official Live'' two months as a University student! Now I am 58 and still listen GG. They are great and new!
@waynedanberry6 жыл бұрын
Nothing Else Like Them!
@niklasprytz67403 жыл бұрын
I was 21 1976 when i saw them live in Stockholm doing this Such a knock-out
@ripetomato96297 ай бұрын
Incredible. Every time.
@sbacon34078 жыл бұрын
God I love this song. It ends with such hope and promise. It always picks me up.
@yahosna442911 жыл бұрын
Diese Gruppe begleitet mich schon mein ganzes Leben. Mehr Musik geht nicht ...!
@brötzmannsax10 жыл бұрын
I saw Gentle Giant in Miami Gusman Hall beautiful old theater back in '75 - one of the greatest & most underrated and under appreciated bands ever. Great video & nice quality!