Peter Hammill - Live in the studio 1974 - Swiss TV

[@MaxPlaid]

Hammill at his peak, amazing stuf! What a voice, what playing, what passion, what lyrics!!

[@didierchapelot5671]

I never understood why PH was not universally considered as one of the greatest singer composer in history. And notably these 10 magical 1967 - 77 years. A stunning performance. The importance of his music in my life as a young man was "immense"

[@kidflersh7807]

A Black Box is up there with his best albums. Fogwalking, In Slow Time, sound absolutely lightyears ahead. And Flight is amazing too

[@peterlaszloszasz8047]

@@kidflersh7807 And Sitting Targets is perfect as well! Or Patience,or Enter K. Anyway,all of them!

[@MrMagusperde]

Because we know he is God.. as k once saw Hammill is God on their Tour Van at Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1976!@

[@mourningknightprog]

I was fortunate to see him solo at The Bottom Line in NYC back in the late 90s and got to meet him after the show. I can't even begin to describe what it was like seeing and hearing him in such a small place with just a guitar, piano and that voice. My God.

[@ИринаВегера-щ3х]

Да просто потому ,что музыка Питера Хеммилла выходит далеко за рамки определения ,что же это такое МУЗЫКА К его музыке ,возможно , не так легко привыкнуть Но, полюбив ее один раз, будешь возвращаться к ней снова и снова

[@neilparnell5712]

''The Lie'' is a mirror image of my vision of my own life. So incredible to hear someone encompass my life's shortcomings and torture in a quasi-religious lament. Peter Hamill is surely a kindred spirit of mine. When he plays piano I hear a sublime uplifting soundtrack of my life that few if any other musicians can evoke in me - then his intensely personal lyrics strike a chord with me and I realise I am not alone in my torment. I fear that I have exposed my soul to this pernicious genius that feeds my self loathing and I cannot close this melancholy Pandora's box now that I have opened it. I have never heard any other artist express his inner demons and fears so earnestly and so eloquently, encapsulated in such baroque musical majesty and I am sure I may have shuffled off this mortal coil if I did not have music such as this to give me a reason to endure another day. I first heard Peter and VdGG when I was 13. I am now 63 and thanks to Peter I understand that life is complex, painful, confusing and tormented but most of all worth living if only to experience the twisted beauty it can offer such as his music. Footnote, A year later and I'm in a much better place, but I still love Peter's confessional, depressing, searching lyrics.

[@nickdryad]

Peter Hamill is the musician’s musician, the Artist’s artist, the Poet’s poet. If you haven’t found his work yet, you will if you are looking for something extraordinary.

[@azothamenti3378]

My god oh so blessed to know his Music knowing that not many do. Thank you god for all these years with the legend.

[@neilparnell967]

This is just totally off the scale ! Surely the best performances of 3 of his best ever songs. You don't sit and just listen to Peter - you are nailed to the wall of his incredible honesty and intensity and cannot leave until you have absorbed all that he has to give. And what a gift this is. Every human should be made to sit through this and if they are not touched in any way then you should be afraid of them.

[@littlebosheep]

A LOUSE IS NOT A HOME LIVE ON VIDEO??? WHAT A GIFT!

[@luizaesoares3190]

The best prog singer off all time.

[@barakcohen3612]

Much more then a singer

[@luizaesoares3190]

@@barakcohen3612 I agree. Songwriter too!

[@mariefrancoisesayd5266]

Peter est auteur, compositeur, chanteur, musicien, et également poète...Magistrales interprétations de "the lie",Forsaken garden",and "The louse is not a house"!! Merci de nous faire partager ces précieuses et rares videos

[@enzogalli5506]

Absolutely YES....PH is the BEST!!!

[@h.p.dominocus]

Mos def!!!

[@leppylibra]

semplicemente sublime. Peter Hammill è il più grande e questi pezzi tratti da the Silent Corner sono eccezionali.

[@michevicus2987]

I tre migliori brani del miglior disco solista della sua carriera.

[@albertpostolides771]

PH helped me tremendously through my difficult childhood. The complexity of his lyrics and his masculine intense sensitivity matched my pain deep inside. I didn't understand what kind of world we were thrown in. PH said it all. Si nous, tous les hommes remplis de force masculine écoutions Peter Hammill nous toucher le coeur, nous cesserions de faire la guerre et nous deviendrions tous des frères !

[@EdwinNewcomb]

me too, perfectly put

[@riccardocollu8610]

Same here!

[@croiners4166]

❤

[@pablostofblat5134]

Me too!!.

[@filippotoce6576]

nous soumme dou soleil

[@Generatorhead]

Genius.

[@luissousa5150]

It's not just the intensity of the music, but the words...

[@michevicus2987]

And, mainly, the way in which he sang them.

[@laurentgoldstein1537]

Absolutely stunning, unparalleled performance from Peter Hammill. This is insanely beautiful.

[@goldenpollen]

the best find in a long time

[@PálPallag]

what great songs, what outstanding performance. Peter Hammill is one of the greatest Prog Rock icons, if not the greatest

[@johncehowski8187]

I keep my home in place, with cello tape and tin tacks! Such a poetic way of describing how the majority of us manage to make our way through life!!

[@dimitri2576]

What a gem!

[@johncehowski8187]

Maybe the most emotional, philosophical and intelligent songwriter in all of Prog, or Rock, or whatever! Saw him live in a small venue in Poughkeepsie NY. Silent Corner is my favorite

[@middayz]

"Hidden faces...Grace is a name/ Like Chastity, like Lucifer, like mine..." PH screaming it in The Lie... what an incredible shiver through my spine... So strangely beautiful, Yeah! Thank you!

[@ComputerKisserGirlhusband]

peter hammill is a blessing to the world 💖💖💖💖

[@ЕгорГоловин-и8р]

Fabulous Peter Hammill

[@doctordisco2432]

So beautiful it takes your breath.

[@myearsloveit]

I performed a louse is not a home for my oral interpretation class in high school. blew my poetry teacher away she gave me an E++😊

[@myearsloveit]

i was 15 1975

[@robfractal6820]

I've been a big fan and admirer of PH since the early VDGG days way back in the early 70s. He's consistently performed his brilliant thoughtful and crafted songs for decades. The most original and creative singer songwriter to come out of the UK.

[@nichelodeonband]

of course, the best video document about Peter Hammill we have since today

[@TheKingJargon]

Claudio, hai ragione, niente di più bello ed emozionante. Io avrei voluto essere Peter Hammill!

[@nichelodeonband]

@@TheKingJargon io no, non avrei voluto essere nessun altro che me stesso, pur con le mie schifose miserie

[@TheKingJargon]

@@nichelodeonband Certo, ti do ragione, ma le peculiarità musicali e vocali di quell'uomo, talvolta mi fanno crescere un po' di invidia.

[@willyvlyminck201]

This should be on DVD or at least CD

[@nichelodeonband]

@@willyvlyminck201 I agree

[@SilviaAMaestri]

One of the greatest musicians ever. Part of my life since I was 14, fifty years ago. A true genius. Thanks Peter 🙏🎶🎹💙

[@kengethin3086]

Probably the finest voice in Rock music. Forget about bloody Mercury and Bloody Elton John they're pop singers. This guy is genius.

[@biancaturner725]

forsaken gardens hit home really hard, if anyone is in need of an awakening, this can bring it....

[@sylvainarth6454]

The only guy able to write song and play music that fit my inner mind. Many thanks to have populated my life for so long; now.

[@galessi1226]

Fantastic!!!! I was lucky enough to see him in a solo concert in San Francisco Ca.......he played a small punk club...called The Mabuhey Garden.....1978....only held about 200 or 300 people...... ..the show was unbelieveable!!! As intense as this performance.... And just as heartbreaking!!!.........After the concert....I walked home completely engulfed in his World.....and ended up playing his albums , listening on headphones, and drawing until dawn.

[@marcuswatt9727]

I saw him on the same tour, at the tiny Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia. Mesmerizing.

[@maciejkrasuski]

This is what such a words like "music", "vocal" and "performance" were created for... stunning. Hammill is genius for sure...

[@simone.mazzilli]

MAMMA MIA!!!!!!!! What a find.

[@BiSIDOLISDEAD]

OMG. Priceless footage. I unashamedly cried throughout.

[@johnkx2484]

My God....soul pure....the only Peter Hammill.....amazing !

[@dennisdenbrok7690]

Absolutely amazing. I'd never thought I would be able to see a performance of Peter Hammill at what I consider his peak (which admittedly he maintained for many, many years) in such good AV quality. Thanks! It's just incredible how he brings the band pieces to life on his own.

[@stanleykostrzewski7222]

What an amazing performance of PH at his absolute peak . 👏

[@stratsuperlead]

Brilliant! My favourite singer/songwriter ever. I was nearly moved to tears in several spots. Thanks for posting.

[@mourningknightprog]

Nearly? I was! So many moments in his solo and VDGG catalogues that do that.

[@massimomarchesin8708]

Grazie per TUTTE le EMOZIONI in musica che fino ad ora ci hai regalato !!!!!!! Grazie ed AUGURI per i tuoi 74 anni!!!!!!!! Grazie PETER HAMMILL, grazie DAVVERO!!!!!!

[@VitalMusique]

Just incredible !

[@deboragomes8369]

Amazing, amazing, amazing!

[@sillythingsreally]

Well, this is quite unbeliveable that such treasure exists... Many thanks for sharing this, God bless

[@abdelkrimhammiche6199]

Un grand merci et respect à la télévision suisse d'avoir enregistrer ces moments uniques et de nous permettre d'écouter Peter hammill, à mon sens au sommet de son art déjà dès l'âge de 26 ans. Celui ci n'est jamais aussi impressionnant que seul avec son piano ou sa guitare. Quelle émotivité, quelle maîtrise vocale, quelle sensibilité, quelle pureté, quelle perfection, quelle puissance, quelle douceur, quelle grace, quelle justesse, quel bonheur ! Sans exagération aucune, il me semble que l'on assiste là à l'une des plus grande performance solo de la musique rock

[@albertpostolides771]

Tu as 100000 fois raison de dire cela Abdelkrim. Si nous, tous les hommes remplis de force masculine écoutions Peter Hammill nous toucher le coeur, nous cesserions de faire la guerre et nous deviendrions tous des frères !

[@fabienlamour3644]

A goose bumps voice. Eternal unique.

[@machacif]

Muy pocas cosas emocionan, perturban, maravillan, te congelan y encienden simultaneamente. La música de Peter Hammill te permite viajar en ese tobogán de emociones.. no importa cuantas veces la escuche, siempre me ocurre lo mismo....

[@therealjustincase]

Standing ovation! Thank you, the uploader, Thank you, Peter!!

[@peterjackson4132]

I am speechless, there is no other. Thank you very much

[@federicobotti8936]

Love Love Love - Devo ascoltarlo di rado perchè tutte le volte piango, tocca corde troppo profonde.

[@jeffmichaelcarney]

I don’t know what the most amazing footage I’ve ever seen on KZbin is, but I know it is now second to this.

[@mariefrancoisesayd5266]

Quel agréable choc de découvrir ces vidéos de grande qualité de l extraordinaire Peter Hammill ! Je ne me lasse pas de les réécouter. Merci de nous faire partager cette pépite ,en espérant qu il y en aura d autres..c est du très très très grand Peter ! Merci

[@nachingou]

Fantastic musician, fantastic video. I had the chance to see myhero in mexico city around 2005, and he made cry. His stage presence , hos music, his voice are monumental.

[@dimitrispapadimitriou5622]

Amazing performances! Beyond any description!

[@kathowed]

I really want to post a worthy comment, but I'm stunned, lost for words. PH is a unique phenomenon. Thank you so much for sharing the vid.

[@jstock2317]

so great to see him truly solo playing his solo works. very special. he nailed them all somehow too 😌

[@adrianconsoli2666]

Thanks for sharing this gem !!!! I can't believe the quality of this material and the repertoire. Greetings from Argentina!!

[@mikesch0815]

King of fear. And one of the best voices in Prog ever. Outstanding lyrics!

[@Mel_ilm]

Pure ecstasy. Thank you. Hammill is such a genius few seem to be able to notice.

[@jeffreygould101]

I absolutely love this raw and brutally intense performance. I've been a ph fan since the 80's and as a fan of both prog and metal, I think ph alone at his piano is truly as genuinely heavy (and heady) as music gets!

[@neilparnell5712]

Truly amazing and I love your ''brutally intense'' description. A Louse as performed here is so beautiful and superior to the album version by virtue of it just being Peter really making you know what he is singing is truly from the heart and the deepest depths of his tortured soul.

[@edmarcarlos3841]

WOW ! Im crying !

[@albertpostolides771]

Good! We need to cry ! and be sensitive men like he is!

[@rockonthestone4907]

Amazing

[@asolarasolarasolar]

The greatest!♡

[@alanbrown5852]

Absolutely Awesome been a fan since 1976 first album I got was Pawn Hearts PH still my favourite thank you Peter and thanks to Van Der Graff Generator

[@enzogalli5506]

GRANDISSIMO!! PH unico e sublime!!

[@Leylinemusic]

Wow! This is out of this world! Thank you! Amazing performance!

[@besskorey7403]

I loved this amazing performance! Thank you so much for posting it!

[@francoisbaugey2570]

Fantastique... Quel document magnifique ! Le son est excellent, bravo... Peter est incroyablement vrai, puissant, émouvant... Un très grand artiste... Merci pour ce magnifique partage ...

[@jameshollyelsa]

Fantastic Find !

[@CONSCIOUSmESS-q6b]

One of those hidden YT gems.

[@monicalucca9931]

Inigualable, único, inconmensurable!!! Todo lo que una voz puede lograr. Infinitas gracias por compartir el vídeo!!

[@coloryvr]

Oh my God!...I never thought there is filmed PH - Material like this, from that magic times. Big FANX for posting this!!!!

[@ivanyiattila3547]

Peter Hammill is the most best prog singer and songwriter,

[@ThefightingCelt]

Brilliant find . Incidentally , the same cloak he wore on the cover of In Camera. I used to have a badge with Peter Hammill's monogram on it . Many European countries appreciated VDGG and Hammill much more than his own country, which is why he spent most of his solo career touring Italy, Germany, Belgium et al .

[@jdewey8841]

Astonishing performance

[@Marc-Huber-PH7]

Un des grands auteurs et compositeurs contemporains.

[@massimoago5]

Stupendo!

[@jaimemaciaspe]

Que maravila poder disfrutar de una actuación de esta calidad, tanto visual como interpretativa después de 47 años. En los 70 en España era prácticamente imposible ver algo así por tv, o comprar un disco de Hammill o Van der Graaf Generator... sabias que existían, pero no teníamos acceso a ellos. Gracias por publicarlo.

[@josedias-mc3qh]

Quelle Musique !!!

[@sandyvera4220]

Me emocionó muchísimo ver este vídeo! Q joya, q grande Peter 💜

[@YJAB6264]

Timeless.

[@josecosta3792]

Uns são grandes Peter Hammill é ÚNICO.

[@DaniloJovem]

Thanks so much for sharing this!!

[@magorzatazapert9955]

Handsome, talented, outstanding man and artist ❤

[@vivalapsych]

Wow. Never saw this. What excellent quality too! Thanks for uploading!

[@ZaoRoberto]

love this man 💜

[@brunoghezzi5957]

The best prog vocalist, the best songwriter in both solo and in the 2nd best prog band ever!!

[@GravyDaveNewson]

thanks for sharing this, a perfect Christmas present xx

[@1167400]

What an amazing find! Thank you!

[@kohntarkosz8983]

Best version of Forsaken Gardens

[@jose-evrard]

Fan of Peter Hammill ? and Magma probably ?Like me

[@PJprog]

Just brilliant. Love it.

[@mikebell5578]

Fantastic performance, fantastic songs and brilliant video. Thanks for posting.

[@Chentinno]

Awesome recording! Thanks for sharing

[@ouelletjeannine7319]

Quel grand artiste...que j'ai eu la chance de voir en spectacle quatre fois ! La dernière fois je l'ai rencontré et je n'avais pas les mots pour lui parler tellement j'étais émue mais au moins j'ai pu lui serrer la main, il a comprit ! A louse is not a home est une de mes préférées, un gros MERCI pour ce rare bijou.

[@albertpostolides771]

C'est rare pour une femme d'aimer ce côté noir et triste qui ressort de la musique de PH surtout quand on pourrait à s'y méprendre sentir de la colère bien masculine. Mais quand on gratte le vernis, PH et sa sensibilité si profonde d'homme qui se pose toujours des questions sur la condition de l'homme sur Terre, et le fera toujours. Merci à vous Jeannine.

[@customhouseyears]

So much power this man is a genius

[@barakcohen3612]

Genius

[@TheMelonvilleFlyingCircus]

Thanks for upgrading and sharing this. Important to witness

[@manuelcraciunescu4161]

Oh man, so many thanks!

[@williamgonzalez4259]

De Colección,Unico. P.H.siempre estará en nuestros corazones for ever...!!

[@Boojumish]

Brilliant stuff!

[@Crinklechip-s]

This is awesome! Thanks for posting. Love PH.

[@federicomoreno6570]

mavelous!!! many thanks!!!

[@alfarocordoba]

Thank youuuuu soooo much