Gentle Giant - Peel The Paint (Official Video) 

Great job he did too!

Very nice!

thanks for the info, sir

That's cool to note! Malcolm Mortimore was my favorite of all their drummers, but only on this one album due to a motorcycle accident which side lined him for years. He came from, and went back to the jazz world. His timing and dynamics on this album are sublime.

It definitely sounds like Brian May took inspiration from and improved on the delay guitar-solo here.

I know and I followed them since "Simon Dupree and the Big Sound". And I had the fortune to see and hear them twice in Germany. 🎸💖

Agree.

True - except we do not use apostrophes with *plurals.*

I do. :D

Gary is a great guitarist!

@@EducationMattersYes don't you just love a self important asshole? (ooooh forgot to capitalize my D)

...not underrated, but ignored by insiders ( radio, critics, etc.)... but not from a certain guy named Frank Z. who, in a couple of interviews said that he was following this group, Gentle Giant, and was following their work...

Absolutely

I seen them in Newcastle (ENGLAND IN 1976/77) and have been listening to them since. I have been blessed.

@@lucasanfilippo5370 And inspiration for the genius of Cardiacs (as was Frank Z).

And still one of the most inspiring for many prog musicians and prog lovers.

Me too... but we were smarter than those other kids, right ?

No lo vendes?….cuanto?

Gentle Giant, Todd Rundgren, Zappa, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Emerson Lake and Palmer, those were the years of some really great music. I graduated high school in 1975. ZZ Top, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grateful Dead, Poco, the Byrds, A Beautiful Day

The must *have* heard the noise in the control room. Great observation.

He used a borrowed Echoplex. This and Brian May's use of the same type of device (on Brighton Rock) are my two favorites. Very different approaches, though.

Gosh but you're right! I'd never noticed that before!!!

Very underrated guitarist!

delay

They don’t need to do it. Every short song by them has lots of ideas inside.

And the coolest thing is they never sold out went commercial pop muzak like Genesis did and became boring meglomanics like Roger Waters who has ruined any admiration or positive feelings I had for him. His strident and obnoxious behavior believing he can'save the world' his concerts are like Nazi rallies with moronic politics, telling us what to think and who to vote for? He disappeared up his own ass and the ridiculous travesty that the Floyd in later years became was enough to ruin their legacy. Gentle Giant remained true to their vision and standard and one could argue that they didn't become big in America but they are actually remembered fondly. They didn't break up and reform as some completely different sound or weird trip like King Crimson did who released albums (post Discipline) that are at times so unlistenable and tedious (infact almost tortuous to listen to) as a fan one continually bought the crap until it was so obvious it sucked and then one day the guitarist is making curious videos with his untalented, insufferable, attention hound wife in bizarre costumes to promote staying home and being safe? Just another sellout in the agenda and social engineering and control. I could probably think of a few more bur I'll stop and again I absolutely enjoy listening to this prog classic and alas artists who don't make me cringe as people. I tip my hat to these Gentlemen Giants!

Ordered mine yesterday!

Not joking. At your request, here's the side-by-side comparison: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hVWsFNKBcq4.html

The German import disk on Line label was not too bad. Will have to side by compare however.

Yeah, what the heck was that?

Second favourite moment.

Someone broke it. There's always the one or two people that dislike due to their lack of understanding of the band.

Creak Or it's just not their style. Maybe it's as simple as that.

@@kenkoopa7903 it’s not because something is not your style that you need to dislike it.

@@vorald4948 If you dislike something, I feel like you're allowed to hit the dislike button.

fuck popularity

There is a point of being too good for pop music. Its a miracle groups like Yes and Elp made it big.

​@@peterkeenan6382 Those 2 you mentioned had definitely cultivated a solid audience prior to their switch to more "pop" music. GG definitely were trying to expand their demographic, but these earlier albums are so far removed from other popular music at the time (unlike, say, Yes, with Howe as essentially a blues guitarist) that a switch of that nature was nearly impossible.

@Lothar Lustig 😴

U spell bad

@@neeco5708 yeh

Minor spelling mistake. I win.

@Ampeli Guitar Wdym

@Ampeli Guitar Oh ok. I mean, I'm not the biggest fan of them, but I can respect what they did for Metal. Same for bands like Genesis for Prog

Samuel Jacobson He signee Pantera to his record label

@@avi_s0ncin0 I knew that, I was just wondering why he said that because it sounded negative.

and Slipknot too

Seconded.

He's nowhere near as slick as Hendrix. It's a good little solo but it really doesn't come anywhere close to Hendrix, who weaved together complex licks seamlessly with impeccable rhythm

hendrix was way overrated

Firstly Garry plays mostly gibson guitars. Hendrix was mostly strat man. Secondly Hendrix helped develop many pedals notably the wha wha. Nobody used it better. Hendrix would not have fiitted GG even if he wanted to. Both very accomplished musicians , completely diffrent players. Hardly comparable. Nobody was comparable to Hendrix even the great immitators such as SRV. Hendrix generously sited Rory as the greatest electric guitarist. Again not really comparable. Everyone has a favourite, but is anyone really the best? its just fantastic that there so many awsome players across all genres

Gary Greeb us an ubsubg guitar, but I agree that the comparison is uncalled for. Personally I prefer Green but all will have their faves for different reasons.

I can relate for the drum performance in some way, but the guitar play... I was hearing a bit of The Machine (I know The Machine is too much recent compared to Gentle Giant, I just had a glimpse of "It sounds a bit like") and Jimi Hendrix (King Crimson drummer technique that I agree, but I can add how Jimi Hendrix drummer had strange echoes here). The part when the violin plays makes me remniscent of 1970's album from Yes (one of the songs had some violin). Many echoes there and there and the part in 3/4 with a lot of keyboard was special to my ears: The drum sequence sounds almost like the Yes drummer in "Yours Is No Disgrace". Peel The Paint is just... marvelously great!!! EDIT: I read the lyrics and It really hits my artistic fiber to the core... espescially the following verses: "Nothing's been learned, no nothing at all And don't be fooled, get up before you fall" Diving in my imagination feels like it. It just mixes everything up as my introspection lacks meditation to prevent being affected by it. I often feel see me as a monster in some way and it's really just nothing about the Surface-me. The Dept-me is crafted by so many stimulias I should shake it off. Life really marks us in so many diversified ways. To try peeling its marks in us is a "Meditate-or-drown-in-it" case for sure... At least it's time to learn to not peel the paint too much! ;)

👍

My favorite GG album also.

@@gardenofeels6872 same here

Jose Andrade Phil Shulman was with the band for the next album ‘octopus’ then he left.

Nope, Phil did this, the 3rd, and also the 4th record Octopus.

I think you might have meant to say it was the first album TO FEATURE John Weathers, not "the last NOT to feature John Weathers". As i am sure you know John Weathers was there drum from here on out til the very last album.

@@davidsorcher5072 no, this album features Malcolm Mortimore, Wheathers first was Octopus, he and Phil only played together in that album

@@toshinokyokosenpai9239 yes, you are correct.

i read somewhere the master tapes where destroyed cut up into pieces , if this is true its a crime and a bloody insult .

What tracks are they missing? It sounds pretty complete. However, I don't know much about studio engineering

I thought the same.

Did you find your dog?

Three companions, three days searching, Three Friends.

i hope you don't paint it all white.... ;-)

@@stratman9449 I Guess i use a lot of cream and end up in a White Room.

Or maybe, you'll "paint it black"

@@LoneStarProductions123 I Got it, i'm going to have a jam and paint it Pretty Green.

Whiter shade of pale?