I was born in 1962, but I have 4 brothers older than me. My Mom didn't care much for the big Rock and Roll but she did like Gentle Giant. She said it's modern Classic Music. I have all their CD's. I'm 60 years old now and I still love them as much then when I was young.
I am a Gentle Giant fan since 1972, have listen to their albums hundreds of time. I always come back to Gentle because this group is so amazing and the music makes me dreaming the same way it used to when I was 15! This is very very nicely done. Great to have some members of that group amongst us again, for our own pleasure and for others who wish to acquire the taste .....
Gentle Giant at Rider College in New Jersey was my first concert in 1974. The audience was giving standing ovations standing on their chairs. My friend and I snuck backstage to meet the band. The image sticks in my mind.
Gary Green (guitar and vocals), Malcolm Mortimore (drums), Roger Carey (bass and vocals), Andy Williams (guitar), Kerry Minnear (piano and keyboards), Mick Wilson (lead vocals). Phil Shulman was involved as a lyricist, while Ray and Derek stayed out of the project.
Trust me, people may think that young people do not listen to good music like this amazing song of GG, trust me, we do. The work that GG did in this album (Three Friends) is one of their finest works ever performed. Thank you sirs, your music will be always beloved. Long life to prog rock!
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Shades of Soft Machine, E.L.P., and Chapman, Whitney Streetwalkers/ Free, and non the worse for it. All of a similar era, and boy do I wish I was back there again. Real musicians, some classically trained, pushing the boundaries without even realising it, takes me back to gentler times. Thanks guys.
Got to see GG in the early 70's at the Liverpool Stadium and they were really, really good live - one of my favourite gigs. Watching the musicians change their instruments a lot will stick with me. Three Friends is still my favourite album/CD by them. This version by Three Friends is wonderful :-)
Gentle Giant cambió el paradigma del rock con las herramientas llamadas creatividad y originalidad. Su intelectualidad les premitió dar origen a temas como el que aquí se interpreta a la altura que se merece.
I grew up listening to Gentle Giant, buying all of their LP that I still have. I recognized a magic in their music at that time, that same magic that is still here today, despite of these crazy days. I was so fascinated that I personally built and painted a life-size mask of the Giant portrayed on the cover of the first album.
Wow, that is a flawless rendtion, people! The three friends album is big on my list "what unmissable albums to take with you to an uninhabitated island".
Just WOW.. a very beautiful and technical song.. Thank you GG... I am still waiting for a reunion...... Last saw Gentle Giant in NYC 1978? at the Palladium.. A fantastic show in Quadraphonic.!!
Funny how many seem to find this song the weak link on the Three Friends album. It's am amazing composition and execution - so much going on, so many phases. To see it performed in one take is fantastic. I saw these guys in Montreal a few years back. They were absolutely amazing!
Per me "School Days" è uno dei migliori brani mai composti nel progressive! Ovviamente i musicisti sono fantastici: suonare un brano così complicato e complesso richiede capacità musicali e ritmiche mostruose! BRAVI !!!
Unbelievable. This video made my day. I think this Gentle Giant song was released around 1972. 40 years ago! Thank you Gary Green for keeping this music alive!
I love the whole revisiting of these amazing pieces of music! So great to see Gary Green still doing his thing. That's not Kerry Minnear on keys, it's John Donladson. Kerry was in the first incarnation of Three Friends but left. There are videos of TF which include both John and Kerry on keyboards. Amazing stuff and I'm dying to see them perform, although I've just found out that Gary has recently been in hospital after a heart attack and has had a stent fitted. Speedy recovery to you Gary!
Wow, you guys have just broken my head! As a boy I thought no-one could ever play as well as the real GG, and now at 35 I'm floored by how well you all play! Thankyou for uploading this, you've made my day. (btw the vocals are exceptionally good).
Stunningly beautiful and hauntingly reminiscent of my school days listening to this wonderful classic from Gentle Giant. The first song I ever listened to from GG was "Boys in the Band" and I can honestly say that it changed my musical life in so many ways. A huge thank you to "Three Friends" for taking me back to a place not often visited but never ever forgotten. Bravo and Cheers!
I didnt recognise gary green , the last time i saw him was in 76 at birmingham town hall, i recognised his playing though...and this track is spot on just like the vinyl version.
Nella mia modesta conoscenza musicale, ritengo che i Gentle Giant sia stato un gruppo MERAVIGLIOSO...essi sono stati MAESTRI nell' incastro .....sia vocale che strumentale....e il tutto in perfetta sintonia
These guys were always such a breath of fresh air! Whereas rock bands in their heyday were all about verse, chorus, powerchords, and lead solos, lots of dramatic screaming - fairly predictable approaches. In contrast, GG songs are always beautifully delicate, haunting, nostalgic, magical, complex, reflective - and the lyrics typically tell an imaginative story which the music appropriately illustrates - often with interesting explorations at an unhurried pace. They were truly creating wonderful art that would stand the test of time. These boys really understand the art and craftmanship that goes into all great music - and execute it with passion, patience and exuberance. It truly does not do GG justice to merely label them as a Prog band, because their complex movements and sudden time signature shifts, all that, weren't, like so many "progs," just made for the sake of dynamics and dramatics. Rather, their quirks are typically supportive of the feeling and visually suggested trajectory of the songs' story arcs. And it's a grand talent to blend so many delicate parts in ways that seem to naturally fit, into a seamless, unified whole. And that they were given the artistic freedom to make these wonderful albums is just a gift for us all. It was just a magical but narrow era that the corporate record company types and accountants have now mostly ruined. And thank God for RU-vid, eh???!!!
@@cosmicdrifter287 , Derek Shulman's parts are a challenge for ANY vocalist. Even Mick didn't always make it -- and he's no bad singer at all .... Here in this song, the vocals are very fine for sure.
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FANTASTICO....I agree, Gentle giant are the band very much great. Three Freind's are a tribute group ....fantastico, Even more so dur to having Two real members of GG.
I'm blown away! Awesome performance guys!!! I grew up listening to Gentle Giant and never got to see them perform live. This is brilliant! So tight and clean sounding. It took me a bit to realize you weren't Gentle Giant.
Imitation is the best form of flattery...And, this imitation would make the Shulman brothers blush...Great job...Anyone doing Giant is an amazing person to me. : )
Im a fan since the nineties and I LOVED this band. Thank you very much Gary Green for your hard work and initiative. I sure hope the other Shulman brothers would participate in this. It is like a dream come true for me. Many years waiting for this. To ask for a new album is probably too much.... but dreams come true, I know they do!
I am so happy to see this. As a big Gentle Giant fan, I found it hard to believe that the guys who played such fine music with such passion would just get tired of it and go do something else. A rose is a rose....Long play Three Friends!
yes, foxtrot and three friends. [and inner mounting flame/mahavishnu orchestra]. we liked to read Melody Maker to keep tabs on the best new music. i knew where i was headed. i still get together with a high school friend and we are quite silent as this plays, like church. if anyone dares to talk we shhh them. thank goodness someone chronicled this!
Though I respect the freedoms (and rights?) of the brothers Shulman and the other members of GG, I do appreciate bold attempts to refine song and performance, as exhibited in the Three Friends project. This exercise (and specific lineup) appeals to me. Songs belong to no one and therefore, to us all. Thanks for posting.
I love both these albums. World's apart from the norm, thank god, but were able to localize around an arena so profound. So yes, I can see how dreams may have come true from them.
Polistrumentisti , le scuole in GB , insegnano molti strumenti, da noi i bimbi li portano a scuola calcio , da ex giocatori professionisti, poi a 18 anni non sanno scrivere il loro nome e cognome……… pora Italy🙄🙄
Even though "Freehand", "The Power and the Glory", "Octopus", and others were probably much bigger sellers, and better produced, I still keep coming back to this haunting album! There is just something special and unique about it! And this band comprised of at least two members of Gentle Giant, (as well as other talented players) do justice to this piece off that glorius album!
