Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory Side 2 || Jana's First Reaction and Song REVIEW
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Welcome to ‘Prog Song Sunday’, where we listen to a Progressive Rock song together and then discuss our thoughts about that particular piece of music. In each episode, you get two different perspectives- the seasoned Prog fan who has 20 years of experience listening to the genre (Nathan), and the fresh new listener who is only now discovering the world of Progressive Rock (Jana).
In this episode, we are featuring side two of "The Power and the Glory" by Gentle Giant! Please listen along with us, and continue on to our discussion to see how Jana feels about her first dedicated listen to this prog rock gem and Nathan’s background and history with this particular piece of music!
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Jana's commentary is spot-on. hope she enjoyed.
GG's beautiful chaos getting Sunday started with a bang. Powerful and glorious😉
RIP Ray Shulman
Hi Nathan, TP&TG has always been my favorite Gentle Giant album, of course their very Best is their "Live" Playing The Fool album. Gentle Giant for me is always better Live and thankfully there are many great Live performances on video for the younger of you Kats to catch up on ! 👍🎶🎼✌
My favorite Gentle Giant album!!!
All Hail Gentle Giant !!!
A masterpiece work. I try to get people from all different musical backgrounds and allegiances to give Cogs in Cogs a go... with varying degrees of success it has to be said !! 😅 It's either WOW 😳 OR...a strange expression staring back at me ! 😅 Not for everyone but Hell yes , it's definitely for me. Love GG. Fabulous Nathan and Jana. 🎵🎵😍🤘
One of my favorites albums too. It's great to see Jana evolve the more she listens to prog. I think I remember a year or two before this she was very surprised and couldn't get into some tracks, and now she appreciate GG ! What a change. I like that.
Nathan thanks for showcasing Gentle Giant this month. saw them only once live back in the day and they knocked me out. Are you still considering a look at Italy's greatest 70s prog band PFM. Though not commercial at all I think your audience would dig them Peace
Yes and please do the english versions af their two albums, Photos of Ghosts and The World Became The World. These are just fabulous.
I think Jana might like the GG album titled “Civilian”, it’s much more accessible but still maintains some of the things that make GG special. If you don’t wanna do the full album the song Inside Out is really good. Other GG songs I’d recommend for her are Just The Same, Memories Of Old Days, Giant For A Day, Black Cat and Schooldays
Congrats on the move, and thanks for a sublime album side for a Sunday. "Cogs in Cogs" always reminds me of Yes, whereas "No God's a Man" is pure GG, but both songs show off their vocal arranging chops. I get the reason for the dissonance in "Valedictory", but it does make it a tougher listen. It's one of those room-clearing songs that should be labelled "Don't play this for your girlfriend!" 😉
I'm surprised how short side 2 is
GG albums were always on the short side relative to their peers. Given how dense the arrangements are and how much time it probably took to rehearse and record it does make sense.
@@yes_head ah, yes it does, but side one is quite long then, isn't it : )
@@Lightmane Side 1 is ~22 minutes, not long by most bands’ standards, but I’m guessing it’s probably the longest side on any Gentle Giant album!
@@sylvanm4216 I don't think album sides go much over 22 minutes. I think most are under 20
@@Lightmane It depends on the artist and the era (albums were usually very short in the early 60s, often under 30 minutes, but got longer with time). Genesis used to regularly release albums in the 50 to 55 minute range, meaning up to 28 minutes per side.
Maybe it´s their harshest sounding ablum - at times cold and sharp as steal. But no complaints, it´s about politics. Although there is this wonderful piece "Aspirations". These pauses - Minnear knows a thing or two about composition. The dissonant music of "So sincere" and combining the sound of a sax with a violin, intentionally ugly, shows that the ruler and his words are anything but sincere. Crazy bass-line in the guitar solo, it´s always a tick too late. And typical Gentle Giant - using a cello and a violin (except for its solo) in "The face" just for a little repeating phrase.