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What is the best Gentle Giant song?
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It is 'Peel the Paint' in my book.
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I voted for The Advent Of Panurge, but I love all of them.
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The Advent of Panurge...

but I would have voted for "The Boys in the Band" if it were listed.
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Not the biggest GG fan overall, but they have some top notch material for sure. Vote for Proclamation followed by On Reflection and Runaway.
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Other: It is a toss up between His Last Voyage and Memories of Old Days.
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Originally posted by Love_Giant Love_Giant wrote:

I'm sorry,
but since there is no quoting, I don't understand if the Guldbamsen and ThyroidGlands posts are an answer to my question (thank you, anyway).

I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKxGn0UwI-8; is this you were referring to?

Hi there and welcome to Progarchives, John
If you take a closer look at upper right side of every post, you will see two quoting options.
I wasn’t responding to you as I sadly have no answer to your query. I only mentioned my fave Gentle Giant tracks.
Best of luck going forth.
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Three friends. When that choir kicks in it’s pretty epic.
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Can't believe I'm the first to vote for freehand but there are many great songs here.
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I'm sorry,
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I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKxGn0UwI-8; is this you were referring to?
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The House, The Street, The Room or River - both of which hang out under ‘other’
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Hi!

new entry, nomen omen (Love_Giant) :^)


I love almost everything of GG; one of my favourite album is Three Friend, and I expecially love "Peel the Paint".

Now the bad question:

Does exist a source (video or audio) with the Giants performing Peel the Paint with John Weathers, or to be open-minded, WITHOUT Malcom Mortimore?

I believe Malcolm is good , but John would give another level of power to this track.

I ahve been looking and searching for years, with no luck...

Thanks everyone in advance,
John
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Since Three Friends is my favorite album, a toss-up between the last two tracks (Mister Class and Quality, and the title track).
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School Days is also my favourite, actually feels very strange it wasn't on the list.
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My all-time favorite band. It's hard to choose I song, but I voted for:
Other: School Days.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I went with "Pantagruel's Nativity". "Nothing at All" off thew debut is another particular stand-out for me, as well as "Three Friends". Anyway, Gentle Giant has no shortage of great songs. While I did not vote other, the one that I tend to think of most is "The Moon Is Down" and I would have voted for it if it was a specific selection in the list. I love it.
Yes all of that. No band I can think of made each song a complete sonical universe quite like (early) Gentle Giant.
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I voted for Peel The Paint. Proclamation is up there too.
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Where the hell is "In A Glass House"? THAT is my favourite GG track...
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