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The Big 5:

1. Give it Back
2. Proclamation
3. Knots
4, Free Hand
5. Aspirations

5 reasons I like Gentle Giant

1. Harmony vocals excellent
2. Rhythmically interesting songs
3. Cute album covers with Giants on them
4. Use of nonstandard rock instruments
5. Creative re-arrangements/re-combination of songs for live performance


Edited by HolyMoly - July 20 2011 at 15:45
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Forget about songs. All albums except The Power and the Glory, Giant For a Day, and Civilian.
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Originally posted by ProcolWho? ProcolWho? wrote:

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I think GG were pretty good at making pop music. I think the reason people hate it so much is how much it contrasts their other work. They were about as good as Supertramp at making prog pop IMO
I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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okay I'm gonna try...

1) Playing The Game
2) Way Of Life
3) I Lost My Head
4) Experience
5) His Last Voyage

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not alone, it's a great song

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Any top 5 without The runaway and Playing the game isn't a top 5 Cool
 
My top 10 are:
 
The runaway
Playing the game
As old as you're young
Another show
Prologue
Racontuer troubador
Freedoms child
Shadows in the street
The moon is down
Time to kill
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Why would you bump this when this
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=89210
similar thread is already active
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1. In A Glass House
2. I Lost My Head
3. Experience
4. Cogs In Cogs
5. Wreck
6. The Moon Is Down
7. Three Friends
8. The Runaway
9. Pantagruel's Nativity
10. The Face
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Simple answer = I didn't know, apologies...I guess
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Schooldays ...
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1. Knots
2. Pantagruel's Nativity
3. Aspirations
4. The Runaway/Experience
5. The Advent of Panurge
6. Funny Ways
7. An Inmates Lullaby
8. Mister Class & Quality/Three Friends
9. Nothing At All
10. A Cry For Everyone
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Originally posted by Mista-Gordie Mista-Gordie wrote:

no one said Schooldays??
^ Exactly what I was gonna say......
Schooldays is the No.1 GG piece for me......
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Schooldays ...
O.K. - you said it ................
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Surprised that I don't see "Peel the Paint" in most lists.


1- The Runaway
2- Peel the Paint
3- In a Glass House
4- On Reflection
5- The House, The Street, The Room
6- Proclamation
7- Dog's Life
8- Pantagruel's Nativity
9- Schooldays
10- Knots


Impossible to make a list and be satisfied with it. They have so many amazing songs. I think that I could find 20 or 30 songs more that would fit a top 10 with no problem.


And sorry for ressurecting the topic. I thought it would be better than creating a new one.


Edited by Junges - October 08 2015 at 17:34
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I'm of a bit of a GG novice although I now do own pretty much everything. I would go
 
1. Interview
2. So Sincere
3. School Days
4. Freehand
5. Cogs In Cogs
 
Unique band. Complex 'pop' at times but such precision in the playing and structure of their music.
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This moment's snapshot:
 
1. Memories of Old Days
2. His Last Voyage
3. In a Glass House
4. Playing the Game
5. On Reflection
6. Schooldays
7. Aspirations
8. Raconteur, Troubadour
9. Wreck
X. Peel the Paint
 
 
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The GG favourite song list has been done a few times before here's mine from 2012...I haven't changed in 3 years....set in my ways I suppose!

1. For Nobody
2. Mobile
3. In A Glass House
4. A Cry For Everyone
5. Cogs In Cogs
6. Free Hand
7. Three Friends
8. The Boys In The Band
9. The Face
10. On Reflection

When Gentle Giant rocked, they rocked and in a very complex and unique manner.

Prog is Prog Rock isn't it? Or am I wrong? Gentle Giant rocked a lot....probably moreso than most of the heavy weights apart from Tull and a few others.
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