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    Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:47

 

Hi everybody, I'm a great fan of Daevid Allen's Gong. My favourite tracks are "Flying Teapot" (RGI pt. 1), "I never glid before" (RGI pt. 2), "Master Builder" (RGI pt. 3), "Shamal" and "Wingful of eyes" (Shamal).  But the whole trilogy is very very good IMO.

What are your fav tracks? (In the whole discography    )

Do you think that GONG ended when Daevid Allen left (Shamal, I suppose , when the group was lead by the great Pierre Moerlen    )?

Thanks   

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:41
'Master Builder' is their greatest track.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:44

I think the music from 'Master Builder' is their peak moment. I didn't know it was so popular. Expected to be the only one to mention the track.

After David Aellen there were still some very fine albums. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:52
Master Builder is truly excellent but I'd also rate "Radio Gnome", "Oily Way", "I Never Glid Before" and "Fohat Digs Holes In Space" as equally fine examples of Allen-era Gong. I'd take Angel's Egg over You any day.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:56

 

'Master Builder' from the "You" album. It also contains some of the best Moerlen drumming ever in a Gong album (and let me tell you that his input was permanently an all-time high) - that's why I put that particular song in my CD player the minute I knew that Master Moerlen had died from a heart attack in early May. This song is so intense, that instead of making me feel sad, it made me feel excited. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:58

Oily Way is fun, but most of Gong's music I know is very much fun. I like the guitar sound of Steve Hillage, and the female vocals (very sexy), but the rhythm section is very good also.

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Prostitute poem
With Song / I am your pussy
Oily Way
I Never Glid Before
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:02

'Master Builder' and 'A Sprinkling of Clouds'

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:02
Prostitute Poem is great
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:08
master builder for me too
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:13
'You Can't Kill Me' is great- a perfect realisation of Daevid Allen's twisted Syd Barrett homages and the jazz rock of the musicians.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:47
You Tried Too Hard is a wonderful, elegaiac early song that is often overlooked.
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:53
"Fohat Digs Holes In Space". Absolutely amazing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 17:57

I'm another fan of Master Builder. I think is the best song of  "You", and  I could  not help playing my "air bass" and "air drums" every time I listen to . What an amazing rythm pattern!. But, if that wasn't enough, the playing of Mr Hillage and Mr Malherbe its also amazing.

Other favs:

Oily way, Nevr glid before, and Eat the phone book (very funny and groovie, I just love Moerlen's drum fills) from Angel's Egg, wich, by the way,it's my favourite album.

You can't kill me, Tried so hard and Fohat digs holes in space from Camembert Electrique

And finally, Flying Teapot

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 18:09
Originally posted by CrazyDiamond CrazyDiamond wrote:

What are your fav tracks? (In the whole discography    )

CrazyDiamond, "in the whole discography" is truly saying something. Even on the official Gong homepage (http://www.planetgong.co.uk/ ) they admit that the discography is probably faulty and incomplete. 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 18:40

I mean in the discography accepted and known almost by everybody, I know that there is a huge amount of material!     

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 18:43
flute salad
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2005 at 19:03

Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

flute salad

A bit short...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2005 at 03:15

My all-time favourite Gong track is "Castle In The Clouds" (Angel's Egg).


"Flying Teapot" is excellent too, and to complete my top 3, I'd add from "Outer Temple" to "Love Is What Y Make It", which seem to segue into a single track. I would add "Flute Salad", but that would mean having to include "Oily Way", which I'm not keen on...


 


    

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2005 at 03:48
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