favorite Gentle Giant songs
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Topic: favorite Gentle Giant songs
Posted By: glass house
Subject: favorite Gentle Giant songs
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 14:15
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I am very curious about your favorite Gentle Giant songs. The last few years I have grown to love them, keep hearing different and interesting stuff in their music.
Tried to make a top ten but couldn't. So here are mine 15 favorite songs.
Funny Ways
The House, The Street, The Room
Schooldays
Peel The Paint
Knots
The Advent of Panurge
The Boys in The Band
The Runaway
Experience
In A Glass House
So Sincere
Proclamation
Just The Same
Free Hand
On Reflection
What are yours?
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 15:25
| Erm...am I aloud to say all of 'em? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 15:41
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no.
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Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 15:53
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 16:58
Ahem... I suppose you meant allowed, didn't you? BTW, aren't you the one who likes to correct others?  On the subject: from what I've got (first four albums) my favourite songs are: Working All Day, Mister Class And Quality?, A Cry For Everyone. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Shakespeare wrote:Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:38
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Great band i it's been way too long since i listened to them, shame on me
 . Best songs i remember at he moment not in any particular order: Funny Ways Three friends
Knots
The Advent of Panurge
The Boys in The Band
The Runaway
Experience
In A Glass House Just The Same |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:40
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Shame on you indeed, Dirk. Good to see you here.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 17:54
Oh no, I said what I meant. "Am I to say, aloud, all of 'em?" of course implying that I am going to say out loud that I love every Gentle Giant song ever. ...what a sh*tty save... |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:24
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Schooldays Last Voyage Pantagruel's Nativity Think of Me With Kindness Peel The Paint On Reflection maybe I should include "The House, the Street, The Room" and "Three Friends" as well. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:30
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1. Three Friends
2. Mister Class And Quality?
3. Pantagruel's Nativity
4. Edge Of Twilight
5. River
6. A Reunion
7. Dog's Life
8. Think Of Me With Kindness
9. Prologue
10.Raconteur Troubadour
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: October 25 2007 at 18:44
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1. The Face 2. Free Hand 3. A Reunion 4. Time to Kill 5. On Reflection 6. In a Glass House 7. Cogs in Cogs 8. The Advent of Panurge 9. I Lost My Head 10. The Runaway and there are so many more -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 03:42
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Hey
every time, some one asks me 15 favourite songs,
my list changes
Edgae of twilight
Funny ways
Think of me with kindness
Moon is down
Wreck
Boys in the band
The Runaway
knots
River
Cry for Everyone
Schooldays
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 07:02
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mmmmmm, a new Lounge.
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Posted By: FunnyWays
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 12:33
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I don't know if I can do a top ten for this, dunno why im posting really. Normally just put an album on so don't know the songs as songs very well. Number one has to be Free Hand though, great song. Love the DVD of GG at GG so just take first 10 songs on there. ------------- 
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Posted By: P.H.P.
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 12:38
Good to see Gentle Giant is finally being appreciated here like they always have deserved to be. 
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 13:11
These ones you mean
; * Free Hand
1Two Weeks in Spain
2. Free Hand 3. On Reflection 4. I'm turning around 5. Just the Same 6. Playing the Game 7. Memories of Old Days 8. Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do it 9. JP Weathers presents 10. Funny Ways |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:15
| "Edge of Twilght" is my alltime Fantastic song |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:52
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Time to come clean about somethin'...I'm a complete n00b when it comes to GG. I don't own a single one of their albums, and to be honest, I avoided them for a long time because they just sounded so silly to me...of course times have changed The Advent of Panurge
Pantagruel's Nativity
Nothing at All
Black Cat
Interview
Peel the Paint
I Lost My Head
Alucard
Giant
Dog's Life - underrated!!
Why Not?
Funny Ways
On Reflection
Experience
Raconteur Troubadour
Funny...I can't even remember half of these, but they must have been pretty good because I'm quite stingy with what I put into my "loved tracks" on last.fm ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
but I still haven't explored their back catalogue - one of those things I "look forward" to (every progger has several bands like this - you know you love 'em but you put it off for another time) Having said that, they seem to come up a lot on internet radio stations I listen to: so I've copied a list from last.fm of Giant songs that impressed me enough to tag 'em.Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:57
Pantagruel's Nativity ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: pelican
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:59
| I only have 2 of their albums so far - but my favorite is "I lost my Head". |
Posted By: beebs
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:59
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Top 15 Gentle Giant songs? Wow, that's a really tall order. I might have an easier time with ELP, Yes, or Genesis, believe it or not. But what the hell. Here goes! NOT in particular order other than "coming to mind": 1. "In A Glass House" 2. "Schooldays" 3. "Proclamation"
4. "Think of Me With Kindness"
5. "The House, The Street, The Room"
6. "His Last Voyage"
7. "Experience"
8. "Aspirations"
9. "Black Cat"
10. "Playing the Game"
11. "Just the Same"
12. "A Song For Everyone"
13. "The Face"
14. "Isn't It Quiet and Cold"
15. "Funny Ways"
acccch!!! So hard to stop at 15, but that's what was asked for!!! So ya got it..... ------------- "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of one's own mind" * Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:26
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Playing the Game |
Posted By: Anderson III
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 07:26
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The most gigantic of the Giant songs in no particular order: The Advent Of Panurge Cogs In Cogs On Reflection Pantragruel's Nativity Think Of Me With Kindness Aspirations Schooldays Funny Ways Peel The Paint But my 1# is clear: So Sincere! ------------- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 11:39
From the amazon samples, I'm really diggin' the debut album. Actually I think I have almost all of the songs from that one on my list...seems kinda strange. Does anyone else prefer the first album the rest rest of Giant's work? ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 12:31
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Three, there's the list:
Proclamation
On Reflection - This one could be on "The Art of Fugue" by J.S.Bach
Knots
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 13:03
| The most chosen one; On Reflection. Then Funny Ways, Pantagruel's Nativity, The Advent Of Panurge, Schooldays, Think of me with Kindness, In A Glass House, The Runaway and Just The Same. |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 01:33
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Mine, not including those you have identified as being most favoured to date, are
Alucard Nothing at all Black Cat The Moon is Down Working all Day Mr. Class and Quality Boys in the Band River A Reunion Experience Playing the Game No Gods a Man Time to Kill His Last Voyage Empty City Not a bad collection after you take out the most favoured. ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: November 03 2007 at 01:18
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Over the years I've tried to get into Gentle Giant more than any other band that didn't immediately inspire. I have still failed to find a single song to put into my top 1000.
However, for some reason that I don't understand, I will keep trying.
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Posted By: Utah Man
Date Posted: November 19 2007 at 11:06
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That's easy... No... Wait a minute  |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:31
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Peel the Paint
River The Advent of Panurge Mister Class and Quality Nothing At All Funny Ways Experience In a Glass House Free Hand Aspirations |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:11
| Just discovered On Reflexion today (I don't like the Free Hand album that much) but I must say that this piece will remain one of my all time favourite! |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:19
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http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=12385&FID=79 - Astrodomine ;
Free Hand is a fine album, but if you don't know any other album give these a try;
In A Glass House
Octopus
Three Friends
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:28
| Moon is Down , is my favourite these days |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 17:45
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For now (I still don't even own half of their discography), my favourite is Pantagruel's Nativity. ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 22:26
Yeah, I own every album from Gentle Giant to Free Hand, and I must say that the three you listed are my favourites . Especially Three Friends! This is one of my all time favourite album. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 07 2007 at 11:03
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Raconteur Troubadour
Playing the game River The Runaway Cry for everyone Aspirations Proclamation There are still many GG albums I've yet to explore.. |
Posted By: Gentlegiantprog
Date Posted: January 31 2008 at 22:24
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Why Not? Wreck Mr. Class & Quality Advent of Panurge Knots In The Glass House Proclamation Free Hand Empty City Mountain Time (Live on GG at the GG) that was a tough call/ ------------- Let the maps of war be drawn ! 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 15:56
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Well...
1. I Lost My Head
2. Peel The Paint
3. On Reflection
4. So Sincere
5. Nothing At All
6. The Boys In The Band
7. Just The Same
8. Proclamation
9. The Face
10. Wreck
11. Way Of Life
12. The Advent Of Panyrge
13. Working All Day
14. Interview
15. Edge Of Twilight
No Particular order. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 01 2008 at 16:33
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In A Glass House On Reflection The Boys in the Band Free Hand Time to Kill Proclamation Cogs in Cogs Knots An Inmates Lullaby Schooldays Runaway in no particular the best of the list though? Free Hand, Boys in the Band and Glass House of course. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 02 2008 at 10:36
| The Boys in the Band |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 06 2008 at 16:27
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I dont got all thiere classic albums yet but so far my top 10 whuld be something like this:
Pantagruel's Nativity
Wreck
Plain Thruth
Raconteur, Troubadour
Dogs Life
River
The Runaway
In a Glass House
Proclamtion
Free hand
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Posted By: harrold the barrel
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 00:03
| in a glass house! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 00:22
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wow... don't listen to them as I once did... but still.... putting on School Days is one of the tracks... and rare indeed in prog... that can simply bring tears to your eyes. Man I love that song.. .in fact... putting Three Friends on now. Been awhile since I've listened to it. Don't do the 'english' thing much these days.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 18:13
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My top five:
1- The advent of panurge 2- River 3- A cry for everyone 4- Free Hand 5- The boys in the band and Time to Kill |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: October 15 2008 at 15:34
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1. Knots
2. Funny Ways
3. Advent of Panurge
4. Wreck
5. Mr. Class and Quality
6. Black Cat
7. River
8. Proclamation
9. On Reflection
10. Dog's Life
I don't have really much of anything from albums 5-10, though I've sample some of the big songs. I may have to make another list later. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: October 15 2008 at 19:13
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A new one:
1. River 2. Advent of Panurge and Plain Truth 3. Free Hand 4. Just the Same 5. Experience 6. Cry for Everyone 7. The Boys in the Band 8. Prologue 9. Peel the Paint and The House, The Street, The Room 10. Three Friends Special Mention to the great riff off All Through the Night! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 22 2008 at 20:22
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No order just the first ten that jump into my head...
Free Hand
Black Cat
Three Friends
Knots
A Cry for Everyone
The Boys in the Band River Prologue
Peel the Paint Mister Class and Quality
I love all of the "Three Friends" album!
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Posted By: Foolsdrummer
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 16:36
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This list could change anytime, but let's say.
1. On reflection
2. The moon is down
3. His last voyage
4. Experience
5. The house, the street, the room
6. Playing the game
7. Mister class and quality
8. Three friends
9. Why not?
10. Free hand
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 16:45
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1. The Moon is Down 2. Pantagruel's Nativity 3. Way of Life 4. Advent of Panurge 5. The House, The Street, The Room 6. Why not? 7. Three Friends 8. His Last Voyage 9. The Face 10. I Lost My Head I could change around the order and substitute other tracks. Lots of excellent material on the first eight albums. ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 19:51
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1. On Reflection 2. Free Hand 3. Schooldays 4. Why Not? 5. Wreck 6. Time To Kill 7. Peel The Paint 8. The Boys In The Band 9. Giant 10. Talybont subject to change 
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:02
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1. Nothing at All 2. Why Not 3. Wreck 4. Black Cat 5.Dogs Life 6.Raconteur Troubadour 7.Knots 8.School Days 9.Three Friends 10. Giant ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:04
not into the band after Octopus there Hawkwise? 
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:10
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Thats right first 4 albums top notch all goes a bit wonky for me after that, though Some parts of Free hand are ok
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:15
| personally for me their first 4 are hit and miss and Octopus never struck a chord with me (expectations too high, maybe?). but for some reason the removal of one brother made the band a lot better for me. Well, up to Free Hand, anyways... |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:18
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Only got 4 or so of the albums, and lacking a few of the classic ones, so sticking to five 1. Free Hand 2. The Moon Is Down 3. Mr. Class And Quality 4. Schooldays 5. The House, The Street, The Room |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:39
forgot about that one |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 30 2008 at 20:58
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^ THAT is a KICK ASS sig Mike.. wow.... thinking of stealing it...
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 01:43
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Cant possibly put these in order (in album release order):
Funny Ways
Why Not? Plain Truth Working All Day
Peel The Paint
The Boys In The Band
River
The Runaway
In A Glass House
Cogs In Cogs
On Reflection
Free Hand
Talybont
Excerpts From Octopus
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 05:19
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Everything. ------------- |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 31 2008 at 05:24
yep... the first four are true gold... but the 'soul' of the group sort of falls through on latter albums for me. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: AdamHearst
Date Posted: November 29 2008 at 02:18
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1 - Playing the Game 2 - I Lost My Head 3 - His Last Voyage 4 - Alucard 5 - Cogs in Cogs 6 - Black Cat 7 - No God's A Man 8 - School Days 9 - Think of Me With Kindness 10 - Experience 11 - Aspirations 12 - Empty City 13 - Pantgruel's Nativity 14 - Raconteur Troubadour 15 - An Inmate's Lullabye so many more great songs to choose from... my favorites tend to be the more quiet atmospheric songs though. Brilliant brilliant band! ------------- I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity... |
Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: November 29 2008 at 02:55
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So far I only have "Octopus", "Free hand" and "Interview". I've heard some of "The power and the glory" and I'm thinking about buying "In a glass house". Anyway, here are my favourites from what I have heard (approximate order): 1. Just the same 2. The advent of Panurge 3. Interview 4. Knots 5. Free hand 6. Proclamation 7. The boys in the band 8. On reflection 9. Raconteur, troubadour 10. A cry for everyone |