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Well, if you consider that a lot of hip good looking “artists” these days can’t even sing or play simple songs very well in a studio, let alone live on stage, you might give a little more due respect to talented true artists who do at worst a reasonable job of pulling off difficult and complex music totally live. Plus, keep the time frame in mind, the GG wasn’t filmed last year, it was in the late 70’s.
That said, Gentle Giant’s music can be difficult to get used to and appreciate and the rough edges and poorer sound quality of even the best live recorded examples are not the best place to introduce noobs to their music! ;-)
John L Rice
From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 10:37 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT Gentle Giant So Sincere
I managed to keep a (mostly) straight face until the camera pulled out enough to reveal what the guitarist was wearing. Uproarious laughter ensued.
Even though I found the vocals to be nearly painful, I acknowledge that there are certainly talented players here, but it's not my cup of tea. More power to those that do enjoy it.
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com> wrote:
If any progheads ever want to figure out why they cannot get laid then this video is about as good a reason as they will ever find.
The opening moments of this actually made me laugh out loud; it completely reminded me of those 'Shreds' parody videos (check this or this or this if you've never seen them before - the last one actually is how that type of music sounds to me)
Mike
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john barrick
∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗