Gong — Wise Man In Your Heart
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Proclivities wrote:
Maybe Bob Denver is playing alto sax on this - reverting back to his days as Maynard G. Krebs.
Not bad, but it feels like a three hour tour. A THREEEEEE HOUR TOOOOOOOOOOUR
Maybe Bob Denver is playing alto sax on this - reverting back to his days as Maynard G. Krebs.
Not bad, but it feels like a three hour tour. A THREEEEEE HOUR TOOOOOOOOOOUR
scrubbrush wrote:
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
yet still drifts into a nice riff. Like echos of movies in movies ...
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
yet still drifts into a nice riff. Like echos of movies in movies ...
has a massive attack background....
..not that there's anything wrong with that....💁
scrubbrush wrote:
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
Maybe Bob Denver is playing alto sax on this - reverting back to his days as Maynard G. Krebs.
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
Maybe Bob Denver is playing alto sax on this - reverting back to his days as Maynard G. Krebs.
I was feeling the Al Stewart in that one, too. Right up until I read that comment whereby someone synced up lyrics to the Gilligan's Island theme song. Then I just gave up.
Al Stewart on 'ludes.
no 
Kinda sorta sounds like Robyn Hitchcock meets Kenny G.
I like it, though I may save it for later in the evening, like right before bedtime.
I like it, though I may save it for later in the evening, like right before bedtime.
BillG wrote:
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though — & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
Fair point.
Strangely though, I came to Gong inspired more by the 'let's all live in a French commune' culture, and ended up enjoying it without the need for any external enhancement. (Never been into that myself)
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though — & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
Fair point.
Strangely though, I came to Gong inspired more by the 'let's all live in a French commune' culture, and ended up enjoying it without the need for any external enhancement. (Never been into that myself)
BillG wrote:
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though — & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though — & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
That's super funny because I was trying to remember having heard this and couldn't, although I did have a bit of a flashback when you mentioned those prerequisites so yeah, I feel ya there; definitely not for the regular RP list eh?
And on a mostly unrelated note, I heard that the Gong Show was starting back up again soon....right after Chuck Barris dies of course. Odd timing!
Long Live RP!
Philchill wrote:
Well if any of the original Gong stuff shows up here.. prepare to be surprised. Veeery different.
Think: Zappa doing music for toddlers (if you leave the druggie theme aside)
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though -- & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
Well if any of the original Gong stuff shows up here.. prepare to be surprised. Veeery different.
Think: Zappa doing music for toddlers (if you leave the druggie theme aside)
Not many albums flat-out *require* psychedelics in order to be tolerated, much less enjoyed. Those early Gong albums certainly qualify, though -- & consequently you probably won't be hearing any here. I revisited some of their 70s stuff recently & decided that my impressions from back then still held up.
blotto wrote:
Well if any of the original Gong stuff shows up here.. prepare to be surprised. Veeery different.
Think: Zappa doing music for toddlers (if you leave the druggie theme aside)
Never heard of Gong. like it. thanks RP
Well if any of the original Gong stuff shows up here.. prepare to be surprised. Veeery different.
Think: Zappa doing music for toddlers (if you leave the druggie theme aside)
Sorry, my ears aren't fond of this. It gets the 2 it mentions on the cover. Even on this lazy Friday afternoon. Too affected, IMO only, of course. Ha, I used an interweb acronym.
edit; Sorry, it now gets a 1 and a PSD for its trouble.
edit; Sorry, it now gets a 1 and a PSD for its trouble.
Never heard of Gong. like it. thanks RP
Trippystuff, love it
JavaJones wrote:
That's what I was thinking. Good tune. This porn music stuff ain't so bad ;^)
Singer sounds almost like Damon Albarn in his Gorillaz mode...
That's what I was thinking. Good tune. This porn music stuff ain't so bad ;^)
Bloomineck!
Daevid Allen/Gong on RP.
Delight!
I saw Gong in the Radio Gnome days, the atmosphere was awfully thick, went in sober, came out stoned, and none of it was mine. You had to be there, just like the sixties....
Or so I'm told.
Hatfield and The North were support band. Aaah misty days
Daevid Allen/Gong on RP.
Delight!
I saw Gong in the Radio Gnome days, the atmosphere was awfully thick, went in sober, came out stoned, and none of it was mine. You had to be there, just like the sixties....
Or so I'm told.
Hatfield and The North were support band. Aaah misty days
70s noodling, right enough. When I was in sixth form it was de rigeur to be into Gong, Yes, ELP, Amon Duul, and other prog rock supergroups to be considered part of our college's cultural and intellectual elite. Even if you couldn't bear them, you had to follow the party line if you wanted to be 'in'. Looking back, this was just posey w@nking, but that's students for you. This is relatively accessible compared to the baroque gnomic incomprehensible music that Gong put out in those days, but it does bring back embarrassing memories, for I was as much a posey w@nker as the rest :(
JavaJones wrote:
I dragged No. 1 Step Son (into DJing and Trance etc) to see Steve Hillage and Gong at the Glade stage at Glastonbury in 2009. He was a little put out that cranky old Mummy and Daddy's generation had got there before his.
Nice, completely unexpected! Fits right in with modern electronic "groove" music. Singer sounds almost like Damon Albarn in his Gorillaz mode...
- Oshyan
- Oshyan
I dragged No. 1 Step Son (into DJing and Trance etc) to see Steve Hillage and Gong at the Glade stage at Glastonbury in 2009. He was a little put out that cranky old Mummy and Daddy's generation had got there before his.
Well I'll be..... I never expected to hear Gong on the radio, anywhere!
xtalman wrote:
Nice! I must love 70's porn music.
70's porn music.
Nice! I must love 70's porn music.
I really like this!
...well this is certainly interesting...
freddyfender wrote:
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Abourd this tiny ship.
.
.
.
Yippie vi Ohhhh
Yippie vi ayyyy
Ghost riders in the sky
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Abourd this tiny ship.
.
.
.
Yippie vi Ohhhh
Yippie vi ayyyy
Ghost riders in the sky
nailed it. i totally heard echoes of gilligan's island
blandolium
Kenny G ?? 
It's close to a GONG...but actually just a 4.
Nice, completely unexpected! Fits right in with modern electronic "groove" music. Singer sounds almost like Damon Albarn in his Gorillaz mode...
- Oshyan
- Oshyan
Al Stewart after a really big bong hit?
Radio Paradise Invisible
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Abourd this tiny ship.
.
.
.
Yippie vi Ohhhh
Yippie vi ayyyy
Ghost riders in the sky
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Abourd this tiny ship.
.
.
.
Yippie vi Ohhhh
Yippie vi ayyyy
Ghost riders in the sky
this is awful — sounds like "smooth jazz", which is NOT jazz at all !!
70's porn music.
It's indeed a nice groove but the vocalist's twee delivery is off-putting for me. Nice tune, though, digging it as I code.
This is the bomb! Had no idea Gong did anything after the early 80's. Inspired, I've got to dig this up. What a nice groove complete with a dreamy sax. Makes a nice early sat nite mood.
nice.. just had one of those moments where working at the keybord... I sort of drifted away on a much needed float ! TY
Reminds me of trippy 70s jazz. Very chill.
Nice tune. Love the soprano sax! It sounds like Randy Wheeler (but I know it can't be him . . . . )
When you play stuff like this, it reinforces WHY I listen. Seriously- love the periodic dose of 'late greats'. Keep this up and I'll be a lifetime listener and contributor! A good workout for those cobweb music corners in my brain! —love—
Oh my goodness! Gong!
Last time I seriously listened to Gong was sometime last century when I was chemically enhanced. The Flying Teapot era. A casual glance at allmusic.com tells me they have never stopped.
Thank you once again RP for making me re-evaluate and re-visit old bands I thought had fallen off the face of the earth.
Last time I seriously listened to Gong was sometime last century when I was chemically enhanced. The Flying Teapot era. A casual glance at allmusic.com tells me they have never stopped.
Thank you once again RP for making me re-evaluate and re-visit old bands I thought had fallen off the face of the earth.
Did Sigur Ros and Sting hook up or something?
Barbecue, beach, beer, now.
first to rate this song. 9
Fair point.
Strangely though, I came to Gong inspired more by the 'let's all live in a French commune' culture, and ended up enjoying it without the need for any external enhancement. (Never been into that myself)
Interesting