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'''Kerry Livgren''' of the rock band Kansas says a few words about [[Gentle Giant]] in his book ''Seeds of Change'': | '''Kerry Livgren''' of the rock band Kansas says a few words about [[Gentle Giant]] in his book ''Seeds of Change'': | ||
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"Gentle Giant was one of my favorite groups. Their albums [[Three Friends]] and [[Octopus]] had a remarkable originality, good musicianship, and philosophically interesting lyrics. I also had the pleasure of seeing them in concert, and appreciated the energy of their performance." | |||
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He also cites Gentle Giant in a discussion of contemporary music, formerly on numavox.com: | |||
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Over the years I have accumulated a rather large collection of recordings which covers the whole spectrum of musical styles. Lately I have found that there is rarely time to sit down and simply listen to music, but in one of those rare moments, I pulled a record off the shelf that I have not listened to for probably ten years. It was [[Acquiring the Taste|an early album]] by a little known British group, [[Gentle Giant]]. I happened to notice the liner notes on the album which read: | |||
:''"It is our goal to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of being very unpopular. We have recorded each composition with the one thought--that it should be unique, adventurous and fascinating. It has taken every shred of our combined musical and technical knowledge to achieve this."'' | |||
I think they fulfilled their prophecy of their own obscurity, but what a credo! They stated most succinctly the exact attitude which I think is missing from so much of today's contemporary music." | |||
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