History YMMV / GentleGiant

** After the band broke up in 1980, Derek wound up as the president of Atco Records - meaning that he was responsible for signing a little-known Long Island band to the label in 1991. That band? ''Music/DreamTheater''.

* HeAlsoDid: After the band broke up in 1980, Derek wound up as the president of Atco Records - meaning that he was responsible for signing a little-known Long Island band to the label in 1991. That band? ''Music/DreamTheater''.

* EarWorm:
** For a complex song, "Talybont" can be seen as this.
** "Knots", "Wreck" or "Proclamation" are very catchy, really. Accomplished via slightly unusual tunes. It could be argued that Gentle Giant's one of the catchier prog bands.

* HeAlsoDid: After the band folded in 1980, Derek wound up as the president of Atco Records - meaning that he was responsible for signing a little-known Long Island band to the label in 1991. That band? ''Music/DreamTheater''.

** Also the spooky "Alucard".

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6fmx-xn9A This]] certainly qualifies.
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* BrokenBase: The Gentle Giant fanbase is torn as to which of their eleven albums is considered their best. Popular choices include ''Acquiring the Taste'', ''Octopus'', ''In a Glass House'', ''The Power and the Glory'', ''Free Hand'', and occasionally ''Interview''.

* EarWorm: For a complex song, "Talybont" can be seen as this.
** Hell, even "Knots", "Wreck" or "Proclamation" are very catchy, really. Accomplished via slightly unusual tunes. It could be argued that Gentle Giant's one of the catchier prog bands.
* EpicRiff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6fmx-xn9A This]] certainly qualifies.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTet3C_afKA The Boys in the Band]]" is a pretty good example too.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Italians Love Gentle Giant]]: They were most popular in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands; somehow Italy really took to the genre.
* NightmareFuel: The vocal bridge of "Pantagruel's Nativity".

** Hell, even "Knots", "Wreck" or "Proclamation" are very catchy, really. Accomplished via slightly unusual tunes. It could be argued that Gentle Giant's one of the more catchy prog bands.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Italians Love Gentle Giant]]: They were most popular in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands; somehow Italy really took into the genre.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The title track off of ''Interview'' is often accused of sounding similar to "Proclamation" from ''The Power and the Glory''. Both tracks have a similar keyboard jig feel to them, with similar tempos and vocals.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Gentle Giant, like many progressive rock bands, has their share of supporters and detractors. Supporters hail them as being one of the genre's most underrated bands with complex musicianship that blows even the genre's major figures like Music/{{Yes}} and Music/{{Genesis}} out of the water. Others contend that they suffer from the same excess and pretentiousness as those same bands, if not more so, with certain aspects of their music (dissonance, odd vocal harmonies, Derek Shulman's singing, etc.) being either loved or criticized.

* AwesomeMusic: Their first eight albums qualify from start to finish. Some people also throw in ''The Missing Piece'', ''Giant for a Day!'', and ''Civilian''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.

** The quality of the band's last three albums. Some say that the new wave influenced direction was the band selling out and putting fame over music, while others say the albums are quite good and reveal a unique side of the band that was never fully explored
** ''Interview''. For some it's considered the last great Gentle Giant record before their last three pop albums, while for others it's a mess of underdeveloped and derivative songs tied around a silly concept that showed the band struggling to rush an album out to sustain the momentum ''Free Hand'' had given them.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Gentle Giant, like many progressive rock bands, has their share of supporters and detractors. Supporters hail them as being one of the genre's most underrated bands with complex musicianship that blows even the genre's major figures like Yes and Genesis out of the water. Others contend that they suffer from the same excess and pretentiousness as those same bands, if not more so, with certain aspects of their music (dissonance, odd vocal harmonies, Derek Shulman's singing, etc.) being either loved or criticized.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The title track off of ''Interview'' is often accused of sounding similar to "Proclamation" from ''The Power and the Glory''. Both tracks have a similar keyboard jig feel to them with similar tempos and vocals.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The title track off of ''Interview'' is often accused of sounding similar to ''Proclamation'' from ''The Power and the Glory''. Both tracks have a similar keyboard jig feel to them with similar tempos and vocals.

* AwesomeMusic: Basically their first eight albums qualify from start to finish. Some people may also throw in ''The Missing Piece'', ''Giant for a Day!'', and ''Civilian''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.

* EpicRiff: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6fmx-xn9A This]] certainly qualifies.

* TearJerker: "The Moon Is Down", "Think Of Me With Kindness", "His Last Voyage"

** Hell even "Knots", "Wreck" or "Proclamation" are very catchy really. Just accomplish this via slightly unusual tunes. It could be argued that Gentle Giant is one of the more catchy prog bands.

* AwesomeMusic: Basically their first eight albums qualify from start to finish. Some people may also throw in ''The Missing Piece, ''Giant for a Day!'', and ''Civilian''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.

* AwesomeMusic: Basically their first eight albums qualify from start to finish. Some people may also throw in ''Giant for a Day!'' and ''Civilian''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.

* AwesomeMusic: Basically their first seven albums qualify from start to finish. Some people would probably also throw in ''Interview''. As for live material, ''Playing the Fool'' is among the greatest prog live albums ever made.
* DeadHorseGenre: Well... it's [[ProgressiveRock prog]].

* TearJerker: "The Moon Is Down", "Think Of Me With Kindness", "His Last Voyage"

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Italians Love Gentle Giant]]: They were most popular in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands, somehow Italy really took into the genre.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They were most popular in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands, somehow Italy really took into the genre.

* AwesomeMusic: Basically their first seven albums qualify from start to finish. Some people would probably also throw in ''Interview''.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The vocal bridge of "Pantagruel's Nativity".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They were most popuar in Italy. This was the case with many prog bands, somehow Italy really took into the genre.