Led Zeppelin 4?!!! Wow, this is a huge surprise to me! I have never considered LZ as a prog band. In my book, LZ is the heavy blues band

@stuartraybould2574

4 ай бұрын

Zeppelin are as prog as it gets, each album is completely different from the next, what more proof do you need.

@WillieEWoof

4 ай бұрын

​@@stuartraybould2574The first thing, there are not many differences between LZ's albums. Secondly, even if differences exist, that alone would not make LZ a prog band.

@mikereiss4216

4 ай бұрын

@@WillieEWoof They had prog moments and prog songs but overall no not a prog band.

@richardsinger01

4 ай бұрын

I never thought of Led Zeppelin as a prog band either, but then have plenty of prog moments. If I am honest I don't really know what prog means. I suspect there are nany interpretations.

@mrkitewine7700

4 ай бұрын

Led Zep were quite proggy from the first album, long songs with different sections - dazed & confused, How many more times etc. through to in through the out door with Carouselambra.

Musical preferences may be the same or different, but what I like is your sincere emotions and spontaneity.

Hands down your Most Perfect Video. Loved it! And I agree with you about Dark Side of the Moon being 6th. What I find unfathomable is your leaving Thick as a Brick off your list.

Close to the edge is very well chosen. The main track defines the prog rock in the better way possible.

@damsquare-nh4md

4 ай бұрын

My all time favorite by far. I bought it when it came out and I'm still listening to it with awe.

@roy421000

13 күн бұрын

I have been listening to CLOSE TO THE EDGE since it came out. I think 'And You and I' is a masterpiece.

Dark Side Of The Moon is essentially a soft rock album with some cool sound effects added. The final song is actually a happy pop song.

"Moving Pictures"....great pick...and GREAT comedy relief in your video. Big smiles !!

I've been enjoying prog rock for 24 years and seeing videos like this makes me realise that I have barely scratched the surface of the genre.

@Frip36

4 ай бұрын

24 years and barely scratched the surface? What have you been doing?

@Hesari4

4 ай бұрын

​@@Frip36On the other hand you nor Andy himself probably don't have a clue what's really taking place in the world around you rigth now 😮

@bonniecollum3037

4 ай бұрын

I am looking forward to listening to 4 or 5 bands that I have never listened to before. I better get on it as I'm already 65. . What do they say? Realizing how little you know is the key to wisdom or something like that. Thank You Andy! You are hilarious & intelligent. Who is your dealer? 🤣🤣🤣

@brandon1351

20 сағат бұрын

@@Frip36he’s still stuck on dark side of the moon & the wall.

Hemispheres is Rush’s prog masterwork.

@Paul_Halicki

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. And when Andy started mocking people who thought it should be Hemispheres I realized that just when I thought his voice couldn't get more annoying, it did. I won't be back to this channel. Ugh. What a tool.

@edwardx.winston5744

4 ай бұрын

@@Paul_Halicki: there’s a reasonable argument to be made that Hemispheres was their last “prog” album (although there were a few final prog gasps in Permanent Waves). Moving Pictures is a rock album by a band who likes to flavor their rock singles with proggish moments. This isn’t meant as a slam against Rush per se. They had a solid track record of creative, inventive musical output for four decades. But they weren’t a “prog” band once Reagan became president.

@gattingbowledwarne

4 ай бұрын

I was listening to hemispheres today… just the title track alone is a tremendous piece of work. Circumstances is a great rock song, but trees is as clever a song as you’ll get. V strangiato is a masterpiece. All up a tremendous album.

@edwardx.winston5744

4 ай бұрын

@@gattingbowledwarne no filler, no clunkers. Hemispheres is an absolutely perfect album.

it's the Crime of the Century that you left Supertramp off of your list! 😉

None of these albums comes close to Emerson, Lake and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery. Karn Evil 9 is a prog masterpiece.

@brandon1351

20 сағат бұрын

Yeah. They aren’t as overblown and pretentious as ELP.

Very much so ! In 1975 when I first listened to "Visions From The Emerald Beyond" I was destroyed: my life just started and I already had the ultimate experience. What other ecstasy could possibly ever happen to me? What muse came through John McLaughlin's window that night? Made in Heaven!

This video randomly landed in my feed and what a great find. I would love to sit down with this fella and have a few pints, spliffs and listen to this list of perfect albums in a row, and have a good long chinwag about the music, the universe & everything! Top list and even more brilliant attitude!!

Close to the edge, is the album that defines prog rock at its best, and why no one could do it better than YES.

@vrlord7949

4 ай бұрын

In the end we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalize

@QBandBookingKC

4 ай бұрын

Relayer is right there with CTTE as a perfect prog album

@kineahora8736

4 ай бұрын

He really could’ve chosen many yes albums. Yes is just the truth.

@knaw35

4 ай бұрын

Have to agree. However, Topographic Oceans are my favorite anyway.

@kineahora8736

4 ай бұрын

@@knaw35 I think gates of delirium is on that one, right?

I’ve been regularly listening to Hatfield and the North’s two studio albums since the 1970’s and still love them. 50 years of perfection surely.

@snicky58

4 ай бұрын

I was just thinking of them when I read your comment. I mean the exact moment I read it. Oooooh.

I love you Andy! Your channel has become my favorite place to get information and entertainment on the music I love. Your English aesthetic is a wonderful treat that puts your channel second to none. Thank you, for a hilarious review.😉

@AndyEdwardsDrummer

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Great list and great video! Loved the end, could watch the portal while Gong is playing! Visions of the Emerald Beyond gives me goosebumps every time I put it on...I always crank that one up so I can FEEL it.

"Moving Pictures" is prog, and it's awesome.

@Gabriel-uq6iq

4 ай бұрын

It's amazing, but it's not prog

@sbwlearning1372

4 ай бұрын

Not as prog as permanent waves farewell to kings or caress of steel

@onlyyou7171

4 ай бұрын

It is a light prog in its story length. Much shorter than prog should be. However, the story itself in the deep descriptions along with composition in polyrythms and a few time changes still meets the definition. The production sound is bar none. In witch hunt you hear very clean but rich sounds in every instrument. Just beautiful song

@musicappreciate

4 ай бұрын

A young man’s gotta love YYZ and red Barchetta

@florentinosanzpastor9556

4 ай бұрын

Not Prog, not good and so bored

Absolutely incredible list. Thanks so much for sharing this. Keep up the great work!

Well, I finally watched the whole thing. I can't say I agree with everything, but I LOVED your justifications, Andy. Especially the one about Visions of Emerald Beyond. Loved it.

Thanks for the list and entertainment, Andy. I've got some albums to try out now! 😎

For me, in no particular order: King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King Yes: Fragile Genesis: Selling England by the Pound Jethro Tull: Aqualung Gentle Giant: Three Friends Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Rush: A Farewell to Kings Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy Strawbs: Hero and Heroine Honorable mentions: Genesis: A Trick of the Tail Gentle Giant: Octopus Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff ELO: Face the Music ELO: Eldorado Yes: The Yes Album Yes: Close to the Edge Pink Floyd: Animals Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull: Songs from the Wood Rush: 2112 The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream The Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children Genesis: Wind & Wuthering Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Supertramp: Crime of the Century Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? Supertramp: Even in the Quietest Moments... Strawbs: Nomadness Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

@greenetolstoy

4 ай бұрын

Top selection.

@markpowers7823

4 ай бұрын

Nice selection! Well thought out, and I love them all!

@centrasseptyni8277

4 ай бұрын

Most mentioned are not even prog music

@frankpentangeli7945

4 ай бұрын

@@centrasseptyni8277 What's more likely is that you don't know what prog music is.

@PinkFloydKnew

4 ай бұрын

No "land of grey and pink"? Yer lugs are painted on!

Currently listening to your first recommendation, the album "Romatic Warrior". Absolutely incredible, the production is fantastic, as is the musicianship. Cheers!

Andy....your best video yet!! Your analysis of this amazing music is profound and hugely entertaining at the same time!! The Mahavishnu album is out and ready to be played!! Thankyou!

@AndyEdwardsDrummer

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

This video just popped up on my feed and I'm so glad it did. I made a KZread Music playlist on this and can't wait to listen in entirety.

Grand Hotel by Procol Harum

Great list, lovely and funny presentation, and I *love* the fact that you included You from Gong. One of the "greatest but most overlooked albums" of that time. I've know it since the seventies and still come back to it from time to time. What a wonderful, wonderful album, and what a surprise to find it here! And, bonus, finally. someone who puts CTTE in its proper place! 't Was a joy to watch you rant :).

I mention Kansas. I suppose it’s easy to poke fun at their imitative takes on British prog. But surely there had to be an answer from across the pond, and in the middle of the heartland at that.

@ericmckayrq

4 ай бұрын

I agree. I think leftoverture and point of no return are fantastic front to back. I don't think they sound anything like British prog either even if they were imitating UK prog. Andy has mentioned before he doesn't like them

@vrlord7949

4 ай бұрын

I think they're great and love listening to their albums. Although I'm a hardcore Yes fan.

@musicappreciate

4 ай бұрын

Looking back I might categorize that there is philosophical prog, space prog, hardcore British prog, futuristic prog, and techno-prog. I think what Kansas did is philosophical prog, but with a middle American vibe produced by the violins, album covers, and folk takes. With a huge nod to odd time signatures, and wild changes like Brit/Canadian counterparts. But I think Rush may have rolled as many of these categories as possible together in their history.

You're right! From the Mahavishnu Orchestra I only knew Birds of fire, which I wasn't a huge fan of, but you made me give a listen to Visions of the Emerald Beyond, and it's absolutely amazing. I can't believe I was able to miss this for so long. Thanks a lot. (Talking about Genesis I'm afraid I'm more the Trick of the Tail kind of guy, but that's ok, we all know the guy with the silly voice.)

Great list, Andy. Have not heard the Gong album, but will check it out immediately. The zeppelin choice could be debatable, but it’s your list, your channel, so I’ll go with it. lol Enjoyed this a bunch. Thanks

@tommyt-tone9415

4 ай бұрын

Gong is a trip, literally. Bit silly at times, but also having Hillage and Allen as main forces in much of their music through You made for some remarkable psych prog albums. After dozens of lineup changes, they became more of a jazz fusion act.

@barbaracolquhoun7421

4 ай бұрын

Check out Gongzilla Album /Suffer, It's Gong but Better, trust me?

Intelligence + entertainment + enthusiasm=Andy Edwards! Awesome video

fantastic Andy, strangely i would almost completely reverse your choices. but i cracked up hearing you sing parts, being a drummer myself, my now deceased sweet heart used to tell me she had no idea wtf i was singing, i used to say bs to her, im singing the whole fuckin ensemble , how can you not hear it.......great job man.

Hey Andy, big fan of the channel. Just a note on the addition of the light. The reflection of the light on your glasses often masks your eyes. As you know, the eyes are an important communicator so something is lost IMO. I get that you’re experimenting so I just wanted to share some feedback. I hope it’s useful. Personally, I like the lofi, no-nonsense approach of just grabbing a camera and using the room/window light as I think it suits the philosophy of the channel but that’s just my opinion. Keep up the great work!

Prog or not Dark Side is the greatest rock album of all time, Water’s latest silly dalliance does nothing to shrink it.

Close to the Edge is the the Epitome of Progressive Rock.there are so many great albuns of Progressive Rock that is very dificult to name only 10,but Close to the Edge is the number one for me.Thank you.

“Push the prog intensity to the max” 😂😂 love it.

UK were one of my favourite bands around 1979ish. For me, their first album is the perfect album.

Andy, your maniacal energy and bottomless knowledge knowledge of music is incredible. It has made me re-think many of my pre-held conceptions of prog, jazz, fusion etc. Keep up the good work mate! You are a crazy bastard, but that’s why we love you. Take Care.

@miraposajehano4309

4 ай бұрын

That guy knows NOTHING...there are at least 20 persons that have made a much better list in the comments than his.

I can't use the words I want to, but I am 100% behind you on the Rush call. Moving pictures does not have a single weak track on it.

First time visiting your channel and I think I’ll stay! Very informative AND entertaining! I have no problem with your picks, I know them all but will be revisiting them 😊

@AndyEdwardsDrummer I do enjoy your list but IMO, you missed some: Dream Theater - Images And Words Spock's Beard - Snow Kansas - Leftoverture Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Rush - A Farewell To Kings (I think Moving Pictures is absolutely epic, but AFTK is a more fitting choice for the Prog Rock genre) Cheers, Brent

@stefanturner1802

4 ай бұрын

I'll give you Thick as a Brick. But that's it.

Zep IV prog? What planet are you living on?

Good List. Perfect Album: Heavy Weather by Weather Report. Is it prog? Yea.

Definitely has my top 3. Rush Pink Floyd Yes Then Genesis, Led Zep, ELP, etc... Prog has been my music since 1975 when I had begun to get into music and recieved my first drum kit at 7yo. Thank you, I have learned a few bands I had not heard of and definitely will give all their music the good old run through. Always learning how prog music foundations stay the same in time change, story line, and just raw expositioning a musicians skill as it has processed up to that time. Just beautiful brand of music honestly and perfect next to the old real classical brand. Great you tube channel and this video was almost perfect. I would love an perfect album exposition by you or each of your descriptions of perfect during a playthrough. Maybe not a real money maker for you but maybe a little something at a set price that you and us could commit to and make it worth all our while.. Just a suggestion. If you love prog you really love showing and explaining why it's so awesome.

Oh man, I absolutely love the rant about OLD MUSICIANS! The rants and the lauds in your vidz are phenomenal!

Yes- Relayer Yes- Close to the Edge Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here King Crimson- Larks Tongues King Crimson- Discipline Caravan- Land of Grey and Pink Mike Oldfield- Ommadawn (yes, including the horseback song!) Camel- Snow Goose Camel- Moonmadness Jethro Tull- Thick As A Brick all perfection

@teddydog6229

4 ай бұрын

Damn right Caravan !! How come no one seems to ever remember or talk about Caravan ? They’re certainly the jolliest prog rock band, that’s for sure. Not a speck of doom or gloom in them. How can you not enjoy music by a man whose very name is Pye ? Everyone loves pie whether it be with an ‘I’ or a ‘y’. I personally like the ‘Ladies Who Grow Plump In The Night’ one but it’s so close to Land of Grey and Pink I don’t even know why I brought it up. Sure I totally spaced on Caravan but then I don’t have a KZread channel. As to why Tony neglected them we’ll have to wait and see. Or ask him in a nasal and scratchy and annoying voice.

@bobcat310

4 ай бұрын

Horslips never gets mentioned.

@zootsoot2006

4 ай бұрын

Err, Genesis anyone?

@jimmycampbell78

4 ай бұрын

Yes I agree, you need to add Genesis- Foxtrot or Selling England by the Pound to your list.

@PauliePinch13

4 ай бұрын

Rush 2112

Pausing the video to say no gentle giant!? But Octopus is the epitome of a perfect prog album - lovely production throughout, a plethora of unique compositions and styles, a real sit down experience front to back. Ok, time to watch the rest of the video.

@ericmckayrq

4 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@walterpoluzzi9846

4 ай бұрын

I agree.

2 minutes in, excited to hear this! I am rooting that Kansas Leftoverture and Jethro Tull Aqualung are in.... okay pressing play now, I know I will love this!! and of course, I liked and subscribed.... this won me!

Moving Pictures IS perfect, indeed.

@RicardoRocha-lg1xo

4 ай бұрын

and The Camera Eye is probably my favorite Rush song.

Outstanding list, Andy. Some more: Bruford - One of a Kind Zappa - One Size Fits All Focus - Hamburger Concerto 801 live Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire

Great list!! BUT how about prog from countries beyond the UK/US, say from central, eastern, and southern Europe? Japan?? Andy, I love your channel, but how about making a TOP 10 Kraut rock list? So many awesome groups to choose from, only from Germany: Amon Duul II, Popol Vuh, Kraan, Guru Guru, Faust, Ash Ra Tempel, Jane, Can.. etc Just an idea :)

@RogerBaxterYWGNYC

4 ай бұрын

Not all were from 🇬🇧 or 🇺🇸. 😉 🇨🇦

This had me in stitches! On the ‘nouveau bourgeois’ Corner! Genius. You know what corner you are on with Miles and it’s scary. Fantastic work. Your tangents are on fire 😂😂😂

I love these lists. It's great fun to hear other's thoughts and opinions.

Oh! This is so hard! For me: Yes - close yo the edge King crimson- Red Tangerine dream -Phaedra Steve Hillage- L Genesis- A trick of the tail Magma- Udu Wudu King Crimson - Discipline Kate Bush - The dreaming Porcupine tree - Stupid dream PFM - Stati di imaginazione Also, my hot take; I've never been a huge fan of Black dog

I will only mention1, but I'll also say "why!" Genesis *A Trick of the Tail* because: Every song is high quality & adheres to Genesis' sound at the time. There is considerable variety of mood and tempo. The band continue their pioneering practice of transitioning musically from one section to another as opposed to the "butt edit" sound of records like "Court of the Crimson King," "Good Vibrations," "Take a Pebble," etc. The last track on the album combines music from several preceding songs, giving the recording a wholeness. Yes, I've heard other records that include a reprise of a single song, but this was different as it reworked several songs into a new one. There's even an Easter Egg at the end as Phil sings a line from "Suppers Ready" during the fadeout.

@teddydog6229

4 ай бұрын

I think Wind and Wuthering is pretty underrated too. It’s another Phil Collins one which could still pass for Peter Gabriel.

@jimmycampbell78

4 ай бұрын

It’s an amazing album, my favourite Genesis album with Collins on lead vocal for sure.

@patbarr1351

4 ай бұрын

@@teddydog6229 *Wind* has its great moments but several weak songs, making it far from perfect.

You'll alright, Andy, and even though I'm in California, we do share the same last name, so I suspect that somewhere, somehow, our linages converged and some point in time... Growing up "musically" in the 70's, was a truly great time, my first concert (@ 15 years old) was the Hawkwind Space Ritual tour, saw PF, saw Yes, saw Genesis, and dozens of more bands, back in the day. The two albums, I have loved since then and are PERFECT to me (that you have omitted) are Far east Family Band: Nipponjin and Camel: Mirage...Cheers!

Superb! Andy you are a demented genius. Music would not be the same without you. Thank you.

1.Close to the Edge-Yes 2.Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd 3.Red-King Crimson 4.Fish Rising-Steve Hillage 5.Foxtrot-Genesis 6.Pawn Hearts-Van Der Graff Generator 7. In the Land of Grey and Pink-Caravan 8.Space Shanty-Khan 9. Thick as a Brick-Jethro Tull 10. Inner Mounting Flame -Mahavishnu Orchestra

@Frip36

4 ай бұрын

What about Bauhaus and Durutti Column.

@livy1962

4 ай бұрын

@@Frip36 Fish Rising has long been one of my favourites. Brilliant album that completely ignores the age old question, "So what ARE the kids listening to these days?"

The Art of Noise tune was "Close to the Edit"

One of your best, informed, and entertaining. 👍🏻

I get the criteria for the list, and it’s all obviously subjective. Having said that, I was surprised to hear that you agree with me on Danger Money over the debut UK album. DM was the first UK I’d ever heard. Had it been the debut album, I might’ve ranked it the better of the two.

Bitches Brew is my favorite Progressive Rock album. Is it progressive rock? Of course it is

No order, just off top of head....based on songs/arrangements, performances, production, 1. Moving Pictures - Rush - best sounding, recorded, and performed album of all-time 2. Foxtrot - Genesis 3. Yes Album - Yes 4. Aqualung - Tull 5. Crime of the Century - Supertramp 6. For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music 7. OK Computer - Radiohead 8. Tommy - The Who 9. Physical Graffiti - Zeppelin 10. Hemispheres - Rush

I really appreciate your enthusiasm.

I would keep four of the albums on the list: Genesis - Nursery Cryme (1971), Yes - Close To The Edge (1972), King Crimson - Red (1974) and Rush - Moving Pictures (1981). Then I would add these three albums and call it Seven Perfect Prog Albums. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) Gentle Giant - Three Friends (1972) Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (1972)

Red Barchetta is pretty dark if you think about it.

It's good we all have different tastes. For me, none of those albums are perfect, although some are very good. The only prog albums I can think of which are perfect are The Snow Goose by Camel, The Tain by Horslips, The Dreams of Man by Pallas, Subterranea by IQ, The Visitor and Contagion by Arena (I couldn't pick), The Masquerade Overture by Pendragon, Free Hand by Gentle Giant, Second Life Syndrome by Riverside, Moonshine by Collage, The Last Bright Light by Mostly Autumn, Folklore by Big Big Train and Seasons End by Marillion. I'd also include Sleepwalking by Gerry Rafferty, which isn't generally considered to be prog, but I think it is. There's about a dozen you may not have heard of but are all amazing! Whoops! I forgot The Old Road by Martin Orford, my all-time favourite keyboards player. You probably know that album.

Love your selections, and wonderful tribute to the gravity of "UK" -- but no Gentle Giant?? -- the archetypal, most original, most musically diverse prog group of all time? Certainly "The Power and the Glory," "Acquiring the Taste," or "Octopus," deserves a spot on your list!

Led Zeppelin is not Prog Rock, it's Blues Rock. It's absolutely fantastic ground breaking legendary Rock Music.

It was Eddie Jobson that overdubbed violin on USA

Correct me if I am wrong,but the Art of Noise track was called Close to the Edit.not Close To The Edge.

@BrentMohar

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

Hey is Supertramp Crime of the Century close for you?

I'd add Days of Future Passed to a list of perfect albums.

Dude, you need to fix the interaction between that ring light and your glasses!!

@DrOz-007

4 ай бұрын

And move that absurd microphone out of the way.

@drytool

4 ай бұрын

@@DrOz-007We still love him, though, right? Haha!

@Frip36

4 ай бұрын

Since it's just a talking video, you could bring up another KZread tab and watch something visual while listening to Andy. Such as football highlights, city walking tours, street fights, animal fights, old silent movies, figure skating. I do this with Andy, not because of the glare on his glasses, but because he plants his face right up to my computer screen and it makes me uncomfortable.

I can't think of many but a few for me are a trick of the tail, thick as a brick, CTTE, relayer and wish you were here.

One of my most memorable concert experiences was walking in with my HS buds, high, a bit late, so completely dark into the Cow Palace in San Francisco with UK playing Alaska with the huge throbbing synth keyboards.

I'm so glad you included UK's first album. It really is perfection. I didn't care for the second one. After Holdsworth and Bruford left, the magic was gone. Mental Medication still blows me away. Fun list, thanks!

@chaosme1ster

4 ай бұрын

The 2nd is amazing as well. Different, but equally amazing. Takes a bit more effort though, for reasons that are unclear to me. I fell in love with the 1st instantly upon first hearing it (decades ago), whereas the 2nd took me quite a bit longer… But it's well worth the invested time as both are proper prog-gems. I may be biased though, since I deeply love John Wetton's voice -- even if he sang nursery rhymes, I'd gladly listen to him :).

I just found Romantic Warrior a couple years ago. Have the live album as well. Awesome! Have been a huge Stanley Clarke fan for many years, but never looked at them. Also, just bought the UK album last year.

Zappa and Gentle Giant absent from the list?!! But, Led Zeppelin and Mahavishnu (not really progressive music bands) are on the list. This is strange to me.

@Frip36

4 ай бұрын

I mean, he could make an 8 hour video I guess...

@WillieEWoof

4 ай бұрын

@@Frip36A Big chunk of Zappa's repertoire belongs to prog music and Gentle Giant is a premier prog music band. In my opinion, those two should be on the list.

The rant after the album run through is hilarious. Thanks for the laughter. 🖖

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is one of my favorites and many on you list.

I saw Return to Forever perform at the 2,000+ seat Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, California when they were doing their (1977-78?) tour featuring the Romantic Warrior album. Prior to that I had seen a lot of big names; Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Doors... just to name a few. Fine as they were, none of them could compare to the absolute musicianship of the band Return to Forever. I'd had the album for a while and knew it well. Every single note was perfectly played, never a misstep, absolute masters of their instruments and perfect timing between the players.

@AndyEdwardsDrummer

4 ай бұрын

They were the greatest band in the world in 1977. And Romantic Warrior is very very prog

@Magnetron33

4 ай бұрын

I saw them on that tour at the Adler theater in Davenport Iowa. Pianist George Shearing was the opener and was excellent old school jazz on a grand. RTF were at their absolute peak in every respect at that time

I have listened to Dark Side probably a dozen hundreds times over 40+ years and never thought it was prog. It simply isn't. With all it greatness, it belongs elsewhere. Perhaps Wish You - more so.

@colinburroughs9871

4 ай бұрын

Prog implies a certain amount of muso kind of playing that Floyd chose not to do. Mid tempo blues just isn't proggy in 1972 (I think this matters as much as anything)- even if it is thematic and has a continuity in it's writing.

@edwardyazinski3858

4 ай бұрын

So, muso … does that also have to mean complex or battered by too many notes? Adagio ? Muso as it gets and not crippled by over play when not called for. Sela, Floyd masters Musos with Dark Side that few bands have come close to producing an equal with all the fairy dust tricks of time.

@DavidNelsonO

4 ай бұрын

But... But... the 5/4 time in Money

This guy is a treasure.

"Melange". Now you've really done it, Andy!

Have you heard about the Beat ? Belew , Vai , Levin and Danny Carey ( tool ) on drums Apparently Fripp said SV is only guitarist who could play his parts I hope they do a major tour not just a few shows in CA.

@quayscenes

4 ай бұрын

I've been bouncing off the walls with excitement since this news dropped! This is a perfect lineup (short of time-traveling back to the 80s)! Did you see Beato has an interview with Danny coming up? Danny is photographed with Rick wearing a Beat t-shirt!

@jessem470

4 ай бұрын

@@quaysceneshavent see that but I love the Beat logo

Hi Andy - spot on with Roger Waters and his version of DSotM. Agree also with the Jeff Lynne remakes - I find it disingenuous to think that he can better the originals with all that the other members of ELO brought to the classic recordings. It’s Jeff Lynne’s ‘Richard Wagner’ moment 🤣 cheers Matt

@Frip36

4 ай бұрын

The youthful and innocent voice missing.

I had exactly the same reaction as you did the first time I listened to "In the Dead of Night."

oddly enough (for me), i'm going to have to defend the musicianship in pink floyd. while i don't really enjoy them after meddle (although there are perfect songs on every floyd record), they 100% have the chops. they couldn't hold a steady tempo if their lives depended on it, BUT-mason had CHOPS. waters, while not having any chops whatsoever, had this groove and swagger to his playing that most british bass players never had. wright was a fantastic keyboard player. gilmour, while firmly a blues player, was very unique in his phrasing. as an ensemble, they understood the concept of the sonic spectrum. they gave each other a lot of space. no one (except mason in the early days) was ever very busy, so they weren't stepping on eachother's toes. the lack of overall notes played makes for a more digestive listen. it's almost a shame that they never got the sonics ironed out until dark side. bruford has an interesting take on this-the bigger the room you play, the less notes you play (the bigger the room, the less well sound translates.)

I don't know if it really qualifies as prog but my perfect album is Traffic's John Barleycorn - jazz, folk, rock - virtuoso- English aesthetic.

@frankpentangeli7945

4 ай бұрын

I certainly think John Barleycorn could be classified as prog. As could The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys for that matter.

@PaulBergen

4 ай бұрын

God that is a brilliant album as well. the rest of their catalogue not so much. Just wish they had kept going and maybe something great would have happened again. Truly one of kind band.

1.Tales from Topographic Oceans 2.Wish You Were Here 3.Close to the Edge 4.In the Court of the Crimson King 5.The Yes Album 6.The Dark Side of the Moon 7.Selling England by the Pound 8.Foxtrot 9 Animals 10.Crime of the Century

😄🤣😄 That was funny, going to have to subscribe.

Andy, thanks for the rant, great as always.

Voice is a bit bright… Could use a bit more low.

You look like Eraserhead.

Great list. I would add Clutching At Straws.

I love that you mentioned "Visions of the Emerald Beyond." That album was very inspirational to me as a drummer, it was actually my first introduction to Mahavishnu Orchestra, it knocked my socks off, much like "In the Court of the Crimson King." Narada Michael Walden , as a drummer, is extremely underrated.

Genesis's Foxtrot is the most perfect to my ears.

@jdmresearch

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking about that one but Time Table kills it... I skip it often.

@craigfazekas3923

4 ай бұрын

​​@@jdmresearchAlmost unthinkable....I couldn't do that. Others say the same about "Harlequin" on Nursery Crime.... I don't get it, respectfully... No, Time Table isn't top shelf stuff, but still firmly part of the cannon of that era of Genesis. Ditto "After The Battle".... It's not the same album without them. 🚬😎👍

@colinburroughs9871

4 ай бұрын

Good record (I'm gonna see Steve Hackett in a few days) but "perfect"?! Huh. Too tame and or forced weird. Suppers Ready is not on par with Close To The Edge and I don't care how many boomers say otherwise.

@jdmresearch

4 ай бұрын

@@craigfazekas3923 All good, but it ain't 'top shelf stuff' it ain't perfect. Simple.

@elasmojones

4 ай бұрын

@@colinburroughs9871Supper's ready is the pinnacle of it all. I'm no boomer

And By the way Portrait (he knew) 🙃

@nazznate

4 ай бұрын

Portrait is a gem. I personally loved Leftoverture even more

Perfect in terms of flexion of verbs means it's done so well that it does not have to be done again.

What a great list! Also, you really made me laugh with your comments about Roger Water (I completely agree with you), Rush and your experience in the car playing Mahavishnu Orchestra. Well done mate.