Andy - I grew up in the 80s and never listened to Topographic Oceans because people said it was so bad. In my 40s I finally listened to it and LOVED IT. The Revealing Science of God was like a creation myth about life on earth, creatures moving from the seas to the land, from the forests to the cities... a deep history of biology. Wth great riffs and melodies!

@reinaldofavoreto7160

2 ай бұрын

"The Remembering" is my favorite song of Yes.

@garygomesvedicastrology

2 ай бұрын

Most of the people I knew who hated Tales were part of the populist wave that started around 1972 and was trying to predict what the working classes would like. The move away from Progressive started as early as 1969, then again in late 1971-1972. The timing of Tales release was bad for epic works.

The Lamb deserves a movie as much as Tommy had one.

Great to see Henry Cow get an airing! I think In Praise Of Learning is their best.

@BrennanYoung

3 ай бұрын

it's a heavy-going ride, for sure. Leg end is easy listening by comparison. "Western Culture" is just a touch more out there IMO. If "In Praise Of Learning" is "Ulysses", "Western Culture" is "Finnegans Wake"

@MattCarter67

3 ай бұрын

@@BrennanYoung Yes, Western Culture is an amazing achievement!

@Baribrotzer

3 ай бұрын

One big difference between Frank Zappa and Henry Cow: HC are NOT FUNNY. Not at all. They make rather a point of it, in fact.

@weitzen

3 ай бұрын

Agreed!!!!

@wjstephens4654

3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. Henry Cow are imo one of the very greatest musical ensembles of the 20th century. IMO their music will live and be studied and admired long after most of the rest will be forgotten.

Back in 89 JT went for the very first time to play in Brazil and I had the opportunity to participate in their press interview. Asked by a provocative reporter if prog was dead, Ian answered that if prog was dead they may just go home to take care of their grandchildren (or something of the sort). I believe they see themselves as a prog band right from the beginning, as one can see from the living in the past album.

Dont worry about the pronunciation, its great that you mentioned the PFM! That was a time, where Italy had a real underground/prog-scene. Area, Osanna, Balletto di bronzo, Museo Rosenbach and other bands are woth listening to too .....nice job, again, Andy!!

@jdmresearch

3 ай бұрын

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Pierot Lunaire. Also, great.

@damirhlobik6488

3 ай бұрын

Il rovescio della medaglia, buon vecchio charlie, the trip, goblin

@lamecasuelas2

3 ай бұрын

Biglietto per l'inferno, Campo di marte

@diogenes2550

2 күн бұрын

A time is “when”, not “where.”

Barriemore Barlow was on Thick As A Brick, too, in case nobody mentioned it. He was an incredible drummer for Tull. Critics kind of had it om for Tull since Benefit from what I recall. Lots of critics hated Tarkus and Tales from Topographic Oceans too! I think TFTO initiated the trend towards hating Prog, but they had a head start with ELP!

Great idea for a video, Andy. Resplendent execution. I adore A Passion Play. Thanks for including it. I wish Anderson would have played soprano sax beyond A Passion Play.

@brucefournier2391

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree, the soprano added another dimension. I was fortunate to have met Anderson. If memory serves, it was the Songs From the Wood or Heavy Horses tour. I brought up A Passion Play, suggesting, 'will we ever hear another one'. Ian kind of snarked at it and said," that one was Martin's, ask him".

To me, the amazing thing is Rush was a band with nearly impenetrable density and prog lyrics that just were so f***ing great as musicians they built a following in every town across North America that filled arenas and stadiums. My wife used to lock herself away when I put those mice singing on the stereo. Yet despite Geddy Lee’s shrieking we listened and found music and stories we loved. Incredible.

Tales and Olias give me that warm fuzzy feeling of being able to immerse into another world of music where everything is dreamy and magical, great talk Andy - thanks.

This is one of the lists of all time!

Another great video ,Andy. Well done. Gentle Giant are big faves of prog band Saga

@jeffsimon9594

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I believe Richard Williams of Kansas was/is also a GG fan

I will guess Astral Weeks doesn’t make the list.

@leonardoleo6304

3 ай бұрын

Kkkkkkk

@Hartlor_Tayley

3 ай бұрын

Astrid weeks would be better for me at least

@chrismorgan7494

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@timhutton6802

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't have said it's prog whatsoever.

@chrismorgan7494

3 ай бұрын

@@timhutton6802 I think he was joking, referring to Andy's Astral Weeks video.

Andy I've really enjoyed this !!

Thank you for mentioning Henry Cow, they have made some of my favourite albums, the drummer Chris Cutler is one of the best drummers I’ve ever heard, highly unusual but oh my, 🙂

@BrennanYoung

3 ай бұрын

For me it's between Chris Cutler and Guy Evans. I'd never complain about Bruford or Collins or Peart or any of the other big names, who all fully deserve their monster reputations, they are all great drummers. It's just that Chris Cutler has a sort of unpredictable, explosive quality. He is like listening to a box of assorted fireworks that somebody has just tipped a random shovelful of embers into. Guy Evans is similar, but perhaps a touch more conventional, or maybe it's just that VDGG are a little more accessible than Henry Cow.

@ronaldchives2486

3 ай бұрын

@@BrennanYoung I think Guy Evans is great, there’s just something about Chris Cutler’s rimshots even Tom Tom rimshots in with everything else, it’s just mesmerising🙂

The amazing thing about Passion Play is it was knocked together quickly after the disastrous sessions at Chateau d'Herouville. Modern day releases show those sessions were not so bad, an example of the heights Tull were aiming for!

@YtuserSumone-rl6sw

3 ай бұрын

It is their most difficult album imo. I too need to revisit it. I adore the mentioned Forest Dance and wish it was much longer. Anyway, to get the concept, @Krendall2006 wrote an explanation on the lyrics and theme which is probably helpful to get ones head around the album: Traditionally, a passion play is a performance about the life of Jesus Christ. These plays could go for hours over a period of days. During intermissions, a fable would be acted out. "The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" fills the role of the fable. ACT 1 The first half of the song is about a young man named Ronnie Pilgrim who dies. His spirit is allowed to stay on earth for his funeral (most of the attendees show up late). After his funeral, an angel appears and takes Ronnie to the afterlife. Once there, he is taken to a viewing room to be judged. His life is played like a movie, with the projectionist/judge being God, Jesus, or another angel. (The title of the piece is "In the Offices of G. Oddie & Son") Ronnie's achievements are first shown, but he is warned that it's all downhill from there. Ronnie's many shortcomings are then shown. Ronnie attempts to cover for himself, but the judge isn't fooled. The other angels and spiritual being taunt Ronnie at first, but then ask him what it's like to be alive. Ronnie feels all is lost, but the projectionist tells Ronnie he's been accepted. End Act 1 INTERMISSION It's a simple story of a hare who's lost his glasses. All of his animal friends attempt to come up with a solution, however no one ever asks Hare what he thinks the best solution is. The irony is that Hare already has a solution: a spare set of glasses. The moral: don't meddle in other peoples' business without their request. Fun fact: this segment is narrated/sung by bassist Jeffery Hammond-Hammond, not Ian Anderson. ACT 2 Ronnie is sitting in heaven and is shocked to find it boring. "Well I'll go to the foot of the stairs" is an English expression equivalent to "well I'll be damned." Ronnie walks up to God and begins chewing Him out, stating that Heaven is no place for people. Ronnie decides to try out Hell, thinking that place might be more fun. God, in a loving manner, lets Ronnie go. Ronnie then meets Lucifer, who explains his existence. Ronnie finds Hell even worse (and Lucifer much worse to be around than God) so he looks for another option. He discovers he can be reincarnated. Ronnie takes the option, and the song winds down with his anxious anticipation of being reborn and the extreme pain of the experience. The song ends with the Passion Play starting again, though it never really stopped. End Act 2 and song.

Aphrodites Child "666" album is a prog meisterwork. Demis Roussos and Vangelis...religious themed prog that us truly nuts. Catchy too.

@richardmace1428

3 ай бұрын

Also - Vangelis album 'Earth'. A bit rocky/proggy/world/ambient.

@merlin5476

3 ай бұрын

Heaven and Hell was an amazing album too, hauntingly beautiful.

A top prog list without 'Dark side of the moon' or 'Tubular Bells' is such a breath of fresh air. Thank you.

Thanks Andy! Great list. I might take out the Henry Cow, Jethro Tull and Rush and add; Le Orme - Felona E Sorona Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts King Crimson - Red Now that's a 'Proggiest of the 70's list'!!!

@garygomesvedicastrology

2 ай бұрын

I agree with Pawn Hearts. I never heard Le Orme and need to correct that. Personally, I think Red really isn't that wonderful-it's good, but a bit safe for me. Rush is a group I admire but don't enjoy that much. HC (and Magma and Hatfield and the North) deserve a lot more attention. I would have included Soft Machine Vol. 2, Third or Fourth, but it is all about our perspective, right? The Gong Trilogy is great but I don't know if I personally would have included it. It was a transition from free form to large fusion-inspired jams; probably an accurate reflection of the band's evolution and Gong 's move from Byg records to more commercial Virgin.

+1 for Olias of Sunhillow. The sleeve was gorgeous - I spent many an hour with it in my hands (the cover, that is) while listening to it. Criminally underrated.

@diogenes2550

2 күн бұрын

Appreciate the clarification.

I have three Gong albums and it's the 'Teapot' trilogy. 'You' is my absolute favourite. Thanks for giving them such a high spot!

Acquiring the taste channels arcane medieval creepiness better than any other prog album. And Olias is from another world. Great list!

@davidf6326

3 ай бұрын

Acquiring the Taste reminds me of the music that was used for some children's programmes at the time - like Pogles' Wood. No wonder we all grew up a bit strange 😊

To me, the Lamb will stand as an epic work forever. Nothing like it. It's stirs up emotions like anger, fear, hope. The sounds they create are stunning. There's space, allowing Phil to shine on drums. It breathes, soars, pummels. I can see why Peter left after it. What else was left to do for him in Genesis?

I agree with your choice of Trilogy as my favorite ELP album. First concert was 1974 on their Brain Salad Surgery tour. Passion Play is a great choice also.

Now Andrew you do know that PFM also released an English version of this album, yes? The World Became the World is breathtaking. Peter Sinfield provided some of his finest lyrics for this album, the title track and "The Mountain" in particular. Nice to see you rating it so highly. Cheers!

That thumbnail is fire

Steve Hillage-Fish Rising BDGG-Pawn Hearts Camel-Mirage Caravan-For Girls who go Plump in the Night Ash Ra Tempel

@mattstapleton9584

3 ай бұрын

Cannibal corpse too of course

@peteh7966

3 ай бұрын

Gotta love Fish Rising - one of my absolute faves.

@jeffsimon9594

3 ай бұрын

@@mattstapleton9584 They hold the high prestigious honour of being banned by the New Zealand gubmint!

@ChrissHill-im7kj

3 ай бұрын

Yes Fragile. Starcastle first album King Crimson Red. Chris Squire Fish out of water. Genesis Foxtrot. Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon. Nektar. Remember the future. Rush 2112. Vander Graaf generator. Pawn Hearts. UK. first album

Just listened to Henry Cow. Amazing!

finally talking about the european prog scenario.

Thanks for mentioning Henry Cow. They are so overlooked.

Andy, I’ve had “A Passion Play” just sitting there in my vinyl collection and I haven’t really given it a chance until now. I’m seriously digging it so thank you for the tip!

@drdave300

3 ай бұрын

I've got the complete Tull collection, and Passion Play is definitely the most-played of them all.

Have to admit that Three Friends is my favorite album of theirs...I guess I'm not proggy enough!

@mattw8332

3 ай бұрын

Three Friends is my favourite GG album too.

@BrennanYoung

3 ай бұрын

I had "Acquiring the Taste" and "Three Friends" on both sides of a C-90. For me they are a double album, unseparable and brilliant.

Magma first three, Daevid Allen's Gong, Soft Machine Vol I& II.

@zootallures6470

3 ай бұрын

I wrote the above before the stream. GG is my favorite band and I like seeing Acquiring the Taste on the list because it’s different from the other albums. But even more _Passion Play_ by Jethro Tull because Thick As A Brick is always pushing it out from every list. And yes, agreed that Play is more complex, etc than Brick.

Amazing list! So amazing I had to comment twice! Great calls on Olias of Sunhillow and PFM. Tales at number one, "Yes"! Tales as a full album is perfect, sacred, etc. However, I was pleasantly surprised at hearing the recent condensed Tales suite live. Finally, I would argue for including a King Crimson album as a tie for the number one spot.

Saw Henry Cow live in north London. Half the audience were laying on the floor zonked on downers, swimming in blood and piss. Still haunts me.

@jimmycampbell78

3 ай бұрын

Are you sure you were at a concert? It sounds like you accidentally attended the meeting of some bizarre cult

@kubhlaikhan2015

3 ай бұрын

@@jimmycampbell78 That's what it felt like - in fact, TWO cults. One of them looked like university intellectuals sitting on chairs at the front stroking their beards and almost everyone else was at the back on the floor wallowing in vomit. Hands down the most nightmarish gig experience of my entire life. Barbs are the worst drug ever. The pills were floating all over the floor too.

@Magicmatty2024

2 ай бұрын

@@jimmycampbell78yah I don’t believe him either lol

Fine list, Andy. I would have included: Jade Warrior - Released, or Last Autumn’s Dream, or Floating World, or Kites. Great band I’d love to see you do a deep dive on. Steve Winwood advocated for getting some of their later albums produced and did some cameo instrumental contributions. The Lamb and Nursery Cryme are my favorite Genesis albums too. I think the Lamb possibly gained more reverence in the US. I remember somebody spray painted a huge ‘Genesis Rael’ on the side of one of the high school buildings (it wasn’t me). They were trying to target a harder edgier sound that was favored in the US at that time. I liked it. It had the Rock component of Prog Rock in a way that SEBtP simply did not.

Tuning in to see how many more ways Andy can beat this horse... Then being pleasantly surprised with Henry Cow! (Switching it up and beating the cow instead)! 🐮

@DavidRamos-nz4bh

3 ай бұрын

I usually stop the podcast and listen and I was blown away by the Henry Cow stuff. Groundbreaking stuff.

@quayscenes

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidRamos-nz4bh I bought that yellow Henry Cow box a few years ago! It is some intense stuff. I have to be in a Cow mood for it though! When I am it smacks!

Thank you for the Jethro Tull recognition. Finally!

Rocinante is also the name of the ship in "The Expanse". Great sci-fi show if you're interested. And I did think of Cygus X-1 when I heard the name of the ship in that show. "The Revealing Science of God" is the first track of TFTO. "The Ancient" is my least favorite track on the album though. Saw Jon Anderson solo some years back and he was trying to sing the end section of "Ritual" and couldn't remember the words. From about the fifth row I helped him out. He acknowledged me and the crowd gave me a round of applause. One of the best moments of my life.

Side 1 from Tales, The Revealing Science of God, is , in my opinion, at the top of the list of best prog masterpiece...together with Close to the Edge.

The only time I saw Tull in concert was on the PASSION PLAY tour. Incredible concert!

Hell ya Henry cow. Wave the red banner.

I love Tales from Topographic Oceans, but I didn’t think anybody else did. Good #1 !

I think of Thick as a Brick and Passion Play as companion pieces. Thick as a Brick is about transitions from youth to adulthood to old age and about generational change not really being change at all. It's about the little things in life being the significant things. Passion Play is about Life, Death, Afterlife, Reincarnation and the major things in life being trivial... I assumed for years that it was deliberately done, then I found out about the abandoned recording sessions at Chateau d'Herouville. When these finally surfaced on, "Nightcap" it was clearly not the same thematic concept as Passion Play (I'm not actually sure what the concept was). Passion Play is certainly the more Proggy of the two. For my personal taste, I find, "The hare who lost his spectacles", to be intrusive and unwelcome and I really wish they had made it a separate track on digital media!

@DavidBurgess1

3 ай бұрын

Yes, "Hare" really only makes sense on the LP as a kind of intermission / comic relief while you flip the disk.

I was ready to completely write you off as a music critic when you said you never listened to the first disk of TFTO. Luckily you redeemed yourself when you mentioned how you came to appreciate it in later years. To me Tales feels like two albums; the absolutely brilliant first disk which represents the pinnacle of prog composition, and the second disk which is all over the map stylistically and rather hit and miss musically.

Hi Andy, One of the things I appreciate the most is the evolution that you are experiencing. I remember when you dissed bands like ELP or Henry Cow, or at leasts you didn't care much for them. For a person that has been accompaniyng the channel, I've witnissed an evolution, a genuine interest in exploring / dissecting music. Before you challange the viewer, you challange yourself, and that is something I don't get from other youtubers. Keep up the good work. Cheers 👍

I have seen quite a bit of your posts right now. And damn, you're really great in getting it done. I mean, a lot of people on KZread are rambling endlessly about music and it get's boring because they're choosing their picks because it's their picks. But you, and I want to stress this as a compliment Andy, are very bold but honest about the way you approach your subject. I can appreciate that. So, as a long time Beefheart, Zappa and David Sylvian fan, loving Motorhead and Slayer, hate U2, and love the John Zorn view on music, being in awe with bands like The Jam and King Crimson, you opened up another bottle of great openings. Thanks for that Andy. You're for real (and not alone because you worked with Bozzio ;-) Forgot to mention: greetings form the Netherlands.

My brother Andy needs to lecture us on Depeche Mode and their prog origins.

This was brilliant, thanks.

@AndyEdwardsDrummer

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow! Bright... Much? You are, however, by far, the most educated and knowledgeable Music pundit. I always gain insights from your shows and never miss an episode. P.S. I've subscribed three times now because YT keeps unsubscribing me. Grrrr.

Regarding ELP, I’d have to give the nod to Tarkus for sheer ridiculousness. “The story of a cybernetic armadillo-like creature named Tarkus. It emerges from a volcanic eruption ("Eruption") and encounters various enemies, represented by different musical movements.” Need I say more?!

@AndyEdwardsDrummer

3 ай бұрын

if only the other side was better

@FOMMaintenance

3 ай бұрын

If u want ridiculous I'm going with Benny the bouncer on brain salad surgery

@vergedrums

3 ай бұрын

@@FOMMaintenanceHell yes! Weirdest ELP song ever.

@kratino

3 ай бұрын

@@FOMMaintenance I LOVE Benny. Love it. And it absolutely belongs on this album. Talk about dark!

@kratino

3 ай бұрын

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer The Only Way/Infinite Space is terrific.

Great list. Nice that PFM got some love. I think that the italian scene was seriously proggy. Museo Rosenbach and Banco del mutuo soccorso could also fit on this list and 30+ more italian bands ;-)

Brilliant choice for number 1 and agree Olias is up there too. ❤

Great video and a great top 10 or twelve (depending on how to group things together). I think you covered all proggy bases.

Love 200 (1970) by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, a 20 minute piece written for prog rock band Tully, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, soprano and male voice. Its debut recorded live in early 1970 at the Sydney Town Hall. Its on youtube. Its not easy to out prog a band with a Symphony. The drummer for Tully was a child prodigy, all of them superb multi instrumentalists.

@H-mu4bo

3 ай бұрын

Oh yes Tully were great. I liked bands like Pirana too, even though they were more heavily influenced by Santana.

@lupcokotevski2907

3 ай бұрын

@@H-mu4bo yep, they sure were. Australia had so many interesting bands in the early 70's.

Barlow first plays on TAAB. No one else could have played it as well. He is vastly underappreciated because of the focus on Anderson as the overall creator. He is one of the greatest drummers of all time. I didn't know he was self taught. Love your channel.

I knew where you were going,( been watching for couple of years). It should have been ‘The Lamb’. But given your jazz fusion love …. It all makes sense .

Finally some Italian prog ❤️

Tales is my favorite Yes Album along with Relayer.... and it is the album that I listen the most.

Scot from The Prog Corner will be very happy that you voted "Tales From Topographic Oceans" as your proggiest album.

It's the bleeding "Revealing Science of God" for God's sake Andy! It's one of Yes's three epic masterpieces and an incredible opening to a double vinyl.

Well done Andy. Always gain a new appreciation for music after watching one of your vids. When I was a teenager in the mid 70's (was listening to a lot of prog at the time.) decided to buy my first real stereo. So I went to best audio store in the city, brought a few of my favourite albums and started to dig in. After narrowing down the choices, the sales rep says "here, try listening to this" and put on PFM. I was like, what the hell is that? I ended up buying that stereo and been a fan of PFM ever since. Haven't heard anybody reference them in such a long time. Thanks for bringing back such a fond memory.

To not include Magma's Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh is an oversight of the highest regard. That album fell like a thunderclap on the world, created an entire genre of music and is still being played today with all its force and fury. Big disappointment for me. A very large mistake,, opinions being presented even so.

@jeffsimon9594

3 ай бұрын

Steve Davis, that you?

Works Volume 1 - my first ever heavyweight vinyl album purchase, when I superglued sides 2 & 3 together to avoid accidently playing them whilst out of my head...

This is the correct call! Yes, Tales is the proggiest prog album, and if they would have trimmed a few minutes from The Remembering, it would have been the finest prog album as well. It's that close, maybe 5 or 6 redundant minutes removed from perfection.

Starting w Henry Cow is a good sign! I prefer Leg End. So many great musicians associated with them. Love Peter Blegvad. Great underrated insightful And funny songwriter…they’re definitely in a class by themselves and certainly not for everyone

Andy, I know that you are not a fan of VDGG but surely Pawn Hearts should be on any Proggy list. I never got into A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers at the time but 50 years later it all made perfect sense at last. you did have one of my absolute faves on there in PFM, I have the blue English version of that one- The World Became The World, The four English albums they made in the 70's for Manticore are probably some of my favourite prog albums and contain some amazing musicianship.

I can go along with this list. Nice to see "In Praise of Learning" on there. One thing about "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway," its concept is proggy as all get out, but structurally, the songs are the least proggy of the Gabriel/Genesis era, favoring quite short songs with traditional verse/chorus organization.

Lamb is Genesis' greatest album PRECISELY because it doesn't sound like the English countryside, pastoral Genesis. It's more angular, has an edge and features the best drumming of Phil's career. It's one of my favorite double albums ever with Layla, Quadrophenia and Physical Graffiti.

@richardkuhn4303

3 ай бұрын

Was lucky enough to see Lamb lies Down in Kansas City. I didn’t even know they had released the album yet. Best concert I’ve ever seen and of course went out and bought the album the next day. Still have it albeit in tatters.

@steverickenbacher7110

3 ай бұрын

@@richardkuhn4303 Must have been incredible to witness a band take such a huge risk, playing mostly material unknown to the music loving public. The only other band I can think of doing that regularly during that time period was King Crimson, but mostly through improvisation.

@richardkuhn4303

3 ай бұрын

Love King Crimson also, but was never lucky enough to see them.

@steverickenbacher7110

3 ай бұрын

@@richardkuhn4303 Saw them 5 times, each with different lineups. My fave lineup (72-74) is the one I missed and wished I saw. Speaking of which, why aren't any of their 70s albums on this list?

@richardkuhn4303

3 ай бұрын

@@steverickenbacher7110 i’m going to try to see them in Nashville this fall, but it won’t be with Robert Fripp. I think they’re doing the “Discipline” material mostly

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Andy ❤😊

Göbekli Tepe was a landing platform for flying teapots. We know this beyond doubt from the tea pillars.

No Nektar - several very prog and humor releases. Brain salad surgery- slang for fellatio.

I love this list. It makes me want to check out more of PFM. Thanks.

Lack of vocals make's it a questionable true "concept album" but I'd put Red Queen to Gryphon Three on my list personally.

@loupasternak

2 ай бұрын

cool of you to mention this epic work, and I would not even recall that it had not vocals. Thus, that's no knock . Prog has nothing to do with the vocals really.

Need to get brightness /highlights dimmed on that setting 😎

@grahamnunn8998

3 ай бұрын

Yer riah is looking too white Andy!

Another amazing video by Andy and thank you. These videos are so important especially for the young ages...because the supremacy and high inteligence of Pink Floyd with Prog Albums like Wish you were here, Animals and the legendary Dark Side of the Moon, overshadowed the entire musical production of that particular decade. Also it's very worrying that some of these bands and artists, today are known only from some Pop songs like Sledgehammer, Easy lover, Owner of a Lonely Heart etc. That's too bad -(

I've been a Rush fan for about 45 years and I would agree that AFTK is probably their most progy, although prior to watching this, I'd never given a second of thought as to which was most Progy. Good list.

@loupasternak

2 ай бұрын

rush sucks

I only saw the Lamb life version from Genetics, and it is amazing, I can only imagine how deep it was with band.

I watch you, because you are Knowledgeable & amusing. But shockingly, we agree on Genesis"s best albums. 😮 So I subscribed.

What a fun topic. .. hard to disagree with that list. The 1st album that came to mind for me was Tales of Mystery and Imagination.. it exemplifies the prog rock penchant for experimentation, both in music and in concept. thanks for the free entertainment Andy.

Phenomenally fun to listen to you!

Now we can listen to Tales as it is supposed to be played, as a single symphony song with four movements, without intermission and with the extended version, all set as a single track by any audio editor.

It does you and I both good to hear your thoughts on all topics music.. cheers ..

@13:1 That fracturing of melody lines between parts is called Hocketting,. BTW.

Peter Blegvad of Slap Happy mention with Henry Cow is brilliant ...his solo albums and work with the Golden Paliminos is fantastic.

@BrennanYoung

3 ай бұрын

Desperate Straights is a lovely, weird, sparkling thing. Slapp Happy were definitely more "art rock" than prog but a notable influence on Cardiacs. Blegvad is an extraordinary wordsmith, and a quite quirky songwriter too. He did some very interesting collaborations with Andy Patridge of XTC.

@scottbookman

3 ай бұрын

@@BrennanYoung i have the Partridge collaborations too.

King Crimson ... was at least a progressive rock band which progressed, Lizard, Islands and Red being my favourites. ... and then we have Lucifer's friend - Where the groupies killed the blues

@of6594

3 ай бұрын

Lucifer's friend progressed too fast and too far for the groups own well being

Captain Andy - glad to hear you throwing some love to the Cow - Bittern Storm Over Ulm from Unrest is one of my favorites; Concerts is a very underrated live album, though I suppose they're not everyone's cup of tea.

Olias is the VERY BEST solo album of all time!

Thank you for mentioning Henry Cow and not seeing here Pink Floyd)) Nice video and really powefull list!!

My namesake :Jethro Tull has to be here somewhere ..

Benefit is Tull's 3rd album that everyone seems to forget but I liked it when it was released. They lost me after Passion Play because it was like another Thick as a Brick

@DavidBurgess1

3 ай бұрын

I agree that Benefit is underrated. And Glen Cornick was an underrated bassist.

How about an episode on ELP and its progenitor bands - King Crimson (Greg Lake), Nice (Keith Emerson) and Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer). Pretty amazing pedigree. Oh, and you could throw in Asia too for CP’s post ELP career.

Rocinante was indeed Don Quixotes horse - and was in turn Steinbeck’s van in Travels with Charlie and the hero space ship in the SF novel series The Expanse and recent TV series.

The PFM butchering moment was priceless

These picks happen to coincide with my favorite picks on several of these bands. Lamb, Tales, Passion Play are my own favorites from those 3 bands and top prog picks for me. Acquiring the Taste also one of my fav Gentle Giant albums, although I might put Glass House or Power and Glory above it. Any Henry Cow pick is a good one. PFM is a good pick and they were popular for the early 70s prog crowd - they were definitely being played on FM underground in the US.

When he got to number two I knew number one was going to be Tales from Topographic Oceans.

I always learn a lot from you, Andy, thanks a lot! I know that you sometimes try to be a bit controversial, but it's not controverisal actually but very well based by your explanations. So let's see what you have which I also included in my list yesterday... Farewell to Kings, Acquiring the Taste, Jethro Tull (but I got the "wrong ones", probably because I am not too familiar with Passion Play), Genesis (but as I mentioned in my other post, you would not put Selling on the list, so this I knew already :)) I left out PFM and ELP, even though that they are really highly influencial and deep prog bands, but it's not much of my taste (as most of Genesis and espeically Yes - I tried to get into these bands many times, they just don't hit me). So my taste is quite different but as I said you explained it very well why you were choosing these albums, thanks!

I believe the start of L'isola di niente ( the isle of nothing) is the choir of the Accademia Paolina of Milan conducted by Claudio Fabi, who coproduced the album . I have also seen it described as both mellotron and synthesizer. Sounds like a choir to me.

Barrie Barlow makes his debut with Tull on the Life's A Lomg Song- ep. In other words: Thick as A Brick has him on it.

bravo, well done. thank you.

henry cow with fred frith = underrated. *unrest* is my choice.

@BrennanYoung

3 ай бұрын

side 1 of unrest is simply amazing, and unequaled. side 2 doesn't get much rotation round here. I get that "Grand Vizier's Garden Party" vibe from some of Cow's free form pieces

@adnilrummut105

3 ай бұрын

@@BrennanYoung yeah this is simply one way that makes music evolve. 😇 crossreferences