Ondes Neurophiles...Strawbs "Hero and Heroine", "Ghosts" and "Grave New World"... I love Strawbs As far as The Moody Blues "Days Of Future Past" I consider the first "concept" prog(ish) album and it holds up very very well from 1967
@@robertfranklin8704 While it is true that Santana, Cream, Zep, and Jeff Beck have done songs that have prog elements, only the Moodies could be called a prog band because that is what they were known for. There are other bands like Ambrosia and Journey who started out as prog, but move on to other things that were more radio-friendly and commercially successful. Nothing wrong with doing what works, though.
Saw in a video that the YES followers were divided into the Troopers and Generators. I’d have to even say there are T.2, T.3 and at least a G.2 version in there. Crimson had plenty of iterations. Genesis seemed to be more of a Paring Away situation. Calling All Stations was fairly abysmal finally. A cool video on here is with Milwaukee native Daryl and how he got the gig as their touring player. He goes back farther than most people realize. Have you listened to any of Hackett’s Genesis Revisited material? Fifth of Firth is awesome. Most of this is IMHO as Afam and bass player.
@@robbdopke8670 There's also the Yeswholes who like the whole thing (all of it). I can't imagine many true Yes fans only liking one era though especially not just the Rabin era.
I saw Yes a few years ago and I got the impression the band didn't enjoy playing that song. It seemed like they muddled through it, got it over with and shined more on their pre Trevor Rabin material.
Right that annoyed me too. Owner of a lonely heart is a pop song and it was their only “hit”. They also played invisible touch in the background for genesis hahahaha god what a joke
Where are the Moody Blues.? Incomplete list without them. They sold over 70 million records as of early 2000. They used an orchestra in 1967 throughout their first album that was an early concept album. They used the mellotron and were said to have introduced it to the Beatles. They had a flautist regularly doing solos before Jethro Tull. They constantly are forgotten because they spend less time marketing. They are an amazing one of a kind progressive rock band that is snubbed again.
Wasn't one of their members an expert at the Mellotron because he used to help build them? I think it was Mike Pinder. And they quit releasing albums in 2003, even though they continued to tour after that. I guess they had said all they needed to say, and they had so much material (including the Blue Jays hiatus material and various solo albums) that they weren't in much danger of tiresome repetition! (The classic-rock stations did that all by themselves.) I agree - the Moodies got snubbed.
I consider the Moody blues more classical rock than prog,as a matter of fact,listen how much classical piano in Genesis, listen how the Baroque age influence in Gentle Giant,prog?
Genesis is number one for me. Yes, Crimson, and Gentle Giant are the other big guns in the genre. HOT TAKE #1: Pink Floyd is not a Prog band in the same sense that Led Zeppelin or Steely Dan were not Prog bands. Floyd were a super creative group in a super creative musical era, that doesn't make them Prog. HOT TAKE #2: Rush is not Prog. I love Rush to death but they are a hard rock group that was heavily influenced by Prog, that doesn't make them Prog. Rush were too simplistic to really be Prog, but they were obviously Prog-influenced.
I don't agree. You haven't listen to the masterpiece "A Farewell to King "to say that. This album of Rush fits perfectly in the genre and is of great magnitude.
Yeah pink floyd made more art rock than prog rock Like animals for me is more art rock than prog Same with dark side of the moon most of the songs on that album are more art rock and only 2 songs prog
@Neal Borganelli "Simplistic" is a relative term. Relative to typical rock bands, Rush's music is complex. Relative to Prog bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant, Rush's music is simplistic, and Geddy and Alex are the first ones to admit that they were doing a simplified version as a 3-piece from what typical 5-piece Prog bands were doing.
Which Genesis era , after Hackett left the band pure pop band , Genesis in my opinion 3 o 4 outstanding albums , Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound to me are masterpieces, I don’t agree with your comment regarding Pink Floyd , they are Prog rock , King Crimson only the first three albums, then a noisy band pure progressive sounds not musical sense, I agree with Yes one of the best also Camel. You did not mention Jethro Tull , to me the best of all , is my opinion .
@@TheRKae While it's subjective I think they should be anywhere in the top 5. In alphabetical order (so as not to cause any disputes amongst their fans, Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes and then everyone else. While Yes is my personal favorite I can understand arguments for any of them.
I agree. Camel has grown on me, especially their final three albums. Check out a top Ten Camel/Latimer Guitar Parts clip, I put together with my daughter :) ua-cam.com/video/BDagL2QlRW4/v-deo.html
it sort of is. The religious themed songs 'My God', 'Hymn 43' and 'Wind Up' thrown in with the societal outcasts 'Aqualung', 'Locomotive Breath' and 'Cross Eyed Mary' make for a very cohesive listening experience.
Best Groups? Or best albums? Or Personal preferences? 1) King Crimson and Yes 3) Jethro Tull 4) Genesis 5) Camel 6) ELP 7) Gentle Giant 8) Pink Floyd 9) Rick Wakeman 10) Any other (Zappa,
Sorry folks but Jethro Tull has to be number 1 Yes, Gentle Giant, Rush take your pick add ELP, all great bands all great players, but Ian stands out, because of This Was all the way through, the musician in each phase are all second to none, from John Evan’s, Clive Bunker, all great, and the music, what a journey
I've been listening and loving Jethro Tull and my secret crush Ian Anderson for over 50 years. They make me happy and will forever hold them near to my heart.
That Gentle Giant is NOT No. 1 should be a capitol offence. They were, and are, ahead of most everyone, accessible to all from the sheeple of Genesis and Yes, to the Zappa enthusiasts like myself. They are not merely music, but auditory literature. The greatest band that ever was and ever will be.
Strongly agree with those facts. Gentle Giant was indeed exceptional ... the best. All Time Classic prog LPs from the first self titled release right thru Interview were extraordinary Even the later non prog LPs by Gentle Giant were good to great. King Crimson, Genesis, Yes and esp Tull put out 3 or 4 really excellent albums each, but lots of stinkers; lots of filler.
You my good man are a gazillion % correct about everything you said in regards to gentle giant-they are/were the greatest most epic legendary unique genius obscenely criminally underrated band of all time.
Fun fact: Mike Pinder, keyboardist for the Moody Blues, was good friends with John and Paul from the time the Moodies toured with the Beatles in 1965. Pinder worked for Streetly Electronics, manufacturer of the mellotron, prior to forming the Moody Blues and was probably the only performer who could (and did) repair his own mellotron on stage. He turned on John and Paul to the mellotron in 1966.
@@peterl3282 The liner notes for the retrospective box set "Time Traveller" described one of those repair incidents. At one show, the Mellotron broke down before the concert, and Pinder repaired it with a coat hanger while the theater manager projected Looney Tunes shorts to keep the audience occupied!
@@lisagulick4144 Yes, I think it was the Fillmore East in the fall of 1968 when the tapes all spooled out. Repairs took 90 minutes. Given the likely chemically altered mental state of the audience, I suspect Bugs Bunny went down well!
ELP #9, Genesis #2 - Lough in tears. Change them (at least). Sure, Genesis is a great band, but as a ProgRock band ELP should stand much higher! As for me they are among the first five together with Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and Yes.
1. Genesis (1970-1980) 2. Gentle Giant 3. Yes 4. ELP 5. Magma 6. Koenjihyakkei 7. Van der Graaf Generator 8. King Crimson 9. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso 10. Jethro Tull Probably few people here know Koenjihyakkei, but in my opinion they're very unique and amazing and don't need to fear contest with any of these bands. Also at least I have one contemporary band in the list. Pink Floyd may have been very successful commercially, but their songs are too simple to be called prog in my opinion. If individual artists qualify as bands, Frank Zappa should be on the list instead of Steven Wilson.
Reading the replies shows that there is a lot of different tastes and opinions which is good, It would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff, Many great bands have been suggested and many excluded but they all contribute to our pleasure🤘peace
King Crimson is too far away from Jethro Tull , only the first three albums are masterpieces from K Crimson, the rest are progressive noise without musical sense , All Jethro Tull albums are masterpieces including the last one , The Christmas Album. Only with Thick as a Brick and Passion Play, Jethro Tull are the best of all times. No band could have produced the smart sophisticated and geniality music of these two albums.
Two great bands that were the first to invent the genre known as Prog / Rock were The Nice and Soft Machine . Soft Machines second album and the Nice's "The thoughts of Emerlist DaveJack " were the first real Progressive albums years ahead of their time that set the stage for the many fine bands to follow .
Nah, listen to their earlier stuff. Although it could also be classified as psychedelic rock. Gilmore just introduced a really strong blues root to the music. And that's always a good thing, IMO.
The “Atom Heart Mother Suite” from Pink Floyd ! If that’s not Prog Rock, nothing is! Also, you could make a case for the albums from Darkside of the moon up through the final cut as being orchestrated concept albums.
Listen to echoes, atom heart mother, set the controls for the heart of the sun, dogs, shine on you crazy diamond parts 1 and 2 and the whole wall and DSOM albums and tell me that pink Floyd isn't prog.
Putting Rush ahead of Tull and ELP is ridiculous. Rush only started being prog. AFTER those bands had already done their finest work - and the same with putting Wilson ahead of ELP and Gentle Giant.
And put Jethro Tull behind Genesis, king Crimson , Pink Floyd and Yes is also ridiculous and forget Camel is again lack of knowledge of prog rock smart and complex sophisticated.
The main problem I see with the list is the over-simplified categorization of Prog-Rock. Lumping Crimson, Rush, YES, ELP, Pink Floyd and Genesis into one super-category is like puttting Kiss, Sabbath, Led Zep, Prince, Slipknot, Nirvana, Journey in the same bag.
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Any preference for a group is subjective; the real travesty of this list is its generalization of all these incredible bands.
Hilarious, what is Steve Wilson doing on a list with ELP,King Crimson, Tull,and Gentle Giant? Also the thumbnail, really,of all time,like maybe a thumbnail of Peter Gabriel in the Slipper man costume a little more appropriate?
Excellent, Yes and Genesis are in their rightful places in terms of their importance in prog rock, and I love all the bands you mentioned, except I haven't listened to any Steven Wilson, will do so.
La mia classifica personale dall'Italia 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (best album "Tarkus") 2. Pink Floyd (best album "Dark side of the moon") 3. Yes (best album "Yessongs") 4. King Crimson (best album "In the court of..) 5. Genesis (best album "Selling England by the pound") 6. Van Der Graaf Generator (best album "Pawn Hearts") 7. Le Orme (best album "Felona e Sorona") 8. Nice (best album "Elegy") 9. Rick Wakeman (best album "The six wives of the Henry VIII") 10. Premiata Forneria Marconi (best album "Photos of ghost")
Same here actually. I’m finding a lot of new stuff. Although I’m not a major fan of the constant argument around prog and what sí better, what is more complex, etc. I have so many albums I have to get to. After 2 years though, my favorite still happens to be rush. I hope I can get more recommendations to keep on listening.
Moody Blues and Procol Harum have a long track record before many of the bands mentione. They are among the earliest progressive bands ever and so original.
1. King Crimson 2. Gentle Giant 3. Yes 4. PFM (Italy) 5. Pink Floyd 6. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 7. Rush 8. Genesis 9.Dream Theater 10.Tool 11. Kansas 12. Frank Zappa 13. Nine Inch Nails 14.Peter Gabriel 15. Dixie Dreggs
@@thekeywitness Yes Bill Bruford a member of Yes and King Crimson but also played with Genesis (on tour and 2 Genesis "live" albums) a trifecta, the only musician to be a member of 3 TOP prog bands and am I surprised No, he was arguably the best prog rock drummer, a fantastic musician.
@@gerritveldhuisen7920 It is depending on what you consider Prog rock , based on the concept which say, Prog rock is an evolution or change styles in a song , Pink Floyd is Prog rock , having a lot of art rock passages that changes to hard rock in some songs like Echoes .
Yes and Genesis gave the world a lot of brilliant albums that's why they're on the top and they were led by the super guitarists who have the same first name - Steve
I love Pink Floyd but they’re a Rock-as-Art group. Their songs aren’t particularly hard to play; hence, they’re not “progressive rock.” Also, this is just a matter of personal taste, but Rush and Jethro Tull should be in the top 3 along with Yes. One more note: although Jethro Tull made LOTS of concept albums, Aqualung is not one of em. Hymn 43, My God, and Wind-up (and Wond’ring Aloud to a far lesser extent) all deal with religion but that’s as close as it comes to being a concept album. Fxxxing great album on every level, though.
i agree on the pink floyd point for sure but not so much on rush , they were a amazing band my personal favriote but i wouldn’t call them a “progressive rock band” they had progressive albums but never were full progressive , the top 3 should definitely have crimson and elp as well
Progressive music being defined as "difficult to play" is new to me.. Wouldn't basically 50% of songs from progressive groups NOT be progressive then? Hell, entire King Crimson albums are really not that hard
@@andresgagge6977 Don’t know as I’ve never tried playing any of their stuff. Just doesn’t do it for me. Rock music is always changing and growing new branches on its evolutionary tree. Don’t know when the term “progressive” was first used in the media to categorize a particular rock band or emerging sub-genre of rock ‘n’ roll - you’d have to consult a rock music historian for that. But if I were to give a definition I’d argue that (at least in general) prog rock is generally defined by 5 characteristics: (1) unusual time signatures and frequent time signature shifts; (2) sophisticated themes and concepts; (3) long songs; (4) a fusion of various genres; and (5) technical virtuosity; i.e., the shit should be hard to play. That’s just my definition. Ask a hundred different rock ‘n’ roll fans and you’ll probably get a hundred different answers.
@@ioenglishworld224 Interesting, I guess I'd define progressive Music as music that is "progressing" the genre, in some way or another, be it through more complex structure, new sound or experimentation... and thus expanding the genre into new territories and creating new ones. Basically, anything that sounds more complex and unique than the avarage rock songs, while providing new inspiration to what more rock can achieve, by breaking away from the traditional sound and rules Through this definition, Pink Floyd would definitely be Prog thanks to Echoes, Animals , the final cut, The Wall and more.. Otherwise, songs like Epitaph, Starless, Wake of Poseidon, Court of the Crimson King.... although perhaps complex in structure, are definitely not that difficult to play, at least on bass and guitar... And I say this, as a 1 year noob on both instruments
@@jordanghetler8011 I used to think that about the Mahavishnu Orchestra too. Until my musical appreciation matured more and I could feel what they were doing. I actually left a M.O. concert once because it seemed like nothing but a 32nd note assault and I got bored. LOL
How can you put Emerson, Lake, & Palmer at #9? Pink Floyd should be #1, ELP at #2, and Yes at #3. The rest really can't touch these top 3. Take a popular vote, and see how your flawed opinion stands up to it!
Good selection , but I put also some great bands another, Van der graaf generator , Camel , Caravan, High tide , Focus , Atomic Rooster , Procol harum , Traffic , Moody Blues , Amon Duul , Kansas, Culpepper Orchard .
The Top 10 of progressive rock is usually a pretty common list just shuffled around a bit, I agree with much of this list, and its nice to see someone recognize Marillion. A much more entertaining list would be say from 10-20 or 20-30 because there are a lot of really good prog bands, new and old, that people have never listened to and its completely worth the time to explore. I would start with bands like Traffic and Atomic Rooster who had some outstanding albums in the late 60's and early 70's.
This narrator sounds like he's never listened to Prog in his life. Futhermore, Steven Wilson is not a band. If you wanted to include him, then put Porcupine Tree.
Kansas has GOT to be on this list. They took prog and made it American. And they're at least as recent as Steven Wilson; "The Absence of Presence" just came out last year, after all. :D
Hard to say what started Progressive Rock - "The Nice" album "5 bridges" was released in 1969 same as "Court of the Crimson King". (The Nice = Keith Emerson) The same year came "The Aerosol Grey Machine" by Van der Graaf Generator. And there are probably others ;-)
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"invisible touch" background talking about Genesis is like a fart in a church 🤦🏼♂️
The truth
I couldn't believe it either when I heard that.
I agree! Like "Owner of a Lonely Heart" for Yes.
It's a great album now grow fuckin up
@@slipperman1633 great album compared to abakab, maybe, but i guess that you don't know the Gabriel/Hackett era
As it usually is - Van Der Graaf Generator underrated...
Exactly what I thought - no VdGG, and basically mainstream prog rock.
My favorite band of all time
Peter Hammill solo albums also brilliant
Because commercial radio wouldnt play them.
ELP is overrated!
Please correct me if I'm wrong but Van Der Graff Generator deserves to b on this list.
You are not wrong.
And I'd put them at number 1.
I agree, and so should Caravan
You are just correct my friend
about 100 peope need to be on this list for before overrated Steven wilson!
The Moody Blues should be included. And Focus, Renaissance and Strawbs would be close to the top 10.
Ondes Neurophiles...Strawbs "Hero and Heroine", "Ghosts" and "Grave New World"... I love Strawbs
As far as The Moody Blues "Days Of Future Past" I consider the first "concept" prog(ish) album and it holds up very very well from 1967
Also Magma.
I agre. Moody Blues. It needs more recognition as a great Prog rock band.
@@lisagulick4144
What a fool this man is in his opiniond! Where are Santana, The Moody Blues, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Beck?!
@@robertfranklin8704 While it is true that Santana, Cream, Zep, and Jeff Beck have done songs that have prog elements, only the Moodies could be called a prog band because that is what they were known for.
There are other bands like Ambrosia and Journey who started out as prog, but move on to other things that were more radio-friendly and commercially successful. Nothing wrong with doing what works, though.
Yes, Genesis and King Crimson had so many different incarnations that they could be rated individually.
Saw in a video that the YES followers were divided into the Troopers and Generators. I’d have to even say there are T.2, T.3 and at least a G.2 version in there. Crimson had plenty of iterations. Genesis seemed to be more of a Paring Away situation. Calling All Stations was fairly abysmal finally. A cool video on here is with Milwaukee native Daryl and how he got the gig as their touring player. He goes back farther than most people realize. Have you listened to any of Hackett’s Genesis Revisited material? Fifth of Firth is awesome. Most of this is IMHO as Afam and bass player.
@@robbdopke8670 Yes, I've heard the Steve Hackett material...good stuff!!
@@robbdopke8670 There's also the Yeswholes who like the whole thing (all of it). I can't imagine many true Yes fans only liking one era though especially not just the Rabin era.
Please don't put ELP at the 9th place 😭🙏 they need to be at least in top 5
Top 1 !
It was a joke... number 9
ELP had three extremely talented artists. I would put them second after Pink Floyd but barely. 😀
No Camel = no credibility.
R.I.P Greg Lake, he is mentioned with 2 great bands here
How can you put Rush and Marillion and exclude Camel?!
Because Camel sucks
@@Alix777. LOL yeah Camel is kinda boring. some progressive fans put "progressive rock" ahead of "fun" in their evaluation criteria
@@Alix777. If you tell ,Camel sucks , can you understand something about prog rock?
@@seamusforever7081 king crimson boring????
Bro which album did you listen??
I agree. Camel was amazing! Mirage, Moonmadness, Etc.
How about Van Dear Graaf Generator?
Let's put them in No6, since Marillion is kind of a Genesis ripoff.
1) Genesis
2) Jethro Tull
3) Junipher Greene
4) Saft
5) Van der Graaf Generator
6) Camel
7) King Crimson
8) Gentle Giant
9) Ton Vlasman
10) Arthur Brown
Honorable Mentions: Jean-Yves Labat, Clear Blue Sky
The fact that you have no Yes sadly makes your list very dubious indeed. That said, I agree that Genesis are no. 1
@@youandwhosearmy6339 I have attempted to acquire a taste for Yes on several occasions, however I still fail.
I used to be the same but give close to the edge a good long listen. Also, the Steve Howe album that kicks off with Pennants
ah, another strong Van Der Graaf Generator lifer................... witnessed their greatness many times in concert............
@@gjermundification i strongly agree...........
It blows me away how Nektar never gets the credit their due....so underrated and under appreciated 🤔🤔🤔
1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson
3. Yes
4. Genesis
5. Rush
6. Jethro Tull
7. Marillion
8. Frank Zappa
9. Gentle Giant
10. Mars Volta
No love for ELP?
Camel, Caravan, Fruupp, ELP, ?
Procol Harum?
Mars Volta? Top 10?! LOL kkkkkk
and .. Pendragon. Why has no one mentioned about them?
it's unfortunate that, of all Yes's amazing songs, you chose as the backdrop their LEAST progressive song.. a piece of pop drivel...
I saw Yes a few years ago and I got the impression the band didn't enjoy playing that song. It seemed like they muddled through it, got it over with and shined more on their pre Trevor Rabin material.
And 'Invisible touch' by Genesis is amongst their very worst offerings of corporate rock.
Right that annoyed me too. Owner of a lonely heart is a pop song and it was their only “hit”.
They also played invisible touch in the background for genesis hahahaha god what a joke
Where are the Moody Blues.? Incomplete list without them. They sold over 70 million records as of early 2000. They used an orchestra in 1967 throughout their first album that was an early concept album. They used the mellotron and were said to have introduced it to the Beatles. They had a flautist regularly doing solos before Jethro Tull. They constantly are forgotten because they spend less time marketing. They are an amazing one of a kind progressive rock band that is snubbed again.
Yeah, exactly. Also one might say the same for Renaissance , since there are other non mainstream bands listed here.
@@littlestevey4172 Renaissance!!!! I totally agree!
Wasn't one of their members an expert at the Mellotron because he used to help build them? I think it was Mike Pinder.
And they quit releasing albums in 2003, even though they continued to tour after that. I guess they had said all they needed to say, and they had so much material (including the Blue Jays hiatus material and various solo albums) that they weren't in much danger of tiresome repetition! (The classic-rock stations did that all by themselves.)
I agree - the Moodies got snubbed.
I consider the Moody blues more classical rock than prog,as a matter of fact,listen how much classical piano in Genesis, listen how the Baroque age influence in Gentle Giant,prog?
Genesis is number one for me. Yes, Crimson, and Gentle Giant are the other big guns in the genre.
HOT TAKE #1: Pink Floyd is not a Prog band in the same sense that Led Zeppelin or Steely Dan were not Prog bands. Floyd were a super creative group in a super creative musical era, that doesn't make them Prog.
HOT TAKE #2: Rush is not Prog. I love Rush to death but they are a hard rock group that was heavily influenced by Prog, that doesn't make them Prog. Rush were too simplistic to really be Prog, but they were obviously Prog-influenced.
I don't agree. You haven't listen to the masterpiece "A Farewell to King "to say that. This album of Rush fits perfectly in the genre and is of great magnitude.
Yeah pink floyd made more art rock than prog rock
Like animals for me is more art rock than prog
Same with dark side of the moon most of the songs on that album are more art rock and only 2 songs prog
@Neal Borganelli "Simplistic" is a relative term. Relative to typical rock bands, Rush's music is complex. Relative to Prog bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant, Rush's music is simplistic, and Geddy and Alex are the first ones to admit that they were doing a simplified version as a 3-piece from what typical 5-piece Prog bands were doing.
Which Genesis era , after Hackett left the band pure pop band , Genesis in my opinion 3 o 4 outstanding albums , Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound to me are masterpieces, I don’t agree with your comment regarding Pink Floyd , they are Prog rock , King Crimson only the first three albums, then a noisy band pure progressive sounds not musical sense, I agree with Yes one of the best also Camel. You did not mention Jethro Tull , to me the best of all , is my opinion .
@@macarron5729 What's the difference between art rock and progressive rock?
Emerson, Lake & Palmer should be ahead of Steven Wilson
ELP should be ahead of everyone.
@@TheRKae While it's subjective I think they should be anywhere in the top 5. In alphabetical order (so as not to cause any disputes amongst their fans, Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes and then everyone else. While Yes is my personal favorite I can understand arguments for any of them.
ELP and Yes should be on top
@@johnsulistyo9856 ELP and Yes are both my #1 band. It just depends on what my mood is when you ask me!
@@TheRKae The best , I agree ELP, Genesis 2nd, King Crimson 3, and the rest I’m not concerned about !
Classic Prog 1968'-1979'
1, Yes
2, King Crimson
3, Genesis 1970-1977'
4, Jethro Tull
5, Gentle Giant
6, ELP
7, Nektar
8, Pink Floyd
9, Focus
10, Camel
Shame Camel couldn't make the list
I agree. Camel has grown on me, especially their final three albums. Check out a top Ten Camel/Latimer Guitar Parts clip, I put together with my daughter :)
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Aqualung is NOT a concept album...but is is one of the best albums ever made.
Their second concept album was "A Passion Play", also one of their best.
it sort of is. The religious themed songs 'My God', 'Hymn 43' and 'Wind Up' thrown in with the societal outcasts 'Aqualung', 'Locomotive Breath' and 'Cross Eyed Mary' make for a very cohesive listening experience.
Genesis and yes top 2 for me
Yup, me too
Best Groups? Or best albums? Or Personal preferences?
1) King Crimson and Yes
3) Jethro Tull
4) Genesis
5) Camel
6) ELP
7) Gentle Giant
8) Pink Floyd
9) Rick Wakeman
10) Any other (Zappa,
Caravan, Eloy , PFM, New Trolls
I would put Rick Wakeman above Yes.
No Van der Graaf Generator????
I'm glad to see Marillion made the list. They often get overlooked and have a tremendous catalogue of music that deserves recognition.
Glad you like the list and enjoyed the video!
1. Genesis
2. King crimson
3. Yes
And Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd?
Doesn’t matter which bands are in the list, ranking them like if one was better than other is bullshit.
Agreed.
Sorry folks but Jethro Tull has to be number 1 Yes, Gentle Giant, Rush take your pick add ELP, all great bands all great players, but Ian stands out, because of This Was all the way through, the musician in each phase are all second to none, from John Evan’s, Clive Bunker, all great, and the music, what a journey
Yes Ian Anderson is the best musician in the prog rock history.
I've been listening and loving Jethro Tull and my secret crush Ian Anderson for over 50 years. They make me happy and will forever hold them near to my heart.
Imagine listening to flute in all the songs
@@javierllerena5756 Yes, very very TRUE!!
Anderson doesn't even like prog rock. He has gone on record stating that Thick as a Brick was a send up of prog rock.
That Gentle Giant is NOT No. 1 should be a capitol offence. They were, and are, ahead of most everyone, accessible to all from the sheeple of Genesis and Yes, to the Zappa enthusiasts like myself. They are not merely music, but auditory literature. The greatest band that ever was and ever will be.
Strongly agree with those facts.
Gentle Giant was indeed exceptional ... the best.
All Time Classic prog LPs from the first self titled release right thru Interview were extraordinary
Even the later non prog LPs by Gentle Giant were good to great.
King Crimson, Genesis, Yes and esp Tull put out 3 or 4 really excellent albums each,
but lots of stinkers; lots of filler.
You my good man are a gazillion % correct about everything you said in regards to gentle giant-they are/were the greatest most epic legendary unique genius obscenely criminally underrated band of all time.
Ew no
ZAPPA & GG are the UNATTAINABLE DIMENSION 💯🔨
GG were great and in some ways very underrated but they were not better than Yes, KC, early Genesis, PF, etc. They were just different.
Yes? Yeeeeesssssss!!
The initial spark was The Beatles (Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields, I am The Walrus, Eleanore Rigby), and The Moody Blues...
Fun fact: Mike Pinder, keyboardist for the Moody Blues, was good friends with John and Paul from the time the Moodies toured with the Beatles in 1965. Pinder worked for Streetly Electronics, manufacturer of the mellotron, prior to forming the Moody Blues and was probably the only performer who could (and did) repair his own mellotron on stage. He turned on John and Paul to the mellotron in 1966.
No doubt they were the main influence for Prog. Yes does give them a lot of credit for their style, and especially their vocals.
@@peterl3282 The liner notes for the retrospective box set "Time Traveller" described one of those repair incidents. At one show, the Mellotron broke down before the concert, and Pinder repaired it with a coat hanger while the theater manager projected Looney Tunes shorts to keep the audience occupied!
@@lisagulick4144 Yes, I think it was the Fillmore East in the fall of 1968 when the tapes all spooled out. Repairs took 90 minutes. Given the likely chemically altered mental state of the audience, I suspect Bugs Bunny went down well!
I think early Floyd is also an initial spark.
Great selection!
I agree
ELP #9, Genesis #2 - Lough in tears. Change them (at least). Sure, Genesis is a great band, but as a ProgRock band ELP should stand much higher! As for me they are among the first five together with Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and Yes.
They are (ELP), but so are Genesis.
Слава, Yes and Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) are prog staples
ELP is great, but Genesis shouldn't be at number 9 either. Give that to King Crimson or Pink Floyd.
Agree. As a prog rock band Genesis is from the second, but not the first decade. ;) Although they are really a great band.
ELP is overrated!!¡!!!!!!
Missing Kansas & The Moody Blues but a decent list
Thank you!
Thank U
And Family.'My friend the sun'-'Larf and sing'-'song for me'...and others.Brilliant band.
1. Genesis (1970-1980)
2. Gentle Giant
3. Yes
4. ELP
5. Magma
6. Koenjihyakkei
7. Van der Graaf Generator
8. King Crimson
9. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
10. Jethro Tull
Probably few people here know Koenjihyakkei, but in my opinion they're very unique and amazing and don't need to fear contest with any of these bands. Also at least I have one contemporary band in the list. Pink Floyd may have been very successful commercially, but their songs are too simple to be called prog in my opinion. If individual artists qualify as bands, Frank Zappa should be on the list instead of Steven Wilson.
Géant doux ou Doux géant
Any list with Genesis at the top gets my vote.
Magma is one weird band.
@@steverogers2635 magma is blast. De futura bass line is insane
respect pink floyd
1) Pink Floyd
2) Genesis
3) King Crimson
4) Yes
5) ELP
6) Camel
7) Jethro Tull
8) Kansas
9) Rush
10) Van Der Graaf Generator
Honorable mentions:
- Alan Parsons Project
- Gentle Giant
- Moody Blues
- Caravan
- Soft Machine
- UK
- Marillion
- IQ
- Porcupine Tree
- Dream Theater
- Eloy
- Focus
- Premiata Forneria Marconi
Absolutely... Yes are number one. Head and shoulders above the rest.
The most evolved group of musicians across the whole spectrum.'Awaken' says it all.
Reading the replies shows that there is a lot of different tastes and opinions which is good,
It would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff,
Many great bands have been suggested and many excluded but they all contribute to our pleasure🤘peace
Well said!
1 - King Crimson, then the rest.
Yes is certainly #1
But no Moodies???
King Crimson is too far away from Jethro Tull , only the first three albums are masterpieces from K Crimson, the rest are progressive noise without musical sense , All Jethro Tull albums are masterpieces including the last one , The Christmas Album. Only with Thick as a Brick and Passion Play, Jethro Tull are the best of all times. No band could have produced the smart sophisticated and geniality music of these two albums.
1Camel: 2 Steven Wilson : 3 Pink Floyd: 4 Jethro Tull: Rush
Two great bands that were the first to invent the genre known as Prog / Rock were The Nice and Soft Machine . Soft Machines second album and the Nice's "The thoughts of Emerlist DaveJack " were the first real Progressive albums years ahead of their time that set the stage for the many fine bands to follow .
Pink Floyd, it's not progressive rock, it's his own type... Like the Beatles and the Stones.
Exactly. If Floyd is Prog then so is Zeppelin or Steely Dan. They were all just creative groups during a creative musical era.
Nah, listen to their earlier stuff. Although it could also be classified as psychedelic rock. Gilmore just introduced a really strong blues root to the music. And that's always a good thing, IMO.
The “Atom Heart Mother Suite” from Pink Floyd !
If that’s not Prog Rock, nothing is! Also, you could make a case for the albums from Darkside of the moon up through the final cut as being orchestrated concept albums.
@@Relayer6a Gilmour
Listen to echoes, atom heart mother, set the controls for the heart of the sun, dogs, shine on you crazy diamond parts 1 and 2 and the whole wall and DSOM albums and tell me that pink Floyd isn't prog.
This is actually a pretty good list. Most top 10 lists I’ve seen border on absurdity. This one is very solid.
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching.
Putting Rush ahead of Tull and ELP is ridiculous. Rush only started being prog. AFTER those bands had already done their finest work - and the same with putting Wilson ahead of ELP and Gentle Giant.
And put Jethro Tull behind Genesis, king Crimson , Pink Floyd and Yes is also ridiculous and forget Camel is again lack of knowledge of prog rock smart and complex sophisticated.
Putting Wilson on the list at all was moronic.
Focus, Camel Triumvirat, Porcupine ... Many,,,
PFM, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Le Orme, Spocks Beard... Too many..
Achei que o Ronaldo curtisse metal e heavy metal
@@salvatoredidio9424 No such thing as "too many" prog bands...to your list I would add Miriodor and Magma.
Siiiiiii
Camel is so wonderful.
The main problem I see with the list is the over-simplified categorization of Prog-Rock. Lumping Crimson, Rush, YES, ELP, Pink Floyd and Genesis into one super-category is like puttting Kiss, Sabbath, Led Zep, Prince, Slipknot, Nirvana, Journey in the same bag.
Couldn’t have said it better myself! Any preference for a group is subjective; the real travesty of this list is its generalization of all these incredible bands.
Hilarious, what is Steve Wilson doing on a list with ELP,King Crimson, Tull,and Gentle Giant? Also the thumbnail, really,of all time,like maybe a thumbnail of Peter Gabriel in the Slipper man costume a little more appropriate?
I like Yes at #1. I might flip Pink Floyd and Genesis though.
Excellent, Yes and Genesis are in their rightful places in terms of their importance in prog rock, and I love all the bands you mentioned, except I haven't listened to any Steven Wilson, will do so.
La mia classifica personale dall'Italia
1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (best album "Tarkus")
2. Pink Floyd (best album "Dark side of the moon")
3. Yes (best album "Yessongs")
4. King Crimson (best album "In the court of..)
5. Genesis (best album "Selling England by the pound")
6. Van Der Graaf Generator (best album "Pawn Hearts")
7. Le Orme (best album "Felona e Sorona")
8. Nice (best album "Elegy")
9. Rick Wakeman (best album "The six wives of the Henry VIII")
10. Premiata Forneria Marconi (best album "Photos of ghost")
Buena selección !!!
Nice list.. ✔
Yes sir!
Except Yes best album was Close to the Edge.
Concordo...grazie per aver incluso Le Orme 😉
Missing arguably the best of all - UK
UK is musically bigger than this category can sustain.
1) Genesis. 2) Floyd. 3) Yes. Definitely in that order!
No way does Genesis or Floyd top YES- I don’t even consider PF prog. If so where are the Moody Blues?
Genesis is a million times better than yes
@@guymarsault7264 No
@@martinhayward4466 yes is mostly boring :)
@@guymarsault7264 No
E L P number 1 no brainer..my opinion......yes number 2....you can fight over the rest guys.
Just getting into the genre, I'm really liking stuff I'm hearing from Atomic Rooster.
Always have liked them!!! Glad you are enjoying them!!!
Same here actually. I’m finding a lot of new stuff. Although I’m not a major fan of the constant argument around prog and what sí better, what is more complex, etc. I have so many albums I have to get to. After 2 years though, my favorite still happens to be rush. I hope I can get more recommendations to keep on listening.
Pink Floyd #1 Tangerine Dream #2 King Crimson#3 ELP #4 Moody Blues#5 Alan Parsons #6 everything else doesn't matter
Moody Blues and Procol Harum have a long track record before many of the bands mentione. They are among the earliest progressive bands ever and so original.
1. King Crimson 2. Gentle Giant 3. Yes 4. PFM (Italy) 5. Pink Floyd 6. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 7. Rush 8. Genesis 9.Dream Theater 10.Tool 11. Kansas 12. Frank Zappa 13. Nine Inch Nails 14.Peter Gabriel 15. Dixie Dreggs
Ellp definitely needs to be higher
Even ELP !
Totally agree with Yes number one. Greg Lake appears twice, that Is significant
Bill Bruford too
@@thekeywitness Yes Bill Bruford a member of Yes and King Crimson but also played with Genesis (on tour and 2 Genesis "live" albums) a trifecta, the only musician to be a member of 3 TOP prog bands and am I surprised No, he was arguably the best prog rock drummer, a fantastic musician.
@@harryberry474 Bruford's drumming is always interesting. "One More Red Nightmare" is a master class.
you are so very wrong................. its not about record sales, it is all about the music...............
1. Gentle Giant
2. King Crimson
3. Moody Blues
and then far far away in the background the rest of them.
hahahhahaha, moody blues...., hahahaha
Not agree , Yes , Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd are the best .
@@javierllerena5756 Pink Floyd is great but in my opinion it’s a class of it’s own and not really prog rock
@@gerritveldhuisen7920
It is depending on what you consider Prog rock , based on the concept which say, Prog rock is an evolution or change styles in a song , Pink Floyd is Prog rock , having a lot of art rock passages that changes to hard rock in some songs like Echoes .
I totally agree with your picks; particularly having Yes as number 1.
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A good list. The Top Three are definitely the Masters of this genre! 😎
Most definitely!
Remove Marrilion, Rush & Wilson and make it a Top Seven.
And add in Caravan Focus and Camel.......
Perfect, we’re back to the top 10...
@@andytheflyer remove focus and add another dutch band, supersister.....
Van Der Graaf Generator are easily number one
Maybe not Nr 1 but they belong on the list definitely
Easy for me too. And Peter Hammill is number 2.
I've watched several of these 'Best of Prog Rock' videos and sadly none of them mention Jade Warrior.
Genesis by far
What is your favourite Genesis album?
@@TopTenTunes lamb, trick, W&w, Duke, wcd
@@guymarsault7264 Awesome!
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Yes and Genesis gave the world a lot of brilliant albums that's why they're on the top and they were led by the super guitarists who have the same first name - Steve
I love Pink Floyd but they’re a Rock-as-Art group. Their songs aren’t particularly hard to play; hence, they’re not “progressive rock.” Also, this is just a matter of personal taste, but Rush and Jethro Tull should be in the top 3 along with Yes. One more note: although Jethro Tull made LOTS of concept albums, Aqualung is not one of em. Hymn 43, My God, and Wind-up (and Wond’ring Aloud to a far lesser extent) all deal with religion but that’s as close as it comes to being a concept album. Fxxxing great album on every level, though.
i agree on the pink floyd point for sure but not so much on rush , they were a amazing band my personal favriote but i wouldn’t call them a “progressive rock band” they had progressive albums but never were full progressive , the top 3 should definitely have crimson and elp as well
Progressive is usually defined by `frequent time shifts`, rather than by `difficult to play`
Progressive music being defined as "difficult to play" is new to me..
Wouldn't basically 50% of songs from progressive groups NOT be progressive then?
Hell, entire King Crimson albums are really not that hard
@@andresgagge6977 Don’t know as I’ve never tried playing any of their stuff. Just doesn’t do it for me. Rock music is always changing and growing new branches on its evolutionary tree. Don’t know when the term “progressive” was first used in the media to categorize a particular rock band or emerging sub-genre of rock ‘n’ roll - you’d have to consult a rock music historian for that. But if I were to give a definition I’d argue that (at least in general) prog rock is generally defined by 5 characteristics: (1) unusual time signatures and frequent time signature shifts; (2) sophisticated themes and concepts; (3) long songs; (4) a fusion of various genres; and (5) technical virtuosity; i.e., the shit should be hard to play. That’s just my definition. Ask a hundred different rock ‘n’ roll fans and you’ll probably get a hundred different answers.
@@ioenglishworld224 Interesting, I guess I'd define progressive Music as music that is "progressing" the genre, in some way or another, be it through more complex structure, new sound or experimentation... and thus expanding the genre into new territories and creating new ones.
Basically, anything that sounds more complex and unique than the avarage rock songs, while providing new inspiration to what more rock can achieve, by breaking away from the traditional sound and rules
Through this definition, Pink Floyd would definitely be Prog thanks to Echoes, Animals , the final cut, The Wall and more..
Otherwise, songs like Epitaph, Starless, Wake of Poseidon, Court of the Crimson King.... although perhaps complex in structure, are definitely not that difficult to play, at least on bass and guitar... And I say this, as a 1 year noob on both instruments
Steven Wilson ahead of ELP!!! God forgive him
ELP is such a jerkoff session for themselves
@@jordanghetler8011 you‘re Not rhat unright but they made many masterpieces and were unbelieveble musicians anyway
@@jordanghetler8011 I used to think that about the Mahavishnu Orchestra too. Until my musical appreciation matured more and I could feel what they were doing. I actually left a M.O. concert once because it seemed like nothing but a 32nd note assault and I got bored. LOL
Yes man. God will forgive you. This is the more stupid top list in youtube.
@@jordanghetler8011 More like exhibitionism...but at least they had something worth flashing!
#1 Pink Floyd, #2 ELP, #3 Yes
Pink Floyd
Yes
King Crimson
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Rush
Gentle Giant
Camel
Van Der Graaf Generator
We love the passion and appreciation for all kinds of prog rock music from everyone!
🤘
ELP should definitely be top five.
Yes, Yes.
Chuckles out loud, Yes above Floyd, Genesis and Crimson 😲
Kansas? Camel? Spock's Beard? Supertramp?
Kansas is folk rock, no?
@@gjermundification no, Kansas is progressive rock, with a few " normal " rock songs
@@michaelbaucom4019 How about Lynyrd Skynyrd then?
@@gjermundification Lynyrd Skynyrd?! That's the genre known as " Southern Rock"( in the US, anyway)...
Which Kansas tunes do you find to be prog?
Grieg Lake appeared twice, with King Crimson and ELP. I would put Floyd at number one followed by King Crimson.
Bill Bruford played in KC, Yes and Genesis.
And God said Let there be music,and behold,here is King Crimson....And the rest should follow.
For me too YES Number One grettings from Lisbon 🇵🇹
How can you put Emerson, Lake, & Palmer at #9? Pink Floyd should be #1, ELP at #2, and Yes at #3. The rest really can't touch these top 3. Take a popular vote, and see how your flawed opinion stands up to it!
Good selection , but I put also some great bands another, Van der graaf generator , Camel , Caravan, High tide , Focus , Atomic Rooster , Procol harum , Traffic , Moody Blues , Amon Duul , Kansas, Culpepper Orchard .
Yeah where is Kansas ?? Granted America wasn't known for its Prog bands, but they were the best here and up there in the top 10, imho..
I think Kansas deserves to be on there too. And why does no one ever mention Traffic?
@@littlestevey4172 There was also an obscure American prog band named Babylon who sounded like early Genesis.
Finally some one else mentioned Traffic.
People forget early Styx...
The Top 10 of progressive rock is usually a pretty common list just shuffled around a bit, I agree with much of this list, and its nice to see someone recognize Marillion. A much more entertaining list would be say from 10-20 or 20-30 because there are a lot of really good prog bands, new and old, that people have never listened to and its completely worth the time to explore. I would start with bands like Traffic and Atomic Rooster who had some outstanding albums in the late 60's and early 70's.
Well said!
Another person that recognizes Traffic.
I can’t believe how much I agreed with this list and order. Got check out Marillion now.
Stupid backing track choices though lol
This narrator sounds like he's never listened to Prog in his life.
Futhermore, Steven Wilson is not a band. If you wanted to include him, then put Porcupine Tree.
Where is Van Der Graa?
I was about to thank the narrator for adding a new "band" to the list, now Porcupine Tree I know of, though I do not know the artists.
My favorite
Genesis
ELP
Pink Floyd
Yes
Alan Parsons
King Crimson
Camel
Jetro Tull
Genesis should be no. 1
Yes at N°1 is a big reason for subscribing
*high five
Missed Kansas. I know they’re not strictly Prog rock but the ones they put out were classic.
Great list, agreed with everything except Marillion.
Glad you liked the video! It's so tough to put just 10 groups together!
1.Emerson Lake and Palmer
2.Génesis
3.King Crimson.
4.Pink Floyd.
5.Jethro Tull
My top 3 too 😘
I saw gentle giant open for Rick Wakeman on his center of the earth tour. They were GREAT!
Awesome!
VDGG would easily be in my top 10
Kansas has GOT to be on this list. They took prog and made it American. And they're at least as recent as Steven Wilson; "The Absence of Presence" just came out last year, after all. :D
Yes for Yes #1. I might consider Mostly Autumn like 9 or 10. ELP should be top 5. I remember how big they were.
ELP yeah. I think they def should be top 5.
What about Van Der Graaf Generator....?
Please don't forget Magma and Camel
Why is it that no one sees The Moody Blues as the first Prog band? With Days Of Future Passed.
Hard to say what started Progressive Rock - "The Nice" album "5 bridges" was released in 1969 same as "Court of the Crimson King". (The Nice = Keith Emerson) The same year came "The Aerosol Grey Machine" by Van der Graaf Generator. And there are probably others ;-)
Rush too high and GG too low but good list
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I'm glad that GG was included at least.