Well done, Scot! I love the reverse chronological order, highlighting many of the most important bands to 'start it all'. I'd throw Strawbs, Caravan and Soft Machine into the mix, as early contributors...and there are others!
Hi Scot!! I think your list is almost flawless!! All great bands!! (I don't know 123/Clouds sorry) but for me, Jethro Tull should be on that list!! Thanks for the great video see you!!!!
Great show yet again. I enjoyed hearing that Transatlantic got you back into prog. Fantastic band. For me, it was Porcupine Tree., whom I saw live in Glasgow.
Hi Scott! Great video as always.. I shall recomend an album from a Prog rock band from late 70s from Argentina called La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros. Of course it doesn't rank as a top worldwide prog rock band but surely is one of the most important bands concerning this genre of music in Argentina. I recomend the song "Ah the vi entre las luces" from their first album!! i really hope you enjoy it!! cheers from Argentina
Agree with you a gazillion% Gentle giant the greatest most epic legendary genius band ever and yet still some people obscenely criminally underate them.
@@anthonymorris6490bang on !! ‘Under The Moon Of Love’ was a major influence on me back at Perry Hall Junior School yearly disco, ( a mere 4 years before I discovered Genesis).
Very interesting concept. The reverse timeline. And yeah completely understanding what you’re trying to tell us. And agreed it started with the Beatles. Yet. There are some omissions due to the timeline categorization too, and strange consequences. Especially at the low end of this list. So there is Anglegard in your top 20, and Camel, Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant are not mentioned… but hey following your timeline concept… overall great job!
Thanks for the list, Scot! No surprise that The Beatles hit the Number One spot. I'm also glad I correctly guessed the Trivia Question, even although I never even noticed the cover in the background until you reached for it. I used to have that album when I owned vinyls and bought it because the cellophane wrap had all those guest artist names on it. A very folky album with some great songs, my favourite being Davey Johnstone's "The Boatman", sung by Peter Gabriel. A great fun video, by the way! 😎😎❤❤🙂🙂
It had to be 1967 for me to enter this world... great video Scot , of course you are SO RIGHT about The Beatles. There is no contest !!! The band are nowhere near being my personal favourites , but there will be no other musical act EVER in past history or going forward to compete for importance or influence. They are THE Complete Legends of Rock and Pop. ❤️ Great to see Radiohead in there..I would have included Jethro Tull somewhere in the list though. Thanks again man !! 😍
Small request here! I just started getting into Eloy, so I came to your channel to see a ranking video. To my surprise there was none! So if you need a sign to do one, here it is! I would love to see it!
Loved this video 😂 you're saying all the stuff i think... like the how to introduce people to prog line you said!😅 show them Floyd, genesis, rush! A joy to watch a video discussing all things prog... which is my world❤
@@TheProgCorner ahhhh transatlantic... remember having to order that thru my local music shop with magazine and phone order! Never heard it until it arrived which took 4 or so months... got it based on my love for Spock's, DT & FKs, still blows my mind to this day , and Bridge is my favourite #1 ALBUM EVER!
Easy trivia question here, especially with the answer staring right at us through the whole video, and I haven't even watched yet! Will comment on the list at the end. Thanks for this.
Great list! So Glad you included those early guys (Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Nice), as they were so important in the development of Prog, and are often left out of the discussion (forget that Proto-prog nonsense, they are definitely Prog). Also liked that curveball (123), as I, like most, was not of them at all. And, of course, have to include The Beatles, as they really started it all (but then they were important to just about every variant of pop and rock music to come after them). Sure, some of the other mainstays of Prog didn't make the list (Jethro Tull, Renaissance, etc.), but overall, great choices and very entertaining list.
Great list, thanks! Obviously you don‘t have to convince me that Radiohead is prog, as I had Ok Computer on my list of essential prog rock albums 7 days ago when you did that list. For me The Alan Parsons Project is an essential prog band as they got me really into the genre. Not that I would expect them to be added to this list, but for me they always remain special. And some nice memories too, as their album Eve is one of the few vinyl records in my collection that were passed on to me from my dad.
Thanks... listened to the Colin Scot album. Excellent! though a bit melancholy... Jammed on the acoustic with 'Long Time Gone' a bunch of times... I should learn it for busking... I'm a Hawkwind-groove appreciator so it's right up my alley and would blend well with what I play. * there's a few songs on this album worthy of learning ;)
I'll have to check 123/Clouds. And glad to see The Beatles on top!!! Strawberry fields or the Abbey Road suite are super prog! Hope there will be a Beatles' live streaming soon...
Everything you said about The Beatles I 100% agree with, I've always wondered where would we be musically if The Beatles never existed...I'm sure music (rock music in general) would have evolved into what we have today but indeed The Beatles started the wave to become a tsunami but as long as The Beatles produced music EVERYONE listened. Long Live The Beatles!
Wow, I never knew Radiohead formed as far back as ‘85. Thats just another reason to watch your channel, Scot. I learn something new every time 😀. But both PT and Radiohead are my 2 favorite of the more recent important bands. And who in the world is 123/ Clouds ?? That one goes WAY over my head 😆. I suppose I’d better look into them as well.
Thanks for that rec. I went ahead and looked up the Billie Ritchie info regarding both the comedian and the musician. Very interesting stuff. But it's fascinating to know that the organ player Ritchie paved the way for both Emerson and Wakeman, and Bowie once called him a genius. Gotta love the trivia !
I’d throw Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention into the list as well, even though I’m not crazy about him. A lot of people say he invented prog. In my opinion he had a huge influence on prog but I still think prog was invented by the 3 British bands of ‘67 (Nice, Moody Blues, and Procol Harum).
I was gonna throw Zappa into the mix but I was focusing on “bands” and calling The Mothers Of Invention anything but Frank Zappa albums feels disingenuous!!! Long live Zappa. No genre could contain his genius.
Ok folks. How do you define progressive? Actually I don’t really care that much. It’s just a label… but I would say psychedelic is a big part of it. The key term here is important… and of course great! And great to me in this category or anywhere for that matter has to include The Doors. If you looked up progressive and psychedelic You’d find “The End” and “Strange Days” Here’s one everyone forgets Cream. How much better does it get than “ Tales of Brave Ulysses” and “ White Room”. And my 3rd too often forgotten has got to be Jefferson Airplane “ Plastic Fantastic Lover and “White Rabbit” just to name a couple of their greats So happy to see you include Procul Harum, My favorite band. You can surely see what era this old Woodstock man is coming from! Great list. Keep up the fantastic work. Your excitement for great music is inspiring!
So glad that you gave props to Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and, of course, The Beatles. I've grown tired of seeing "In the Court of the Crison King" being heralded as the first prog rock album. Procol Harum and the Moody Blues each had three albums to their credit prior to KC's debut in Oct. 1969. (Those being PH debut, "Shine on Brightly" & "A Salty Dog", and The Moody Blues "Days of Future Passed", "In Search Of the Lost Chord" & "On the Theeshold Of a Dream". And I'd agrue that The Beatles kick started the progressive movement even prior to "Sgt. Pepper's" with "Revolver" in 1966.
For everyone commenting about the ranking, it’s the 20 most important bands, and the order is based on how new/old they are, with the newest being 20 and oldest being 1
@@TheProgCorner You achieve that and some. And your support for ‘Chuckie’ is certainly working judging from pictures this weekend is there no end to your talents!!
Interesting. I had assumed that this was going to be an April Fools' gag with a punchline at number 1 but I struggled to find anything to disagree with - I am aware of Clouds and their 'birth of prog' reputation but don't think I've heard more than one track. That's my next search on UA-cam. Meanwhile, you're absolutely right about The Beatles. On a good day, I can make the case that We Can Work It Out might be the first 'prog track' ever.
@@TheProgCorner Just found the 1-2-3 version of America - Yes, that most definitely is an early version of prog - a talented (but not uber-talented) band who have a Hammond and have heard a great tune and thought 'Now, what can we do with it?' They deserve their place in the pantheon.
You know how much I love you, Scot. Allow me to educate you on a major band you never mention: Mew, from Denmark. These three albums will initiate you into ultimate illumination: Frengers, Eggs are Funny and The Glass Handed Kites. You’re welcome.
Comforting Sounds, Am I Wry, No!, Snow Brigade, Silas the Magic Car, Saliva, She Came Home from Christmas, Special, The Zookeper’s Boy, 156, Behind the Drapes, Eight Flew Over One Was Destroyed are among my favorite songs ever!!! Yes, please revisit and while you’re at it revisit these from Kites: Apocalypso, Chinaberry Tree, Why Are You Looking So Grave?, White Lips Kissed. I’ll listen to every one of these songs over most of the popular neo prog bands any day.
@@TheProgCorner You must. And you won’t need any Mountain Dew to keep you awake either! I saw them live and they didn’t miss a note or dynamic from any of these studio masterpieces
Clouds were an interesting band. Saw them open up for Tull back in the day. I think I'm one of about 14 people who has their album. I can see them not connecting because so much of their stuff was swing based. They came off like a really good lounge band.
Can falls under the krautrock umbrella, but they were definitely prog and absolutely important, and so were Kraftwerk and Faust. Absent also are Jethro Tull, VDGG, Camel, Caravan, Soft Machine, Gentle Giant, Renaissance. A lot of big names were left out...
Probably my age but have a connection with the top 10 , think I’m stuck in the 60’s and 70’s musically, The Beatles most influential band ever whatever the genre , probably an obvious choice but one that could have been overlooked as not strictly prog , glad you didn’t and highlighted their influence ❤.
Ok ok ok, I need to listen to transatlantic. I'll throw it up on my monitors to listen to as I craft press releases I've definitely listened to all of the members separately in other projects
Plenty of favorites that are missing, though I can see why maybe Camel or VDGG aren’t the most important to prog. Seems one of the Italian prog bands deserved a mention, though I’ve not listened to much. Maybe PFM?
That’s not what I do. But being fully aware of that shortcoming, I have teamed up with Prog Radio and every Friday he plays all the stuff I talk about on the channel…
Where would you put the Beach Boys on the list? You're right that the Beatles opened the door for prog to flourish, but surely albums like Pet Sounds and Smile played a role in that as well.
I never considered Queensryche Prog. Very influential on a lot of Prog Metal bands, but not Prog themselves. I don't hear the prog elements in their music. But I guess, that depends on how you define Prog. But I would argue that the Beatles actually are Prog. The harmonic complexity of a lot of their songs such as Strawberry Fields or Penny Lane, the rhythmic complexity of Happiness Is a Warm Gun or Good Morning Good Morning or structural complexity of A Day In The Life or again Happiness Is A Warm Gun is defninely very proggy.
I totally agree with you. But they were included due to their outsized influence on Prog Metal - which for a while seemed like the only kind of Prog people cared about…
For me progressive rock means GENTLE GIANT followed by everyone else...but of course this is outrageously subjective. I'd like to give a shout out to the Italian group Deus Ex Machina who helped to keep the progressive rock flame burning throughout the 1990s with a series of superb albums...and most of the lyrics were sung in Latin!
Scott, while I do enjoy and give credit to your take on the (Prog)Rock flavor of Music, I feel you neglect to give mention to a very notable Band from the U.S.A.: Happy the Man. They created some of the most original (Prog)Rock material worth exploring and in my opinion, have much more depth and musical innovation offerings than many of the Bands you continue to mention in your UA-cam clips. In fact, next time you(or anyone else for that matter) is about to mention Mirthrandir, Queensryche, Radiohead or Rush as being pioneers of the (Prog)Rock blaze, don't. Instead, mention Happy the Man. And please, enough about Rush! I believe they have been placed on a pedestal where they do not belong...Alex, Neil and Geddy are without any argument very good musicians and they did compose some well rounded compositions but they really are not innovators to the category in the way that Bands such as Gentle Giant, Genesis, E.L.P., King Crimson, P.F.M., Starcastle, Pink Floyd, Triumvirat, Frank Zappa and YES(the throne sitters) are. However, special "Cheers" to the late Mr. Peart for his wonderful Burning for Buddy production done in 1994. Of course, this writing is merely my opinion and my intentions are to not challenge anyone else's views or musiculous beliefs. I do, as we all should, feel quite fortunate to be living through the past 60 years of the most amazing evolution of the Art of Music.
The Beatles as a prog band is a new one. I guess Sgt Pepper and Strawberry Fields\ I am the Walrus could qualify them. IMHO Yes should be near the top of the list.
As soon as you mentioned ELP, Genesis and Yes at 10, 9 and 8, I knew this was gonna get weird. Great clip Scott!
Thanks.
Curveballs!!!
I thought the same 😂
I think it’s in chronological order in reverse
Focus,Camel,Nektar,Caravan,Finch(dutch band),Hawkwind,Eloy,Passport... the list goes on and on. Beardfish is my favorite modern prog band.
I love Finch!!! (Especially their debut album.)
Hey Scot! Awesome vid. Would of had Kansas in there but that's just me. Support Scot at The Prog Corner❗️❗️❗️👍☮️👑😎
Well done, Scot! I love the reverse chronological order, highlighting many of the most important bands to 'start it all'. I'd throw Strawbs, Caravan and Soft Machine into the mix, as early contributors...and there are others!
Soft Machine almost made the cut…
Hi Scot!! I think your list is almost flawless!! All great bands!! (I don't know 123/Clouds sorry) but for me, Jethro Tull should be on that list!! Thanks for the great video see you!!!!
Jethro Tull and Renaissance both have reasons to be angry with me…
@@TheProgCorner No problem, you make the 25 most important bands!!! What really matters is that you gave us one more fine lesson in prog!!!
Great show yet again. I enjoyed hearing that Transatlantic got you back into prog. Fantastic band.
For me, it was Porcupine Tree., whom I saw live in Glasgow.
That could do the trick!!!!
Great list Scot! I love the unexpected picks! Curve balls everywhere
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Best PROG progression lesson time line!! Thanks Teach!! You are a Rock ⭐🌠! 👏👏👏👏👏
LISA!!!! 👍👍❤️
Hi Scott! Great video as always.. I shall recomend an album from a Prog rock band from late 70s from Argentina called La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros. Of course it doesn't rank as a top worldwide prog rock band but surely is one of the most important bands concerning this genre of music in Argentina. I recomend the song "Ah the vi entre las luces" from their first album!! i really hope you enjoy it!! cheers from Argentina
I just “discovered” this band a couple years ago!!! I need to spend some quality time with them because I am loving what I’ve heard so far. 🇦🇷❤️👍
Absolutely brilliant list. Couldn't agree more and the fact that you brought Clouds into it was perfect. Fantastic!!!!
They needed some love!
You forgot Jethro Tull!
Yes, I did. My bad!!!
Did I miss it. Jethro Tull not on the list?
Oops!!!
A definite ooops but this 123 thing sounds really interesting
Yes at #9 and No Gentle Giant! C'mon Scott put the hash pipe down!
Agree with you a gazillion% Gentle giant the greatest most epic legendary genius band ever and yet still some people obscenely criminally underate them.
GG is (by far) the most underrated Prog band ever. And in my personal Top 5.
Damn Scott, you know so Much and I truly appreciate YOU!! 👏👏
Great vid! Absolutely.....I hear Beatles and Hendrix in early Yes, Genesis and Camel. Have you heard The Claypool Lennon Delirium's South of Reality?
I love both of their albums!!!!!
What, no Bay City Rollers?
Forget bay city rollers what about showaddywaddy
@@anthonymorris6490bang on !!
‘Under The Moon Of Love’ was a major influence on me back at Perry Hall Junior School yearly disco, ( a mere 4 years before I discovered Genesis).
😂
Very interesting concept. The reverse timeline. And yeah completely understanding what you’re trying to tell us. And agreed it started with the Beatles. Yet. There are some omissions due to the timeline categorization too, and strange consequences. Especially at the low end of this list. So there is Anglegard in your top 20, and Camel, Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant are not mentioned… but hey following your timeline concept… overall great job!
Tull was the biggest omission.
Great programme as usual Scott, BUT, No Tull ,Gentle Giant or Camel !!! 😳😳😳Keep up the great vids .👍
Jethro Tull probably should have been there!!!
Thanks for the list, Scot! No surprise that The Beatles hit the Number One spot. I'm also glad I correctly guessed the Trivia Question, even although I never even noticed the cover in the background until you reached for it. I used to have that album when I owned vinyls and bought it because the cellophane wrap had all those guest artist names on it. A very folky album with some great songs, my favourite being Davey Johnstone's "The Boatman", sung by Peter Gabriel. A great fun video, by the way! 😎😎❤❤🙂🙂
Thank you!!!!
It had to be 1967 for me to enter this world... great video Scot , of course you are SO RIGHT about The Beatles. There is no contest !!! The band are nowhere near being my personal favourites , but there will be no other musical act EVER in past history or going forward to compete for importance or influence. They are THE Complete Legends of Rock and Pop. ❤️
Great to see Radiohead in there..I would have included Jethro Tull somewhere in the list though. Thanks again man !! 😍
Yeah, The Beatles don’t really make my Top Ten either but…
Was stuck in a bad traffic jam today but I was fine. Prog Radio played the Grand Wazoo! Then Queen's Prophet Song! I was in heaven!
Small request here! I just started getting into Eloy, so I came to your channel to see a ranking video. To my surprise there was none! So if you need a sign to do one, here it is! I would love to see it!
They are definitely on my to do list!!!
Loved this video 😂 you're saying all the stuff i think... like the how to introduce people to prog line you said!😅 show them Floyd, genesis, rush!
A joy to watch a video discussing all things prog... which is my world❤
Mine too!!!
@@TheProgCorner ahhhh transatlantic... remember having to order that thru my local music shop with magazine and phone order! Never heard it until it arrived which took 4 or so months... got it based on my love for Spock's, DT & FKs, still blows my mind to this day , and Bridge is my favourite #1 ALBUM EVER!
What Jethro Tull not listed
Yeah. Probably a mistake…
Easy trivia question here, especially with the answer staring right at us through the whole video, and I haven't even watched yet! Will comment on the list at the end. Thanks for this.
Yes sir!!!!
Great list! So Glad you included those early guys (Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Nice), as they were so important in the development of Prog, and are often left out of the discussion (forget that Proto-prog nonsense, they are definitely Prog). Also liked that curveball (123), as I, like most, was not of them at all. And, of course, have to include The Beatles, as they really started it all (but then they were important to just about every variant of pop and rock music to come after them). Sure, some of the other mainstays of Prog didn't make the list (Jethro Tull, Renaissance, etc.), but overall, great choices and very entertaining list.
Thank you!!!
Great chronology. Some new ideas for discovery. Thanks Mister man!
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I can see your logic behind the rankings and highly agree with you.
I’m open to all suggestions!!!! Thank you!!!
Great list, thanks! Obviously you don‘t have to convince me that Radiohead is prog, as I had Ok Computer on my list of essential prog rock albums 7 days ago when you did that list.
For me The Alan Parsons Project is an essential prog band as they got me really into the genre. Not that I would expect them to be added to this list, but for me they always remain special. And some nice memories too, as their album Eve is one of the few vinyl records in my collection that were passed on to me from my dad.
Big APP fan here!!!!! I Robot is my favorite.
I agree, I Robot is great. One of my favorites for sure, but I also love A turn of a friendly card!
@@stevieg1227 Definitely!!!!!
My list:
1. Yes
2. Pink Floyd
3. Genesis
4. ELP
5. Rush
6. Jethro Tull
7. Dream Theater
8. Haken
9. King Crimson
10. Porcupine Tree
Haken!!!!!!
Thanks... listened to the Colin Scot album.
Excellent! though a bit melancholy...
Jammed on the acoustic with 'Long Time Gone' a bunch of times... I should learn it for busking... I'm a Hawkwind-groove appreciator so it's right up my alley and would blend well with what I play.
* there's a few songs on this album worthy of learning ;)
It’s not a masterpiece but it is pretty cool!!! 👍👍👍And he spells his name correctly.
I'll have to check 123/Clouds. And glad to see The Beatles on top!!! Strawberry fields or the Abbey Road suite are super prog! Hope there will be a Beatles' live streaming soon...
There will be!!!!!
Everything you said about The Beatles I 100% agree with, I've always wondered where would we be musically if The Beatles never existed...I'm sure music (rock music in general) would have evolved into what we have today but indeed The Beatles started the wave to become a tsunami but as long as The Beatles produced music EVERYONE listened. Long Live The Beatles!
If it weren’t for The Beatles i probably wouldn’t care much about music…
Hi Scott. Love your taste. I'm a Prog fan for years. I'm really partial to ELP. Follow up by yes and Marillion
Glenn!!! Great to hear from you!!!!
Interesting Scot! Very entertaining! YES or course was and is the most important to me.🤩
Well…yeah!!!
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Great list. My only addition Jethro Tull. Spot on with #1 and Robert Fripp will agree.
Yeah. I like controversy!!!!
Y❤S - ELP - GENESIS - KING CRIMSON - PINK FLOYD - KANSAS - AND MANY MANY MORE!
Dude, I wrote 20 bands then slipped and pushed a link. All my text disappeared.
UA-cam is a strange place!!!
Wow, I never knew Radiohead formed as far back as ‘85. Thats just another reason to watch your channel, Scot. I learn something new every time 😀. But both PT and Radiohead are my 2 favorite of the more recent important bands. And who in the world is 123/ Clouds ?? That one goes WAY over my head 😆. I suppose I’d better look into them as well.
Google “Billy Ritchie” and see what I mean!!!!
Thanks for that rec. I went ahead and looked up the Billie Ritchie info regarding both the comedian and the musician. Very interesting stuff. But it's fascinating to know that the organ player Ritchie paved the way for both Emerson and Wakeman, and Bowie once called him a genius. Gotta love the trivia !
I love it!!!!
Thanks Scot! Nice to see the Colin Scot record up there! That would be the answer too!
Absolutely!!!!!
The factory picture on the back of the cover.. same as Animals’?
I think so!!!! Battlesea Power Station.
I’d throw Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention into the list as well, even though I’m not crazy about him. A lot of people say he invented prog. In my opinion he had a huge influence on prog but I still think prog was invented by the 3 British bands of ‘67 (Nice, Moody Blues, and Procol Harum).
I was gonna throw Zappa into the mix but I was focusing on “bands” and calling The Mothers Of Invention anything but Frank Zappa albums feels disingenuous!!! Long live Zappa. No genre could contain his genius.
Hello my FABULOUS Prog ROCK Professor Scot! ❤ You and 🎸🎶
Greetings!!!!
Interesting. No Tangerine Dream?? 😊
TD is a good call.
Radiohead are absolutely a prog band. Even the first track on their first album shifts between 12/8 and 11/8!
I love Pablo Honey!!!
Great video as usual from Scot the prog god!
Spin the wheel spin the wheel
Hopefully The Prog Report will have me back on to spin the wheel. I NEED REDEMPTION!!!!!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also happy first day of April ❤😊
Thank you!!!
Ok folks. How do you define progressive? Actually I don’t really care that much. It’s just a label… but I would say psychedelic is a big part of it. The key term here is important… and of course great!
And great to me in this category or anywhere for that matter has to include The Doors. If you looked up progressive and psychedelic You’d find “The End” and “Strange Days”
Here’s one everyone forgets Cream. How much better does it get than “ Tales of Brave Ulysses” and “ White Room”. And my 3rd too often forgotten has got to be Jefferson Airplane “ Plastic Fantastic Lover and “White Rabbit” just to name a couple of their greats
So happy to see you include Procul Harum,
My favorite band. You can surely see what era this old Woodstock man is coming from!
Great list. Keep up the fantastic work. Your excitement for great music is inspiring!
I’m right there with you on The Doors and Jefferson Airplane. Two of the greatest bands ever!!!!
How in the world do the Moody Blues edge out Jethro Tull on your list?
Tull and Renaissance were bad omissions…
@@TheProgCorner I revised version or an addendum is probably warranted.
So glad that you gave props to Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and, of course, The Beatles. I've grown tired of seeing "In the Court of the Crison King" being heralded as the first prog rock album. Procol Harum and the Moody Blues each had three albums to their credit prior to KC's debut in Oct. 1969. (Those being PH debut, "Shine on Brightly" & "A Salty Dog", and The Moody Blues "Days of Future Passed", "In Search Of the Lost Chord" & "On the Theeshold Of a Dream". And I'd agrue that The Beatles kick started the progressive movement even prior to "Sgt. Pepper's" with "Revolver" in 1966.
Absolutely!!! No one should diminish the importance of ITCOTCK but it was NOT the first anything.
How is Tull not on this list? I suppose their prog era was short. But it was potent!
Tull probably earned their spot…
Sigur Ros () album got me back into Prog! Total masterpiece and severely Prog!!!
Fantastic!!!
For everyone commenting about the ranking, it’s the 20 most important bands, and the order is based on how new/old they are, with the newest being 20 and oldest being 1
These people aren’t watching the video…
BTW - can you do a comprehensive top list of Italian Prog Albums ? There are a lot of hidden gems aside from the usual suspects.
Here you go:
ua-cam.com/users/liveiv7g4ZuxvAg?si=lguaoCEUWUn2GMzW
Where do you get your GREAT shirts?😀
Everywhere!!! Tee shirts and vinyl. It’s all I ever shop for…
Can't argue with number 1
It only makes sense!!!
My old mate Ian will be pleased with this, he did bass for 1-2-3 Clouds.
That’s awesome. Let him know his band is not forgotten!!!
Great selection of bands, hard to disagree with any of them!
Is that Battersea power station on the back of the Colin Scot album? Is there a pig flying around it?
No pig though!!!!
Wonderful trip through musical heaven. My god Scot, if the world ended right now, the world according to prog would be confirmed for prosperity.
That is the mission statement!!! To document the genre through the prism of my ears…
@@TheProgCorner You achieve that and some. And your support for ‘Chuckie’ is certainly working judging from pictures this weekend is there no end to your talents!!
Interesting. I had assumed that this was going to be an April Fools' gag with a punchline at number 1 but I struggled to find anything to disagree with - I am aware of Clouds and their 'birth of prog' reputation but don't think I've heard more than one track. That's my next search on UA-cam. Meanwhile, you're absolutely right about The Beatles. On a good day, I can make the case that We Can Work It Out might be the first 'prog track' ever.
They were just showing off by this point…amazing songwriting.
@@TheProgCorner Just found the 1-2-3 version of America - Yes, that most definitely is an early version of prog - a talented (but not uber-talented) band who have a Hammond and have heard a great tune and thought 'Now, what can we do with it?' They deserve their place in the pantheon.
You know how much I love you, Scot. Allow me to educate you on a major band you never mention: Mew, from Denmark. These three albums will initiate you into ultimate illumination: Frengers, Eggs are Funny and The Glass Handed Kites. You’re welcome.
I really liked Glass Handed Kites but their other albums didn’t hit me as hard.
@@TheProgCorner What? You must revisit! No band like them. Legendary
@deadfdr I think I might just do that!!!!
Comforting Sounds, Am I Wry, No!, Snow Brigade, Silas the Magic Car, Saliva, She Came Home from Christmas, Special, The Zookeper’s Boy, 156, Behind the Drapes, Eight Flew Over One Was Destroyed are among my favorite songs ever!!! Yes, please revisit and while you’re at it revisit these from Kites: Apocalypso, Chinaberry Tree, Why Are You Looking So Grave?, White Lips Kissed. I’ll listen to every one of these songs over most of the popular neo prog bands any day.
@@TheProgCorner You must. And you won’t need any Mountain Dew to keep you awake either! I saw them live and they didn’t miss a note or dynamic from any of these studio masterpieces
Clouds were an interesting band. Saw them open up for Tull back in the day. I think I'm one of about 14 people who has their album. I can see them not connecting because so much of their stuff was swing based. They came off like a really good lounge band.
They should have released something in 1967 or 1968 or 1969…
I have to put my foot down with your 'most import PROG bands' video! ALL prog bands are the most important! Especially the ones I've never heard of.
I like the way you think!!!
I agree with much of this. But the glaring omission is Gentle Giant!
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Idk Mr Scot.... YES has to be the number 1 prog band
Can falls under the krautrock umbrella, but they were definitely prog and absolutely important, and so were Kraftwerk and Faust. Absent also are Jethro Tull, VDGG, Camel, Caravan, Soft Machine, Gentle Giant, Renaissance. A lot of big names were left out...
Could have been a Top 50!!!!
It's like going to Prog University with Professor Scot.
That’s right!!!!
How about Renaissance? I think they should have made the list.
My only regret is leaving our beloved Annie off the list. Big mistake. My bad!!!!! (And maybe Jethro Tull as well…)
No Van der Graaf ??...
VDGG is a unique case.
Probably my age but have a connection with the top 10 , think I’m stuck in the 60’s and 70’s musically, The Beatles most influential band ever whatever the genre , probably an obvious choice but one that could have been overlooked as not strictly prog , glad you didn’t and highlighted their influence ❤.
I believe they started it all. Everything.
Ok ok ok, I need to listen to transatlantic. I'll throw it up on my monitors to listen to as I craft press releases I've definitely listened to all of the members separately in other projects
The sum is greater than its parts!!!
Awesome songs.
@@TheProgCorner like the Volton of prog... lol. looking forward to this. About the only thing Radiohead needs to be more prog are capes...
Im shocked and disappointed you put YES at #9 ...other than that great show as usual....Best Prog Show on UA-cam...peace ✌️✌️😎
It was done chronologically - in reverse!!!
Solid list!
Hey, Brent. How’s it going???
@@TheProgCorner going good. Enjoying relaxing morning. How about you?
@@brentbristow2200 I wish I knew how to relax. I'm way too hyper.
Okay, I knew this list was going to be different, but no Gentle Giant? I just can't fathom it.
I know…
Tangerine Dream..
Nice!!!
Jade Warrior?
Love them!!!
Plenty of favorites that are missing, though I can see why maybe Camel or VDGG aren’t the most important to prog. Seems one of the Italian prog bands deserved a mention, though I’ve not listened to much. Maybe PFM?
PFM is a good call.
i am so glad you put the beatles on number 1
Had to be!!!
No starcasle???
Ha ha!!! (But I love them either way!!!)
we NEED samples of the music you talk about WHEN you talk about them
That’s not what I do. But being fully aware of that shortcoming, I have teamed up with Prog Radio and every Friday he plays all the stuff I talk about on the channel…
Im not sure I understand? What do you do? I love your stuff JUST asking YOU to check out mine @@TheProgCorner
Brilliant...but you forgot Hawkwind!
Where would you put the Beach Boys on the list? You're right that the Beatles opened the door for prog to flourish, but surely albums like Pet Sounds and Smile played a role in that as well.
I considered including them!!! Their pocket symphony, Good Vibrations, is exhibit A.
Nah, King Crimson still Number 1 to me.
Of course they are but this was done chronologically!!!!
No Tull? No Comus? No Eskaton?
Tull probably should have been on there…
Great list! Are you going to GBV on Friday in Columbus?
I wish!!!!
@@TheProgCorner have you heard the Rip Van Winkle EP?
Absolutely the right entry at #1. The Beatles were prog before prog.
That’s right!!!
100% agree with you on the Beatles. Oh yeah, Mirthrandir Rules!!….. that Colin Scot LP, not so much…
It’s not a great album. But it SHOULD have been…
A little nitpick here, how about Zappa's "Freak Out"? Which predates "Sgt. Pepper"?
Freak Out has a right to be pissed off by this video. FZ is his own genre!!!
The Magic City (1966) by Sun Ra. Recorded 1965.
Nice!!!
I never considered Queensryche Prog. Very influential on a lot of Prog Metal bands, but not Prog themselves. I don't hear the prog elements in their music. But I guess, that depends on how you define Prog.
But I would argue that the Beatles actually are Prog. The harmonic complexity of a lot of their songs such as Strawberry Fields or Penny Lane, the rhythmic complexity of Happiness Is a Warm Gun or Good Morning Good Morning or structural complexity of A Day In The Life or again Happiness Is A Warm Gun is defninely very proggy.
I totally agree with you. But they were included due to their outsized influence on Prog Metal - which for a while seemed like the only kind of Prog people cared about…
I agree with almost all of this.
Before the Beatles, There were the beach boys...
That’s valid!!!
hey scot ...sorry but if you include radiohead in this list ....what about elbow and especialy their first efforts ...mmmm !! :-))
I love them!!! Have you heard the new album yet?
@@TheProgCorner hey thanx for answering ...yep i heard few songs and it's ..very elbow ...especialy knight fight and her to the earth...;-)
For me progressive rock means GENTLE GIANT followed by everyone else...but of course this is outrageously subjective. I'd like to give a shout out to the Italian group Deus Ex Machina who helped to keep the progressive rock flame burning throughout the 1990s with a series of superb albums...and most of the lyrics were sung in Latin!
Scott, while I do enjoy and give credit to your take on the (Prog)Rock flavor of Music, I feel you neglect to give mention to a very notable Band from the U.S.A.: Happy the Man. They created some of the most original (Prog)Rock material worth exploring and in my opinion, have much more depth and musical innovation offerings than many of the Bands you continue to mention in your UA-cam clips. In fact, next time you(or anyone else for that matter) is about to mention Mirthrandir, Queensryche, Radiohead or Rush as being pioneers of the (Prog)Rock blaze, don't. Instead, mention Happy the Man. And please, enough about Rush! I believe they have been placed on a pedestal where they do not belong...Alex, Neil and Geddy are without any argument very good musicians and they did compose some well rounded compositions but they really are not innovators to the category in the way that Bands such as Gentle Giant, Genesis, E.L.P., King Crimson, P.F.M., Starcastle, Pink Floyd, Triumvirat, Frank Zappa and YES(the throne sitters) are. However, special "Cheers" to the late Mr. Peart for his wonderful Burning for Buddy production done in 1994. Of course, this writing is merely my opinion and my intentions are to not challenge anyone else's views or musiculous beliefs. I do, as we all should, feel quite fortunate to be living through the past 60 years of the most amazing evolution of the Art of Music.
You are preaching to the choir!!!! Those first two HTM albums were 10/10 in my book!!!! Not enough people remember their brilliance…
You forgot to put the word "my" in front of your headline.
Did you even watch the video?
Well interesting list - but Gentle giant not in the top 20? That could be discussed😉
Gentle Giant is in my personal Top 5.
not sure about the first 2 here, but then it is april fool today
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The Beatles as a prog band is a new one. I guess Sgt Pepper and Strawberry Fields\ I am the Walrus could qualify them. IMHO Yes should be near the top of the list.