Prog Records for People Who Hate Prog Records

[@BenHughes3]

I need this on a t-shirt, "it's prog because I said it's prog"

[@domico5838]

You are easily my new favorite channel! Keep it going Mazzy!❣️

[@mazzysmusic]

😘🎸

[@jodygoeler586]

I think you nailed it (as you typically do). I would add the Strawbs’, Hero and Heroine to this list, as it balances pretentious tendencies with exquisite melodies. Who would think that a band that introduced Sandy Denny to the world would be making a “prog” album ten years later. Thank you for your great videos. Informative and enjoyable.

[@cosmicvinyl2937]

I love that “irritating” Moog synth part at the end of Lucky Man! It adds to this hauntingly beautiful song! I do have that KK A Perfect Pair and I dig it too! That overture tune from ELO was one of my favorite songs when I was in 6th grade Man I was a weird kid but it was the flip side to Evil Woman on the 45. First Psych/Prog record I ever owned was that Moody Blues record Days of Future Passed and I can still spin it regularly today and enjoy the hell out of it! I’ll comment more after I watch other half Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️

[@JoyDivision88]

Kudos to you for the Procol Harum albums mentioned. They were always my band right through to present day. Saw all the line-ups they had through the years from Trower and onwards. In Gary Brooker they had one of the great vocalists and BJ Wilson was the best drummer I ever saw.

[@Jesusspop]

As a diehard prog fan, I gotta say, love your picks. Secret Machines was an amazing band, actually saw them open for U2 in Mexico, very underrated (liked them better than U2, lol). Early Tame Impala was great too.

[@mazzysmusic]

I love those first two Secret Machine albums but the first is the best imho.

[@JenniferJennyJen78]

@@mazzysmusic I also love the firts album the best. Although The second is prettig good also. Didn’t care for the thing one. The gitarist Benjamin Curtis left the band in 2007, he died in 2013. The two remaining members released a new record ‘Awake In The Brain Chamber’ in 2020

[@bobcroce2261]

Love your videos Mas! You got me thinking about some Beatles songs that may border on “prog”,,,, such as Within Without You,,,, people give me a hard time when I bring up the Beatles and how much they were pushing things into a more “progressive” style of pop/rock music,,,,,

[@davidnilles3117]

What? I absolutely love Tull’s Passion Play. One of their best albums. I recommend it.

[@mazzysmusic]

I know many others love it. Maybe I was tainted from my over loaded car 🤷🏻‍♂️😵‍💫

[@edgeofnow]

Watched entire video now and I’ve warmed up to your point. Prog can be over the top excess and esoteric pompous noodling. You seem to be redefining Prog more as spirit of adventurous exploration that still connects with people. No I dig it. Thanks man!

[@bennyscomin]

Prog songs with "movements", suites, Pts. 1,2,3, sections, etc., had more to do with publishing deals than pretense..............but "Brain Salad Surgery" still has to be heard to be believed........great vid Mazz

[@wocnwol6123]

If I told you how this music was going to develop would that be a prognosis!? Kerr-tish! - thank you, I'm here all week...! 12 Dreams - great album. I always enjoy your videos. Thanks Mazzy.

[@vinylrichie007]

I was enjoying this video until you showed ELO. I actually barfed.

[@sspbrazil]

I’m a Prog head and this is a good list Mazzy. I find what you said about Prog drummers to be true about lacking soul, but I find that American Prog bands like Dream Theater lack soul on the whole, great technical musicians, but cold and lacking soul.

[@baggyhi-fi8628]

I remember some of my school pals who liked prog also liked certain Carpenters songs because the songs were (a) complicated and (b) had a long guitar solo. Those songs were Calling Occupants and Goodbye To Love.

[@3243_]

A lot of artists and groups who were not prog bands dabbled with prog at least once during the '70s.

[@FMIII-pj5bv]

The Hall And Oats song, She's Gone, always smacked of Prog!

[@baggyhi-fi8628]

@@FMIII-pj5bv must admit I’ve always liked that song!

[@arti2909]

Every band member doing his own solo? Nah, that's not prog; you must be thinking about jazz, Mazz :P I like your style, and many of the albums you selected, but it would be easier to look for interesting things in your previous videos with band names put in the description/video title. Oh, btw, I absolutely love "A Passion Play" - brilliant album :) Cheers!

[@johnmiller3689]

That was so entertaining, even for a progtologist like myself! Your observations were spot on!

[@Soundbrigade]

25 minutes of Prague rock and not a single group from the Czech republic!!!!! Honestly, I see a lot of good choices. Loved that you mentioned the CANADIAN prop POP group Klaatu. Maybe some not UK/US bands/albums?! I'd pick Italian Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Premiata Forneria Marconi and maybe Museo Rozenbach. Flamborough Head from the Netherlands, another choice not to mention Chilean Congreso that mixes "progg" with frigging il-condor-pasa-flutes and while in S America, Argentinan Crucis. And Marillion from UK ( love the "new" Marillion) and maybe Arena and a MUST - Renaissance!!!!!!!!!!

[@marktrickett5081]

Beatles Connection - King Crimson / Lizard I'm sure you know this, but Happy Families is a song about the Beatles breakup. There is a drawing in the top right corner of the LP's front cover of the Bestles and Yoko.

[@unclegregs.5673]

Excellent video, Mazzy. I am a long time prog fan, and I have most of the albums you showcased in my collection. I actually listened to the debut Yes and ELP albums last month. I do have a soft spot for them! I mean, once in a while I have to hear about the Three Fates (Clotho, Lachesis and don't forget Atropos)!! Now I can enjoy some Phil Collins-based Genesis (Duke, Trick of the Tail) - those are still prog-like. Invisible Touch, not so much... Yes, Procol Harum is excellent, especially Grand Hotel. My wife bought me an excellent box set of theirs a few Christmases ago - "Still There'll be More, An Anthology 1967-2017". If you don't know that one, check it out. Listened to some Chick Corea last week, and Return to Forever (album and band), though fusion, is kind of prog to me. So is a lot of Pat Metheny music. Music often played on the long-term NPR Radio program "Hearts of Space" bridges into the prog spectrum very easily. Though I didn't lose my virginity to "Echoes" (and did it really take 23 whole minutes to do so??), I do recall making out (in a car) with my girlfriend (now wife) to the extent of Echoes maybe back around 1984. Amazing some radio station even then played the whole piece!

[@victorhawkins3461]

I used to play "Echoes" on the radio -- complete -- quite a bit when I was working in the late 70s/early 80s/late 80s...

[@SunburnedNomad]

"Don't give each musician their own solo" ... says the guy who loves jazz where literally every musician in the band gets their own solo in literally every song.

[@vinylrichie007]

I want to eat Taco Bell after seeing the ad mid sentence.

[@TRamone01]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, so glad you could attend, come inside come inside. Kindalike the album.

[@FMIII-pj5bv]

Much to disagree with here, Mazzy, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I appreciate your candor/vision. Please don't stop!!!

[@car-or-ock616]

There is a place in any 70-80s record collection for Prog Rock. Though I'm not heavy on Yes. Before I had 'Lucky Man', I had Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. You gotta remember that we were listening to it a year or so after Concert for Bangladesh (is the Phil Spector production on Wah-Wah prog?). Procol Harum Live still holds up. We had a local band, called itself Tarsus, that played our high school gym twice (I brought them back). They did an amazing rendition of Lucky Man. And seeing them work the synthesizers taught me everything I needed to know to listen to Prog. ELO is prog. Of course it is. A New World Record/Out of the Blue were out in time for my senior years in high school. 'The Beatles Fading on Hey Jude' validated the whole idea of still listening to the Fab Four back catalogue. Days of Future Past-an amazing record-more or less set the stage for the whole thing. I also really like their double album, This Is The Moody Blues (1974). It cuts out the crap and delivers the good songs. It's a 'flipper' album. My copy is on very heavy vinyl. You'll listen to 3 sides for sure. Calling Occupants-yup! (brilliant choice). There are so many songs that Karen Carpenter could have lent her pipes to that just weren't to be. She could have done Badfinger, Delaney & Bonnie, and any/many of these prog hits. I can imagine her singing 'Year of the Cat'. Al Stewart, Supertramp, Alan Parsons Project, Roxy Music and Gerry Rafferty's City to City (I'd even throw Steeler's Wheel in there)-all prog-along with Night at the Opera. Man, I couldn't believe that record when I heard it. Kate Bush, sure. But I rather put her in a category that maybe holds David Bowie's Low. Spacey as hell atmospheric, hypnotic. Maybe with Peter Gabriel, Genesis, etc., as 'post-prog'. They just had too much control over the the production. Prog is edgier than that. Sometimes a good prog track will make you think about where they were setting up the mics. If you hate prog, you gotta lighten up a notch. There are some wonderful orchestral stuff coming out of the speakers recorded just at the moment every body had 16 tracks, but maybe not 126. Dark Side - Wish You Were Here probably come close to closing the door on the whole prog show for me. Until Year of the Cat pushed it open again strumming acoustic guitars (Al Stewart's Indian Summer is a wonderful sounding track in the same vein, recorded a few years later).

[@alm5693]

1. Wow, you're only the third person I've seen mention Miraculous Hump. It got a great write-up in Stereo Review when it came out, and about 5 years later a co-worker friend mentioned it as one of his favorite sleeper albums. So glad to see that you like this record too. 2. I'd include Benefit along with Stand Up in the Jethro Tull positives. 3. The prog album I listen to most is Free Hand by Gentle Giant. It probably has everything that bothers you, but I like the songs and the way it's not larded with overproduction. I'll back off half a star for some noodling synthesizer work.

[@3243_]

Love Gentle Giant. And Free Hand is their best album.

[@Ed-Topo-108]

Love that period of Crimson. Belew & Fripp worked so well together. 🎵

[@fourthtunz]

Awesome! Ha ha I like that you said there’s a lot of Prog going around! Is it catching?😊

[@brianhandy100]

I have to agree with you on the later (1980's) KC records Adrian Belew was the best thing that ever happened to King Crimson!

[@JohnWilliams-dr6hi]

Another good vid Mazzy, thanks. I've always had a problem with Prog. I quite like some of the early stuff you showed but it didn't take them long to stretch out to interminable lengths.

[@mano1971music]

Progtologist....LOL, you’re too much Mazzy!! Thank you for including the debut album from The Secret Machines, indeed that album is amazing! Have you heard of the band called Dearhunter? They have “prog” influences in their music....good stuff. You forgot the greatest prog band of all-time though...SPINAL TAP!!

[@joaofranciscomenezesgil8093]

Hi Norman.I'm from Brazil on the borderline with Uruguay.I really enjoy your channel.Well I'm writing to you to demand your Genesis Books video.And what about a video on proto punk bands like the Velvets, Stooges, MC5 and so on. And 60´s garage bands.A particular passion of mine.Cheers.Thank you.

[@mazzysmusic]

At some point I’ll do a genesis books video

[@toddparke8535]

Enjoy much of your list, especially Procol Harum. My list would also include: Strawbs "Grave New World" great concept piece, no extended instrumentals. The Neon Philharmonic "The Moth Confesses" - great orchestral piece (w/ some Chet Atkins and synth mixed in), one top forty song (Morning Girl) and a story line. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown....side one may contend w/ Procol Harum's "In Held 'Twas in I" as very first extended concept piece, both being about a journey through hell. Van Dyke Parks "Song Cycle" as prog(ressive) as they get. I would also add Procol Harum's "Home" which at times reminds me of reading Hesse "Narcissus and Goldmund" travelling through plague-ridden Europe (what did happen to Jenny Dru..what town was sacked, what tower robbed?). Renaissance "Sheherezade" - musical version of 1,001 Nights.

[@3243_]

Agreed on Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle. One of my all-time favorite albums.

[@louiscyphre2555]

thanks for this video....I just got all of this prog vinyls out of my collection now. honestly...I have not heard them for 20 years or more. I just noticed...I do not need prog in my collection anymore.

[@bryangibson8479]

I would include Tortoise among the newer groups (hey, only been around 31 years) who have elements of prog in their sound. Also -- nice to see someone mention The Lemon Twigs!

[@chrisbodinsydney]

Is Post Rock the "acceptable" new milenium name for Prog? Tortoise, Ui, Rome, Godspeed You! Black Emperor...

[@Doug_Piranha]

I love your Prague records! 😀

[@lorimarcus6096]

LOVE NEKTAR,REMEMBER THE FUTURE FROM 1973! PROG FOR SURE. Just found and subscribed,your wonderful. Enjoyed the San Francisco Best 60s albums,had most of them & agreed with your list! Do you remember California band from 60s,FEVER TREE? San Francisco Girls? Tim Buckley,Phil Ochs come to mind. How lucky we are that we grew up with such outstanding music & musicians aren't we? I'm 67 and appreciate alot of the music of the last 20yrs as well. Anyway,thankyou...agreed with Surrealistic Pillow #1 btw.☮🎼❤

[@twofromthetrunk9932]

You showed one of my favorite albums. Spirit the 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus Well done

[@bobdarlington4634]

Greetings from England, just catching up on all things Mazzy. Love this video, love your sense of humour chum, and you were spot on re Passion Play, I had the misfortune to attend my one and only Tull gig when that album was released, what a long night that was ! (Stand Up is great though). Was a huge Genesis fan until PG left. All genres have followers who take themselves too seriously, they will probably be. fuming at some of your comments, great job pal !

[@mazzysmusic]

Thanks. I found that alot of folks who love Prog didn’t get the humor here 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@vinylrichie007]

Shine On Brightly is pretensions and overblown. You are wrong Norm. Broken Barricades is the best.

[@vinylrichie007]

I completely ignored Genesis in my video.

[@vinylrichie007]

That Klaktu press kit is amazing. I’ve never heard them.

[@vinylrichie007]

I actually thought about showing Laurie Anderson. Now I wish I would have because of all the crap I got for including Hawkwind and Weather Report. Kate Bush is annoying not Prog.

[@vinylrichie007]

Our next video should be Prog Movies.

[@mazzysmusic]

I actually do like Broken Barricades but it's less prog and more rock. Shine on Brightly is more Prog because it is overblown and pretentious. Like most Prog.,

[@dannyschneider553]

Great show , I agree with a lot of your album picks . Spirit , jethro Tull , king crimson prog psychedelic influences. Like your taste.

[@MrKelleyzinho]

Money quote: "If the band depicts all of their instruments, they're Prog."

[@markduric7812]

Caribou! Nice One of Canada's best and a fun live set to see. I'm in Toronto. "Our Love" leans a little more towards the dance club I would recommend starting with "SWIM" Also, "SWIM" sounds great on vinyl, half speed mastering in Germany if I recall correctly.

[@starpower4838]

I wonder who'll be next to put the word prog in the title of their video?

[@asaprabbit8305]

Everyone it seems lately....cause it's just a trend .

[@vinylrichie007]

Not me, I beat Mazzy to the punch.

[@bluejeanblues3789]

Check out "Niamh the prog nerd"

[@vinylrichie007]

@@bluejeanblues3789 Is that a new channel?

[@bluejeanblues3789]

@@vinylrichie007 yes it is

[@mistery-ed7900]

I'm pretty sure that King Crimson's 80s albums are the only "prog" group to be in Trouser Press Record Guide To "Alternative" Music. You are truly the only person I've ever known who had an Exploding Pinto. A friend of mine had a Veggie Vega though.

[@mazzysmusic]

Fortunately mine never exploded 🙈

[@JimMorrisonslizard]

Thanks to you, I finally bought A Salty Dog. And I’ve played it many times. Exotic Birds and Fruit is my favourite Procol album.

[@chrisbodinsydney]

Some early Virgin catalog stuff, like Mike Oldfield, Gong or Henry Cow are definitely prog and very worth owning and listening to.

[@diamond_marimba]

this was so entertaining I sat though a sarah Palin commercial to watch the end

[@mazzysmusic]

Several of the comments are even more entertaining. 🤓

[@fidixotafifi9435]

Sir u reflect music . U are great and I love u ❤️ for dis videos .

[@victorhawkins3461]

Used to play "Fazon" from Sopwith Camel's MIRACULOUS HUMP album on a free-ish-form FM station in Jackson, Mississippi, a zillion years ago (L.A.-based Jonathan Wilson cut a killer version of the song a couple of years back). I still play the album at home -- love "Coke, Suede, and Waterbeds" and "Orange Peel," too. Congrats on touting the Adrian Bellew era of King Crimson. And Yes's cover of The Byrds "I See You" is what got to me when I first heard the album upon its release back in 1969. Sorry, Mazzy, but I still love Bill Bruford!

[@mazzysmusic]

I love Bruford too. A lot. But he does seem to be on almost every Prog record 🤷🏻‍♂️🥁

[@johnw706]

Mr. Maslov doth protest too much . I suspect that you are secretly in love with prog ! I am certainly a big fan of the genre , even though it is guilty of a lot of the charges that you mentioned . Sometimes I really like music that goes gloriously off of the deep end . Like A Passion Play . And 20 + minute versions of Dark Star . I really liked your elastic definition of punk in your previous video , and the same broad definition of prog in this one. Who's to say where the Jethro Tull album to have . It's great , but so are Benefit , Aqualung , and Thick as a Brick to name a few .

[@johnw706]

Ah , when I hit the comment button , half of my comments disappeared . Mid sentence ! Who's to say where the exact boundaries of any genre end ? Not , Who's to say where the Jethro Tull album to have . Anyway , I enjoyed your video , even though I disagree with some segments of it . I look forward to what''s next .

[@mazzysmusic]

I see your comments here. I have gone in and out and back in with some prog music. As you see I do own some but want to expand how I see the genre. And it is fun to mock the pretentious side of it. Like Spinal Tap does with metal.

[@johnw706]

Yes , I loved Spinal Tap . Prog leaves itself wide open for mocking . I’m not a big fan of Tales from Topographic Oceans , but there are some beautiful passages of music within it , that are among the best that Yes has created . I always argue with my brother ( who loves it ) , that if they had extracted those passages into individual songs , that it would have made a great single album . Of course , he won’t have it . This is what makes the genre so much fun .

[@albertguffanti8414]

Love Explosions in the Sky…but they are post rock because I say they are post rock. Love secret machines…prog, yes, agreed You’re missing a biggie…Rush, 2112 I’m an authority on Stereolab (because I say I am)…not prog. Electronic rock. We can go on all day like this. Great video Mazzy.

[@JonPickles]

I agree re Secret Machines - i love Alone, Jealous and Stoned

[@soundsfromthewestcoast9939]

Watch it Maslov, just watch it! I'm Italian, and a prog head, and if you're not careful La Proga Nostra will be putting out a contract on you and you'll be tied down and forced to listen to Passion Play on repeat for days. 🤣😂🤯 (Passion Play being one of the greatest albums EVER!). Take care (seriously take care), Pete 😎

[@mazzysmusic]

Haha. Ciao arrivederci ✌🏽

[@closedchannel2713]

Hey Mazzy I enjoyed the straight forward prog albums and you had me laughing several times. I also thought it was funny how the F bombs were flying the only thing missing was a prog martini, Cheers Sean

[@mazzysmusic]

Progtini. You can’t really be too serious when you discuss prop imho.

[@svenjosefsson8007]

I love Prog. Very definitely value for money. I mean you could pop "Tales from Topographic Oceans" on .Go out , start a family ,start a religion, have a cup of tea , rewrite "War and Peace" in some obscure extinct language and by the time you got back . They'd just be finishing the first track. Whats not to like? "Yessongs" is too short in my opinion. ✌

[@mazzysmusic]

Your description of Playing Topographic Ocean is spot on 🌊

[@svenjosefsson8007]

@@mazzysmusic 😀

[@feber16]

I love “Tales” and Yes.

[@mccarthyd6603]

Uhh...picked up a mint original German pressing about 8 months ago and could not get thru all 4 sides🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉 this represents everything that was wrong with prog at the time...self indulgent, repetitive drivel! The ironic thing is I have actually become a huge prog fan the last year....collecting everything from King Crimson, Caravan, Camel......and my new favorite band Nektar! It is the well known bands like Yes, ELP and Jethro Tull (except their first 2 albums) that turn me off on this genre...go figure I guess I am in the minority 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Mazzy doing his take on prog.Me?I"m quite a prog head myself and i know you"re mainly more into rootsy country,rock genre which i happen to love as well.But i"m going through all kinds of dots and loops,genres and phases so variety is the spice of life right?Cheers!

[@AdrianNicholls]

A perfect caffeinated progistory. If Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets play in your hood, go for it. Utterly perfect. ‘Passion’ is maybe post world prog but spectacular. I would posit Grant Harts ‘The Argument’ as post punk prog. Worth a dip. Prog is a way of life.

[@RobertP_1960]

So it is written So it shall be.. you crack me up. I am no expert about anything especially prog. I do however really enjoy the Steve Wilson band Porcupine Tree and his solo material way more than I should. Tull was one of my favorite band in the 70s and still follow Ian's solo career. I enjoy all your videos, keep on doing them just the way you want and don't listen to those trolls. Also I never asked my parents to get anything for me. Take care

[@airwatersun]

Hey Mazzy, A suggestion you may like...the neo prog band IQ released an album called Road of Bones...of course this may be referencing Stalin in the Ukraine but it's more from the idea of observing a dangerous person's mind. Dark but masterful prog at least on this lp. I've recently..before last March, been attending Progstock in Paramus NJ. The absolute nicest group of people you could ever want to spend three days with...the artists certainly as well! It's general!y a very, very nice community. I should add that prog is not all endless jamming. That is a notion held only by those who have a limited exposure to the huge and ongoing prog catalog out there. Much of it involves very well crafted songs and suites which are in no way indulgent of ego. It is a much misunderstood , misrepresented and maligned genre. By the way those Klattu records are all excellent.

[@glennjensen8390]

You're killin' me, man! 😆

[@TheGlawton]

Had a '72 Pinto as well. Mine was red.

[@big_burly_bro]

I enjoy prog but I always listen trepidatiously on account of the chance of my head exploding.

[@gorangruber2526]

Interesting that you put Stereolab in the prog section. I´ve always thought of them more as kraut? Have you done a kraut special? It would be nice to hear you and your Düsseldorf friend battling over the best albums :)

[@polluxsynkey5516]

Ok... but where are your Rush albums? ;)

[@feber16]

I love classic prog! ELP, King Crimson, Genesis, Tull, and especially Yes. The Beatles are my all time Favorite band. Yes has been #2 since 1972.

[@marktrickett5081]

Mazzy on fire. 😀. What about Flaming Lips? Yoshimi v the Pink Robots. Vocalist Gordon Haskell actually laughs at King Crimson lyrics during the song Indoor Games.

[@mazzysmusic]

Pretty much any Flaming Lips could have been included on my list. My list my rules 😎

[@ericpiazzi3444]

too many prog haters in this world. This guy is wacked!

[@rogerschnack]

Dear Mazzy. I love your videos and respect a lot your music knowledge. But, "Punk" is an attitude. Progressive Music is not an attitude, is a musical style.

[@edgeofnow]

I agree mostly about your comments about Genesis and dig the Passion plug, but your a little hard on Prog in my opinion. What do you think about some of the neo Prog and RIO? I’ve often thought The Band is “Prog”! So, in closing I suppose I get your gist. If I say it’s Prog it is!

[@robertmounsey4682]

What gives with the Phil Collins thing? I get that his soul musings are pretty bad and offputting, but his vocals on Wind and Wuthering are, imo, every bit as good as Gabriel. FYI, I think this is one of your best videos

[@bradmorris7115]

I think A Passion Play is brilliant!

[@mazzysmusic]

It’s got a beautiful cover. Shipped Gold, returned Platinum. 😎🌟

[@markspooner1224]

I think that people who don't like or don't know about jazz have a similar problem to those who don't like or don't know about prog.

[@nickcharles1241]

How about the album "Moving Waves" by Focus that features the song "Hocus Pocus." Would you consider that prog? And although Iron Butterfly is considered one of the first hard rock or even metal bands, it's definitely prog with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" clocking in at almost 19 minutes long on the group's 1969 live LP.

[@TheVinylverse]

You needed a cape for this episode and you can never have too much Bill Bruford.

[@mazzysmusic]

You know Bill... I was actually thinking of you as I pulled these records together. You and Bruford™

[@TheVinylverse]

@@mazzysmusic It's nice to be thought of. Thanks Mazzy!

[@johntbd]

Porcupine Tree is some prog you missed. The inclusion of the Passion was a good touch. Now I want to listen to Days of Futures Past. But have to get it first. Cheers

[@mazzysmusic]

Got into P T after I recorded this one ✌🏼

[@musiconrecord6724]

Poor old Phil Collins - still catching grief. Maybe "Trick of the Tail" can stay in the house.......? Wondering if you've come across Steven Wilson (and his earlier band, Porcupine Tree). I love his stuff. Of his PT albums I would recommend especially In Absentia and Fear of a Blank Planet. Of his solo albums I would most enthusiastically recommend "Grace for Drowning" and "The Raven that Refused to sing" (how's that for a Prog album titles?!). He is a restless musician, whose style and preoccupations are constantly evolving. "Grace...." is heavily influenced by King Crimson, with lots of plangent mellotron. I do urge you to investigate. A one-off album that lands somewhere between prog, flower-power and electronica is 2002's "The Isness" by the Future Sound of London under the name Amorphous Androgynous. I think it is gorgeous. Far out, man!

[@mazzysmusic]

I’ve heard some porcupine and a much of Wilson’s remixes of King Crimson and XTC

[@musiconrecord6724]

@@mazzysmusic I think his remixes are really good, as such things go, especially of Tull - clears up some of the murkiness of those releases. Nothing beats a AAA remastering though.

[@MrKelleyzinho]

Don't forget Air (from Versailles, France). They totally Progged out under the banner of hip European Electronica.

[@J0hnC0ltrane]

I loved Yes until I bought Relayer. It made me laugh because it seemed so silly. I hear it now and love it. Steve Howe is Jimmy Page without the heroin. (But maybe he was on drugs too. I don't know)

[@wk4max]

Hey Buddy!! Maybe half the world is on drugs and in strange rooms just out of your sight strange and unusual people are snorting and snozzling chemicals you will never understand and as you turn the corner they wisper..quick he's coming!!,hahahaha

[@clouddog2393]

Van Der Graaf Generator , Gentle Giant , Caravan , Soft Machine . Classic English Prog and my four favourite bands. Prog does,nt come any better than this .

[@davidmcmaster2083]

I recall seeing Brain Salad Surgery in the record store when I was a kid, and it scared me. I figured this is gonna be so over my head. Better stay away. Listened to it years later as an adult, and, boy howdy, does it suck. Not my bag of weed. Altho, compared to Love Beach, it's a masterpiece.

[@francoisdunord7169]

Very funny video, lots of humor 😂😂😂

[@mazzysmusic]

Prog can be a very funny genre.

[@fidixotafifi9435]

Prog lovers hands 🙌 up

[@mazzysmusic]

🙌

[@jmdigriz]

8 hands up here

[@MrKelleyzinho]

There is 90s-oughts genre called "Math Rock," so named because if its use of ridiculously complicated, Brufordian time changes.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yeah I know about math rock 🤓

[@jeffwhite3625]

Outstanding video. I know Prog is a very divisive subject for music lovers. Everything that you showed is highly listenable and not too daunting for a neophyte. I was excited for you to show the Miraculous Hump LP. Absolutely one of my favorite records in 50 years of collecting. Love your videos. Keep the vinyl spinning.

[@mazzysmusic]

Even though I was going for the cheap prog shots, it seems I actually showed some pretty great records this time . Who'd a thunk??

[@retohofmann5878]

"Too much Bill Bruford..." LMAO! However, I think that the early Genesis-Records with P. Collins as singer are cool, f.e. the livealbum "Second's out" or "A Trick of the Tail". If you have an original pressing of these two albums, Mazzy, pls gimme a call before you throw them out of your window.

[@rockrecordreport7136]

Prog is a very late 80s or 90s term. It was called Progressive Rock and still is. I'd be happy to see the late abbreviation "prog" die off like the dinosaurs.

[@chuckamok12]

Stereolab are absolutely prog!

[@Soundbrigade]

Swedish prog is ONLY about politics and back then (Swedish) lovers of Swedish progg (two Gs) didn't like the prog-prog music (mostly British). A collegue and I came to the conclusion that prog was about playing the most complicated riffs between two chords (whereas jazz was about playing the most unnecessary riffs between two chords). And I love prog!

[@mmactc]

I have a candidate for you, a classical album, by that I mean considered “classical music” anyway it’s prog to me The Planets by Holst. Smoke it if you got it, turn the volume up and for good measure put the headphones on! Very satisfying.

[@markspooner1224]

Great shout, Adrian Boult/London Phil 1978 is my favourite.

[@mazzysmusic]

I have a version of the Planets. Fantastic music. Sure prog like.

[@pierremartin9048]

6am listening to this lay down the law tell it like it is fucking great vid. And best of all in about 90 minutes I’ll be showering and blasting some new to me prog, you know the digital version cuz the vinyl stores are closed. I’ll call it Tidal HiFi prog cue ups by........Mazzy.

[@sspbrazil]

Klaatu was from Toronto.

[@markkopernicky3489]

Hi Mazzy, It's Mark Anthony K from Projekt Gemineye. When I saw this video...I was immediately interested...being that I love prog music and have my own prog metal band. Interesting opinions on what you feel prog music is about..I'm not here to argue your comments..even though I could. ..but I'll say this..not all prog albums have stupid stories that no one cares about. .if you truly believe that then you know little about prog and the people who listen to it. And Yessongs is a true live classic. ..which literally put Yes on the map. By the way The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway sucks...Genesis were much better off without Gabriel...Trick of the Tail proved that. Hope you and the family are doing well. Looking forward to your next video. Mark Anthony K Projekt Gemineye

[@markkopernicky3489]

@@FredPutterman yeah I might have over reacted. ..and used some tongue in cheek as well. Mazzy is cool.

[@redihip]

As a part time Progladyte I'd throw in 1975's Ambrosia self titled.

[@cosmicvinyl2937]

Ok I’m convinced you lost a girlfriend to Phil Collins or something Your vitriol towards him is pretty intense! I love Klaatu ! That Calling Occupants is a gorgeous song! I don’t know how many times I’ve passed up that Blows Against the Empire album Damn one of these days Haha I’m gonna go smoke some “Doobie Stuff” and figure what Prog really is LoL Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️

[@davidmorgen4558]

Some of the really Good prog is not much heard simply due to the fact that it didnt receive fm airplay back in the day or lack of exposure? elswhere the bands I Dig are Amon dull2, Eloy, Hawkwind, Krocidill. (German stuff) English Caravan, Frupp (Egg Mont campbell) band!) French Magma,, Novelis..Thers some cool obscure prog fer ya..Swedish prog is really good to! By the way I love Tulls A-passion play...

[@vdggmouse9512]

I haven't seen a youtube video about progressive music by a guy who knows less about progressive music. You win the prize Norman. No one should take your advice - and you'd agree - why - because it's quite clear you don't like prog. As a guy your age - we couldn't be further apart in our tastes/appreciation/admiration for music that tries to create/explore/captivate its' listeners. Enjoy your videos but I'm sure you'd defend my right to majorly disagree on just about everything you said in this video - and even more on the the things you didn't say. I'd make suggestions to enhance or provide you greater prog insight - but why bother - you don't want to like prog - your mind is made up. Rock on Norman - I'll see you on your next video - a video that I'm sure you'll have a greater grasp on then what you've shown here.

[@mazzysmusic]

Actually I like and enjoy a lot of prog music. I have way more records in the genre than these I showcased here, most of which might be prog lite (thus the videos title). But yes you and others probably know way more about artists in the genre. I saw countless many live shows when these bands came through the city in the early to mid 70s and then stopped as I was getting bored with some of the excess. It got to be a parody of itself and it can be easily mocked like my riff on it here. The video is a joke but I learned the lack of a sense of humor by many prog freaks. More than other genres I’ve experienced.

[@domico5838]

Right Maz, Proressive Rock is simply exactly what the title suggests. Music of different styles or it could be different time signatures or done with non-traditional instruments even or even stange lyrics...Or it could be a mixture of some or all of those things "proggressing" from symple traditional forms...and Yes !.. Bruford doesn't Have to be the drummer! 🤣

[@EARLandPEARL-c3i]

no Rush... 2112, Hemispheres or Farewell to Kings?

[@SunFellow941]

Your listening skills are too basic to enjoy prog. "The Three Fates" followed by "Tank" is ELP spilling genius right before your ears. Nobody in rock composed at the level of melodic invention capable from Keith Emerson! And am I going to complain if Palmer solos like freakin' Buddy Rich? Nope. I want more of it. Look at Melody Maker's readers polls in the early 1970s and you'll see Emerson and Palmer at the very top of those lists. They were also admired by the readers of Playboy magazine-- a group of notorious music snobs that loved complex music! They also placed well in Down Beat polls, being put right up against jazz musicians. Topographic Oceans is Steve Howe's guitar composing masterpiece. Why do you think he and Anderson won Best Composers in Melody Maker the year after this album was released? And why did he win Best Overall Guitarist from Guitar Player Magazine five years in a row? Because he played too complex? He could play so many styles it was jaw dropping. Definitely one of the most revered guitarist of the 1970s. I'm not sure how can you possibly be a jazz fan and then complain about prog solos as "wankering." The strength of prog musicians overall was in ARRANGEMENT. But if they put their minds to it they could do a good extended solo as well. But it's false to say that was a constant of the genre. The constant was superb and courageous albeit challenging arranging. But prog fans enjoyed a good challenge. One of my favorite moments of the genre was Todd Rundgren's Utopia's 30 minute "The Ikon," (lots of soloing in that album-- Todd recently said that most of the band was in the jazz fusion camp) and Todd's 36 minute "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire," the most courageous electronic composition of the decade.

[@SunFellow941]

P.S. "Singing Om" from Wonderwall Music is another classic religious track from George!

[@hadelson8421]

It’s weird that you think Laurie Anderson’s five LP live set from 1983 is a “prog masterpiece” but Yessongs from ten years earlier is “overbearing” because it contains three live LPs.