The Prog Rock Vinyl Tag & Tubular Bells

[@TheVinylverse]

Mazzy, this is hands down your greatest video. And I'm not saying that because you hardly spoke or because I initiated the prog vinyl tag but this was a brilliant piece of performance art. I came very close to tears. Tubular bells as the backdrop and the kaleidoscope visual worked so well. Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort to make this masterpiece video. I'm also in awe that you got to see so many of my favorite bands in the 70s. Of course Genesis Lamb tour is the one I'm most jealous about but seeing Tangerine Dream, King Crimson, and Yes all in the 70s must've been incredible. I love the time you spent on Kate Bush's Before The Dawn box set. I had been wondering what the contents were like. I love that you showed the Peter Gabriel two Deutsches albums. I need them still on vinyl. Only have the CDs of those two. The Roger Dean Views book is wonderful as well. I always wanted a copy of that but it's too pricey these days. Thanks for going through that one as well. Amazing paintings. Thank you again for doing the prog vinyl tag. I know you made it for anyone who views it but I'm going to consider it a personal video for me even if that's not the case. You truly are the best! Thank you. 🙌🏻

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you Bill. Thank you for the kind words. This was a fun one to do. I thought about the direction for a few days and ended with this. I actually enjoy these records otherwise I wouldn’t own them. As you can see most are earlier releases in their careers as I feel the excesses started after these … Yessongs. I do love those three 80s resurrection albums from King Crimson. More if a Prog post punk direction. Those were fresh again. In terms of those live shows; Right Time right place. Btw Donovan opened for Yes. That was later in 78 I think. Big Kate Bush Fan here. Would have loved to have seen that theater piece 🌸

[@retohofmann5878]

Perfect choice...Tubular Bells is my cellphone-ringtone...This one or Echoes by PF was the one that brought me to prog. Back in the days we had a special show on Swiss National Radio Broadcast where they played one piece of music they couldn't play in the normal program, because it was too long. When I was about 12 years old I played with the old tube radio of my parents and accidentially stumbled over this wonderfull piece. It opened heaven to me. And now, almost 50 years later, it still does.

[@clayemerson4310]

Just saw last night in Orlando, Carl Palmer playing ELP music. He is 73 years old and is a fantastic drummer. Glad I got to see play live for the first time.

[@stephaniewilson2564]

I am a relatively new fan and Bravo for this awesome video. I just turned 63 and I feel like you are like the slightly older and wiser brother or best friend I didn't have, helping me discover new(old) music and connecting to my musical experiences. I grew up in isolation in San Jose and my greatest musical experiences were mainly when I was a student at UC Berkeley. My first real concert was Yes at the Oakland Coliseum 1977? but I think the best concert I saw was The Clash at the Warfield Theater March 1980, London Calling tour. Well that or TPATH at the Fillmore 1997. I'll keep watching.

[@mazzysmusic]

I saw Yes then or was it 78? Donovan opened.

[@juanitaldiggs]

I truly loved and saw Jethro Tull!

[@soundsfromthewestcoast9939]

🤣😂🤣 absolutely supremely brilliant! 🤣😂🤣. You've never shown a better selection of music ever Mazzy 😁.

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you. I got through it and hardly cracked a smile maybe once or twice 😘

[@anthonyberardi3611]

Life's too short to sit and listen to this music. You're right, some of it's good.

[@rockroll6791]

very enjoyable and refreshingly creative...thanks

[@BillsBoxOfSound]

Excellent! The best way to dispel the rumors that you dislike progressive music. I didn't like scrolling up and down to see the questions, but it kind of added to the fun.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yeah I like all these records. Otherwise I would not own them....

[@Warp75]

I used to despise Prog, but now in my mid 40’s I really dig some of it.

[@davidchan2960]

You’re the best Mazzy! I had goosebumps all along, seeing records I grew up (old) with, and listening to Tubular Bells! Thanks x100!

[@mazzysmusic]

Ha. Thank you. I love Tubular Belka. Have not listened to the entire side in about ten years. Great piece of music. 🌸

[@davidchan2960]

@@mazzysmusic you inspired me to dig out the Mike Oldfield “Boxed” 4LP set with his first 3 albums on Virgin. Saw my own initial & Oct 1977! 44 years ago I was in college, 2nd year!

[@theheepster]

Awesome video👍👍. I was very surprised when you showed The Residents. They're very much under the radar today. The Claypool Lennon Delirium is something that very few people know about. Please make more videos about Prog Rock, of course only if you feel like it. 🇩🇪Greetings

[@michaelmarino3013]

CLD have some great video for their songs

[@VinylRundown]

And capes. Don’t forget long flowing capes.

[@Onteo1]

Since no words were spoken in the making of this video, I will not type my response. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. 👏👏👏👏👏. 💜 ☮️

[@kingofallmediums2123]

In the Court of the Crimson King; that is a great album

[@northcarolinavinylpicker]

Best ever video. Deserves a part 2. Thanks very much, my fav is prog and fusion. Love the channel. Thanks mazz again I

[@mazzysmusic]

Part 2? Then Part 3 Act II? That when Prog gets excessive 🥺😘

[@northcarolinavinylpicker]

@@mazzysmusic PFM,grobchnitt,banco more great prog bands.

[@johnw706]

You picked the perfect soundtrack for this great video . I bought Tubular Bells when it first came out , and I still hear new things in it every time I play it . I like your flexible boundaries for this genre , which is appropriate for progressive rock . And you have to have a sense of humour with this genre , as it invites a poke in the eye with a stick . Needless to say , I’m a huge fan of prog . There was nothing quite like a prog concert in the 70s . The visuals were usually glorious, as was the music .Anyway , a nice collection of albums , and I must check out Before the Dawn . It looks really interesting . Thanks !

[@cindyurban150]

Mazzy, This was so much fun ! I loved the visuals.Great choices. Happiness, Cindy

[@brandnewstart]

The Marcel Marceau of the VC 😂 Great video. I was a massive Jethro Tull fan in my teenage years and played Thick as a Brick all the time. I’m also probably in a minority in loving Topographic Oceans.

[@TheDigitalGramophone]

After your intro, I watched this at 2x and it blew my mind. 🤯

[@davidevans3175]

Such a clever video Mazzy. Love it. I have never, nor will I ever, consider Jethro Tull as prog.

[@anthonyberardi3611]

Yeah, I was thrown by that one as well. Jethro Tull?

[@mazzysmusic]

Tull totally had a Prog moment with Brick and Passion Play. Progressive can be vast.. The cliche that’s it’s only bands like Yes , ELP, KC and so on is flawed. Even these bands progressed into other crossed genres. The Prog music cliche is easy to mock. But I love these records. Excess started beginning with Topographic and Yessongs IMHO. And then Punk put it in its place. The three 80s King Crimson records I showed were a welcome new direction for them. 🌸🌸🌸

[@davidevans3175]

@@mazzysmusic Understood. Re Tull I don't see it that way, but I understand what you're saying. Music is subjective. Tull is very close to my heart. Thanks for your take, respect.

[@Artie111UK]

Hello Mazzy, just subscribed to your channel, you won me over with this post, brought back so many memories. Saw King Crimson live a month before they released In The Court Of The Crimson King, the album was their set, completely blew me away. One of my favourite albums of all time is The Land Of Grey and Pink by Caravan, again saw them live performing this as their set, went out and bought the album the next day, still have it and still play it. Great album selection and presentation.

[@mazzysmusic]

Welcome. Hope you enjoy some of the other content✌🏽

[@domico5838]

It's Rock n' Roll...Oh!!!

[@loukruse1136]

Great stuff Mazzy!

[@alexandrossalaz1200]

Hi ... I was 14 years old and bought ELP first without knowing them... I just loved the cover... And fell in love with ELP. I had listend to King Crimson`s In the court, Ummagumma Pink Floyd ... and fell in love with prog rock...

[@vinylpatrol101]

Bravo 👏 very cool video dude!

[@francoisdunord7169]

This channel is getting more and more interesting thanks to your love for prog music😂, but seriously, this is a great video, love the concept, 👍🏿

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you I may change my channel name to the Prog Nerd: The Early Years :-)

[@francoisdunord7169]

🤣🤣🤣

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

Beautiful

[@aldotorre6618]

hello Mazzy, nice video. I need to remind you a couple of notes, though. Two very important bands of the prog scene are missing. The Gentle Giants and the Van Der Graaf Generators. Their works are highly regarded here in Europe and in Italy where I live and where these two bands were successful first . Much more than Kate Bush and other you showed. I my personal opinion the top ten prog bands are : King Crimson - Gentle Giant - Yes - Van Der Graaf Generator - Genesis (With Gabriel) - EL&P - Jethro Tull - Caravan - Camel - Barclay James Harvest. You know it's only music but it is right to honor the great ones and GG & VDGG are great.

[@RobertP_1960]

Another great video...I love the way you produced this one, words not needed, or very little. There are many prog bands I enjoy. My favorite by far is Jethro Tull. I saw them in concert in 1977 and it was one of the best ever. I also like Porcupine Tree and solo Steve Wilson and have like 40 CDs of their material. I have to be in a certain mood to want to listen to the long tracks of most prog, but at least once a month I get proggy.

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you. I think some folks love it when I don’t talk 😘🥺🤓

[@davidevans3175]

@@mazzysmusic Stop it!! We fucking love it when you talk.

[@christopherkibler511]

Good video Mazzy. The best part was Tubular Bells, I don't think that I have listened to the entire side in about ten years. Had not seen that Kate Bush box before. Thanks, Chris

[@musiconrecord6724]

FANTASTIC!!! A few records here I am looking forward to exploring. And I urge you to see the current line-up of King Crimson on their upcoming tour. They are incredible. It's not for nothing Rolling Stone called them the most exciting band out there right now.....

[@colincampbell8871]

No hat, the glasses, black Tee shirt, psychedelic video, Tubular Bells!!! Love it, great creative video featuring a bunch of cool albums.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yeah I was going fir Tony Levin, Adrian Belew look ;-)

[@colincampbell8871]

@@mazzysmusic You obviously play the mellotron!!!!!

[@mazzysmusic]

@@colincampbell8871 obviously 😎🌸🎹

[@ncfab4fan]

What a load of prog! Glad there was a Beatle connection!

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Tubular Bells I just got. Liked a lot

[@pauldenby878]

Wonderful! Great fun!!

[@currykevuk]

Great work as always. I'm no prog fan. But I do love Genesis and 10cc.

[@MrShelf-Stacker]

What a classy and inspiring video! Might do my next one in semaphore 😀 ☮

[@mazzysmusic]

That would work 😎

[@TRamone01]

The video is a prog masterpiece. Will have to check out Martin Barre's guitar solo. Much thanks.

[@morrisonAV]

Thoroughly enjoyed that one, Mazzy. I can't figure out how you avoided a copyright strike with that much music playing. Thoughts?

[@mazzysmusic]

Some labels and artists (whomever is the license holder) allow use of their music in videos like this (as long as they are not selling a product). Any revenue from the ads you see goes to them. But there are also many artists that do not grant the use iff their music (Beatles, Stones, Miles Davis and others). If I upload a video using their songs, I get a warning and the video or that segment is blocked. So I have a choice to delete the section or upload a new video with music I can use.

[@morrisonAV]

@@mazzysmusic Thanks for that info. My YT channel has run afoul of the Copyright Police off and on for years. I purposely never monetized my channel because I didn't own anything I was uploading. I hoped that I might be able to use the content and be insulated a bit from copyright claims. But, I've had music videos that were online for years without a problem but the catalog gets sold to someone else and get a Copyright Strike against my account immediately. Almost never a "Hey, would you remove this video" email.....just a b****slap and a strike against my account. Oh well, keep up the great work. Dave

[@mazzysmusic]

@@morrisonAV yeah it bot searching and occasionally I too get a song blocked a year or two later. Labels merge agreements change. It doesn’t upset me because I support artists getting paid. They get so little for streaming as it is. But we are actually promoting their work. It’s hard for this to be seen automatically by them.

[@stack_of_records]

Prog for me is about the progressions musically, the composition. A musical journey.

[@jameskilcran3693]

Cool Video!!

[@HighnoonsVinyl]

This is the most prog I have ever seen you be Mazzy and I loved every minute of it.... great choices too. I think it is safe to say Prog loves Mazzy. Now if Bill and I can just get you to turn the corner on Phil Collins..... 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@mazzysmusic]

Phil is problematic for me after he left the drum stool and started singing 🤓😎🌸

[@Doug_Piranha]

@@mazzysmusic Hi Norman! Phil was a very good singer ("Seconds Out", "For Absent Friends", etc, etc) and one of the absolute best drummers ever. What really spelt problems for Genesis wasn't that Gabriel left, but that Steve Hackett did! 😊

[@allenaviation5746]

Nice video man. I loved that stuff back in the day but much of that classic prog sounds so dated to me now. It's a shame that it didn't age well because I loved Moody Blues and ELP back in the day but now they're cringe. Many other other old prog albums I still like, but now it's mostly newer prog metal, which most people hate.

[@VagueRANT100]

I love prog.....THE PLANETS...Gustav Holst.....original and best

[@isahalim1008]

Album that got me into Prog.Genesis/Trespass Epic keyboards..Emerson,Lake,+Palmer./Pictures at an exhibition German..Amon duul II Concept..David Bedford/Ancient Mariner UK. Gryphon/Red Queen to Gryphon three Guitar solo/ Mike Old field/Taurus 2 Live....Camel live+(2002 reissue) Best kind of Prog..Italian...(Goblin,Cherry Five,PFM) Best live show I ever saw...Genesis..first ever American.....tour.Tufts University.. Medford,Massachusetts .1973 Runners up...Prog bands..Jade Warrior, Gravy Train, Rare Bird, Caravan, Anthony Phillips,

[@billbez7465]

Loved the video. Nuff said

[@juanitaldiggs]

My 1st program lp was Procol Harum!

[@seamuscolgan7654]

Your intro is excellent!

[@markspooner1224]

Thank you for Viv Stanshall.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yes ! A Bonzo 😎

[@ronaldschuurman81]

haha great how you do this, Oscar worthy. I won't say anything about your take on prog.

[@mazzysmusic]

Well Thank you!

[@geoffpartington1527]

great video.just need a bit of Kevin Ayres and Gong.

[@nigelstansfield1644]

Ayers.Right,though.

[@clayemerson4310]

Mazzy, Would you consider or classify the band Kansas a progressive prog band? Excluding their pop hits, I saw them this past January 2024 in Florida and a lot of their songs classify in my view as progressive rock. What is your view point regarding this band?

[@mazzysmusic]

I’m not personally a fan of theirs but they are progressive but I would say in savory way like the classic British UK bands. Just my opinion

[@rocky-o]

a masterpeace....rocky

[@jeffmathieu2264]

Mazzy - great video! Do you have a recommendation for a record cleaner? I buy used vinyl and sometimes it needs to be cleaned a little

[@joemyers2818]

Wow that was awesome, so much Bill Bruford in one video. I love prog and fusion and don't agree with much you like in rock but we are much closer when it comes to jazz. I do have a sense of humor and have no issue with our differences. I really enjoy your channel but you took it to another level with this subject. I have a question I want your recollections and opinion on. First I for some reason I respond to unusual time signatures so, Duh, that is why I like prog and jazz. I am 71 and grew up with my dad playing Benny Goodman, Basie and Ellington and others so the power and "swing" of big bands have always appealed. When I was 13 The Beatles showed up on the Ed Sullivan show and ever since I have had one foot in Jazz and the other in Rock. So now the question did you have any contact or memories of the Don Ellis Orchestra. Two of his best live albums were recorded in San Francisco, "At Fillmore" ( June 1970 opened for Quicksilver Messenger Service ) and "Tears of Joy" at Basin Street West May of 1971. He had a lot of rock energy with the full jazz big band vibe. Most of all he was famous, even in the jazz world, for very unusual time signatures. You'll love this, he had an earlier live album call "Live in 3 2/3 4 time. When he died at 44 a friend said " that was the only thing he ever did in 4/4. Just curious if you had any thoughts about him. Keep up the good work.

[@ericarmstrong6540]

You're dead wrong about all prog heads not having a sense of humor. Exhibit A, Frank Zappa, Exhibit B, Capt. Beefheart, Ex. C Les Claypool, Ex. D Genesis on the song, "The Battle of Epping Forest". Good video, nevertheless.

[@guytonti5228]

ELP - Benny the Bouncer, Are You Ready Eddy...

[@ericarmstrong6540]

@@guytonti5228 King Crimson-Cat Food, Prozakck Blues, The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum, Easy Money (bag of laughs at end of song)

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Love the intro brother

[@hubtunes9607]

Perfection

[@jeffplus6652]

You should have done some special effect camera trickery and made your head keep spinning around while Tubular Bells was playing!!!

[@lupcokotevski2907]

"What sorcery is this".

[@mazzysmusic]

HA

[@teckertime]

Prog fans love this... 3,114 views and climbing...

[@markgaines6904]

What! No Peter Hammill / Van Der Graaf in the line up? But great video Mazzy! Also wondering if Henry Cow or Robert Wyatt is on your radar even though I know the answer.

[@mazzysmusic]

I know if Henry Cow. Have one or two Wyatt albums in CD. 🥁

[@markgaines6904]

@@mazzysmusic Wyatt’s 1st solo lp “Rock Bottom” is an out of body experience

[@DrOz-007]

Looking like Bob Mould today!

[@mazzysmusic]

I was going for Tony Levin or Adrian Belew😎

[@mistery-ed7900]

My rating of this progressive video... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@michelraffin7006]

I have all;the Procol;Harum albums…never thought until now it could be classified in prog

[@mazzysmusic]

Art rock. Psychedelic. Protocol Prog. It never really mattered back then.

[@michelraffin7006]

@@mazzysmusic yes…and i love them…and have an autograpph of Gary Brooker

[@michelraffin7006]

And A whiter shade of pale ,(which was my first bought 45rpm in 67(my first album was Revolver that same year 67 (issued in 66)) ,the song was the favourite one of John Lennon;when he first heard it in his car (the rolls royce ,i think) he thought it was Stevie Winwood singing …

[@alanboas810]

"ONE SONG."

[@davidellis5141]

Had a televangelist aspect to it. ELP = ratings.

[@johnryan3913]

Brain Salad Surgery sounds like a televangelist show.

[@carlosquijano2827]

Where can i find #12? The k fellowship presents before the dawn???

[@carlosquijano2827]

I found it in itunes. Thanks. I grow up listening to most of the albums showed. Am I a prog man? Ja ja ja.

[@mazzysmusic]

Kate Bush’s live theatrical performance it ran for a month around 2014 or so.

[@Localbandography]

Stonehenge. The End.

[@domico5838]

1) I'm not 100 % sure but I believe Yes Close To Edge or maybe Uma Gumma by Pink Floyd.(2) I'm not home so my collection isn't woth me at the moment..but I would show Probably show Close to The Edge or Thick as a Brick .Jethro Tull. For 4 and for 5 Stand Up from Jethro Tull Because I see it as prog but some argue its to folky to be prog.

[@domico5838]

Not Sure with out looking at my collection but Oddessey And Oricle comes to mind. (4) Emerson Lake And Palmer Trilogy has amazing keyboard works.

[@deep1nmusic]

Was it the original Tubular Bells or a later remastered version? I love Mike Oldfield’s music, and “First Excursion” & the “Songs of Distant Earth” album are totally stunning.

[@mazzysmusic]

It’s a CD remaster from the early 2000s I think.

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

I'm a big Prog fan but if someone introduced me to Prog with the Moody Blues I never would have gotten into the genre. When was Procol Harum ever Prog? Lastly no Pink Floyd or Frank Zappa🤔

[@mazzysmusic]

People take this genre thing way too seriously. Progressive Rock covers a very wide spectrum of music. Some go towards jazz others classical and others electronic and avant- guard Ok Procal and the Moodies were Proto-Prog/ Psychedelic / Art Rock etc. except nobody called them those things back in the day. All these terms came later. Silky really 🌸

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

@@mazzysmusic Mazzy, it's OK for Prog fans to take it seriously. I take my Jazz Fusion catagory seriously especially when I hear Prog bands with vocals try and attach themselves to Jazz Fusion. Mazzy I know growing up we us to break Rock up into either vocals or without. I was the one who preferred less vocals so I kind of drifted from Prog around 77 and went straight Jazz Fusion but I still find myself searching for Prog that I might have missed. Great topic of discussion.

[@mazzysmusic]

@@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298 I loved Zappa and some of his music could have fit right in here. I saw him twice, one was pretty entrenched in a Moe Prog jazz style. It was when Jean Luc Ponty toured with him. Around 1976 ish.

[@dososcars]

OMGOD

[@mazzysmusic]

🥁🥁🎹🎹🎸🎸

[@guidoerfen7944]

Residents = prog ?!? Interesting! :-O Never would come to that idea! Though, they triggered a considerable amount of progress indeed, considering their influence on later artists from the post-punk period. :-D One question I would really love to hear the opinion of a San Francisco native about is: Is there a relation to the San Francisco Mime Troupe? What do you think? Some years ago there was an exhibition in Cologne about the San Francisco Underground Scene (also including themes like the Weathermen and stuff) and I came across some 1967 footage from the Mime Troupe and I was struck: That's totally Residents' kind of footage, isn't it? Is there a relation? If not as an offshoot but maybe a major influence? I was surprised that I never had seen discussions about that. (The Mime Troupe is completely unknown in Germany unless someone is into the origins of psychedelic poster art.) My impression is they were not that much about music in the beginning but about theatre. (Also considering the acoustics on the "Delta Nudes" material.) And they became a "four-piece group" named The Residents just because of that Beatles pastiche album cover. Had it been the Stones we would know five eyeball-men today. It would be really really interesting to have an episode about your view on the classic Ralph Records / Residents / Crome / Tuxedomoon period from you. :-) Any chance?

[@mazzysmusic]

I've seen the Residents 9 or 10 times since the 1970s as they were a local to me. Also Tuxedo Moon and Snakefinger. I only have a handful of records and CDs of their's left in my collection. I always felt the Residents were far more interesting as a live act than on record. They had a very performance art feel so they could as well have been under the Prog umbrella which is very wide despite what some people think.. At least they way i define it. When I was a teenager I would see the Mime Troupe perform for free in Golden Gate Park. Later Bill Graham organized and produced some of their shows before moving on to produce Ballroom rock shows and opening the Fillmore Auditorium.

[@guidoerfen7944]

Highly interesting answer from someone who was present at the time. Thank you very very much! So no relation at all it seems.

[@EightVinylLow]

#Proggy

[@mazzysmusic]

Proggy gone a courtin'

[@bikemike1118]

Mazzy, are you also a fan of Mazzy Star? 🤠

[@mazzysmusic]

Absolutely ✌🏽

[@mistery-ed7900]

I love Popol Vuh. But are they prog?

[@johnsherlock8015]

hi mazzy great great vieo again have you seen prog nerds videos if so do you like love allways thank you

[@mazzysmusic]

Yeah I’ve followed her from the beginning. Don’t watch them all but love seeing a younger person so emerged in music She’s got a huge following 🌸

[@wjstephens4654]

I’m a prog-head since the 70s and I have a sense of humor and so explicitly do many prog bands! What you’re doing is smearing stereotypes on a huge, diverse international community of artists and fans. I wonder, just taking one example, if you ever heard of Samla Mammas Manna who are outrageously humorous and intensely progressive? So for that matter is Frank Zappa: progressive music in the truest sense of the term.

[@feber16]

Another genre with very long songs is Classical, but it has some beautiful complex music the same as Prog. I prefer Prog to Classical, but using some Classical within prog (as Yes has done) is the perfect combination.

[@casablanca2745]

10CC prog?

[@johnryan3913]

"Prog" was not a shorthand I recall being used in 1970. I remember progressive rock, and preceding that progressive jazz. The decadent period may have started with Yessongs or Topographic or the horrible live ELP album with a title too long to print, but same time we had Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" to bring the progressive back to "prog".

[@renek243]

no humor in prog? What about Zappa and the Mothers, also British Canterbury scene was had lots of it, early Gong probably being the best example but also Caravan, Hatfield and the North. I mean album titles like "For girls who grow plump in the night" or "If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you" and songs like "dedicated to you but you weren't listening" and "Big jobs (poo poo extract)"don't sound too serious to me.

[@richardsinger01]

It’s the fans that take it too seriously in my opinion. This is why they argue so much in KZbin comments.

[@renek243]

@@richardsinger01 you got me there. ;-) Cheers!

[@quint150]

that's a lot of prog from someone who doesn't seem to like it.

[@mazzysmusic]

I love the Prog I showed. But around 74/75 they got excessive and easily to make fun of. It too awhile before they got original again

[@franksmusic2880]

Where’s your hat?

[@mazzysmusic]

Hanging up. I was going for the Tony Levin, Adrian Belew look ;-)

[@brucybabyy7355]

@@mazzysmusic nailed it!

[@Ed-Topo-108]

Prog is not a 4 letter word

[@DavysFlicks]

Maybe not generalising with "prog listeners have no sense of humour" would see you get better feedback from that community. Or...maybe get better jokes! Either way, not sure what your point was about expanding the boundaries and not just picking the same tired old albums - that's exactly what you did. All mainstream stuff. Setting it to maybe the most mainstream bit of prog music ever. No need to act like you're digging deep when you're stuck on the top soil.

[@mazzysmusic]

Good comments. I wasn’t digging deep at all since I haven’t really pursued the genre too much after the two periods I showed. These albums for me are the sweet spot of the genre. Overplayed ? Probably. But then by 74 or 75 many of these bands got to be parodies of themselves. And that excess for me, is easily mockable. King Crimson had that great 80s return in the 80s and even their evolution over the past twenty years. This video was my response to a series of questions. My responses can only be based on the records I own and my limited knowledge of the beginning of the genre .. which was un named at its inception. It’s for others to dig deep into the music. I know I’m certainly not. 🌸

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Mazzy you shouldn't be so woke considering you came from such privilege 🤑

[@wjstephens4654]

Tangerine Dream is an exponent of the Berlin School of electronics and does not represent the diverse “Krautrock” or prog scene in Germany at all IMO. Choosing the Residents as an example of prog from the Americas is like choosing Tiny Tim as an example of American rock & roll - it’s ridiculous. I’m afraid you’re a bit out of your depth in your understanding of the genre.

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Blows😔🤔

[@jillyidle6462]

It’s not that we don’t have a sense of humor, it’s that you’re always making fun of it, which you don’t do with any other genre, that I’ve seen, anyway. Which makes me wonder, why (or if) you even like it, as you claim. I have a great sense of humor, but I just don’t get your obsession with tearing it down all the time. Yeah it’s long solos and long songs, that’s how Prog is. Which you obviously don’t like about it, or you wouldn’t continue to carry on about it. That said, this was a fun video- after you stopped talking ;) A long song came in handy here, now didn’t it.

[@qwer8907]

i give u a thumbs down if i could for a witless comment