The Moody Blues are ABSOLUTELY a progressive rock band. What exactly is NOT progressive about their music between 1967 and 1974?!? If the Moodies didn't play prog rock during that era then neither did The Beatles, Procol Harum, The Beach Boys or Pink Floyd. Progressive Rock is not defined solely by complicated rhythms, weird time signatures and stunning musical chops. It is also about doing something NEW and pushing the envelope conceptually, lyrically and through astounding production.
@vicprovost2561
2 жыл бұрын
Well said, the Moodies were considered pop, rock, psychedelic and progressive at different times in that 7 album run when they went places no one else did. All my prog and metal friends always considered them prog pioneers.
@kevinc6323
2 жыл бұрын
The biggest issue is the choice of DOFP - its unique for sure - but Threshold of a Dream is where they are pushing into proper prog territory.Lost Chord, EGBDF are all much better examples of the Moodies progness. DOFP is treated by the masses as the only Moody Blues album and Nights In White Satin is a curse on their reputation!
@bobbyggare8364
2 жыл бұрын
agree, It may not be cathagorised as Progressive rock. But the feeling of it and the consistent story of the day. Make it prog
@jhillst
2 жыл бұрын
I'd call the Moodies more of a prog-flavored pop band than a full-fledged prog band. They made some great music from 1967 to 1972, but I think Days of Future Passed is given too much credit. The Beatles and the Beach Boys were doing symphonic pop in much more inventive ways during the same era.
@stanleykostrzewski7222
2 жыл бұрын
Love the Moody Blues, have to say , a " Question of Balance" was the peak for me.
@4absentfriends
2 жыл бұрын
'Ogden's Nutgone Flake' - The Small Faces 'Nazz/Nazz' - Nazz 'It's a Beautiful Day' - It's Beautiful Day each shared an element that would blossom into ProgRock.
@PhilW222
2 жыл бұрын
I think Sgt Pepper by The Beatles represents the real turning point. I think it changed people’s mindsets from making individual short songs to making whole albums and opened up what was considered possible. The level of innovation and experimentation was amazing for its time. I think it opened the floodgates for what came after. I agree with others that Switched On Bach and Tommy should also probably be on the list.
@DWHarper62
2 жыл бұрын
Until you realize that Paul McCartney pointed out Freak Out by the MOI as inspiration for Sgt. Pepper's...
@PhilW222
2 жыл бұрын
@@DWHarper62 maybe…all things build on what went before. But it was Sgt Pepper that had the widest cultural impact.
@DWHarper62
2 жыл бұрын
@@PhilW222 I don't think that was our homework assignment
@davefink2326
2 жыл бұрын
@@PhilW222 Sergeant Pepper's was the first progressive album whose songs would on my mom's middle-of-the-road format AM radio station.
@kurtkish6970
2 жыл бұрын
SO GLAD Procol Harum gets a shout out. They often seem to get forgotten.
@ytusersumone
2 жыл бұрын
A Salty Dog is my PH favotite
@mcolville
2 жыл бұрын
My impression of Christgau based on having read several dozen of his reviews is that the dude hates music. He's of that era where critics felt like it was their job to tell people what it was ok to enjoy, and they really, really didn't like it when audiences ignored them. What he liked was the idea of him being ahead of the audience. If the audience ever caught up to him, then he ditched whatever they liked, even if he previously approved of it.
@mcolville
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny that so much of this list is "What Robert Christgau wished Prog had been."
@robjones8733
2 жыл бұрын
He loves Wussy though, as do I. 😻
@christopher9152
2 жыл бұрын
He has always been quite pretentious and a bit too "high on his own supply" so to speak, imo
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
He did include an album Christgau hated- the first KC.
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
I agree Christgau hates music that is ambitious or protracted.
@ilabelle1
2 жыл бұрын
Just for a laff I’ll list my 10 “building blocks” of prog. 1. Pet Sounds 2. Revolver 3. Procul Harum 4. Days of Future Passed 5. Freak Out 6. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7. Sgt. Pepper 8. The Who Sell Out 9. Something Else And last but not least: In the Court of the Crimson King. The album that launched a thousand ships. A few of my picks are not technically “prog” but in my opinion they surely helped the genre get a foothold. So, there you have it.
@jimmycampbell78
2 жыл бұрын
Me like your list (a lot)
@exitthelemming145
2 жыл бұрын
Decent and credible list certainly. Early Prog had a jazz element which gradually left it as we entered the 70's e.g. Graham Bond, Colosseum, the Nice, early Chicago, If, Blood Sweat & Tears et al. Never understood why anyone, anywhere at any time would care what a clueless charlatan like Robert Christgau thinks about anything. If he were a historian he would trace the antecedents of the Stones from the time travelled New York Dolls.
@pmoran7971
2 жыл бұрын
How can you comply a list of the greatest albums and not include all the first seven Genesis albums including A Trick of the Tail and you have no Tull either! Wow!
@pmoran7971
2 жыл бұрын
having listened to the theme I was really pleased that The Nice made the list, I saw them many times at the Marquee in Wardour Street and Yes as well who were also highly influential but again aside from Hendrix you have to start with Genesis but close behind Tull, King Crimson, Floyd
@ilabelle1
2 жыл бұрын
@@pmoran7971 I think the idea is more about the albums that inspired progressive rock and not so much about the bands that are actually prog.
@mattfellers5487
2 жыл бұрын
For your consideration: An Electric Storm by White Noise (1969). This album was likely the first electro-pop album. Delia Derbyshire and David Vorhaus coming out of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop would, through this album, work to establish the role of the studio as a critical element in the music making process. Forever Changes by Love (1967). Arthur Lee's seminal bridging between psychedelia, folk rock and classical music. Insomuch as psychedelia was the proto-progressive rock, Arthur Lee would explicitly incorporate musical elements and inventions that would go on to be directly associated with progressive rock. Cauldron by Fifty Foot Hose (1968). This band played an important role in introducing electronic experimentations from Europe (specifically from Germany and the U.K) into the psychedelic scene in San Francisco. Though not a commercial success, I'd expect that Cauldron would be found in the record collections of other west coast visionaries such as Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Doors.
@mordantfilms
2 жыл бұрын
Soft Machine Volume Two is just simply one of the greatest records ever, but I'd say in terms of building to prog, their debut the year before laid some groundwork, especially with the suite of Hope For Happiness.
@stevenj.morrison7794
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! To consider the contribution of Days of Future Passed -- as significant as Hayward’s songwriting/vocals and Pinder’s mellotron were -- I suggest one must also tip the hat to the orchestrations of Peter Knight. The manner in which he explodes the band’s melodic themes, presents them in endless variation, and places them throughout the record creates a musical cohesion and breaks the limits of the traditional song form that became features of many a prog album. Even the tracking of the album, by “time of day” rather than by song and going so far as to include multiple songs in a given track, foreshadows the extended forms of prog.
@dougreed2257
2 жыл бұрын
Well said steven😊👍🎶🎶
@bobbyggare8364
2 жыл бұрын
I agree
@fredfox3851
2 жыл бұрын
I would cite Iron Butterfly's In A Gadda Da Vida, as a major building block of prog. (also metal and psychedelic). A full album side of minor key, organ driven, multi movement, mostly instrumental, pseudo classical rock, that sold like hotcakes. It no doubt gave musicians permission to break out of the three minute pop mode and explore.
@docgreenscenes3098
2 жыл бұрын
I agree Procol Harum deserves a place here but I think Shine On Brightly was more influential in the development of prog
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
I was going to put something like that myself. Not least because it contains the 17 minute long epic In Held 'Twas In I which could be one of the earliest discernible pieces that could be called "Prog Rock". I first heard about it on a BBC 4 Prog Rock documentary from 2009.
@John_Fugazzi
2 жыл бұрын
I would have said the same thing had you not said it. I was also going to comment similarly to Alan White that Shine On Brightly was an even stronger contender. In 1968, In Held 'Twas In I was the very definition of Prog Rock .
@steveowens398
2 жыл бұрын
Here's another vote for Shine On Brightly - I think it is right up there with Jimi Hendrix Experience's 'Are You Experienced?' and The Moody Blue's 'On The Threshold of A Dream' as an album and band that broke the mold for what rock albums could be.
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
I agree strongly that Shine On, Brightly is the pivotal point in PH's output. A Whiter Shade of Pales was more popular and that's the criterion Christgau used, as he tends to be a fairly myopic individual. Fairport Convention (I saw them open for Traffic) were at the forefront of long non-blues based improv, which was a foundation of Progressive rock. I think its inclusion is legitimate, as it encouraged Europeans to embrace non-blues based music. The Mothers of Invention through Burnt Weenie Sandwich deserve a great deal of credit for founding prog, as do certain American bands like Spirit, the Doors, SRC, and others, but some people just dogmatically trace prog back to English routes or obvious influences on the Beatles, but the level of experimentation in popular music between 1966 and 1969 was mind boggling. Hawkwind came late to the game. I would mention Van der Graaf Generator or Gong as earlier foundational bands, too. Christgau is a schmuck, and he probably only gave the Nice credit because they had a guitarist then. One thing I should point out is that there was a huge influence of classical music AND free jazz (Albert Ayler on the Beatles, the list of influences on Freak Out, free improvising on Pink Floyd and King Crimson (KC acknowledged listening to John Handy Live at Monterey, a jazz album that would appeal to a lot of rock fans). Because most critics think in boxes, he also ignores some elements of Hendrix, Cream, Love, Grateful Dead, and even the Velvet Underground as influences on Prog before rock degenerated into warring camps of purists with agendas. Chris Welch made a great point that most English music was progressive up to a point, as was American rock until 1969 when AM programmers changed direction. The success of certain acts like the Who (who were also progressive, IMHO) and blues, r and r, and country roots influenced bands dominated the airwaves hurt experimental and progressive music as early as 1968-1969)
@ambientideas1
2 жыл бұрын
The evolution of the Moog synth, specifically exhibited in the album Switched-On Bach (1968) by Wendy Carlos, has to figure in all those bombastic classical influences in prog. Another album that gets bypassed in this discussion is The Who’s Tommy (1969).
@Frank_nwobhm
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree on Switched On Bach. When Keith Emerson heard that album he immediately wrote to Robert Moog and asked if he might like to give him one of his synthesizers. The answer was no. Emo bought one instead. Another early pioneering album in synthesized music is Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman.
@ambientideas1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Frank_nwobhm Cans and Brahms by Wakeman via Yes also comes to mind. I’d heard that story about Emerson and Moog. We could also get into discussions about what single instrument most influenced prog… Moog synth hugely influential.
@mr.bloodvessel260
2 жыл бұрын
@@ambientideas1 I would have to rate the Mellotron even more so....so suited for Prog!
@Frank_nwobhm
2 жыл бұрын
@@ambientideas1 In as much as the Moog and the Melotron contributed massively to the advancement of prog rock, I'd have to roll with the trusty and reliable Hammond organ being the biggest contributor. It was the true workhorse of all the great keyboardists.
@WCSkills
2 жыл бұрын
@@mr.bloodvessel260 The mellotron is so important in the development in symphonic prog because you pretty much had a symphony at your finger tips where as the moog was a great NEW lead instrument for the genre as well as providing some interesting low end sounds.
@davidlaw689
2 жыл бұрын
For me , the song that really turned everything on its ear is The Beatles’ “ Tomorrow Never Knows “
@garanceadrosehn9691
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with most of your observations about the original list, except that I do think that _"In the Court of the Crimson King"_ *does* belong on this list of "building blocks" even though it is also a full-fledged prog album. I was around when this was originally released, and I remember that after the first listen I had the thought of "There are a million albums possible now which never would have been made 45 minutes ago". It both introduces and totally-succeeds at some aspects of prog which had not solidified before this album. The fact that it totally succeeds at "being prog" does not take away from the fact that it introduced some of those things. You described it as the flag-in-the-sand for prog. I would also call it the lighthouse to other groups: "You know all those experiments you've been doing? This is the direction to take those experiments. Plenty of room here for everyone to create and explore.".
@magmasunburst9331
2 жыл бұрын
Electric prunes debut album should have been on there as well as Electric prunes mass in f minor, an 1968 full length small orchestra Prog with psychedelia.
@stuartwexelbaum9070
2 жыл бұрын
I think the reason Fairport Convention was included in this list is their influence on bands such as Renaissiance, Caravan & Camel for example..I don't disagree with the picks per se but I would have included Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland LP 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) & Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently, Gently Away are some of the tracks I think you can make the
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
You could argue that they deserve a place on the list. But is a list of the 50 albums that most influenced prog, I'm not sure it should be #9
@stuartwexelbaum9070
2 жыл бұрын
@@classicalbum Yeah, I can see your point..I don't disagree..I do think it has a place..
@bunkie2100
2 жыл бұрын
If I had to give a defense of this choice it would be, I think, the non-standard time signature of Tam Lin.
@pmoran7971
2 жыл бұрын
@@classicalbum Moon turns the tides/A Merman by JH I played endlessly never heard anything like it, Hendrix produced and wrote this track himself, it was other worldly!
@kevinallen4743
2 жыл бұрын
Kind of agree re Electric ladyland especially those too tracks but not perhaps the album as a whole?
@fuwaihksyu
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the great introduction to these really important albums! I would like to suggest another name: early Barclay James harvest. They are extremely melodic and beautiful and heavy use of Mellotron. Another group, group 1850, is also a huge band to me.
@stevecowder4774
2 жыл бұрын
Never really occurred to me that “ Freak Out “ would be so influential upon prog but its been a while since I’d listened to that. However I do think “ Days “ from the Moodys should be given a bit more credit in being a major builder especially because of their ambitious work with the London Symphony. After all, classical music was such a huge influence for so many prog bands that followed.
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
I would never class Zappa as full-on Prog but he may possibly have been an influence on it.
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
Freak Out featured a 47 piece orchestra, concept songs, free jazz influences and electronic experimentation and classical influences. It was just as much an influence on Sargent Pepper as Pet Sounds. It's an essential building block of Prog. Everything the Mothers did before KC's debut album was an important influence on Progressive Music. Zappa could rightly claim that virtually all prog through 1975 came directly or indirectly from the Mothers.
@stevecowder4774
2 жыл бұрын
@@garygomesvedicastrology Great insight Gary. I'm all about getting to the original roots of all my favorite bands and genres of rock. Love delving into the trivia.
@lonegroover
2 жыл бұрын
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the singularity of progressive rock.
@bukharagunboat8466
2 жыл бұрын
There are a couple of folk rock albums I would put above Liege and Lief. Founding Fairport vocalist Judy Dyble sang on a beautiful album, Morning Way (1969), under the band name Trader Horne. The folk, jazz, and psychedelic influences are all there. The tracks are joined together with short musical linkers. Basket of Light (1969) is probably the best of Pentangle. The instrumental virtuosity is striking in the folk, jazz, psychedelic and early music influenced sound. The epic track Jack Orion (1970) is also an interesting listen, especially for fans of Gentle Giant.
@gregoryg3256
2 жыл бұрын
Zappa !!! OH Yeah !!! YES shoulda been on this list somewhere....🌠
@lordprotector3367
2 жыл бұрын
I would say Love were one of the building blocks of Prog.
@jasfan8247
2 жыл бұрын
ForeverChanges and Notorious Byrd Brothers.....the Doors🤯
@martynhanson
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo The Nice. They influenced so many on record and live too.
@danteshydratshirt2360
2 жыл бұрын
Your stance on The Court Of The Crimson King makes perfect sense
@Rog5446
2 жыл бұрын
I can never forget the first time I heard 'The Mothers' on of all things, Juke Box Jury in around 1966. The panel of four judges all panned them and said they would never make it in the UK and voted it a miss.
@danteshydratshirt2360
2 жыл бұрын
in terms of singles chart success The Mothers never had any hits so were quite right....BUT its not that type of music
@mikeymutual5489
2 жыл бұрын
While you can make a case for Pet Sounds being an influence on Prog (due to the vast musical palette it utilized), I would say that Brian Wilson's/The Beach Boys' lost album "Smile" might have been the actual first Prog record if it had been actually finished and released in 1967.
@wolfetom10
2 жыл бұрын
What you're missing about Fairport COnvention is that it wasn't just "folk rock" it was folk rock with some serious jamming -- listen to A Sailor's Life, there's nothing like it from other folk rock acts of the day. And rememeber that their influence obviously reached to Led Zeppelin since they invited singer Sandy Denny to sing with them on Battle of Evermore, and clearly took a lot of influence from them in their folk influences. Still ... not a prog group by any stretch.
@victorhawkins3461
2 жыл бұрын
Yessir! FZ & The MoI! That album turned my whole head around. I was perhaps the only kid in my junior high who was walking the halls singing (to myself), "What would you do if the people you knew...were the plastic that melted and the chromium, too..." Good times!
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
The opening track whilst to my mind a far cry from Prog or at least what it would become may be my favourite opening track on a debut album EVER. That Rolling Stones-esque guitar riff and the line "Mr. America walk on by..........." possibly the best opening lyrics to a debut album and a killer way to start an over 25 year career.
@ABC-p4m
2 жыл бұрын
I think an overlooked album in terms of influencing what would become known as prog rock...is Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by The Small Faces from 1968. That album represents well how psychedelic rock transformed into prog, and is also one of the earliest examples of the concept album, which of course would become very much associated with prog rock later in the 70s.
@johnmavroudis2054
2 жыл бұрын
Great list... but I'd have to make way for The Zombie "Odessey & Oracle" in there somewhere, as well.... though I don't know who'd I boot from your excellent list.
@cliverichards6282
2 жыл бұрын
The strong influence of jazz and, in particular, classical on prog is ignored. Many of the prog musicians had basic formal musical training up to the level of playing in youth orchestras and singing in church choirs so the knowledge and experience of serious music was far greater than with the usual pop/blues/rock musician of the time. It's not surprising that they wanted to do rather more than play 12 bar blues.
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
As I said, it's not my list.
@spencerhardy8667
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I'd cite Duke Ellington's Black Brown and Beige as an influence on the Pink Floyd end of prog, and would certainly class it as the first "concept album" , even though he described it as a symphony himself.
@Superstacco
2 жыл бұрын
I can agree with most of these, but the one I feel is really missing is Electric Ladyland, esp the 1983 sequence, the full use of 16 tracks and sheer sonic innovation.
@vicprovost2561
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, side 3 is about the trippiest side of psychedelic guitar nirvana as you will ever hear.
@John_Fugazzi
2 жыл бұрын
As a fan of Fairport Convention since How I Spent My Summer Vacation (simply Fairport Convention in the U.S. on A&M) and an equal fan of Prog Rock, I would never even think of them together or call Fairport a Prog pioneer of some sort. I agree that the moody Blues belong as a signpost. They had the ambition to make something unified and consequential and that was enough in 1967.
@PointyTailofSatan
2 жыл бұрын
How could you not include either The Nice or the first ELP album? Emerson's long complex solos, and his combining of rock and classical styles were completely opposite that of the pop rock of the day. In fact, like Bach's life defining the Baroque era, one could almost use the lifetime of the Nice and ELP as the start and end of the first progressive rock period.
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
It's not my list.... The Nice are included. And this about the albums that fed feed into or influenced prog, not prog itself
@rushbravado1972
2 жыл бұрын
Have to agree with number 1. Freak Out is absolute wizardry and you can see where Zappa is taking music.
@BobHutton
2 жыл бұрын
The whole point of prog is that it draws from a range of influences, not just previous rock acts. I would have had at least one jazz and one classic album in the list. So I would nominate John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" (take your pick of many good recordings) as being particularly influential.
@keriford54
Жыл бұрын
Surprisingly I agree with you on all points. KC's debut has a good claim to be the first fully fledged Prog album so isn't one of the albums that built up to Prog. Hawkwind's first album was released a year later so can't be included. There are plenty of others that could be included, I think psychedelic music as a whole led towards prog.
@rickhibdon11
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Zappa getting some credit... finally
@CaptainTedStryker
2 жыл бұрын
The main criteria for the list seems to be 1969 or earlier so...Iron Butterfly, Cream, Deep Purple, Jimi, Led Zep, The Who, Santana, and I don't know...maybe YES?
@lupcokotevski2907
2 жыл бұрын
Pet Sounds, absolutely. The first prog album is the revolutionary art pop concept album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (March 1968) by the New York teenage genius Laura Nyro. The album " blew everybody's mind " Todd Rundgren. Highly complex innovative songs eschewing traditional form with layered arrangements using flutes, string harp and timpani as well as expected instruments played by an army of jazz greats. Sex a major theme. Way ahead ot the game. Nyro "probably influenced more successful songwriters than anyone " Elton John (2007). Always rated 5 stars.
@kw19193
5 ай бұрын
Love your prog videos mate but you really do need to find the time to listen to Fever Tree's first album, especially for a vid like this one. They're an American band from the mid 60s kinda psychedelia, but more importantly proto-progressive. Their most well-known song "Return of the Native (San Francisco Girls)" is amazing, the guitarist more Fripp than Fripp, all pre-overdrive, effects driven playing. Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed. Cheers!
@MrMusicbyMartin
2 жыл бұрын
I would pick Zappa’s ‘Absolutely Free’ rather than ‘Freak Out’. Perhaps I would have included Electric Ladyland as Stuart pointed out, and there are many singles by The Move, Terry Jacks, The Small Faces and others that are really important in shaping prog’s emergence from psychedelia. I guess these came from ‘Good Vibrations’ symphonic. Beefheart’s first album has the tempo and key changes we expect to find in prog. Plus, where are ‘The Pretty Things”? I think The Byrds, in terms of their meandering raga melodies, appear throughout prog. So you can’t ignore the influence of Ravi Shankar and the rising popularity of Indian music in the development of long-form themes and variations. So of course, we have Beethoven in the mix! Plus, how can this list not include Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, James Brown, Sly Stone, Miles’ ‘In a Slilent Way’? These did more to provide templates and ideas than many of the rock and folk albums listed, as important as they are.
@terryjohnson5275
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I always thought Christgau hated prog - his website has this to say about in the Court of the Crimson King - "this is ersatz shit. D+", so why would he bother trying to tell us what the building blocks for Progressive Rock are - is it because he has a very over inflated opinion of his importance, which maybe he once had, however as a trend setter and what would now be called influencer he and Lester Bangs to name just two tried very hard to kill off progressive rock - not enough 'authentic blues' I guess - although the Blues came from Jazz as did a lot of prog - melding the heritage and traditions of american jazz and european classical - however I dont think he really understood it, and ok he doesnt have to like it, but just because you dont like or understand it doesnt mean you have to slag it off. Then again a bad review from him could indicate its possbly quite good? I dont think its surprising that he's gone for some of the classic prog forebears - Beach Boys, Beatles, Moody Blues, Procol Harum - I'd agree its not quite yet there with the last two but they were on their way, I dont see why Liege and Lief is there and its easy to pick a couple of Psychedelic albums that then transformed into prog - such as the Floyd , who werent yet prog and the Nice, who were nearly there, very much tantalisingly (maggie) on the cusp. I always felt that Psychedelia' seemed to be a worthy and ok or cool thing to like though - how many critics slaver over Piper at the Gates and then decry Atom Heart Mother and so on? Yes I think the Mothers deserve to be in there, maybe not necessarily at no 1 but certainly an influence. As for Soft Machine - yes I see that but why not go a step back to the Wilde Flowers from which came both the Softs and Caravan and thereafter the 'Canterbury' scene? As for builiding blocks I'd also go so far as to stick Deep Puprle mark 1 and Vanilla Fudge in there. And then you could go back to albums by the likes of Frank Sinatra to see the development of the concept album - even though Prog doesnt have to include a 'concept'.
@dougcarson5202
2 жыл бұрын
It is indeed an odd choice to pick, of all people, Robert Christgau's viewpoint on progressive rock's top album. As you mentioned, he was known to dislike Prog for sure. The fact that his initial rating of King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" was a D+ pretty much says it all. Oh well, at least he did come around to an extent when gave Crimson's "Red" album an A rating when it was released in 1974.
@andyharman3022
2 жыл бұрын
Deep Purple Mk1 I would count as proto-prog. The Shield and Wring That Neck sounded like ELP before they even formed.
@kenlee5015
2 жыл бұрын
My Oh My. Just to think, giving the (arguably) single most important prog rock album a D+ review, I can't wrap my mind around that. I can understand not liking something, as in it's just not up to his personal taste, or even the genre, but then why even write the review? I assume this is with the passage of time. If it was brand new I could forgive the writer.
@groverbaker6404
2 жыл бұрын
Christgau said a lot of bullshit.. but I personally listen to records and if I like them..I like them..critics are a dime a dozen...I'm Motown critic without reserve.stand up for your favorite records!! Great job and analysis..so many changes in the60s caused the prog movement..
@cliffordjones8217
2 жыл бұрын
I can't argue with this list. I would maybe have added Tago Mago by Can
@joaquinlezcano2372
2 жыл бұрын
By 1971, prog already was born and peaked...
@rhyshughes7663
2 жыл бұрын
Agree with most of what you say. I am just wondering how influential Can's first album was on prog musicians? Maybe not much at the time, but looking back it seems significant. I would also be tempted to add Caravan's first album as a signpost to prog.
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
I agree strongly that Shine On, Brightly is the pivotal point in PH's output. A Whiter Shade of Pales was more popular and that's the criterion Christgau used, as he tends to be a fairly myopic individual. Fairport Convention (I saw them open for Traffic) were at the forefront of long non-blues based improv, which was a foundation of Progressive rock. I think its inclusion is legitimate, as it encouraged Europeans to embrace non-blues based music. The Mothers of Invention through Burnt Weenie Sandwich deserve a great deal of credit for founding prog, as do certain American bands like Spirit, the Doors, SRC, and others, but some people just dogmatically trace prog back to English routes or obvious influences on the Beatles, but the level of experimentation in popular music between 1966 and 1969 was mind boggling. Hawkwind came late to the game. I would mention Van der Graaf Generator or Gong as earlier foundational bands, too. Christgau is a schmuck, and he probably only gave the Nice credit because they had a guitarist then. One thing I should point out is that there was a huge influence of classical music AND free jazz (Albert Ayler on the Beatles, the list of influences on Freak Out, free improvising on Pink Floyd and King Crimson (KC acknowledged listening to John Handy Live at Monterey, a jazz album that would appeal to a lot of rock fans). Because most critics think in boxes, he also ignores some elements of Hendrix, Cream, Love, Grateful Dead, and even the Velvet Underground as influences on Prog before rock degenerated into warring camps of purists with agendas. Chris Welch made a great point that most English music was progressive up to a point, as was American rock until 1969 when AM programmers changed direction. The success of certain acts like the Who (who were also progressive, IMHO) and blues, r and r, and country roots influenced bands dominated the airwaves hurt experimental and progressive music as early as 1968-1969)
@daviddunmore8415
2 жыл бұрын
Goo callwithThe Nice, I'd have thought 'Ars Longa, Vita Brevis' also deserved a place. BTW I saw The Nice, supported by YES in 1968 0r 9 in London
@adaondra337
2 жыл бұрын
I think that Fairport Convention is included because of the heavy leaning towards folk and its elements and introducing them into more complex structures rather than creating a more conventional straightforward folk songs.
@themikentimcomedyshow3343
2 жыл бұрын
This is a good point, there are many ways Prog expressed itself. I think it's a good argumen, if a subjective one!
@idiotdrummer60
2 жыл бұрын
I'd also add that why I'd include Liege & Lief is that it, in common with most european prog, it didn't rely on the blues, but instead on native european music, either folk, or classical.
@jimandlizhudson2501
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Without Fairport would there have been Jethro Tull?
@jaybee7890
2 жыл бұрын
I'd go with Martin Denny "Quiet Village" from 1959 as well as Kind of Blue from Miles. Albums that completely shit on what was expected at a time when nobody ever strayed. The birth of most modern radio music that is defiant in anyway - 1959 the year of all of that. More good proto music in that year than any other. Even Les Baxter Space Escapades for Googie jet age stuff, or the Forbidden Planet soundtrack from the French electronic duo. Prog was already forming way earlier than anything mentioned in this post.
@btard4978
2 жыл бұрын
Soft Machine Vol 2 was incredibly influential. All of the defining characteristics of the Canterbury scene flow from here: witty, literate (tips of the hat to Beckett & Pynchon at a time when most of their contemporaries' reading rarely stretched beyond Tolkien), self-referential lyrics; a mixture of pop melodies and out-there free-improv; virtuosity deployed as a means not an end,; Pythonesque sense of humour (even though it was released a month before Python hit the airwaves!) and a refusal to take itself too seriously. Without it, no Egg, Hatfield & The North, Henry Cow, Picchio Dal Pozzo, Aksak Maboul etc etc...
@edwardmeradith2419
2 жыл бұрын
I know it wouldn’t technically qualify, but “the SMiLE Sessions” (beach boys) - great players, innovative structures, ambitious lyrics.
@philbarker8219
2 жыл бұрын
People will argue about this stuff for ages, what should be in, what should be out etc. A lot of American music was pretty formulaic, and I think only the Electric Prunes and the Mothers (maybe Moby Grape?) fit in the kind of 'way out' or 'what the hell was that' category that changes your life - the hallmark of a good prog band. I would say The Pretty Things 'S.F.Sorrow' should definitely be in the list somewhere. Glad that Nice made it to the list, always entertaining when I saw them. Other mentions should be made including Family, Barclay James Harvest and I am worried that the Crazy World of Arthur Brown are not on the list, because this was truly crazy. Skid Row definitely shook it up late 60's effortlessly creating and deserve a mention. Graeme Bond was also an extreme influence on the development of music in the 60s. For me, I think prog was almost dead by 1973/74. When I listened to Weather Report, Crossings and Live-Evil, I moved on.
@philbarker8219
2 жыл бұрын
I'll just add, with a thanks to the people that liked my original comment.... If you want a definition of Prog Rock in 2022, stay on KZitem and find the live vision of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss playing 'When the levee breaks' - this is Prog 2022, utterly mindblowing.
@pencilpauli9442
2 жыл бұрын
Not a historian of prog, but your analysis makes a lot of sense to me. Always loved the Moodies, who I would consider prog adjacent. My first experience of the Moodies was c1970 with To Our Children's Children's Children. As an 11 you or thereabouts, it was a whole new sound world. TOCCC I would suggest is more prog than some of their other albums. Fairport Convention does seem a tad out of place on this list. Going to have to listen to the album again
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
Check out my history of prog videos
@robjones8733
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Lyric for you: "I could be your Soft Machine, you could be my only, cultivate obscurity, and save your tonsils in a Mason jar...". Always wondered about that...Ass Ponys. Song is "Only".
@Kowinaida
2 жыл бұрын
Although there's not an album, I would say the works of Stockhausen from the early 50s are very important.
@fab208athome
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting list - I would add Ogdens' Nutgone Flake and Tommy to mine
@richardsmallwood7940
2 жыл бұрын
What about "Topographic Oceans" by Yes, may be a bit late, but definitely a progression of the Prog Rock movement?
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
I think we're really dealing with building blocks c.66-69
@stephanegosselin2861
2 жыл бұрын
Great list! Thanks
@tonyoliver2750
2 жыл бұрын
Yes to Days of Future Passed; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack . Not sure about the rest (No to Pet Sounds and Liege and Leif though I have both albums). I guess were saying that the building blocks of prog. are being laid in 1967/1968?
@murdockreviews
2 жыл бұрын
Instead of Fairport Convention, I rather would have added The Incredible String Band.
@dwighthaas1771
2 жыл бұрын
ELO had some great theme albums which were progressive in how they integrated classical themes in the rock music.
@scottsanders5821
2 жыл бұрын
with simon house hawkwind became prog, but that was a little late to be included as a building block (hotmg '74)
@petejp1
2 жыл бұрын
I think you could make an argument either way on most of these albums with the exception of king crimson. I would throw in love's forever changes and even their earlier album da capo. They experimented with strings, classical arrangements and lengthy jams. Both from 1967. Jefferson airplanes after bathing at baxters could be considered too.
@Superstacco
2 жыл бұрын
Forever Changes, absolutely!
@sandygalbraith9491
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree. A hugely influential album. No self-respecting prog rock fan would be without Forever Changes in their collection.
@ice9snowflake187
2 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda surprised that the Grateful Dead's "Anthem of the Sun" didn't make this list- maybe it's in Christgau's.
@MrMick50
2 жыл бұрын
Great choice
@markrosenthal9108
2 жыл бұрын
One album in 1969, no live performances. One of the first and an influence to the Prog that followed: "Touch" - led by Don Galluci, the keyboardist for the Kingsmen on "Louie Louie".
@constantinghe3801
2 жыл бұрын
Gentle Giant debut lp should be considered on that list too .....
@ambueh22
2 жыл бұрын
Pleased to see that the first album mentioned was Soft Machine's second release; great choice!
@mikeymutual5489
2 жыл бұрын
While Sgt. Pepper might have perfected the album form, its songs (except for the last one) were mostly traditional in nature. The Beatles have to be on this list, but it is *Revolver* that was the Beatles' most daring album, and the one that most influenced what was to become Progressive Rock.
@danfromnewwie
2 жыл бұрын
Agree.👍
@Captain_Rhodes
2 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on Parliament/Funkadelic - one the of the greatest and most ignored bands who have quite a few prog elements. They are still going and rarely get a mention which is a real travesty.
@jasfan8247
2 жыл бұрын
I guess Clinton is very progressive but his musical/intelectual building blocks is more where Sly/Jimi took the JamesBrown elements through Beethoven/Stockhausen. As JamesBlood Ulmer sings...Jazz is the teacher, Funk is the preacher!
@Captain_Rhodes
2 жыл бұрын
@@jasfan8247 Parliament have a lot of folk influence too. For example working with Ruth copeland who wrote songs with them and had them play on her records. They used bagpipes, harpsichord and harp. Sly and Jimi never went down that road. Yes they also have a big classical influence too. I do class them as a funk band but they were not always. People dismiss them because they dont realy know their music thoroughly. Their lyrics incorporate fantasy, phychedelic ideas too. Not to mention politics and more funk associated themes. When I saw them live they had 10 minute cello solos and did country and western songs for an hour. They realy do deserve more recognition IMO
@jasfan8247
2 жыл бұрын
@@Captain_Rhodes certainly, and they have a big name for inventing the P-Funk but this progrock scene is mostly Eurosensitive.(they also don't mention The Residents) Funky story, once about '68 they played on VanillaFudge equipment and that sound made Clinton realise the possibilities. They did shows with Stooges, MC5 also in 69.
@Captain_Rhodes
2 жыл бұрын
@@jasfan8247 yea i think a lot of people are missing out on what they realy do because of the P funk hits
@mcwulf25
2 жыл бұрын
I don't much agree. Some of those albums added studio experimentation but I would be looking for longer form tracks drawing on folk and classical music with something original around keys and timings. So no, not Moody Blues or Beach Boys who made songs which were pleasant and unchallenging much like Alan Parsons in the 70s or Asia in the 80s. I go along with The Nice and Crimson. And Floyd and Soft Machine. I would expect to see Jethro Tull in there. Living in the Past perhaps. Maybe Traffic? I don't usually think of US influences as UK prog is pretty unique. Zappa was doing similar stuff though. I am a huge Hawkwind fan but they are not prog pioneers. Theirs was a stripped down trippy sound that owes a lot to Pink Floyd (Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun) and Black Sabbath (Iron Man sounds like a Hawkwind song). Hard to see how Genesis and Yes got their influences.
@dougreed2257
2 жыл бұрын
The moody blues were 'progressive' in the truest sense, especially from 1967-72, I feel the word PROG as its interpreted today, is slightly different to the progressive of late 60s to early to middle 70s,in that sense, even though I feel the moodies were indeed forefathers or one of the very first to bring us "symphonic rock" so, what I'm saying is this😂, the moody blues were progressive and "Prog" from that period mentioned"nights in white satin" "have you heard part 1(the voyage)" have you heard"part 2 " and all of " Our children's children's children" emphatically prove, they ceased being prog from the start of the 80s, though "the voice" from "long distance voyager" was prog pop/rock, though they probably stopped being prog with 78's " octave" album, though "steppin' in a slide zone" was prog lite!
@tonyoliver2750
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Though I loved some of the songs on Octave it was obvious that their time as a prog. band had come to an end.
@dougreed2257
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyoliver2750 absolutely, it was always going to be that way after Mike pinder left the band, but we always have the so called "core 7" to remind us how amazing they were😊👌
@PeteBetter
2 жыл бұрын
That twee English proto prog is properly called Hobbit Rock.
@darrentomlyn6853
2 жыл бұрын
Since I've played with Charlie Whitney, can I put forward my nomination of 'additional album that should/could be on this list' to be 'Music In A Dolls House' by Family. (1968)?
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
Family is a very important group; extremely talented, unusual, fantastic live shows!
@davidcolin6519
2 жыл бұрын
Finally, a Chanel/reviewer/musicologist who doesn't automatically dismiss progressive rock out of hand as some sort of intellectual wa*king! I've always loved prog. rock, in fact, I think I loved it long before the term was regularly used. I'm really not familiar enough with the early days, but I think that you're right on most counts. I'll no doubt be posting on various subjects as I have now subscribed.
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard.
@NelsonMontana1234
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, I guess everyone has their own experience. For me, it started with #1: Sgt Pepper. #2: Then Disraeli Gears, which isn't really prog but the beginning of virtuoso musicianship in a rock band. #3: Zappa's Hot Rats. #4: Blood Sweat and Tears mixing bop and pop. #5: Axis Bold as Love #6: In the Court of the Crimson King. Of course. #7 The YES Album. #8: E.L.P. #9: Gentle Giant Octopus #10: Mahavishnu Orchestra.
@jasfan8247
2 жыл бұрын
In Summer '67 also Vanilla Fudge came out! Their long winding version of 'Hangin on' inspired a lot of good players. Is Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride progrock?
@davidbayliss4415
2 ай бұрын
I can see why Fairport should be there. They brought in that element of English/Celtic folk - the Byrds were American electrified folk, an absolutely different thing. From Fairport you can get to Jethro Tull. Also, you can hear their influence in Jon Anderson's more ballad like material with Yes.
@Richardgm99
2 жыл бұрын
What about Spirit’s Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus? You should review it regardless. 😀
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
I agree that should be on a review and I hope it will be one day. I just love that album and have been listening to some tracks from it on KZitem over the last couple of weeks.
@CptMark
2 жыл бұрын
"The Thoughts of Emerlist Davejack" is the prog's building block.
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
I hoped that Zappa would be on this list and I am happy to see him here. Never expected to see him at number one though. As you may have gathered from previous comments on your videos and other videos too I am a huge fan of FZ and have been for about 30 years now.
@jonathansturm4163
2 жыл бұрын
Wot! Only 30? I fell in love with FZ’s music at the age of 21 fifty years ago.
@alanwhite9466
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathansturm4163 I was a teenager when I truly started on my Zappadom. I'd heard him on and off your years before that but it was my 16, 17, 18 year old self that really got him. I've loved him ever since.
@alanhynd7886
2 жыл бұрын
For me, Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor forms one of the origins of Prog
@tonyoliver2750
2 жыл бұрын
As performed by ELP?
@alanhynd7886
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyoliver2750 My memory is getting dim. I recall the Nice doing the Bandenburg Concherto, can't recall ELP doing Bach's Tocatta. Ginistera's Tocatta in Brain Salad Surgery, maybe?
@tonyoliver2750
2 жыл бұрын
@@alanhynd7886 Well I'm 68 so perhaps it's my memory that's malfunctioning. Perhaps I'm confusing it with Carl Palmer's ELP. kzitem.info/news/bejne/l2iGl4JpcIaCZqw
@MinorCirrus
2 жыл бұрын
For me, the band that gets constantly overlooked as per its contribution to the birth of prog is Deep Purple - specifically the Jon Lord-led era of the first three albums. Songs like Anthem on their second record or April on the third one (both predating Crimson King) were completely unique at the time. Lord had the exact same aim as the one that The Nice gets attributed, so why never mention him? That's my question to prog historians.
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
Check out my history of prog vol.2... I'm sure Purple get a mention
@MinorCirrus
2 жыл бұрын
@@classicalbum Yes, you did. You're pretty much the only one! I was talking about prog historians in general.
@carldybowski4338
2 жыл бұрын
Always wanted someone to do this. Thanks!
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
No problem 👍
@tomtrana3449
2 жыл бұрын
What' s about Arzachel, Rare Bird, Spooky Tooth, T2, and May Blitz?
@painless465
2 жыл бұрын
XGau usually has nothing good to say about prog. He actually gave KC In the Court of... a D?! Although to be fair,he gave A Salty Dog an A+. But he hates Thick as a Brick,Close to the Edge etc. When it comes to punk,post punk,folk-rock,genres he likes,hes very good. But Metal or Prog? Wouldn't give 2 S--ts what he thought
@MrCherryJuice
2 жыл бұрын
The Beatles' 'Revolver' and single 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields' (was to have been on 'Sgt. Pepper's') as well as the Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' and 'Heroes and Villains' certainly signalled the 'progressive' direction of pop, though mellotron use aside (by the Beatles) didn't leave much of an enduring sonic imprint. IMO, the band that suggested the concept, instrumentation, and sonic structure of Prog as we know it today was Vanilla Fudge. Their 1967 self-titled debut album, with its fiercely competent rhythm section of Carmine Appice and Tim Bogert, distortion-driven guitar by Vince Martell, and soaring Hammond and vocals from Mark Stein were the template. Indeed, the appearance of the Fudge in London attracted the major local musos and elicited a WTF response similar to that of Hendrix's earliest appearances in the city. Their omission (and by extension early Deep Purple, who claimed to want to be the 'European version' of the Fudge) makes this list untenable IMO. Also, Scottish trio 1-2-3 (keys/drums/bass; later renamed Clouds), via their residency at the Marquee attracted the attention of fellow Scot Ian Anderson, Robert Fripp, Keith Emerson, and Jon Anderson. It seems Emerson got the idea of standing at the keys from Clouds, and Anderson took their idea for Simon & Garfunkel's 'America' to Yes. The drummer, Harry Hughes, was, like Carl Palmer (then with Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds) from the Buddy Rich school of proficient jazz chops and like Appice instilled the idea that prog players were proficient players. Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry is a massive fan of Hughes and Clouds, something that likely happened via his former boss Anderson, who knew the lads prior to forming Tull. I'm no fan of Christgau - he seemed to take the first part of his name too seriously - but the Moody Blues did suggest progression from pop. As did Procol Harum, though the debut album, musically, is more blues inspired (the band was largely Southend r&b band the Paramounts) than is typically conceded. Subsequent albums were more daring (i.e., progressive), with prog rockers covers of the likes of 'In Held T'was I' a reminder of their enduring inspiration. One is tempted to add the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, another keys/bass/drums lineup, though with only one very exciting and highly dynamic album (Carl Palmer joined after its release; Colosseum drummer Jon Hiseman and Soft Machine's John Marshall also recorded tracks with the band, with the latter on two of the album's cuts) that band didn't have the opportunity to realise its potential. Palmer and organist/composer Vincent Crane went on to form Atomic Rooster. It is easy to understand why 'In the Court of the Crimson King' is considered the defining album for prog rock: It was arguably the first to incorporate all those things that ultimately suggested/defined prog beginnings - classically informed keys, wicked rhythm section, dynamic vocals, liberal use of time signatures, and no fear of extending songs beyond the 2-minute-and-thirty-eight seconds timeline. From the cover art to the extreme dynamics to the contrasting sonics that album screamed 'This is something no-one else has done'. It also picked up on Vanilla Fudge's template - as did Yes, a pop band that got rockier with each of its earliest albums. Also worthy of mention are the Yardbirds and the Move. The former, once Jeff Beck was onboard, were certainly adventurous and daring on singles ('Over Under Sideways Down', 'Shapes of Things', 'Happenings 10 Years Time Ago') and the 'Yardbirds' album (aka 'Roger the Engineer') though their influence is more noticeable in other rock forms including garage rock, psych, punk, blues and even fusion (largely due to Beck's adventurous guitar works). Roy Wood's vision for the Move became increasingly progressive with the addition of Jeff Lynne to the band. Still, the early singles and eponymous debut album were as progressive as any. But by the time of 'Message From the Country' (which saw the band evolve into ELO), progressive was surely a well-warranted description. In summation - the Beatles and Vanilla Fudge get my vote for initiating Prog. 1-2-3 should be noted for defining the genre aesthetic. King Crimson for defining it to the masses. And Yes for popularising it beyond just the eclectic boffins who wallow in such narratives as the one at play with Christgau's dubious list.
@Poppaneedsanap
2 жыл бұрын
'Crazy World of Arthur Brown' and Alice Cooper's 'Pretties for You' belong on this list.. IMO.. maybe
@jasfan8247
2 жыл бұрын
And the crazy world of Alan Bown....
@joequinn9743
2 жыл бұрын
i have heard the band Little Feet mentioned as a gateway to prog.
@stanleykostrzewski7222
2 жыл бұрын
The Least we can do is wave to each other . Van der Graaf Generator ....Hot Rats , Frank Zappa. Both on my list .
@mr.bloodvessel260
2 жыл бұрын
And an early Deep Purple album that used an Orchestra!
@mcwulf25
2 жыл бұрын
Jon Lord would have been a prog king if the rest of the band weren't so rock and roll. Child in Time is very proggy and there was the Concerto for Group and Orchestra.
@onceaknight850
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your posts. Your energy, vibrance, and ability to create dreamscape from an album I had hitherto not seen. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn I do believe inspired much of the British Prog scene. Just an aside point, I find it risible that Steven Wilson claims to not like Genesis, or Floyd. I must be hearing their nuances in my own mind when I listen to him play. Distancing yourself from yourself is an obscure but common trait of musicians
@classicalbum
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The next few posts will be moving away from prog to explore my love of psychedelia.
@rcbennett6592
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting Zappa at number one, he is a musical genius! I was at the Hendrix/Soft Machine concert in Hartford CT after Electric Ladyland was released in '69. Soft Machine didn't make an impact and was a bad choice for an opening act for Hendrix IMO. I liked your choices for prog rock influences & maybe would have included Vanilla Fudge & Blood, Sweat & Tears 1st album. When I 1st heard Sgt. Peppers I had a feeling this was a game changing album which would have a major impact on future albums because nothing any band did prior could compare.
@garygomesvedicastrology
2 жыл бұрын
Vanilla Fudge is a good choice. I know one reason SM opened for Hendrix was because Hendrix really liked them. Jimi also liked the Nice and King Crimson, as well.
@kurtkish6970
2 жыл бұрын
Freak Out- for sure!
@drawyrral
2 жыл бұрын
I would think Hawkwind should be given consideration.
@bertkarlsson1421
2 жыл бұрын
I would add Monument by Hansson & Karlsson from 1967! Possibly the first prog album!
@andyboerger
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you that ITCOTCK doesn't belong on this list, because it should be considered not as a building block FOR prog, but the first fully realized prog album. I might consider substituting it with The Who's Tommy, as its concept was quite progressive. What Sgt. Pepper did with sound production in terms of transforming the single into something more expansive, Tommy did with narrative. The album is basically a collection of pop singles, but strung along like pearls to create something much larger.
@vdggmouse9512
2 жыл бұрын
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue, Bitches Brew Coltrane - Giant Steps Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Beatles - Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White, Abbey Road Stones - Satanic Kinks - Village Green, Arthur Who - Tommy Pretty Things - SF Sorrow Zappa - Freak Out Nice - Ars vita, Emerlist VdGG - Aerosol Grey Machine Soft Machine - Volume 2 Jethro Tull - Stand Up Led Zeppelin - 1 Caravan - Caravan Amon Duul - Phallus Dei Terry Riley - Rainbow in Curved Air Aphrodite's Child - End Of the World Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 25 albums - but I'm still missing some - side note - I really don't think Pet Sounds should be considered a prog rock building block album but because so many have said so - that probably influenced me to include it on this list. If I were to swap it out I'd replace it with The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream. I do think that is more of a prog building block album than the earlier Moody Blues albums based on the prog like ending 4 songs (Have You Heard medley) - which sums up the album in prog like fashion.
@johnthebiker300
2 жыл бұрын
It might have been worth putting a link in to the original article that you have created this video from .
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