My picks are: 10. Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) 9. Caravan 8. Omega (Hungary) 7. ELP 6. Mike Oldfield * 5. King Crimson 4. Moody Blues 3. Hawkwind 2. Jethro Tull 1. Pink Floyd * Artist, not band, but obviously the greatest artist in prog rock
I was 13 when I discovered them (1973) on records and in live concerts. I still listen to Gentle Giant first 7 (up to Free Hand) albums + their live albums with awe and delight. Octopus and In a Glass House remain masterworks.
Genesis' commercial success was due to the change in their style after Hackett left. In the seventies, Genesis lagged behind in album and ticket sales compared to Pink Floyd, ELP, Yes, and Jethro Tull. The stadium tours came when they transitioned to pop. As for the top four, they could be interchangable...
By far my favourite prog band and one of my favourite bands ever is rush. So many great prog epics mixed with surprisingly heavy tracks and all 3 members as top musicians. Near perfect band
50 Best Prog Rock Bands Ever (uDiscover Music): 1. King Crimson 2. Yes 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time (uDiscover Music): 1. Close to the Edge - Yes 100 Greatest Prog Artists of All Time (Louder Sound): 1. Yes The 150 Best Prog Rock Bands (Ranker): 1. Pink Floyd 2. Yes 100 Greatest Progressive Rock Artists (DigitalDreamDoor): 1. Yes Best Prog Rock Band (Talk Classical): 1. King Crimson 2. Yes Prog Magazine 100 Greatest Artists: 1. Yes Prog Magazine Top 100 Albums: 1. Close To The Edge - Yes
I clearly remember their arrival. They were heralded as rescuing the Genesis fans from the loss of Peter and Steve and the changes that Genesis was morphing into (I was ok with it, though). I admit I was excited at the prospect and bought the first two albums. It did herald back to old Genesis but alas it didn't stick for me and I stopped following them. But I think that was more about me than them as they have had a great career.
Yeah. PT, The Mara Volta, and Tool are probably the three most notable bands from the prog revival of the aughts. All three of them stand up to the 70s greats.
@@samuelstephens6904 i somehow find Radiohead's OK Computer the ultimate new age prog for me (me being a late 70's prog listener in my teens). That album is just so immersive and inventive -prime stuff. Didn't think I would get so caught up in a "new bad " when I started that listen on my early 50's (a young 61 now).
@@Vince-lq3ve I wouldn’t really call _OK Computer_ capital P Prog, except the song “Paranoid Android.” That being said, I do think Radiohead were a major influence on the British prog bands of the 00s. Porcupine Tree, Muse, Oceansize, Marillion, and others had obviously been listening to Radiohead. Not so much the American prog bands though.
@@samuelstephens6904 I kinda self labelled that on them thinking of the album and it's overall musical theme but true enough they sure aren't 70's prog. Course then I start to wonder if the Lamb Album is capital prog. I think there is a similarity to the two albums in the way they speak from an inside your head kinda psychedelic vibe.
@@mikehubbard1067 Oddly enough, I think I grew up out of the Pink Floyd output, but back in my youth I really placed them on a pedestal. Now a playlist of prog bands works great for me, but Floyd seems out of place on it. Jethro Tull really stands out now -jumpy, positive, fun. I'm addicted to Genesis so that's hard to judge. I've only had one album in mind for King Crimson (Court of the ....). For the reaction listener's that I frequent, old Genesis is a treat because it really entertains, it is so original for them, so diverse from one album to the next. and so well written. It works so well because that old stuff works best with a hard attention vs background party music. Anywho, forgot what my point was. Cheers.
My favorite program groups are number one Genesis and they also love Emerson Lake and Palmer king crimson and yes those are great bands. One of my favorite songs by us is awake and I was absolutely blown away not only how epic it is 15 minutes long and my other favorite song prank Roxanne would have to be supper’s ready by Genesis it’s an absolute masterpiece one of the best in the world.
@@wendycrawford1792This work always moves me to tears, a mixture of religious inspiration and the incredibly fantastic instrumental and vocal implementation👍🎵
For me, the most painful omission was Renaissance. Also, if still deemed to be "unworthy" for inclusion by some, bands deserving AT LEAST a mention (IMHO) include: Procol Harum, Hawkwind, Curved Air, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Supertramp. The list seems to be "old school" / "OG" prog rock. However, if the list DID include "modern prog"...Marillion and Porcupine Tree would demand representation. As for the order, I feel it's up to one's personal taste, background, opinion, etc. and will therefore vary greatly. Nevertheless, I would like to weigh in and affirm that if KING CRIMSON were the only band listed for all 10 slots, I would be absolutely content !😁😄😃😀😃😄😁
I agree with this statement 100%! I would also have liked to see the bands Pallas, IQ, and Kayak get a mention. I am a huge Mike Oldfield fan right from the beginning but you just never see him mentioned in these kind of poles/queries, so it was great to see you do so. One other would be ‘Starcastle’. I know their sound was very much similar to classical era ‘Yes’, but still… they did it very well… and hell, if it had been yes that produced those songs I expect they’d have been excepted with open arms. Besides, at this point Yes was moving on to a different sound anyway, (not to mention changing players enough to consider them as a different band every few albums) lol.
@@mikehubbard1067 they were still prog after Gabriel left. they became pop after hackett left but even then, they'd keep at least one or two or even 3 prog songs/long songs
Apart from Queen the first "proper" prog band that caught my imagination was Rush when I heard "The Trees" on The Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1, hosted by the legendary Tommy Vance.
Rush would have easily made a "best of" list, but they're a Canadian band. The list is apparently limited to UK. Oh well. I am happy someone mentioned them. Thanx.
Rush are the ultimate progressive band, in terms of an evolving sound, utilising technology while still retaining (unlike Genesis) an overall uncompromising 'outside' sensibility. Geddy Lee's distinctive vocal aside, it's hard to believe that Hemispheres and Signals were made by the same band, yet they are only 4 years apart. My introduction to prog was via my brother who played Bursting Out (the Tull double live album) to death when it came out. I was 7 years old and transfixed, especially by Conundrum; a kind of insane prog version of Moby Dick, complete with an unbelievable 10min drum solo by the legendary Barrymore Barlow. My infant peers at the time, were obsessed with the toys from a new blockbuster movie called Star Wars. I was at home listening to bearded men in fishing hats and capes searching for 'the lost chord' in 25 minute 'song cycles divided into 'suites'....... The attraction for me and what unifies bands who are so categorised yet can't really be described as a single genre stylistically, is a pure and earnest artistic ambition to make the best possible music for its own sake; to really push themselves to say something both lyrically and harmonically more thoughtful and cerebral than boy meets girl, girl dumps boy......not that that doesn't also have a significant place in my music library. The fantasy themes aesthetic and sartorial ludicrousness offered pure escapism. Martin Barre, Tull guitarist's stage wear consisted of a hand cut tweed suit, cravat. He shredded his Les Paul while wearing a monocle and smoking a huge fuck off Sherlock Holmes pipe! The common misconception that has evolved regarding death of prog at the hands of Punk; hailed as some revolutionary artistic force from the streets is of course utter horse shit. The sex pistols, were a band manufactured by two middle class graduates of London's prestigious Central Saint Martins Art School (Vivienne Westward and Malcolm McLaren) as a promotional tool for a clothes shop and who's music was produced and marketed by a rich public school layabout called Richard Branson....about as revolutionary as One Direction. The pistols fired their bass player (and main songwriter) because he didn't have the right image. The emptiness of the 'Punk ethos' reached heights more preposterous than Wakemans King Arthur on Ice gigs with The Clash's (dreadful) set at the US festival in '83. (Public School educated son of a British overseas diplomat) Joe Strummer kept interrupting the gig (no bad thing in and of itself) to make completely inarticulate speeches about the corrupting evil force of capitalism while performing a single show for a fee of $750,000 paid personally by the co-founder of the always welfare conscious Apple Computers.........The speeches, it later transpired, were pure sour grapes, Strummer having spent the previous fortnight complaining when he discovered that Van Halen and David Bowie were being paid double in secretly negotiated 'favoured nations' contracts. His tantrums came to a head in a series of press conferences in which (the infinitely sharper) Dave Lee Roth ran rings around him, showing him up for the hypocrite he was. The festival organisers got so pissed off during the clash set they projected an image of a copy of the bands 3/4 million dollar cheque onto the stage back screen while the band 'played' (if you could call it that).....Fast forward 30 years, whatever 'punk' that still exists can barely fill the back rooms of pubs with their amateurish twoddle, while Roger Waters rakes in a billion dollars performing the ultimate prog concept album The Wall. Salad Days of 'sticky black' hash, gatefold sleeves.....lost in the mists of time.....Which ironically could almost be a concept for a jazz infused triple album musical novella......
Where was I when prog rock took hold? I was in high school 1969-73, but it all hit me at the same time. King Crimson, ELP, Tull, and Yes. Great thing about those times were the other bands and genres that were evolving. Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, ZZ Topp, Allman Brother's, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Traffic to name a few.
Emerson Lake and Palmer should have been number one not only were they the world's first progressive rock supergroup put the musicianship was second to none. Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer won all of the polls back in the seventies and all of these guys were considered the standard for excellence in musicianship that all other bands were measured against back in that era. All technical virtuosos and Maestro musicians they will forever be the Bach Beethoven and Mozart of our times😮😊
@@michaelgrossman5913 okay. I guess that's why ELP were known as the standard for quality in musicianship that all other groups were measured by in the day. And I'm sure gentle Giants keyboard player could o u t perform Keith Emerson. Hahaha. Not
@@edljnehan2811 Since you can't even name Gentle Giant's keyboardist, I'm inclined to give you a pass for your blatant ignorance. I was a piano major in college. I'm able to play many of Emerson's compositions with decent integrity, but when it comes to playing what Kerry Minnear plays and has composed, I'm perpetually amazed and dumbfounded by the technical proficiency it takes to play his music. His conceptualization and technique are from another planet. I've seen both bands several times in their prime, and Gentle Giant is by far the most talented group of Rock musicians ever to take a stage.
@@michaelgrossman5913 for one thing Einstein or should I say Mozart who said anything about me not knowing gentle Giants keyboard player. Another thing I'm a maestro musician who plays not only keyboards but drums as well, and then another thing I was not only a musician but I was listening to this stuff before you were soiling your diapers. So I think you're taking a lot for granted about me when you don't even know me. As far as Keith Emerson goes he was the greatest back then and after up until the day he passed away. Granted he had carpal tunnel problems however he got those problems from playing facing away from the keyboards along with a few other things. Apparently it looks like you wasted your money taking music lessons because it's obvious to me you don't know what you're talking about you're the one that's ignorant. The great Keith Emerson was always considered God on the keyboards be it in music polls or on the Internet as well as experts on playing the keyboards being absolutely blown away after they watched him perform. Only a fraction of the people even know who k e r r y meniere even is. I've seen him play and he doesn't hold a candle to Keith Emerson. For that fact I can name 10 keyboard players that are better than him. I don't know where you get off even saying crap like that to me. I'm pretty sure even your boyfriend would agree with me or I apologize your husband.
King Crimson!! Without doubt my all time fav. Number one talking about being progressive going forward. Yet as a genre, Yes would be my nr1 pick progrock band. Sadly missing: the amazing Renaissance!
Yes, King Crimson were unbelievable and unfortunately one of the bands l didn’t get to see. I love Renaissance! however, they are definitely in a different genre than the ten bands mentioned.
@@delby66 Yes, Strawbs were amazing, think Benediction. One of the first albums l bought. I had the good fortune of seeing them in concert, Massey Hall, Toronto. Saw Camel in England-didn’t know a thing about them. Couldn’t believe how good they were! Smiling a lot. Snow Goose was brilliant and beautiful! Focus was another brilliant band, and Exception both Dutch. Vangelis was brilliant but a different genre maybe. Gentle Giant had my heart though. Got to see them 4 times. So lucky! Cheers
If you don't know not eastern Prog bands, recommend Japanese prog. Yonin Bayashi(四人囃子), shin getsu(新月), Bi kyo ran(美狂乱), Koenji hyakkei(高円寺百景), NOVELA, Mr.Sirius, kenso, Ain Soph, Black page, Pageant, and Flower travelin' band.
These are personal preferences and really hard to put them in order: 1. King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill 2. Genesis, Jethro Tull, Yes 3. E.L.P, Pink Floyd, Renaisance, 4. Deep Purple 5. Led Zeppelin 6. Santana 7. Mahavishnu Orchestra 8. Supertramp 9. Harmonium 10. Camel Really great mentions: Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Mike Oldfield, Tool, Anglagard, Marillion, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Dream Theatre, Styx, Caravan, Rush, Opeth,
I clearly remember when Marillion arrived. As Genesis had started to move to a more commercial sound with Phil as lead, Marillion were touted as a new "old Genesis sounding" band with lead Fish portraying a Peter Gabriel-style to satisfy fans of that 70's version of Genesis. I was definitely excited and still own the first two original vinyl's. Hence, they were a derivative of Genesis, not a pioneer of Prog -so unfortunately they wouldn't go on this particular list which is really leaning on the first prog outfits. Great band though.
I like Mike Oldfield. He is prog rock. I know that is not a band it is an artist. In all fairness they did say prog rock artists at the start of the video.
At the beginning They said they omitted Pink Floyd because they started out more aligned with psychedelia. And they also omitted The Moody Blues because they were more of a progenitor of Prog
All of these bands, except for one, have one thing in common -- they have the 70s sound. And this is why Yes deserves to be #1 - their sound and compositions are always fresh sounding, which makes them timeless. And this is beside the fact that every one of the core members was a musical genius.
@@Vince-lq3ve Agreed, that it's a great album - but, if one, not knowing the band, were asked what decade that album was made, there would be a very good chance they'd get it right - because the style of instrumentation and the production quality of the album are very typical of 70's prog.
@@roygaiot7968 So you're saying they would listen to a Genesis album and immediately say, that's 70's Prog music but with Yes they wouldn't know where to place it -kinda unrecognizable. Hmmm, so maybe you are actually saying Yes wasn't a Prog band at all. I still think Yes should be left somewhere on the list, though. (just havin fun)
Once again Renaissance is forgotten. A string of excellent albums between 1972 - 78. I could easily live without Caravan and Soft Machine. Genesis were great only till Steve Hackett's departure.
After "Wind & Wuthering" Genesis ceased to be, and should/could have been renamed. (I would have still followed them, but still...) As for Renaissance, their omission from this list was genuinely painful !
@@drmanny1957 it would be easier to dismiss Genesis after Steve left except for the fact that those three remaining members wrote virtually the entire Lamb music -without Peter who wrote the lyrics in another room. Steve wasn't writing at that point and never really did with Genesis though he did add a great sound to it when he had a chance. The core was Tony first, then Mike and then Phil (once Peter left).
Disagree on Genesis. The Hackett/Gabriel lineup was by far superior and Hackett minute Gabriel was likewise great but post-Hackett has its own allure. That being said, Renaissance is awesome and I mention them whenever I get the chance.
I would have like to have seen The Strawbs and Gong on this list but overall good job especially with Van Der Graaf Generator and Gentile Giant included.
It's impossible not to agree with these, though every one of us has a different order for these. THANKS for including the hidden gem CARAVAN which is one of my favorites and STILL making albums! "It's None of your business" was released on 2022!
As someone who dipped into this video knowing nothing of Prog Rock, and wanting to learn, it is rather disappointing that you didn't include more music. You mentioned many songs thus, as a Prog Rock ignoramus, it would have been good to have heard more of them. hey-ho!!
You had me until #1. To me the battle for #1 was obviously between Yes, Crimson and ELP. How Procal Harum wasn't included ( In Held Twas I) while such also rans as Soft Machine were....boggles the mind.
Yes, Crimson and ELP are widely regarded as the classics and the pioneers of prog. That has been the consensus among prog aficionados and anyone who knows anything about the genre. A no-brainer. I suspect Procol Harum weren't included for the same reason The Moodies and The Nice were omitted.
Another one of those top ten lists… but there you go they now did a more decent one including VDGG which never got the recognition they deserved in their home land. Plus they also should be placed on a much better position as well as GG. Glad Floyd was finnaly left out too.
So many great and inventive Prog albums were released in the early 70's but any of the albums released by Van Der Graf Generator , Gentle Giant and Caravan from this period must rate as some of the best of the genre .
King Crimson is my favorite prog band, but if the question who's the number 1 prog band,the answer is Yes. They have hits song every decades, and they always progression every year and still release new albums.
Hands down, In the Court of the Crimson King is the mother of Prog-Rock with prelude from The Beatles, The Moody Blues and Family's Music in a Dolls House.
How much all these bands owed to the moody blues and procol harum ?????? The Mellotron (pinder) the flute ( thomas),the hammond (fisher),The drums ( wilson),the piano(brooker)the guitar( trower),and so on...how do they owe them?????
At the beginning They said they omitted Pink Floyd because they started out more aligned with psychedelia. And they also omitted The Moody Blues because they were more of a progenitor of Prog
No Pink Floyd or Moody Blues on this list? Well let's exclude all the others too. My number one ProgRock band on MY rules is therefore Bucks Fizz. CRAP VIDEO.
Where was I when prog rock took hold? In my buddy's car when he cranked up Abacab and the speakers where right behind my head. Genesis burned themselves into my brain at that point.
For anyone looking for an evolution of prog, check out Mr. Bungle. I promise every other modern prog act will look like retro tribute bands in comparison. Their live shows were like none other in terms of pure chaos. It's so incredibly innovative for the 90's and possibly the weirdest mainstream band in existence as it constantly switches between genres, has lyrics that do not hold any punches and musicians that regularly surpass expectations (Mike Patton the singer has the widest range of any vocalist, the man can do anything with his voice). It possibly uses heavy metal in the best way too, to give tunes extreme contrasts with the right amount of weight to it, then transition into a soothing soundscape right after. Creative (to say the least XD) use of sampling too throughout songs. Frank Zappa was supposed to produce the first album, but was very sick at the time and couldn't. It was renowned experimental jazz musician John Zorn that ended up doing it. When the final result was out, Zappa apparently said he'd wished it was him instead, which gives you an idea of the genius on display. They remove all sense of "honor" and "distinguished" appearance from music to simply parody everything and anything without remorse.
I grew listening great legends of rock since ends of sixties until now, Deep Purple, Grand Funk, Led Zeppelin, Rare Earth, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Kraftwerk, Jethro Tull, Cream, Santana, uff and many others. In fact here in Chile we have a couple bands remarkables like Los Jaivas or Congreso whith a nice tracks that perfectly qualifying within prog music. But from this list, I remember some Genesis albums as the first that I listen and blow me high. And I wouldn't let to mention to the master Robert Fripp and the first King Crimson albums as the biggest. I agree with these list, specially the five first bands. Thanks for share.
Take the seven albums Genesis cranked out in a row starting with Trespass and line them up against those other band's best run of seven...yes Seriously.
not that unpopular of an opinion though. you're acting like it's ridiculous they have the most albums in the prog archives top 100 and one of the only 4 bands with 2 albums in the top 10. people love them
@@МуродТанжихолов I dunno, highest points? That's pretty subjective stuff. Musical Box, pretty high, Fifth of Firth, Supper's Ready, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in it's entirety, Trick of the tail ack, the list of high points for me is quite a lot for Genesis. But I don't want to argue that Genesis is better than these greats, just that they easily belong amongst them. In that top ten world of Prog Giants, these bands get mixed about but who is going to place a band above Yes or Pink Floyd or King Crimson, or Genesis for that matter... These are simply bands that delivered, and Genesis definitely belongs amongst them. So on this list Genesis ends up first, hell I'll accept it, but really they are all firsts when they get to this level of really really great music.
Camel's (Music Inspired by) The Snow Goose was the first 'serious' LP I bought. The band are regarded as coming from Guildford, Andy Latimer being born in the town. (Fun fact: The Stranglers were also from Guildford. J.J. Burnell attended the Royal Grammar School.)
'72 when a friend played me his Aqualung 8 Track I was Impressed. The next time we went to town I picked it up, and Thick As A Brick... after hearing "I Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out... I may Make You Feel, But I Can't Make You Think..." I was Hooked. Tull resonated with me. Tull made me think. Dubito, Ergo Cogito, Ergo Sum (I Doubt, Therefore I Think, Therefore I am)
@user-ng2nt2tx4p Cogito Cogito Sum Ergo Sum Cogito. I may have made a botch of that...trying do the spoken intro to The Moody Blues "On The Threshold Of A Dream: "I Think. I Think I Am. Therefore I Am. I think." I am very bad with Latin.
I am cursed as I can't handle VDGG. The music is very well done but the singing just kills me. I have tried again and again...maybe one day it will work.
@@BriskyShark Funny how our ears can work differently. Hammill definitely has a passionate fanbase. i guess it wasn't meant to be. I also don't like Turkey stuffing and I believe I am the only one.
If in this list say than the number one Is génesis Like the Best prog rock band i dont think so, first Is Emerson lake and palmer, yes, king Crimson, camel etc.
grew up in Detroit and Windsor. left home to play Jr hockey, @ 15. 1st concert that i ever went to was; Floyd, Crimso, yes and Rennaissance, @ the Maple Leaf gardens, with my teamates, and then the next year ,73, with my highschool mates from Farmington Michigan. a year later, saw Gentle giant, Soft Machine and Roy Woods Wizard with the great unknown UK band Audience, at The red Wings old Barn, The olympia. Cheers from SpoCanada
Interesting to note that the wonderful percussive touch of Bill Bruford graced three of these bands! The man got around!
He toured with Gong also
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Saw Bill Bruford in concert with King Crimson and Yes, but never went to a Genesis concert.
@@deadmanrunning6670 He played drums very little in 1976 in concerts...
@@alfredolegorreta8795 June 30, 1974 Palace Concert Theater, Providence King Crimson Steeleye Span
My picks are:
10. Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
9. Caravan
8. Omega (Hungary)
7. ELP
6. Mike Oldfield *
5. King Crimson
4. Moody Blues
3. Hawkwind
2. Jethro Tull
1. Pink Floyd
* Artist, not band, but obviously the greatest artist in prog rock
1. GENTLE GIANT. The best band of all times!!!
I was 13 when I discovered them (1973) on records and in live concerts. I still listen to Gentle Giant first 7 (up to Free Hand) albums + their live albums with awe and delight. Octopus and In a Glass House remain masterworks.
You're right! Thé only prog rock band i listen yet today. Very Big influence in Quebec in the 70's.
Geniale Musik, niemand später hat annähernd dieses Niveau erreicht...Einzigartig, ohne jeden Vergleich.....
Moody Blues...YES...King Crimson 👍👍👍
Genesis' commercial success was due to the change in their style after Hackett left. In the seventies, Genesis lagged behind in album and ticket sales compared to Pink Floyd, ELP, Yes, and Jethro Tull. The stadium tours came when they transitioned to pop. As for the top four, they could be interchangable...
By far my favourite prog band and one of my favourite bands ever is rush. So many great prog epics mixed with surprisingly heavy tracks and all 3 members as top musicians. Near perfect band
Rush is more prog metal.
just a question on taste, what about barclay james harvest, marillion....?
For me King Crimson is the first.... and the best..... 🙂
Greetings from Poland..... !!
Gong deserves being in the Top 5. And the stunad who made this video didn't even mention Gong founder Daevid Allen also help found Soft Machine !!!!
Genesis is Number 1 !!! ❤❤❤
PFM should be in that mix
Eahhh... The bakers are from another stratum. PFM is one of very very good bands, like some other Italians, e.g. IL BANCO...
ELP for number 1!!!
50 Best Prog Rock Bands Ever (uDiscover Music): 1. King Crimson 2. Yes
50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time (uDiscover Music): 1. Close to the Edge - Yes
100 Greatest Prog Artists of All Time (Louder Sound): 1. Yes
The 150 Best Prog Rock Bands (Ranker): 1. Pink Floyd 2. Yes
100 Greatest Progressive Rock Artists (DigitalDreamDoor): 1. Yes
Best Prog Rock Band (Talk Classical): 1. King Crimson 2. Yes
Prog Magazine 100 Greatest Artists: 1. Yes
Prog Magazine Top 100 Albums: 1. Close To The Edge - Yes
How weird. All of this lists somehow misspelled King Crimson and their album Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Probably YES in the mid-70's. They took hold and have remained my musical Gold Standard ever since.
Marillion emerged in the 1980s as part of the UK neo-prog movement, with concept albums such as "Misplaced Childhood" and "Brave"
I clearly remember their arrival. They were heralded as rescuing the Genesis fans from the loss of Peter and Steve and the changes that Genesis was morphing into (I was ok with it, though). I admit I was excited at the prospect and bought the first two albums. It did herald back to old Genesis but alas it didn't stick for me and I stopped following them. But I think that was more about me than them as they have had a great career.
Omega
Yes is number one for me.
Me too
Me three.
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Yes
If you want to include modern prog, Porcupine Tree are modern classics as well!
Yeah. PT, The Mara Volta, and Tool are probably the three most notable bands from the prog revival of the aughts. All three of them stand up to the 70s greats.
@@samuelstephens6904 i somehow find Radiohead's OK Computer the ultimate new age prog for me (me being a late 70's prog listener in my teens). That album is just so immersive and inventive -prime stuff. Didn't think I would get so caught up in a "new bad " when I started that listen on my early 50's (a young 61 now).
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I wouldn’t really call _OK Computer_ capital P Prog, except the song “Paranoid Android.” That being said, I do think Radiohead were a major influence on the British prog bands of the 00s. Porcupine Tree, Muse, Oceansize, Marillion, and others had obviously been listening to Radiohead. Not so much the American prog bands though.
@@samuelstephens6904 I kinda self labelled that on them thinking of the album and it's overall musical theme but true enough they sure aren't 70's prog. Course then I start to wonder if the Lamb Album is capital prog. I think there is a similarity to the two albums in the way they speak from an inside your head kinda psychedelic vibe.
1 - Pink Floyd
2 - Yes
3 - Genesis
4 - King Crimson
5 - ELP
6 - Jethro Tull
7 - Gentle Giant
8 - Camel
9 - Caravan
10 - The Moody Blues
- Rush
- Traffic
- Fruupp
- The Flower Kings
- Asia
- Kansas
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Soft Machine
- Procol Harum
- Marillion
Tool
Barclay James Harvest
agree pink floyd is number 1think would flip 3&4
@@mikehubbard1067 Oddly enough, I think I grew up out of the Pink Floyd output, but back in my youth I really placed them on a pedestal. Now a playlist of prog bands works great for me, but Floyd seems out of place on it. Jethro Tull really stands out now -jumpy, positive, fun. I'm addicted to Genesis so that's hard to judge. I've only had one album in mind for King Crimson (Court of the ....). For the reaction listener's that I frequent, old Genesis is a treat because it really entertains, it is so original for them, so diverse from one album to the next. and so well written. It works so well because that old stuff works best with a hard attention vs background party music. Anywho, forgot what my point was. Cheers.
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My favorite program groups are number one Genesis and they also love Emerson Lake and Palmer king crimson and yes those are great bands. One of my favorite songs by us is awake and I was absolutely blown away not only how epic it is 15 minutes long and my other favorite song prank Roxanne would have to be supper’s ready by Genesis it’s an absolute masterpiece one of the best in the world.
I agree. Supper’s Ready is brilliant!
@@wendycrawford1792This work always moves me to tears, a mixture of religious inspiration and the incredibly fantastic instrumental and vocal implementation👍🎵
I heard 'In the Court of the Crimson King' on the radio and knew something new had arrived. Something fresh, not yet more R&B.
For me, the most painful omission was Renaissance. Also, if still deemed to be "unworthy" for inclusion by some, bands deserving AT LEAST a mention (IMHO) include: Procol Harum, Hawkwind, Curved Air, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Supertramp. The list seems to be "old school" / "OG" prog rock. However, if the list DID include "modern prog"...Marillion and Porcupine Tree would demand representation. As for the order, I feel it's up to one's personal taste, background, opinion, etc. and will therefore vary greatly. Nevertheless, I would like to weigh in and affirm that if KING CRIMSON were the only band listed for all 10 slots, I would be absolutely content !😁😄😃😀😃😄😁
Carmen (Spanish motifs), Yezda Urfa (Gentle Giant on steroids), Spring (3 mellotrons!), Fantasy, Cressida, Cirkus, Beggars Opera...
Curved Air sounds really good to me and it would've been nice to have them mentioned.
thing about Genesis is yea start out prog rock but after Peter Gabriel left they because a pop rock band
I agree with this statement 100%! I would also have liked to see the bands Pallas, IQ, and Kayak get a mention. I am a huge Mike Oldfield fan right from the beginning but you just never see him mentioned in these kind of poles/queries, so it was great to see you do so. One other would be ‘Starcastle’. I know their sound was very much similar to classical era ‘Yes’, but still… they did it very well… and hell, if it had been yes that produced those songs I expect they’d have been excepted with open arms. Besides, at this point Yes was moving on to a different sound anyway, (not to mention changing players enough to consider them as a different band every few albums) lol.
@@mikehubbard1067 they were still prog after Gabriel left. they became pop after hackett left but even then, they'd keep at least one or two or even 3 prog songs/long songs
Apart from Queen the first "proper" prog band that caught my imagination was Rush when I heard "The Trees" on The Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1, hosted by the legendary Tommy Vance.
Hemispheres is a classic album.
Rush would have easily made a "best of" list, but they're a Canadian band. The list is apparently limited to UK. Oh well. I am happy someone mentioned them. Thanx.
Rush are the ultimate progressive band, in terms of an evolving sound, utilising technology while still retaining (unlike Genesis) an overall uncompromising 'outside' sensibility. Geddy Lee's distinctive vocal aside, it's hard to believe that Hemispheres and Signals were made by the same band, yet they are only 4 years apart. My introduction to prog was via my brother who played Bursting Out (the Tull double live album) to death when it came out. I was 7 years old and transfixed, especially by Conundrum; a kind of insane prog version of Moby Dick, complete with an unbelievable 10min drum solo by the legendary Barrymore Barlow. My infant peers at the time, were obsessed with the toys from a new blockbuster movie called Star Wars. I was at home listening to bearded men in fishing hats and capes searching for 'the lost chord' in 25 minute 'song cycles divided into 'suites'....... The attraction for me and what unifies bands who are so categorised yet can't really be described as a single genre stylistically, is a pure and earnest artistic ambition to make the best possible music for its own sake; to really push themselves to say something both lyrically and harmonically more thoughtful and cerebral than boy meets girl, girl dumps boy......not that that doesn't also have a significant place in my music library. The fantasy themes aesthetic and sartorial ludicrousness offered pure escapism. Martin Barre, Tull guitarist's stage wear consisted of a hand cut tweed suit, cravat. He shredded his Les Paul while wearing a monocle and smoking a huge fuck off Sherlock Holmes pipe! The common misconception that has evolved regarding death of prog at the hands of Punk; hailed as some revolutionary artistic force from the streets is of course utter horse shit. The sex pistols, were a band manufactured by two middle class graduates of London's prestigious Central Saint Martins Art School (Vivienne Westward and Malcolm McLaren) as a promotional tool for a clothes shop and who's music was produced and marketed by a rich public school layabout called Richard Branson....about as revolutionary as One Direction. The pistols fired their bass player (and main songwriter) because he didn't have the right image. The emptiness of the 'Punk ethos' reached heights more preposterous than Wakemans King Arthur on Ice gigs with The Clash's (dreadful) set at the US festival in '83. (Public School educated son of a British overseas diplomat) Joe Strummer kept interrupting the gig (no bad thing in and of itself) to make completely inarticulate speeches about the corrupting evil force of capitalism while performing a single show for a fee of $750,000 paid personally by the co-founder of the always welfare conscious Apple Computers.........The speeches, it later transpired, were pure sour grapes, Strummer having spent the previous fortnight complaining when he discovered that Van Halen and David Bowie were being paid double in secretly negotiated 'favoured nations' contracts. His tantrums came to a head in a series of press conferences in which (the infinitely sharper) Dave Lee Roth ran rings around him, showing him up for the hypocrite he was. The festival organisers got so pissed off during the clash set they projected an image of a copy of the bands 3/4 million dollar cheque onto the stage back screen while the band 'played' (if you could call it that).....Fast forward 30 years, whatever 'punk' that still exists can barely fill the back rooms of pubs with their amateurish twoddle, while Roger Waters rakes in a billion dollars performing the ultimate prog concept album The Wall.
Salad Days of 'sticky black' hash, gatefold sleeves.....lost in the mists of time.....Which ironically could almost be a concept for a jazz infused triple album musical novella......
Good jump on point, Rush is great
I agree
Where was I when prog rock took hold? I was in high school 1969-73, but it all hit me at the same time. King Crimson, ELP, Tull, and Yes. Great thing about those times were the other bands and genres that were evolving. Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, ZZ Topp, Allman Brother's, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Traffic to name a few.
Emerson Lake and Palmer should have been number one not only were they the world's first progressive rock supergroup put the musicianship was second to none. Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer won all of the polls back in the seventies and all of these guys were considered the standard for excellence in musicianship that all other bands were measured against back in that era. All technical virtuosos and Maestro musicians they will forever be the Bach Beethoven and Mozart of our times😮😊
Their musicianship was second to Gentle Giant.
@@michaelgrossman5913 okay. I guess that's why ELP were known as the standard for quality in musicianship that all other groups were measured by in the day. And I'm sure gentle Giants keyboard player could o u t perform Keith Emerson. Hahaha. Not
@@edljnehan2811 Since you can't even name Gentle Giant's keyboardist, I'm inclined to give you a pass for your blatant ignorance. I was a piano major in college.
I'm able to play many of Emerson's compositions with decent integrity, but when it comes to playing what Kerry Minnear plays and has composed, I'm perpetually amazed and dumbfounded by the technical proficiency it takes to play his music. His conceptualization and technique are from another planet.
I've seen both bands several times in their prime, and Gentle Giant is by far the most talented group of Rock musicians ever to take a stage.
@@michaelgrossman5913 for one thing Einstein or should I say Mozart who said anything about me not knowing gentle Giants keyboard player. Another thing I'm a maestro musician who plays not only keyboards but drums as well, and then another thing I was not only a musician but I was listening to this stuff before you were soiling your diapers. So I think you're taking a lot for granted about me when you don't even know me. As far as Keith Emerson goes he was the greatest back then and after up until the day he passed away. Granted he had carpal tunnel problems however he got those problems from playing facing away from the keyboards along with a few other things. Apparently it looks like you wasted your money taking music lessons because it's obvious to me you don't know what you're talking about you're the one that's ignorant. The great Keith Emerson was always considered God on the keyboards be it in music polls or on the Internet as well as experts on playing the keyboards being absolutely blown away after they watched him perform. Only a fraction of the people even know who k e r r y meniere even is. I've seen him play and he doesn't hold a candle to Keith Emerson. For that fact I can name 10 keyboard players that are better than him. I don't know where you get off even saying crap like that to me. I'm pretty sure even your boyfriend would agree with me or I apologize your husband.
@@michaelgrossman5913 excuse me I forgot something. Punk. Okay I'm finished now.
Great list, but I would swap your top two. King Crimson is the definition of Prog Rock.
King Crimson!! Without doubt my all time fav. Number one talking about being progressive going forward. Yet as a genre, Yes would be my nr1 pick progrock band. Sadly missing: the amazing Renaissance!
@hansmoerenhout Agree. Mother Russia is amazing.
Great band!! and too Rush, Nektar, U.K and Colosseum.
Yes, King Crimson were unbelievable and unfortunately one of the bands l didn’t get to see. I love Renaissance! however, they are definitely in a different genre than the ten bands mentioned.
I'd include Strawbs.
@@delby66 Yes, Strawbs were amazing, think Benediction. One of the first albums l bought. I had the good fortune of seeing them in concert, Massey Hall, Toronto. Saw Camel in England-didn’t know a thing about them. Couldn’t believe how good they were! Smiling a lot. Snow Goose was brilliant and beautiful! Focus was another brilliant band, and Exception both Dutch. Vangelis was brilliant but a different genre maybe. Gentle Giant had my heart though. Got to see them 4 times. So lucky! Cheers
If you don't know not eastern Prog bands, recommend Japanese prog. Yonin Bayashi(四人囃子), shin getsu(新月), Bi kyo ran(美狂乱), Koenji hyakkei(高円寺百景), NOVELA, Mr.Sirius, kenso, Ain Soph, Black page, Pageant, and Flower travelin' band.
Also Susumu Hirasawa's first band Mandrake!!
Thanks, I was looking for Japanese Prog Rock but couldn't easily find any, the only one I found was Moondancer.
Far East Family Band
Far east family band was a great prog band too
The Moody Blues are the grandfathers of prog rock
And the creators of what would come to be called _New Age,_ also.
I utterly disagree on the ranking, but still, if you mentioned Gentle Giant - I am obliged to press Like.
Nobody playes the Flute like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull , NOBODY !!!! ✌️
But a lot people try ...
@@fabiorabelo3506 2 no avail ??
Totally agree. 🪈🎶❤️
Watch a classical flutist doing a first listen of Jethro Tull. He has a unique style doing things a classical artist wouldn't think of.
Chris Wood from Traffic was great.
None of them touched the Moody Blues not even slightly close
Moody Blues and Renaissance could definitely have been added. You could also add Strawbs post Grave New World album.
Moody Blues were the greatest of all of them..
@@BlueberryStinkFinger62 King Crimson and Moody Blues were truly the first prog rock bands, both brilliant bands.
Not a bad list, though I'm guessing someone forgot to proofread the title.
My number 1 is CAMEL !
I love CAMEL !
These are personal preferences and really hard to put them in order:
1. King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill
2. Genesis, Jethro Tull, Yes
3. E.L.P, Pink Floyd, Renaisance,
4. Deep Purple
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Santana
7. Mahavishnu Orchestra
8. Supertramp
9. Harmonium
10. Camel
Really great mentions:
Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Mike Oldfield, Tool, Anglagard, Marillion, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Dream Theatre, Styx, Caravan, Rush, Opeth,
King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard 😂. Dont forget Tame Impala and The Temples.
Marillion and porcupine tree surely should have a mention.
I clearly remember when Marillion arrived. As Genesis had started to move to a more commercial sound with Phil as lead, Marillion were touted as a new "old Genesis sounding" band with lead Fish portraying a Peter Gabriel-style to satisfy fans of that 70's version of Genesis. I was definitely excited and still own the first two original vinyl's. Hence, they were a derivative of Genesis, not a pioneer of Prog -so unfortunately they wouldn't go on this particular list which is really leaning on the first prog outfits. Great band though.
Porcupine Tree for sure.
I like Mike Oldfield. He is prog rock. I know that is not a band it is an artist. In all fairness they did say prog rock artists at the start of the video.
um... Pink Floyd?
At the beginning They said they omitted Pink Floyd because they started out more aligned with psychedelia. And they also omitted The Moody Blues because they were more of a progenitor of Prog
Numéro un : King Krimsom
Numéro deux : Gentle Giant
Numéro trois : Jethro Tull
Numéro quatre : Genesis
Numéro cinq : Yes
Numéro six : Soft Machine
Obviously Pink Floyd should be number one. What' about Uriah Heep, Alan Parsons Project, and the forgotten Mahogany Rush!
All of these bands, except for one, have one thing in common -- they have the 70s sound. And this is why Yes deserves to be #1 - their sound and compositions are always fresh sounding, which makes them timeless. And this is beside the fact that every one of the core members was a musical genius.
Selling England by the Pound is ageless music.
@@Vince-lq3ve Agreed, that it's a great album - but, if one, not knowing the band, were asked what decade that album was made, there would be a very good chance they'd get it right - because the style of instrumentation and the production quality of the album are very typical of 70's prog.
@@roygaiot7968 So you're saying they would listen to a Genesis album and immediately say, that's 70's Prog music but with Yes they wouldn't know where to place it -kinda unrecognizable. Hmmm, so maybe you are actually saying Yes wasn't a Prog band at all. I still think Yes should be left somewhere on the list, though. (just havin fun)
@@Vince-lq3ve You got a point there -- Yes transcends 70's prog.
@@roygaiot7968 I just listed to YES Big Generator not sure I agree.
Renaissance are missing.
Once again Renaissance is forgotten. A string of excellent albums between 1972 - 78. I could easily live without Caravan and Soft Machine. Genesis were great only till Steve Hackett's departure.
This ^
After "Wind & Wuthering" Genesis ceased to be, and should/could have been renamed. (I would have still followed them, but still...)
As for Renaissance, their omission from this list was genuinely painful !
@@drmanny1957 it would be easier to dismiss Genesis after Steve left except for the fact that those three remaining members wrote virtually the entire Lamb music -without Peter who wrote the lyrics in another room. Steve wasn't writing at that point and never really did with Genesis though he did add a great sound to it when he had a chance. The core was Tony first, then Mike and then Phil (once Peter left).
Disagree on Genesis. The Hackett/Gabriel lineup was by far superior and Hackett minute Gabriel was likewise great but post-Hackett has its own allure.
That being said, Renaissance is awesome and I mention them whenever I get the chance.
I couldn't!
Pink Floyd?
Do y'all not watch the video
So many great Prog bands it's hard to choose just a few -
VDGG must be on the first place
Was "It's A Beautiful Day" considered prog? I love "White Bird."
I would have like to have seen The Strawbs and Gong on this list but overall good job especially with Van Der Graaf Generator and Gentile Giant included.
King Crimson and Gentle Giant>>>
Great to see Van Der Graaf Generator on the list (though I'd have them n.1 lol). Peter Hammill is truly one of the greats.
Heavily underrated prog-band. Was very surprised to see it on the list.
It's impossible not to agree with these, though every one of us has a different order for these. THANKS for including the hidden gem CARAVAN which is one of my favorites and STILL making albums! "It's None of your business" was released on 2022!
As someone who dipped into this video knowing nothing of Prog Rock, and wanting to learn, it is rather disappointing that you didn't include more music. You mentioned many songs thus, as a Prog Rock ignoramus, it would have been good to have heard more of them. hey-ho!!
That's where you do your own research, dive deeper into each band
Easter Europe 1970s :
Poland's SBB and Omega from Hungary .
All that progress, leading up to ... Invisible Touch?
Keith Emerson created Prog !
Nothing more needs to be said.
Yes and thank you he did😊
You had me until #1. To me the battle for #1 was obviously between Yes, Crimson and ELP. How Procal Harum wasn't included ( In Held Twas I) while such also rans as Soft Machine were....boggles the mind.
Indeed, Grand Hotel my personal favourite by them.
Yes, Crimson and ELP are widely regarded as the classics and the pioneers of prog. That has been the consensus among prog aficionados and anyone who knows anything about the genre. A no-brainer. I suspect Procol Harum weren't included for the same reason The Moodies and The Nice were omitted.
Another one of those top ten lists… but there you go they now did a more decent one including VDGG which never got the recognition they deserved in their home land. Plus they also should be placed on a much better position as well as GG. Glad Floyd was finnaly left out too.
ELP will always be No. 1 for me. Best vocals and keyboards and drumming.
'They sharpened prog to a knife's edge' - superb.
So many great and inventive Prog albums were released in the early 70's but any of the albums released by Van Der Graf Generator , Gentle Giant and Caravan from this period must rate as some of the best of the genre .
Where are Yes?
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King Crimson is my favorite prog band, but if the question who's the number 1 prog band,the answer is Yes. They have hits song every decades, and they always progression every year and still release new albums.
My top 10 (PF incloded):
1) PF
2) Genesis
3) Yes
4) King Crimson
5) Camel
6) ELP
7 ) Kansas
8) Jethro Tull
9) Marillion
10) Van Der Graaf Generator
I was about 15 in 1977 and an older cousin gave me the album "Wind & Wuthering" by Genesis. That's where I was.
So Genesis is number one because of commercial success?! And why does the Jethro Tull section fail to mention thick as a brick?
Hands down, In the Court of the Crimson King is the mother of Prog-Rock with prelude from The Beatles, The Moody Blues and Family's Music in a Dolls House.
How much all these bands owed to the moody blues and procol harum ?????? The Mellotron (pinder) the flute ( thomas),the hammond (fisher),The drums ( wilson),the piano(brooker)the guitar( trower),and so on...how do they owe them?????
Not a bad list. Top 3 picks are absolutely correct since Yes, Genesis and King Crimson are 3 most significant prog bands.
Moreso than ELP, Pink Floyd and Rush?
@@robertglisson6319 Yes, absolutely. Pink Floyd is barely prog, Rush are newcomers, not trailblazers in the prog genre.
Nothing beats Camel!!
saw Yes in the round in NYC three times in the late 70s as a kid.....excellent shows always
Sorry, Jethro Tull had way more commercial success than Genesis. Genesis left prog when Phil Collins took the reins
Oh no, this had happened only few years later, aroun 1980/2
They left prog entirely after Steve Hackett left the band, in the transition after Gabriel’s departure they still made some prog things.
Sorry but... Where's Pink Floyd and Marillion ?
At the beginning They said they omitted Pink Floyd because they started out more aligned with psychedelia. And they also omitted The Moody Blues because they were more of a progenitor of Prog
I’m sorry but how can you have a list of prog rock bands with no Pink Floyd or Rush.
i quite agree with this classification..and Pink Floyd obviously are another level ❤
Maybe I would have included Curved Air amongst the top 10
I just started listening to them today! I really like them.
@RobinsTaste to quote a somg of theirs. When did you start listening? Answer "it happened today"
Prog Rock grabbed me in the 70's with Yes and has never let go.
Gentle Giant , King Crimson ,Jethro Tull ,Genesis , Pink Floyd in any order !
I love Genesis, but Yes and KIng Crimson are the best music
I would put URIAH HEEP at the No.1 spot, yet they weren't mentioned at all.
There’s no excuse to leave The Moody Blues off. They basically started it and were the best.
No Pink Floyd or Moody Blues on this list? Well let's exclude all the others too. My number one ProgRock band on MY rules is therefore Bucks Fizz. CRAP VIDEO.
Good to hear you mention my favourite band, Gentle Giant.
Thank you
Thé best of all those's!
Way to much Canterbury on your list !! ? 🤔🧐
Where was I when prog rock took hold? In my buddy's car when he cranked up Abacab and the speakers where right behind my head. Genesis burned themselves into my brain at that point.
No pink Floyd? I question the validity of this list
Because they are not progressive rock they are psychedelic Acid Rock who turned into a pop band
For anyone looking for an evolution of prog, check out Mr. Bungle. I promise every other modern prog act will look like retro tribute bands in comparison.
Their live shows were like none other in terms of pure chaos.
It's so incredibly innovative for the 90's and possibly the weirdest mainstream band in existence as it constantly switches between genres, has lyrics that do not hold any punches and musicians that regularly surpass expectations
(Mike Patton the singer has the widest range of any vocalist, the man can do anything with his voice).
It possibly uses heavy metal in the best way too, to give tunes extreme contrasts with the right amount of weight to it, then transition into a soothing soundscape right after. Creative (to say the least XD) use of sampling too throughout songs.
Frank Zappa was supposed to produce the first album, but was very sick at the time and couldn't. It was renowned experimental jazz musician John Zorn that ended up doing it.
When the final result was out, Zappa apparently said he'd wished it was him instead, which gives you an idea of the genius on display.
They remove all sense of "honor" and "distinguished" appearance from music to simply parody everything and anything without remorse.
I grew listening great legends of rock since ends of sixties until now, Deep Purple, Grand Funk, Led Zeppelin, Rare Earth, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Kraftwerk, Jethro Tull, Cream, Santana, uff and many others. In fact here in Chile we have a couple bands remarkables like Los Jaivas or Congreso whith a nice tracks that perfectly qualifying within prog music. But from this list, I remember some Genesis albums as the first that I listen and blow me high. And I wouldn't let to mention to the master Robert Fripp and the first King Crimson albums as the biggest. I agree with these list, specially the five first bands. Thanks for share.
URIAH HEEP British LEGENDS.
With the great vocals of David Byron
Soft Machine is much more "Jazz-Fusion" ✌🎼🎶
1. Yes
Genesis over Yes? Genesis over King Crimson? Genesis over ELP?
Seriously?
Take the seven albums Genesis cranked out in a row starting with Trespass and line them up against those other band's best run of seven...yes Seriously.
Womp womp
not that unpopular of an opinion though. you're acting like it's ridiculous
they have the most albums in the prog archives top 100 and one of the only 4 bands with 2 albums in the top 10. people love them
@@Vince-lq3ve The highest points of the bands mentioned by him are way better than those of Genesis, except for ELP maybe
@@МуродТанжихолов I dunno, highest points? That's pretty subjective stuff. Musical Box, pretty high, Fifth of Firth, Supper's Ready, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in it's entirety, Trick of the tail ack, the list of high points for me is quite a lot for Genesis. But I don't want to argue that Genesis is better than these greats, just that they easily belong amongst them. In that top ten world of Prog Giants, these bands get mixed about but who is going to place a band above Yes or Pink Floyd or King Crimson, or Genesis for that matter... These are simply bands that delivered, and Genesis definitely belongs amongst them. So on this list Genesis ends up first, hell I'll accept it, but really they are all firsts when they get to this level of really really great music.
Camel's (Music Inspired by) The Snow Goose was the first 'serious' LP I bought. The band are regarded as coming from Guildford, Andy Latimer being born in the town. (Fun fact: The Stranglers were also from Guildford. J.J. Burnell attended the Royal Grammar School.)
I love CAMEL !
My number 1
何でピンク･フロイドが無い？ニュー･トロルスも無い？おかしい！
'72 when a friend played me his Aqualung 8 Track I was Impressed. The next time we went to town I picked it up, and Thick As A Brick... after hearing "I Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out... I may Make You Feel, But I Can't Make You Think..." I was Hooked. Tull resonated with me. Tull made me think.
Dubito, Ergo Cogito, Ergo Sum
(I Doubt, Therefore I Think, Therefore I am)
@user-ng2nt2tx4p Cogito Cogito Sum Ergo Sum Cogito. I may have made a botch of that...trying do the spoken intro to The Moody Blues "On The Threshold Of A Dream: "I Think. I Think I Am. Therefore I Am. I think." I am very bad with Latin.
King Crimson, Hawkwind, and Van Der Graaf Generator are 3 of my absolute favorite classic uk prog bands
defo! ..we have the same ears!!
Crimson are definitely the best
I am cursed as I can't handle VDGG. The music is very well done but the singing just kills me. I have tried again and again...maybe one day it will work.
@@Vince-lq3ve ironic, peter hammill is my favorite singer of all time and is part of the reason why I love them so much
@@BriskyShark Funny how our ears can work differently. Hammill definitely has a passionate fanbase. i guess it wasn't meant to be. I also don't like Turkey stuffing and I believe I am the only one.
If in this list say than the number one Is génesis Like the Best prog rock band i dont think so, first Is Emerson lake and palmer, yes, king Crimson, camel etc.
Absolutely right Emerson Lake and Palmer pretty much Define the genre as well as being the greatest musicians
Trick of the Tail is one of the best for Genesis in my opinion.
There was no one better than Emerson Lake and Palmer😊
Genesis post Gabriel is an entirely different band. More dramatic than the Michael McDonald Doobie phase.
1- Genesis 2- Jethro Tull 3 Moody Blues 4- Yes 5- Pink Floyd 6-E:L&P-7 Supertramp 8-Gentle Giant 9- Dream Theater 10 Haken
grew up in Detroit and Windsor. left home to play Jr hockey, @ 15. 1st concert that i ever went to was; Floyd, Crimso, yes and Rennaissance, @ the Maple Leaf gardens, with my teamates, and then the next year ,73, with my highschool mates from Farmington Michigan. a year later, saw Gentle giant, Soft Machine and Roy Woods Wizard with the great unknown UK band Audience, at The red Wings old Barn, The olympia. Cheers from SpoCanada
Where is URIAH HEEP British LEGENDS Pioneers & forerunners of progressive music since 1969
Exactly, and Uriah Heep are still performing today. I saw them about 20 years ago.