One of the advantages of being a British old codger (I will be 71 in 2025) is that I saw Genesis debuting Lamb Lies Down in Broadway, April 1975 in Edinburgh when I was 21 and Yes debuting Tales From Topographic Oceans also in Edinburgh in December 1973 when I was 19. Can you imagine seeing bands as they created and performed new music, unaware that they would be future masterpieces?
Top 5: 5. MOODY BLUES - DAYS OF FUTURES PAST 4. SUPERTRAMP - CRIME OF THE CENTURY 3. THE WHO - QUADROPHENIA 2. E.L.P. - BRAIN SALAD SURGERY 1. YES - TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
Fab show guys! I love the enthusiasm and positivity, and indeed, the sheer joy expounded here. Wonderful. My top five would have been (in no particular order): Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out and Return To Ommadawn, Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here, Jethro Tull Aqualung, Marillion Clutching At Straws.
Tales From Topographic Oceans was my third Yes album, I bought after Yessongs (which is my favorite Yes album maybe because I saw the tour in 1972) and I agree it is one of the best prog album of all time. I listened to it just a week ago.
@@NowSpinningMagazine I was just turned 15 when in the second week of 1974, a close friend and I went to the record department of a department store. We saw the brand new Yes album. A double record. He bought it immediately. We get it up in his bedroom and start side one. 3 minutes later, my mom comes to pick me up. As I walked down the stairs, I knew I just heard the greatest music in the world. A week away from the 51st anniversary of that night, I find Tales From Topographic Oceans to be the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history.
Hard to control Scot when he gets going on his favorites. Some day he will add an extra T to his first name so it doesn't get misspelled all the time! Thanks for discussing Tales & Lamb. I find both albums too long and a little rambling, but I still continue to try and absorb them every few years. I will try again!! Love all your shows Phil. Your passion is just as great as Scot's and helps me appreciate the music even more. Keep up the great work!!
Hi Phil, had never heard of Scot Lade or seen the Prog Corner, so a great interview and what stood out to me was his number 1 Album by Yes. Being a huge prog fan and loving Yes since I first heard them I have to admit to staying somewhat clear of Tales of Topographic Oceans or Relayer so after hearing that Scot listened many times to get the message of these albums I going out on a limb and will buy Tales and sit down and listen to it until I get it. The problem for me has often I’ll listen to an album once and then go looking for the next thing. I’ve started to realise this is the wrong way to enjoy Prog albums. You have to play them multiple times to get the full depth of the music. Which, for me is why Prog is such a great musical journey. Thanks again Phil. All the best for 2025.
Excellent episode, so good to see like minded people regarding TFTO. Personally, this album had me hooked from the start, and apart from 'The Ancient'(which took me 20 years to fully appreciate), I will be forever grateful that it took me to places so far removed from the realities of every day life.
Currently 22, recently relistened to TFTO and realized that I'll definitely be returning to it. I won't even be surprised if it takes me until the end of the decade!
So pleased to see 'The Lamb's up there as it is an all time favourite for me. Saw the Italian band The Watch play the whole album at The Flowerpot, Derby a few weeks ago, which was a joy.
Scots no. 1 choice...is probably bang on. I've said this on the NSpinning FBook page about various memories I had associated with it when I first heard it, I'm not going to repeat them here and bore everyone. Prior to that I had heard Going for the One when it came out and thought it was okay. But I borrowed Topographic Oceans off my mate - it completely and utterly changed my view of Yes - it made Yes one of my top 3 fave bands ever. Is it my favourite Yes album? Probably not - Relayer or strangely GftO may get that accolade, but it always changes. But Topographic was my real gateway to the band, the one that made me stop in my tracks, the one that turned my head, I loved it from the first play.....it's what I wanted the band whose album covers promised so much - the mystery, the magnificence to deliver - the music matches the sleeve.
Great discussion guys! Love the stories from Scot and yourself Phil. I’m one of those who has never heard Topographic Oceans. Probably because of all the negatives surrounding it. You guys have me convinced to give it a listen. Thank you for the content. Cheers.
If you never heard Tales, I would do it one song a day. Maybe take a week to get through the whole magnificent experience. It is a challenge on first listen. But rewarding many decades of you keep with it every 4 months or so.
Hi Phil brilliant Scot’s so passionate about he’s music it was a joy to listen to you both, tales is a masterpiece end of let’s have more of the same please Phil 👏👏👏👏
That was fun - love both your channels - I'm with you totally - it's all about being real and having true passion and also actually owning the physical media.
Great lists ! I love all the albums you showed ! My list would be : 1. Genesis - selling england by the pound/ The lamb 2. Jethro tull - a passion play 3. ELP - tarkus 4. Mike oldfield - ommadawn 5. Pink floyd - wish you were here Yeah i know, i cheated for the number one spot but it's impossible for me to choose between the two genesis albums ! Great video ! I Love Prog so much !
Hi Phil. That was great fun! Must look up Scott's RUclips channel. I had no idea you were in Handsome Beasts. So much to learn from videos like this one. One way of getting into albums like TfTO is to listen to the songs live. I've made a 40-minute tape of two sides/tracks from the album live in '74. Some of Steve Howe's guitar is so eerie that you can't help take it in and want to get spooked out again. Of course I want to hear it now, if I can find it.😀 But it's hard to understand why Tales... gets so much flak. In-a-Gadda-da-Vida and Echoes are older songs which take up a whole side of vinyl. We hard rock fans didn't reject Side 2 of Rising because Stargazer and Light in the Black are lyrically almost one song. We have to remember that some classical works were misunderstood or rejected when they were new.
There are so many "1st generation" prog bands that are still the best ...Camel, Gentle Giant, PFM, Van der Graaf, Jethro Tull, and the ones that you mentioned. Yes' TFTO is a fantastic musical adventure very much like J.Tull's A Passion Play, some how people did not embrace the great musical journey ??? It is great to see you being so positive about some brilliant music. Great show BTW. (The last 90secs of TAAB is awesome !!...along with many other moments).
I also love tales of topographic oceans ! At first i was very intimidated ! It took me 1 year to really like it, now this album is in my top 3 Yes albums !
Me too! It’s a total trip and I almost leave my body every time I listen to it. If I could only own one Yes album (which would be a terrible situation) Tales would be the one. It’s divisive for sure but I fall firmly in the “love it” column. The fact that so many don’t get it only fuels my enthusiasm towards it.
@@scottmcrae3355 totally agree ! Yes means so much to me that it's very hard for me just like you to keep just one album of theirs ! So hard men !😅I'm glad that you really love it !😄
Hmmm...Scot and Phil. I watch both. Nice to see you people on each others shows. As far as Scot's picks go, these albums are bread and butter prog albums.
Interesting chat. I have seen King Crimson in the 80's (Beat tour) and the last tour with Jacko and I've never been a big fan but got to appreciate them much more. Strange that I need to revisit Prog and yet i became a Jazz fusion guy early 80's so you'd think I'd have been into both. Apart from Focus, some Yes (and National Health if you include the Canterbury scene) I wasn't in that camp until much later.
Hi Phil - well that was bloody hilarious - great stuff. No surprises from me - I would probably chose different albums, but those bands were certainly the best. To be honest - why doesnt anyone talk about Family's - "Music In A Dolls House" - for me, one of the great prog albums, and so far ahead of anything at that time. Released in July 1968 and co produced by Dave Mason, AND they were the first English band to be released on the Reprise label. Come on Phil - Family were a great band. I saw them two or three times late 60's, early 70's at the height of their powers, and they always put on an amazing show. You just have to look at Family's line up - they had some great musicians. I have the original UK LP, and I have the gorgeous remastered digibook 2CD with Family Entertainment. FAMILY - what a great band they were. Cya Doug
The main track on the flexidisc was the (then) non album single Brain Salad Surgery. I've heard that some people think the album would be better with the inclusion of that over Benny but I'm not so sure.
Great job Scot! God save the King! My personal top 5 (only 5 is really hard): 1. Genesis “Foxtrot” 2. Yes “Tales From Topographic Oceans” 3. Van Der Graaf Generator “Pawn Hearts” 4. Gentle Giant “Three Friends” 5. Jethro Tull “Thick As A Brick” I have to add a number 6 because I can’t leave Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon off of the list. I don’t listen to it often anymore because I have played it hundreds and hundreds of times in my life but it is probably more important to shaping my musical tastes than any of the above albums. I wasn’t born until 1976 so needed a gateway album and DSOTM was definitely that.
Hahaha, cool man. I can relate to this guy, I’m on the spectrum as well. Everything has to have its place, including my music collection, it’s one of my special interests/passions shall we say. I think he will pilfer me for a subs. A few great albums he showed, I have a couple of them, including that ELP one and the Yes. Love his enthusiasm, again, I can relate to my musical tastes. Floyd - Wish you were here Jethro Tull - Aqualung (well, any of their early stuff really) There’s two examples anyway Cool upload Phil 🫡 Edit: hell, I forgot one of my favourite prog albums: Once Again - Barclay James harvest ❤️
None of the mentioned albums would be in my top 5 (some of the bands would 😊) but if I'm send to an desert island with these records I would be having a great time 🎉. Great video and guest Phil.
I must chime in with my Top 5 in this category: I like Scott's choice of Brain Salad Surgery; to that I'd add Close To The Edge, Foxtrot, Masque, and Dark Side Of The Moon.
Interesting discussion Phil, made me go back and reevaluate Lamb and Tales. my list would be: Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon/ Meddle ( cannot seperate them. Yes The Yes album Genesis Selling England by the Pound Soft Machine 7
I love a lot of the new bands that I’ve heard about through Scott and Sea of tranquility and you PHIL-but I think most importantly the Jethro Tulls,the King Crimson, the Genesis and the YES’S -they were the originators of that authentic progressive rock music SO to me- nobody will ever hold a candle to what they achieved when that music was virtually unknown , and unexplored territory, in 1970 and beyond Just my two pence weighing in on what Scott and you are saying !
I love seeing two of my favorite progressive rock casters on the same stage! Amazing! I totally agree with Scott’s top five progressive rankings, and those top two> topographic oceans and the lamb live down on Broadway off for me musical Bible revelations, while most of my friends hated both of these albums I totally gravitated to them and got them within only a few listings perhaps because I was starting to get into jazz fusion like Mahavishnu Orchestra these days these two albums and the other three that sit around, listening to list and I’ve been listening to these guys for 50 years now! Incidentally, I want to say about Jethro Tull. They were my very first rock concert at a 400 seat theater in New Jersey and it was them in 1970 doing songs from stand-up and benefit. The New Jersey crowd went wild. We love to from that point on, and I felt, and my friends felt that Jethro Tull were gonna be a superstar rock band in America and the world and so they did, have great memories of seeing concert five groups that Scott and you fill site here thank you for this wonderful trip down memory lane that continues in my life till this very day rock rock on brothers ….. Potente 872
Sorry guys for my misspellings it’s due to using the microphone typist damn thing I meant the songs that Scott cited and that I gravitated to all these albums when a lot of my friends did not like these offerings whether they were too long or double albums or too complicated !OK I hope you can decipher my message but it’s wonderful seeing you guys together!
Great choices. The ELP and Genesis are my favourites. My favourite Tull is Minstrel. In regards to TFTO 34 years ago when I was 16 I loved most of it, there were only parts of The Ancient I didn't like. I had more issues with Gates of Delirium.
I've only heard Tales once and that was about 6 months ago.I thought straight off that some of the album was okay but it didn't knock me over in general.Just maybe I am one of those people who needs to give it another try or two to understand what all the fuss is about ! No.1 of all time but I'm not to sure about that.Got to say that Thick as a brick is one of my absolute favorite albums.Not a dull moment anywhere on this !!
I felt that Tales is the greatest music in the world since the second week of 1974 when I heard just the first 3 minutes of that 81 minute masterpiece.
Speaking of double albums and The Clash, if Scot dug London Calling, he must have loved Sandinista, was he not 3 lps? I think it was. "This is your mess I'm stuck in; I really don't belong" Rael
Hi Phil. Here is the pertinent statistic of this episode my friend; the amount of times Scott said "man." 34!!!!! 4 in under the first two minutes!! Trust me, I counted closely.....
How come no one has mentioned Six wives of Henry 8th,, Journey to the centre of the earth , and KingArthur by Rick Wakeman which is Prog in its prime .
@@thomaswery3087 fantastic album! ELP are one of the big six that I’ve never fully taken to. Gentle Giant however are one of my absolute favourites. I have a really difficult time even picking a favourite album from them…Taste through Free Hand or even Interview is pretty much flawless
@@petedavies74 To do special long songs with no time restrictions is one fine thing, but to excel one needs the skill of condensing elements, accentuating ideas and have several memorable themes - that is another thing. That is a thing some lack, also why some progsters appreciate very good pop songs. There is a valid reason musical self-indulgence gets criticism, because it serves only the likeminded, a narrower audience, even among the same fans. I don't rank double albums filled with filler as high as LP's with solid content.
Two of my top 3 in all music history are those two double albums because all but 3 minutes of those great albums are the most outstanding music ever recorded. Tales is the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history. Hold Your Fire by Rush is number 2. And Lamb is my 3rd favorite ever.
I don't like lamb lies down. It's their worst in my opinion. Taste eh!!! And I don't like YES at all. Floyd,KC,tool,Riverside and tull would be my favourite prog bands. Edit I forgot porcupine tree. I guess I'm a prog lite fan eh. GG and elp are ok,along with Genesis.
One of the advantages of being a British old codger (I will be 71 in 2025) is that I saw Genesis debuting Lamb Lies Down in Broadway, April 1975 in Edinburgh when I was 21 and Yes debuting Tales From Topographic Oceans also in Edinburgh in December 1973 when I was 19. Can you imagine seeing bands as they created and performed new music, unaware that they would be future masterpieces?
Wow...and a very good point as well - Phil
Top 5:
5. MOODY BLUES -
DAYS OF FUTURES PAST
4. SUPERTRAMP -
CRIME OF THE CENTURY
3. THE WHO -
QUADROPHENIA
2. E.L.P. -
BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
1. YES -
TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
Fab show guys! I love the enthusiasm and positivity, and indeed, the sheer joy expounded here. Wonderful.
My top five would have been (in no particular order): Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out and Return To Ommadawn, Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here, Jethro Tull Aqualung, Marillion Clutching At Straws.
You guys are great together, fantastic thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Tales From Topographic Oceans was my third Yes album, I bought after Yessongs (which is my favorite Yes album maybe because I saw the tour in 1972) and I agree it is one of the best prog album of all time. I listened to it just a week ago.
Excellent interview and I agree with Scot's number one choice!
Thank you - did you like it from your first listen or did it grow on you?
Same as you and Scot, took me years to get it! 😊@@NowSpinningMagazine
How many music fans would try that hard to like anything! Perhaps that would be a good topic for a video !
@@NowSpinningMagazine For sure!
@@NowSpinningMagazine I was just turned 15 when in the second week of 1974, a close friend and I went to the record department of a department store. We saw the brand new Yes album. A double record. He bought it immediately. We get it up in his bedroom and start side one. 3 minutes later, my mom comes to pick me up. As I walked down the stairs, I knew I just heard the greatest music in the world. A week away from the 51st anniversary of that night, I find Tales From Topographic Oceans to be the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history.
Great to see Scott Lade on with the Collector and this is gonna be great have a great have a wonderful week Phil.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
Thank you 🙏 you too - Phil
Great video Phil. Good to see Scot in this one and great to see you both on The Review Crew with Jamie.
More to come!
Hard to control Scot when he gets going on his favorites. Some day he will add an extra T to his first name so it doesn't get misspelled all the time! Thanks for discussing Tales & Lamb. I find both albums too long and a little rambling, but I still continue to try and absorb them every few years. I will try again!! Love all your shows Phil. Your passion is just as great as Scot's and helps me appreciate the music even more. Keep up the great work!!
Brilliant interview! I have just bought the Yes album and will resist the urge to stream it until the album arrives.
Hi Phil, had never heard of Scot Lade or seen the Prog Corner, so a great interview and what stood out to me was his number 1 Album by Yes. Being a huge prog fan and loving Yes since I first heard them I have to admit to staying somewhat clear of Tales of Topographic Oceans or Relayer so after hearing that Scot listened many times to get the message of these albums I going out on a limb and will buy Tales and sit down and listen to it until I get it. The problem for me has often I’ll listen to an album once and then go looking for the next thing. I’ve started to realise this is the wrong way to enjoy Prog albums. You have to play them multiple times to get the full depth of the music. Which, for me is why Prog is such a great musical journey. Thanks again Phil. All the best for 2025.
Great interview, love Scot’s enthusiasm. I do not think it can be beat.
Excellent episode, so good to see like minded people regarding TFTO. Personally, this album had me hooked from the start, and apart from 'The Ancient'(which took me 20 years to fully appreciate), I will be forever grateful that it took me to places so far removed from the realities of every day life.
And took you back in a new state of mind.
Currently 22, recently relistened to TFTO and realized that I'll definitely be returning to it. I won't even be surprised if it takes me until the end of the decade!
Thank you for watching
Scot and The Prog Corner are AWESOME❗️❗️❗️👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎
He is fantastic! Phil :)
@NowSpinningMagazine YES, yes he is!!!👍😎
Great vid. Nice to see Scott and Phil together. Thanks for shout out to ELP and King Crimson. Cheers from Australia
Thank you - Phil
Good morning guys great to see you two together at long last.
One of the best episodes on Phil's channel ever! You need to follow up with specials together in the future!!
I agree!!!
We will :)
Remember those days when nobody questioned that you could like Sabbath Zeppelin Purple etc and still like Yes Genesis King Crimson etc
So pleased to see 'The Lamb's up there as it is an all time favourite for me. Saw the Italian band The Watch play the whole album at The Flowerpot, Derby a few weeks ago, which was a joy.
Scots no. 1 choice...is probably bang on. I've said this on the NSpinning FBook page about various memories I had associated with it when I first heard it, I'm not going to repeat them here and bore everyone. Prior to that I had heard Going for the One when it came out and thought it was okay. But I borrowed Topographic Oceans off my mate - it completely and utterly changed my view of Yes - it made Yes one of my top 3 fave bands ever. Is it my favourite Yes album? Probably not - Relayer or strangely GftO may get that accolade, but it always changes. But Topographic was my real gateway to the band, the one that made me stop in my tracks, the one that turned my head, I loved it from the first play.....it's what I wanted the band whose album covers promised so much - the mystery, the magnificence to deliver - the music matches the sleeve.
Great video from two brilliant RUclipsrs, I've had the pleasure of being on the Scots channel a few times.
Thank you - Phil
Great discussion guys! Love the stories from Scot and yourself Phil. I’m one of those who has never heard Topographic Oceans. Probably because of all the negatives surrounding it. You guys have me convinced to give it a listen. Thank you for the content. Cheers.
If you never heard Tales, I would do it one song a day. Maybe take a week to get through the whole magnificent experience. It is a challenge on first listen. But rewarding many decades of you keep with it every 4 months or so.
Hi Phil brilliant Scot’s so passionate about he’s music it was a joy to listen to you both, tales is a masterpiece end of let’s have more of the same please Phil 👏👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it
That was fun - love both your channels - I'm with you totally - it's all about being real and having true passion and also actually owning the physical media.
It's great to see Scot Lade from The Prog.Corner in "Meet The Collector"with Phil.
I love Tales too. It is not #1, but it has been in my top 3 to top 5 Yes albums for going on 40 years.
Great lists ! I love all the albums you showed ! My list would be :
1. Genesis - selling england by the pound/ The lamb
2. Jethro tull - a passion play
3. ELP - tarkus
4. Mike oldfield - ommadawn
5. Pink floyd - wish you were here
Yeah i know, i cheated for the number one spot but it's impossible for me to choose between the two genesis albums !
Great video ! I Love Prog so much !
I really love this interview enjoyed it very much 👍✌️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Phil. That was great fun! Must look up Scott's RUclips channel. I had no idea you were in Handsome Beasts. So much to learn from videos like this one.
One way of getting into albums like TfTO is to listen to the songs live. I've made a 40-minute tape of two sides/tracks from the album live in '74. Some of Steve Howe's guitar is so eerie that you can't help take it in and want to get spooked out again. Of course I want to hear it now, if I can find it.😀 But it's hard to understand why Tales... gets so much flak. In-a-Gadda-da-Vida and Echoes are older songs which take up a whole side of vinyl. We hard rock fans didn't reject Side 2 of Rising because Stargazer and Light in the Black are lyrically almost one song.
We have to remember that some classical works were misunderstood or rejected when they were new.
There are so many "1st generation" prog bands that are still the best ...Camel, Gentle Giant, PFM, Van der Graaf, Jethro Tull, and the ones that you mentioned. Yes' TFTO is a fantastic musical adventure very much like J.Tull's A Passion Play, some how people did not embrace the great musical journey ??? It is great to see you being so positive about some brilliant music. Great show BTW. (The last 90secs of TAAB is awesome !!...along with many other moments).
Really enjoyed this Phil and Scot 😊
I also love tales of topographic oceans ! At first i was very intimidated ! It took me 1 year to really like it, now this album is in my top 3 Yes albums !
Me too! It’s a total trip and I almost leave my body every time I listen to it. If I could only own one Yes album (which would be a terrible situation) Tales would be the one. It’s divisive for sure but I fall firmly in the “love it” column. The fact that so many don’t get it only fuels my enthusiasm towards it.
@@scottmcrae3355 totally agree ! Yes means so much to me that it's very hard for me just like you to keep just one album of theirs ! So hard men !😅I'm glad that you really love it !😄
Great episode Phil!!
Hmmm...Scot and Phil. I watch both. Nice to see you people on each others shows.
As far as Scot's picks go, these albums are bread and butter prog albums.
They are indeed! Thank you for watching - Phil
@ Thank you for having a show.
Interesting chat. I have seen King Crimson in the 80's (Beat tour) and the last tour with Jacko and I've never been a big fan but got to appreciate them much more. Strange that I need to revisit Prog and yet i became a Jazz fusion guy early 80's so you'd think I'd have been into both. Apart from Focus, some Yes (and National Health if you include the Canterbury scene) I wasn't in that camp until much later.
Hi Phil - well that was bloody hilarious - great stuff. No surprises from me - I would probably chose different albums, but those bands were certainly the best. To be honest - why doesnt anyone talk about Family's - "Music In A Dolls House" - for me, one of the great prog albums, and so far ahead of anything at that time. Released in July 1968 and co produced by Dave Mason, AND they were the first English band to be released on the Reprise label. Come on Phil - Family were a great band. I saw them two or three times late 60's, early 70's at the height of their powers, and they always put on an amazing show. You just have to look at Family's line up - they had some great musicians. I have the original UK LP, and I have the gorgeous remastered digibook 2CD with Family Entertainment. FAMILY - what a great band they were. Cya Doug
The main track on the flexidisc was the (then) non album single Brain Salad Surgery. I've heard that some people think the album would be better with the inclusion of that over Benny but I'm not so sure.
Great job Scot! God save the King!
My personal top 5 (only 5 is really hard):
1. Genesis “Foxtrot”
2. Yes “Tales From Topographic Oceans”
3. Van Der Graaf Generator “Pawn Hearts”
4. Gentle Giant “Three Friends”
5. Jethro Tull “Thick As A Brick”
I have to add a number 6 because I can’t leave Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon off of the list. I don’t listen to it often anymore because I have played it hundreds and hundreds of times in my life but it is probably more important to shaping my musical tastes than any of the above albums. I wasn’t born until 1976 so needed a gateway album and DSOTM was definitely that.
2 of the best You Tube guys ever.
Content excellent both great communities
Thank you - Phil
Hahaha, cool man. I can relate to this guy, I’m on the spectrum as well. Everything has to have its place, including my music collection, it’s one of my special interests/passions shall we say. I think he will pilfer me for a subs. A few great albums he showed, I have a couple of them, including that ELP one and the Yes. Love his enthusiasm, again, I can relate to my musical tastes.
Floyd - Wish you were here
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (well, any of their early stuff really)
There’s two examples anyway
Cool upload Phil 🫡
Edit: hell, I forgot one of my favourite prog albums: Once Again - Barclay James harvest ❤️
None of the mentioned albums would be in my top 5 (some of the bands would 😊) but if I'm send to an desert island with these records I would be having a great time 🎉. Great video and guest Phil.
Love both of you for your beautiful enthusiasm Thank you guys. ❤
Thank you 🙏
I must chime in with my Top 5 in this category: I like Scott's choice of Brain Salad Surgery; to that I'd add Close To The Edge, Foxtrot, Masque, and Dark Side Of The Moon.
Topographic Oceans, the only rock album that can challenge the classical music field for best music ever written.
Interesting discussion Phil, made me go back and reevaluate Lamb and Tales. my list would be:
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon/ Meddle ( cannot seperate them.
Yes The Yes album
Genesis Selling England by the Pound
Soft Machine 7
Great choices
Tales was the first Yes album I ever bought on CD I have not played it in many years.
I don't agree with everything either of you say but Phil is a gent and Scott has the gob. Please carry on both of you 🫡
Hi Steve, thank you :)
Totally Bonkers and then there is Scott Lade !!!!!.
Keep On Rocking In The Free World y'all.
Thank you for watching - Phil
Leave it to Scot to bring everything down to Earth for us bonkers.
Wow ❤😂 this is great .
I am in agreement with Doug .
This is pretty much the same list that I would have made .
Thank you Phil .
Another great show .
Thank you 🙏
I had never seen so much equipment and Edwin Shirley trucks outside a venue when I saw ELP. Incredible
I love a lot of the new bands that I’ve heard about through Scott and Sea of tranquility and you PHIL-but I think most importantly the Jethro Tulls,the King Crimson, the Genesis and the YES’S -they were the originators of that authentic progressive rock music SO to me- nobody will ever hold a candle to what they achieved when that music was virtually unknown , and unexplored territory, in 1970 and beyond Just my two pence weighing in on what Scott and you are saying !
A very excitable boy, but you cannot deny his enthusiasm! A very enjoyable podcast.
Thank you - Phil
14:22 No cellphone-computer mumbo jumbo was goin' on, Scot.😊
I love seeing two of my favorite progressive rock casters on the same stage! Amazing! I totally agree with Scott’s top five progressive rankings, and those top two> topographic oceans and the lamb live down on Broadway off for me musical Bible revelations, while most of my friends hated both of these albums I totally gravitated to them and got them within only a few listings perhaps because I was starting to get into jazz fusion like Mahavishnu Orchestra these days these two albums and the other three that sit around, listening to list and I’ve been listening to these guys for 50 years now! Incidentally, I want to say about Jethro Tull. They were my very first rock concert at a 400 seat theater in New Jersey and it was them in 1970 doing songs from stand-up and benefit. The New Jersey crowd went wild. We love to from that point on, and I felt, and my friends felt that Jethro Tull were gonna be a superstar rock band in America and the world and so they did, have great memories of seeing concert five groups that Scott and you fill site here thank you for this wonderful trip down memory lane that continues in my life till this very day rock rock on brothers ….. Potente 872
Sorry guys for my misspellings it’s due to using the microphone typist damn thing I meant the songs that Scott cited and that I gravitated to all these albums when a lot of my friends did not like these offerings whether they were too long or double albums or too complicated !OK I hope you can decipher my message but it’s wonderful seeing you guys together!
No problem at all - thank you for taking the time to comment - Phil
Got to love the microphone typist
How many times does solid become salad!
Great choices. The ELP and Genesis are my favourites. My favourite Tull is Minstrel. In regards to TFTO 34 years ago when I was 16 I loved most of it, there were only parts of The Ancient I didn't like. I had more issues with Gates of Delirium.
Scot and Phil together. Prog dreams are made of this!!🎉
Thank you - Phil
Transatlantic, brilliant, have a few of their albums
Thanks PhiL.
I was at the King Crimson show in Dayton while they were on their last tour. I assume that's the one Scot was at too.
I enjoyed that Phil 😂👍
R.I.P Pete Sinfield.
I've only heard Tales once and that was about 6 months ago.I thought straight off that some of the album was okay but it didn't knock me over in general.Just maybe I am one of those people who needs to give it another try or two to understand what all the fuss is about ! No.1 of all time but I'm not to sure about that.Got to say that Thick as a brick is one of my absolute favorite albums.Not a dull moment anywhere on this !!
I felt that Tales is the greatest music in the world since the second week of 1974 when I heard just the first 3 minutes of that 81 minute masterpiece.
You two had a great talk.
We did! Thank you for watching - Phil
Speaking of double albums and The Clash, if Scot dug London Calling, he must have loved Sandinista, was he not 3 lps? I think it was. "This is your mess I'm stuck in; I really don't belong" Rael
Hey guys, I've been in the market for some nice headphones. What would you recommend to listen to these five classics on? Great video Phil and Scot.
I can’t believe that no one is mentioning “ Misplaced Childhood “ and “ Clutching at straws “ by Marillion instead of the usual suspects
Hi Phil. Here is the pertinent statistic of this episode my friend; the amount of times Scott said "man." 34!!!!! 4 in under the first two minutes!! Trust me, I counted closely.....
How come no one has mentioned Six wives of Henry 8th,, Journey to the centre of the earth , and KingArthur by Rick Wakeman which is Prog in its prime .
Scott is a gas character 😊😊
Would have liked to have Kansas on the list
Scot has their first album in his top 10. Probably number 6.
I would have the same list exept I would replace ELP with Aquiring The Taste by Gentle Giant
@@thomaswery3087 fantastic album! ELP are one of the big six that I’ve never fully taken to. Gentle Giant however are one of my absolute favourites. I have a really difficult time even picking a favourite album from them…Taste through Free Hand or even Interview is pretty much flawless
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Tales should have been a single album for me, as should have The Lamb....but thats just me....
@@petedavies74 To do special long songs with no time restrictions is one fine thing, but to excel one needs the skill of condensing elements, accentuating ideas and have several memorable themes - that is another thing. That is a thing some lack, also why some progsters appreciate very good pop songs. There is a valid reason musical self-indulgence gets criticism, because it serves only the likeminded, a narrower audience, even among the same fans.
I don't rank double albums filled with filler as high as LP's with solid content.
Two of my top 3 in all music history are those two double albums because all but 3 minutes of those great albums are the most outstanding music ever recorded. Tales is the finest music ever written or recorded in all music history. Hold Your Fire by Rush is number 2. And Lamb is my 3rd favorite ever.
I don't like lamb lies down. It's their worst in my opinion. Taste eh!!!
And I don't like YES at all. Floyd,KC,tool,Riverside and tull would be my favourite prog bands. Edit I forgot porcupine tree.
I guess I'm a prog lite fan eh.
GG and elp are ok,along with Genesis.