Hey Scot. Killer list. Happy to see Nektar on there. And I screamed “Yes!” When I saw u had Camel at #14 - couldn’t agree more with you about how underrated they are. Cheers
That's an IQ line (too low). A thought... Tony Banks Genesis influences are SO classically based. In a parallel universe, would he be recognised like some of the names we now revere?
I am praying for your wisdom not to fail tomorrow. Things you hate about Yes? OMG Scot, what kind of quagmire are you getting into? You know how diverse Yes fans are. And you want to ruffle some TALE FEATHERS? Oh Lord have mercy. Shake Ya talefeather.
If you're up early make sure to check out the Heart of the Sunrise. Should be kind of a Ritual. Just be careful that you don't get too Close to the Edge!!!👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎
My top 10: 1. Happy the Man 2. Yes 3. Genesis 4. ELP 5. Gentle Giant 6. VdGG 7. Camel 8. PFM 9. Banco 10. Kansas 6 British bands, 2 Italian bands, and 2 American bands, all from the classic 70s era, and all capital P prog
Couldn’t be a better list, Scot. My #1 and 2 are Pink Floyd and Rush, but it just as easily could be Yes and Genesis. And I couldn’t be happier with where you have Porcupine Tree. That band deserves major props and will always be my favorite of all the modern day groups. I just can’t say enough about those guys 😎.
Absolutely incredible list Scot! As I'm a prog newbie, I have not listened to about 80% or more of the bands you've mentioned. But you can be sure I saved several random albums by several bands to listen to!! If only more people my age group (young adults) had the patience to listen to this stuff and try new things out! So much outstanding music I would never have imagined myself listening to. (About 5 years ago I mainly only listened to classical music!) Keep up the good work!
Great show Scott and thanks for giving Styx the Moody Blues, Hawkwind, and Gong some love and recognition. Great list and I totally agree with your top five.
Love you giving Supertramp love at #17…prog/pop/rock at its finest. Camel at #14 and Kansas at #9 is great too! Glad u woke up for Grace Under Pressure! 🤘🏻
What an impeccable list Scot!!! In my opinion, the top 8 are (in alphabetical order): Camel, ELP, Focus, Genesis, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes. Greetings from Northern Sweden!!!
Great list given with your customary infectious gusto ! Glad you name checked Mr Mellotron Mike Pinder and his contribution. "Simple Game" is one of my all time favourite songs.
Good morning Scot! Was happy to see that your top 5 were correct, especially 1 and 2 in the right order! Lol! Great numbers for the views and comments. Nicely done! Looking forward to today's vid. I'm sure we will agree on many of things that YES has screwed up over the years! FOREVER YES❣️❣️❣️ Support Scot at The Prog Corner❗️❗️❗️👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎
Just finished a Gentle Giant concert Marathon last night on YT😮 Effing wizards of intricacy! 1. VdGG 2 Tull. 3. Gentle Giant. Then ELP, Yes ect. for me but Scot, no Happy The Man but the Ayn Rand Band at 8😢 What struck me first was you referencing Jon Anderson with Le Orme🙃 Aldo has such a different voice. That really had me wondering how messed up the rest of the list would be😂 Stay cool and keep up that infectious energy!🎷🎹🎸✌️
Nice to have The Moody Blues on here. I don't know that I consider them true prog, always thought of them as just doing their own thing. Sometimes we get too caught up in categorizing music styles.
Heard everyone of these bands but Kaipa is the one for me. It seems to have everything great music should have. Great keyboard soundscapes, interesting bass lines, skilful drumming, fantastic harmony and individual singing and a guitarist who plays the most beautiful soaring sounding notes.
Hi Scot .., Great list, there are so many great Progbands, but my respect to you for the band " Henry Cow' ! nobody ever talks about them, they are more in avangarde and the Canterbury scene,but very proggy I always liked the Bassoon playing from Lindsay Cooper even Robert Wyatt did some live preformance on the album Concerts, playing some hand drums and singing .., and always nice to hear from "Gong' and "Hawkwind" Thank you !!
#46 Le Orme "imagine Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Jon Anderson singing Italian" - ok, I will give them a try 🙂 #5: "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" is a prog album, imo. I guess it depends on the definition, but we also have to take into consideration when it was made. #2: I'm absolutely with you that the commercial stuff from the 80s can't destroy what there was before.
Very good list! I was especially happy to see the inclusion of Mike Oldfield, PFM, Mahavishnu and Focus, four of my top faves (along with Yes, of course). And I LOVED your video on the things that you hate about Yes - it was spot on!! I loved them all the way up to (and even including) Tormato but the divisiveness and personnel changes and such definitely turned me off after that.
Overall great list! Good on you for including Procol Harum and the Moody Blues. I'd probably let Deep Purple and Uriah Heep into my list too. And you got the top three Canterbury bands so we're good there. There are a few in there that don't anything for me, but we all have different tastes as you said when you talked about Magma. My insertions if it were my list would probably include... Ambrosia (first three) Chicago (first few) Nemo Ozric Tentacles Pendragon Triumvirat Prog on!
Scot, you know what I’m going to say: KANSAS!!! 😉 Hey, don’t forget from earlier this year, you’ve got to review the 2 greatest (in my opinion) Prog-Concept albums of all time: “Doomsday Afternoon” and “Number 7” both by Phideaux! Great list today my friend 😊
Excellent list! Man...I am so glad you put Gentle Giant so high...They deserve it! What an incredible band. If it was my top 50 favorite band Gentle Giant would be in my top 5 but number 7 is fantastic.
Brilliant progressive rock countdown and I’m so happy Scott that you listed Renaissance at 12 and Jethro Tull at six also your top five was spot on, but I was disappointed that Haken, which is a recent band that I’ve learned to love did not make that top 50 OK there’s always room for improvement. Laugh out loud, great work, man, man!
Nice seeing tangerine dream and tool, such amazing progressive bands, also tool somehow are often not considered prog. I think also godspeed could have made the list, i consider them prog
Great list -- love seeing Kansas in the top 10. I would have found a way to get Magenta on the list. They're in with Kansas among my 10 favorite bands of all time, spanning all genres.
Before I even watch the video Scot here's mine : 1. Genesis 2. YES 3. Van Der Graaf Generator 4. Jethro Tull 5. Pink Floyd 6. Marillion (Fish-era) 7. King Crimson 8. Gentle Giant 9. Camel 10. Mike Oldfield 11. Dream Theater 12. PFM 13. Muse 14. The Mars Volta 15. EGG 16. Steven Wilson 17. Kings X 18. Supertramp 19. Kate Bush 20. Kaipa 21. Ring Van Möbius 22. Soft Machine 23. SIGH 24. Frank Zappa 25. It Bites 26. Wobbler 27. Transatlantic 28. Caravan 29. Pattern seeking animals 30. Kansas 31. The Flower Kings 32. The Moody Blues 33. UK 34. Midlake 35. Liquid Tension Experiment 36. Asia 37. Moon Safari 38. Riverside 39. Lifesigns 40. Family 41. Renaissance 42. Starcastle 43. STYX 44. Hatfield and the North 45. IQ 46. Air 47. Atomic Rooster 48. Ozric Tentacles 49. The Flaming Lips 50. Tangerine Dream... Later man. 😍🎵🎵🤘
@@TheProgCorner Wow , yeah loved the rundown Scot 👍 looking forward to your YES flaws😅...I just can't believe I forgot to put RUSH and Procol Harum on my list !!! Easy top 20's for me. 😍🎵🎵🤘
Interesting ranking, I'd have Eloy in my top 10. Over on this side of the pond, we never rated Kansas as a prog band down through the years, we always considered them a AOR type of band, but having listened to them and got into them they are prog in my opinion.
@@TheProgCornerI was checking out the latest record from The Tangent after listening to your list. Looking forward to checking out their entire catalogue.
Cool list, most of my favs were quite low, can, gong, soft machine.. would add Embryo, Steve Hillage, ozric tentacles, Hatfield and the north. Nice to see Camel and Gentle giant rank high, they're great.
Hai Scot. Great list. Being Dutch glad you mentioned Focus. Have you ever heard other Dutch prog such as Trace, Solution, Alquin, Supersister , Kayak, (early) Earth & Fire or Ekseption. If not check them out. You might like them. Greetings etc😂
@@TheProgCorner Know what you mean. At university in the mid 1980s, I liked Xanadu - bought A Farewell To Kings - and The Spirit Of Radio. But didn't really get Rush otherwise. Fast forward to about 2009 and I bought the 2 CD compilation album "Gold" for a bargain price. Then it all clicked. Now own most of the studio albums and a few live ones. An easy top ten band for me now - only took about 25 years!!!
Nice piking indeed.loved to see Henry cow &gong on your list and thats A bit unusual for an American prog fan.if pink Floyd & hawkwind are prog(and I agree) so is All of the krautrock movement,just a subjener of psychedelic prog.
i think a list of obscure prog bands would be really cool especially as one of my new favorite bands is a obscure band called Nine Days Wonder which was a german band (with a german singer) who had multiple spoken word sections sung in English with a british accent on their self titled debut not to mention other small bands like out of focus or gracious!
Scot..."Nobody wanted to hear a English version of PFM"...except me I guess. I love their English version albums...why maybe because that's the language I understand besides I love Bernardo Lanzetti's voice on Jet Lag and Chocolate Kings and the 2 earlier albums Photos Of Ghosts and The World Became The World. Also Bernardo Lanzetti in Acqua Fragile 2 great prog albums "Mass Media Stars" and their frist self titled album with the unique quad fold album cover very cool.
Love that you say Yes is your fav band but there are 10 thing’s about them you hate/don’t like. I’m the exact same with Rush. Some folks say you can’t dislike anything by your fav band…that’s bs imo. 🤘🏻👍🏻
Have you ever featured Crack the Sky? Their debut 1975 album is on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 50 prog albums of all time. All the albums including the ones done this century are strong. The first two are definitive prog and the third, Safety in Numbers is phenomenal as well. If there is ever a Progressive Rock Hall of Fame John Palumbo and Rick Witkowski have to be in there. Classic tracks include Nuclear Apathy; Surf City/Hold On; Ice; Safety in Numbers and so many more.
Last week I found GG octopus and the power and the glory LPs at the dump, in pretty good shape. I also took a Jason and the scorchers lost and found LP. I'm casual with prog but I had been meaning to try GG again anyway
I prefer Gentle Giant to Yes but I do agree Yes should occupy the No.1 slot BUT...what about Egg? I know they only released 1 single and 3 albums but the quality of all of those discs is sublime. I suspect this sort of statement is echoed by umpteen dozen other commenters who assail you with 'but what about (name of band)' type questions. I'm also glad you included The Tangent. This is proof that progressive rock is alive and healthy.
Great list. I am impressed that Renaissance made it so high. I would have placed them even higher. One question for Scot- why are Strawbs not on the list?
Not sure if Can are prog but they would be #2 for me, along with your #1 which I totally agree with, and Zappa, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and Nektar. Eloy is great too but I need more than one album by them, which is Ocean.
Eloy are a great fabulous band, since you have Ocean.. get Dawn, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, Power and the Passion, Planets, Time to Turn, Inside, Floating, First album, Colours .... just for beginning!
Hey Scott...excellent list but what about Focus?!!!!!!!! Surely they deserve to be at least in the top 20 with masterpiece albums such as Moving Waves, Focus 3 and Hamburger Concerto...No?
I would like to suggest a 70's band from Greece "SOCRATES DRANK THE CONIUM" or just "Socrates" and another one from 1997 up to 2007 ..."Will-O-The-Wisp". I think you are gonna love them, Socrates are a Bluesy Hard Prog Psych band influenced also from Jimi Henrdrix and Cream, and Vangelis also played on their possibly most famous album called "Phos" (1976) and they wrote and produced 7 incredible albums from 1971-1983...They played in Europe and Will O The Wisp 4 great space psychedelic prog, their music is influenced by Camel, Gandalf, Soft Machine, Caravan, Floyd, Tull and J.R.R. Tolkien...
Apropos Renaissance being the only band with a lead female vocalist on the list: Henry Cow had the amazing Dagmar Krause on In Praise of Learning and Western Culture. RIO forever!
Great list, as expected. My top 10 is pretty predictable but I will admit that my knowledge of the more obscure bands and the Canterbury scene is much more limited than yours. Genesis Yes Gentle Giant VDGG Pink Floyd Jethro Tull King Crimson Rush Hawkwind Camel
for me it's Snakes and Arrows. Never followed how people enjoy the other 80's Synth era albums, and then don't care for Grace Under Pressure. But everyone has their reasons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@ilabelle1 I sort of follow that, but every 80's Rush album is superb for me. I rate a few higher than others (Permanent Waves and Signals), but all of those albums including HYF and Presto I appreciate nearly every track on.
@@AllMediaReviewsPodcast I suspect that most Rush fans of a certain age hold the highest praise for all their albums up to Signals. I personally feel that after that things went a little sideways by comparison. Not to say they didn’t produce anything worthwhile after that. I like Snakes and Clockwork just not as much as Hemispheres or Kings. The best careers are the ones that go up and down. All my favourite bands have similar histories (except the Beatles). Just look at the histories in Scot’s list of 50. These are bands most of us love. You gotta have a Thingfish in there somewhere.
Only heard of 15 of 50 and only listened to 2/3rds of them. Mike Oldfield? Thought he was the foundation of 'new age'. Don't get me wrong, i have most if his stuff, including 'collaboration'
I have 2 feathers in my cap having played with bands #14 and #12 :)
Camel and Renaissance!!!! That’s right!!!! I mean seriously, how cool is that? Can’t wait to hear some new music from you!!!
Hey Scot. Killer list. Happy to see Nektar on there. And I screamed “Yes!” When I saw u had Camel at #14 - couldn’t agree more with you about how underrated they are. Cheers
Thanks for watching!!!!! 👍❤️👍❤️
IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!
That's an IQ line (too low). A thought... Tony Banks Genesis influences are SO classically based. In a parallel universe, would he be recognised like some of the names we now revere?
I am praying for your wisdom not to fail tomorrow. Things you hate about Yes? OMG Scot, what kind of quagmire are you getting into? You know how diverse Yes fans are. And you want to ruffle some TALE FEATHERS? Oh Lord have mercy. Shake Ya talefeather.
If you're up early make sure to check out the Heart of the Sunrise. Should be kind of a Ritual. Just be careful that you don't get too Close to the Edge!!!👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎
Gentle Giant completely deserving of that Top 10 placement, and you're not wrong... once it clicks, there's no going back 😆
That’s right!!!!!
Your both not quite right GG is without a doubt the greatest most epic legendary unique innovative genius band ever.
@@1359401 I agree 😄
Well, that's where you're wrong. I used to like Gentle Giant and I've "gone back". Fisticuffs WILL break out- it's Clickbait Week!
They are an all-time top 5.
Great stuff! Van Der Graaf was so close to the top 10!! Well done, sir.
They are top 5!!! The problem is - there are 10 bands.
Almost…
Great list. I love Van der Graaf Generator and I definitely see krautrock as a form of prog. I like Faust and Neu! a lot.
Me too!!!!!!
My top 10:
1. Happy the Man
2. Yes
3. Genesis
4. ELP
5. Gentle Giant
6. VdGG
7. Camel
8. PFM
9. Banco
10. Kansas
6 British bands, 2 Italian bands, and 2 American bands, all from the classic 70s era, and all capital P prog
Couldn’t be a better list, Scot. My #1 and 2 are Pink Floyd and Rush, but it just as easily could be Yes and Genesis. And I couldn’t be happier with where you have Porcupine Tree. That band deserves major props
and will always be my favorite of all the modern day groups. I just can’t say enough about those guys 😎.
I felt bad keeping them out of the Top 20…
I totally get that. But look at the competition 😆.
Absolutely incredible list Scot! As I'm a prog newbie, I have not listened to about 80% or more of the bands you've mentioned. But you can be sure I saved several random albums by several bands to listen to!! If only more people my age group (young adults) had the patience to listen to this stuff and try new things out! So much outstanding music I would never have imagined myself listening to. (About 5 years ago I mainly only listened to classical music!) Keep up the good work!
Classical music is the best place to start with Prog!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Great show Scott and thanks for giving Styx the Moody Blues, Hawkwind, and Gong some love and recognition. Great list and I totally agree with your top five.
Thanks, Don!!!! 👍❤️
YES - ELP - GENESIS - KING CRIMSON - PINK FLOYD - KANSAS - AND MANY MANY MORE!
The best!!!!
Love you giving Supertramp love at #17…prog/pop/rock at its finest. Camel at #14 and Kansas at #9 is great too! Glad u woke up for Grace Under Pressure! 🤘🏻
It only took what? 40 years???
What an impeccable list Scot!!! In my opinion, the top 8 are (in alphabetical order): Camel, ELP, Focus, Genesis, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes. Greetings from Northern Sweden!!!
I can’t argue with any of those!!!!
Great list given with your customary infectious gusto ! Glad you name checked Mr Mellotron Mike Pinder and his contribution. "Simple Game" is one of my all time favourite songs.
I miss Mike.
Good morning Scot! Was happy to see that your top 5 were correct, especially 1 and 2 in the right order! Lol! Great numbers for the views and comments. Nicely done! Looking forward to today's vid. I'm sure we will agree on many of things that YES has screwed up over the years! FOREVER YES❣️❣️❣️
Support Scot at The Prog Corner❗️❗️❗️👍☮️👑🐍🙏😎
My favorite band has pissed me off so many times!!! This should be fun!!!!
@@TheProgCornerYou're preaching to the choir.👍😎
So many good choices ....and GREAT live Sunday...Thanks what you do for us ...from the # 1 PROG CHANNEL ON TH-cam ✌️👍💥
That’s right!!!!!
Great list - the only glaring omissions for me are Pure Reason Revolution and The Pineapple Thief.
Two good ones. Really surprised at how good the new PRR is.
Just finished a Gentle Giant concert Marathon last night on YT😮 Effing wizards of intricacy!
1. VdGG 2 Tull. 3. Gentle Giant. Then ELP, Yes ect. for me but Scot, no Happy The Man but the Ayn Rand Band at 8😢
What struck me first was you referencing Jon Anderson with Le Orme🙃 Aldo has such a different voice. That really had me wondering how messed up the rest of the list would be😂 Stay cool and keep up that infectious energy!🎷🎹🎸✌️
Aldo has always sounded like an Italian Jon Anderson to me!!!! Maybe Rush should have been a spot or two higher…
Some great picks, especially your rankings for VdGG, Gong and Hawkwind 👍👍👍
Oh, Scot! Great list, great presentation; all my love peace and happiness to you!
Thanks. And right back at you…
The closing minute of your videos never ceases to make me laugh, no matter how many times I see them. This particular one was one of the best.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!😊
Great list, Scot. Nice to see Riverside in there. One of my favourite modern prog bands
I think they deserve a spot in the Top 50!!!
Nice to have The Moody Blues on here. I don't know that I consider them true prog, always thought of them as just doing their own thing. Sometimes we get too caught up in categorizing music styles.
Indeed we do!!!
Great list! Some of these I’ll have to check out for the first time but the ones I do know I’d have to agree with your ranking
Thank you, Joe!!!
Fantastic cant argue with that list. Id sneak the ozrics in there as well. !
Okay!!!
COOL LIST...Impossible to dispute. Pleased the underrated Camel got a special mention too.
Absolutely!!!!
Heard everyone of these bands but Kaipa is the one for me. It seems to have everything great music should have. Great keyboard soundscapes, interesting bass lines, skilful drumming, fantastic harmony and individual singing and a guitarist who plays the most beautiful soaring sounding notes.
I love Kaipa!!! Hans is a genius.
Very assertive list, Scott... love it
Yes indeed!!!!
It's a excelent list Scot.Long live the Prog.Corner!👍
Thank you!!!!🙏
@@TheProgCorner 👍
Hi Scot .., Great list, there are so many great Progbands, but my respect to you for the band " Henry Cow' ! nobody ever talks about them, they are more in avangarde and the Canterbury scene,but very proggy I always liked the Bassoon playing from Lindsay Cooper
even Robert Wyatt did some live preformance on the album Concerts, playing some hand drums and singing ..,
and always nice to hear from "Gong' and "Hawkwind" Thank you !!
A Top 50? Impossible!!! But I think I got it right.
#46 Le Orme "imagine Emerson, Lake & Palmer with Jon Anderson singing Italian" - ok, I will give them a try 🙂 #5: "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" is a prog album, imo. I guess it depends on the definition, but we also have to take into consideration when it was made. #2: I'm absolutely with you that the commercial stuff from the 80s can't destroy what there was before.
I agree!!!! And I think you will like Le Orme. What a band!!!!
Very good list! I was especially happy to see the inclusion of Mike Oldfield, PFM, Mahavishnu and Focus, four of my top faves (along with Yes, of course). And I LOVED your video on the things that you hate about Yes - it was spot on!! I loved them all the way up to (and even including) Tormato but the divisiveness and personnel changes and such definitely turned me off after that.
They are a hard band to love…
Listening in from the UK. That outro had me crying. Haha. Never change!
The outro is the secret sauce!!!!
Overall great list! Good on you for including Procol Harum and the Moody Blues. I'd probably let Deep Purple and Uriah Heep into my list too. And you got the top three Canterbury bands so we're good there. There are a few in there that don't anything for me, but we all have different tastes as you said when you talked about Magma. My insertions if it were my list would probably include...
Ambrosia (first three)
Chicago (first few)
Nemo
Ozric Tentacles
Pendragon
Triumvirat
Prog on!
Nemo, Triumvirat, Chicago and Ambrosia all made my short list (of around 75…) Good call on Pendragon and those crazy Ozrics…
Scot, you know what I’m going to say: KANSAS!!! 😉 Hey, don’t forget from earlier this year, you’ve got to review the 2 greatest (in my opinion) Prog-Concept albums of all time: “Doomsday Afternoon” and “Number 7” both by Phideaux! Great list today my friend 😊
Phideaux is amazing!!!
@@TheProgCornerI say Kansas too - at number 1. I’m the biggest Wheathead in the world!
I’m going to see Kansas on their 50th anniversary tour this coming Sunday. CAN’T WAIT!
@@katesjanice ENJOY! 😊
Excellent list! Man...I am so glad you put Gentle Giant so high...They deserve it! What an incredible band. If it was my top 50 favorite band Gentle Giant would be in my top 5 but number 7 is fantastic.
Some days I think they deserve the top spot. Just amazing!!!!
Hi Scot! Great list! What about a jazz fusion list?
Brilliant progressive rock countdown and I’m so happy Scott that you listed Renaissance at 12 and Jethro Tull at six also your top five was spot on, but I was disappointed that Haken, which is a recent band that I’ve learned to love did not make that top 50 OK there’s always room for improvement. Laugh out loud, great work, man, man!
(I had them at #52…
Nice seeing tangerine dream and tool, such amazing progressive bands, also tool somehow are often not considered prog. I think also godspeed could have made the list, i consider them prog
I do too!!!
Great list -- love seeing Kansas in the top 10. I would have found a way to get Magenta on the list. They're in with Kansas among my 10 favorite bands of all time, spanning all genres.
Magenta was DEFINITELY in the running.
Nektar at 42 breaks my heart, haha! Great list Scot and great T-Shirt 😁😎😎😎
Love you man...love the list too, except for the low position of Wobbler. Retro for sure, but for me they are definitely top seven.
Over time I believe they will continue to climb the charts!!!!
Before I even watch the video Scot here's mine :
1. Genesis
2. YES
3. Van Der Graaf Generator
4. Jethro Tull
5. Pink Floyd
6. Marillion (Fish-era)
7. King Crimson
8. Gentle Giant
9. Camel
10. Mike Oldfield
11. Dream Theater
12. PFM
13. Muse
14. The Mars Volta
15. EGG
16. Steven Wilson
17. Kings X
18. Supertramp
19. Kate Bush
20. Kaipa
21. Ring Van Möbius
22. Soft Machine
23. SIGH
24. Frank Zappa
25. It Bites
26. Wobbler
27. Transatlantic
28. Caravan
29. Pattern seeking animals
30. Kansas
31. The Flower Kings
32. The Moody Blues
33. UK
34. Midlake
35. Liquid Tension Experiment
36. Asia
37. Moon Safari
38. Riverside
39. Lifesigns
40. Family
41. Renaissance
42. Starcastle
43. STYX
44. Hatfield and the North
45. IQ
46. Air
47. Atomic Rooster
48. Ozric Tentacles
49. The Flaming Lips
50. Tangerine Dream...
Later man. 😍🎵🎵🤘
I excluded Muse but so happy to see PSA on your list!!!!
@@TheProgCorner Wow , yeah loved the rundown Scot 👍 looking forward to your YES flaws😅...I just can't believe I forgot to put RUSH and Procol Harum on my list !!! Easy top 20's for me. 😍🎵🎵🤘
@@PJprogIKR? With lists, I just can't think of everything in a short span of time. Always forgetting something on the grocery list.
Flaming Lips are awesome, never thought of them as prog. I guess they could be
Muy buena lista imprescindible. Muchas las conozco por este canal. Dear hunter me gusta mucho también, y cardiacs y kotevel, ruins, ske,
The Dear Hunter almost made the list…
And Cardiacs too!
Great choices. Some I don’t think were mentioned;
Curved Air
Khan
Utopia
Beefheart(???)
Excellent!!!!!
Great list. I'd put The Flower Kings on there. Such a rich discography.
Got them at #20!!!!
@@TheProgCorner I missed that. I was listening to your list while driving. I didn't fall asleep.
They came right after Porcupine Tree. I probably zoned out because I am not a big fan of them.
Interesting ranking, I'd have Eloy in my top 10. Over on this side of the pond, we never rated Kansas as a prog band down through the years, we always considered them a AOR type of band, but having listened to them and got into them they are prog in my opinion.
See how that Atlantic divide works? ❤️👍
Great list!
Thank you so much!!!
@@TheProgCornerI was checking out the latest record from The Tangent after listening to your list. Looking forward to checking out their entire catalogue.
Great list Scott! I’m glad to see Mike Oldfield’s guitar talent getting the respect it deserves
Absolutely. He’s a weird player. His style is just so bizarre!!! No one else plays like him!!! Is he Steve Vai? Nope!!! HE’S EVEN BETTER!!!!
Cool list, most of my favs were quite low, can, gong, soft machine.. would add Embryo, Steve Hillage, ozric tentacles, Hatfield and the north. Nice to see Camel and Gentle giant rank high, they're great.
Ozrics almost made it.
Hai Scot. Great list. Being Dutch glad you mentioned Focus. Have you ever heard other Dutch prog such as Trace, Solution, Alquin, Supersister , Kayak, (early) Earth & Fire or Ekseption. If not check them out. You might like them. Greetings etc😂
Here’s my Dutch Prog episode:
th-cam.com/video/vjeSRWpWVrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ew2nuwX0XkO8acvM
Nice one, thanks
Kansas! Thanks Scott! USA.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Gong with Kavus just about to tour in the US, starting 24th Sept into mid October
Really????
@@TheProgCorner Indeed, dates are shown on Kavus' FB page. I tried to post them in my reply but they would post.
Great list. Glad you've learnt to appreciate "Grace Under Pressure". For me it's a top 5 Rush album.
It only took 40 years…
@@TheProgCorner Know what you mean. At university in the mid 1980s, I liked Xanadu - bought A Farewell To Kings - and The Spirit Of Radio. But didn't really get Rush otherwise. Fast forward to about 2009 and I bought the 2 CD compilation album "Gold" for a bargain price. Then it all clicked. Now own most of the studio albums and a few live ones. An easy top ten band for me now - only took about 25 years!!!
I can't call this clickbait because I agree with too much of it. This is not a distraction, this is authoritative. :)
I tried. I really did. This list was a year in the making!!!!!
Love your show.. Miss Begger's Opera in your list. If Gentle Giant are underrated then they are defenitely.
I love those first three Beggar’s Opera records!!!!!
I love Grace Under Pressure. I always have. Afterimage is a moving song.
Fantastic!!!
Nice piking indeed.loved
to see Henry cow &gong on your list and thats
A bit unusual for an American prog fan.if pink Floyd & hawkwind are prog(and I agree) so is
All of the krautrock movement,just a subjener of psychedelic prog.
Thank you!!! I try to be an internationalist!!!!
In my top 50, I would also include : Strawbs, Ekseption, Harmonium and maybe Starcastle !
Strawbs ALMOST made it…
i think a list of obscure prog bands would be really cool especially as one of my new favorite bands is a obscure band called Nine Days Wonder which was a german band (with a german singer) who had multiple spoken word sections sung in English with a british accent on their self titled debut not to mention other small bands like out of focus or gracious!
Gracious!!!! They need some love. What a band…
Scot..."Nobody wanted to hear a English version of PFM"...except me I guess. I love their English version albums...why maybe because that's the language I understand besides I love Bernardo Lanzetti's voice on Jet Lag and Chocolate Kings and the 2 earlier albums Photos Of Ghosts and The World Became The World. Also Bernardo Lanzetti in Acqua Fragile 2 great prog albums "Mass Media Stars" and their frist self titled album with the unique quad fold album cover very cool.
I love Lanzetti. PFM rules.
Bo Hansson and Caravan might have poked into my top 50 but then again I prefer Goblin to PFM as well so I get that it's personal.
I had Caravan!!!! And Bo came VERY close!!!!
Looking forward to tomorrows video Scot will be interesting 😂
Yes indeed!!!!
Love that you say Yes is your fav band but there are 10 thing’s about them you hate/don’t like. I’m the exact same with Rush. Some folks say you can’t dislike anything by your fav band…that’s bs imo. 🤘🏻👍🏻
As hardcore fans we have the RIGHT to speak up !!!!!
Hey Scot, great list! How could YES not be number one? I didn't see Todd Rundgren or his Utopia on the list, did I miss it?🤩
Didn’t make it!!!! Utopia needed one more Prog album…
@@TheProgCorner Got ya.
Have you ever featured Crack the Sky? Their debut 1975 album is on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 50 prog albums of all time. All the albums including the ones done this century are strong. The first two are definitive prog and the third, Safety in Numbers is phenomenal as well. If there is ever a Progressive Rock Hall of Fame John Palumbo and Rick Witkowski have to be in there. Classic tracks include Nuclear Apathy; Surf City/Hold On; Ice; Safety in Numbers and so many more.
Big fan of their debut album.
KANSAS!!! I love the respect you give them Scott. They often get disrespected for some reason.
Unfairly so!!!
great list. is there a chance Ozric Tentacles are no.53 ? 🤝 🥳👍
One day, very very soon, i’m gonna listen to all of these
Yes indeed!!!!!!
Looks like i’ve got some serious work to do
Can’t wait for Nektar week!
I know, right??!!!!
Last week I found GG octopus and the power and the glory LPs at the dump, in pretty good shape. I also took a Jason and the scorchers lost and found LP.
I'm casual with prog but I had been meaning to try GG again anyway
I love Jason and the Scorchers!!!! (And, of course, Gentle Giant is genius…)
So cool you included Styx at 27. My favorite band all time. Your knowledge is 15 times greater.
Thank you!!! I’m a fan boy. Tommy Shaw and DDY do need to kiss and make up though…
@@TheProgCorner I agree and before its too late.
I prefer Gentle Giant to Yes but I do agree Yes should occupy the No.1 slot BUT...what about Egg? I know they only released 1 single and 3 albums but the quality of all of those discs is sublime. I suspect this sort of statement is echoed by umpteen dozen other commenters who assail you with 'but what about (name of band)' type questions. I'm also glad you included The Tangent. This is proof that progressive rock is alive and healthy.
Yes Egg, great band :-)
Egg almost made it…
Ooh, I like it!
Here we go!!!
Yes is my favorite too. But, yes they have major issues. I met the lineup at the Spectrum. Nice people.
Steve has always been nice to me!!!
I cannot disagree with your top 10!
It’s cut in stone.
Masonic calligraphy!
Good ranking. Genesis is always #1 for me. I would have listed Alan Parsons higher and Wigwam would have fit on the list.
I love Wigwam!!!!
Great list. I am impressed that Renaissance made it so high. I would have placed them even higher.
One question for Scot- why are Strawbs not on the list?
They almost made it. Probably around #53 or #54.
Ahhhh....my beloved Supertramp....😊
Hope you are well my American friend 😊
They HAD to be there!!!!
It's all personal opinion of course, but Pendragon's 45 years of excellence has them very much in the top 50 for me.
A good call!!!!
Mike Pinder mentioned!! RIP we will remeber you.
Yes, we will!!!
@@TheProgCorner He made me discover the mellotron. I then wondered what other bands used it. Then I was stuck in the wonderful world of prog.
Awesome list i am a fan of pink floyd also genesis to be honest Scot ❤😊
Nice!!! I love those two bands so much!!!
Not sure if Can are prog but they would be #2 for me, along with your #1 which I totally agree with, and Zappa, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and Nektar. Eloy is great too but I need more than one album by them, which is Ocean.
Eloy are a great fabulous band, since you have Ocean..
get Dawn, Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes, Power and the Passion, Planets, Time to Turn, Inside, Floating, First album, Colours .... just for beginning!
Ocean is amazing though. Good starting point!!!
Early U S Prog band that is never mentioned is Sugarloaf. Listening to Spaceship earth as I send this.
I love them!!!!
Hey Scott...excellent list but what about Focus?!!!!!!!! Surely they deserve to be at least in the top 20 with masterpiece albums such as Moving Waves, Focus 3 and Hamburger Concerto...No?
Focus made the list.
@@TheProgCorner Doh! Apologies Scott..I need to pay more attention.
I am a Australian and in the early 1970's we had a band called Spectrum who were prog.They were brilliant . Scott I think you would really like them
I have not heard them!!!
Sebastian Hardie and Windchase probably are better known
Awesome show scot
Thank you!!!!
Procol Harum is so underrated! Though not exactly prog so I'll accept it ;)
Proto Prog. So definitely not full blown Prog…
I would like to suggest a 70's band from Greece "SOCRATES DRANK THE CONIUM" or just "Socrates" and another one from 1997 up to 2007 ..."Will-O-The-Wisp". I think you are gonna love them, Socrates are a Bluesy Hard Prog Psych band influenced also from Jimi Henrdrix and Cream, and Vangelis also played on their possibly most famous album called "Phos" (1976) and they wrote and produced 7 incredible albums from 1971-1983...They played in Europe and Will O The Wisp 4 great space psychedelic prog, their music is influenced by Camel, Gandalf, Soft Machine, Caravan, Floyd, Tull and J.R.R. Tolkien...
Sounds awesome!
Apropos Renaissance being the only band with a lead female vocalist on the list: Henry Cow had the amazing Dagmar Krause on In Praise of Learning and Western Culture.
RIO forever!
Dagmar!!!!! And Cooper was in the band too so…
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Great list, as expected. My top 10 is pretty predictable but I will admit that my knowledge of the more obscure bands and the Canterbury scene is much more limited than yours.
Genesis
Yes
Gentle Giant
VDGG
Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Rush
Hawkwind
Camel
Amazing list!!!!!!
@@TheProgCorner I’m glad you included Hawkwind…they sound somewhere between Krautrock and Prog to me. The kings of Space Rock!
at one time i would have said definately Genesis 1, Then i heard 'Gates Of Delirium' oh boy YES!
Yes!!!! (But it’s close.)
1 Nektar
2 Ufo
3 Emerson Lake & Palmer
4 yes
5 Rush
6 Caifanes
7 Snafu
8 Hawkwind
9 Todd Rungren/Utopia
10 Styx
11 Frank Zappa
12 The Tubes
13 Avalanch
14 Caravan
15 Kraftwerk
Fantastic!!!
Gryphon and Strawbs deserve placement near the top. Cool to see Henry Cow on the list. I basically concur otherwise.
I forgot Gryphon but I don’t think they would make Top 50. Strawbs, on the other hand, came VERY close.
For me:
1. Yes
2. Genesis
3. Rush
4. Marillion
5. Dream Theater
6. Porcupine Tree
7. It Bites
8. King Crimson
9. Glass Hammer
10. Pink Floyd
Glass Hammer!!! Nice!!!
Steve Hillage as solo artist would be in my top ten
He’s incredible.
Nektar. Sherman Hemsley was a fan. Was a fan of Gong too. ;)
Yes, he was!!!!
I've always loved "Grace Under Pressure". "Vapor Trails" was the odd man out for me.
for me it's Snakes and Arrows. Never followed how people enjoy the other 80's Synth era albums, and then don't care for Grace Under Pressure. But everyone has their reasons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It was all Signals’ fault. That record is so good that I just couldn’t with GUP. But I was wrong…
I’ve always looked at Signals, Grace and Windows as a sorta trilogy. Fire was the complete miss for me.
@@ilabelle1 I sort of follow that, but every 80's Rush album is superb for me. I rate a few higher than others (Permanent Waves and Signals), but all of those albums including HYF and Presto I appreciate nearly every track on.
@@AllMediaReviewsPodcast
I suspect that most Rush fans of a certain age hold the highest praise for all their albums up to Signals. I personally feel that after that things went a little sideways by comparison. Not to say they didn’t produce anything worthwhile after that. I like Snakes and Clockwork just not as much as Hemispheres or Kings. The best careers are the ones that go up and down. All my favourite bands have similar histories (except the Beatles). Just look at the histories in Scot’s list of 50. These are bands most of us love. You gotta have a Thingfish in there somewhere.
Only heard of 15 of 50 and only listened to 2/3rds of them. Mike Oldfield? Thought he was the foundation of 'new age'. Don't get me wrong, i have most if his stuff, including 'collaboration'
I get it - he’s a lot of things!!!!