BBC Prog Rock Britannia (1 of 9)

[juresaiyan]

1:32 - best quote ever!

[SuperMAZ007]

Can anyone tell me, who is the artist at 5:00

[DobrayaKorova]

@SuperMAZ007

Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)

[PAULLONDEN]

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[Srlucaslunatico]

Alguem traduz isso pelamordedeus!!

[TheRealQuester]

This is the best thing I've seen since the invention of prog rock itself.

[jamirosmajicrocks]

i love prog, and i love there is a documentary only focusing on this genre,

[078584]

Does anyone know what track's playing at the start of the video?

[Aless89]

1:11 : Who's it ?!

[078584]

@Aless89 Arthur Brown, I believe.

[juanjoseph]

beatles on progresive rock??? seriously???????

[TheProgNerd]

@juanjoseph

They laid the foundation for prog-rock.

[juanjoseph]

@TheProgNerd they didn't, it was The Moody Blues with Days of Future Passed

[TheProgNerd]

@juanjoseph That one too. Also...Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I think it was the trifecta of those three (all in '67) that laid the groundwork. Court of the Crimson King was the first proper "progressive rock" album, I would say.

[juanjoseph]

1:36 really????? come on......

[dantean]

The Canterbury scene bands, so-called, were the ones managing to do with none of the pointless, meaningless lyrics divorced from both the real world around them and from identifiable human feelings within (typically opting for the latter). They did without the competitive ax-manship, as well, thus explaining, perhaps, why they remain largely a cult taste to this day. Alas...

[larockeramenor]

This is absolutely brilliant!!!!



[spicygaga]

best prog rock prog ever

[0primamateria0]

Not even a footnote referance to "Renaissance"....Big Error!

[meurglys1111]

Yes...they were all good...and still are..vander graaf generator are still going to this day....there is a new breed of prog rock now..and its great i have a few of these albums myself..Glass Hammer Magic Pie Mars Hollow ...Pendragon seek them out you wont be disappointed.

[guitarreilly]

we english know how to make good documentaries

[yuujfuj]

@guitarreilly yes even yourself

[BarrioAztrologist89]

@guitarreilly fuck yeah you guys do. saludos from chicago!

[riqyl32]

@guitarreilly And you also know how to make great music too ;)

[gietek]

Why is Rush considered prog rock? I listened to their records and it's just some hard rock with sometimes a bit more unusual time signatures and typical for hard rock vocal.

And why on every video with prog rock compilation there are people yapping "WTF? Where is Rush?".

[IcantDiedeadenough]

@gietek dude rush is prog rock. maybe no so much in the 80s. but still.

[TheKirkYates]

@gietek listen to Hemispheres and A Farewell To The Kings. some great progressive elements on them albums

[supercj8899]

@gietek Rush is prog rock, just a different sub genre. I belive its called promp prog, it blends progressive rock with hard rock. Styx, Boston, and Kansas could also be in this sub genre.

[randomstofil]

Steve Howe hasnt aged very well ;) Not that it really matters though

[EuchridEucrow1]

I like a bit o the ole prog myself, but people like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen would have never recorded a note had the proggers had their way.

Anybody who didn't play a million notes a minute was totally dismissed by prog bands as untalented. Sorry, folks, can't get on board with that.

The backlash against progressive rock met a receptive audience because progressive bands spent most of the 70s dumping on everything other kind of music.

[dwc311]

1:29 Woah whos that?

[Gmancrap]

Progressive rock is so horrible. Thank god that era is over...

[TheHexeract]

@Gmancrap You're right, Katie Perry and Justin Beiber is so much better....

[Gmancrap]

They're all equally bad. Nice try.

[TheHexeract]

@Gmancrap they're not equally bad. lol. No matter what your musical taste, if you know anything about music, or even care about music you'd plainly see that Bubble gum tween pop is worthless commercial crap, while prog did a lot to advance the art of music and self expression as a whole. big difference.

[Dannymusic1999]

@Gmancrap Why are you watching this then?

[Gmancrap]

To inform me.  Do all people that watch movies on Nazi Germany like Nazis?

[Dannymusic1999]

@Dannymusic1999 Good comeback.

[Serge01111967]

@tinaturntable

The first 3 songs that appear in the intro are:

1) Procol Harum: In Held 'Twas In I (1968).

2) Egg: Symphony No.2, 1st Movement (1970).

3) The Zombies: Time Of The Season (rec.1967, released 1968).

[funkberto]

What about of VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR?

[Mortimermanto]

Rush? They are not British, as this IS a documentary on BRITISH Prog Rock. The Brit Progs influenced all other prog Rockers from Rush to Kansas to Amon Duul. Finally, the 1st person to ask why 'Starcastle' isn't mentioned should be exterminated

[kfsfkakf]

What's the song that begins at 2:01?

[metalheadnick555]

@kfsfkakf Time of the Season by the Zombies

[frankbullit67]

@a7xsuckcock I know but if you are going to talk about prog rock you kind of HAVE to mention rush at least once, I mean come on they are gods!

[kfsfkakf]

@frankbullit67 Yes but it specifically says Prog Rock Britannia. So all Rush, Kansas, Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Coheed and Cambria etc fans are outta luck

[calmsea]

@frankbullit67 I'm a big Rush fan myself, but they were not playing anything even remotely progressive until Fly by Night in 75, and they were not inventing anything by that point, merely letting English prog influence them (a lot). I don't feel Rush became really creative in their own right until Permanent Waves, and by that point progressive rock in it's purest form was all but finished.

[frankbullit67]

what about Rush?

[carsonawesome]

"...because the piano sounds like a guitar." Brilliant!

[MegaPixelGamer]

Oh yeah the first track is "In Held 'Twas In I"

[MegaPixelGamer]

What's the song in the first 15 seconds of the film?

[Tengent]

I was introduced to Egg by this documentary. They've been my favorite band for about a year now. :)

[yonni02]

@multiplemugs You missed the point of prog rock.They didn't all come from R'nR but blues, classical and yes, even pop. By "bookish" I take it that you mean intelligent and free thinking. Yes, in that case, they were. They invented a genre that was so well received that they could afford to buy themselves 747 to fly themselves to packed out stadium after packed out stadium. Their albums are still some of the best selling ever - Tubular Bells, Dark Side of the Moon, etc.

[TreyRoque]

Probably the best intro to any rock doc.

[Hyardacil]

This is a really, really well made documentary. 

[pollaris18]

Faia!! :D

[DarksideOFcollages]

Best music ever!

[Mimika1810]

Was that Brian Jones from The Rolling Stones with Jimi Hendrix at 03:09 ? :) Love The Who

[tuskedbeast]

@Mimika1810 If they were being clever editors, it was Robert Wyatt. It looks like him, and they did tour together (Soft Machine and JHE).

[asarapi]

I would fire the person who failed to include Van Der Graaf Generator into this documentary. Robert Fripp even recorded with them. Oh well.

[KingSandwell]

I used to think Prog Rock was shite, but now I have seen the light and I love it. The one thing I feel is sorely missing from modern music is ambition.

[TheDensley7]

I'm so glad Pink Floyd weren't mentioned - they're mainstream rock as far as I'm concerned. No mention of VDGG, on the other hand, is a damn disgrace.

[ColinSSX]

@TheDensley7

ELP was pretty mainstream too, prog doesn't have to be lesser known to be called prog.

[TheDensley7]

@ColinSSX How many ELP documentaries do you see on TV compared to Pink Floyd then?

[SuperMelon1]

0:23 sounded like Gentle Giant

[tinaturntable]

I need to know the first three pices of music they play on this clip.

[Matshoppahulle]

@tinaturntable The first that they try to do without instuments, is King Crimson: Larks tounges in aspic.

The first with music sounds like Keith Emerson on keyboard, of Emerson Lake & Palmer, do not know the song.

Then comes The Zombies: Time of the season.

[paperpichu]

Gentle Giant? They are the most prog!

[fuguefilm]

Do you know the prog rock web series Gemini Rising?

[fishnet4media]

What about Pink Floyd? wtf

[cooliovasquez]

@fishnet4media they are hardly prog, go listen to some kc they have little in common. both bands are epic though

[Sim2428]

Come take a look a tour band : type Overhead-muz on myspace. Thanks !

[eccho13]

Probably the best intro to a video ever =D

[SteveHoweJeffBerlin]

@eccho13 Especially because it starts with Steve Howe . . . .

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[Aethellis]

Fascinating overview of that brief shining moment when music with depth and sophistication was popular. And bombast was too! :-)

[NeilThompson30]

Why are Welsh rockers 'Man' never mentioned in these prog rock things?

[theWorldofWolseley]

@NeilThompson30 this is about british bands

[NeilThompson30]

@theWorldofWolseley - I think you'll find that Wales is part of Britain!

[daven58100]

Funny thing is the sounds heard during the first minute sound better than most of the music put out today.

[Nobodie92]

Prog rock is what happens when you ingest 1200 migcrograms of acid and pick up an instrument.

[Bedulonko]

@Nobodie92 I don't think that if you or me ingest that quantity or more we'll be able to compose such musical pieces, do you? haha

[jrmetmoi]

the only one I like there is Arthur Brown FIRE!!!

[jrmetmoi]

the only one I like there is Arthur Brown FIRE!!!

[jonsilence]

Fantastic that the intro music is EGG

[canthinkverywell]

legagize pot...

[gugalpm]

@canthinkverywell Legagise.

[canthinkverywell]

@gugalpm lol legalize

[GeneralHoohah]

@canthinkverywell Not until the average person is responsible enough.

[Nigelxman]

@canthinkverywell Just move to California. It's basically legal here..

[mavsfan1000]

Nice. Early prog rock was awesome. It's still good but different.

[tobyhawk828]

i like the idea of why that was created

[BDeiste]

Thanks a lot for posting about this amazing fascinating musical voyage. Those who were active in those days, really experimented one of the most creative and innovative period not only in British but human history.

[kingofkeyboards]

honestly the BBC know how to make an awesome documentary! same goes for Synth Brittania

[nicolas932]

prog rock.. what a great variaton and fusion of music... please listen to aphrodite child "666" (the band of vangelis) and los jaivas "alturas de machu picchu" (a band from chile)

[PimpBrovasTV]

Very first album cover, from 0:00 to 0:04 what album is that???

[M400fan]

@PimpBrovasTV Yessongs

[PimpBrovasTV]

@M400fan thanks man XD

[PimpBrovasTV]

@M400fan oh no wait, the one with the trees and the owl, that's not Yessongs, looked it up and yessongs is different (nonetheless appearing in this program). I think it's a different album, but thanks anyway, Yessongs is a great album!

[M400fan]

@PimpBrovasTV It's clearly a Roger Dean pic, but I don't think it's an actual album cover.

[Trimbler00]

@PimpBrovasTV Yeah I think it's just Roger Dean artwork.

[acgideon]

Is that Emerson,Lake, and Palmer at 1:26?

[annikee59]

@acgideon Yep, it's Emo jumping over the Hammond.

[Trimbler00]

@annikee59 No, it's Keith Emerson of ELP jumping over the Hammond

[annikee59]

@Trimbler00 Um, same person. Keith calls himself Emo. Read his book.

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[jinura]

What's the one at 5:32?

[annikee59]

@jinura Serious? It's Procul Harem, "Whiter Shade of Pale".

[marianoisis]

prog to the death

[elviss]

What a load of bollocks,

Punk that is.

[elviss]

A lot of good bands mentioned here, many both strong in music and words, As many young people are into punk, Bob Dylan,, New wave, I am. As for me, It was early progressive rock Peter Sinfield, Michael Chapman. You could say progressive rock post 1973 was quite self indulgent, over the top but it will always be considered to my young self an elite form of a musical direction. Yes many of the musicians were middle class and spoke with poncey accents it don't mean it's just for the elite classes.

[csucsu80]

1:48 - What the fuck this moron has to do with all this?! He and his fellas spread their steaming shit on the most glorious pages of rock music.

[NeilThompson30]

@csucsu80 - it wasn't that glorious in 1976 - come on

[csucsu80]

@NeilThompson30 Nevermind, I only got too mad to see that face in this film. And apart from dating the truth is truth anyway.

Tarkus, Gates of Delirium, Echoes and 666 goes to the pages of (musical) history, Anarchy in the UK goes to the trash soon.

[NeilThompson30]

@csucsu80 - you've just proved my point with your faves - all great stuff (don't really get Floyd but never mind) - the last one is Relayer from November 74 which was probably the last great album of this genre - along with The lamb lies down which was released in the same month. It was downhill from there - that's why Punk happened - all the best.

[felsner1]

Phil Collins should've stuck to his knitting...

[viinikellari]

Psychedelics and music are so good couple. I bet that wave is gonna come again in some new form. Think about how anti-marginal things cannabis and other psychedelics are in these days. I love it.

[SonofMrPeanut]

Bravo to BBC4 for devoting as much time to Canterbury as they did. Some of my favorite music came out of there.

[Rhubba]

A nice documentary, but they conspicuoulsy failed to mention Pink Floyd. And Colosseum for that matter.

[SonofMrPeanut]

@Rhubba They have no need to cover Pink Floyd. They really need their own documentary, and it exists in the form of The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

Yes, though. There is a distinct lack of Colosseum.

[Trimbler00]

@SonofMrPeanut Yeah, Pink Floyd is best left to Psychedelic Britannia (if and when there is one!). Gentle Giant, VDGG would have been nice additions as well

[SonofMrPeanut]

@Trimbler00 Pete Sinfield mentions Gentle Giant once. I DO join you in your disappointment with VDGG's absence. At least a mention of Peter Hammill would've been nice.

[daveroxit]

"Legagize pot"?

[seb2112]

whats the song at 1:12 ??

[daveroxit]

@seb2112: "Symphony No. 2" by Egg, from their first album. They did some phenomenal stuff.

[shaynegryn]

@daveroxit David Stewart is amazing. Saw him with Hatfield And The North a few years back.

[superdude13666]

just for the record, Frank Zappa made two concept albums before Sgt. Pepper.

[dorabelle17]

lol at the start!!!

[Aryozad]

prog baby. woooo.

[68generation]

1968 is My generation! Great video, I remember those times so clearly! Actually remember when and where I was when I first heard Whiter Shade of Pale.....such a creative era for music!

[profbarkingmad]

I blame Syd 4 everythng!

[NeilThompson30]

@profbarkingmad - which one - Barrett or Vicious?

[profbarkingmad]

@NeilThompson30 - Barrett, everyone was influenced by him, including Vicious

[Peaceganjareggae]

Legalize it <3

[Ed21069]

79 poeple liked this video, and as we all know '1 like' equals 1 billion so 79 billion people love Prog Rock.

[tero1712]

Prog rock is the beeest!!! from the 70's... unique!

[marcfedak]

Excellent. I intend to watch parts 2 on in the next few days. It's great to see Arthur Brown being included in this documentary -- along with a younger Vincent Crane.

[xXKrazyLepreconXx]

the intro made me laugh my ass off. i wish steve howe was my grandpa

[geffel]

"more and more sophisticated and more and more interesting" - exactly, Jonathan Coe nailed it. Music split in two - it carried on repeating itself to the present day, but prog has continued to reinvent music to the present day in parallel to the mainstream shite.

[NeilThompson30]

@geffel - sophistication had nothing to do with it mate - Free were prog - they weren't sophisticated.

[champ7394]

steve howe is the ugliest man on earth. great guitarist but good lord

[geffel]

@champ7394

Every cloud etc...

[SystematicChaos08]

lol i wish i grew up in the 70's

[ElFlakoRompanTodo]

whats the pop song when the program starts at 2:05?

[HawkwindMaster]

@ElFlakoRompanTodo

Time of the season by The Zombies.

[geffel]

@ElFlakoRompanTodo

It's The Zombies, Time of the Season...

[AlexDinamo]

Excelente documental sobre el rock progresivo inglés!

[Prosopagnosia11]

why is zappa not in this documentary?

[sakurak1974]

@Prosopagnosia11 Title : Prog *Britannia*.

[NeilThompson30]

@Prosopagnosia11 - for the same reason that Traffic and Cream aren't in it.

[Kukainis]

what is the name of the song that starts just after 2:00 ?

[KENBURNS47]

@Kukainis Time of the season? really? you dont know the zombies?

[sakurak1974]

This is really great. I also think it's quite comprehensive in covering the major bands. Of course they had restrictions: This is Prog Britannia, so you can't include PFM or Magma. Further, you can't include bands that some people may love but are totally unknown.

Still, I think that there are two glaring omissions: Gentle Giant and VDG Generator. It is quite surprising that they included Egg (and believe me, I Mont Campbell) but they left out these two classics of prog rock.

[flaneller]

@sakurak1974

They did film interviews with GG for this, but it didn't make the final cut. A real shame.

[sakurak1974]

@flaneller Thanks... I'd like to see those...

[hazuki2k]

Does anyone know the ELP song which was in the prog at the bbc show?

[Vikingal1]

Hey, thanks for the movie, it's awesome, but is there any chance you know where I can find it with subtitles ? I'm not so good in listening to english and so I can't understand all of their sayings

[gingerb91]

@Vikingal1 Sorry, no Idea.

[Vikingal1]

@gingerb91 Ok, thanks anyway man

[Vikingal1]

Hey, thanks for the movie, it's awesome, but is there any chance you know where I can find it with subtitles ? I'm not so good in listening to english and so I can't understand all of their sayings

[flaneller]

Best ever doc on prog. No sneering tone and no clips of Charles Shaar Murray or John Peel droning on about "dinosaurs".

[Makksor]

What are those 2 songs in the intro called??? (at the very beginning, and the song that starts on 1.10)

[metalheadnick555]

Procol Harum- In Held T'was In I (the Glimpses of Nirvana segment)

Egg- Symphony No. 2 (First Movement)

[1994AlmostSkater]

@Makksor I don't know the first one, but the one at 1:10 is Symphony No. 2 by Egg