BBC4 program: Prog Rock Brittania

No such thing, I think. Certainly not in the UK. However, the fact that the narator didnt spend most of his time trying to take the piss out of prog must be seen as an acheivment of sorts.

^ That's to do with the age of the producer (56)

PROGMAN wrote: Welcome back Snowie!!  the only thing they failed to mention was:

They forgot to mention Johnny Rotten was into Can and VDGG....
In fact they forgot to mention VDGG and GG only slipped in as an LP cover...

The programme continues tomorrow with ELP live. I believe they said 20.50 tomorrow night.

^I wouldnt say most, I've met plenty of people who were around at the time that didnt think they were Psychedelic for all of their career.

I think it might well be the Manticore Special.

Edited by Frippertron - January 02 2009 at 19:23

Just a little annoyed they seemed to regard "prog" as being a dead genre and that punk successfully killed it off. I suppose Marillion don't count as "prog" (they may not be "classic prog" but they certainly are "prog").

Also the emphasis placed on it being purely british bands was slightly frustrating. Yes, it may have originated in Britain but after it 'died' over here, there were many foreign bands continuing the prog cause. 

Takeshi Kovacs wrote: When you know as much about Progressive music as most people do on these forums, then a programme like that only really just begins to scratch the surface. We need an entire series from 60's right through to modern era prog.

I agree. I love prog but like you feel I know very little about it's history. A series of programmes looking at each decade would be worth a watch.

I do find this website (prog archives) contains more relevant information about the music I listen to than the bands covered in that programme. Perhaps it's the term progressive which makes me think of music that tries New things and mixes genres (oft mentioned at prog archives). But that confusion is probably due to my ignorance.  

^ Gryphon appeared on an ITV's Magpie (an alternative kids magazine programme to BBCs Blue Peter) - more than once as I recall. Don't remember them being on OGWT, but that doesn't mean they weren't.

Good program, intelligently put together. As I am writing these words, you can still catch it for free, on BBC iPlayer.

Of course we all know prog didn't fall down a cliff in 1974, as the program claimed (ever heard OF QUEUES AND CURES, anyone? Not to mention Kenso.. ) but for once it seemed the BBC really has done justice to an era.

Edited by fuxi - January 03 2009 at 15:42