Things Prog Snob Elitists Say 

“I’m so prog I listen to concept albums on shuffle” - Kmac2021

One time I was listening to a prog album and Spotify froze and I just waited for 2 minutes thinking "wow this silence is some avant-garde shit right here"

This video sucks... it's under 20 min... it's not prog!

I rate this 15/8 out of 7/4

Sorry, I'm only into *Prague* music. But only the early stuff, it all started to suck after that Mozart guy.

This is what i sound like everyday tho, subbed

"What do you mean there's gonna be girls there?"

I'm gonna listen to a prog album so... See you next year?

No country for prog men...

When you're too cool to have friends and you have to pretend by talking on the phone. 2017 still writing in 4/4 not even in 71/64

"There has never been a good song in 4/4" "Steven Wilson never wrote a bad song" Meanwhile, he wrote a ton of songs in 4/4 😂. Cracked me up

I love how even a hardcore prog snob would have to enjoy Muse.

"Pink Floyd is amazing by default, they're the first prog band ever" oooh that hurt (coming from a King Crimson fan)

"Yeah, I kinda grew out of prog. Only listen to post-rock" "...then I found this electronica." Words of someone who just discovered Kid A by Radiohead.

You forgot "My heartbeat is in 23/16"

2:02 : "You love Dream Theater too ? ( Gets excited ) Yeah yeah Pull me under is a good song ( erection drops ) " This was fucking gold man.

I'm a huge prog fan but this is so accurate. Can admit I'm like this sometimes

"Genesis never the same after Phil Collins" A Trick of the Tail and Duke would like to have a word with you.

I used to be that guy. Somone should have slapped me.

how is it there was no reference to King Crimson????

Bela Fleck is so not prog that you had to tell your mom twice

Dreamt Heater Dreamth Eater Dream The Ater Dr. Eam Theater

I’ve been waiting for this for so long

I smell Jared Dines, just kidding, it was in the description

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand progressive music. The music is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the complexities will go over a typical listener’s head. There’s also prog’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into its characterisation- its personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realise that they’re not just great songs- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike prog truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Porcupine Tree’s existential lyrics “Arriving somewhere but not here,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Steven Wilson’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Dream Theater tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

The Steven Wilson and Opeth jokes cracked me up

"No mom, Queen is not a prog band" weeeeeeeell...

I showed Kansas to a woman I met on tinder, she didn't even bother to listen the song till the end, later she left me without explanation, something is wrong in this world.

Soooooo...... Tool?

Indie Rock, Heavy Metal and Prog Rock are the most elitists genres. And they are like that because the fans were all bullied for their tastes so now they become the bullies.

The 1/5 time signature and 2112 intro had me dying

"Is it even a song, if its less then 5 minutes?" Couldn't agree more!

when u said pull me under I couldn't stop laughing hahah

Yo want to hear something crazy, my friend legit told me that country musicians are generally more talented than any other genre. I brought up jazz, she said it didn't count because it wasn't popular, and then she told me that metal music doesn't take talent. Weird that she doesn't play any music..... This was especially insulting as I've been playing guitar(dappling in jazz, mostly the blues and rock) for sixish years, my other friend who's been playing the guitar for about as long, and my friend who's been a pianist for 10 years who plays jazz. We argued this for like half an hour and we still couldn't convince her. She also thinks that the members of the Zac brown band are more talented than the Beatles.

Finally! It’s been way to long since I’ve seen a Jared Dines video.... ....oh.

They're the vegans of music lol

"Dude, you love Dream Theater too?! ...Yeah, yeah, Pull Me Under is a pretty good song..." This is a great joke 😂

Thats not a prog band, thats polyrythmic synth jazz.

"I don't know how to define it, you just know it when you listen to it. Can you describe its genre? If not then it's probably prog." It's my definition of prog so far.

"Any new band I like automatically becomes a prog band" "Prog fundamentally cannot be defined. If you define it, it is not Prog anymore."

Great! We need more of this! :D

Not sure if your joking on some of these. “Never say country in my presence again.” -Mike the Music Snob 😂😂😂

I love the subtle tool reference at 3:43.

Basically anything a person argue about rock on the internet makes you a snob. And im not even joking

In case your wondering, *cautiously looks around* 2112. Call me ;)

TOOL

take a shot everytime mike says prog

I do a thing every year where I try to introduce my friends to a flood of prog music, I call it Progvember. This video could not have come out a better time.

I needed this laugh after such a shitty day. Thanks for being awesome, Mike!

"No Patrick, mayonnaise is not Prog.

Some of my least favorite nights have been spent with lots of musicians all talking shop with a side of "who can out-douche the other", seemingly. Don't even get me started on all the table-top drumming, 🙄.

What are the odds of you talking with your friends and family next to your mic? : )

"Of course I love music more than you. I love prog" This needs to be a t-shirt Mike!

No Mention of TOOL??? BLASPHEMY!

Could Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band be the first prog album?

2:01 Hahaaa!!! I knew exactly what the joke was gonna be and where you were going with it before you even finished man. great vid.

2:01 - Dude, you love Dream Theater too? Yeah, Pull Me Under is a pretty good song man... This cuts so fucking deep, and I don't even own a Dream Theater album... [but serious props to DT for titling their first compilation album "Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)"... Reminds me of Primus.

"and you are 2 minutes in 2112" got me.

Lmao "David Gilmour barely gets out of the Pentatonic Scale"

I remember my first reaction to metal: "What the fuck is this shit?!" And here I am, Listening to Trash/Power/Nu metal 24/7

3:42 is this a reference to Cesaro Summability from Tool's AEnima?

That Pull me Under part was spot on. Amazing.

This video ends in 4:4. That's fucking gold.

3:12 *looks at my copy of orchid, still life, and my arms your hearse with tears in my eyes*

David Bowie is actually probably the closest to prog you are gonna get without going prog imo. I mean his work with Fripp, Eno and other old prog artists show he was at least interested in that area of music.

"Queen is not a Prog band" But... but Queen II...

“It’s first song to be written in 1/5” So prog it doesn’t make any musical sense

Pffff.... ohhh god... that freak out in your eyes at the "what do you mean theres gonna be girls there ?!" Was just perfect!! Amazing 10/10 had to pause cause it hit me si hard xD

Mike, you are my hero keep at it

Anyone notice at 4:00 and 4:05 he repeated the same clip? Lol love you Mike

Finally! The waiting was really worth it!

Every Tool fan gushing about the Fibonacci sequence

"*sigh* yeah, Pull Me Under is a great song man..." absolutely got me

i had a boss that was an old school prog fan, huge gentle giant fan. i showed him mars volta, animals as leaders, tool, porcupine tree, meshuggah, mastodon, coheed and cambria, and a few others. he said none of these are prog. i said, "why, because it doesn't sound ridiculous?"

“Metropolis Pt2 is the most overrated album ever” that hurt my soul

Jesus christ this is painfully accurate. I hate when people say complexity makes you better.

0:26 WAS THAT A REFERENCE TO THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF MY TURNS BY PINK FLOYD IN THE WALL ALBUM RELEASED IN 1979 ABOUT BUILDING A METAPHORICAL WALL!?

I died at "yeah pull me under is a pretty good song, man!" XD

3:43 is that a tool reference??

I didn't expect thank you scientist. Nice.

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!! "No mom..." OMG! This is fucking hilarious!

My favourite band is Pink Floyd by far, but I still listen to a very wide range of music, and I’ve also never said any of these things in the video. It was funny as hell though, just wish people didn’t think their taste in music is better than others.

I have a prog elitist quote you didn't say! Hey guys, it's Mike, with Become The Night

Hahaha awesome stuff. Pretty much sums up my musical life for the past 25+ years. Grew up in the 90's listening to Pop and mainstream stuff. Then I discovered Rush, Dream Theater and the prog addiction started. You got to check out some Devin Townsend Project when you get the chance. Got to love his live performance at the Royal Albert Hall that all the metal fans react to on RU-vid these days.

4:04 Huh, my CD is skipping.

This was in the recommended list from a Ben E King. This pleases me greatly.

Is Mayonnaise a prog band?

Because of the sorceress joke, I would be interested what you think of the last three opeth albums and their shift from metal to more rock...

"Do you even mode, bro?" - I almost died there!

First song written in 1/5 lol

3:26 every prog album ever

3:43 Cesaro Summabitlity by Tool?

Attila is lowkey prog

"Hey dude what's your favorite Rush album? Literally any answer you give me will be insufficient." LMFAO

I have no idea of music but this video is just so funny

My band is so progressive, we have two drummers, two bassist and one guitar player. What Makes us even more progress of our bassist is the lead while are Guitarist plays Rhythm

3:55 genius.

I feel like all of this applies so well to Godspeed You! Black Emperor lol great video

“Muse is okay” DAMN STRAIGHT 😂

That wasnt Dorian Mode, that was Influenced Dreamatical Electric Myxi Indocore Mode