Francis Rossi (Interview) The Pink Floyd Sound | Progressive Rock | 'Down Down' & the Human League

Francis Rossi talks about the Pink Floyd sound, Progressive Rock and asks was prog the result of too much weed? Also, how much 'Down Down' influnced The Human League and 'Wot You're Proposing' as an anti-coke anthem. Francis Rossi Tour dates: https://www.francisrossi.com/tunes-ch... If you like my channel and appreciate the work that goes into my videos, please support my channel. You can - Become a Patron! - Be part of a Classic Rock Community! There is a fine body of work on there now.   / classicrock   Make a one-time donation! Help me to make more videos or buy stuff to annoy my wife with and unbox on my channel: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... Gift me something to unbox from my Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/... Buy me a coffee. All that talk is thirsty work: https://ko-fi.com/classicalbum Like the Facebook page: I add stuff on a daily basis:   / 1968rock   All music used in my videos come from the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/ #statusquo #francisrossi #classicalbum Time Stamps 00:00 - Intro 00:07 - Tunes & Chat 06:20 - Pictures of Matchstick Men 09:17 - The Pink Floyd Sound 12:11 - The Faces 15:06 - The Everly Bros & Quo 16:49 - The Vertigo Label 18:35 - Progressive rock 22:25 - 'Down Down' & The Human League 24:58 - 'Wot you're proposing' and coke 27:40 - 'Heavy Traffic' 34:15 - Jim Morrison story 35:04 - Sacked by ZZ Top? 38:34 - Is Rock Dead?