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Posted: January 05 2011 at 21:48

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OP - CttE isn't even a concept album

So what is it about then? Tongue

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:04

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On a side note, I suspect John's socks are starting to get rather smelly by now. But to give him credit, at least he hasn't broken his toes off yet. I'll be waiting and watching. Tongue

I'm guessing there are pretty much no albums on the list that don't have someone playing a Gibson guitar.

Hmmmm....I don't think either David Gilmour nor Roger Waters ever played a Gibson product! Gilmour seemed to be a dedicated Stratocaster guy, & Waters either did Rickenbacker or Fender basses.

It's still a crappy list! Gibson comes up with those from time to time, here's another:

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/10-great-prog-rock-guitarists/

Oh my, David Gilmour with a Gibson Les Paul??!! Also, Greg Lake as one of the 10 greatest prog guitarists?

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:04

Padraic wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Triceratopsoil wrote:

OP - CttE isn't even a concept album

So what is it about then? Tongue

rivers, preachers, teachers, and khatrus - duh

I thought it was about Christians and saviors and DA......DA..... da-DA-da-DA-da.....DA...DA...da-DA-da-DA-da...

https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:06

I'm pretty certain it is Nick Mason who did. Just wanted to start a rumor.

Epignosis wrote:

Padraic wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Triceratopsoil wrote:

OP - CttE isn't even a concept album

So what is it about then? Tongue

rivers, preachers, teachers, and khatrus - duh

I thought it was about Christians and saviors and DA......DA..... da-DA-da-DA-da.....DA...DA...da-DA-da-DA-da...

Actually, it's about 38 minutes long.

Edited by Slartibartfast - January 05 2011 at 22:08

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:07

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I'm guessing there are pretty much no albums on the list that don't have someone playing a Gibson guitar.

Hmmmm....I don't think either David Gilmour nor Roger Waters ever played a Gibson product! Gilmour seemed to be a dedicated Stratocaster guy, & Waters either did Rickenbacker or Fender basses.

It's still a crappy list! Gibson comes up with those from time to time, here's another:

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/10-great-prog-rock-guitarists/

Oh my, David Gilmour with a Gibson Les Paul??!! Also, Greg Lake as one of the 10 greatest prog guitarists?

Other than Lake being there, that's not a bad list (and Howe is the only one to get a video instead of a picture Approve

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:08

cstack3 wrote:

Hmmmm....I don't think either David Gilmour nor Roger Waters ever played a Gibson product! Gilmour seemed to be a dedicated Stratocaster guy, & Waters either did Rickenbacker or Fender basses.

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:31

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cstack3 wrote:

Hmmmm....I don't think either David Gilmour nor Roger Waters ever played a Gibson product! Gilmour seemed to be a dedicated Stratocaster guy, & Waters either did Rickenbacker or Fender basses.

OK, I stand corrected!!

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 22:38

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I'm guessing there are pretty much no albums on the list that don't have someone playing a Gibson guitar.

Hmmmm....I don't think either David Gilmour nor Roger Waters ever played a Gibson product! Gilmour seemed to be a dedicated Stratocaster guy, & Waters either did Rickenbacker or Fender basses.

It's still a crappy list! Gibson comes up with those from time to time, here's another:

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/10-great-prog-rock-guitarists/

Oh my, David Gilmour with a Gibson Les Paul??!! Also, Greg Lake as one of the 10 greatest prog guitarists?

Other than Lake being there, that's not a bad list (and Howe is the only one to get a video instead of a picture Approve

Yeah, I guess I was too quick with the "crappy" label!

It's hard to argue with this one, but there are a ton of other guitarists who deserve consideration.... Justin Hayward of the Moodies is rarely mentioned in these things, but he was an excellent guitarist with fine tone coming from his ES-335.

I also take exception to Eric Lifeson being included, he's decent but not the equal of the others on this list. Where's John McLaughlin, if they want Gibson players? He smokes damn near everybody (except Fripp)!

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Posted: January 05 2011 at 23:02

at least Aqualung wasn't there.. maybe someone finally heard Ian Anderson say it isn't a concept album

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 04:32

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Gibson Guitar's "10 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time"

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/concept-albums-1230-2010/

Hmmm....no CTTE, no Tales, no Lamb....??!!

Thoughts?

My thoughts are that CTTE is not a concept album anyway.

But then again neither is 2112, Sgt Pepper or Tommy.

I'm interested in your explanation of why you don't consider Tommy a concept album/

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 04:33

ten years after wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

cstack3 wrote:

Gibson Guitar's "10 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time"

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/concept-albums-1230-2010/

Hmmm....no CTTE, no Tales, no Lamb....??!!

Thoughts?

My thoughts are that CTTE is not a concept album anyway.

But then again neither is 2112, Sgt Pepper or Tommy.

I'm interested in your explanation of why you don't consider Tommy a concept album/

Maybe it is. I've always heard it described as a Rock Opera though.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 04:40

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Sgt. Pepper is definitely proto-conceptual and needs to be in any serious concept albums top. Wink

Not entirely sure what proto-conceptual means, however Pepper was intended to be a concept album (i.e. a continuous performance by the alter ego band) but they got bored with it after the first 2 songs (which are interlinked) and abandoned the idea.
Despite the reprise of the title track before A Day In The Life, there is no concept connecting the songs together.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 04:54

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Hmm....I always considered CTTE a "concept" album, considering its lack of single, winding theme, and unifying beginning & ending! The web is full of opinions for/against, this is a decent "for":

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Close to the Edge is a concept album and the title drack draws inspiration from Hermann Hesse's book Siddartha.

According to this interpretation, the song tracks Hesse's character who is close to the edge of a river which is symbolic of life and being close to the past lifetimes of one's soul.

Close to the edge of this river, the character has a spiritual awakening. This theme of spiritual awakening, spring, rebirth, rivers, valleys seeps through the album. For example, the title track is birthed out of sounds of birds and running water and fades out much the same way.

Read more: http://www.musicbanter.com/prog-psychedelic-rock/51040-yes-close-edge-1972-a.html#ixzz1ADgIMwKj

Where does side 2 fit in?

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 05:38

Terrible list-no Lamb Lies Down, A Passion Play, Tales from Topographic Oceans, etc.

As mentioned too-Green Day, really??

Another example of useless lists!

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 05:40

Snow Dog wrote:

ten years after wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

cstack3 wrote:

Gibson Guitar's "10 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time"

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/concept-albums-1230-2010/

Hmmm....no CTTE, no Tales, no Lamb....??!!

Thoughts?

My thoughts are that CTTE is not a concept album anyway.

But then again neither is 2112, Sgt Pepper or Tommy.

I'm interested in your explanation of why you don't consider Tommy a concept album/

Maybe it is. I've always heard it described as a Rock Opera though.

Surely a rock opera would have to be a concept album.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 06:32

ten years after wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

ten years after wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

cstack3 wrote:

Gibson Guitar's "10 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time"

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/concept-albums-1230-2010/

Hmmm....no CTTE, no Tales, no Lamb....??!!

Thoughts?

My thoughts are that CTTE is not a concept album anyway.

But then again neither is 2112, Sgt Pepper or Tommy.

I'm interested in your explanation of why you don't consider Tommy a concept album/

Maybe it is. I've always heard it described as a Rock Opera though.

Surely a rock opera would have to be a concept album.

Would it? Why?

Maybe you are right, but I've never really heard it called both.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 06:39

Originally posted by topographicbroadways

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American Idiot? i am no green day fan but i am 100% positive that this isn't even close to being a concept album. Having had the misfortune of hearing 3 or 4 of the numerous singles on that album none of them bare any conceivable relation to each other.

It is a concept album. 100% positive.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 06:56

Snow Dog wrote:

It is a concept album. 100% positive.

Correct.

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 14:18

Another case of list-o-mania ?

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Posted: January 06 2011 at 14:47

Nice to see that other people's lists create as much controversy as ours Wink

Actually, I think it's quite good. Picking up on a couple of points, I would most certainly describe DSOTM as a concept album, in terms of understanding Waters' drive of human totality and experience. Also, definitely Tommy as a concept album. It tells a story from start to finish, just as an opera rather than traditional concept songs. CTTE though? No way.

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