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TexasKing
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Topic: Tommy or The Wall? Posted: December 06 2017 at 13:17 |
Take your pick between these two concept albums.
For me it's Tommy, hands down.
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Barbu
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 13:23 |
The Wall
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Tillerman88
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 13:35 |
Regardless of concept, Tommy's by far a more direct appeal for any music lover, no contest here.
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digdug
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 13:50 |
I like Tommy
but The Wall by a wide margin for me
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 14:11 |
The Wall for me...Tommy has some cool moments but is often too repetitive...
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Quinino
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 14:23 |
I don't listen much to any of these - both bands have far better offerings to my taste
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Rednight
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 15:00 |
Tommy=Tour de Force The Wall=Fragmented and not particularly interesting.
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progmatic
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 15:20 |
Tommy - a band on the way up The Wall - a band on the way down
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PROGMATIC
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Squonk19
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 15:53 |
Both rather overrated IMHO. Not the best work from either band - but highlights within the rest of the filler material are worthy of a listen.. Can't think of the last time I sat through a complete listening of either, though.
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 17:07 |
Ooo, Tomy, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy
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Progosopher
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 17:34 |
Tieing vote! Tommy is great (yet I prefer Quadrophenia) but it doesn't pack the same punch for me as does The Wall.
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tboyd1802
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 18:54 |
I don't really care for either of these; there are better offerings available from both bands. But, of these two, The Wall. Now, if you had list Quadrophenia instead of Tommy, that would be a different matter...
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 18:59 |
Not the wall ... oh no
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Manuel
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 19:18 |
Very, very close indeed, but Tommy takes my vote.
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octopus-4
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 23:31 |
I listen to the Wall more often. Anyway there's a strict relationship between the two and Privilege.
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cstack3
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Posted: December 06 2017 at 23:58 |
I voted for "Tommy" more for sentimental reasons than anything else. "The Wall" is played to death on Chicago radio stations, I can't listen to it any longer.
I agree that both bands had better, and consider "Who's Next" and "Quadraphenia" far superior products from The Who.
I still like "Animals" the best of the modern Pink Floyd discography.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: December 07 2017 at 01:14 |
Gotta go with The Wall. Ambitious, a little convoluted but an excellent album.
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Blaqua
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Posted: December 07 2017 at 02:46 |
Very close vote: 12 -12 currently! I'll vote for the Wall because
it is an experimental concept album of outstanding diversity with several amazing
tracks: Hey you, In the Flesh, Comfortably Numb, Mother etc.
Tommy gets rather repetitive: no wonder, as it's a long
soundtrack.
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Mormegil
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Posted: December 07 2017 at 06:11 |
Tommy gets the vote, but Comfortably Numb gets me every time.
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SteveG
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Posted: December 07 2017 at 06:24 |
Got to go with Tommy. It's was the historical trendsetter for these types of albums.
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