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Okocha

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Posted: June 17 2008 at 12:49

Nope

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Posted: June 18 2008 at 04:34

darksideof wrote:

ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Oh heck, let me give you a list of twelve. Don't take the order too seriously.

1. Rick Wakeman -- Journey to the Center of the Earth. love it

2. The Moody Blues -- Days of Future Passed love it is on my list

3. Yes -- Tales from Topographic Oceans love it it is on my list

4. Genesis -- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway also

5. Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon also

6. Camel -- The Snow Goose love it too

7. Frank Zappa -- Joe's Garage on my list

8. Jeff Wayne -- Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

9. Queensryche -- Operation Mindcrime on my list of the moderm ones

10. Pink Floyd -- Animals love it too!!

11. Le Orme -- Felona e Sorona I forgot about this Italian masterpiece!! love it

12. Jon Anderson -- Olias of Sunhillow and of course love it too.!!!

great one indeed!!!

I assume that you are already familiar with DSOTM, but if you haven't heard War of the Worlds, you need to. It's like Rick Wakeman's Return to the Center of the Earth but it's GOOD!!! LOL

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Posted: June 18 2008 at 11:21

ghost_of_morphy wrote:

darksideof wrote:

ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Oh heck, let me give you a list of twelve. Don't take the order too seriously.

1. Rick Wakeman -- Journey to the Center of the Earth. love it

2. The Moody Blues -- Days of Future Passed love it is on my list

3. Yes -- Tales from Topographic Oceans love it it is on my list

4. Genesis -- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway also

5. Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon also

6. Camel -- The Snow Goose love it too

7. Frank Zappa -- Joe's Garage on my list

8. Jeff Wayne -- Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

9. Queensryche -- Operation Mindcrime on my list of the moderm ones

10. Pink Floyd -- Animals love it too!!

11. Le Orme -- Felona e Sorona I forgot about this Italian masterpiece!! love it

12. Jon Anderson -- Olias of Sunhillow and of course love it too.!!!

great one indeed!!!

I assume that you are already familiar with DSOTM, but if you haven't heard War of the Worlds, you need to. It's like Rick Wakeman's Return to the Center of the Earth but it's GOOD!!! LOL

Ok I check it out!! thanks!!!

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Posted: June 18 2008 at 11:23

micky wrote:

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From your opening post there was no way of telling, as you didn't include any of them. It looked more like you only knew about a dozen 70's concept albums or so, in total.

have you ever heard the saying: " Dont' judge a book by its cover?

Yes, but it doesn't really make any sense using it here.

amen brother Rocktopus... I think what he meant to say was...

darksideof wrote:

have you ever heard the saying: " Forgive me master... I haven't discovered that prog was more than that same old f**king Anglo-centric prog?

JAJAJAJAJA!!!!!

real Funny!!

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Posted: June 18 2008 at 11:24

micky wrote:

Rocktopus wrote:

darksideof wrote:

Rocktopus wrote:

From your opening post there was no way of telling, as you didn't include any of them. It looked more like you only knew about a dozen 70's concept albums or so, in total.

have you ever heard the saying: " Dont' judge a book by its cover?

Yes, but it doesn't really make any sense using it here.

amen brother Rocktopus... I think what he meant to say was...

darksideof wrote:

have you ever heard the saying: " Forgive me master... I haven't discovered that prog was more than that same old f**king Anglo-centric prog?

JAJAJAJA!!!!

Real funny

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Posted: June 19 2008 at 03:23

I disagree.

I think:

Animals
Quadrophenia
Thick as a Brick
Selling England by the Pound
Aqualung
The Snow Goose
Days of Future Past
Ys
Frances the Mute

are better.

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Posted: June 19 2008 at 07:40

darksideof wrote:

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To the best of my knowledge, 2112, Hemispheres, Brain Salad Surgery and Sgt Peppers aren't concept albums.

I said disagree, largely because I'm not a that big a fan of The Wall and haven't heard a number of albums off of the list.

wow!! you haven't? you go shopping this weekend.

True to extend 2112, Hemispheres and Brain as other songs on the album are completely unrelated to the plot of the suite. However, I do think because their little track is realated to the suite it cab be consider a concept album I think!

almost forgot Sgt Peper is a concept album all right through. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band follow the link.

Sgt Pepper is NOT a concept album in the traditional sense that all the songs are part of an overall story such as Olias or Lamb Lies Down. It was originally conceived as a "concept" in that the album would be by the fictitious Lonely Hearts Club Band and would be a continual show but only the first 2 tracks were ever recorded like this. The band and Lennon in particular got bored with the idea (as that Wikipedia article itself says "However, the Beatles effectively abandoned the concept after recording the first two songs and the reprise") . Even the reprise was a later suggestion from Neil Aspinall.

There is no common theme between the songs, although I have read articles suggesting otherwise.

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Posted: June 19 2008 at 07:44

BaldFriede wrote:

sleeper wrote:

To the best of my knowledge, 2112, Hemispheres, Brain Salad Surgery and Sgt Peppers arent concept albums.

I said disagree, largely because I'm not a that big a fan of The Wall and havnt heard a number of albums off of the list.

Sgt. Pepper's is a concept album about a concert of the imaginary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", with "A Day in Live" being the encore. Or, to be more exact, it is a concert of the imaginary singer Billy Shears with the Sgt: Pepper's band as backing band.

That was the original idea but it doesn't really follow either as Ringo is Billy Shears and only sings one song on the album.

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