Re: Ahrt Roke. (Reeeeelly.)

[Alex Gibbs <arg@kilimanjaro.opt-sci.Arizona.EDU>]

96aander@ultrix.uor.edu (By-Tor Blackwing) writes:
->I don't know guys; I really like 70s concept albums.  _Hemispheres_ by 
->Rush is a wonderful almost symphonic example of a great, well-put and 
->-held together album/story.  Rush is very well known for their live 

I like some concept albums.  I put on _Hemispheres_ after reading
this.  :) I agree about their live shows!  (I am a fan.)  Anyway...

->current tour.  It does get a little silly to compare classical music with 
->rock...but compositional techniques can be similar, if that's the 
->direction that the artist is willing to take.  Yeah, lots of concept 

Right.  I wasn't comparing the music but making statements about the
method of composition.

->albums are cheesy and lose the point they are trying to get across in the 
->details of the story.  But lots of it is wonderful, engrossing stuff.
...
->theatre =).  The point being that a lot of this stuff is really neat, and 
->calls to the fiction lover in us all.

Right, I agree completely! :)  Concept albums draw you into a story or
world, not unlike a movie.  I think that's wonderful.

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