Concept albums

Hi,

The idea of "concept albums", is not new, and it isn't old, either. It just ... is ... as I like to say, however, for rock music, specially, too many of these concepts are rather hazy and not always clear, and sometimes, over rated and not a concept album at all ... just an idea for putting together an x number of songs, and all of those songs were in my "litter box'. So to speak.

Compositionally, there are a lot of things that would fit that description, but even then, you and I can sit here and compare to an Opera or another concept that is more "complete" as an idea, then you will find a lot of these rock eccentricities a bit over rated and full of it.

For me, the worst excuse is ... them lyrics ... that supposedly tell you a story that you are going to follow and accept as a "concept", even though, in the end, if you try to connect the dots ... they don't come together at all! This "illusion", is very bad, and it is a deceitful situation, that makes you think there is more there than otherwise ... but if you compare it to literature and other proper definitions of the term, the connections are very weak and poor, and that should close the book on the situation.

But for some reason, rock folks think that top ten is more important than the history of the arts ... good luck! All it is doing is showing how bad the rock music can be and how poorly designed and repetitive it is. And to be progressive, it needs to be wayyyyy better than that!