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Passionist 
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 Posted: November 18 2007 at 18:21 |
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I've written some concept poems back in the days. And i must say, reading through this thread, well, mine are completely different than what we have here in most cases, I guess people are interested in different kinds of concepts or full stories. I might post some of my stories a bit later, heh, right now I'll just quote a colletion me and my brother did some years back under the influence of a lot of alcohol:
A Hunter's journey!
I. The Journey Begins (instrumental)
II. Angry Hunter
III. Blood Shedding
IV. Facing the Great Encounter
V. Bloodhounds
VI. Part 2, The Day-Slaughter
VII. Part 3, After Execution
IX. The Reaper, The Raper (instr.)
X. f**king Apes!
Well, that's about it. Notice, that these songs too actually have a whole set of lyrics written for them. I just never wanted to make music like this so I guess it's kind of a poem too, with a purile mind etc :P
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Posted: November 18 2007 at 18:01 |
Infinity (∞)
1./6. Möbius Strip
2./5. Cardinality Of The Continuum
3./4. Gravitation Collapse
4./3. Ever-expanding universe
5./2. Division By Zero
6./1. Arithmetic Overflow
a) Möbius Strip
b) Cardinality Of The Continuum
c) Gravitation Collapse
d) Ever-expanding universe
e) Division By Zero
f) Arithmetic Overflow
i) Möbius Strip
ii) Cardinality Of The Continuum
iii) Gravitation Collapse
iv) Ever-expanding universe
v) Division By Zero
vi) Arithmetic Overflow
α) Möbius Strip
β) Cardinality Of The Continuum
γ) Gravitation Collapse
δ) Ever-expanding universe
ε) Division By Zero
ζ) Arithmetic Overflow
And so on, until one section is not labeled by the track numbers
again (printed on a CD in a circle), or until it goes out of sight with
decreasing size of a font.
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 17 2007 at 18:54 |
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I just thought of a great concept for an ambient/drone album. It's not autobiographical in any way, since I don't use public transportation devices.
A Love Life
1. Nothing Part I (20:45) - Nothing happens.
2. A Tingling Sensation (0:27) - A girl sits next to the protagonist on a public transportation device and accidentally touches his knee with her hand.
3. Nothing Part II (15:35) - Nothing happens.
4. A Dream (0:58) - The protagonist has a dream where the girl from the public transportation device smiles to him.
5. Nothing Part III (37:16) - Nothing happens.
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progadicto
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Posted: September 01 2007 at 06:33 |
My concept album is based in a novel that I'm writing which some autobiographical elements...
DARK MIND
A drunk but famous writer called Satai is passing through a creative emptiness after the death of his wife. One night, he decides to find some subject for a new novel and he begins to walk through the city, talking with the most strange street characters and getting into weird and hard drugs that lead his steps to Marcellus, an older and unknown writer who claims to be immortal and one of the Jesus disciples that wrote a prohibited chapter of the Bible. Marcellus leads Satai into misterious and underground libraries full of weird tipographers, poets, spirits of dead writers and demons (sorry, I can't deny Dante's inffluences) until he find the spirit of his beloved dead wife who takes him to the surface... It's dawning and now Satai has a clear idea of what he has to write...
So there's the songs of the album...
DISC ONE
1. This Immortal Love Part I (3:58)
2. Empty Bottles (2:43)
3. The First Step (0:54)
4. Neon & Asphalt (18:30)
a) The Prostitute
b) The Lobotomy
c) The Black Crystal House
d) The Dwarf
e) Caronte
5. Relief the Pain (5:26)
6. The End of the Street (4:38)
7. The Needle (6:45)
8. Hallucinations (10:32)
9. Marcellus (6:47)
10. Marsellus' House (7:33)
11. The Tunnel (4:18)
DISC TWO
1. The Last Library of Babylon (6:29)
2. Writing on the Stars (5:21)
3. Dante's Son (5:35)
4. The Lost Disciple (7:18)
5. If God Can Write a Love Poem (3:46)
6. The First Spirit (2:37)
7. Trackl's Words (5:50)
8. The Second Spirit (2:11)
9. Bierce's Lament (3:26)
10. The Third Spirit (4:55)
11. Duel (5:43)
12. This Immortal Love Part II (6:51)
13. Marsellus' Fall (6:29)
14. Satai's Ascending (5:40)
15. Tabula Rasa (5:33)
That's all... And don't ask me which musicians I need to this album! 
Edited by progadicto - September 01 2007 at 06:36
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Vompatti
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Posted: August 31 2007 at 07:38 |
^ You can even record it if you like. I'll only claim 60% of the sales & royalties. 
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andu
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Posted: August 30 2007 at 20:35 |
 Vompatti wrote:
This concept is inspired by the "Ants in the Fridge"-poll. The story is like this: The protagonist (named P.) discovers ants in his apartment. Instead of killing them he decides to put the ants in the freezer thus making them more copious and eventually creating a new race of superants that would take over the world. When P. is feeding the ants they attack him and drag him into the freezer where he freezes to death. The ants leave the freezer planning to conquer the world, but since they're used to living in a freezer they can't survive in the hot temperature outside and soon die like old people in the summer. In the end it is revealed that all this was just a dream of P's.
Ants in the Freezer
1. Prologue: The Antless Days (1:25)
2. An Ant! (3:47)
3. A Vicious Plan (4:21)
4. Catch 'em Ants! (3:55)
5. Freeeeze 'em Buggers! (2:47)
6. Ants in the Freezer (3:16)
7. A Sudden Attack (2:17)
8. Locked Inside a Freezer (5:57)
9. It's Cold in 'ere (4:34)
10. Death by Freezing (5:21)
11. Ants' Departure (2:24)
12. Out of the Apartment (2:04)
13. Out of the Building (1:34)
14. It's Hot in 'ere (1:58)
15. Collective Collapse in the Sun (4:25)
16. Epilogue: From Dream to Reality (2:48)
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Can I write & whistle the score for your concept? I'll only claim 40% of the sales & royalties. 
Edited by andu - August 30 2007 at 20:35
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Vompatti
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Posted: August 30 2007 at 17:40 |
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This concept is inspired by the "Ants in the Fridge"-poll. The story is like this: The protagonist (named P.) discovers ants in his apartment. Instead of killing them he decides to put the ants in the freezer thus making them more copious and eventually creating a new race of superants that would take over the world. When P. is feeding the ants they attack him and drag him into the freezer where he freezes to death. The ants leave the freezer planning to conquer the world, but since they're used to living in a freezer they can't survive in the hot temperature outside and soon die like old people in the summer. In the end it is revealed that all this was just a dream of P's.
Ants in the Freezer
1. Prologue: The Antless Days (1:25)
2. An Ant! (3:47)
3. A Vicious Plan (4:21)
4. Catch 'em Ants! (3:55)
5. Freeeeze 'em Buggers! (2:47)
6. Ants in the Freezer (3:16)
7. A Sudden Attack (2:17)
8. Locked Inside a Freezer (5:57)
9. It's Cold in 'ere (4:34)
10. Death by Freezing (5:21)
11. Ants' Departure (2:24)
12. Out of the Apartment (2:04)
13. Out of the Building (1:34)
14. It's Hot in 'ere (1:58)
15. Collective Collapse in the Sun (4:25)
16. Epilogue: From Dream to Reality (2:48)
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magnus
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 13:16 |
Currently working on the tracklisting for the first track of my epic concept album: A day at school.  Track 1: The Awakening (time unknown as of now) The Awakening Pt. 1: Premature Awakening - A Dream - Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream - Disoriented Haze - Time Pt. 1: Panic!: - What's the Time? - Where's My Watch? - Did I Oversleep? - Time Pt. 2: Relieved: - Apparently Not - Two Hours Until Alarm Clock Rings The Awakening Pt. 2: Falling Back Into Sleep - Too Awake to Fall Asleep - I Need Sleep! - Desperate Cries for the Sandman - The Wait - Success! - The Sleeper Sleeps The Awakening Pt. 3: The Second Awakening: - The Alarm Clock / Snapping Brutally Out of a Dream With Outside Help - Where Is that Sound Coming From? - Where Is the Snooze Button? / Where Is The Hammer? - Thousand Pieces(It Was Either Me Or It) - Snooze - Time Pt. 3: Time Again: - What's The Time? Revisited - The Alarm Clock Is Broken - The Time Is Unknown, But One Thing Is Certain: I'm Late - Getting Up Physically: - Pants - Wrong Way / Pants Pt. 2 - What Shirt To Wear? - Who Needs Shirts Anyway? - On Second Thought: I Do - Fully Dressed(Almost) Planning on making a bonus track connected to Awakening Pt. 3, called "The Quest To Find A Pair Of Matching Socks" As I mentioned, this is in the works! The music has not yet been created, only the idea for the concept! The next parts will propably be called "Breakfast" and "The Journey From Home To School", and even more parts after that, and I've yet to decide whether the different parts of this epic masterpiece will be tracks or albums... Depends how much work I'll put into it(If any at all), I guess. :edit: and yes, in case you wondered, I was heavily inspired by Trouserpress' brilliant concept(and Bj-1's to some extent). 
Edited by magnus - March 18 2007 at 16:31
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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kazansky
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 10:31 |
The Damned
Story about a man who made a pact with the devil 
1.Intro: Rhymes from the Dark
2.Rain of Chaos (The Great Dissaster)
3.The Journey
4.The Pact
I.Cursed Place
II.Evil Lies Inside
III.The Shadow of Doubt
IV.The Pact
5.The Journey II
6.Cursed Soul
I.Clouded Mirror
II.You're Not Me
III.Eclipse of the Sanity
IV.Eternal Damnation
V.False Ending
VI.Raise from the Depth
7.Reborn
8.The Last Journey
9.Retribution
I.The Begining of an End
II.Death Gate
III.Decisive Battle
IV.Test of Will
V.Broken Pact
VI.The Cleansing
10.Finale - The Grand Demise
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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The Wizard
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 09:26 |
Mr. Bongsmoke
- First time
- Introducing 'Mr. Bongsmoke'!
- Brand new bong
- Put Down by the Man
- At night at the show
- Prostitute
- LA Drive By
- Busted
- Escape from jail
- The Final Trip (30 minute long epic, ultra trippy)
- Mr. Bongsmoke dies
Edited by The Wizard - March 18 2007 at 09:28
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herring
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Posted: March 18 2007 at 09:11 |
DEAD MEAT
DISC 1
1 - The Boucer
2 - Meat pt.1 Pork
3 - Pig about to go Pork
4 - Fish and Chips
5 - Furry Animal Friend
6 - KFC
7 - Meat pt. 2 Chicken
DISC 2
1 - Hamburger Concerto
2 - Meat pt. 3 Cow
3 - Minced Meat
4 - Meat pt. 4 Lamb
5 - Bacon
6 - Dead Meat
Edited by herring - March 18 2007 at 09:19
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rileydog22
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Posted: March 17 2007 at 23:46 |
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I think Trouserpress's is the best. I can totally picture it, having a laid-back, smoothly melodic, sort of drifty atmosphere. Like a 3-hour constantly changing Alan's Psychodelic Breakfast.
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 17 2007 at 21:49 |
My concept album:
Meal! (RIO/Avant Masterliness)
Act 1: Purchase The Food (16:04)
1. In The Store (11:43)
- Arrival (2:37)
- Browsing (5:03)
- Aha! (2:51)
- Purchase (1:12)
2. Where to Eat? (4:21)
- That Look's Like a Nice Place (2:05)
- The Bench (0:37)
- Preparing the Goodies (1:39)
Act 2: Sandwich (10:48)
3. Sandwich (10:24)
- Stare (5:07)
- Grab (0:10)
- Bite (0:09)
- Chew (0:47)
- Taste (0:34)
- Swallow (0:13)
- Bite (again) (0:11)
- Chew (again) (0:43)
- Taste (again) (0:38)
- Swallow (again) (0:24)
4. Burp (0:26)
Act 3: Coca-Cola (15:10)
5. The Taste of Coke (12:41)
- Stare (again) (3:04)
- Grand Opening... (0:45)
- Smell (2:56)
- Drink (0:19)
- Taste (0:42)
- Swallow (0:08)
- Drink (again) (1:23)
- Taste (1:11)
- Swallow (0:13)
- ...And Closing! (2:00)
6. Throw The Bottle at Someone You Don't Like (2:29)
Act 4: After-Meal Cigarrete (17:09)
7. Deadly Pleasure (15:33)
- The Pack (2:34)
- Lighter (1:56)
- Fire in the Hole! (0:23)
- Nicotine Wonders (5:45)
- The Kid's Baloon (2:27)
- BANG! (0:07)
- Cry (2:21)
8. Walk Away (1:36)
Total Time: 59:11
Edited by Bj-1 - March 17 2007 at 21:50
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: March 17 2007 at 21:12 |
More resurrection!  Requiem for a Surge 1. Surge (2:58) 2. Surge 1/Surge 2/Octosurge (17:40) 3. Out of Mysurge (1:56) 4. Live and Let Surge (4:10) 5. The Bright Ambassadors of Surge (12:33) 6. Second Surge Syndrome (9:10)
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Terra Australis
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Posted: September 02 2006 at 08:37 |
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Concept:
The Three Stages of Life. It has three tracks, all about 15-20 minutes.
1. My dad is better than your dad. This is child like and filled with promise.
2. What would you know dad. Teenage rebellion, full of angst and rawk n roll, wild solos and sleeze.
3. As my Father used to say... Romantic, full of nostalga for the good old days.
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Terra Australis
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Posted: September 02 2006 at 08:30 |
Temujin wrote:
Mine would be called "Size 3 Chord Shoes" and it would be about a boy
named Fred who is born with a guitar for a leg and his journey through
life.
1. Rockin' the Womb (10:47)
2. The Gibson Grade School (3:12)
3. Lest There be Beans (1:26)
4. Out of Tune, Out of Time (5:51)
5. Fretting Away (8:24)
6. Scaling the Mountain (6:36)
7. Going it Solo (7:28)
8. Strung Out (4:56)
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This one I would buy!
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stonebeard
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Posted: August 10 2006 at 00:56 |
memowakeman wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
I am resurrecting this again because I really like it.  |
Oh, we are in the old threads resurrection Time, are we?
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Yes, and this one is a good one!
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memowakeman
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 22:20 |
stonebeard wrote:
I am resurrecting this again because I really like it. |
Oh, we are in the old threads resurrection Time, are we?
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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gong
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 15:32 |
CrazyDiamond wrote:
 CONCEPT
(inspired by a similar topic)
Yes. We like a lot the concept albums made by our favourite bands, right?
Sometimes, writing a "Concept" is one of the main feature or aim of our beloved Prog Musician (from "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" to "The Human Equation", from "Days Of Future Passed" to "Brave").So, let's create a personal concept album, about everything you want, following these simple rules:
- you should give a title to your concept
- you should write, as a minimum (if you want
 ), three song titles (related to the concept name)
- you should not
 copy (here and there) from other (already existing) concept
- you should hope that one day someone really do an album about the same concept you wrote, so you can tell him that you have the copyright on it !
- at some point in the topic, you should vote for the best one, in your opinion, so we can see the winner!
So, this is an example, my personal concept, it is called MISPLACED CHILDHOOD and it tells my personal story about...
Ok, there goes mine: it is called "CHANGING THE WORLD": it's the story of the most important events happened on planet earth since it was created. Songs list:
- Introduction : Chaos - The four elements (I said important, so what's more important than the Creation itself?)
- Prometeus - The stolen fire (discovery of fire)
- Painting signs on the wall (discovery of writing)
- The art of thinking (birth of Philosophy)
- The art of being a conqueror (about the colonisations and the wars during the Roman empire)
- The Year 0 (the Birth of Christ )
- The end of the world? pt. 1 (the year 1000 and the Medieval age)
- 1492 (The title says it all)
- Innovations pt. 1 (great discoveries before the war)
- Why are you killing our brothers, God? (About World War I and II)
- Innovations pt. 2 (post war life and discoveries)
- The Stars are not so far away (about the first man on the Moon and the beginning of the Space era)
- Millennium Bug? (Internet and... you know what I mean)
- The end of the world? (aka second Middle Age) pt. 2 (from year 2000)
- The Eternal Wheel Of Seasons (ending and closing track)
Bonus Track:
- Great Men on a Small Earth (reunion track about the most important men and their inventions: a long, speedy, "progressive" track through the ages of man's life on planet Earth )
Sure it is a two discs set!!!
Come on now, I want see lots of your ideas and how you can use your imagination! I'm very curious about your way of writing a concept album! Good Luck! |
TOMMY movie soundtrack cd.
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Posted: August 09 2006 at 14:54 |
I am resurrecting this again because I really like it.
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