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Pafnutij 
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 Topic: Novel As Album
Posted: October 31 2005 at 09:15 |
 maidenrulez wrote:
Harry Potter done by Dream Theater  |
But make Linkin Park do the last 2, cause they (both books and band) totally stink.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 31 2005 at 08:51 |
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Terry Pratchets colour of magic by anyone who can match jis satirical humer
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: October 30 2005 at 16:48 |
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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`Ubu
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 02:05 |
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Even tough it isnīt a novel i would like to hear The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (HP Lovecraft) by The Art Bears ..
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"..So whatīs the speed of dark?.."
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Matti
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 00:43 |
Phil wrote:
I read a bleak (but well written) book called "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun about a bloke wandering homeless, jobless and starving around his home town (in Norway by the way).... concept for Roger Waters maybe? Plenty of opportunity for self-pity.
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A nice choice for a source book, but I disagree about Waters. Somehow the spirit of the novel is not suitable for his musical style, IMO. (And no war/childhood trauma!) Jethro Tull would do it better (or would have done; are they now starting to lose the touch...?). Think of 'Aqualung' or 'Baker Street Muse'. More 'street credibility'. 
It also would be nice to see how some adventurous suspense thriller could inspire a band to write an adventurous and thrilling album, and how would the plot fit to be told musically.
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Phil
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Posted: October 26 2005 at 10:54 |
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I read a bleak (but well written) book called "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun
about a bloke wandering homeless, jobless and starving around his home
town in Sweden I think it was....concept for Roger Waters maybe? Plenty
of opportunity for self-pity.
Or how about a politically charged novel like "The Ragged Trousered
Philanthropists" turned into a rock opera by Robert Wyatt and a
reformed Henry Cow.
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Vompatti
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Posted: October 26 2005 at 08:05 |
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The Trial by Franz Kafka. Radiohead could do it.
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horza
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 17:42 |
Harry Potter done by The Mars Volta 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Lindsay Lohan
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 04:25 |
Harry Potter done by Dream Theater
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BaldFriede
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 04:19 |
Novels (or stories) that actually have been made into albums:
Hawkwind: "The Chronicle of the Black Sword", based on the "Elric"-saga by Michael Moorcock. Also the live-album "Live Chronicles", which also includes a few tracks that didn't make it onto the album.
Bo Hansson: "Lord of the Rings".
Peter Hammill: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (an opera even).
As to what I wish: "Die Andere Seite" (The Other Side), a novel by Austrian illustrator Alfred Kubin (he is famous for his illustrations of Poe). Peter Hammill could do it.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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avestin
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Joined: September 18 2005
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 02:29 |
Sci-Fi & Fantasy books:
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams - Mr. Bungle
Asimov's I robot - two different bands came to my mind - Anglagard and Dream Theater.
The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft - Ayreon
Fiction books:
Lord of the barnyard by Tristan Egolf (RIP) - Tool
La Storia by Elsa Morante - PFM
El Misterio De La Cripta Embrujada by Eduardo Mendosa - Djam Karet (although there is need of lyrics) or Mia or Triana
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Matti
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 01:23 |
Ray Bradbury was my favourite author in my youth. I'd like to hear an album interpreting his short stories * mainly from the collections The October Country and The Illustrated Man (compare Alan Parsons Project & Poe)! ...Funnily there's (at least) two albums inspired by Bradbury's novels: by Solaris and by The Enid, haven't yet heard them. And then there's 'Medicine Man' by BJH inspired by Something Wicked This Way Comes as is The Enid album too.
* for example: The Skeleton, The Scythe, The Lake, Uncle Einar, Jack-in-the-Box, The Long Rain, The Rocket Man, Kaleidoscope, etc... (BTW John Carpenter's film Dark Star ends with a scene reminding very much of the story Kaleidoscope in The Illustrated Man.)
Did you know Peter Bardens voted for Hesse's Steppenwolf when Camel was planning a concept album which became The Snow Goose ? I would have preferred that...
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viperjr98
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Posted: October 25 2005 at 00:03 |
Hmmm...I can see it now: Green Eggs and Ham by Dream Theater.
LaBrie croons:
No, I don't want them
No, I don't need them
No, I don't like them
Sayayayayayam, I yam.
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sonic wizard
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 18:27 |
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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.
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Arguing on the internet is a lot like the special olympics - even if you win, you're still retarded.
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horza
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 16:04 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Non music prog Lounge?.........so an album isn't music, but art as an album is? WTF? |
dumped in the 'where are they now file' 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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viperjr98
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 15:55 |
Great topic! 
I've always wanted to see someone do Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg.
Edited by viperjr98
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goose
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 15:12 |
They like me better
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Snow Dog
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 14:37 |
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Non music prog Lounge?.........so an album isn't music, but art as an album is? WTF?
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horza
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 13:04 |
How about The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson ?? 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Frasse
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Posted: October 24 2005 at 13:03 |
What about "A Mothers Gift"
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