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sstarless 
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 Topic: Epic vs. Concept Album
Posted: August 13 2005 at 12:09 |
Man thats not fair, full lenght album against 20 min song 
60 > 20
Athough its hard to recall fantastic concept album without couple of over 10min songs.
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Anonymous2112
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Posted: August 13 2005 at 01:40 |
I like Epic Concept Albums
Darkside of the Moon is a concept album, all the songs are differnt parts of life. Animals is another, each animal represents a differnt kind of person.
2 from Pink Floyd. I sure there are more.
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cucacola54
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Posted: August 12 2005 at 20:35 |
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i like both, but ill go with concept album
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Vegetable_Man
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Posted: August 12 2005 at 10:51 |
I love both Epics and Concept albums... it's a very hard
decision. Almost all of my favorite songs are epics, I
prefer Animals, SOYCD, and Echoes over all the songs on The Wall, for
example, but I also love concept albums., and I 'd prefer to have an
entire album of exceptional songs than just one amazing epic with a
bunch of mediocre songs.
The album would have to be pushing 80 minutes, though. 
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undefinability
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Posted: August 11 2005 at 03:59 |
Conceptual, hands down. I have nothing against epics - in fact, it was a hard choice between the two - but in the end, conceptual releases are just too magnificently put together to turn my head away.
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Arsillus
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Posted: August 11 2005 at 00:02 |
Concept album.
Only 1 good track with the rest being crappy songs (ELP-esque, whoops!  ) is not cool.
More music!
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el_Sethro
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Posted: August 10 2005 at 20:57 |
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I think I'd like an epic. I'm kinda with Eddy here; the meanings
of songs has never really been that important to me most of the time. I
think I'd like one uber-ginormous track that I can get into - and stay
into - for a good 30 minutes or so. if I'm listening to a really,
really good song, I don't like interruptions.
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King of Loss
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Posted: August 10 2005 at 20:57 |
Concept albums are awesome!
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Henkka
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Posted: August 10 2005 at 20:19 |
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Concept.
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Fantômas
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Posted: August 10 2005 at 19:11 |
Damnit, I was very happy thinking that this thread would be related with Faith No More... 
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The Wizard
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Posted: August 09 2005 at 19:15 |
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Concept albums, there awesome.
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Cygnus
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Posted: July 21 2005 at 04:26 |
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ANYTHING AS LONG AS THE MUSIC IS INSPIRED. I VOTE FOR CONCEPTS THOUGH BECOUSE I THINK CONCEPTS ARE USUALY YRICALY BETTER.
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: November 22 2004 at 00:23 |
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yeah I know the two sort of blend at times... but i'm thinking of a
more specific case, as in one 20-min piece versus an album of related 5
or 6 min pieces.
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 23:07 |
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Hangedman
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 22:31 |
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Hard coice because a good concept album always comes on top for my favourite album, but a good epic always comes out on top for my favourite song. But Theres absolutely nothing like a good epic
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 12:02 |
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 11:56 |
^ I don't think that would be wise. "Prog" is a manufactured term, so all the abuse that's done in the course of defining it is justified to some extent. On the other hand, "epic" and "concept" are actual terms that don't deserve that kind of clumsy misuse.
oh, and I almost forgot... 
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 10:58 |
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I went for epic Because I prefer instrumentals like Hamburger Concerto and stuff like Solar music Live which I would consider to be an epic. Are we goig to get into a what is/ wwhat isn't an epic now that we've beaten the whatis/what isn't prog debate?
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 10:49 |
 Eddy wrote:
i dont listen to what singers say, i only listen to the sound they make. for example, i hear jon andersons voice, but i dont pay attention to what he's actually saying. I pay attention to the sound it makers toghtther with the music. . therfor, i choose epic, because it gives you a emotion, a feeling, not a story, thats truee music, at lkeast for me |
Yeah I feel the same way. Sometimes you can't evenmake out what the singer is saying. I go for the music but enjoy great lyrics when they are clearly presented. A good example is Lucky man by ELP. I also listen to a lot of music in other languages such as Hungarian, Italian and German so the words don't really matter. I speak F rench so French music isn't really a problem for me.
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zappa123
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Posted: November 21 2004 at 06:01 |
penguindf12 wrote:
The only difference between a concept album and an album-length epic is that the former has track divisions. The music doesn't even have to stop! So essentially, there isn't that much of a difference. A side-long epic IS a concept album, 'cause the epic is a concept, and the epic is also the album. |
I totally agree with you.I think the conceptual and epic is pretty much the same.
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