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aliciacc 
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Joined: June 07 2011 Location: arizona Status: Offline Points: 2 |
 Topic: Top 10 Greatest Rock Operas in HistoryPosted: June 07 2011 at 14:08 |
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http://www.aux.tv/2011/06/the-10-greatest-rock-operas/
A great list to check out, good bands like Queensryche and Styx made the top ten.
Do yall agree with the list?
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xTheSpectreWithinx
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Joined: February 22 2010 Location: Midgard Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Posted: June 07 2011 at 14:21 |
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First of all, I can't believe Burzum made the list....hell yeah
I agree with Operation:Mindcrime for sure... tons of stuff i would add. I don't count Bat Out Of Hell as an opera, or Meatloaf as prog now that I think about it, but it wasn't a prog-specific list. |
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Iv'e got sXe!!!
Up the Antix 
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aliciacc
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Posted: June 07 2011 at 14:42 |
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Burzum all the way!!!! Also SHOCKED they made it!!
but yeah, not a prog specific list, but theres some prog on there for sure
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cannon
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Joined: July 03 2010 Location: Coho Country Status: Offline Points: 1302 |
Posted: June 07 2011 at 16:25 |
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Hell no!
Where's the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, Quadraphonia, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wall, Scenes From A Memory. A Bat Out Of Hell has to be one of the most overproduced albums of all time. Kilroy Was Here.
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CCVP
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Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971 |
Posted: June 07 2011 at 16:30 |
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Oh, this seems like a pretty interesting li-
*sees Burzum worst album, Marlyn Manson and ICP* Oh, nevermind. |
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 3595 |
Posted: June 07 2011 at 16:44 |
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I HATE Styx
I dislike Burzum I LOVE Mindcrime Tommy's alright but it bores me halfway through. Really dig Ziggy Bat out of Hell didn't strike me as a rock opera, but I love it anyway. Interesting inclusion of Manson's Antichrist Superstar. It's not my favorite by him, but I like it well enough. I don't give a good goddamn about any of the others in the least. Also don't give a good god damn if it's prog or not. Where the hell is Jesus Christ Superstar? Where are Ayreon, Savatage, Pain of Salvation. Where's Ziltoid? I can understand why none of these bands are present, but excluding Jesus Christ Superstar seems criminal.
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Earendil
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Joined: November 17 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Status: Offline Points: 1584 |
Posted: June 08 2011 at 09:51 |
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No Ayreon on a rock opera list?
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 09:59 |
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Lol the list has ICP on it, and I'm supposed to take it seriously?
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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The T
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:07 |
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Oh how surprising and unique it features The Who's boredom fest in the top spot...
Most of these aren't even rock operas... A true rock opera would need more than one singer and interaction between the characters... And Marilyn Manson's a rock opera
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:13 |
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Not that it would make any kind of contemporary best of list but imo Kevin Gilbert's The Shaming of the True is one of the best rock operas ever.
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The Pessimist
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Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834 |
Posted: June 08 2011 at 11:58 |
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I would've put Jesus Christ Superstar. It started out as a rock opera
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
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The T
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 12:00 |
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 It's better than all the ones on this list...
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topographicbroadways
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 12:22 |
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It's a crap list but i'm neither irritated or surprised. Every list like this is the same but this one at very least featured 1 or 2 surprises
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The Pessimist
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 13:09 |
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It's incredible ain't it? Just the overture alone beats the entire list |
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
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stonebeard
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 13:20 |
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- Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime
- Savatage: Streets - Pink Floyd: The Wall Oh and obviously JC: Superstar. Maybe Ziggy, but it's not even close to Bowie' s best. Edited by stonebeard - June 08 2011 at 13:20 |
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richardh
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 15:56 |
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I suppose this doesn't count?
great song anyway
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Alitare
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 16:54 |
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Definitely, friend - although Ziggy's my favorite Bowie album (can't help it).
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 19:06 |
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I think the ICP mention is fair, it's clear they only stuck it on the end because it's funny. |
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 21:17 |
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If the blogger was a baseball player, he'd have a .200 batting average. So I would cut him.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
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The T
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Posted: June 08 2011 at 22:18 |
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The overture is amazing, the moment the Judas theme appears is powerful, and then the Superstar theme; it actually resembles a proper overture, giving a tour of the themes to be used in the rest of the work.
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