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Rainer

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Rock "Operas"?
« on: March 28, 2008, 12:46:51 PM »
From the late 60s / early 70s. Been listening to a lot of them recently:

Tommy (The Who)
SF Sorrow by (Pretty Things)
Odessa (Bee Gees)
A Teenage Opera (Mark Wirtz)

Any other recommendations?
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 01:01:02 PM »
Quadrophenia is great, no matter what Richard Nixon said.
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 01:16:32 PM »
Jesus Christ Superstar, yo!

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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 01:32:14 PM »
How about every other Kinks album?

My favorite:
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 01:46:40 PM »
Quote from: Matt on March 28, 2008, 01:32:14 PM
How about every other Kinks album?

My favorite:


Village Green Society also buddy

Not really a rock ' opera' but a story: Lou Reed - Berlin
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2008, 01:50:44 PM »
I still have a soft spot for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2008, 01:51:55 PM »
Does Jeff Wayne's War of the World's count?
If it doesn't, it should.

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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 02:19:30 PM »
Quote from: Jason on March 28, 2008, 01:51:55 PM
Does Jeff Wayne's War of the World's count?
If it doesn't, it should.



 Agreed. What about The Story of I by Patrick Moraz?

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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2008, 02:36:42 PM »
Husker Dude: Zen Arcade
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2008, 02:43:42 PM »

 Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2008, 02:57:16 PM »
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2008, 03:10:41 PM »
Can we open this up to include "concept albums"?
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2008, 03:12:00 PM »
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2008, 03:36:45 PM »
If you scratch the whole "rock" conceit: Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves. Brilliant. Even Everlast sounds great on it!
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Re: Rock "Operas"?
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2008, 05:16:52 PM »
The alpha and the omega; I bet I have heard it start to finish 100 times

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