Alt Rock Concept Albums: Part 1
b"There are many ways to tell a story...a book, a movie, at TV, a comic book. You also use music of course; a ballad is a story set to music, \\xa0a lot of music videos tell a story. Operas and ballet are more grand.\\xa0\\n\\nThe other musical option is the concept album. These are records where all the songs, all \\xa0the imagery, is somehow tied togethor by some sort of unifying theme or thesis. The music, the lyrics and sometimes even the artwork come togehtor to tell a story.\\xa0\\n\\nThese were big in the '60's and 70's but they were seen as old rock and needed to be expunged from popular culture.\\xa0\\n\\nBut then a funny thing happened. They started to make a comeback...the stigma vanished, and they even found a place in Alt-Rock.\\n\\nHere...let me show you.\\n\\nSongs in this episode:\\n\\n\\nGreen Day - American Idiot,\\n\\nDavid Bowie - Ziggy Stardust,\\n\\nKraftwerk - Computer Love,\\n\\nHusker Du - Pink Turns to Blue,\\n\\nNine Inch Nails - Hurt,\\n\\nSmashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings,\\n\\nWeezer - No Other One,\\n\\nTool - Stinkfist,\\n\\nMarilyn Manson - Beautiful People\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"