Originally Posted by elphenor

there is the natural cohesion of the songs all typically being produced in the same style and with the same personnel even without any concept

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Yeah but that's really just asking for the music to be good, isn't it? Because I feel like the alternative proves my point.

If you're not moving the needle to a good song "because it's a whole piece of art, maaaan" then albums (which are an artificial measurement, to begin with) are just **** songs masquerading as art so they can't be criticized.

To answer your first question, Prog and art bands tend to do "whole pieces" and I just find it to be more pretension than passion.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Sure. I'm not out here saying "CDs are a tool of the devil!" but I often think people getting hyped about "the concept" is a cover for garbage tunes.

"That song didn't suck, it was a segue to this other song!"

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I think you or the person you are quoting misused the word "segue" because whether on vinyl or CD there is an interruption. It's a gap of silence, hence not a true segue. And another thing it's quotation marks but I can't recall anyone ever saying it.

How do you know whether or not you have been psychological condition by Billboard 200 to believe on hit songs matter? ... hence your displeasure of "deep cuts" on albums.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

We’re gonna clear out the rest of the planet, move everyone to Montana and start making babies! The state of Montana is going to support every last 35 billion of us! No need to go anywhere. Montana has got it all son!

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

They're going to have to build large sport stadiums, perhaps the size of Massachusetts.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

Originally Posted by Neward Thelman

"SMOKE CRACK MUDA****KKA"

I'll check that dictionary, but in the meantime I'm impressed - as is everyone else in the world - by your eloquence, obvious accomplishments and success, and the evidence of your blazingly high intelligence.

Originally Posted by Frownland

He just doesn't have a mind so closed that it rivals Blockbuster.

Originally Posted by elphenor

I own the mail