Concept Request
 

Give me some worthwhile prog-rock song concepts.

Or, (and I know how radical this idea is) you COULD come up with something yourself.

Did not get quite as many 'dude you are so hard' replies as you expected, eh?

Can someone please just swallow their e-penises and actually post something useful for once?

The whole idea of writing is coming up with stuff YOURSELF, if you get your ideas from other people, it makes you a pretty useless writer. Plus, what will you do when no one will help?

make something on your own. it means more

Why is this so hard for you people -_-

Just post something like "The thoughts of an alien as it progresses through its life stages"/"Vignettes from a piece of classic literature"/etc. or get the **** out of my thread.

Why would you possibly think a very general thread was a commission for me to bask in your creative genius *sigh*

Ok, I have had this problem before... what is it about what I type that insinuates that I need your help, not opinion.


P.S. Can a mod delete their posts? I hate threads that go off topic.

Technically we're on topic. You asked for help, we're helping you, by telling you, don't ask for help. People need to stop asking people to give them stuff to write about. If you don't come up with it on your own, it means next to nothing.

Ok. Instead of putting down, yet still allowing you to think up a concept for yourself - let's talk about ways of getting ideas...

Think of stories that have interested you... think of things you can talk about with a visceral emotion. Take something simple from your child hood and put a spin on it.... for example:

Hansel and Gretel after the candy cottage. What happened to those two? Did they grow up with emotional scarring, did Gretel become a whore, did Hansel become addicted to crack rock candy... ? I mean.. it's simple, it's silly... but thats really what all concepts are. Write out a short story sans lyrical intentions... make it a few pages long.. look at what themes developed, look at crucial points in the story... make songs out of them. Read other concept albums. Tommy. The Coheed and Cambria discography is one giant Concept. Read some Operas... Musicals... go to it, don't be lazy about it if you want it to be good.

:banghead:

I know how to write.

Either actually contribute or GTFO.

I asked for imput, not help! You would think the humility would be respected -_-

I find the best way to think up lyrics if your not going for a love song is find something that makes you mad but people in general dont know they're doing it

Or you could just say 'Thanks for your help but that's not what i'm after'

You complain when people don't help you and when they try to this is what they get in return. Anymore of this and i'm closing the thread.

Ok, here are topics to stop you whining.

1. The eyes of potatoes are not actually eyes, they are instead cameras installed by a race of underground creatures commonly mistaken for moles. So far the underground creatures have learned a lot about supermarkets, kitchens and Ireland. Chips were originally invented to beat the creatures at their dastardly game, but this original reason has since been forgotten.

2. A young man grew an e-penis. This was a second penis, which appeared as a hologram just above his original penis. It didn't have any physical substance, he couldn't use it for excretory or sexual purposes as it was just a phallic bundle of light but it remained there nevertheless, hanging out of his trousers and offending passers by.

3. A school teacher in Sudan allowed her pupils to name their class teddy bear 'Muhammed'. The teacher was tried for her offences against religion and sentenced to 40 lashes. Just as the lashmaster general was preparing the first crack of his long whippy appendage Big Blue Lord Krishna descended from above, landed with a flash of light and a great thud and smote the lashman with has Big Blue Lingham Of Doom.

4. If you eat the right cheeses in the right order you can commune with the dead and if you get it perfect they can give you fantastic betting advice.

Jesus, I knew the west coast is bad but I didn't know it was this bad. He didn't tell you how to write, which I'm guessing he probably should have done anyway but he told you how to derive your own topics from your life.

Since thats apparently not good enough let me ask you a question. Anytime you need a concept are you going to hop on a message board you haven't been perma banned from and be a complete **** until someone gives you something or do you have it in you to come up with something?

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.

Ages ago, back when I was into prog rock, I wrote and recorded a horribly pretentious 30 minute long, 10 section adaptation of The Odyssey.

Looking back now, it was pure cheese, though I poured my heart and soul into it at the time...

~ josh

From a person who has already been banned twice lately, your lack of humility is stunning.
Your attitude to other members who use these boards is both rude and unacceptable.

The post quoted is not the only one you've made recently in the same aggressive and obnoxious tone.

It was myself that banned you previously, so I'm going to take this personally as a complete lack of respect.
You've been pm'd and banned due to your past behaviour and still you persist.
Consider this your absolute final warning.
Please post with more consideration, or you will be banned indefinitely.

What is with everyone just rushing in here just now?

God I hate this place.

I won't respond to individual posts because I don't care enough to argue with people I don't respect.


Ok, since you need the explanation, here it is.

I started this thread just to read concepts people came up with... that didn't work out very well. I told him to go, he wouldn't leave. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

This getting through to you? I don't actually care about what you post just as long as you posted it. Like I said, I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!

YOU (yes you) think I came here because I desperately needed your genius so I could make millions off of your brilliant song ideas. What I really came here for was curiosity. I hate your taste in music, you would be the LAST people I would ask if I ever found myself unable to write. Maybe I was not clear enough before, but you really need to get off your high horse.


I write for a living. If I needed other people's help, I would not be a writer!

WHY DIDN'T YOU ALREADY!? This has been off-topic from the second post.

So, when people are randomly insulting me, it is a good thread, and when I reply it is a bad one? Nice job.

And here's me thinking the opposite applied...funny that.

This place is full of tossers, however it is the most mature music forum I have been too... and that isn't saying much.

Whatever, if you want to fight, I know your LastFM name.

:laughing: ...AND!

Seriously, stop being a nob and post sensibly.
Whether you stay or not, is up to you.

Ok, lets make a deal. You get your kiddies to act sensibly towards me, and I will be nice to them.

Respect the members and you will be respected.

Not when they attack me I won't.

Are these posts examples of people attacking you?

I'll answer the question for you.
Unless your either deluded, or incredibly dim, I'd say it was you who was doing the attacking.

This is very simple, if you want to continue posting on MusicBanter (and I imagine you do, or you wouldn't be here after 2 bans already) then you need to review how you respond to other members post replies.

Can we review what "for a living" means?

This is why I post once a month. Thanks for keeping my expectations high NSG.

=*( we could fight over linguistics, accents, and dialects again if you'd come back more...

Agreed, you don't post enough Crowe. :/

:banghead: Can you just delete this ****ing thread already?

Not even going there, but oh the irony.

Actually, there are people on here that I respect... but since you aren't one of them, you may get the wrong idea about me.

Seriously though. If you want to stop waving your pseudo self-importance and actually discuss this, just delete this pointless tread and talk with me on level ground (you know how to reach me).

I would love to hear this :rofl:

God I hate you people.

Well when you say "for a living" it implies thats how you pay bills and eat and things of this nature. And if you write for a living as you claim I'm wondering who you stole your computer from or if you just use the one at the Public Library.

Oh snap.

God I hate you people. < Feeling's mutual.

He's gone...I banned him.

Deleting his account was going to be the sensible option, rather than having to delete a constant stream of his rude and aggressive posts.

I love you, R-T.