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Rock Operas


Tommy
  19% (4)
The Wall
  38% (8)
Magical Mystery Tour
  0% (0)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
  4% (1)
Joe's Garage
  4% (1)
Something that isn't these!
  33% (7)


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Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:28:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know there are more than the ones listed here; but of these, which do you enjoy the most, and why?

(If it's something else, please share - it might be something new for someone else!)



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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:45:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like "The Wall" the best for no other reason than any time I think I might be slip sliding off the raw edge of sanity, all I have to do is rent and watch it and I realize that I'm really in pretty good shape after all..

ETA, you forgot about Quadrophenia.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:45:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		the uncle, "fiddling about" in Tommy gives me the creeps... always did.
I have to ask, was it Pete Townsend?

The Wall for me... Must download that again.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:48:06 PM   
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the uncle, "fiddling about" in Tommy gives me the creeps... always did.
I have to ask, was it Pete Townsend?


In the movie version, Phil Collins played "Uncle Ernie".

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:51:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


quote:

ORIGINAL: doctorgrey

the uncle, "fiddling about" in Tommy gives me the creeps... always did.
I have to ask, was it Pete Townsend?


In the movie version, Phil Collins played "Uncle Ernie".


WRONG! It was Keith Moon

and Pete Townsend is credited as Himself

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:55:07 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


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ORIGINAL: doctorgrey

the uncle, "fiddling about" in Tommy gives me the creeps... always did.
I have to ask, was it Pete Townsend?


In the movie version, Phil Collins played "Uncle Ernie".


WRONG! It was Keith Moon

and Pete Townsend is credited as Himself


He "inspired" the uncle though, eh?

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:55:16 PM   
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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 1:57:20 PM   
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I was thirteen when the album came out and besides just being damn good music it taught me to think about the world differently. I credit The Wall with being one of the major turning points in my transformation from a child's outlook to an adult one. It taught me to ask questions:

What is my place in society and who decides?

Why should I believe everything my teachers tell me?

Should I trust the government?

Who the hell is Vera Lynn?

Some things I've got the answers to... others, I'm still working on.



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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 2:14:23 PM   
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ETA, you forgot about Quadrophenia.


It was intentional, I didn't want to add two by the same band and Tommy predates Quadrophenia. It also evens the selection out better.

But that's also why I added the 'Other' option.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 2:16:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


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ORIGINAL: doctorgrey

the uncle, "fiddling about" in Tommy gives me the creeps... always did.
I have to ask, was it Pete Townsend?


In the movie version, Phil Collins played "Uncle Ernie".


WRONG! It was Keith Moon

and Pete Townsend is credited as Himself


Bloody hell, you're right. Moon was the original Uncle Ernie. Phil collins didn't play the part till '89 in the stage production.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 5:14:00 PM   
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Best. Show. Ever.


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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 5:40:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

Jesus Christ Superstar


This one for me too. I saw the original cast in 1972 and it was one of the most awe inspiring moments of my life.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/30/2012 9:55:46 PM   
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RE: Rock Operas - 5/31/2012 12:52:14 AM   
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Another one is Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway which I listened to obsessively during a depressive spell in the mid-1980's.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/31/2012 7:09:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		war of the worlds for me too. not that i've seen it as a stage show, but i really want too.

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/31/2012 7:34:29 AM   
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RE: Rock Operas - 5/31/2012 12:37:42 PM   
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And Evita is not fucking rock.
If we're having collections of showtunes, then let's stick to Gilbert and Sullivan...

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RE: Rock Operas - 5/31/2012 5:59:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		In 1983 I met someone who had the cast album of The Survival of St. Joan (1971).

I found it interesting.

I did not learn until much, much later that it was the first American rock opera.

The band Smoke Rise did the singing but the stage acting cast included F. Murray Abraham.

I won't say it is my favorite but I have a soft spot for it.

edit: clarity

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RE: Rock Operas - 6/1/2012 10:31:19 AM   
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RE: Rock Operas - 6/1/2012 1:43:45 PM   
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