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>>to start: >> >>Deltron 3030 was already mentioned > >I dunno, man... a rebellion against giant corporations in the >future?
and intergalactic rap battles, what's not to love?
>maybe, but the concept is presented rather vaguely throughout, >correct?
it's a pretty simple concept
>Also, I tend to think of it as a perhaps better >version of the same cautionary fable as Tommy - the rise and >fall, dangers of excess, etc.
i don't disagree, rather was just listing some immediate examples
>huh, musical concepts is a better idea than a lame story, >which most concept albums seem to entail. But it's a slightly >different beast.
it does open up another can of worms, but i thought they (bjork and everyone involved) did such a great job that the album deserved a mention
>>Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (dystopian future) >> >>Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral >>(http://www.4degreez.com/nailz/ninterpretations/downspiral.html) > >I don't have time to read that second one
me neither, but i read it when i was a teenager and was wowed
>but is that a case >of superimposing an interpretation onto a completed work?
the album (TDS) feels thematic, and the idea that there's some kind of concept doesn't feel like a stretch just listening to it, but i remembered that dissertation being pretty compelling in regard to the overall story arc, culminating in suicide (title track) and *then* some kind of after death rumination ("hurt")?! weird but actually makes sense. it could well be the intent, but i don't think it was ever confirmed with the artist.
on the other hand, 'year zero' was a concept album outright and 100% consistent with it IMO
>>J Dilla - Donuts (the concept is subtle--you have to pay >>attention to the song titles and sample sources and contrast >>it all with his life--but present; happy birthday and rest >in >>peace) > >never considered the idea, probably couldn't ID the samples >well enough to connect the dots.
one of the samples toward the end is "when i die" by motherlode, for example
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