Topic: Albums you would make into a rock opera. (Read 10656 times)

glyphic · « **on:** 26 Feb 2009, 08:34 »

I was thinking about this last night before I fell asleep. Some albums tell a story. Some albums don't. Some albums need to be turned into hilariously over-the-top rock operas with a laser light show and gore cannons.

My personal choice is An Albatross' We are the Lazer Viking

So, I propose a game. Using each track from the album, describe an idea for a scene for it. Basically, we should write a full story for the cd that corresponds (however vaguely) to the songs. I'll start. Just do the track after the person above you. After the album (and the rock opera) is over, start a new album.

1 I am the Lazer Viking - Our hero is introduced. Wearing dented and battered armor and animal furs, he towers over another warrior in the midst of a space battle. The asteroid on which the battle takes place is a smoking ruin. Around him, several groups of men are being torn apart by the terrifying vikings. His axe raises and his laser pistol throws light against the sky as he declares "I AM THE LAZER VIKING!!!" The axe falls.

TLT Thomas · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 17:59 »

I'd go with Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero. Futuristic holy wars, divine hallucinations, the Bush debacle taken to the dystopian extreme... It would make for an awesome sci-fi 1984-type epic.

Big Happy Captain · « **Reply #2 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 16:44 »

or The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails.

i had a dream where i got to watch a stage show of that album, and the music was incredibly loud and i loved every second of it.

i think it would do well.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 17:08 »

Tommy.

No, wait, that's not right. Ummm...

The Wall.

No, that's not right either. I'm just no good at this.

Christophe · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 17:19 »

Catacombs · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 17:23 »

Quote from: look out! Ninjas! on 28 Feb 2009, 17:08

Tommy.

No, wait, that's not right. Ummm...

The Wall.

No, that's not right either. I'm just no good at this.

Shit, you beat me to this joke.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #6 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 18:58 »

i'm wondering at this point whether you two guys who've mentioned NIN have seen the legendary "The Broken Video"... i'm pretty sure it's on youtube in its uncut form somewhere, and it's simultaneously awesome and wholly fucking disturbing.

TLT Thomas · « **Reply #7 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 20:02 »

Ah yes... the "Broken" videos. "Pinion" is disturbing yet interesting. "Happiness In Slavery" was VERY cringe-inducing. This club in Houston called Numbers used to play that a bunch on their big video screens, and I always went straight out to the patio once it came on.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #8 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 21:30 »

Heh.

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. I think it'd be interesting to see what they'd do.

Also, The Flaming Lips got a stage version of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (at least they were supposed to, I don't know what happened to that), so why can't someone do a Broadway rendition of Guided by Voices' Mag Earwhig!?

Ballard · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 22:43 »

OP needs to be appended with "please do not use Nine Inch Nails as an example".

The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

Miniluv · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 23:46 »

Kid A. You could do some trippy shit with "Treefingers."

Zingoleb · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 03:32 »

Quote from: look out! Ninjas! on 28 Feb 2009, 17:08

Tommy.

No, wait, that's not right. Ummm...

The Wall.

No, that's not right either. I'm just no good at this.

I was thinking about doing this joke, but apparently I'm not all that original.

Red-Headed Stranger?

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 05:41 »

Quote from: TLT Thomas on 28 Feb 2009, 20:02

Ah yes... the "Broken" videos. "Pinion" is disturbing yet interesting. "Happiness In Slavery" was VERY cringe-inducing. This club in Houston called Numbers used to play that a bunch on their big video screens, and I always went straight out to the patio once it came on.

but have you seen the full length one? it basically takes the actual promotional release videos and puts them in what is essentially a fairly realistic snuff film, with all the other songs in there too. the finale with "gave up" will fucking haunt me...

Be My Head · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 07:40 »

They chase mice and toss around yarn while tripping out to Venetian Snares

michaelicious · « **Reply #14 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 09:17 »

I would pay to see that.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #15 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 09:35 »

Blood on the Tracks made into rock opera would either be pure amazing, or, more likely, depressingly awful.

Hit three power chords - "DUN DUN DAHHHH" - "TANGLED UP IN BLUUUUUE"

Cadeonehalf · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 17:46 »

I'd love to see Tool's 10,000 Days as a rock opera, mostly because it'd be even more random and confusing than the Wall ever pretended to be.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 17:49 »

Sculptured's Embodiment?

A terminally ill guy singing death metal.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 17:59 »

Akron/Family's Love Is Simple would be pretty fucking sweet, maybe. also, Colors by Between the Buried and Me.

got both ends of the spectrum, there.

Ballard · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 18:41 »

I'd see a rock opera-styled one-man show by Devin Townsend.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 18:51 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 03 Mar 2009, 17:59

Akron/Family's Love Is Simple

Yeeessssss

I would like to put forward Grails' Take Refuge In Clean Living or Doomsdayer's Holiday for discussion.

Fishboy · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 19:06 »

Not so much a rock opera, but Black ships ate the sky would be ten thousand kinds of awesome.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 11:46 »

JOURNEY TO THE PLANET OF BIRDS BY DJ FRANE

DUH

Thrillho · « **Reply #23 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 15:23 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 28 Feb 2009, 21:30

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

HAEMORRHAGE

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #24 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 15:34 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 28 Feb 2009, 21:30

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

Rock opera not fetish porn.

Sox · « **Reply #25 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 16:48 »

The Afghan Whig's Gentlemen. The stage would basically just be a play by play of the entire record, but acted out.

Ballard · « **Reply #26 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 18:27 »

I get the feeling that would involve a lot of seeing Greg Dulli naked.

And honestly I think nobody's wanted to see that since 1996.

Jace · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 01:35 »

Mastodon's Leviathan.

The framework is there, just capitalize on it.

Fishboy · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 03:41 »

Quote from: the_pied_piper on 04 Mar 2009, 15:34

Rock opera not fetish porn.

They're not mutually exclusive.

pwhodges · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 03:57 »

Wagner's Ring. It's strong on the opera, but a little lacking in the rock (except ones with fire round them).

Ballard · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 09:04 »

Paul quiet before Dream Theater takes that as a sign to write a 20-minute prog rock wankfest based on the Ride of the Valkyries.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 11:58 »

"Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" by Carcass.

It'd be the world's first slasher/gore-fest b-movie-style musical, set to a death-metal concept album about ways to dispose of corpses.

mberan42 · « **Reply #32 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 12:47 »

Quote from: Ballard on 28 Feb 2009, 22:43

The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

I'd pay to see that.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 18:47 »

Lightning Bolt- Wonderful Rainbow

Scenes 1-10: people are beaten with hammers

The Joker · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 18:23 »

Dark Side of the Moon. For people who don't want to actually do drugs.

Kyros · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 18:49 »

Something really random like Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady, or All Hail West Texas or Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats, or maybe Okkervil River's last two albums?

Caspian · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 18:55 »

Isis's Oceanic would fit fairly well.

Also, Slayer's Show no Mercy. No idea what plot it would have, but it would be a real riff-tastic musical.

Ballard · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 19:36 »

Quote from: The Joker on 08 Mar 2009, 18:23

Dark Side of the Moon. For people who do want to actually do drugs.

FYP.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 07:26 »

Quote from: Caspian on 08 Mar 2009, 18:55

Isis's Oceanic would fit fairly well.

now THAT i could get behind! i gave it a listen the other, i'd forgotten how earth-shatteringly epic it truly is!

MrBlu · « **Reply #39 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 21:35 »

Songs For The Deaf

And..

"Down Below It's Chaos" by Kinski

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #40 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 21:55 »

Efterklang's Parades

Tension and release, baby

imapiratearg · « **Reply #41 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 22:06 »

Quote from: Kyros on 08 Mar 2009, 18:49

Something really random like Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady, or All Hail West Texas or Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats, or maybe Okkervil River's last two albums?

Tallahassee would make for an awesome stage adaptation.

Invammocon · « **Reply #42 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 03:51 »

Any album by Logan Whitehurst and The Junior Science Club, probably "Goodbye, My 4-Track".
"Happy Noodle vs. Sad Noodle" would be epic.

Lummer · « **Reply #43 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 04:35 »

Quote from: Ballard on 03 Mar 2009, 18:41

I'd see a rock opera-styled one-man show by Devin Townsend.

I would not be one bit surprised if he actually did that one day. Still I think the "Ziltoid" album would make for an incredibly fun night, if put into stage musical form. They hardly have to change one note, just add more silly-looking puppets!

Quote from: PantsFTW on 05 Mar 2009, 01:35

Mastodon's Leviathan.

Well, obviously noone can be surprised about me agreeing with this. That said, "Blood Mountain" and "Crack The Skye" could work as well. I guess this goes for pretty much all concept album.
Come to think of it, I would really, really love it if someone did Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" as a big theatrical production or a film.

The Joker · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 11:37 »

Quote from: Ballard on 08 Mar 2009, 19:36

Quote from: The Joker on 08 Mar 2009, 18:23
Dark Side of the Moon. For people who do want to actually do drugs.

FYP.

For both groups, I guess.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #45 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 13:15 »

I'm pretty sure the world doesn't need anymore rock operas. Seriously guys.

valley_parade · « **Reply #46 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 13:39 »

Merzbow's complete discography.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #47 on:** 16 Mar 2009, 13:49 »

Quote from: JimmyJazz on 16 Mar 2009, 13:15

I'm pretty sure the world doesn't need anymore rock operas. Seriously guys.

This.
No album, however awful it may be, deserves to be made into a rock opera.

Lummer · « **Reply #48 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 03:47 »

What the hell is wrong with you people?!

Concept albums are awesome!

Stupid Human · « **Reply #49 on:** 17 Mar 2009, 05:01 »

Quote from: Lummer on 17 Mar 2009, 03:47

What the hell is wrong with you people?!
Concept albums are awesome!

Agreed.

Also I move to nominate Ziltioid the Omniscient, because I'm a nerd at heart.

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