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Originally Posted by flophousefloozie
How are concept albums (in general) pretentious?
I just don't get that....
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I just find them showy and a poor medium for intellectual expression. I prefer the music being the focus with the lyrical matter being supportive through a counter melody rather than the other way around. Then again, I employ a strict definition of a concept album. I hear Zen Arcade called a concept album but I don't see it. Sometimes I wonder if fans just become so romantically attached to an album that they start attributing some intellectual value onto the music as a whole. Like the idea of progressive rock, why does it have to progress in order to be good? Why do the lyrics need to express some story? Can't an album share a cohesive sound and a similar themes without being a hidden epic poem?
But then again I'm good at ignoring the lyrical concept if the lyrics themselves don't get in the way of the music so if SY called BMR a concept record, I just wouldn't see it and like it for what I hear.
But like I said from the beginning, this is my opinion and I know that there are people that are excited by the idea of concept albums, etc. That's just not me. Give me the music, make sure the immediate lyrics aren't painful, and make the melody work.