Concept albums

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Was the phrase 'one percent' really in the American vernacular 30 years ago?

Outside of the way bikers used the term? Nope.

To be fair, they had likely just returned from the future and had some preternatural insights into the world when penning the lyrics.

 

[ChrisLong]

Outside of the way bikers used the term? Nope.

To be fair, they had likely just returned from the future and had some preternatural insights into the world when penning the lyrics.

Inspired by the Mighty Ducks movies.

 

[Starman]

"A Quick One" wasn't a concept album. Pete wrote "A Quick One, While He's Away" to fill out the album.

"A Quick One" was kind of a partial concept album-- a concept suite, maybe. PT didn't have enough additional material to make it longer and as you noted they already had the album mostly done.

(Of course you remember also that PT originally envisioned "Who's Next" as a full fledged concept album -- the Lifehouse project -- but kind of fell apart on the whole thematic "concept" and opted instead just for an old-style song collection.)

In a way, Sgt. Pepper is about half a concept album: SPLHCB and "A Little Help From My Friends" on side one, with "Good Morning," SPLHCB Reprise and "A Day In The Life" to close, with the other seven songs just dropped in at random.

 

[Huggy]

"A Quick One" was kind of a partial concept album-- a concept suite, maybe. PT didn't have enough additional material to make it longer and as you noted they already had the album mostly done.

(Of course you remember also that PT originally envisioned "Who's Next" as a full fledged concept album -- the Lifehouse project -- but kind of fell apart on the whole thematic "concept" and opted instead just for an old-style song collection.)

In a way, Sgt. Pepper is about half a concept album: SPLHCB and "A Little Help From My Friends" on side one, with "Good Morning," SPLHCB Reprise and "A Day In The Life" to close, with the other seven songs just dropped in at random.

The Who Sell Out sorta had a concept built around British pirate radio of the 1960s.

 

[Starman]

The Who Sell Out sorta had a concept built around British pirate radio of the 1960s.

Yeah. British radio didn't allow commercials so the pirate stations with commercials were a sensation. Plus lots of great music.

 

[Huggy]

Yeah. British radio didn't allow commercials so the pirate stations with commercials were a sensation. Plus lots of great music.

The one I remember from The Who Sell Out was "Keep your group together with Roto-Sound strings!"

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Heinz Baked Beans was the ad i remember.