Comments on: Graham Coxon: The Spinning Top

By: the art of war

the art of war — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:06:12 +0000

the art of war…

…He wrote that . . ….

By: Desigol1979

Desigol1979 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:55:46 +0000

What about ‘Six’ by Mansun? A concept Album about Taoism that was a Late 90’s Classic.

By: Nick Tann

Nick Tann — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:35:07 +0000

I think you’re being harsh in your judgement of the concept album.
Perhaps you were affected by one as child.
War of the Worlds was it?
I understand…that was shit.

By: Swineshead

Swineshead — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:45:09 +0000

So your blanket ban on concept albums is revoked, provided they are good. I think that’s what the ‘pro’ camp have been saying all along…

Good!

*poos pants*

By: Piggy

Piggy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:10:25 +0000

If they can do it while writing decent tunes, fantastic, but I’m not going to give some dullard with a guitar a round of applause just because he pulled a thinky face.

By: Swineshead

Swineshead — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:37:29 +0000

If you don’t trust a songwriter to explore a number of ideas around one theme within the space of 15 songs or so… that could be your loss.

‘Frightful tosspot’… hmmmm.

By: Piggy

Piggy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:02:03 +0000

Oh my. My basic problem with concept albums is this: I cannot for the life of me understand what the ‘concept’ actually adds in terms of enjoying the album from the point of view of the listener. Essentially it’s superfluous, self-indulgent flam for the entertainment and amusement of the artist not the listener. Thus I don’t really understand why someone listening to a concept album should give a flying fuck about the concept. It strikes me as being, at best, a bit sad. Although if you actually liked a record because of its ‘concept’ then that really would make you a frightful tosspot.

This evidently isn’t the same as saying that a concept album is inevitably a bad album (although bands that go down this route do have a habit of crawling right up inside their own arses).

By: Nick Tann

Nick Tann — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:23:13 +0000

You seriously think that SH?

Wow….

By: Swineshead

Swineshead — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:48 +0000

No, Nick. It’s better.

By: Vones

Vones — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:07:45 +0000

Wow, two posts in and Piggy is already getting complaints. Love it.

In all honesty I think he was referring to caring about the actual concept of this album, rather than concept albums in general.

But anyway, most concept albums are a bit stupid. Even the ones I like.

By: Nick Tann

Nick Tann — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:42 +0000

It is now.

The more I tyhink of it, the more I hate “all in all you’re just a nother brick in the wall…”
It’s not exactly shine on you crazy diamond is it?

By: Thumper

Thumper — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:13:31 +0000

Twins Nick? That sounds spooky. Let me see if that old Twins Telepathy business works: I’ll try and guess what you’re thinking about.

*concentrates*

Is it naked women?

By: Nick Tann

Nick Tann — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:03:40 +0000

Thumper, we are like twins, I agree. I didn’t like the Wall at all apart from ……

I still fancy one of those cluster bombs

By: Thumper

Thumper — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:49:34 +0000

I don’t like The Wall. Apart from In The Flesh and Comfortably Numb. And I like Pink Floyd.

By: Swineshead

Swineshead — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:44:48 +0000

Unless you want to carry on, obviously.

By: Swineshead

Swineshead — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:29:36 +0000

The Wall is a concept album.
The Wall is ace.

Argument over…

By: joewhitenoise

joewhitenoise — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:34:44 +0000

Nowt wrong with a concept album, they just have a bad name from the worst excesses of prog, but even some of those weren’t bad (Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway par example).

Off the top of my head, The Who – Tommy/Quadrophenia, The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society, The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free, and more recently that Neon Neon album all about the rise and fall of John DeLorean… even Sergeant Pepper’s. There’s loads of great concept albums.

I lost interest in Graham’s solo career after about three albums, but this one does sound good.

By: Thumper

Thumper — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:59:55 +0000

I agree with Mark and Nick; the concept album remark is a bit strong isn’t it? I’m not a big fan of ‘em, but probably quite a few records in my collection probably qualify, and not just the Pink Floyd ones. Kraftwerk made them. And wouldn’t Diamond Dogs qualify?

I was listening to Parklife on the way in to work today. It’s holding up pretty well, I think.

By: Nick Tann

Nick Tann — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:45:06 +0000

Erm, so there are some nice songs and you don’t like the idea of a concept album and anyone that has a different position on that is an idiot.
I quite fancy one of those fizzing pop-punk cluster-bombs though….
And I fancy having a listen to this album too

By: Mark Zeitgeist

Mark Zeitgeist — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:48:13 +0000

How do you justify the “you’re an idiot” if you’re into a concept album? That’s such a throwaway sentence. Was it just stuck in because the rest of the review had no personality?