Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-null!marantz From: marantz@null.DEC (Josh HL01-1/S09 DTN 225-4394) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Seeking long/varied rock pieces [net.music] Message-ID: <825@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 11:09:29 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.825 Posted: Fri Mar 1 11:09:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 03:05:43 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 22 > Posted: Wed Feb 27 19:18:52 1985 > > I am suprised no one has mentined Frank Zappa. Two Hundred > Motels is a double alblum - it is all one thing, a story, you > might call it the reflex of an opera. Zappa has numerous > pieces that are long and he is a studied musician. > > Tommy by the Who is another famous one. > -- > scc!steiny > Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382 ihnp4!pesnta -\ > 109 Torrey Pine Terr. ucbvax!twg --> scc!steiny > Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 fortune!idsvax -/ I thought the original message wanted single songs, rather than concept albums or rock operas. I don't know the Zappa, but Tommy has many short songs, which can in no way be considered all one 4-sided song. If it is acceptable, then I submit Quadrophenia, Seargent Pepper, Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and Gentle Giant's Three Friends as well. -Joshua D. Marantz