CONCEPT FOR A DAY

SONICALLY AND CREATIVILY THE BEATLES "SARGENT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" IS A MILESTONE IN ROCK।IT'S WHEN ROCK PROVED THAT IT COULD BE JUST AS INVENTIVE,COMPLEX,AND MYSTERIOUSLY BEATIFUL AS THAT OF ANY CLASSICAL MUSIC।ALLTHOUGH IT WAS CALLED A CONCEPT ALBUM;IT WASN'T.
THERE WAS NO CONCEPT OTHER THAN PAULS LEAD-OFF SONG WHERE THE BEATLES BECOME THE SARGENT PEPPER BAND।ANOTHER NEW FEATURE WAS THE CONECTING MUSICAL SEGWAY BETWEEN "PEPPER" AND "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS"।LATER ON "ABBEY ROAD" THE BEATLES WOULD RECORD A WHOLE SIDE
WHERE THE SONGS WERE CONNECTED-BUT IT WASN'T A CONCEPT ALBUM EITHER।BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
THE PERSON WHO TOOK PAULS IDEA OF BECOMING ANOTHER BAND FOR THE
WHOLE ALBUM WAS DAVID BOWIE ON HIS BREATHTAKING ALBUM "ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS".ON BOWIES ALBUM ALL THE SONGS ARE COMPLETELY CONNECTED AROUND THE BAND LEADER ZIGGY STARDUST AND HIS
CO-HORTS IN MAYHEM "THE SPIDERS FROM MARS"।BOWIE INGENOUSLY INTERWOAVE THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE DOOMED ROCK STAR WHO,IF ANTTHING,
HIS FANS LOVED TOO MUCH।
EVERY SONG IS A TOUR DE FORCE IN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION।ONE OF THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
AN EARLIER ALBUM BY THE MOODY BLUES,"DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" MAY BE THE THE FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM।IT FOLLOWS THE COARSE OF A DAY-DAWN,
THE MOURNING,{TUESDAY}AFTERNOON,PEAK HOUR AND EVENING.IT'S A STUNNING ACHIEVMENT THAT FOLLOWS A CONCEPT FROM START TO FINISH।
IT WAS RECORDED WITH "THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA" IN 1967,THE SAME
YEAR "PEPPER" CAME OUT।IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THE MOODY BLUES MADE THE
FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM BUT ALL THESE ALBUMS HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN COMMON।THEY ARE GROUNDBREAKING AND THEY ARE ALL AMONG THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME।
PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2007-12/18/07

DISCOGRAPHY
1.SARGENT PEPPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-THE BEATLES-1967
2.DAYS OF FUTURE PAST-THE MOODY BLUES-1967
3.ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS-DAVID BOWIE-1972

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS A WORD

12/11/07

CHRIS MATHERS OF MSNBC'S "HARDBALL" USED AN INTERESTING WORD TODAY:ASSIDOUSLY.HE WAS REFERING A GUEST COLUMNISTS WRITINGS PROCLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE BEST COLUMNIST IN AMERICA AND THAT HE READ HIS WRITINGS "ASSIDOUSLY".SO I LOOKED IT UP IN WEBSTERS DICTIONARY
ONLINE।
ASSIDOUSLY-from Latin-assiduus-1622।
Marked by careful unremitting attention or persistant application.