Talk:Paradise Lost (Symphony X album)

message: In this interview ( http://www.metal-temple.com/interview.asp?id=362 ) with the lead singer, he specifically states this is not a concept album.  
" So,"Paradise Lost" is not a concept album.
No, it isn’t. It’s like "The Dark Side Of The Moon" by Pink Floyd; it is not a story but it deals with life and death and things in between. The new album deals with feelings about what’s going on like love, betrayal, lost and revenge. Vanity is a big thing in the first few songs. The parallel to the book with Satan as a character is about all these feeling that he has. In the videos we did the director wanted to go in a more literal way which is fine with us because it is more impressive."
:That's interesting. I thought that this album had to be a concept album. Well, that explanation sure makes sense. It's not a concept album, but it has reoccuring themes, I guess. Backtable71792c 11:40 17 September 2007(Eastern Time)
::As far as Í know, a concept album doesn't necessarily néed to focus on any story at all (that's called a rock opera). Instead, concept albums are focussed on... well, a concept.. meaning a recurring theme, setting, character, feeling or anything like that. And in that way (whether or not Russel says it's not), it would still be a genuine concept album. Cyanid (talk) 19:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, that's a good way to look at the album. Yeah, it does have a few characterstics of a concept album. You have a good point there. BTC 19:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now changed the page back to the category of Concept Albums. I looked on the wikipedia-page for Concept album and the first line already says: "In popular music, a concept album is an album which is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical".Shuker, Roy: Popular Music: The Key Concepts, page 5. . 2002.", which is exactly what Paradise Lost is. Cyanid (talk) 15:27, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

text: All right, thanks for that. BTC 23:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concept Album? 

message: My version of "Revelation (Divus Pennea ex Tragoedia)" ends with a sequence from "The Divine Wings of Tragedy", rather than with a segment of "The Accolade".
145.99.195.193 08:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... the Accolade reference was put in there for comparison. I think you misinterpreted the sentence. = ∫ tc 5th Eye 23:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Accolade? 

message: I don't get it. What does Lovecraft have to do with Paradise Lost? Is this MR quote accurate, or did he say John Milton? Petergee1 11:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The album is out in Italy, 22 June, and judjing by the lyrics there's no Lovecraft refernces. I sugges to remove the comment, even if it has a reliable source. Cuttyflam 09:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lovecraft? 

message: any idea what the parenthetical note in Revelation's title is about? it looks like a poor translation of the phrase "Divine Wings of Tragedy", but literally means something more like "God of the wing, out of tragedy". is there some other meaning in there? Zxjams 04:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not... it seems someone removed the sections stating that "Revelation" was a sequel of sorts of "The Divine Wings of Tragedy", hence the similar melodies in some parts and the Latin translation. = ∫tc 5th Eye 15:02, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Revelation" 

message: Someone left the following sentence in the article:
 Also going for metal radio adds on June 11/12, 2007.
This needs to be elaborated on or at least rewritten to be grammatically correct. Kouban 20:35, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  radio ads 

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