Sunday, February 3, 2013

Rock Opera


A rock opera presents a story through multiple sections of music, like a regular opera, except it does so with music in the form of rock. You can read more about rock opera here:
Rock opera

The Who's Tommy is often cited as the first major work of rock opera. For bizarre reasons, Tommy was later produced as a film where Elton John sang the pivotal piece "Pinball Wizard." You can view that, if you must here:

Three years later, David Bowie would pen The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Mr. Bowie's particular flavor of glam can be viewed here:

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