# Looking for some (good) melodramatic rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828 "2007-09-11T20:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/1 "2007-09-11T20:06:31Z")
Perhaps I’m the only one who would classify these as “melodramatic”, but anyways, I’m looking for any other bands or songs that are similarly somewhat bombastic and emotional in a slightly cheesy way as the following examples. 🙂 Led Zeppelin - [Kashmir](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=tTaOvzZKRxA) Cheech & Chong - [Basketball Jones](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=JIbp5C-5WXM) Crybaby - [Flower](http://www.aahz.com/flower-02.mp3) Any recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/2 "2007-09-11T20:24:22Z")
Others might recommend **The Black Parade** by My Chemical Romance. While I agree its fairly bombastic, I would argue it’s not possible to overemphasize the importance of death (a theme that runs though the songs in the album,) but if there were an album that did turn it into bombast, it’s that album. And it’s a good album regardless. ETA: and I do find their blatant ripoffs of classic and classic alternative rock to be cheesy in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/3 "2007-09-11T20:43:47Z")
Look at the entire genre called “prog rock.” It’s guys in capes and leather pants playing keyboards and 20 minute guitar solos and whatnot, being overly dramatic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/4 "2007-09-11T20:47:54Z")
**Muse**. Try the tracks _Sunburn_, _Bliss_, _Plug In Baby_, _Easily_, _Invincible_, _Time Is Running Out_, _Citizen Erased_ and _Shrinking Universe_. Pompous, overwrought, but melodic and (if you ever read their interviews) rather tongue-in-cheek and aware of the ridiculousness of their style. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/5 "2007-09-11T21:04:54Z")
Seconding **Crusoe** , because the first thing that popped to mind was this COMPLETELY AWESOME video. I [heart] it so much: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A) ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/6 "2007-09-11T21:17:39Z")
_Bohemian Rhapsody_ by **Queen**? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/7 "2007-09-11T22:57:36Z")
Anything by **Meat Loaf**. You can’t get more bombastic or emotional than that. ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/8 "2007-09-11T23:24:56Z")
Dragonforce for some high speed metal drama. Just do a search on YouTube for a sample. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/9 "2007-09-11T23:30:41Z")
Kashmir is slightly cheesey? Maybe Twisted Sister or Quiet Riot. But Zepplin? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/10 "2007-09-11T23:34:36Z")
Dude, just get Cap’n Jazz already. There is nobody that don’t like Cap’n Jazz. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF0ol14SETM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF0ol14SETM) For melodramatic rock, check out Sunny Day Real Estate ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDSsh7Ocv8o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDSsh7Ocv8o) ), Christie Front Drive (just listen to this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcOuGxI7kPI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcOuGxI7kPI) ), Cursive ( [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfBN34hobFc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfBN34hobFc) ), or… I’m not sure. Tell me what you like out of those. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/11 "2007-09-11T23:37:19Z")
Early and mid-period **Renaissance**. Or **Illusion**. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/12 "2007-09-11T23:41:29Z")
Woops, those were all suggestions on what I thought you were going for. Than I listened to the samples. Based on Crybaby, you want Deerhoof, and this is the best video I could get. Try to find the actual music somewhere. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dslw9OOnpg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dslw9OOnpg) Surrealness. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/13 "2007-09-12T00:09:08Z")
Let me throw this one out: Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime Exceedingly melodramatic concept album about an unwilling political assassin, a corrupt priest, and a love interest who happens to be a nun. The best songs that fit your criteria, IMHO, is Suite Sister Mary and The Mission. Good stuff! 🙂 -SweepK ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/14 "2007-09-12T06:29:42Z")
[Suite Madame Blue](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Styx/Suite-Madame-Blue.html) by Styx? ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/15 "2007-09-12T07:11:03Z")
**Jane’s addiction** are very overwrought and bombastic - although I didn’t think so when I was a teenager listening to them at the time - I thought they were deep, man. The nothings shocking album is particularly cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/16 "2007-09-12T07:28:31Z")
The Black Mages’ “The Skies Above” off the album of the same name. They’re a Japanese band that covers music from the Final Fantasy games as rock and roll (the composer of the first ten games’ soundtracks, Nobuo Uematsu is a member of the band). Skies Above takes a short melancholy piece from Final Fantasy X, plays it straight as a piano solo at the start of the song, then segues into melodramatic rock music (based on the initial piece) sung (entirely in english) by a talented male vocalist (although his style makes me think opera more than rock star). It’s awesome and very well done, but admittedly somewhat cheesy. It ends with more piano solo, too. I would suggest either going through iTunes or [this site](http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/) to get it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/17 "2007-09-12T07:33:33Z")
Yes probably has a few songs like what you’re looking for. Like “Roundabout”, “I’ve Seen All Good People”, or “Owner of a Lonely Heart”. You could also try some Electric Light Orchestra. You can’t get any cheesier or more bombastic than their version of “Roll Over, Beethoven”. “10538 Overture”, “Livin’ Thing”, “Turn To Stone”, and “Telephone Line” are some other good choices. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/18 "2007-09-12T11:58:43Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Seconding **Crusoe** , because the first thing that popped to mind was this COMPLETELY AWESOME video. I [heart] it so much: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jV1bRfLHA3A/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/jV1bRfLHA3A?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [/QUOTE] That was so dorky it became cool, then went dorky again, took a left turn into super-cool (chick in armor on unicorn) and then… hell, I liked it. I vote Evanescence for the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/19 "2007-09-12T12:38:53Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Seconding **Crusoe** , because the first thing that popped to mind was this COMPLETELY AWESOME video. I [heart] it so much: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jV1bRfLHA3A/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/jV1bRfLHA3A?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [/QUOTE] Actually, something like [Exo Politics](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=xGX6aZW8snI) would be more in the vein I was thinking. It has a sound like it’s taking itself too seriously, while as Knights isn’t taking itself seriously at all. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828/20 "2007-09-12T13:06:58Z")
I recommend a very good, angsty band called [Chevelle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQuLMRP5qwU). It’s something about the smooth vocals juxtaposed with all that guitar … just makes my brain explode with ecstasy. Fan made version of my favorite song [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOLYbptxYCg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-good-melodramatic-rock/418828.md?page=2)