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The Who - Tommy

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OMC said:
I was deeply disappointed upon first listening to this release. Why couldn’t they make every song sound like “My Generation“? Then I figured out they were telling a story not unlike “Carmen”, an opera I was vaguely familiar with, and each song was furthering the plot. Who 101.
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And in the grand scheme, as great and groundbreaking as Tommy was, it was a test run for this masterpiece...



The Who - Quadrophenia

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TrainFan73 said:
Did you know that one of the reasons @Mather is such a big Billy Joel fan is because they share a birthday?
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My wife and daughter always loved Billy Joel. Roughly a decade ago, he came thru Charlotte. Our daughter had miscarried her first pregnancy about a week before the show. Everyone was experiencing depression and devastation. I hit StubHub, found the best pair of tickets available (15 rows back on the floor) and bought them for my girls. Initially I was met with push back - why would you buy those, this isn't the time, we're not up to this right now, etc.

They eventually acquiesced and it turned out to be an incredibly healing experience for both of them.

That's the great thing about all music - whether it's your bag or not, it supplies absolute superpowers to someone somewhere.
 
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RIP

Big Black – Atomizer
Homestead Records – HMS043, 1986

Cut by Tom Coyne at Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Pressed at Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

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TrainFan73 said:
The two albums between this and My Generation didn’t bug you?

I was confused why Elton John wasn’t singing Pinball Wizard.

FMM: they are the weirdest of the big Classic Rock bands and might be the weirdest popular rock band ever.
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Oh, most definitely as those two didn't have an incredible song that spoke to my heart like My Generation did. They were definitely all over that map with their writing but always entertaining. With Keith on the drums, Pete windmilling and leaping and Roger throwing his mic to the ceiling they were leaders of musical theatrics. John mostly just standing there and playing killer bass lines was a good counterbalance to the other three. I can't argue that weren't weird although there was always plenty of competition for the title of weirdest popular rock band.
 
OMC said:
Oh, most definitely as those two didn't have an incredible song that spoke to my heart like My Generation did. They were definitely all over that map with their writing but always entertaining. With Keith on the drums, Pete windmilling and leaping and Roger throwing his mic to the ceiling they were leaders of musical theatrics. John mostly just standing there and playing killer bass lines was a good counterbalance to the other three. I can't argue that weren't weird although there was always plenty of competition for the title of weirdest popular rock band.
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The Who are quite fascinating in the Classic Rock 60-70s pantheon. They built their name on a handful of great singles and being an incendiary live act. Really their heyday was the 3 studio album run of Tommy / Who’s Next / Quadrophenia. By the time Who By Numbers came out they were fully spent and have been a legacy act for the past 50yrs.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Slip Kids (possibly my favourite Who song) and Who Are You are great songs.
 
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