The Teens in America, were dealing with the grief of losing our President. It the Beatles had arrived in November 1963, It would have been extremely rude. When they did arrive in 1964, we were ready. We needed something to get us past the grief; and the Beatles did it. I was an American preteen.
I took my week's paper route money and bought "Quadrophenia," maybe a month after its release. From the first time I dropped the needle, I was obsessed with it. My 14-year-old self, and my 66-year-old self, found it to be the Who's most compelling, complex, and musically dense album, far surpassing "Tommy" or "Who's Next" (which signaled Pete's developing skill as a serious composer), making it their crowning achievement (IMHO), and one of the pinnacles of rock recording.
No you got it all wrong Peter. I WAS THERE. lol..Me and my little sister got all your singles and most of your albums in the 60s.. We were like 7 8 9 and 10. And like 13 by the end of the 60s..You guys along with The Beatles, The Stones, and The Kinks made that transition by 1966 to make more serious music. Like psychedelia, show tunes, social concious lyrics, and more elaborate sounds. Some of those bands back then couldn't change into that scene. Like The Dave Clark Five, and Gary Lewis And The Playboys to name a few. Songs like Listen People, Dandy. This Door Swings, Hush, Don't go out Into The Rain, Museum, and Somethings Happining. That music kicked ass to us kids. Herman Hermits recordings were crystal clear, great sounding, and perfectly recorded. I don't think The Stones, or The Who's recordings sounded as good. Only The Beatles records did. We thought that Herman Hermits were as great as The Beatles. But as we got older we realized that no one was ever gonna be greater than the Beatles but you can't have everything. And we never ever stopped listening to Herman Hermits records to this day frankny67yroldwhitekid rockfan
A very important message in this short film statement. The need for provision of food and the basics to sustain human life, is as important in many communities today, as it always has been. Eva learner
America needed the Positive Energy, since JFK was killed. We were all depressed. We were forced to watch the funeral. That's too much for a child. For 9/11, I had my son watch some it; Then we changed the channel.
I appreciate the honest effort, and the actors do know their stuff, but other than that... the script, the lines, the pacing, the cinematography, the editing... absolutely horrible. Whoever was in charge of above mentioned needs to either be replaced, or actually taught how to do these things properly, and well.
What is it about some artists? They are leaps and bounds above the others? Do you believe in reincarnation? Have they had other lives to practice until they came to this life and were perfect in every way??? They must have!
I think Roger sums up 64/65 quite nicely, thank you. Then you see the next "generation" & the nxt "generation". Youth is amazing! Always evolving. As it has always done!
The only thing, Roger, that's changed is the addition of twenty other people onstage. One girl playing the triangle (ding!); one bloke playing a bongo... But I love ya.
Quadrophenia was a great film too. A wonderfully insightful snapshot of young life for young people in that time period of mods & rockers. Many youngsters today would never understand it, because life under the yolk of ‘technology’ and social media is so utterly different from the days that seem so long ago now, when you had to remember to say to your mates ‘same time here next week then guys? See you then mate take care’. And that was it. You KEPT that appointment, because if you didn’t, you MISSED OUT on seeing your best mates for another full week. LIFE taught you that. Kids today truly don’t know what young life is all about. And now I’m sounding like an old fart! Lol at least we knew how to live. 👍🇬🇧
It's the most important album of my life. There have been times when it felt like it was my best friend, as it was the only evidence of what I was dealing with being understood. And I was a Mod in my teens, so there's that understanding as well.
The Who Music is very unique. All 4 personalities and musicianship created that 🇬🇧 Sound. The Who 🎶 music will carry on for Hundreds of years. As did Mozart, Bach & Beethoven!
I got kicked out of the house while listening to this album. My parents always getting drunk. The girl I loved lived in a yellow house. Nothing went as planned by the Sea and the sand. There's more but I've blocked it out. I only recently learned Captain Walker killed the man he found with his wife. I don't think I was ever told before yesterday...
Putting SIR in front of your name means nothing in the UK nowadays. Blair got one, after the day HE did it became valueless. Roger is a TRUE English man who became a megastar but at the same time never, ever forgot where he came from. I really admire this man!
Pete Townshend was the first guitarist to use feedback on his recordings much to the chagrin of the polydor sound engineers. As for the violence between the Mods and The Rockers, did the Mods know their music idols were diehard fans of rock & roll?
In 1975 I went for English learning from Switzerland, we were a bunch of young Swiss boys and guys , when we went to London it was SOOO exciting and we caught the Tommy Movie. What an experience. These people were like unreachable Gods in our life. Now, we are so close to them because of social media. They are as great as ever.
Short but fantastic. Been a Donovan fan since the days of AM transistor radios. Did get to see him in '77. He was the opening act for Yes on their Going for the One world tour.
Well, no. The Beatles weren't doing Sgt. Pepper already in 1965. I think they began working on it late 1966. They probably did Rubber Soul, which they released at the end of 1965.
They may have made happy, pop-y, teenybopper music, but it was GOOD music. I just watched somebody's cellphone video of Peter singing at Epcot, May 2023, and he still slaps. I still know every note, every beat. I still love the songs.
Compare that to John Entwistle saying, "We'd blow the Beatles off the stage..." Well, loud volume isn't everything, right Johnny? (RIP) In a hundred years when people read or hear about the "Who," that's exactly what they'll say -- "Who?" At the same time, the Beatles will still be revered.
