Quadrophenia Alley -The Who in Brighton 

What's your favorite Who song? Extra points for anything off of Quadrophenia.

My favorite is I'm one. He sings and plays so softly on the acoustic and then he kicks with those awesome chords on the electic. Im listening to it right now😁

Can’t pick a fave, but my first concert was The Who (on their first US tour), opening for Herman’s Hermits, 1967. I was 5, and my father took me, my 10 year old sister, and 13 year old brother. Life was never the same after that.

“We are the mods, We are the mods, We are, we are, we are the mods”…. Best track, 5:15 for me

'Love Reign O'er Me' is my favorite. Still gives me chills when I hear it.

Hi Otis, good to see you exploring my old haunt. Fond memories of having you come and play there. I used to work in the council buildings behind that alley and used to cut through almost daily to go grab my lunch in the cafe there. I never did make out with anyone there though and i worked there for 4 years! Hope you're well, Otis.

Love Reign over me-------------thanks Otis!

Love, Reign O’re Me. Get chills.

"Love Reign O'er Me" --- definitely a fave of mine!

Hey Otis! Great post. The power and passion of 'Love Reign O'er Me' is tough to beat. 'The Real Me' is one of the finest bass lines in music though...and Daltrey's vocals...Such a good album. One of many examples of Pete Townshend's brilliance...and I didn't even mention Keith Moon. Just stellar stuff.

HA! "The Rods and the Mockers"! Love it Otis.

How freaking cool..rock and roll history ..thanks for sharing..My generation always makes me crank it up..think the neighbors are starting to like it too

Impossible to name a favorite from my favorite wHo record, so here are 3, I’m One , Drowned , and Sea and Sand . Thanks for all you do Otis.

Hope your having a great tour. appreciate you bringing us along.

My favorite song off of Quadrophenia album is Love, Reign O'er Me. It is so cool to see these spots where the musical history took place, thank you for taking time out of your schedule to share with us. Stay safe and have a great remaining time on your tour.

Thank you for bringing us along, Otis. This is such a treat.

Only today's modernity could have provided the video presented today. Back in my day hand held 16mm film was the tool available for this kind of documentary. Good job Otis, and thank you. :) Edit: In my past 16mm was high tech for the independent filmmaker and without built in sound and visual stabilization. 'The Times They Are a-Changin' Bob Dylan

Wonderful footage

I tend to think of Quadraphenia as one long song but Can you feel the real me is probably the first one I think of ...great backstage pass Otis

“I’m not much of a ‘sign the wall’ kinda guy” - funnest quote I’ve heard in a while. Thanks for all the variety. I loved this album- still feel like all the lyrics are etched. Love that line about “outta my brain on the 515” - such great sharing always Otis!! Thank you!

Really great video Otis, it brings back good memories. Haven't seen Quadrophenia for many years, but now I know what I have to do today.

I love Quadrophenia...very important record in my coming of age.impossible to pick a favorite song but "love Reign Over Me" is a astounding climax to the story/operetta..."I'm One" ,"the Real Me" all fantastic,I love the early stuff the best but ..."Live At Leeds" and this album blew me away.Long live Pete Townshend!

Wow! Otis in living color!😁 Love it all! Keep well. Really enjoying you letting us tag along. Show a bit more of your gig settings please and possibly so clips of a couple shows.

Bell Boy!!!! Be safe Otis!! Safe travels home!!

I'm a rabid PETE TOWNSHEND'S SCOOP albums junkie. I like many of Pete's demos over the official band releases, although most if not all releases stayed very close to the demo.

Love, Reign O'er Me is a Masterpiece

Yeah, it have to be Love reign O'er Me. Thanks for another great post.

Love the perspective of your adventures while travelling, thanks and much Love.... The Real Me and Love (reign o'er me) are all time great songs....

Bell Boy!

Thank you Otis for taking your time to share rock history with us...so very cool!

Whoa. You tapped an aorta with this one. That scene...was one of the pivotal moments of my entire life. May actually need to visit now. Brilliant.

Crazy, No Lie. I just was out for a drive and randomly played some of my music and Quadrophenia came on. Forgot how great that record is. Told myself I'm gonna get out my DVD and watch it tonight, and Otis pops up in my RU-vid feed with this. The universe is trying to tell me something I guess. 🌞

Fantastic we live an hour from there and love dropping by in the summer months Otis...

Nice! took a fantastic Quad walking tour in Brighton back in 2003 and the alley was one of the stops. So many great songs on the album but for me, it would be "The Punk And The Godfather". Happy travels.

When you filmed one of your last videos on Brighton Beach, of course I thought of Quadrophenia. The setting looked just like the photos in the LP booklet. Very cool to see other locations. They actually named it Quadrophenia Alley! The Who were the second band I got into after the Beatles and I appreciate them now more than ever. A very unique band. No one else sounds like them. Don't know if I can pick just one song, but my favorites include "Cut My Hair," "The Punk meets the Godfather" and "5:15."

Otis!! Aw, man...shoulda signed the wall. For them who ain't here . Or here yet! Substitute - but the version off Live at Leeds. The Kids Are Alright is a personal fave BUT so is Love Reign O'er Me. Also I wonder how many people listen to Who Are You? these days and hear the same spitting self loathing I do? Pete is underappreciated as one of Britain's greatest "Angry Young Man" Peace Otis! Thanks for the tour! Just sign my name next time🙏❤ 🤘😎🤘

Snowboarding to Dr Jimmy and Mr Jim. Great album to snowboard to.

I have watched that movie more times than I'd like to admit. It's tough to name a fav, but today, I'll go with "I'm One." Be safe, Otis.

I am one. Hell of a sefie! What a cool piece of rock history. Thanks for sharing it man

Dylan and Me……QUADROPHENIA One of the LAST RECORDS I acquired while I was still living at my parent in the ORANGE ROOM was QUADROPHENIA by THE WHO. I had just turned 20 and my Mom brought it home from a garage sale. I had seen the album cover before but never heard the record. As I played it over and over, I fell in love with its songs and the concept. Jimmy in the story, is still living at home...LIKE ME!!!. He was searching for himself...LIKE ME!!!!! He was experimenting with Drugs....LIKE ME. It spoke to me. The perfect TEENAGE scenario. Heres the lyrics to the song that really spoke to me: CUT MY HAIR Why should I care If I have to cut my hair? I've got to move with the fashion Or be outcast I know I should fight But my old man he's really alright And I'm still living at home Even though it won't last Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents Five inches long I'm out on the street again And I'm leaping along I'm dressed right for a beach fight But I just can't explain Why that uncertain feeling is still Here in my brain The kids at school Have parents that seem so cool And though I don't want to hurt them Mine want me their way I clean my room and my shoes But my mother found a box of blues And there doesn't seem much hope They'll let me stay Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents Five inches long I'm out on the street again And I'm leaping along I'm dressed right for a beach fight But I just can't explain Why that uncertain feeling is still Here in my brain Why do I have to be different to them? Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend We have the same old row, again and again Why do I have to move with a crowd Of kids that hardly notice I'm around I work myself to death just to fit in I'm coming down Got home on the very first train from town My dad just left for work He wasn't talking It's all a game And inside I'm just the same My fried egg makes me sick First thing in the morning I was 20, my dad really didn't like my long hair. He was in the military and the "wartime coat" shown on the album cover was what my Dad wore to the Air National Guard every day of my life. When you're 20, you're trying to fit in at school and meet new people. I was beginning to wear more flambouant clothes and sometimes make up at gigs. I was experimenting with drugs and actually, let go from a job because a co worker told the boss I had smoked pot the day before at work. ( although, he did too ) I was growing but unsure what my next step should be. That Uncertain feeling”. I know I should fight But my old man he's really alright And I'm still living at home Even though it won't last" I knew that the time was coming soon that I needed to leave THE ORANGE ROOM and find myself. That “uncertain feeling” was in my brain too. The lyrics of Cut My Hair reinforced my feelings. My Dad and I were different people and growing in different ways, BUT...as the song said, my OLD MAN he's really alright....and I'm still living at home, even though it won't last!!!! The song still brings back that feeling from 1979 in MY ORANGE ROOM. Fast forward 33 years. My son Dylan is 20 years old and still living with us in Bellevue Illinois. Him and I have had a few incidents where we did not see eye to eye...let's leave it at that. By now, I'm the Dad!!!! Life has reversed the tables and now my son was probably feeling the same feelings and anxieties as I was at his age!!!!! With all this happening, I found out that THE WHO were getting back together to play the QUADROPHENIA album in its entirety in Chicago the coming Novermber. This would have been 2012. I NEEDED to take Dylan to see this show with me. I burnt a CD of the album and told him to listen to it and I'd get tickets to the show. He did listen and said he loved it!!!! The stage was set. I guess the point I'm trying to make here is the symbiotic nature of the event. He was in the exact place of time in his life where I was was when I first heard Quadrophenia in 1979! I'm happy to say that the concert was AMAZING and Dylan loved it VERY MUCH. When the song, CUT MY HAIR was played, the hairs on my arms stood on end. I looked over at Dylan and he was LOOKING AT ME!!!! Connection!!!!! We were thinking the same thing as the lyrics were booming out through the ALLSTATE ARENA!!! Why do I have to be different to them? Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend We have the same old row, again and again Why do I have to move with a crowd Of kids that hardly notice I'm around I work myself to death just to fit in Dylan was learning at 20, about fitting in. But why bother? He was his own person. Thats OK! Just like putting on Moody Blues to a room of friends. He KNEW it was good music!!! Fuck them if they don't get it! I remember feeling that way at 20. The song continued: The kids at school Have parents that seem so cool And though I don't want to hurt them Mine want me their way I clean my room and my shoes But my mother found a box of blues And there doesn't seem much hope They'll let me stay So close to home. I felt the same way at 20. I know Dylan did too. But it was during this line that our eyes met and it still gives my chills: I've got to move with the fashion Or be outcast I know I should fight But my old man he's really alright And I'm still living at home Even though it won't last I'm STILL LIVING AT HOME...EVEN THOUGH IT WONT LAST. Our eyes met....We looked back at the stage and enjoyed the rest of the concert. Dylan left our home the next Spring. He was ready to spread his wings and fly on his own. He was 20 years old. The same age I was when I left my home...THE ORANGE ROOM and my parents house. He and I were a lot alike. I was happy that he found someone to love him like we did. I'm so happy he met his girlfriend, Ashley and felt the rush of life on his own! I love you Dylan.

I’m loving the location videos. My favorite song off of Quadrophenia is, Love Reign O’er Me.

Another cool video! Thanks, Otis!

Awesome stuff Otis ✌️😎Thanks so much🤘🤘

the seeker..and love reign

Thanks for sharing this Otis, great vid. Love the channel! The Real Me Fav Who song, from fav Who album!

Very cool. Thanks for posting!

I like The Punk and The Godfather . Thanks for the presentation, real nice.

Thanks Otis! Very cool. Hard to pick one favorite but I have to go with Cut My Hair. I remember the first time I bought the album, the cashier tried to charge extra because she thought it was quadrophonic.

Love, Reign o'er me. Eddie Vedder does it justice too. Jaw dropping.

Tanks 4 the video ciccio 71

5:15 Thanks Otis! Hope the tour is going well.

I'm sure you're having a great time on the tour,it sure looks like you are! I bet your lady is waiting anxiously for your return home! There's so many great WHO songs for me,it's hard to choose just one! Love Reign Over Me is one of them.❤😎👍

I'm One....but I loved the whole album, meant a lot to me as a teenager dealing with growing up and all one has to endure.

Awesome...loved Quadrophenia....it was my first Who Album...Love Reign Over Me. When you were down on the beach under the pier...that was all I could think...where were the Vespa Scooters.

Best song was 5:15 ! Great video Otis "I'm One" was also a very good song. Off that masterpiece album.

When you said can you see the real me I though RIGHT ON OTIS

Thanks for taking us with you on your British journey! My hands down fave will always be Come Together.

Too much claustrophobia for me! Yikes! Still love ya, Otis, and I don't miss any of your posts; even ones like this that give me the heebie-jeebies!

Quad is my desert island record. That's all.

Now that was a real treat - many thanks Otis. Love, Reign Over Me would get my vote. Be safe 🙏

Reign on me 100% Thanks for this clip Otis. Quadrophenia is my hubbys fav album of all time ☮️❤️🎶

Love reign o’er me. Otis can you bring us back some fish and chips please. Thanks👍🏻

Otis ..my man!

That’s cool. Worked there for 6 months and didn’t know about this. Typifies the sleazy underbelly of Brighton, hiding away under the gentrification on the surface!

Love Reign O’er Me.

'rods and mockers' works too, haha

Someone heckled Neil Young on the stage way back in the day, yelling from the audience as he did an acoustic set, "all your songs sound the same!" and Neil fired IMMEDIATELY back "It's all one song, man. It's all one song." So yeah Quadrophenia, The Who, "Maximum R&B...." Rock and Roll, Mods, Rockers, Neil Young, Pete, Otis Redding, Little Richard, The Killer, you name it, and you know who I'm talking about Otis, so many many more to list off from the heart... it's all one song. And the Future..... is Unwritten. Mahalo plenty brothers and sisters. One Love. All I ever had, these songs of freedom. Not Fade Away. My old friend the blues. All my love's in vain. He gives us all his love. She loves you yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah. Oh, Maybelline why can't you be true? Why don't you love me like you used to do? I got the Lovesick Blues. (But guess what?) All the flattop cats have their dungaree dolls and they're headed to the gym for the sock hop ball. The joint's really jumping, the place is goin' wild, the music really sends me I dig the crazy styles and I'm READY. Like Jimmy in the alley, we're all ready for the magic to happen just once, tonight, now, sooner. Count 'em off Dee Dee. On a count of four... FOUR!

Hi Otis great guitar shop in Thame Philips Vintage Guitars in the small square in the Cornmarket looking forward to the gig tomorrow night cheers Dave

My favorite songs off of Quadrophenia are 5;15 and Love Reign O'er Me.

My friend I don't like the WHO but thanks for the story and wow that is a crazy alley! Stay safe.

Loved the alley tour! It's hard to pick just one favorite so i'll have to cop out and go with everything on Live at Leeds. From Quadrophenia it's gotta be 5:15.

Hello Otis Gibbs Hope your tour is going well,hope Amy is holding fort down. Wish you all the best, thank you for the tour of England 5:15 is a awesome tune

I was an extra in Q and the alley and the beach front scenes were filmed in May 78 Brighton. The scene where Sting is the busboy is the Grand Hotel Brighton (which later had the IRA bomb in 84 and I was DJ there in the hotel Disco Midnight Blue late 80s) Had a cuppa with him on film breaks quite a dry down to earth guy quite softly spoken remember clearly of him talking fondly about his previous band No Exit and that he really wasn’t sure if his new bands name would work…..Police..) The scene where they are on their scooters looking down on Brighton is in fact looking down on Eastbourne some 20 miles along the coast. On the beach front scenes on the main road literally where this video begins some big errors were made by the director/unit team. All the signage of that time May 78 remained so if you look closely the cinema is advertising the films showing then and the credit card adverts which didn’t even exist in the mid sixties and if you look closely you will more things 70s than 60s in these scenes. Many of the actors and extras pointed this out but were told it would be fixed in editing but of course never did it was a great shame. The rockers was a term created by the press and the on the ground they were known as the Greasers. Q alley is one of many of the alleyways in Brighton known as the Lanes, this being the smallest. Hope this insight helps😎

For some reason I can't explain, "The Punk and the Godfather"

thanks uncle otis looks like that was effort thanks for sharing u got a pro stead cam hand tho uncle otis... i love quadrophenia...we are mods we are mod we are we are we are the mods...gracias

Bell Boy (why not?). Simply the best band;)

Ah Brighton!! From Quadraphenia I’d say 5:15 or The Real Me but The Seeker, I Can’t Explain, Baba O’Reilly, Squeeze Box and Won’t get fooled again are in my top tier.

Bell Boy (RIP Keith Moon)

Thanks for the tour! Might have to go back and watch Quadrophenia ... Thanks, Otis! 🙏 Travel safe, be good to you!

This was so cool! My favorite song off of Quadrophenia is 5:15.

“Love Reign O’er Me…” … Ringo Starr when asked…” Are you a Mod or a Rocker…? No… I’m a Mocker” 😛😝😛

The History Books never mention the battles betwixt the Rods and Mockers

5:15 👍👍

Sting as Ace Face on the souped up Lambreta or Vespa. The name alone 'Quadrafinia' was worth the admission price. Great walk down the 'Very Narrow' memory lane... thanks Otis.... Quick question.... hows the food treating you?

Drowned.

Otis, Your device has good sound even with the wind.

Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim

Don't think I've seen that film. I've read Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, a long time ago though :) Are there any kind of attractions related to the book there? Is there a rock named Brighton Rock or does the title refer to something else?

I wonder if that inspired: Stray Cats - Rumble in Brighton

It’s going mobile on Quadrophenia?That is my favorite to song.

its got to be 5 15

Are you coming to Bristol Otis?

I am one

5.15.

Man,I like Meaty,beaty,big and bouncy.. mho.. my generation...

I am the sea 🌊 but I’m not really a fan of this particular WHO album.