Quadrophenia is my favorite Who album, favorite concept album and one of my favorite movies. Here's my review of the recently released book by Martin Popoff "The Who & Quadrophenia".
Thanks for this, Alan. A magnificent album. Probably their finest. I love it. The Who are probably my favourite band. So, to hear about this book, is great. I might get it, but it seems expensive. A coffee table book. Yes, just the book is enough. No packaging, please. The Jethro Tull appeals more - I can learn a lot about another of my favourite bands. Another great video. David Butterworth.
Quadrophenia is my wife's favorite album by anyone. When we saw the 1996 Quadrophenia Who show at MSG, I thought she would go absolutely crazy with the fact that she saw a live performance of her favorite album.
Martin writes a lot of books! I have a few. Quadrophenia is also my favorite Who studio album and I saw their tour of the album a few years ago which was fantastic. I originally bought it on cassette in 1974 while on a family road trip in middle of nowhere Norway! I wanted to hear it right there and then with my player I had with me.
In your book review, you get your main point across perfectly by saying that Mr. Popoff’s book on “Quadrophenia” is the CliffsNotes for the album. I think that is the ideal description of a surface view. As you said, Mr. Popoff’s publisher may not have wanted him to go deep for reasons involving book length and production costs. Nevertheless, based on Mr. Popoff’s professional reputation together with the beautiful photos and graphics that you showed from the book, I’m sure that casual Who fans would benefit from reading it. By the way, I’m in the club of avid fans who think that “Quadrophenia” is the band’s best album. The concert that I saw when the band toured that album was a knockout. Then, again, all The Who concerts that I’ve seen have been sublime.
Yes I’m sure that is the case. I’ve no doubt the publisher gives specific requirements that he has to follow. Within the requirements Popoff did an excellent job. But for diehard fans it’s surface
Saw the Who three times over the years(always great) but the 96 performance of Quadrophenia was the best. The acoustic encore of Wont Get Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes, and Who Are You was added greatness.
That's very interesting, I would have expected more depth from Martin Popoff having seen him talk at length on SOT. Quadrophenia is my favourite Who album too and one of my top 10 of all time. I grew up about 20 miles from Brighton and we played Mods and Rockers at school with cardboard tags stuck to our belts with Mods or Rockers written on them. I see the book is priced at £22 on Amazon UK.The most recent music book I read is Never Say No to a Rock Star by Glenn Berger, who worked under Phil Ramone and it's terrific, Mick Jagger called him ginger!
Mark so cool you lived 20 miles from Brighton. Was always a fantasy to go there and I finally did a couple of years ago. Spent the whole day there. Saw Quadrophenia alley and walked the pier and went down the Helter Skelter. What a thrill for me.
Yea - was an unforgettable experience for a Quadrophenia fan like to me. Love that area and would love to go back again some day. So great it was. @@markspooner1224
I love to get the Uncut Music guides. The magazine is great too. The Monthly comes with a CD. I order them straight from England. With the exchange rate it come out to like $6.00 -$9.00 instead of what they charge in the US
They’re so expensive here out of my range but I find them later on at used record stores and record shows for a couple of dollars. They’re the greatest. Absolutely incredible. I have tons of them. And read them cover to cover. I just finished a Velvet underground guide. Next up will be either skate Bush or Patti Smith. Nice that you can get them for a good price
Can I just say Alan I completely agree with what you're saying about The Who and Quadrophenia book I had that problem with like the Lifehouse book I wanted to buy a Forbidden Planet but it costs £67 in a slip case it's crazy so my partner said bye on Amazon for 33 pounds the book is actually £50 or $50 I got the book for like 33 pounds on Amazon and I'm loving it it's beautiful the graphics are stunning really lovely comic book illustrations of the songs and it's really good
I just ordered the new Dylan book 'Mixing Up the Medicine' . $100.00 at B&N. $50.00 on Amazon. Published by the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa. Hope it is more steak than sizzle.
my only history with Martin Popoff was reading a book he wrote about (surprise surprise) Van Halen. And my takeaway from that book was exactly like your impression of this Who book. Surfacey. As a fan I learned nothing. Looks like some cool photos though. I just read a pretty good book that might interest you Opposable Thumbs by Matt Singer about Siskel & Ebert.
YES - I"ve heard about that book and have watched some videos about it. I'm definitely gonna read that. I was an early adopter with their show. Started watching it when it aired on PBS - they had a dog and would do dog of the week. Watched them to the end and I miss them to this day.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow i miss them too. next to all the rock star poster and supermodel photos i had on my wall as a teen i had a photo of Siskel & Ebert. I didn’t discover the show until 1983. I think you’ll enjoy the book.
Hi Robert I just wanted to say that I'm going to see The Who tomorrow my friend got me a free ticket can you believe it I'm so excited I don't know where I'll be sitting but I'm seeing the Who at the Teenage Cancer Trust for what could be their last ever concert is one of two gigs that they're doing I'm so excited mate I'm telling you maybe we can link up on a video
I think the concept for Quadrophenia is fantastic. We were all teens and felt at some point on the outside, trying to fit in etc. Timeless story that definitely affected me even though I'm no Mod....I checked out Hydra - thought ok. Cowboy as well - they were on Gregg Allmans live album as well - not one of his best efforts though.
Yeah, I think I understand Popoff's writing style now. It is not in-depth but rather an overview. I prefer my rock books to have dense text and fewer photos. Some photos are essential but it looks as if Popoff does not prefer a text-heavy style. That might be why he's published so many books. For example, Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn delves deeper than most and only produces volumes very rarely. But there are many fans of rock music who don't require a forensic investigation into a band's history. Popoff's books are probably for them.
Yea, I totally agree. I know he has a bunch of Visual Biography books, which are quite expensive but mostly just photos. Not my kind of thing, but clearly what the market wants.
That book looks and sounds like a introduction to The Who's Quadrophinia 101. I presume it's not much of a deep dive and more glossy photos than anything else. I'm sure I'll eventually get it but not at fifty bucks.
Definitely NOT at $50 bucks. I got it as a gift by the way. It's definitely surfact like Steve said regarding the Van Halen books. It's 101 like you said. For newbies or for a fan who wants a quick review. He writes so well and I know he really knows his stuff so my guess is the publisher limits what he can do, but I could be wrong. This is a $20 book, not a $50 and the outer cover is sizzle not steak and frankly a ripoff
Alan, do read on the toilet 🤣😂 I used too a long time ago. It's not good . I have heard it promotes hemorrhoids. Don't know if that's true 😂🤣 I just got the new Lou Reed bio. It has been getting a lot of good reviews. I also got the newish Ronnie Lane bio which seems to be getting mixed reviews..... absolutely awful cover. I will be delving into these two soon.
Nice to see you're a big reader too. You can probably read the whole Who book in one long setting, but you'll have trouble walking around afterwards....for a while.
