What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

THE WHO "tommy" cd,1969

i have the vinyl, but this is the newly remasterd SACD(whatever that means) cd version, from all the reviews ive read Pete Townshend did a brilliant job at doing this one and cleaning it up for the SACd release...im not sure as i never heard previously released cd versions of this?!?!
anyway, Rock And Roll's first so-called 'rock opera', it has some flaws IMO, but asit was the first of its kind the Who had nothing to compare it to back in the day...
some of thiese tracks(well,probably over half of them) have no life whatsoever outside of this album ie:they would make no sense at all, but in the context of what it is, this is a brilliant piece of work about a deaf,dumb and blind kid who was molested by an uncle(wicked uncle ernie) who went on to become a wizard on a pinball machine even though he had obstacles in his life, and his journey through those and subsequent 'healing'...
much of this storyline,according to Townshend's autobiography, was based on experiences he had growing up in London, and writing the rock opera was his way od coping with his shame and confusion during his own childhood...
look, its totally impossible to rate this album with a score based on a song by song score because, as i said, these songs would,and do not, stand up well on their own, but together they make one hell of a concise piece of music...
great,great stuff, and i believe anyone who loves music should have a copy of this on their collection...

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

from the album:

pinball wizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTQ3co-aQsc live
im free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGa70tVYVKo video
sally simpson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-u_EFyKAC8 audio
christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmijD6jqHs video

I'll rate it for you CH. Perfect! BTW he did write a mini rock opera before this called 'A Quick One' Having said that I think Quadrophenia was just as good.