Tommy by The Who
What More Can I Say
Tommy had the dubious distinction of being the first-ever rock opera;
however, its none the worse for that, Ken Russells adaptation
notwithstanding. Due largely to Pete Townshends skill as a songwriter and
composer, Tommy tells a coherent story and includes quality rock and roll
at the same time, an impressive feat by itself. While surprisingly more
linear than the later Quadrophenia, Tommy boasts several songs that
stand up well on their own, including the classic Pinball Wizard, The Acid
Queen, Im Free, and Sally Simpson. Much of the rest doesnt make much
sense lyrically unless you listen to the entire album, but youll probably
want to do that anyway, preferably with the lights low and the stereo
cranked. --Genevieve Williams
The Whos Pete Townshed at that time was mainly known by fans as a
guitarist and not a songwriter since he did write nearly all of the lyrics too
Who songs. This album would change all that. Tommy bassicly took what
Sgt. Peppers had created by The Beatles and expanded it and made i t so
it followed a constant story line. Tommy is the story about a boy named
Tommy who is deaf dumb and blind but in the end he is able too see and
hear he just didnt realize it. The amazing thing about Tommy is the band
never used a full ocrehsta on the album because so they could play it live.
All they used were guitars drums and John Enstwiles French Horn. By late
1968 Pete Townshed having written rock opera songs, A Quick One While
Hes Away, and Rael, was eager too record a concept album. Originally
Tommy was based off the idea of the five states of consiuoness but he
eventually developed Tommy. So buy this CD then once you get it go
home and blast it for 75 minutes long.
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