ALL MOD NO CONS – The Who & QUADROPHENIA (1973) [email protected] December 13, 2023 0 Comments QUADROPHENIA (1973): No other songwriter has been able to express teenage angst as well as Pete Townshend – and there is no other album like ‘Quadrophenia.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Live at Leeds, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Tommy, Who's Next
NUMBER CRUNCHING – The Who & ‘THE WHO BY NUMBERS’ [email protected] October 28, 2021 Townshend is not exactly reveling in his own misery, but on ‘The Who By Numbers’ addresses the problems facing him and The Who with brutal honesty. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, The Who By Numbers, Tommy, Who's Next
JOHN ENTWISTLE – ‘AN OX’S TALE’ (documentary review): [email protected] November 30, 2020 John Entwistle stood as a musical flak-tower – firing off bass notes like tracer bullets. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenny Jones, Live at Leeds, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Who's Next
YOUNG MAN DUES – THE WHO: Bingley Hall, Stafford 3/10/1975 [email protected] October 1, 2020 The roar greeting The Who was the loudest thing I’d ever heard – until Townshend sent the opening chords of ‘Substitute’ searing through the hall. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Live at Leeds, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, The Who, The Who By Numbers, Who's Next
COME ON, TELL ME – The Who & ‘WHO ARE YOU’ [email protected] August 24, 2020 The six Pete Townshend contributions to ‘Who Are You’ suggest they were constructed without recourse to being played live. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Who, Who Are You
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away……. [email protected] February 17, 2020 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – GEORGE remembering JOHN, all those years ago………… LET'S LIST AGAIN Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Eagles, Elton John, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Ian Dury, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Warren Zevon
WHO LEADS THE WAY – The Who & ‘LIVE AT LEEDS’…… [email protected] February 14, 2020 ‘Live At Leeds’ has umpteen examples of The Who pushing their incredible talents to the limits of a genre they had created. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Live at Leeds, My Generation, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Tommy
WHO’S ASKING – Townshend and Daltrey come up with answers on ‘WHO’ [email protected] January 9, 2020 ‘With this batch of largely excellent songs Townshend evokes The Who with more fondness than how he talks about them.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenny Jones, My Generation, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, WHO
TRUST IN MOD – ‘QUADROPHENIA’ on film…… [email protected] December 16, 2019 Quadrophenia on film: In his directorial debut Franc Roddam shows a sure touch in exploring the themes of confusion and rebellion.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Franc Roddam, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Lesley Ash, Pete Townshend, Phil Daniels, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, Sting, The Who
FOR PETE’S SAKE – Townshend talks the talk (London: 6/11/19); [email protected] November 12, 2019 This being Pete Townshend, the most articulate rock musician of his generation, he was fascinating, funny and as one has come to expect, foul-mouthed. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Mariella Frostrup, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Westminster Hall, The Who, Tommy, Who's Next