ALL MOD NO CONS – The Who & QUADROPHENIA (1973)
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.’
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NUMBER CRUNCHING – The Who & ‘THE WHO BY NUMBERS’
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.
YOU CAN BE SERIOUS – Joe Walsh & ‘BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS’……..
With enough self-deprecating humour to avoid sounding boastful, ‘Life’s Been Good’ is an important statement on rock stardom.
JOHN ENTWISTLE – ‘AN OX’S TALE’ (documentary review):
John Entwistle stood as a musical flak-tower – firing off bass notes like tracer bullets.
LENNON – The New York Years (documentary review):
Yoko Ono asks the question nobody can answer: ‘John was an artist. Why would anybody want to kill an artist?’
YOUNG MAN DUES – THE WHO: Bingley Hall, Stafford 3/10/1975
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.
COME ON, TELL ME – The Who & ‘WHO ARE YOU’
The six Pete Townshend contributions to ‘Who Are You’ suggest they were constructed without recourse to being played live.
WHO LEADS THE WAY – The Who & ‘LIVE AT LEEDS’……
‘Live At Leeds’ has umpteen examples of The Who pushing their incredible talents to the limits of a genre they had created.
WHO’S ASKING – Townshend and Daltrey come up with answers on ‘WHO’
‘With this batch of largely excellent songs Townshend evokes The Who with more fondness than how he talks about them.’
TRUST IN MOD – ‘QUADROPHENIA’ on film……
Quadrophenia on film: In his directorial debut Franc Roddam shows a sure touch in exploring the themes of confusion and rebellion.’