The Who
The Rock
Quadrophenia
(1973)

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CopyrightX
Mar 26, 2013 - 13:39
t00lur wrote:
I like what Tarantino once said about the Who

What did he say?


casey1024
Mar 26, 2013 - 13:38
Just for the naysayers, upped this from a 9 to a 10. Geesh.


DearDM
Mar 26, 2013 - 13:37
I can get 3 or 4 PSD's out of this one!


t00lur
Feb 23, 2013 - 02:58
I like what Tarantino once said about the Who


le_colonel
Feb 23, 2013 - 02:49
3.

I'm outta here for a while... The Who, Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne...


unclehud
Feb 07, 2013 - 18:41
annie_fannie wrote:
Does this song ever end?
oldfart48
Jan 22, 2013 - 19:25
symthy wrote:

There is no known way in which I could agree more. Turgid self indulgence which had its place - a long, long, long time ago.....

At least I get to PSD a half dozen other great tracks while this drags on!


the word is reign, not rain, grow a brain. and it's o'er not over.


oldfart48
Jan 22, 2013 - 19:23
blackjackshellac wrote:

Absolutely true. But I also have come to really enjoy the random play-list experience on my digital music player while riding into the city on the bike path. And sometimes you get amazing mixes out of that randomness that are almost as good as those on RP. Yesterday I was cruising along listening to some tune from the 30s, followed by a piece from Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps, and then a tune from Quadrophenia ... can't recall the name but it's the one where he's "out of his brain on the train" 5:15 maybe? Anyway, I like that I got to experience the vinyl days of rock opera in its heyday, but this is a pretty damn cool age too.

The only thing I'll say about kids these days is that our parents, and their parents before them said the same thing about the kids these days. My grandfather warned me about that when I was a teenager.
the big diference is? we don't think rap is all there is. bad music is worse than bad food. bad food just makes you sick to your stomach, bad music sickens the soul. long live the who....




unclehud
Jan 22, 2013 - 19:23
Some folks just don't get it, you know? Whew, God, I need a drink.


symthy
Jan 22, 2013 - 19:21
black321 wrote:
midreaming wrote:
black321
Jan 07, 2013 - 10:52
  midreaming wrote:

oh geeyod... everything -these- days says so little? what does this over indulgent self absorbed dead weight for a song have to say? that only love can make it rain? gimme a ef'n break. drop this rock in a deep well and the sound it makes hitting the bottom will be more interesting and serve a better public good. It's called brevity.
 




"everything these days" is a bit over the top, but I don't think it is wrong to critique the fact that there is a dearth of "epic" tracks from today's pop/rock musicians. Musicianship has taken a backseat to "brevity," which I for one find disappointing.


ottojschlosser
Jan 07, 2013 - 10:29
This is how to get Monday rolling — triplet fills from Keith Moon!


musicology
Dec 22, 2012 - 11:00
40 years later and i still love listening to it. truly epic.


midreaming
Nov 05, 2012 - 16:08
sajitjacob wrote:
There was a time when rock music was allowed to be epic. Albums were vinyl and there was an intermission and sometimes a double. Listening was an immersive experience that required your attention to be focused. Stories were told, you might, laugh, cry, think. They echoed symphonies and that was normal.
Why does everything these days have to be so short, and say so little? Something to do with ever decreasing attention spans?

oh geeyod... everything -these- days says so little? what does this over indulgent self absorbed dead weight for a song have to say? that only love can make it rain? gimme a ef'n break. drop this rock in a deep well and the sound it makes hitting the bottom will be more interesting and serve a better public good. It's called brevity.


lewie221
Nov 05, 2012 - 16:03
sajitjacob wrote:
There was a time when rock music was allowed to be epic. Albums were vinyl and there was an intermission and sometimes a double. Listening was an immersive experience that required your attention to be focused. Stories were told, you might, laugh, cry, think. They echoed symphonies and that was normal.
Why does everything these days have to be so short, and say so little? Something to do with ever decreasing attention spans?

At least we have Porcupine Tree (first among others) to keep the epic fires alight.


kingart
Oct 20, 2012 - 17:24
annie_fannie wrote:
Does this song ever end?
max_p
Oct 05, 2012 - 07:08
sajitjacob wrote:
There was a time when rock music was allowed to be epic. Albums were vinyl and there was an intermission and sometimes a double. Listening was an immersive experience that required your attention to be focused. Stories were told, you might, laugh, cry, think. They echoed symphonies and that was normal.
Why does everything these days have to be so short, and say so little? Something to do with ever decreasing attention spans?


analog vs digital, old school vs new

kids these days ...


handyrae
Oct 05, 2012 - 07:05
annie_fannie wrote:
Does this song ever end?
rickhoran
Oct 05, 2012 - 06:56
sajitjacob wrote:
There was a time when rock music was allowed to be epic. Albums were vinyl and there was an intermission and sometimes a double. Listening was an immersive experience that required your attention to be focused. Stories were told, you might, laugh, cry, think. They echoed symphonies and that was normal.
Why does everything these days have to be so short, and say so little? Something to do with ever decreasing attention spans?

because people have an attention span similar to that of a gnat.


blackjackshellac
Sep 19, 2012 - 04:42
sajitjacob wrote:
There was a time when rock music was allowed to be epic. Albums were vinyl and there was an intermission and sometimes a double. Listening was an immersive experience that required your attention to be focused. Stories were told, you might, laugh, cry, think. They echoed symphonies and that was normal.
Why does everything these days have to be so short, and say so little? Something to do with ever decreasing attention spans?

Absolutely true. But I also have come to really enjoy the random play-list experience on my digital music player while riding into the city on the bike path. And sometimes you get amazing mixes out of that randomness that are almost as good as those on RP. Yesterday I was cruising along listening to some tune from the 30s, followed by a piece from Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps, and then a tune from Quadrophenia ... can't recall the name but it's the one where he's "out of his brain on the train" 5:15 maybe? Anyway, I like that I got to experience the vinyl days of rock opera in its heyday, but this is a pretty damn cool age too.

The only thing I'll say about kids these days is that our parents, and their parents before them said the same thing about the kids these days. My grandfather warned me about that when I was a teenager.


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