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Re: QUADROPHENIA soundtrack (fwd)



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> From list-owner-thewho-outgoing@cisco.com Tue May 30 18:54:20 1995
> Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 10:31:24 +0000
> From: msecero@attmail.com (Martin J Secero)
> Subject: Re: QUADROPHENIA soundtrack
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> Hello, All!!!!!
> 
> With regards to the 3 Quadrophenia tracks - "Get Out And Stay Out", "Four 
> Faces" and "Joker James" - the truth of the matter is the Keith actually DID 
> play on ONE track, "Four Faces". Listen closely, and you can hear the 
> latter-period Moonie's off-kilter, about-to-lose-it-but-not-quite style. In 
> contrast, "Get Out" and "Joker James" have Kenney Jones' steady timekeeping
> and his trademark drum riffs. 
> 
> I think the story behind "Four Faces" is that the song was written in 
> 1973 for the original Quadrophenia album, but was not included at the 
> time because it summed up the entire subject of multiple personalities in the
> space of 3+ minutes. It appears that the version on the Quad soundtrack was 
> recorded in 1978 by Keith. So, historically speaking, "Four Faces" is 
> apparently the last song that Keith recorded with the WHO before his death.
> 

Hi there!

I SEEM to remember two things about this issue: 

1) It was John who wrote the song which summed up the whole
   Quadrophenia album, and he wouldn't show it to Pete.

2) The lyrics of Joker James were published in an American magazine
   circa 1968

I could be wrong of course. Am I?

Jukka