QUAD Live

[Brian.Cady@turner.com]

     ^^Contrary to the beginning and the final section of the shows, the 
     ^^audiences were mostly left unmoved by the Quadrophenia songs.  
     ^^American audiences proved to be unable to understand the allusions 
     ^^to the early sixties problems in England.
     
     That's not exactly the way I remember it from seeing it in Atlanta in 
     1973.  The Quadrophenia material, as opposed to the other songs, was, 
     well, different.  It struck me and everyone else I talked to at the 
     time as a large and imposing work.  Powerfully moving, but more 
     somthing you sat and respected than one you stood up and cheered 
     about. I think this response was mistaken by The Who for lack of 
     enthusiasm, which it wasn't.  As an American, I have no problem with 
     Quadrophenia which seems to have much more to do with your average 
     teenager than Tommy does.