Sea and Sand

["Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net>]

Excellent analysis of this song and Quad in general by Mark, however one
wishes Sea and Sand and the rest of Quad had been given a harder sound, more
akin to the way the Who performed it live in the mid-70`s as certain boots
attest. It`s interesting to note that much of Tommy is relatively quiet
sounding, and perhaps PT calculated that he needed to do the same for Quad
to make it the transcendent commercial and critical success he clearly
wanted. Except by then LAL and WN had been released, albums which are the
summit of hard rock glory. I think any Who album released in their aftermath
which returned to a softer sound inevitably sounded like a demo - at least
that`s how I saw it at the time, and still do... Gary M.