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Re: 1921
- Subject: Re: 1921
- From: briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:16:43 -0400
Colin Swindale writes:
>I am a newcomer to the world of The Who, as I am only 16 years old.
>
>Can anybody tell me why in Tommy (in which the stage production I saw
>was set
>from the 1940's through to the 1960's) is "21 gonna be a good year". I
>could
>understand this if it was set after the 1st world war (like it says on
>the
>symphonic Tommy album), but that would mean that Tommy would be 10 in
>1931,
>and as far as I am aware, pinball was not around then. I am baffled.
Welcome, Colin:
Actually pinball, lights and all, would have been around by the late
30's. Perhaps not in Britain, 'tho. The chronology of the original
album is a little strange. It is supposed to end in 1984!
-Brian in Atlanta