Re: 1921

[briancady@juno.com (Brian S Cady)]

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