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Re: QUAD & MORE !!!!



It Was Quadrophenia that really drew me into the Who.  I remember listening
to the album
with my brothers big headphones and thinking that this guy Pete Townshend
really understands.
JC


----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Schrade <schrade@akrobiz.com>
To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: QUAD & MORE !!!!


>
>
> > I was driving through the mountains yesterday afternoon enjoying the
> > fall foliage up here in VT as I traveled for work, and listening to Quad
> > (It's been a while).
> > Parts of that album are so damn passionate and powerful It blew me
> > away, all over again.  The guitar work near the end of the opera but
before
> > Love Rain 'or Me is with out a doubt my favorite music. Period.  I was
> > playing it loud, and getting off.  I literally got goose bumps. And, the
> > memories of watching and hearing it live with my good friend from DC at
the
> > various Quad shows, are priceless.   Long live The who!!! Truly the best
> > Rock ever.
> > Thanks for listening,
> > Stay in Tune,
> > Kevin
> > >
>
>
> Yes, Yes, Yes !!!  QUADROPHENIA is still my "If-I-Had-To-Choose" favorite
album by The WHO
> (LIVE AT LEEDS is right on it's heels, though).  You mentioned the part
before Love Reign
> O'er Me which is called The Rock.  How about Moon's drumming in that part
!  It's bombastic !
>
> That whole album, with its themes of depression, elation, sex, confusion
and balls-out drunkenness
> really hits home sometimes !  Compare this to what rock music is today !
Who is treating rock like
> fine literature?  Who is aspiring to take rock to higher grounds?  Who is
treating rock as an artistic
> medium?  You tell me !!!  You know, that PSYCHODERELICT album by Pete
might not have sold
> very well (and arguably rightly so), but give the guy credit for even
attempting that album with its
> album-woven-in-a-stage-play construction.  Who's attempting stuff like
that?!
>
> You'll please excuse me; I have to get back to my Daltrey assignment now.
>
>
> - SCHRADE in Akron
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