Re: Quadrophenia Too

["Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>]

> Wasn't that WHITE CITY?

Keets:

That's what I heard. Still, that was Jimmy age 30. Now he's 50.

> Octophrenia?

Or 80? 

"When a man is looking for his teeth/And some prune juice for relief..." "I
declare, I'm three inches shorter/Your spine just ain't what it used to..."
"Bermuda shorts/White socks with sandals/Sag-ging around/I'm out of Depends
again/And I'm seeping along..." "Am I me, for a moment?"

excerpts from the Rock opera Reaganphenia, copyright 1998 

> Okay, don't go.  ;)

Thanks for straightening that out for me. You know I'm lost without you.

> not going to say Pete shouldn't do that.

I'm no one to tell Pete what to or not to do, but Quad is the epitome of
Rock and should not be tampered with.

> I dunno about using the old stuff.  I didn't care for the use of the
WHO'S 
> NEXT music with the updated LIFEHOUSE.  There was a noticible difference
in 
> philosophies--the "Gateway Remix WAY" worked great, though.  Perfect
match 
> to the sentiments.

They could always rerecord the songs, then have the original tracks for a
bonus disc. Yeah...I like it!

> then are cured and the story ends and we never hear about the rest of
thier 
> lives.

Brian W:

I must resist the idea that Jimmy was cured. The way I read it, on the
album he realizes his situation but that's where it ended. In the movie he
"threw away" Mod but Mod wasn't really his problem. No cure there either
(no Robert Smith reference intended). In White City, he doesn't seem too
cure either for that matter...although once again it ends with a sort of
acceptance.

> Parallels, symbolism, underlying meanings ahhhhhhh!!! :)

Wait until you start using that math you didn't want to learn! That's when
it gets scary.

> I also think Lifehouse is Pete's dystopian answer to Kubrick's somewhat
utopian
> vision of the future in 2001 (summed up in the Who's Next album cover). 
And by
> a stretch I see weird parallels between the 1999 version of Lifehouse and
> Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.

Brian C:

As always, the most thoughtful, considered and in-depth answer...but dude,
let's just hope there's no Tom Cruise involvement in any Quad sequel, OK? I
hated EWS; thought it was a waste of Kubrick's talent. I figure the title
was advice on the best way to watch the movie.

> Plus have you ever noticed that if you strip the bowler hats, eyeball
cufflinks

Speaking of which, White City's Jim DID wear one false eyelash in the film!


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