Re: Quad's political correctness

[Bjørn Ciggaar <ciggaar@warande.net>]

At 14:41 26-7-01 -0400, you wrote:
>I would like to post a few quotes from Pete's pdf about the current status 
>of Quad that I think relate to the whole question of lyric changing.
>
>"Joe produced a very striking and original dramatic treatment for the 
>major part of the story. With a few clever strokes he solved many of the 
>structural and dramatic problems of staging this work."
>
>"...we knew with absolute certainty that Joe’s ‘Cappuccino Kid’ version
>was going to work."
>
>"The workshop went very well. Joe suggested adding some Who standards to 
>the concert scene (The Punk and The Godfather). Everything sounded 
>terrific played by Rabbit, Simon and John O’Hara (who mainly banged away 
>at bongoes and congas)."
>
>"With time pressing we met this week (July 2001) and looked at Joe’s new 
>complete script. It is excellent. I am really excited now that we have a 
>solid theatrical foundation for Quadrophenia. We have also stablished an 
>intimate ­ yet powerful and moving ­ sonic framework for the music that - 
>if necessary - will keep our production lean and mean and very 
>cost-efficient and versatile."
>
>Keep the faith.

Oh yeah, I know I'll love it... I'll just have to wait... But what Pete 
describes as great, I don't know if I would think it would be great. He's 
being fond on musicals these days. He likes working on those projects... 
MUSICALS!!! Rock is dead now Pete is doing musicals... :-)

Cheers,

Bjørn Ciggaar
http://www.warande.net/~ciggaar

"You're all fucking stupid!"
- Pete Townshend (MSG, 7th of October)