It's probably sacrilege to dis the Who so soon after the great John Entwistle's death but I have always been baffled by "Tommy"'s popularity. There are some wonderful songs but it doesn't hang together as a whole, for me. I have The Who's "BBC Sessions" in work today. Can't wait for "Boris The Spider."

Long live rock,
Tom

In a message dated 7/1/02 9:15:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TagYrIt@aol.com writes:

In a message dated 7/1/2002 8:58:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, Samerivertwice@aol.com writes:

The Who -- Tommy (am I the only one who thinks the premise of this
pretentious "rock opera" is just plain silly?)

As much as I like this, in retrospect with what Townshend went on to do (especially the later solo stuff) "pretentious" is completely understandable.

Dale.

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Phil Spector: "I've been listening to a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber lately, and enjoying it. Someday I hope to set his stuff to music."