http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:45:35 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/21/042213.php#comment-271360 I just picked up the 3 dvd set and have to say the 1996 Quadrophenia set is absolutely stunning. Played in it's entirety, the music and story line ebbs and flows in a way that is only hinted at with the original 1973 release.That LP's mix suffered, but you knew there was some great stuff buried down there. The '79 soundtrack yielded 3 or 4 more odd tracks from the story, which I suppose lended themselves to flesh out the character complexity. The remix from 1996 breathes new life, and brings the band more to the front. Then the dvd '96 concert version appeared. Viewed in it's entirety as with the others, The Quadrophenia concert, bought out all kinds of emotion. Pure raw emotion. No one word can accurately describe this. But wasn't this the intent of the storyline? I'm not going to hash over details, as many folks have heard this body of work and it's side-bars, but I will say that personally, the Quadrophenia show is the best concert I never went to, and the final concert I ever want to see. 271360@blogcritics.org Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:45:35 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/21/042213.php#comment-270471 I can't wait to receive my 3 DVD set!!1 I saw them live in 1996 with Quadrophenia...wow...A MUST SEE...now ...A MUST OWN!!! 270471@blogcritics.org Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:07:39 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/21/042213.php#comment-258970 Excellent review... not at all what I expected when I opened this up. I don't know enough about The Who's catalogue, I think. I can recognize them when I hear them, but y'know, they were a little before my time. This sparks my interest... I think I have to take a longer, closer look. 258970@blogcritics.org Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:01:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/21/042213.php#comment-258883 I was a big fan of the who when I was younger. I can remember buying the Tommy double CD when I was about 13 and thinking it was pish. I took it back to the shop and swapped it for Quadraphenia, a move I'm still very happy with. Where Tommy has a few great songs and a lot of brass-driven nonsense, Quadraphenia is a much more balanced experience driven by good old fashioned guitar tunes. Plus the film version is infinitely better. 258883@blogcritics.org Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:53:45 EDT