The Oddly Complex Legacy of the Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’
The Who’s platinum-selling Top 5 hit ‘Quadrophenia’ arrived 50 years ago as the rock-opera successor to ‘Tommy,’ and somehow never left its shadow.
The Who’s platinum-selling Top 5 hit ‘Quadrophenia’ arrived 50 years ago as the rock-opera successor to ‘Tommy,’ and somehow never left its shadow.
Their silent wonder at the Beach Boys’ as-yet-unreleased masterpiece was offset, however, by a much different reaction from Keith Moon.
Perhaps he feels that he can’t explain, but Pete Townshend does a remarkably fine job with ‘Who I Am’ in revealing just who he is.