Quadrophenia Live Music Cd

Quadrophenia - Quadrophenia Live

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Quadrophenia Live      List Price : $14.98 USD        Your Price : $13.49 USD      ProductGroup: DVD      Actor(s): The Who Movie      Release Date : 2006-06-06      Studio : Rhino / Wea      Label : Rhino / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (4 reviews)      Running Time : 179

Reviews Customer Reviews for Quadrophenia Live      Misconception leads to missed conception      Rating:      Lets get a few things straight out there. I'm a big fan of The Who. One of greatest, if not the greatest rock n roll band, ever. The title of this album/opera is a modification of the word schizophrenia. It's a common misconception that schizophrenia means multiple personalities. It does not, the term for that mental disorder is Multiple Personality Disorder, go figure. Regardless Townshend ran with his misconception and modified schizophrenia to quadrophenia to accommodate the four personalities of our protagonist, Jimmy. Quadraphenia fails as a rock opera, since the songs and music together, can't tell the story. This actually requires a read a long booklet that comes with the CD to provide background and to fill in the blanks. As it is presented here, we have the advantage of an over the top live production of the music, huge screen view of the film itself to fill in the blanks, and a couple guest stars to step and play music, sing and become characters from the story, live on the stage. Sound goofy yet? It should. And while I love The Who, comparing this album to other hard rock albums trying to tell a story (rock opera if you care to call it that) like The Who's own Tommy or Pink Floyd's The Wall, the music just falls miserably short. I know the album usually ranks well on those silly 100 Greatest Album lists that are put out by everyone from VH1 to Rolling Stone Magazine to Regis and Kelly, but the record doesn't do much for me. The songs just aren't that good, and when you listen to the songs, the story is incomplete. It's a lose/lose situation. The Live footage is nice, but it seems they only have a few camera views. The shots of the band members are pretty much just the same one or two looks over and over. The music does sound great, but there are a few problems with it. This is another one of those times, when The Who quit being a rock band and tried very hard to be something else, I can only assume something that Townshend felt was something more. In addition to the band you're used to seeing, with Zak Starkey on drums, there's a second drummer, a percussionist, a horns and strings section, multiple keyboardists, multiple back up singers and Pete Townshend`s brother Simon on guitar and doing some vocals. It's just a bit on the side of pompous. And on top of that, John Entwistle's bass is hardly heard. The two main live on stage characters are played by Billy Idol, who does a great job as the Ace Face, the rebel mod that ended up working as bellboy, and PJ Proby who apparently has the look they wanted for the Godfather, the "rocker". Frankly, I couldn't understand a single think PJ Proby ever said while singing. He just looked like a bad caricature of something from "The Wild One". Just awful. So, the songs are relatively weak, but the music does song clear and strong on the footage (save for the bass). The story is a bit generic, but the footage and acting scenes at least provide for the complete story, since the music doesn't. If you're a die hard fan of The Who, you'll probably love this. If you're a middle of the road fan, you can take it or leave it. If you're not a fan of The Who, this isn't going to turn you into a fan. Regardless, the 3-disc version which has complete footage of both Quadrophenia and Tommy would really be the better buy.     Customer Reviews for Quadrophenia Live Cd      Four star concert from the greatest rock band ever; this DVD version is two stars      Rating:      A solid performance of "Quadrophenia," although this single-disc version (like the new single-disc version of "Tommy Live" is missing the encore sets. It's a better bargain to get both concerts, plus their "hits" encores on the three-disc, "The Who Quadrophenia and Tommy Live" DVD. You spend a little bit more money, but you get ALL of the footage from both shows - that triple-disc version (that has similar cover artwork) is a four-star DVD collection). To me, the rock operas were interesting and solid here, but the encore of hits is where The Who rocked out the most on these two tours. It's true, John Entwistle's bass could have been turned up in the mix - not sure why his bass guitar is almost buried under the guitars, vocals, horns and such. And that's Pete's younger brother, Simon Townshend, on guitar, not Pete's son, as one reviewer claimed below. Simon also played on the 2002 tour, at Live 8 in 2005 and on the current tour, although he's playing rhythm guitar now, instead of lead like he did during this 1996/97 DVD. For the 1989 and 1996-97 tours, Pete mostly played rhythm. Thanksfully, Pete did all of the lead solos on the 2000 tour (the only post-1982 Who tour to feature only one guitarist (Pete!)) and on the 2002 tour, as well as the current tour. Anyway, these videos are good to have but they're not the best of The Who because of Townshend mainly sticking with acoustic/rhythm guitar and the augmented lineup. Start with the two-disc version of "The Kids Are Alright," then get "Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (brown cover with individual shots of Pete, Roger, John and Keith Moon on the front)," then "Live at the Royal Albert Hall (shot in Nov. 2000 and released in Sept. 2001)" and "Live In Boston (shot in 2002 and released in 2004)." Also pick up "The Concert For New York," which has one of The Who's greatest sets ever on film. Their performance of "Who Are You," "Baba O Riley," "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are incredible and will turn any casual ilstener into a big fan. When they launched into "Baba O Riley," as the firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel jumped for joy, that is when the U.S. really started to heal after the 2001 terrorist attacks. It's a jaw-dropping performance and alone worth the price of the multi-artist DVD. The tour that spawned this "Quadrophenia" DVD was John Entwistle's next-to-last Who tour before dying on the eve of their 2002 tour in Las Vegas. The 2000 tour, The Who's best post-Moon tour, was Entwistle's last tour. His performance in this "Quadrophenia" DVD is, of course, stellar, although his bass should have been given more "oomph" and "punch" in the mastering/mixing process. Long live The Who, the greatest rock band in the world! Editorial Reviews for Quadrophenia Live Audio Cd      Description      Making this rock classic available for the first time as a single-disc, stand-alone DVD, Rhino is proud to present The Who?s, QUADROPHENIA LIVE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. Built around the story of a young mod?s struggle to come of age in the mid-60s, this live version of Quadrophenia (from the 1996/1997 U.S. Tour) was the first time it was performed as Townshend and Daltrey had visualized it, with live action and featuring a then unknown, Alex Langdon, in a spellbinding performance as Jimmy, the disillusioned mod, along with special guests Billy Idol and PJ Proby. Track Listings: I Am The Sea The Real Me Quadrophenia Cut My Hair The Punk And The Godfather I'm One The Dirty Jobs Helpless Dancer Is It In My Head? I've Had Enough 5:15 Sea And Sand Drowned Bell Boy Doctor Jimmy The Rock Love Reign O'er Me The Quadrophenia Story [Extra] Interactive Visual Commentary by Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend [Extra]