Tommy 1975 Film

I wrote this as a sort of response;which is why the main body of this reads the way it does. And the reason this was also on my mind was because I very recently got this(the movie soundtrack) and also the original Who (CD/album) Tommy. In fact they came on the same day from different places and were shipped at different times. A better review could be written but I can leave that for the Who album. Or if and when I get the DVD. I actually ordered both versions of Tommy because I actually had this song playing in my brain for awhile and decided to get it. I saw Tommy when it was just out and in the first-run showing. One more thing I talked mom into going to. I wasn't even old enough to drive. She went and I think,liked it,too;a lot like when The Song Remains The Same came out. I'll probably get the DVD at some point. Which I can also write a more focused review for. Anne Margaret does a great job as singer and actress. I'm not sure if the particular CD I got of this plays fast or if it's supposed to sound fast. I know some songs sound rich and full and have acoustic quality,but some sound speeded-up and one-dimensional or like the old mono recordings. And stereo certainly was the main sound output when this came out. But since the whole movie is done with music and songs, with,little or no dialogue, the speed of certain pieces might have been made,and sped-up, to fit the length of the film.The rest is what was sort of pre-written. With no alterations or editing.Thanks for appreciating what I hope everyone who can do, does;or will try to do. Once they realize it should be done. And needs to be done.I know how helpless the animals are. All of them. I think most people don't think of that,or think of what atrocities are committed against animals. Routinely. Daily. Food. Slaughter. Experiments. Research. Product testing. And there really are other ways that don't include animal atrocities and torture and slaughter. Which is why,when I can,I point out this fact. Or these facts. Hoping people will also become more compassionate. Or never abandon the compassion they have. And also do as much as they can for the animals,every day,routinely,for all animals because they all are helpless. And are in danger every day in man's world. Almost all of my reviews and the four guides I wrote here on Amazon are vegan. Which is another way I try to do what I can for animals,because not enough people do it. I'm a freelance rights advocate I guess. Because I've done it for quite awhile. 12 or 14 years. But don't have a non-profit organization or other organized thing and I also don't belong to one. My relatively brief involvement with one group was enough to know their (what you may call it) was counter-productive, uncooperative and too involved in personalities to function positively on goals. In short,they accomplished too little or nothing. I can accomplish nothing on my own. Or at least what I can do is know I tried and did all I could do,on my own, which can't be done in a social group,which is what almost all groups or cliques of people degenerate into,no matter what their focus is. Unless they're greedy or power-hungry. Unfortunately those groups with those things as common goals usually function very well. As our government and corporations and probably other governments illustrate. What it also illustrates is that man has an evil nature. Changing that nature takes cooperation,among other things. I guess the words "I believe in love but how can men who've never seen light be enlightened" from Tommy made me have that idea on my mind. The main character in the rock opera,Tommy,that Pete Townshend wrote, has another truly helpless living being as the main character. A boy so traumatized by an incident he is made deaf dumb and blind. And grows into a deaf dumb and blind man. In a way maybe it is a Christmas story or allegory; through trials and being broken,becoming whole. In fact the words " I believe in love but how can men who've never seen light" are from the song titled Christmas. They're followed by "only if he's cured will his spirit's future-level ever heighten" which is exactly how I see the pervasive brutality, selfishness,and evil or lack of conscience and morality in man's nature. As a sickness that needs to be cured or healed;with all mankind symbolized or embodied in sickness or disease;or one traumatized and helpless idea or body: "only if he's cured will his spirits future level ever heighten".

Rock, for all its anti-elitist tendencies, still manages to be very contemptuous of outsiders. Anyone not connected with a major band or who hasn't earned the right credentials are always tagged as "not rock." Thus every rock musical from Hair to Jesus Christ Superstar, to Rocky Horror gets dumped on as being fakes, and the scores dismissed with the ultimate put-down: "show tunes."Tommy escaped that fate as an album (who can charge The Who with being inauthentic?) but not so the movie or its soundtrack. Over and over you read "The movie was cast with non-singers!" Hmm... Daltrey, Townshend, Moon, Entwistle, Clapton, Turner, Arthur Brown: all rock stars. Paul Nicholas played Jesus in the original London cast of Superstar, Ann-Margaret in the first half of her movie career was primarily a singer. All the arguments really boil down to Oliver Reed in a leading role and Jack Nicholson in a cameo. Two voices. As it happens, I get a kick out of them both.I think it's a great cast, but what really knocks me out is the sound. It's very close to The Who albums Who's Next and Quadrophenia in its use of synthesizers, and I like it a lot. Plus, it's just a very powerful sound, with intense energy.This is pretty much the polar opposite to the original album, which is very quiet and generally low key, itself often attacked for its poor production and lack of energy. I'd rather call it "meditative." Two very different takes on the material, both superbly realized, in my opinion.

The Who's Thomas live is better, but Tina Turner & Elton John make it worth it. Lately, I been going through a Who / Pete Townshend obsession, so I've been working my way through both the Who's and Pete's cannon, in all its versions. I loved Tina before but compared to Pete's voice on Acid Queen you have to go with as TT.The same can be said for Elton John's penultimate rendition of Pinball Wizard. What I didn't know previously was Elton had opened for the Who on a tour. Even of greater interest is Elton used his own band. Neither the Who or the other wonderful studio musicians back Elton here. He truly made it his own .

This a wonderful album. This 1975 remake of the 1969 classic is a worthwhile addition to any Who fan. Daltrey and Townshend originally sang multiple roles which was confusing. Also, much of the guitar work was acoustic and muted. Here, we have Townshend unleashed. The Who re-recorded a few songs to good effect.Pete gathered a bunch of talented musicians to help him out including Eric Clapton, Ronnie Wood, Elton John, Tina Turner as well as the Who. Ann-Margaret delivers some beautiful vocals.Remember, this was the next album from Townshend/The Who after the fantastic, wonderful, classic Quadrophenia. You can hear a lot of that in this album including Townshend's growing guitar effects and ARP work. Also, this is around the time Townshend got his friend Clapton out of seclusion and up on stage (see the Rainbow Concert cd).The original album focused on WW1 and the early Twenties. Townshend shifted this version to WW2 and the early 50s. The story is complex and this new version (remixed in 2000) clarifies much.Now I want to see the movie again.

When I went to see this as a 15/16 year old I remember turning to my cousin and asking when they would start talking, it took a couple of viewings but then loved it, always liked this rather than the album by the Who (sorry Who aficionados)

A rather campy version of The Who's rock album Tommy, this is the soundtrack to the movie version of the famous rock opera that had Roger Daltrey playing the lead character, with the songs being sung by the members of the Who, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John, and actors such as Jack Nicholson, Oliver Reed, and Ann Margret. All songs from the movie are on this CD, as well as at least one extra track that was not included in the film.

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Tolle Musik aus alten ZeitenSo was gutes gibt es heute kaum nochRichtig Klasse

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Recordar la banda sonora es una gozada aunque hay que reconocer que particularmente me gusta más el original

Great purchase

Che piacciano o meno i film musicali o che comunque siano catalogati come tali, TOMMY rappresenta, da un punto di vista compositivo, una delle opere rock fondamentali del genere. Anche se non si ama il film vero e proprio, la musica rimane grandissima. CD godibilissimo e coinvolgente.