Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Mojo review The Who’s ‘Tommy’ - ★★★★ “Pete Townshend’s rock opera gets the 4CD, bells-and-whistle box-set treatment.” by Mark Blake
“In
Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe’s tale of a ’70s rock journalist’s coming of age,
the young hero inherits his older sister’s copy of Tommy, with a note that
reads, “Listen with a candle burning and you will see your entire future”. It’s
easy to see why The Who’s 1969 concept album could have inspired such
reverence. Pete Townshend’s story about a sensory-deprived boy messiah
contained some of The Who’s best work but also sounded like it meant something;
even if that something was inspired by an odd mish-mash of Indian mysticism,
Marshall McLuhan’s theory of communication and childhood sexual abuse. This new
multiple-format edition accessorises the original album with a 5.1 mix, an epic
essay by Who historian Richard Barnes and missing-presumed-burnt live recordings
from the Tommy tour. Best of the lot, though, are Townshend’s remarkable and
highly revealing original demos – worth lighting several candles for.”
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