lever-age ... points to ponder

[donlever]

Ponder this motherfuckers....

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[Cousin Strawberry]

Are you seeing The Jesus© in those clouds now too???

[donlever]

Not once...just the same serenity you see being away from the Big City....

[donlever]

The Who receive not enough credit as a rock band.

Especially the Keith Moon incarnation.

I have been listening to Tommy and Quadrophenia a lot lately in my travels.

Townshend as a song writer is legit.

The 5 albums on a desert Island conversation previously here?

Tommy is going on my list....not sure what's coming off but Tommy is in.

I can't recall how many times I've seen them as I sit in this GD airplane today (a good number) but in their younger days, imo, they blew Jagger and Richards off the stage.

I am perhaps repeating myself and we may have talked about this before and Corn indicated he wasn't impressed at the time maybe??

[Cornuck]

I am perhaps repeating myself and we may have talked about this before and Corn indicated he wasn't impressed at the time maybe??

Nothing wrong with repeating yourself it's kind of a theme around here at times.

As for The Who - I agree that those are great albums - I would put Who's Next in that mix as well (maybe the more consistent of them all?). Tommy is a great album, story, and well executed. The movie is a little forced and dated, but still a fun watch. Quadrophenia? Great, great album. Some truly outstanding cuts. I'll always remember watching the movie in the theatre when it came out, and when the *spoiler alert* scooter went over the cliff, I had never heard a room so quiet.

Yeah - I'm a fan of the Who - but they weren't the same band after Moon left.

[donlever]

Left?

Lol.

Interesting description.

A little anecdote.

Music critic Nik Cohn was provided an early listen to Tommy demos for his thoughts.

He deemed it "a bit dark"....

Townshend replied...."would you like it better if it had Pinball in it then?"...

To which Cohn laughingly replied..."of course"...

So in the song Christmas some of the lyrics, which were originally about Tommy engaging in some "solo" activities, were changed to gently suggest a pinball prowess (playing poxy pinball) and, as well, the song Pinball Wizard was born.....

...and Corn, any movie, however quirky, with old school Ann Margaret in soaking wet, tight fitting garb gets a thumbs up from over here.

[Cornuck]

...and Corn, any movie, however quirky, with old school Ann Margaret in soaking wet, tight fitting garb gets a thumbs up from over here.

Any mention of that movie, and that is the scene that immediately comes to mind.

[BoS]

I was a huge Who fan in my earlier days. Would have loved to see them with Keith, alas, I was too young.

Was Lever at the Quadrophenia tour at the Garage in the mid-late 90’s?

Great show. Ringo’s boy on the Kit, iirc. Of course, Gary Glitter and Billy Idol made an appearance

[donlever]

Yes.

[5thhorseman]

I got into both The Who and Genesis from shoplifted tapes. Didn't know much about either of them before that. Thank you Woolworths!

[donlever]

Yeah Blades 'twas Zak.

Apropos as "Uncle Keith" gifted him his first kit as a kid.

And 5th..good call.....Genesis is another band that doesn't get remembered enough....

[rats19]

I did see genesis in New Zealand back in the day… it was a great show

Also Annie Lennox/ Eurythmics… also great show

[donlever]

So was it Selling England by the Pound/Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis or Duke/Abacab Genesis rats?

[rats19]

Vodka…. lol

2 drum sets Phil vocalist…. Tell you anything

Home by the sea was a big hit

Nov 1986 I think

[donlever]

Yeah...not the Peter Gabriel version....so the Collins Mama That's All Land of Confusion invisible Touch We Can't Dance era....

The MTV Genesis....