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innerSpaceman · 05-23-2010, 09:18 AM

Thanks for all those Tommy tips, flippy. I'm gonna start by revisiting the original album, and then move on to some of those others. BTW, could NOT help thinking of your hysterical Jaws-take on Quintophonic during all the highlighting of the spelling and sound-system that went on at the presentation the other night.

I am incredibly bummed Quadrophenia is no longer available on DVD. Fvck! I don't own that one, and love that movie. Bah and double bah.

Lastly, I don't see eye-to-eye with you on the bitterness of the Wall. Oh, no mistaking it's a bitter piece compared to Tommy, and the bitter-pill origins of the piece infuse it greatly. But prior to experiencing the visuals of the stage concert or the movie, I did not feel it nearly as oppressive and nasty a piece - and still don't today.

I remember really hating the music video phenomenon when it first came about, because I don't like others' (even the artist's) visual ideas contaminating my own interpretation of music.

But everything bleeds together a bit in the modern world. I picture film characters when I re-read a book that's been made into a movie. I get snippets of music vids and film adaptations when I listen to music that's had a video treatment. But I've largely recaptured my music-only sense of The Wall, and I hope to do the same with Tommy - even though the screening on Friday was by far my favorite experience of that film.

05-23-2010, 09:18 AM	#43
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Thanks for all those Tommy tips, flippy. I'm gonna start by revisiting the original album, and then move on to some of those others. BTW, could NOT help thinking of your hysterical Jaws-take on Quintophonic during all the highlighting of the spelling and sound-system that went on at the presentation the other night. I am incredibly bummed Quadrophenia is no longer available on DVD. Fvck! I don't own that one, and love that movie. Bah and double bah. Lastly, I don't see eye-to-eye with you on the bitterness of the Wall. Oh, no mistaking it's a bitter piece compared to Tommy, and the bitter-pill origins of the piece infuse it greatly. But prior to experiencing the visuals of the stage concert or the movie, I did not feel it nearly as oppressive and nasty a piece - and still don't today. I remember really hating the music video phenomenon when it first came about, because I don't like others' (even the artist's) visual ideas contaminating my own interpretation of music. But everything bleeds together a bit in the modern world. I picture film characters when I re-read a book that's been made into a movie. I get snippets of music vids and film adaptations when I listen to music that's had a video treatment. But I've largely recaptured my music-only sense of The Wall, and I hope to do the same with Tommy - even though the screening on Friday was by far my favorite experience of that film.
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