{"id":7329,"date":"2012-09-12T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T23:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2012-09-12T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T23:11:23","slug":"the-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/09\/the-who\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

REISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"T<\/strong>HE WHO\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Quadrophenia: The Criterion Edition\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Criterion]<\/p>\n

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Forget Tommy<\/em>, that convoluted pinball fantasia that for some reason stands as the better known, better loved of the Who\u2019s two rock operas. The real masterpiece is Quadrophenia<\/em>, a brilliant 1973 album whose equally excellent 1979 film adaptation has finally been given the Criterion treatment. Set in 1964 or \u201965 at the height of Britain\u2019s mod craze, the story centers on Jimmy, a young office drone who lives for wearing sharp suits, popping pills and speeding around London on his Lambretta scooter. Like many teenagers, he derives his self-worth from being a part of the gang, and as he tells his boyhood chum Kevin\u2014who might be his only real confidant, were he not part of the rival \u201crocker\u201d faction\u2014\u201cI don\u2019t wanna be the same as everybody else. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a Mod.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe adolescent dilemma is timeless,\u201d says producer and longtime Who manager Bill Curbishley in a bonus interview\u2014one of the many special features that makes this package essential. Thanks to digital restoration and a new 5.1 surround mix, the film looks and sounds great, but there\u2019s plenty here for non-audiophiles. In an insightful commentary, director Franc Roddam shares stories about nearly casting Johnny Rotten, teaching a then-unknown Sting to dance, and shooting the unforgettable cliff scene that ends the movie. Best of all is the film itself\u2014a classic teenage tale of sex, drugs, violence and the quest for identity. Set against the Who\u2019s stunning song cycle\u2014recorded at the peak of their powers\u2014Quadrophenia <\/em>will strike a thundering Pete Townshend windmill chord with anyone who remembers the pain of growing up. \u2013Kenneth Patridge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REISSUE THE WHO\u00a0 Quadrophenia: The Criterion Edition\u00a0 \u00a0 [Criterion] Forget Tommy, that convoluted pinball fantasia that for some reason stands as the better known, better loved of the Who\u2019s two rock operas. The real masterpiece is Quadrophenia, a brilliant 1973 album whose equally excellent 1979 film adaptation has finally been given the Criterion treatment. Set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,4769,4538,4768,325,4767],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7332,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7329\/revisions\/7332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}