Quadrophenia Versions and Introductions ...

So today, I picked up the soundtrack version of Quadrophenia. As I understand it, John Entwistle produced the music for the soundtrack version, while Pete Townshend produced the two album versions. Perhaps Roger didn't care too much for the soundtrack version? I'm not sure. Anyway, it is quite different, actually. John's version seems much harder, but there is always something going on in the background, whether it is something orchestral, or guitar, or even piano, which kind of sounds like his bass lines. I can't tell which version I prefer! They are so different. Another cool thing about the soundtrack is that it ends with fifties and early sixties songs. The cool thing is that these songs, which I have heard a million times, before, sound totally different on this album, and not because they have changed them! It is just that looking at them from Quadrophenia, you can almost picture the early and mid sixties mod culture, and these songs which we grow up with, thinking of them as innocent little cutesy songs, well, they were not always that! They were part of a legitimate culture in society for a long time. It really adds to the romantization of the time, even using songs which I would not have picked out as my favorites from the era, for the most part.

Yeah, this post is a little stiff. I am going to be posting a lot more, though, I think, and the posts should get more fluid and conversational as they go along. A lot of the previous posts here were simply imported from my facebook account, and I was not sure what to do for a blog, even though a lot of people were telling me that I should start one. Add to that the problem of having a whole lot to say and not a whole lot of people who are interested, and the solution becomes clear. Whenever I have something to say that will interest no one I know (and that is a lot), whether it is about politics, music, movies, or life in general, I am going to bring it here. I might also try twitter. Hopefully, I can use this to vent, ponder, and philosophize, and someone else can use this to read and respond to.

We'll see!