First concert I ever saw was the Quadrophenia Tour at Madison Square Garden, 1974 (after wearing that album out every day for almost a year). My ears were ringing for about a week after that. Quadrophenia defined my adolescence to a tee back then...To this day, I can’t visit a beach without hearing “Sea and Sand” playing in my head (and so many of the other songs off that album - the sounds of waves crashing and tides rolling is a motif throughout the album).
That’s how I want to remember The Who...not a pair of grissled old blokes trying to get on without their two friends (the group was 4, not 2, distinct and awesome talents).
“Can you see the
Real Me?”
.
I wore out the Tape playing
Quadrophenia, first LP I
Ever bought was
“Who’s Next?”
From a
‘Leather Clad Rocker’
To another.