THE WHO - Quadrophenia [Full Album] | FIRST TIME COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)
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- See how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) take their The Who introduction seriously. After only having heard Pinball Wizard, this was their formal introduction to the band!
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Wow. So glad you were able to get it unblocked. Pete Townsend is a genius and for people from my generation, this album resonated so deeply. The Who spoke to us and for us to some extent. Their great musicianship and musical cohesion shines through on this album and Jimmy’s story of disillusionment is so well told and universal and timeless. You guys did a great job and service to this album. Very fun to watch and experience along with you both. One of thing I need to mention. I saw The Who live several times over the decades and they are.a great live band but finally in 2013, 40 years after this album was released, I saw them perform the entire album live and they were incredible. Townsend and Daltrey can still bring it. It’s worth watching them perform it sometime on UA-cam. Namaste 🙏
Thank you for showing this to us and for your patience!! :) - Lex
Thia album made a hugh statement back in the day.
🙏🏼Thank you Arnie! What an awesome whole DOUBLE album request! Although my 2 teenage boys are way past wanting to hear what I listen to... This is an *excellent* reminder for me to sit their butts down during summer break and listen to this together - aha, might have to play the Father’sDay card!
@@papacarl2002 You’re very welcome. So great to see generations of people around the world discovering and responding to great music like this. I’m betting your sons will appreciate it too. Some of the most surprising and best things in life happen when you don’t expect them. Go for it.
@@NicknLex I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it so much. Truly a great feeling experiencing it with you. The world needs more NicknLex.
Pound for pound easily one of the most talented bands of all time.
“Pound for pound…”. 🙂 So does that mean that bands with skinny band members are, pound-for-pound, better than equally-talented bands composed of chunkier guts with pot bellies?? 🤣 Couldn’t resist that one… haha.
“chunkier guys”… UA-cam won’t let me edit that for some reason. 🙂
And that's facts only they can truly emulate their albums on the big stage whereas Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, and the Beatles had a hard time doing so in an arena
L.A. Sports Arena., I'm so old I can't remember, how great it was. The world musical festival in 79, friggin wish I brought 8 mm, the only clips I've seen are UFO Cherry" some Van Halen clips, pretty grainy. Toto, Eddie Money, Boomtown Rats, Aerosmith was the headliner, tyler was drunk? Lol sounded like it. Ugggg, , it was actually pathetic. But the rest were Awesome! What a Beautiful Day.......Hey Steve Tyler, you owe me a concert ticket!
Agreed so very much. The individual parts break down to an unequivocal set of masterful individuals... like only a few...Queen, Yardbirds, none of it makes good sense, but we are SO blessed nonetheless for their being.
Quadrophenia and Tommy are on a level unknown to any other attempting band of honorable mention...Queen, Pink Floyd and other Operetic hopefulls.
Quadrophenia is the "Beethoven's 9th" of rock 'n roll. Great reaction guys!
Chuck nailed it my favorite album of all time doesn’t get the respect
"Most bands have a rhythm section, The Who has an assault team"
Ohh...nice...😉👌🏼
“ the beach is place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real. “
And by the way, you also have to do the whole Who’s Next album!
Yes! I love Quadrophenia, but Who’s Next is their best!! In my opinion.......
Who's Next is the most accessible and radio friendly, and it's one of my very favorite albums, but if I had to choose one Who album, it would The Who Sell Out.
My favorite is "The Who By Numbers."
@@GorgonTheHybrid The Who sell out is soooo underrated god I wish it did better it’s such a deserving conceptual album.
Live at Leeds is an amazing album by the Who
I'm amazed you took this as your real Who introduction. That's jumping into the deep end headfirst. Musically it is incredible, it's almost a prog rock album. Lryically it has helped three generations of kids find their way through adolescence and early adulthood. Townsend was at the top of his game when he wrote these songs. Feeling outcast, trying to figure out where you fit in, conflicts with parents, experimenting with mind and mood altering substances, dealing with first loves and broken hearts - he covers the gamut of experiences.
My favorite rock and roll album of
-all time and after forty plus years
-it still resonates and is pretty much
-the soundtrack of my life.Pete Tow
-nshend,Roger Daltrey,John Entwhis
-tle and the unforgettable Keith Moo
-n were the perfect musicians to or
-chestrate the tale of a british teen
-who has been trying to fit in with
-the mods a pill-popping,scooter
-riding group of youths who battle
-rockers in coastal riots.Jimmy
-Cooper has four separate identities
-that each member of the Who repre
-sent musically.The album is a true
Masterpiece.It helped me cope as a
-young man growing up in the seven
-ties.R.I.P. John and Keith.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🔚🔚🔚🔚
Who S Next way better
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Who’s Next is phenomenal… arguably a rare occurrence where there is no filler whatsoever…each and every song stands strong on it’s own feet. But, Quadrophenia is Pete’s Opus Magnum
Well said Cobby.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN And of course Who's Next is the remnants of another Who rock opera called Lifehouse. Regarding Quadrophenia, Pete Townshend released a solo album called "White City" in 1985 which many Who fans consider it being about Jimmy from Quad all grown up. Pete released another solo album called "Psychoderelict" which also has some songs which could be considered Jimmy being all grown up.
Bravo for doing the whole album in one go, as it should be. One of the finest albums ever produced. Quadrophenia comes from four personalities, each one a representation of the four members of the band. Their themes weave through the album. Probably Keith Moon’s finest performance on drums. Love Reign Over Me has so much more impact when you’ve heard the whole album. I love the ways you guys roll. And yes, I was here until the very end and loved every minute.
No its good but not as Good as After The Gold Rush or Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Neil Young
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Dude, again, Neil Young is phenomenal…… Quadrophenia is a rock opera, a cohesive epic story, executed with power and guile. It’s like comparing dill pickles to a Hershey kiss and declaring that one of them is better.
I agree David!
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN If you were a British Mod, you'd think this was a descripton of your own life. I was. Neil Young is Country canadian, and there's no comparison between Ontario or Canvey Island. Different cultures. I like them both, but The Who is my youth, not a town in North Ontario
I was 20 when this came out & honestly I became almost obsessed with it. I listened to it regularly for years. Back then most people knew & loved their "rock opera" Tommy (from '68), but to me this was their masterpiece.
Absolutely- i bought Q when i was in 8th grade before i got T and never got into Tommy like i did with Quadrophenia - so cool to rediscover this masterpiece and see the N&L community comments!
IMO "Quadrophenia" is better than "Tommy"...way better.
@@calguy3838 While I agree & over the years I listened to "Q" a lot more often...I don't mean to give the impression that "Tommy" was bad. Parts of it are some of the best stuff the band ever did. The "Sparks" instrumental is a favorite of mine. ua-cam.com/video/ah66Jji74Tk/v-deo.html "Underture" as well.
Same here.
Now you have to listen to the entire "Live at Leeds" album by the Who - probably the best live rock album of all time.
Be sure and get the remastered version of Live at Leeds with the entire performance of Tommy. Live Tommy is a very different beast than the studio album. So powerful.
@@cobbycaputo3332 yea , Absolutely !
Settle down there, Beavis. It's great, but it's not level.
Best live album ever recorded
This album mapped neural pathways in my brain. I know every second of it. It is a "concept" album, but the true genre classification is "rock opera" - a genre singlehandedly defined by it's creator, Pete Townshend. This is arguably, according to Townshend, The Who's best work. An undeniable masterpiece, "Quadrophenia" chronicles the coming of age of Jimmy, and the Mods - but the themes addressed throughout resonate with almost any teenaged boy. Townshend was intentionally writing from the perspective of the kids who were the first Who fans, and captured lightening in a bottle. Quadrophenia was created at the peak of the Who's prowess. All four members were in their prime. This is a rock masterpiece. I love watching you discover it's greatness. The themes will make their way into your soul ✌️♥️
You can have an opinion of The Who, know they are a force and helped shape what we know as Rock, then you listen to "Love Reign Oe'r Me", then, no matter how much you admired them before it just sends them into another planetary orbit. If that song doesn't penetrate you, you lack skin to be pierced.
Well put. I have always felt that way about that track. The Who is one of my top 3 favorite bands. "Love Reign O'er Me" is their Magnum Opus.
Wow, what a way to be 'introduced' to the Who. I'll always say this is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. They were at their absolute peak in the early 70's. Entirely conceived and written by Pete Townshend, and he plays all guitar parts and synth/keyboard parts as well, and does a lot of the singing. And this was after 'Tommy' and 'Who's Next', both incredible albums and among the best ever as well.
I'm not sure what you listened to before. I was thinking maybe the soundtrack to the movie, but from your description it can't even be that. The soundtrack isn't nearly as good as this, and I haven't heard that in years, but I can't imagine you thinking it was just horrible. But I'm glad you gave the real album a listen. Just imagine hearing this back in 1973! My friends and I spent hours and hours listening to this album back in the mid 70's.
It's a great album. It's done like a symphony with recurring themes. The Who at the top of their game.
Or like an opera. A "rock opera," if you will. 😁
@@calguy3838 Opera is where the story is sung by the characters, like the Who's Tommy. That was a true rock opera. Quadrophenia is more like a symphony. There are a handful of recurring themes that keep coming up in different movements. Also, there is only really one "speaking character" in Quadrophenia and that's Jimmy and his multiple personalities whereas in Tommy there are several characters who take the lead on various songs.
@@paulprendergast3184 Quadrophenia is not really like a symphony, though, because symphonies don't usually have vocal parts, or even a story. I didn't say Tommy is not a rock opera; it certainly is if anything is. But Quadrophenia is told from the viewpoint of a character and in his words. I'm not an opera expert, but I've never heard that an opera has to have more than one character. OTOH, it's a little hard to flesh out Jimmy's story from the album alone; the movie does a great job of that.
@@calguy3838 Maybe listen to Beethoven Number 9, choral symphony aka Ode to Joy? It isn't the presence of singing that prevents a piece of music from being a symphony. Tommy has a story, a libretto, like all operas. There are many characters in the story with singing parts and a number of the songs are conversations. Quadrophenia also has a story but it is really about the 4 split personalities of Jimmy and there are 4 recurring themes in the record. So Jimmy speaks to us as one of these personalities throughout the record. Recurring themes s a common feature in symphonies. As far as symphonies not having as story? Mozart's Requiem? Beethoven Eroica? Copeland New World Symphony? Quadrophenia has elements of both symphonies and operas, but it can't be disqualified from being a symphony because "there is singing" and a "story."
@@paulprendergast3184 I didn't say symphonies NEVER have choral parts, or stories; I said they usually don't. In the Classical period, before Beethoven, they pretty much never did. Beethoven's ninth--and final---symphony, was a ground-breaker as far as having a choral part. And Mozart's Requiem is a mass, not a symphony.
just a brilliant album The Who's masterpiece...
I agree ☝️
Bass is by John Entwistle, One of Chris Squire’s biggest influences along with Paul McCartney and Jack Bruce.
and Geddy Lee for that matter!
Yes
It's spelled Entwistle...no 'h.'
@@eddysokoloff8738 thanks
THAT IS ALL OFF IT. (Those and Tim Bogert 😌)
The story in this album reminds me of that famous scene in The Beatles film “A Hard Day’s Night” where a female reporter asks Ringo, “Are you a Mod or a Rocker?” and he answers, “No, I’m a Mocker.” 😉
Pete Townshend does a lot of things on this album. Composed everything played guitar,piano,banjo.synthesizer and used his ARP 2600 to layer some of the brass parts that aren’t orchestra. The chords on it were overdubbed because the synth only plays one note at a time. Peter’s a genius.
John Entwhistle “The Ox” is the bass man, and he is awesome on everything The Who recorded. Sadly passed away.
Had to stay until the end, nothing like Roger Daltrey’s soaring vocals at the end! No skipping required 😉
“Quadrophenia” was an album long before it became a film. It stands alongside “Tommy” as the two best concept albums ever recorded. The Who own the genre.
To that list, I would add The Who Sell Out. Personally, I think it is THE concept album of 1967 (not Sgt. Pepper, Not Days of Future Past, not Their Satanic Majesties Request - even though I think these are great albums, too).
I always smile when Moonie does his vocal in Bellboy
He would do that live when they took it on tour! Had a lot of fun with it. He really wanted to be a singer, too, but he was limited.
June 22, 1973: The Who enter the studio to begin recording Quadrophenia
August 1, 1973: The Who finish recording Quadrophenia
The album was released in October 1973.
Quadrophenia, referred to by Millions of Who fans that LOVE this album as simply Quad, is truly a masterpiece. I'm 52 and I've listened to it my entire adult life. It's part of me, ingrained in my soul, it's special. I don't just consider it great music as it's more than that - it's transcendent, moving, thought provoking, and philosophical due to the entire story the song lyrics, album booklet, pictures, and artwork tell. The movie is also excellent. Quadrophenia is pure and complete artistic expression - music, poetry, storytelling, and visual art. The way people think of and consider Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Shakespeare, Hemingway, Thoreau, etc. today is how people will think of the Who in 100 years.
I’m 63 and me and my friends never called it QUAD hahaha. Maybe it skips a decade or so😉
@@Jonni1027 I suppose I made a big assumption then, jumped to a conclusion. Correction: referred to by my circle of roughly 10 friends that are Who fans and I suspect Thousands more, as simply Quad.
@@joestrummer9507 No, actually I learned something, that it was referred to as Quad by some fans.
It came out when I was 15 and my first boyfriend also loved The Who and our first date was seeing them in SF at the Cow Palace when Keith Moon passed out TWICE at his drums. Crazy night. And then my late husband got us tickets to see Quadrophenia with The Who with Gary Glitter (sick man but an amazing performer) and Billy Idol (very NOT sick man and amazing performer). So fun!
@@Jonni1027 Wow, Moonie's "assistant" was a guy named Dougal Butler who wrote the book Full Moon which I read many years ago and I'm pretty sure the story of that Cow Palace show is in the book, they (a doctor I think) gave Moon a shot of something in the ankle (ankles?) of all places to try and revive him. It didn't work and I think Pete, John, or Roger said to the crowd that Moonie or "their drummer" was out cold and asked if there was a drummer in the audience and some dude replied he was and actually got on stage and played. I don't know what happened after that.
@@joestrummer9507 Oh yeah? I’ve never read his book... I’ll see if I can find it. That’d be a good source for what happened to Keith.
I remember it was Pete who asked for a drummer from the audience and the kids name was Scotty who got up on stage and played drums. He later said he hadn’t played much recently and I read years later that Pete wasn’t too impressed but who CARED! It was thrilling. But it was so weird to just see Keith keel over, twice, hahaha. I read somewhere that Scotty was given a tour Who jacket but someone stole it later that same night.
The final instrumental is especially cool on a re-listen: not only does it recur themes from throughout the album, but it combines all four "characters" of Jimmy into one musical section at the end. The piano of Love Reign O'er Me, the guitars of Bell Boy, the vocal line (distorted) of Is It Me?, and the synth of Helpless Dancer.
I loved this album 30 years ago when I was growing up, but I appreciate it even more today. It’s so, so good. The pinnacle of rock music as an art form.
The real me, cut my hair, I’m one, 5:15, Dr Jimmy, love reign or me & Sea and Sand are my favorites. I love this album.
Hello Nick and Lex. I don't care that it took you 2 young rock fans this long. I'm just really happy that you chose out of so many great 70's rock albums, you chose the greatest ass kicking album from the WHO, Quadrophenia is without a doubt an absolute Masterpiece of music and art that only a few progressive greats from 70's british groups have as Masterpieces.
Greetings from Scotland. At 67 I'm nearer the end than the beginning. This album, out of all the music I listen to, is my all time favourite. Brilliant.
Same here in age and feelings 👍
Almost all reacters only hear the final song from this album 'Love Reign O'er Me', never experiencing any other songs. One such reacter once stated that this particular song did not musically take her anywhere. Sadly, what she never realized is that this song was (is) not intended to take you anywhere but is, in fact, the final destination of this masterpiece by Pete Townsend and The Who.
I was fortunate enough to see this album performed, in it entirety, during The Quadrophenia Tour. Keith (The Loon) Moon had an acrylic drum on stage filled with water and fish. The opening band for The Who that night was also the original line up of Lynyrd Skynyrd...their last song, before The Who, was the legendary song Free Bird, of course. What a night that was.
You definitely should watch the movie, too. It’s a masterpiece.
Two things leap out at me. First of all, the most creative and magnificent intros I’ve ever heard. Nobody does this better. Second the transitions are flawless. So smooth from one part of the song to the other. This band is not as well known to the younger generation as Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd but believe me they deserve to be right up there with the best of them. Every musician in this band is a master craftsman. Thanks for playing the whole album just as it should be played. Your enthusiasm for quality music is infectious. Cheers!!!
The concept album by which all others should be measured. I won't go into the details of my connection to the album, that read would last longer than your reaction.
I stuck around for the whole video. I haven't heard all four sides in a while even though the whole album is on my playlist. I would argue this was recorded at the peak of their careers. Pete's creativity, Roger's vocals are amazing. Obviously the bass and drums of John and Keith are some of the greatest of all time, RIP.
Thank you for this reaction, it was great that you did it as an album. The sound on this was great.
BTW, this was a movie (that had Phil Collins of Genesis as an extra) but this album is the best soundtrack you will ever hear.
Regarding the "I'll rape it" line in Doctor Jimmy, the use of the word "rape" metaphorically was more common in the '70s. In this song, from a contemporary perspective, it refers to a more animalistic and unfeeling act devoid of emotion rather than conveying the idea of force or lack of consent the word might today automatically carry.
Just found your channel and am blown away that you are hearing the whole album for the first time. Haven't seen what else you guys have listened to but a suggestion for another great concept album is David Bowie's " The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars".
Roger and Pete got me through my teenage angst years. The albums Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia are powerful. Greenway lifted this formula for a rock opera American Idiot.
One of the few reaction channels where the reactors aren't posers, and actually love rock music
Aww thanks so much! We’re truly enjoying this journey. Thanks for being here for it! :) - Lex
☆ PREAMBLE;
Please excuse this convoluted tangent, but the Who & Quadrophenia, are both near & dear, deserving of distinction. (I never read any of the other posts, so some things may be rePETEd...like Nic & Lex, this is my first reaction).
Back in '76, it was like scoring the winning goal at World Cup Final of Rock...this was my first, ever, rock concert❗Including the original band, with Mad Man Moon & their laser show‼️ 13 years later, at a sold out football stadium, I caught them both nights, on the Kids Are Alright Tour. This time, Simon Philips was on drums, (5:15, the only Quad song), with Hey Joe & Summertime Blues, in the encore. My final Who concert was fittingly, in '96, their 25th Anniversary Tour of Quadrophenia. The late, great, John Entwistle, stole the show, with Ringo's son, Zak Starkey, now a regular on drums...
Of the initial Big Three of the British Invasion, the Who are respectfully, the greatest of them all...while the Beatles will always be my personal favourite rock band & the Stones, the greatest Rock and Roll Band in the world, the Who, tower above of them all, in terms of their collective magnitude. No band in the genre can lay claim to all the historical facets of their diverse character;
♡ Perhaps the greatest collection of idiosyncratic, dys-functional, brilliance:
One of Rock's greatest frontmen & voices, Roger Daltrey, Thunderfingers/The Ox, one Rock's greatest bass virtuoso's, John Entwistle, easily, one of the all-time characters & genuine lunatics in music, the one-and-only, Keith Moon, on percussion & musical genius and Human Windmill of Guitar, Pete Townshend.
♡ During their evolution, they pioneered many sub-genres of rock;
Early proponents of punk rock * heavy metal; especially their ear-splitting, Live At Leeds, stadium, decibel levelling era * rock opera; Tommy * '60's pop rock singles * Mod rock * '70's arena rock * auto-destructive rock, (especially Pete & Keith) * thematic, album rock, Quadrophenia * Maximum R&B
♡ Nobody touched their live show, specifically, considering the following;
* The 4 highly distictive, contrasting personalities, yet miraculously cohesive...Roger's commanding, mic whirling presence, Moon's manic onslaught, Entwistle, anchored stoically, while the fingers steal the show & the Colossus of the Road...the great, Pete Townshend's, gymnastic guitaristics.
* In their formative, Mod years, Pete & Keith were at the forefront of Pop-Op art gear, bringing the fashion to both stage & the public. John Entwistle's taste for the macabre was not only reflected in his lyrics, but also his skeleton stage costume.
* Their notorious, auto-destructive antics both on stage & hotel rooms, are the stuff of legend...from Moon's 21st birthday-Rolls Royce submarine, to the Smothers Brothers TV Show, guitar bash & drum explossion.
* The band's ever growing popularity & demand for better live amplification and sound engineering.
* Profoundly reversing the traditional roles of their instruments, Townshend's incredible guitar is the rhythmic foundation, while the so-called, rhythm section, of Entwistle & Moon, are generally playing lead❗❓
* They were amongst the first to introduce lasers to live rock shows.
* Pete's use of the synthesizer on, Won't Get Fooled Again, was one of the first in the genre...certainly in a popular song. Lucky Man & the later, Frankenstein, come to mind.
* Pete Townshend is one modern music's greatest composer/lyricists...speaking for generations.
* 2 of their albums became movies; Tommy & Quadrophenia‼️
♡ The diversity, historical significance, personalties, live performances, musical catalogue, all add to their undisputable legacy...it's apropos that I write this 25 years after seeing the 25th Anniversary Tour of Quadrophenia.
LONG LIVE ROCK❗❗❗
Don't hold back the tears, baby girl. That's what great art is made for. Let it flow. 👍
Your reaction is perfect...Exactly. Love like rain encompasses so many responses, and is the relief from a hard world that we yearn for...but we need to SURRENDER to it to have its full pain, joy, and glory. Pete and the boys at their best.
While Quadrophenia is considered the apex of the Who's creativity by many, the journey that the band made up to this point illuminate the maturation of R&R from the mid sixties through the 70s and early 80s. As memders of the British Invasion who were considered "Bad Boys" of rock and roll in rebellion against the classsist structure of British Society with songs like MY GENERATION and SUBSTITUTE in the mid sixties, they invented the rock opera with TOMMY and eventually QUADROPHENIA.
When the Who had their coming out party in the USA at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967, they scared the laid back California audience with their anger and antics on stage, burning their equpment on stage. Roger Daltrey's screaming and Peter Townsend's leaping windmill guitar riffs clashed with the California soft rock at the festival, (with the obvious exception of Janis Joplin). The Vietnam War was not yet on the mind of most Americans, and the Peace, Love and Idealism of the Hippie Movement was in full bloom. LSD was not yet illegal and freely available at most concert venues.
I guess my point is, as with most musicians in all genres, is to truly appreciate the band, you should follow their history, and in many ways, you will understand the history of rock. It goes without saying the same is true of most of the great bands, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, etc.
The Who's best work Listen to the drums Keith Moon was a maniac ! French Horn by the great bass player John Entwishile! Enjoy the genius of Pete Townsend and the Who!
Daltrey’s epic vocal performance. Rock Star ⭐️
Quadrophenia AND Tommy
Are 2 of the greatest achievements in human history.
...And this is coming from a super diehard fan of YES, and a prog rock junkie :)
You are wise beyond your ears!
Same. The magnificence of the last 2 pieces...
Now that you’ve heard the album and have that context - the first time I heard Drowned was just Pete playing acoustic guitar at The Secret Policeman’s Ball in 1979. A truly inspired and sublime performance - the lyrics are much easier to envision the water as love metaphor. You should listen to it and have the camera on to capture yourselves.
I want you to know how much I enjoyed listening to this with you! It didn’t feel like a typical UA-cam reaction video at all, but rather it was really listening to good music with good people. This has been one of my favorite albums for a long time, and I hadn’t listened to it in a while. You just got a new subscriber! 😀
Aww thanks so much for sharing with us and glad you enjoyed it! We appreciate your kind words and support, and that’s exactly what we want you to feel. :) - Lex
This album describes almost every teenager in the western world! I am glad you commented on it
Greatest album ever written,recorded, produced, etc etc etc. ..
It gave me great pleasure to watch the two of you experience what is arguably the best work of The Who. I am 65 years old and will freely admit that I teared up several times watching your reactions to this seminal work. I am confident that, as you have delved more deeply into the lyrics and meaning of this work, that your appreciation has grown. It fills me with great hope that younger generations are appreciating The Who, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, And so many, many great artists. Music is life.
I thought I kept up on your reactions… but I missed this. I dropped out of what I was doing to watch this … I usually listen to this once a year and I’m glad to have shared this year’s listening with you. At 57 I can no longer sing “thank God I’m not old” anymore, but no the less… This is one of my favorites and I’m so happy you got to experience it. I scream and cry this lyrics every time and John Entwistle’s bass performance is my favorite of all time … and I’m a Prog loving bass player. You guys are great!!! Thanks and great job as always ! CHEERS!!!!
This is an interesting reaction, because Quadrophenia is a very unusual album to be the first someone hears from The Who. The only disadvantage is that you miss a lot of references to 1960s-era Who songs that tie into the story.
Like the end of the helpless dancer, the kids are alright is played and the ambiance in the background makes it sound like your outside a venue when it comes on. Very cool
So Nick, the bass is off the charts? around 37:00 you said that. The entirety of the WHO's performance was so off the charts, from Roger Daltrys voice, to Pete Townsends out of this world guitar works, to Entwistles mind blowing and just beautiful and magnificent keyboards and piano. what a spectacular album! ay?
My favorite album ever. Excellent reaction to it. Love the great comments too.
Sorry if someone else pointed this out. I memorized this album (when I was in high school - 1988-ish) years before I saw the movie. When I finally saw the movie and put a lot of this together I was stunned and fell in love all over again.
Believe it or not. The Who played at my high school in the late 60's. Their first stop on a US tour. With another headlining band called the Buckinghams. The Who tore up the equipment so bad at the show in the gym that the Buckinghams quit playing with them. I remember making love to Love Reign Over Me in college.
I listened to this album as well as Tommy and Who's Next while in my late teens back in the early 1970's... Loved them then, but love them even more so now. Quadrophenia is easily in my top 5 of all time. Thankfully did see them back in Philadelphia at the Spectrum back in the day. Also saw them in Detroit and more recently (after 2000) out in in Washington State at The Gorge (twice) - The last time was within a week or so after John Entwhistle's death. Pete really stepped up as a tribute to John. So yes, was fun listening to you both react. So it IS Prog Rock - Prog Rock with a very Hard and Power Rock Edge - but it is prog rock. Just the writing alone, their musicianship, the synths, horns, etc... But the music is so well written AND played it does defy all genres. But Keith Moon's drumming is so far above and beyond what other drummers can accomplish - a style all of his own for certain! So much more than mere accompaniment or rhythm. And put together with John Entwhistle's power/complex bass-lines, other bands looked on in amazement and jealously, I'm betting. Roger's vocals are a super fit for this band as well - a real rough, raspy, but soaring voice that was perfect and REAL... And Pete Townsend... An amazing writer and arranger. One of the great rhythm guitar players AND one of the great power chord players as well - all of these guys phenomenal on stage as well. This really is an epic album that, if you let it, will grow on you in time. You think you liked it after the first listen? Ha! Just wait! One of my favorite Who stories involves Ringo Starr and his young son Zach Starky. Keith Moon and Ringo were friends back in the day. Ringo did not want Zack to play the drums. But Keith gave Zach one of his old drum kits and did show him how to use it. Of course Zack took to it instantly much to Ringo's chagrin. So way down the road, after Keith had died, and The Who where looking for another drummer, Zack Starky, a son of a Beatle, took the role and fit right in - seen him play with The Who 3 times now, possibly 4 times (not sure when I saw The Who at the Tacoma Dome in early to mid '90s)... Anyway, you guys are great. Hope you get a chance to listen to Quadrophenia w/o head phones, but with a really awesome sound system AND VOLUME REALLY LOUD in a comfortable chair and a dark candlelit room... Everytime I do this, I end up a changed person for the better (haha)...
In The Punk Meets The godfather, "the punk with the stutter" and "m-m-m-my g-g-g-generation" refer to their song My Generation. Just more you need to hear.
And last but not least, the Powerfully emotional vocals of Roger Daltrey are unmatched.
Thank you for reacting to this classic Rock Opera. I listened to Quadrophenia for the first time when I was 13 in 1973 growing up in Brooklyn. I was amazed by this work of art, and I'm equally amazed 49 years later. Thank you for your heartfelt and genuine reaction.
Wow! A whole album... Now you need to watch the movie, costarring Sting, from the Police!!!
Lex, of COURSE you teared up at the end...it gets me every single time, and we're talking 48 years. Thank you, both of you for letting me relive MY first time hearing Quadrophenia. Amen!!
ok, here's one thing I love about you guys that I believe others do too. the whole thing about the fact that you were listening to the wrong album so you heard some of the tracks already. you didn't HAVE to mention that. you could have just acted surprised by the whole thing, even the few tracks you already heard, and no one would have known better, but the fact that you did mention it shows how authentic you guys are, and it's one of the reasons it's so appealing to watch your videos. the authenticity comes through.
I have to comment again, and might repeat myself from my other comments, but.... I love seeing others hear this kind of music for the first time. I first heard this soon after it came out in 1973, around the time I turned 13. I knew a few of the Who's earlier songs, but had never heard an album by them. I had just started getting into harder rock the previous year after mainly listening to top 40-type music from the time I was 3 (we had a very musical family and I had six older siblings and parents who were musical). We went absolutely crazy over this album, listened to it over and over for a couple of years. I watched this all the way through, with a couple of breaks in there. No skipping! Other than a small portion of the commenting. I'll always say this is one of the best rock albums ever made. Incredible songwriting (all by Townshend), incredible musicianship and singing. A true masterpiece. It's always better when you share musical experiences, it enhances things, and even though I'm only watching you here, seeing your reactions and knowing you were loving it made it that much more enjoyable . When I discovered this I also found out about Tommy, Live at Leeds (one of the best live albums ever) and Who's Next. Their best period, two double albums and a regular album, almost all of it written by Pete Townshend, with John Entwhistle contributing maybe three songs total on those albums. Moon is insane on the drums, Entwhistle one of the best bass players ever, Daltrey one of the greatest rock singers, and Townshend the creative force and a great guitar player as well, as well as being really good on the keys. To really get an appreciation for them you need to see them play live back then. They have the full Isle of Wight concert from 1970 on UA-cam, you can see how incredible they were as a live band. You have a lot more to discover!
I am out of my brain on a train for this reaction !!! thanks you guys for playing this for us.
Tommy is an absolute masterpiece, but this is their best album bar none.
I am so grateful I got to see The Who in concert with Keith Moon and John Entwistle. It was the Tommy tour. They did the whole rock opera, intermission then almost two more hours. Fantastic!
One of the greatest albums ever by the greatest rock band ever and all music and lyrics by a musical genius Pete Townshend
If you've listened to this great piece of music, then you're ready for Thick as a Brick
Y’all gotta react to the album Tommy too if you haven’t already. It’s another conceptual album...was The Who’s first big break-through album and it has a film like quadrophenia. Tommy is just such an important album in rock history.
The best album The Who ever put out IMHO
Nobody does teenage angst like Townshend; a masterpiece by a genius!
Teenage angst is human angst. Has nothing to do with age. Teenagers are simply in that time of life when all of life's problems are wrapped up in very personal simple terms. But make no mistake, the issues in this album deal with all the essential questions. Who am I? Why do I live in such pain and doubt when everyone else seems to have it together? Why do I feel SOMETHING when I'm am alone, pondering the stars in the Heavens, the grains of sand on the beach....and the soft eternal breathing of the ocean.
Exactly, Angst..
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“Teenage wasteland” and “They’re all wasted” in Baba O’Riley not about getting high. It’s about how society overlooks and devalues the contributions that young people could make, if only they were listened to.
Late to the party, great reaction. Was in the army serving in Germany at the time of Quad release. This album, for me, established Townsend as one of the great contemporary composers.
This is such a great story, album, and reaction. Well done! Apart from Jimmy’s story, the Quadrophenia represents the four personalities of The Who band members. It’s brilliant writing.
You're reacting to one of my all time favorite albums. It's brilliant.
giving you a like right of the top just for doing this! Quad was truly instrumental in my personal journey, as it was for many others too. Now to see how it hit you two :p
You're being rewarded for giving the original lp it's due...kudos to that effort.
Glad you discovered it… my favorite album
Dear Lex and Nic, Thank you---The WHO is my favorite band. Quadrophenia is very special. Seen the band 3 times. Final Tour back in 82, then 1989, then in 2000s, then Roger Daltrey Solo... This is a masterpiece. The Musicianship is incredible. This will still be listened to in the year 4000. This should be required for ALL ROCK Bands to listen to. Long LIve Rock! Keep up the great reactions. Congrads on getting to 20,000. Peace.
Townsend is a legend for composition. Quadrophenia IS PROG.
Yes! Prog WITH a very hard and power-rock edge!!!! Thank you!!!
OMG, I can’t believe this is your first experience with The Who! You’re starting with the pinnacle. I hope you are inspired to go back to do Tommy and then Who’s Next. But, so glad to catch up with you on this one! We came back from camping to see our son and granddaughter and so I am hooked up for a day! Every time I hear this album I appreciate it more and more. Townsend was a genius and the band is just so good together. I saw them live when they were just coming off of Woodstock and debuted their Who’s Next album. Best concert EVER! 3 rows from the stage and I have hearing loss to show for it! Haha…. All good. So glad you enjoyed this and had the stamina to do an entire double album all at once. That’s badass.
This is my 2nd favorite Who album after "The Who By Numbers." I had this on 8-track when it came out. I saw them in 1982 and they were great.
"live at Leeds" and " who's " are two favorite albums . especially
"Who's next " .
This is my favorite album, and now I'm spoiled into only listening to it while watching this video. My bucket list would include playing my bass to this onstage. The bass, power chords, and drumming are as good as rock gets. Lex didn't stop bopping her head at all. Great traveling music.
Wow. Taking on this double album all at once is very brave. So many colors and layers to it. I've been listening to it for 30+ years and it still gives me chills.
Quadrophenia was The Who at their peak. Some think the prior album, Who's Next, was their peak. Both albums are great. So I'll say that The Who peaked with 2 back to back albums, Who's Next and Quadrophenia.
Quadrophenia, one of my top 3 albums of all time. Pete Townshend one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. I suggest you explore his first concept album as well "Tommy" from 1969. Just brilliant.
I enjoyed watching you have your ears and soul exposed to The Who. For an excellent live film of them performing their first "mini rock opera" A Quick One, While He's Away. A concert event called Rolling Stones Rock N Roll Circus. This was in 1967 or 68, before Tommy, but after a U.S. tour, and they were on fire. Their energy and stage antics are great, and the film and sound quality excellent. Live footage from 1970 Tanglewood shows them after they had toured with Tommy and are in Amazing form, almost a full show is on y.t. The list of great songs from different eras of The Who is too long to mention, and If you are a Who fan like me you will find wonderful Gems, that need to be discovered by more people.
Ya, as has been said, the "Who's Next" album is in the top 10 of all time. A must hear in it's entirety and it's only a single disc so it won't take as long!!
I was 14 years old in 1973 when this album came out. It spoke to me like nothing else had. The story in the songs were about a kid from West London, and I was from the Bronx. The situations were universal.
If you have a chance to get the actual album, it has a booklet with it where Townsend writes out the actual story behind the music. It's worth getting a hold of.
Here's to Nick for tearing up during Dirty Jobs. I love that song so much. It's a song I often turn to to lift my spirits. It brings tears to my eyes as well.
Love to see this..this is Pete Townshend's masterpiece. Amazing album.
Though everyone is on top of their game here, I totally love Pete’s keyboard and guitar playing.
His playing probably influenced me the most of all the music I grew up with.
His melodies are beautiful.
Two things I love: The Boston Red Sox and The Who. The last concert I attended before the pandemic struck was The Who at Fenway Park on Sept 13, 2019. I almost passed out from the awesomeness of hearing The Who performing "The Rock" from Quadrophenia at Fenway Park that night! My two favorite instrumental songs are "The Rock" by The Who and "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush. Hearing The Rock at Fenway Park was pure bliss!
I'm 68. I've listened to so many kinds of music, all sorts of songs, battle hymns and arias and nothing quite captures the tragic yearning of the human soul as does this rock opera from the early '70s. The sea is such a beckoning metaphor, along with the desperate need for a cleansing event, to know and be known, to feel the reign of Grace in our lives, no longer needing to impress or find a love we consume but rather a love we administer like a salve to another broken soul. Love Reign O'er Me. (And you)
The Who is one of my favorite bands. , Quadrophenia is on my personal top 3 albums.
If I had to pick 5 albums to take to that proverbial desert island for the remainder of my life (with an awesome sound system of course (and electricity, haha)), they would be The Beatles 'White Album', Yes 'Close to the Edge', Genesis 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', The Who 'Quadrophenia' AND... 'Can't Decide' - either Genesis 'Foxtrot', Yes 'The Yes Album', Pink Floyd 'Pulse' or 'The Wall', The Who 'Tommy'... (#5 has always been tough...) I'm guessing 'Foxtrot' would be toughest to miss... I'd might need to bargain for 10 albums (haha)
I just watched your reaction to this in its entirety for the 2nd time! Quadrophenia is my favorite album of all time. But as great as The Who are in the studio, it's live onstage where Who Heaven is! The Who is often considered among the greatest live rock and roll bands of all time. At their peak, you will be hard pressed to find another band in the same ballpark as The Who live. Just watch them performing "Young Man Blues" live at the Isle of Wight in 1970 to see what I mean. I don't think I've ever seen anyone react to it on youtube. You guys should be the first, it will probably gain you at least another 500 subscribers.
This reaction video was one of your best ever, in spite of the gaffes along the way. Your persistence was outstanding, and Quadrophenia has become an obsession for me the past few weeks, after disregarding it’s brilliance for close to fifty years. Congrats to you both, and keep up the great work. Btw...the comparisons to The Wall are automatic relative to epic concept albums. Quadrophenia preceded The Wall by six years, and David Gilmour’s guitar work not withstanding, I think this surpasses The Wall in many ways. Jimmy is much more relatable to than Pink, and Pete Townshend gives a more cohesive portrayal along with Roger Daltrey’s powerful vocals. So glad you gave this masterpiece the time and care it deserves. Kudos to Arnie also.
Every time I've ever tried to play just one track off of This Album it leaves Me hollow - because it HAS to be Listened to in its Entirety. Outstandingly Done 👏👏👏👏👏
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I'm not the only one saying things like this, but I was absolutely blown away and consumed by this album in my teenage years, in fact I wrote a college application essay on it. It just seemed like the most brilliant examination and distillation of adolescent angst, both lyrically and musically, and it's never lost its power for me. For people who thought Tommy was The Who's signature rock opera, I was like, sure, Tommy's great, and deservedly a huge commercial success. But Quadrophenia? It just hits on such a heavier, deeper, more emotional level. An incredible achievement, and I love watching these lovely people take their first deep dive into it.
I know a lot of the songs but I believe that was my first time listening to the whole album. Thanks for helping me become a Who completist.
Interesting story: Having never heard them live, I took my skeptical wife to see them in concert. They had installed a jumbo-tron screen behind them, and as the lights went down, the Quadrophenia movie began, and they played the entire soundtrack live as you watched the movie behind them. Don't get to see that everyday. They are one of the old school British invasion 1960's, along with the Beatles and Rolling Stones. As they warmed up and sound checked before the show, they played old B&W newsreels of their 18 year old selves greeting screaming teenage girls in '64-66, while their 65 year old doppelgangers in 2000 tuned up below the jumbotron. Pretty awesome, and that's the Who.
Best album ever in the history of ever!
Succinct, concise and absolutely accurate. Well said.
I'm 13 again,tearing off the plastic wrapper and laying on my bed,being taken on the ride! Glad you both experienced the entire album-kudo's.PEACE!