As The Who’s appearance Friday at Oracle Arena in Oakland once again made clear, Pete Townshend achieved his goal in creating a rock opera for all time with “Quadrophenia.”
Forty years later, played live, The Who’s 1973 double album sounds big, majestic and eminently musical — truly classic, from the waves crashing in “I Am the Sea” to the booming climax of “Love Reign O’er Me.”
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Apparently, rock legends The Who never performed their opera “Tommy” in its entirety, live. A wrong that frontman Roger Daltrey aims to right on an upcoming six-week tour, in which he’ll sing the two-disc classic from start to finish.
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Although it’s been decades since veteran rockers The Who have displayed the crazed intensity that marked their early career, guitarist Pete Townshend is encouraging the half-time crowd at this year’s Super Bowl to “go wild.”
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