So I went to see The Who last weekend. Quadrophenia. My first time it was, I always passed before, being no big fan of them, and anyway only of their first records. But I love the film and the story of Quadrophenia and now I thought, now this has got to happen once in this life of mine. And I really liked it, not so much the music, but the show. Still, I don’t dig the seventies rock of the band , but how the whole show was designed, that I really appreciated. Most of all the visuals with the the three big round screens behind them, using the target icon as a background or simply displaying three big scooter lamps. On top of it a lot of original footage of Mods of the Sixties and old pictures of the band in their younger days. I also liked a lot how they put the whole movement into context, as a recation of WWII and the traditional England. And how they build a bridge to today. In the end the old men were celebrating their own and youth in general. I really liked that concept. Still, I’m not quite sure if most of the crowd could understand all the codes and images of the modscene displayed. I didn’t see many mods at all. And it feels kind of weird, seeing these average people in shorts and band-t-shirts showing a smart mod on front of them. But who am I to judge. The only thing I was a little disappointed about was, that when they played some more songs after the Quadrophenia part, there were only a few tracks that I cared about. Sadly  Can’t Explain, no Substitute, no My Generation. And oh yes, neither did they smash up their equipment, but that’s understandable, the guys are almost seventy.

Tommy Sears – Get Out

(Marius Müller-Westernhagen – Mit Pfefferminz bin ich Dein Prinz) 

(German rock’roll song from the eighties)