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Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books. He lives in San Francisco. Richie UnterbergerThe Who. From mid to earlyThe Who undertook an amazing and peculiar journey in which they struggled to follow up Tommy with a yet bigger and better rock opera. One of those projects, Lifehousewas never completed, though many of its songs formed the bulk of the classic album Who's Next. The other, Quadropheniawas as down-to-earth as the multimedia Lifehouse was futuristic; issued as a double Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia init eventually became esteemed as one of The Who's finest achievements, despite initial unfavorable comparisons to Tommy. Along the way, the group's visionary songwriter, Pete Townshend, battled conflicts within the band and their management, as well as struggling against the limits of the era's technology as a pioneering synthesizer user and a conceptualist trying to combine Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia with film and theatre. The results included some of rock's most ambitious failures, and some of its most spectacular triumphs. In Won't Get Fooled Againnoted rock writer and historian Richie Unterberger documents this intriguing period in detail, drawing on many new interviews; obscure rare archive sources and recordings; and a vast knowledge of the music of the times. The result is a comprehensive, articulate history that sheds new light on the band's innovations and Pete Townshend's massive ambitions, some of which still seem ahead of their time in the early 21st century. Won't Get Fooled Again

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. From mid to earlyThe Who undertook an amazing and peculiar journey in which they struggled to follow up Tommy with a yet bigger and better rock opera. One of those projects, Lifehouse, was never completed, though many of its songs formed the bulk of the classic album Who's Next. The other, Quadrophenia, was as down-to-earth as the multimedia Lifehouse was From mid to earlyThe Who undertook an amazing and peculiar journey in which they struggled to follow up Tommy with a yet bigger and better rock opera. The other, Quadrophenia, was as down-to-earth as the multimedia Lifehouse was futuristic; issued as a double album init eventually became esteemed as one of the Who's finest achievements, despite initial unfavourable comparisons to Tommy. Along the way, the group's visionary songwriter, Pete Townshend, battled conflicts within the band and their management, as well as struggling against the limits of the era's technology as a pioneering synthesizer user and a conceptualist trying to combine rock with film and theatre. The results included some of rock's most ambitious failures, and some of its most spectacular triumphs. In Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who From Lifehouse to Quadrophenia, noted rock writer and historian Richie Unterberger documents this Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia period in detail, drawing on many new interviews; obscure rare archive sources and recordings; and a vast knowledge of the music of the times. The result is a comprehensive, articulate history that sheds new light on the band's innovations and Pete Townshend's massive ambitions, some of which still seem ahead of their time in the early 21st century. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published March 1st by Jawbone Press first published February 1st More Details Other Editions 5. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Won't Get Fooled Againplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Won't Get Fooled Again. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 27, Peter Pete Mcloughlin Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia it really liked it Shelves: good- thingstostoamerican-historybiographyeuropean-historygeneral-historymediamusic. Okay "the Who" are dinosaurs but here is them in their prime and this video shows why they were big back in the day. Covers the history of the most punk rock band to perform at Woodstock in after the Album Tommy from about to Good stuff a little TMI for a casual listener of the Who but hardcore fans will love it. View all 4 comments. With so Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia biographies of bands and artists covering their entire careers, I've developed a particular passion for books that look at more defined parts of that career. This one such book that examines The Who at what is undoubtedly the height of their powers but which was equally fraught and challenging for all concerned. Of course, this means that issues are Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia at a depth which perhaps make it geek territory but I'm happily guilty as charged in this instance. It's anazing to read at With so many biographies of bands and artists covering their entire careers, I've developed a particular passion for books that look at more defined parts of that career. It's anazing to read at more than 40 years remove some of the self-critical comments about Who's Next which is one of the great rock albums but which Townshend in particular has always felt ambivalent towards. Likewise on the challenges of performing Quadrophenia live when this has been a terrific live showcase in recent years. Jun 13, Bruce Kirby rated it it was amazing. As a Who fan you'll love this behind the scenes look into the band's high point and what really went down. Mod or rocker, you can't deny the influence of the Who. Oct 13, Lincoln rated it liked it. I love all things Who, but I found this a little boring at times. I guess there is a level of detail about their career beyond which even I don't really care. It was well researched, though. Feb 13, Bryan rated it really liked it. If you are a fan of the Who, this will only make you a more rabid one. Aug 27, Eric rated it really liked it. A history Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia The Who after Tommy. Detailed description of Lifehouse - Pete Townshend's failed attempt to combine music, movie, and concerts into a transformative multimedia experience. Even though nobody especially the other band members could understand the plot or much of anything else about project, most of the songs ended up on one of their greatest albums ever - Who's Next. Then Pete started working on his next project, based on memories of their early days playing for the English Mods - A history of The Who after Tommy. Then Pete started Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia on his next project, based on memories of their early days playing for the English Mods - young, sharp-dressed, scooter riding kids from the coastal towns in England - as far as I can tell as an American born a generation later. The book goes into the development of the album Quadrophenia, its accompanying photo book, and the subsequent concert tours and movie. The book also goes a little into Pete's experimentation with synthesizers, and his association with the ARP synthesizer company. WGFA delivers on exactly what its title promises: a blow-by-blow account of The Who during the 3-year period between Tommy and just after the release of Quadrophenia. It's enjoyable for what it is. I kind of wished that I was in grad school and had just finished a huge paper, my dissertation or something, and rewarded myself by getting to finally read this. This is non-essential reading of the highest order. It doesn't really draw any larger conclusions or tie in to Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia else in the rock world; WGFA delivers on exactly what its title promises: a blow-by-blow account of The Who during the 3-year period between Tommy and just after the release of Quadrophenia. It doesn't really draw any larger conclusions or tie in to much else in the rock world; this is a straight-ahead, deeply reported story of how Who's Next and Quadrophenia came to be. I don't doubt that Unterberger is a fan, but he doesn't read like one. Most of the book is compiled from news interviews, which in the world of The Who are innumerable. But the thoroughness sometimes works against itself: sources contradict themselves or are wildly confused about what's going on, to the point that a neatly laid-out chronology of events, which this is, has the effect of a big mess. This book seems to be less about the works themselves and more like a prosecutor's case that The Who's career plans were as chaotic offstage as they were on. Which is funny, fitting, and cool. This is not a loving recap of how grand the genius was, and it doesn't favor mythical adjectives and verbs to describe those live shows. Not much idolizing Keith Moon's wackiness. There's plenty of that out there already. This is a cold-eyed look at the origination of the ideas and how they were executed. WGFA is of particular interest to anyone who's actually tried to record an album, because it shows the arduous process that The Who had to go through to do it themselves. Neither album came Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia for them. Little ever had. My respect for Townshend is altered a bit, deepened in some ways and reduced in others. This book makes a definitive case Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia the often-used canard that Lifehouse was too complicated to understand is bullshit. The reason "no one understood it" was because Pete was mostly pulling stuff out of his ass and, thus, constantly changed his mind. There never was a plan or concrete storyline. It's forgivable, after all, considering the immense pressure he was under to produce another opus and the time constraints under which he had to do so, but that doesn't change the fact that his metaphysical ambitions were totally, navel-gazingly unrealistic and haphazard. On the other hand, his technical ability is presented as comprehensive bordering on genius, more than I had realized. What he was able to accomplish in terms of home recording and synthesizer wizardry was the equivalent to a present-day musician programming his own recording suite and then emerging with a superlative piece of music, the likes of which no modern equivalents exist. I also appreciate the ambivalent tone Unterberger takes on Quadrophenia. His thesis is that its entire existence has been defined to us by grandiosity: hyped from even before its recording as a masterpiece, hyped upon its release as a work of genius, and cited as a crowning achievement of the genre ever since. You start to get the sense that the album was actually kind of shitty from the way Unterberger writes about it. It's one of my favorite albums, but Quad's power is in its cinematic scope, not on the quality of its individual songs. It works because it expertly blends a palette of emotions. This is an effect not achieved over the course of a song or a few songs, but rather over a whole symphony with extended codas, evocative instrumental tracks, and contrasting scenes. In that way, it's sort of the conceptual opposite of Who's Next, an album with tightly-packed moments of pure enthralling rock. From the epic opening of Baba to the rock B section of "Behind Blue Eyes" to the scream of WGFA, these are each moments that individually engulf the entire idiom of rock music. Quadrophenia, on the other hand, weaves a complex pastiche of youth over the course of two discs, and nothing less. I think Unterberger suggests that the album is one of these things that you're not cool if you don't like, the way Dylan is to me. Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia by Richie Unterberger

Through the writings and photography of Robert Barry Francos, a view of the arts and culture, including everyday life. Post a Comment. The title Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia the volume, however, is a bit of a misnomer on more than one level. For example, as Townshend was writing Lifehousethe band was caught up in the frenzy of the post- Tommy release, so the early part of the book is thick with that as well; bookending this at the conclusion is, of course, the Tommy film that the band work on and for which Townshend also wrote additional music. Also, this book is much more focused on Townshend, as he is the brainpan of The Who, writing most of the music and material, which is especially true in the case of both Lifehouse and Quadrophenia. In fact, the rest of The Who barely even show up in the story as individuals until a third of the way in, other than cursorily. Unterberger meticulously and loving follows the trail of period interviews, articles, and other obscure sources of information, making this book as much a detective story as a history. He takes the facts and synthesizes them, pointing out errors and contradictions in the historical documents e. For example, in describing Quadropheniahe states on pages Townshend may have been very much the auteur of Quadrophenia - in fact it was the only Who album which he wrote all the material — but the tracks did leave a lot of room for the rhythm section to shine as instrumentalists. Entwistle in particular played not only some of the best bass of his career, but some of the best electric bass by anyone, his nimble and pungent runs combining grace and throbbing power. There was no back-up Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia The Who, which is why they Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia one of the great rock bands. Daltry was lead vocals, Townshend played lead guitar, Entwistle played lead bass, and Moon played lead drums, all at the same time. While Pete would become an expert of the technology at the time, it would also lead to conflicts Wont Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia the group, including one noted physical confrontation. Another presence thickly in the book, nearly as much as the rest of the band, is spiritual leader Mehr Baba d. Between the famous and infamous musical output and attempts on record, Unterberger also discusses and analyzes their tours such as the night Moon famously passed out in mid-songtelevision appearances, studio work, management issues, films, and the like. It is more of all that had occurred during the span of those four years than just those two or three projects. This is a high compliment. Bonus videos: Extra bonus video:. No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Follow by Email. Comments Atom. Concert Review: Johnny Winter, October 19,a FromI used to publish a print version of a music magazine in New York called FFanzeen, which dealt with the wide-ranging independent music scene. I also photographed many bands from the period and since. Now I write this blog, and have a column at jerseybeat dot com slash quietcorner dot html. And the beat goes on. View my complete profile.