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...been touched by its distributor, Columbia Pictures. "It was the most difficult movie I ever had to make," was Russell's verdict on Tommy; he prefers movies about classical composers. Tommy, however, has left its mark on Russell. In his next film, Lisztomania, he has cast Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt and Ringo Starr as the Pope...
...pretentious and embarrassing stuff from one of the most gimmick-prone groups in all rock. The Who's favorite pre-Tommy stunt was to smash their guitars, loudspeakers and drums at the end of every set. At the Met, save for their own vaudeville antics onstage (Singer Roger Daltrey twirling his mike like a lasso, Peter Townshend playing his guitar with showy windmills of his right arm), there was no drama, no staging, no characterization. So little, in fact, that though The Who played only two-thirds of the complete work at the Met, no one, not even...
...rock the various instruments come to follow patterns which are predictable after you listen to a lot of music. But the Who's music can't be followed so easily. They have taken the forms of rock and played it onto a new level. They are unique. Roger Daltrey sings and plays French horn occasionally. Nicky Hopkins plays piano, as sort of a guest performer on the recordings where they use piano, but he's not in the group...
...launch into their wail ing finale, My Generation ("I hope I die before I get old"), strange things do begin to happen. Clunk! Lead Singer Roger Daltrey flings the microphone to the floor, wheels around and begins flailing at the drums played by Keith Moon. Crack! Peter Townshend breaks his guitar against the stage, jumps on it, then splinters it against a speaker cabinet. Crash! John Entwistle heaves his bass away and joins the others in a savage orgy of kicking and pushing at the loudspeakers, the drums and the mike stand...
...worry that people may think you breaking instruments is just a gimmick? Daltrey replies, "No, I'm not worried if they think that. It is a gimmick." Townshend--"I get frustrated. I don't have as much talent as Clapton or Hendrix but I can conceive of things that I can't play that they could play but would never be able to think of. So I break my guitar." There is more to their destruction than even this. Sit through one of these acts...