tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post3328333698276330860..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: Quadrophenia, my first timeChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-26829957480608037752018-11-10T16:38:24.145+00:002018-11-10T16:38:24.145+00:00Thanks Martin - yes, my thoughts exactly!Thanks Martin - yes, my thoughts exactly!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-86204589839651888632018-11-09T21:37:35.809+00:002018-11-09T21:37:35.809+00:00Terrific post for a terrific film, one of my absol...Terrific post for a terrific film, one of my absolute favourites.<br /><br />It still stands up, I think, because it's still relatable - yes, the period setting, music and fashion no doubt seem prehistoric to the youth of today, but the feelings, the issues, the emotions - timeless, surely?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-14565129636303789472012-07-05T08:00:01.951+01:002012-07-05T08:00:01.951+01:00Oh thanks, Monkey! Glad you liked it. It's th...Oh thanks, Monkey! Glad you liked it. It's those little fashion detail memories in particular that still tickle me.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-65550948374471734792012-07-04T22:18:49.406+01:002012-07-04T22:18:49.406+01:00Fantastic post. Love the description of the motley...Fantastic post. Love the description of the motley crew at the screening - especially Andy with his bondage trousers and Jam shoes. Seem to remember a lot of that from my youth were folk moved from one youth cult to another - sometimes quicker than their wardrobe would allow.Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975282714651024572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-11290407532348458112012-07-02T22:54:50.537+01:002012-07-02T22:54:50.537+01:00Thanks, all.
"Thank God for BBC4"! - I...Thanks, all. <br />"Thank God for BBC4"! - I couldn't agree more SB! As a relatively recent newcomer to digital it's so good to have access to all these music progs at long last. Loving it.<br /><br />That's a great story, Furtheron and I feel rather privileged to be in the know, now! They must've been so delighted at getting their 15 seconds of fame, as you say, in a film of such reputation. So much better than an X Factor audition, eh... As for you - even tho' you didn't quite make it to the film, your connection, of course, places you within the 7 degrees of separation to a lot of very interesting people!<br /><br />I'm glad you still found it enjoyable, Kolley, all these years later, just as I did - I think there must be a lot of resonances for all those of us who saw it as teenagers, we felt linked to it and as if 'knew' some of its characters as you say. <br /> <br />E.f - is that true about the label 'Hard Mods'?! I can sort of see that, although I have to add that my little punk scene out in the provinces was really rather soft and quite fluffy... (well, of course).<br /><br />And as for the Who...<br />I vaccilate when it comes to Who albums. Love most of the early stuff but need to be in different moods for some of the later output - sometimes it works for me, sometimes it doesn't. Having said that I haven't actually listened to an entire Who album for years! It's a bit like with the Beatles, somewhere in my mind I think they're SO familiar that I don't need to hear them, but on the odd occasion that I do, I realise that that very fact has rendered them less familiar somehow... if you see what I mean...Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-81704154506199953992012-07-02T19:20:07.661+01:002012-07-02T19:20:07.661+01:00I think the pre-Tommy Who is almost untouchable......I think the pre-Tommy Who is almost untouchable...Can't Explain? Get the...out! Only the Kinks were better.<br /><br />Once they made a conscious effort to stop making 2 minute singles...I hate 'em.<br /><br />Weren't Punks called Hard Mods for a time?<br /><br />Slim Harpo is the boss.e.f. bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940814285264472785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-43652889370224716262012-07-02T16:58:14.725+01:002012-07-02T16:58:14.725+01:00I watched this on DVD a few months ago with some t...I watched this on DVD a few months ago with some trepidation, worrying if its flaws and snags (which we noticed and immediately chose to ignore at the time) might just have taken over and rendered the film unwatchable, from such a great distance. Thankfully, though, I still really enjoyed its oddly poignant mixture of gauche freshness and rank cynicism. <br /><br />Like you, we all seemed to know characters in our own lives that we could transpose directly on to the film - Jimmy, with his desperate inclusion needs, shallow Princess Stef (SO pretty though!), lost little Monkey with her unrequited crushes....it struck a note with us all. <br /><br />But I've never grown to love The Who, I'm afraid....Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-52176900275326164852012-07-02T08:54:41.681+01:002012-07-02T08:54:41.681+01:00I watched it a few months back when it was on the ...I watched it a few months back when it was on the telly. <br /><br />Firstly - I think many of us lads of that age wished they'd been in the alley with Lesley Ash. You have to feel very sorry for her in her problems with her health in recent years - such a shame to try to hold on to those moments, looks etc. so desperately. I salutary tale there...<br /><br />So here's a funny thing - never went to see it. By the time it was out I'd done punk and got disillusioned and headed off via Quo and others to heavy and notably prog rock. <br /><br />However if things had been just a little different I might actually have been in it. The scene at the beginning in the club is a band called Cross Section. They come from my home town and for a few weeks/months in the year before that I'd rehearsed/jammed with them on a couple of occasions. Their guitarist (John) was fed up with the manager (singer and bass players Dad) and there was obvious tension and he wasn't long to continue. They were therefore looking for new likely talent. In the end Phil Kitto got the gig not me, he went on to be in Eurovision in some band years later, I last heard of him still working in Spain as a cabaret act. With Phil they auditioned and got the part in the film - funny given they were actually more a rock band playing a lot of Quo etc. but hair cuts to mod style etc. and off they went for 15 mins (secs) of fame.<br /><br />Vince - the singer is now a reasonably successful country singer on the South of England circuit.Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-85064796220501306992012-07-02T06:58:59.896+01:002012-07-02T06:58:59.896+01:00It was great seeing 'Quadrophenia' again l...It was great seeing 'Quadrophenia' again last week. Thank God for BBC 4. I bought the album not long after it came out and it has been a favourite ever since. I certainly think it is The Who's finest work and much better than 'Tommy'. The film isn't perfect (could have lost Sting for starters) but it is very evocative of a time I don't actually remember but seems to live on as a folk memory. Nice slice of Slim, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com