Pete Townshend discusses filming 'Tommy'

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[MAX]

Claption all hooked on smack...

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[chefcraig]

To this day, I love the film's version of "I'm Free" much better than the one on the original LP.

Me too! I bought the soundtrack as soon as it came out. (Initially, Elton's "Pinball Wizard" was held back for a while before being released as a single, forcing people to buy the soundtrack album.) When checking out the credits for "I'm Free", I was astounded to find that Ron Wood (one of my heroes on guitar) had played on the song. His take is much more clunky and chunky, with a warts and all style of chording that found it's way into my own playing over the years.

[FORD]

I might have to drop some acid and watch that sometime soon.

It's the only way that goddamn movie makes any sense.

They showed it at my junior high school in 1979. Not very consistent with the "Don't Use Drugs" propaganda they were preaching there.

[FORD]

Me too! I bought the soundtrack as soon as it came out. (Initially, Elton's "Pinball Wizard" was held back for a while before being released as a single, forcing people to buy the soundtrack album.) When checking out the credits for "I'm Free", I was astounded to find that Ron Wood (one of my heroes on guitar) had played on the song. His take is much more clunky and chunky, with a warts and all style of chording that found it's way into my own playing over the years.

So it's Pete on the rhythm guitar, and Woody playing the slide?

[Jagermeister]

It's the only way that goddamn movie makes any sense.

They showed it at my junior high school in 1979. Not very consistent with the "Don't Use Drugs" propaganda they were preaching there.

[chefcraig]

So it's Pete on the rhythm guitar, and Woody playing the slide?

It's been years since I looked at the credits, yet I'm tempted to say that Wood plays all of the guitars on that track. The chording does sound like Woody though, listen to how sloppy it is in the opening.

[MAX]

Just wow and I did not know any of that.

The old man just stumped me yet again.

[Hardrock69]

Your old man is one lucky motherfucker! Has he ever gotten the DVD set "The Complete Monterey Pop Festival" and watched it to see if he could see himself?

[binnie]

Damn, I love those songs. When I first saw the film as a kid, it scared the shit out of me - truly, an odd and unnerving experience. Quadrophenia is probably seen as the cooler project because of the med revivial, but I always prefered Tommy.....