QUADROPHENIA THE WHO PROFESSIONAL
A double first-prize winner at both the 20 Society of Professional Journalists awards, Varga is also a contributing writer for Jazz Times magazine and has written for Billboard, Spin and other publications. In addition to providing live coverage of the Grammy Awards and festivals from Coachella and KAABOO to the 1994 edition of Woodstock, he has interviewed everyone from Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Britney Spears to Willie Nelson, Kanye West and Bruno Mars. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his writing at the U-T and is a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Why don't we just agree that these are two of the world's greatest bands, and have done with. Veteran San Diego Union-Tribune pop music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. 200 TOMMY and QUADROPHENIA on one side of the fence, THE WALL and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON on the other. The Who (or The Two as the Townshend- and Daltrey-led band is also now known) did "Quadrophenia" in its entirety when The Who performed here at Valley View Casino Center in early 2013. It was later made into a 1979 feature film with a cast that included Phil Daniels, Ray Winston and Sting. "Quadrophenia" came out in 1973, the same year Boe was born. Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder has long cited the epic Who album as a key artistic inspiration. That's assuming, of course, that the majority of the audience that would buy high-priced tickets for an orchestral performance of "Quadrophenia" would be young people, as opposed to their parents or grandparents.
QUADROPHENIA THE WHO MOVIE
"I think that 'Quadrophenia' would reinvigorate their audiences and bring in people who might not otherwise go to see a symphony orchestra perform without lights and fireworks and a movie screen." "A lot of major symphony orchestras are in trouble because their audience is getting old and the younger audiences prefer softer stuff, such as film soundtrack music," he said in a statement. II," "Squeeze Box" and "Pictures of Lily," but Townshend believes he can help draw a younger audience to orchestral concerts. It's unclear how many orchestras will embrace such Who songs as "Dogs, Pt. Townshend, 69, is now reportedly working to have all of his songs transcribed and produced in sheet music form for future orchestras to perform. Daltrey and Townshend are the famed band's sole two surviving original members, but Daltrey will not be involved with the new version of "Quadrophenia." It will be released in June by Deutsche Grammophon, the classical music world's most prestigious record label, and performed live on July 5 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Opera star Alfie Boe will handle nearly all of the lead vocals on "Quadrophenia" that were originally performed by Roger Daltrey, The Who's lead singer.
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