#quadrophenia

[tyger-land]

Ｑｕａｄｒｏｐｈｅｎｉａ 1979

[spectralish]

yuhh

[alt-rock-confessions]

THERE 👏 ARE 👏 OTHER 👏 ROCK 👏 OPERAS 👏 BESIDES 👏 AMERICAN 👏 IDIOT 👏AND 👏THE 👏 BLACK 👏 PARADE 👏

This might be on the outer edges of the 'rock' part of a rock opera, but I need people to listen to Janelle Monáe's Metropolis series of concept EPs and eventually her debut album The ArchAndroid, some with dystopian themes of being a robot that falls out of line, in love and starts thinking for itself, and others about being a saviour alien, that was awesome.

Also, Canadian rock band Fucked Up had a great rock opera called David Comes To Life in 2011 that was great.

(If not 'rock', I don't know what else to call Fucked Up lol, they started out as definitely hardcore punks, but they've done so much other interesting work since then that can't really be called punk)

Also obligatory reminder that 'rock opera' =/= 'rock musical'

(That said, I found Quadrophenia on vinyl at a uni sale for $5, which was kinda nice)

[lascitasdelashoras]

The Who - Quadrophenia, Alan Fletcher

[girlofcosmicmagic]

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"We are the mods! We are the mods! We are, we are, we are the mods!" Quadrophenia (1979) Dir: Franc Roddam

[fearlessechoes]

So i just watched Quadrophenia yesterday and guys… Jimmy looks like the love child of Keith Moon and Pete Townshend in my opinion

Do you guys see my vision?

I also made this meme… is this anything?

[art--harridan]

[Image one: A traditional charcoal drawing of Jimmy Cooper from the film Quadrophenia. It depicts Jimmy sitting forlornly slouched on his Lambretta scooter. He has his hands in the pockets of his parka, his shoulders drooping, and he is looking forward with furrowed brows and a slight sneer. His hair is not combed back. Jimmy and his scooter are rendered with deep shadows and softer shading for the midtones. The colour of the original paper is visible, but above that - floating near his head - there's scraps of lined paper with nothing on them.

Image two: A traditional charcoal drawing of Jimmy Cooper from Quadrophenia. A piece of lined paper is visible through the drawing, but does not completely obscure the original, plain paper that it's stuck to. The lifted outline of the edges of the lined paper is visible. It's ripped roughly. The drawing of Jimmy is a headshot, showing him on the train to Brighton while he's high on pills. He looks like his mind is elsewhere, wide eyes looking to the left, his lower lashline eyeliner making his eyes look even wider. His mouth opens a sliver. The charcoal lines are rough but blended out in many areas, except for certain shadows and his hair - where it is the darkest. The details are left out of one of his ears and the top of his hair, the stark white a big contrast against the charcoal. There's a watercolour background of red and blue, with some charcoal bleeding in. The two colours swirl together in an aura of wavy lines. The top of his seat is coloured with this red.]

[goldenpashie]

My face claim for Holden is Jimmy Cooper from the 1979 film Quadrophenia (So, actor Phil Daniels when he was 21 years old)

It’s partly to do with how similar the characters are in my opinion but also thats just how I picture Holden like lol

[livingunderaclassicrock]

quadrophenia forcemasc

[cinearche]

QUADROPHENIA. Dir Franc Roddam, 1979.

[midnighttraindemo]

various music history books

[superherokiller]

[marella-moon]

I clean my room and my shoes But my mother found a box of blues And there doesn't seem much hope They'll let me stay

[sometimelater]

Quadrophenia

[youngmanblues]

Pete Townshend and Phil Daniels during the filming of Quadrophenia, November 1978