Pete Townshend Working On Confusing New Rock Opera
Yes, Pete Townshend of The Who is working on another rock opera. Will it be as good as 1969's monumental Tommy (the first of its kind, wherein the above song, "See Me, Feel Me," here performed at Woodstock, originally appeared) or the also awesome Quadrophenia from 1973? Well, it's no less ambitious, at least. "In this case the songs are interspersed with surround-sound 'soundscapes' featuring complex sound-effects and musical montages," says Townshend, according to the NME. "Floss will be a son-et-lumiére musical piece, intended for outdoor performance, or arenas." Floss? The Who's new son-et-lumiére is going to be called Floss? Huh.
Is this a rock opera about the importance of dental hygiene? Is that what happens when the man who wrote "My Generation" reaches legal retirement age? No. Or, probably not. Though reports vary.
Pitchfork quotes Townshend as saying Floss, which he plans to bring to the stage in 2011, is about a musician who "returns to music after a 15 year hiatus, and finds that what he composes evokes the ecologically rooted, apocalyptic mindset of his generation." While the NME says, "The musical is about the difficult relationship between a pub-rock musician who suddenly finds wealth and his wife."
It will definitely be about something!
He's a tooth-care wizard
There has to be a twist
Tooth-care wizard's got
Such a supple wrist …
four out of five dentists recommend that response.
If (assuming?) Floss is received in disappointed fashion by music critics and/or the public, expect there to be a lot of bad Pete-Townshend-is-deaf jokes…
Sounds like this will be closer to Psychoderelict.
Windmill on the Floss.
The Floss'd Generation.
Kennedy : Chappaquiddick
Pete Townshend : child porn websites
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/petetownshend1.html
I for one think the concept of the plot actually sounds pretty good. (Maybe I'm the only one :-) ).. Anyway go To http://www.thewho.com for more info if you need it… But being boring now.. Floss will actually be the name of the rock Musicians wife..
Let's just hope Re the Who album that Roger Daltreys forthcoming "Use it or Lose it" tour helps his voice..
Ooops. I'm posting a bit more than is in the blog. On The Who website, in Pete Townshends blog about this, he does say.
"Several of the more conventional songs from FLOSS will be featured on a forthcoming Who recording for release in 2010."
(So that's where my bit about the Who album came from :-) )