Quadrophenia

My first viewing of the movie. Uncanny that they should pick Phil Daniels to play "Jimmy the Mod" as he bears a strange resemblance to an amalgam of all four of them. Otherwise, there's too few songs from the album to satisfy me, leaving out the heavenly "The Punk and the Godfather". The Who show they're not above self-mythologizing, with Jimmy being a fervent fan of them, even if he does break out into a Kinks' song, them being the 'Oo's main 60s rivals. I really miss the more metaphysical bits of the album, maybe it's hard to transfer that to the screen. And where's the Quadrophenic aspect, anyway? I thought Jimmy was supposed to be a 4-person split personality. And the ending sucks.......

ABBA : The Movie

I saw this when I was a really wee child. Those images and music were forever embossed in my mind. As a movie, it is kinda sucky, with a porn actor-lookalike playing a DJ tracking the Fab Swede Four for an interview. As a capture of ABBA's live performances, it is cool, being energetic and bouncy and all. And those girls sure are sexy then. However, the non-hits kinda meander and are rather aimless, with only "I'm A Marrionette" and "Tiger" sticking out. Nostalgic bliss! And it only records one concert in Australia, even if they played Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.