When this was released 27 years ago, it rivalled the Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Song Remains the Same as a wonderful way to spend a Saturday midnight. Only RHPS seems to be remembered now -- and for good cause. It's not stylistically stuck in the '70s -- which was a bloody awful time to be stylistically stuck!
But Tommy is not bad. Dated, true, and it still pains one to hear Jack Nicholson "sing," but it did then, too. Elton John's Pinball Wizard remains a wonder to behold.
The performances, by and large, don't match those in the original album, but they're not nearly so far off as they could have been. Tina Turner's Acid Queen is as good as Roger Daltry's, nearly.
As a time capsule, Tommy is wonderful. Timeless? No. But still fun.
But Tommy is not bad. Dated, true, and it still pains one to hear Jack Nicholson "sing," but it did then, too. Elton John's Pinball Wizard remains a wonder to behold.
The performances, by and large, don't match those in the original album, but they're not nearly so far off as they could have been. Tina Turner's Acid Queen is as good as Roger Daltry's, nearly.
As a time capsule, Tommy is wonderful. Timeless? No. But still fun.