Quadrophenia
I hadn’t seen The Who’s Quadrophenia in years, and the wife had never seen it, so last night we tore ourselves away from TMZ’s 24/7 coverage detailing in painful increments the death of John Travolta’s son, settled down with a bag of popcorn and, with the cat passed out between us, watched what was a much more entertaining movie than I remember it to be.
Quadrophenia centers on Jimmy Cooper, a mod stuck in a confusing point in history. The year is 1964 and little Jimmy is at odds with himself and his surroundings. Pulled between opposing forces while searching for his own identity, Jimmy is torn between a musical scene in flux, parents that doesn’t know how to raise their own children, and mates that covet pills over friendship. Lost in a blur of pandemonium and schizophrenia, Jimmy must make sense of it all in a time when he desperately needs direction. When answers are elusive and heroes and villains aren’t what they appear, where can Jimmy turn to make sense of it all?
Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll this ain’t…
Oh, and apparently this DVD is “rare”. I didn’t know I was sitting on a gold mine 
The warning at the beginning of the DVD
Quadrophenia defined
Riding to the fateful Brighton riot
Mods attacking the Rockers
A young Sting just before The Police broke big
The White Cliffs of Dover
