The Who - Overture From Tommy

[laurens2951]

1 person does not like the name Tommy.

[sreafea]

@pachinapoliofficial "spaziolibero- programmi dell'accesso". ho messo io la sigla video del programma su youtube.

[aquinonatetoron]

eu sou helton do brasil me orgulho muito de gostar deste show

[aquinonatetoron]

a era dos sonhos

[meteoricrise85]

gorgeous version

[mrspatrickcampbell]

was Tommy a homosexual?

[orangehornet57]

I bought the LP from the Columbia Record Club. It counted as two selections. I had the Overture on the 45. Ironically, this was the same 45 coupling for the Who's original version. If I recall correctly, the Overture was added to the CD release. One scary thing is that I remember most of the songs. If Roger and Pete got sick, I could substitute. May they never ask!

[MrGeremia57]

che ricordi, Tommy very much!

[Luileadolfo]

This version of OVERTURE, was not originally excluded from the LP. Few people knew it existence since it was only released as a by then 45 single with SEE ME FEEL ME as A side. This is OVERTURE differs a lot from the original WHO version. Both versions are very good. A third version you can find on the LONDON SYNPHONY ORCHESTA version. This version was recorded and played solely by PETE TOWNSHEND !!

[Luileadolfo]

This version of OVERTURE, was not originally excluded from the LP. Few people knew it existence since it was only released as a by then 45 single with SEE ME FEEL ME as A side. This is OVERTURE differs a lot from the original WHO version. Both versions are very good. A third version you can find on the LONDON SYNPHONY ORCHESTA version. This version was recorded and played solely by PETE TOWNSHEND !!

[lovedandhis]

this is an alterate version, its not on the soundtrack. Pete plays everything on it....i know my PETE. lol

[No1TuneRanger]

Were can I get the whole soundtrack to the movie , I have been looking for it everywhere I can only find LP's of it, are there any CD's of it out there?

[lyds97]

I F*CKING LOVE THE WHO!!

[asuazoful]

colonna sonora di tommy divenne anche un film che parla di un ragazzo cieco qui il pezzo fu anche la sigla di spaziolibero condotta su rai1 dalle annunciatrici tra cui anche la celebre rosanna vaudetti fu tolto dopo anni perche per la riforma della rai questo programma

[bellshock]

Actually, this wasn't released on the original soundtrack; it was only available as a single (45 rpm) along with the single version of "Listening to You/See Me, Feel Me". It even states that on the back of the original LP.. something like "Overture from Tommy available on Polydor [cat. number].

It was first included into the entire soundtrack in the late 80's, but only on the cassette version.

[drasticwillb]

I bought this album 35 years ago because I was a big Elton John fan. Then I saw the movie at our high school. With the perverted "Fiddle About", the freaky Tina Turner "Acid Queen", the evil Cousin Kevin, Ann-Margaret rolling suggestively in canned beans with half a breast hanging out, which is like 1 and a half regular breast, I was afraid to listen to the Who and make my mind like that.

[Cowcharge]

Umm, it's not a medley, it an overture, duh.

[lovedandhis]

I got this gem a record shop years back. its a rare version of overture and i LOVVVVVVVVVVVE what pete did with the whole over-synthisized version. The whole soundtrack is awesome 1975! My single broke so this is a treat! Thx

[Dustersaurus]

Thank You

[fhurvhur]

This doesn't sound like the LP I've purchased from London, back in 85, sounds like a later version.

[Nowhereman90]

Could you upload a few more songs from the soundtracks? I really like the sound of the movie versions

[WilmeriosWW]

TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM, PLEASE CHEACK OUT MY CHANNEL!!! I've uploaded disc 2 already, but I'll upload disc1 too very soon!

[destino58]

Bellissima1!!!

Ciao

[CerebrateHyatt]

Jack Nicholson is in this? =O

[MrKermit09]

@CerebrateHyatt yeah, he played the doctor

[wascimo93]

why have i a different version from this? are there two version?

[sanstitle]

Was this on the re-issued soundtrack? Because it wasn't on the first release. It was the "B" side of "See Me Feel Me" movie version.

[Hollywoodsteve]

@sanstitle Yes, that is true. It was a non-album B-side to the single "Listening To You / See Me Feel Me". But it was finally added to the CD re-release of the soundtrack in the 90s. It does not appear in the film itself.

[frankenmart]

Certain movies have an overture.. It is on the soundtrack of the movie print BEFORE you would even see the studio logo. You'd hear it as you got your seat. This was not only in musicals like WEST SIDE STORY, but also in epics like LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY, and even THE GREAT RACE. I wounder if during the original 1975 release of TOMMY if it had been treated in the same way? Does anyone know?

[theseusofathens]

that would be the Underture, then...

[TalentScott]

aaaaaaaaaaahhh l'ho trovata!

[sts44]

Pour moi la meilleure version

[sts44]

Pour moi la meilleure version.

[korgri]

I never knew how awful this was.... very tepid compared to the original album.

The 1989 live version is probably the best performance...

[AntiTraci]

PT played all of this! All the instruments and had a nervous breakdown after the Tommy film. Too much pressure.

[AntiTraci]

wow I used to have this single! THX

[marcorei13]

cominciammmo!!!!eccoci e una!!!

[bogercs]

Just looking at this logo makes you want to wear shades and wear a muzzle over your trap and you look like a creepy Tommy like this one right here!

[No1chestnut]

does any one remmember an ad for a allergy commercial,it had this tommy song in the background.i dont know what the product's name was but i was pist when they try to take a classic art form, just to sell some crap! love this and many other songs the who did.they should get more respect then that is all im saying.

[davidchastity]

this isn't the film soundtrack, the album cover here is from the film - no idea which version of the songs these are, but they aint from the film.

[nero8151972]

I have the original soundtrack recording and this is the first track. But you are correct, this song doe's not appear on the film. The film begins with the Prologue 1945 track from this album.

[termon8tr]

Does anyone know these songs are and what order there in?

[nannershea]

This is the movie soundtrack, not the album!! Thats why its different

[Rorschach65]

F You. Get out of here with that lame crap.

[LauretteSusan]

This overture sounds like it is from the ORIGINAL .

The image you have displayed is from their remake.

Cheers!

[azdavidza]

The first album cover displayed is the album this version is from.

[korgri]

@LauretteSusan

this is the movie soundtrack... nothing like the album.

[mullinator7]

now why the hell didn't they have the who do the music for this.

[Pulsar205]

The synth backing was done by Pete. He said he kept going back and putting more overdubs on. I've always felt that synth was just right. Something about it sends shivers down my spine.

[ruleta74835]

I too am a big fan of Pete's use of synthesizers. The way he played and arranged guitar, voice, synth, piano and occasional banjo and such, I find it amazing. He's waaaay more than a guitar smasher and windmill arm swinger. I like the 1975 arrangements of Tommy very much; it's as if Tommy was Quadrophenia-ized.

[dannykfuck]

does anybody which who song has like the orchestra strikes at the end of it. i know that's not exactly the right thing to call it, but it's really sharp and intense sounding. i thought it was probably off of tommy, and it's not on the greatest hits i have for them. anybody know what i'm talking about?

[Cielodrive]

Greatness!

[thedriverguy]

When I heard the album about a year after its release, late '70?, nobody really was figuring it would take a life of its own. Then the stage production hit with a big splash. Soon a movie, which had fantastic performances. I really liked Ann Margaret. WOW, what mother!!!!

[Pulsar205]

I first saw Tommy on the TV in '82. Blew me away. And Ann Margaret too!!!

[sreafea]

it's only on the O.S.T., not in the movie.

[pfnuesel]

The perfect opener.

[Pulsar205]

You have a thumbs up from me!

[wangbang93]

you have it mixed up in the info thing for this video... first there was an album called Tommy released by The Who... later it was made into a movie

[Cavelson]

That's correct!

[skaneSugerRov]

The Who<3

[weekie5678]

Cool