“Get Out and Stay Out” was recorded for the 1979 Quadrophenia film soundtrack and wasn’t part of the original album in 1973. That’s Kenney Jones on drums, Keith Moon having died a year earlier.
I have no idea why this song traveled through the bizarre labyrinth of my brain’s random music generator and greeted me upon awakening this morning.
Well, maybe I do.
Whether it was the glorious original or the film version, Quadrophenia WAS the soundtrack of my life in late 1979. This was a difficult time, and to be honest, I was a bit lost.
Quadrophenia tells the story of Jimmy, a confused kid with a four-sided personality disorder. Pete Townshend’s ability to convey simultaneous emotions of uncertainty, pride, anger, bliss and angst fit my mood perfectly in 1979, even if I was coming to the music somewhat late.
I believe the band was at its peak in terms of performing Quadrophenia and bringing life to Townshend’s ideas, and that’s why it’s my favorite album of the rock era.
As with Jimmy, it was all inside my head, and I needed to get over myself. Eventually I did, trying for once in my life to do...Read more
