![]() ![]() ![]() You can watch old newsreels or read history books, but if you want to be able to feel where a past society was at, your best bet is to listen to the music of the times.īilled as the first “rock opera”, “Tommy” was primarily composed by Pete Townsend. Social ideologies the world over were in a complete state of flux, and while America was busy putting a man on the moon, its civil rights leaders were being assassinated. ![]() The Beatles were on the verge of breaking up and, with America fully absorbed in Vietnam, the hippie movement and the Summer of Love were in full bloom. When The Who released their fourth studio album “Tommy” on May 23rd, 1969, the times were certainly a-changin’. ![]()
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