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Title: Great Music, but a rock and roll crime.
Review: Tommy is not the first rock opera, as it is widely acknowledged to be. The story of Tommy is not even the Who's. While the music of Tommy is great, and some of the Who's best, the album itself is a crime. The real first rock opera is S.F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things, a psychedelic band from San Franciso, released in 1968.The album is a rock opera and tells virtually the exact same story as Tommy, except the protaganist;s name is S.F. Sorrow, not Tommy. For some reason, The Who not only gets the credit for making the first rock opera, but also for a story they didn't even think of. I like the Who a lot, but this album is a complete slap in the face to The Pretty Things. Townsend even admitted that most of his influence for Tommy came from S.F. Sorrow, but forgot to say the reason was its the same story and concept of Tommy.
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