Even though the visuals in "Tommy" were a bit weird, this ending was truly uplifting and I always took that interpretation as Tommy looking within himself and finds enlightenment or finding god, which is why him climbing the mountain makes it so symbolic in a spiritual way. Amazing movie!
Yea I am😢 what a Powerful outstanding roci opera film I love roger daltery he's amazing and everyone else in Tommy but rip Oliver reed died in a break of gladiators Keith moon died in his friends flat.. but Tommy is so amazing❤❤
@@Kyle-mw3bo Jewish: the "WHO" talks about the stuff I went through; They do it better. In my twenties there were two movies God got me interested in besides the Jesus movies I always watched: BOTH of these movies were the "INSIDE" scoop on the Jesus movies in that they showed me my part in becoming "ONE" with Jesus: The WHO album "TOMMY" was made into a movie and I watched it at least seven times and each time it brought me to tears but I didn't understand the movie till I was 40 and became TOMMY myself. I'm going to put two songs up that have to do with the breaking of the vessel of vanity in a way that is NOT in Biblical rhetoric but just as REAL to finding the SOUL outside of it as any prophet ever explained: I will just explain the two videos and then see if it vibes with you without just explaining that God wants to break it in us and why give it if you just want to break it: In TOMMY (Thomas=TWIN and is the twin of the LORD who does not and will not understand and trust that he is alive till he himself can touch his wounds): Tommy does get that chance because Pete Townsend had this experience of the Bible and he wasn't a Christian (I think he is a Jew, don't know): Anyway, Tommy lost the ability to communicate with others because a big trauma in his childhood: HE found PINBALL (pin down the problem by trying to figure out how things FIT IN THE RIGHT HOLE): The SILVER is DESIRE in the BIBLE and it is cankered according to Malachai, and needs to be cleansed as well as the gold (LOVE-tried by fire) and then Judah's anointing will be pleasant or Christ will be seen when the silver and gold tried by FIRE (which comes later for Tommy but first the BREAKING OF THE VESSEL OF VANITY VANITY all is vanity: TOMMY who is looking at "HIMSELF" to find himself, will not find himself (SOUL) till he first breaks through the vanity or mirror of HIM "SELF": At that point he LIKE JONAH enters the DEEP (his subconscious) and here he is FREED: I keep seeing more all the time: Ann Margret is obviously Babylon (harlot or carnal mind) and she is wearing SILVER jewelry that is obviously cankered: She is pushing Tommy to the point of breaking the vessel as he runs through the deep of himself he runs by those who are still just OBSERVING life but his life is not complete yet; NOW COMES MY last 30 years of trying to explain this and even SHOW people if you want this, you too have to play pin ball (PIN DOWN YOUR SILVER (DESIRES) well that didn't work lol yes Tommy is the story I relate to and Jesus is the INNER MAN OF TOMMY, the part of him that connects to the soul which he found when he stopped LOOKING at him SELF its simple but only when you get there when I speak of the breaking of the vessel of vanity, the vessel of vanity in others hears it and it says NOT ON MY WATCH lol, and so it is meant to be because TOMMY needed to look at himself till he didn't need it anymore it is PETE Townsend and yes, he is Jewish: Now I have Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete Townsend to explain my messy experience: Tommy doesn't quite get it : He can't give Messiah to anyone; They soon let him know his attempts will only destroy everything in his life; FOLLOW ME and count the cost I'm almost here: I almost am completely destroyed in my attempts to hold on to even the RELIGION that tries to explain truth because even when you hear it with the carnal ears you can't hear it till you hear it with the spiritual ears
I've always felt that in this last scene of Tommy, he is able to ascend, both literally and spiritually, all of what he has been through. He is cleansed with water at the lake and the waterfall, and then physically climbs his way out of all of the traumatic experiences he has had up to then.
Goddamn was Roger Daltry ever crazed!!!! Jumping though fire! Climbing a waterfall barefoot?!?!? Standing under a clearly ice cold waterfall and then continuing barefoot and shirtless up that mountain!?!? Crazed!!
I always felt that this last song of the movie was all about meeting God. There are so many religious connotations in this rock opera. When I watched it for the first time, it hit me so emotionally, that I just cried and cried.
Same here. There is a sound alchemy by Larimar that spiritually picks up this.I can hear the name Tommy. It's about lost souls ascending to Creator ❤❤❤❤
The story of a child that becomes a sociopath, and then finds a way out towards spiritual liberation. - Born as a healthy child, then: - Trauma and isolation - Social abuse and rejection - Narcissism is built up (become the best, a "pinball wizard". Always compete, always win) - Worldly success and fame is not enough. It's time to become a supra-human, a god, via religion or politics. - Satiety/Disillusion/Decay/Suicide/Death
I think Cousin Kevin, Tommy's Stepdad "Uncle" Frank, the Acid Queen and *OF COURSE WICKED PHILTHY UNCLE ERNIE* were *ALL THE REAL SOCIOPATHS BOTH IN THE ALBUM AND THE FILM THE WHO WENT ON TO ADAPT 6 YEARS LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REMEMBER TOMMY WAS A DEAF DUMB AND BLIND BOY AFTER TRAUMATICALLY WITNESSING HIS REAL FATHER'S TRAGIC MURDER BY HIS STEPDAD FRANK, SO HE'S DISABLED BY THAT EXPERIENCE AND SUBJECTED TO VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF TORTURE AND ABUSE TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT CATATONIC NON SPEAKING STATE HES IN WHERE HE FINDS PINBALL ELEVATES HIM AND TAKES HIM TO ANOTHER WORLDLY STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
@@jeanmichellelaurentalso the swimming through the lake--baptism, waterfall--spiritual cleansing, purification, climbing the mountain, hardship and trial of spiritual journey through life. Actually, at the end as he's joyous to be in the sunrise, I see it as his end of life's journey and being welcomed into Paradise.
Inspiring song in paise of God and every believer of every faith can understand it and accept it, due to the use of the Sun, which is the unifying, life-giving and observing principal In Creation. Cool.
Love how the end shot comes back full circle to the opening shot of the movie. And I always wondered how they were allowed to burn down a pier for this last scene, but recently I discovered that whilst filming an indoor scene at Southsea the pier caught fire. The camera crew kept rolling and the footage was slotted into this scene. Genius Ken Russell!
This movie may be super weird but the ending is just phenomenal and magnificent. his reaction to his parents death is really quite heartbreaking. Then somehow he finds god all on his own. Simply remarkable. Then Listening To You I feel could be it’s own music video and standout all own it’s own! Ken Russell did some brilliant work on this film despite being all over the place.
I listened that song I don´t know a thousand times, when I was a teen. It touched my heart and soul and I think it had a meaning, that I loved that song and needed it so badly. Music can help healing, or at least help standing situations, which are hard painful, even if we don´t realize at that moment
Not weird. Surreal. Read Wikipedia to understand the story. I deduce you are young. You are from wokedom 👉 🇺🇸 where surrealism has been knocked out of you. When the hippie gen from 👉 USA were around at the albums release of 1969. Most would have understood it. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
@@ericfeldy1466 Never seen this film in its entirety s not a fan of the who, i have a complicated relationship with their whole image stretching back to when i was a, mentally "unstable" child to put it mildly. So have had huge anxiety relating to their output, not lest this film. But as i am vaguely aware of the outline of the story what i took out of this watching it now is, he had a baptism of fire that brought him out of his psychosis after the trials of his past that not only allowed him to regain his sight but a clear view out towards his future
This has to be the best soundtrack ever made!! Such engaging, riveting, soul stirring music as well as lyrics and vocals in Listening to You! I found it so enrapturing to watch and listen to when it was new as an 8 or 9 year old. Even more so now! Those were the wonder years for a kid who's Dad was in the USAF from 1953-1973.
fun fact about this scene: in roger daltrey’s autobiography he says that he was terrified making it to the point where the crew had to constantly reassure him it would be ok
Health and safety today would give this a no go . so many props that are precariously, balanced, and fire effects. I hate to give praise to a time that okayed artist peril but it really played out beautifully. No one I know has done a rock opera that has this many layers. There are shows that give layers to the rock opera genre, but not a band. This is a singular and unsafe expression of rock ‘n’ roll. Long live rock ‘n’ roll.
This is one of my favorite movies, I've probably seen it 10 times. I first saw it in the theaters in 1975. It came back in the theaters in 1980 and I saw it again. I still love it and watch it every few years. Roger Daltry and Ann Margarette were incredible. She was just so hot, she could sing, dance like there was no tomorrow, and she was a good actress. What a performance! Pete Townsend was a genius to come up with this concept and write all the lyrics and music. Where did he even get the idea of a trauma induced psychosomatic deaf, blind, mute? Then to come up with the whole pinball wizard thing and tie it all together. Genius. This wasn't just incredible music, it was a psychedelic fantasy story. It's timeless. It's been 49 years now and no other band has made a rock opera or come up with a story. Townsend is a genius!
Funny, I was born in Belfast but have lived in Portsmouth for over twenty years yet my heart has always been in the Lakes at Derwentwater just behind him at the end.
Tommy found God, through not having his senses and gaining them back he experienced something that we all take for granted. Tommy tried to spread his experience to others but it became a dangerous cult following, in the end when everyone is gone and it’s just him he still has that truth that no one can take from him. I love how triumphant and beautiful this song is
This movie belongs right up there with The Beatles Yellow Submarine and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bamd. because you can never be tired of watching a true masterpiece.
Oh my God, I watched this movie (14) times when it first came out & only now 40 something years later, do I get the meaning of finally "waking up." It's very applicable to what is happening now with the asleep masses as the world gov't are committing genocide & people are FINALLY breaking free of the brain washing & seeing what's happening right in front of our faces. WOW...And boy, was Roger a hottie to say the least.
It's one of those very powerful songs that goes deep inside me. A very meaningful and esoteric song designed to turn one's soul inside out. Death and resurrection to real life ❤
Loved this song, it just makes you feel good. If you start watching the film and think it's weird, stick with it. It all builds to show Tommy's journey on the road to enlightenment, and you may just find it inspiring. Well worth watching. I still cant get over all those baked beans!
Ken Russel's *Tommy* and Norman Jewison's *Jesus Christ Superstar* - utterly fabulous movie /music experiences. Saw both of them when they came out - I was 14 and 15 with no idea how low culture would descend beginning in the later 80s... slowly downhill until the total, demoralizing junk that saturates everything now. (I'm not sure why but thinking back to 70s, I'm remember going to see Genesis's *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway* in early 1975 too. Another pretty fantastic "rock opera."). Those were the days - I'm glad I was a teenager then.
This is a powerful ending. Tommy recognizes his parents' (okay, mom and stepdad's) contributions to who he has become. They sometimes failed, but after their mistakes they genuinely tried to provide the best for him. So he puts their hands together in an act of reconciliation. Then he climbs the mountain and ascends to the universe partly because of the foundation they laid. It's a Christ parable, of course, but it's applicable to many cultures worldwide nevertheless, most of which have similar figures, one or many of them. In this film, Pete Towshend and Ken Russell displayed a remarkable ability to envision what was coming 50 years ago. I think the Boomers, who were raised on this music, are facing the same dynamic with their children and grandchildren, who are exceeding them just as they exceeded their own parents. All the negative press in the world notwithstanding, it's still happening. Let's please put an end to the generational wars.
Wonderful to be able to watch this, I have been trying to stream it everywhere but no luck. Would love to see it on stage even though the actors are brilliant. Ann-Margaret is such a good singer and actress, Oliver Reed is so funny. Roger Daltrey is my least favourite of The Who but in this he shows that he can not only sing but also act. Keith Moon is hilarious as Uncle Ernie. Despite the great entertainment, you get the feeling of serious sadness all through the film.
Summer of '75. Remember it like it was yesterday... If you weren't there you have no idea what "Quintophonic Sound" means in a big glorious movie theater .... What happened to all that? Really.
I crying because i just realize in the listening to you lyrc hes actually refering to his fathers, and the whole climbing the mountain is hes reflection to whats his father and mother have been through, very similar feeling that i had when my mother died from cancer.The only thing i could thing is the things that shes been to protect me
Tommy experienced a tragedy as a kid and lost his senses. Miraculously he got back all his senses. His ego got too big. No one was into him and his parents died because of his narcissism. At the end he found out he didn't need to believe in anyone but God. He was a good person all along...
I think his parents played a big role in his ego. I don't think being narcissist played a role. Tommy simply tried to explain what he went through and challenged his campers to play pinball without speaking, seeing and hearing.
Greeting from germany. This here is the iconic scene for all pinball maniacs (or as we say in germany: Flipper-Verrückte) who are into the early EM (electro-mechanical) games. I am, too! It's hard to stand to see all the smashed games here but back in those days there literally were millions of EMs around. So who cared about this few when most of the rest when to the garbage, too. BUT: There is a pinball machine from Data East, called "Tommy" (released 1994). An excellent game with stunning gameplay based on the musical which was brought onto the stages in the early 1990s as far as i know. I owned this machine several years ago and after the final ball has drained there was "See me - Feel me" as THE song directly played after and fading out the Game Over of your game. It kicked me from the very beginning. Although i thought i "knew" THE WHO i never really searched after their work. I did afterwards and as others wrote before: This song belongs definitely to the best from the "Pinball Wizard" album. Unbelieveable chorus which made me listening to it over and over again.
It's a movie and an ALBUM that was WAYYYY ahead of it's time. Russell and the Who and the entire cast ( i mean Elton John/Tina Turner/Ann-Margret/ERic Clapton - it doesn't get any better there). And the ending is just transformative. ICONIC yes, but for all times
I was up the hill in the Lake district dueing filming and saw Anne Margaret, chatted with Daltrey and bounced on the big trampoline they had up there... not quite sure why that was there. Also watched Robert Powell in air force uniform lift the disc to cover his face. Ken Russell at work was a force of nature! Didn't appreciate at the time whatva big deal it was - I was content to meet Daltrey.
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Still sounds fantastic in 2024
Even though the visuals in "Tommy" were a bit weird, this ending was truly uplifting and I always took that interpretation as Tommy looking within himself and finds enlightenment or finding god, which is why him climbing the mountain makes it so symbolic in a spiritual way. Amazing movie!
2024 still listening
so what
Hell YEAH!!! Saw it in 1975 age. 9-10 , timeless ❤
je pense que vous n'étiez pas né,
Yea I am😢 what a Powerful outstanding roci opera film I love roger daltery he's amazing and everyone else in Tommy but rip Oliver reed died in a break of gladiators Keith moon died in his friends flat.. but Tommy is so amazing❤❤
@@monstersincedon't be mean it's a lovely movie❤❤❤
This video & song never gets old… best part of the whole musical to me. I’m still listening to it 2021
Agreed
I love Rogers smile and just the whole enlightening feeling this ending brings, it’s so powerful
The finale is always the best part
me too in 2023
It’ll change your life musically
roger daltrey and mick jagger, the best rockers ever ! 79 years old both ! long live !!!
Agreed!!!! Along with Robert Plant a Close 2nd
@@whitakertroy6330 exact, les 3
It's interesting that in the end, Tommy showed more compassion to his Mum and Stepdad than they ever showed him.
@@reflexedrose1879 Pete Townshend is very famously not Christian and a follower of Indian spiritualism
@@Kyle-mw3bo Jewish:
the "WHO" talks about the stuff I went through; They do it better.
In my twenties there were two movies God got me interested in besides the Jesus movies I always watched: BOTH of these movies were the "INSIDE" scoop on the Jesus movies in that they showed me my part in becoming "ONE" with Jesus:
The WHO album "TOMMY" was made into a movie and I watched it at least seven times and each time it brought me to tears but I didn't understand the movie till I was 40 and became TOMMY myself. I'm going to put two songs up that have to do with the breaking of the vessel of vanity in a way that is NOT in Biblical rhetoric but just as REAL to finding the SOUL outside of it as any prophet ever explained:
I will just explain the two videos and then see if it vibes with you without just explaining that God wants to break it in us and why give it if you just want to break it:
In TOMMY (Thomas=TWIN and is the twin of the LORD who does not and will not understand and trust that he is alive till he himself can touch his wounds): Tommy does get that chance because Pete Townsend had this experience of the Bible and he wasn't a Christian (I think he is a Jew, don't know): Anyway, Tommy lost the ability to communicate with others because a big trauma in his childhood: HE found PINBALL (pin down the problem by trying to figure out how things FIT IN THE RIGHT HOLE):
The SILVER is DESIRE in the BIBLE and it is cankered according to Malachai, and needs to be cleansed as well as the gold (LOVE-tried by fire) and then Judah's anointing will be pleasant or Christ will be seen when the silver and gold tried by FIRE (which comes later for Tommy but first the BREAKING OF THE VESSEL OF VANITY VANITY all is vanity: TOMMY who is looking at "HIMSELF" to find himself, will not find himself (SOUL) till he first breaks through the vanity or mirror of HIM "SELF": At that point he LIKE JONAH enters the DEEP (his subconscious) and here he is FREED:
I keep seeing more all the time: Ann Margret is obviously Babylon (harlot or carnal mind) and she is wearing SILVER jewelry that is obviously cankered: She is pushing Tommy to the point of breaking the vessel
as he runs through the deep of himself he runs by those who are still just OBSERVING life but his life is not complete yet;
NOW COMES MY last 30 years of trying to explain this and even SHOW people if you want this, you too have to play pin ball (PIN DOWN YOUR SILVER (DESIRES)
well that didn't work lol
yes Tommy is the story I relate to and Jesus is the INNER MAN OF TOMMY, the part of him that connects to the soul which he found when he stopped LOOKING at him SELF
its simple but only when you get there
when I speak of the breaking of the vessel of vanity, the vessel of vanity in others hears it and it says NOT ON MY WATCH lol, and so it is meant to be because TOMMY needed to look at himself till he didn't need it anymore
it is PETE Townsend and yes, he is Jewish: Now I have Neil Diamond, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete Townsend to explain my messy experience:
Tommy doesn't quite get it : He can't give Messiah to anyone; They soon let him know his attempts will only destroy everything in his life; FOLLOW ME and count the cost
I'm almost here: I almost am completely destroyed in my attempts to hold on to even the RELIGION that tries to explain truth because even when you hear it with the carnal ears you can't hear it till you hear it with the spiritual ears
Well in the final moments, they gave their life protecting him.
Always ❤
Love is the answer ❤
I've always felt that in this last scene of Tommy, he is able to ascend, both literally and spiritually, all of what he has been through. He is cleansed with water at the lake and the waterfall, and then physically climbs his way out of all of the traumatic experiences he has had up to then.
I still cry when i see this scene!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This song gives me hope in hopeless times.
Me too when I feel down
Same here.
This song is pure art....awesome.
I agree
His smile at 4:18 is so inspiring and amazing
One of the bands that made history
The stones are awesome, but never made a rock opera like this that made you question all of the moves
Who? 😉
Goddamn was Roger Daltry ever crazed!!!! Jumping though fire! Climbing a waterfall barefoot?!?!? Standing under a clearly ice cold waterfall and then continuing barefoot and shirtless up that mountain!?!? Crazed!!
And he still managed to look pretty damn hot while doing all this crazy stuff!😎
A storytelling God
Roger Daltrey BEST Vocalist EVER..
@@whitakertroy6330 There is no doubt that the great Roger Daltrey is up there with the absolute most powerful vocalists in the history of Rock!
@@wangson Agreed brother,I have loved the WHO for over 50 years and I'm 58.. Absolutely Adore Roger,John,Pete,Keith
When it gets to the part where he says " looking at you " I always have tears in my eyes. Such an emotional song
I always felt that this last song of the movie was all about meeting God. There are so many religious connotations in this rock opera. When I watched it for the first time, it hit me so emotionally, that I just cried and cried.
Não exatamente sobre Deus mas sim sobre a espiritualidade. Isto é diferente de religião.
Really? 🤔
Same here. There is a sound alchemy by Larimar that spiritually picks up this.I can hear the name Tommy. It's about lost souls ascending to Creator ❤❤❤❤
I saw this movie for the first time in 1975 and was entranced. I have been a fan for the past almost 50 years.
I watched this scene being filmed and met them all afterwards.
@JulieH57do you remember if it was filmed in the morning or afternoon
@@travelingman6511 It would have been afternoon as I watched it after work.
@@JulieH57 ahh yes i would think so and the whole seen would have taken months to do
@@travelingman6511 No. it just took that afternoon to film. Probably days to set it up, but I watched it in one afternoon
@@JulieH57 i can the atmosphere
I saw this when it first came out. It is the best musical move. Love the ending song.
We had some really good music..hair,rocky mt horror show etc
This and 1973's *Jesus Christ Superstar*.
His appeal to be seen, felt, touched, healed..isn't it what each of us wants and needs? And wants to give to others, including God?
I get so caught up in Rogers exuberance during this segment of his performance. Pure ecsatsy.
The story of a child that becomes a sociopath, and then finds a way out towards spiritual liberation.
- Born as a healthy child, then:
- Trauma and isolation
- Social abuse and rejection
- Narcissism is built up (become the best, a "pinball wizard". Always compete, always win)
- Worldly success and fame is not enough. It's time to become a supra-human, a god, via religion or politics.
- Satiety/Disillusion/Decay/Suicide/Death
When he puts his parents' hands together, you know he is the final type :)
I think Cousin Kevin, Tommy's Stepdad "Uncle" Frank, the Acid Queen and *OF COURSE WICKED PHILTHY UNCLE ERNIE* were *ALL THE REAL SOCIOPATHS BOTH IN THE ALBUM AND THE FILM THE WHO WENT ON TO ADAPT 6 YEARS LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REMEMBER TOMMY WAS A DEAF DUMB AND BLIND BOY AFTER TRAUMATICALLY WITNESSING HIS REAL FATHER'S TRAGIC MURDER BY HIS STEPDAD FRANK, SO HE'S DISABLED BY THAT EXPERIENCE AND SUBJECTED TO VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF TORTURE AND ABUSE TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT CATATONIC NON SPEAKING STATE HES IN WHERE HE FINDS PINBALL ELEVATES HIM AND TAKES HIM TO ANOTHER WORLDLY STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
@@squamish4244 And when he rises up with the sun, it's like the sun is melting away his sin and he is born again
@@jeanmichellelaurentalso the swimming through the lake--baptism, waterfall--spiritual cleansing, purification, climbing the mountain, hardship and trial of spiritual journey through life. Actually, at the end as he's joyous to be in the sunrise, I see it as his end of life's journey and being welcomed into Paradise.
This is a really interesting take, since Tommy's not a sociopath through nature OR nurture, but still fits all the beats you described.
My favourite musical moment in a movie, ever.
two things - why didn't Pete Townshend get a "producer" credit - and how did Ken Russell get Daltry to rush up those dangerous rocky heights?!? Crazy.
Inspiring song in paise of God and every believer of every faith can understand it and accept it, due to the use of the Sun, which is the unifying, life-giving and observing principal In Creation. Cool.
Wow. Amazing! The last rock opera before punk!
Quadrophenia tho
And the wall
Love how the end shot comes back full circle to the opening shot of the movie. And I always wondered how they were allowed to burn down a pier for this last scene, but recently I discovered that whilst filming an indoor scene at Southsea the pier caught fire. The camera crew kept rolling and the footage was slotted into this scene. Genius Ken Russell!
This movie may be super weird but the ending is just phenomenal and magnificent. his reaction to his parents death is really quite heartbreaking. Then somehow he finds god all on his own. Simply remarkable. Then Listening To You I feel could be it’s own music video and standout all own it’s own! Ken Russell did some brilliant work on this film despite being all over the place.
I listened that song I don´t know a thousand times, when I was a teen. It touched my heart and soul and I think it had a meaning, that I loved that song and needed it so badly. Music can help healing, or at least help standing situations, which are hard painful, even if we don´t realize at that moment
Where do you get god from any of this?
Not weird. Surreal.
Read Wikipedia to understand the story.
I deduce you are young.
You are from wokedom 👉 🇺🇸 where surrealism has been knocked out of you.
When the hippie gen from 👉 USA were around at the albums release of 1969.
Most would have understood it.
🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
@@ericfeldy1466
Never seen this film in its entirety s not a fan of the who, i have a complicated relationship with their whole image stretching back to when i was a, mentally "unstable" child to put it mildly. So have had huge anxiety relating to their output, not lest this film.
But as i am vaguely aware of the outline of the story what i took out of this watching it now is, he had a baptism of fire that brought him out of his psychosis after the trials of his past that not only allowed him to regain his sight but a clear view out towards his future
@@ericfeldy1466I thought he was singing this to his father who was killed in the beginning?
This has to be the best soundtrack ever made!! Such engaging, riveting, soul stirring music as well as lyrics and vocals in Listening to You! I found it so enrapturing to watch and listen to when it was new as an 8 or 9 year old. Even more so now! Those were the wonder years for a kid who's Dad was in the USAF from 1953-1973.
fun fact about this scene: in roger daltrey’s autobiography he says that he was terrified making it to the point where the crew had to constantly reassure him it would be ok
What's his autobiography called?
Thanks a lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My story
@@Tenkara_RetireeIt’s a great read!
Health and safety today would give this a no go
. so many props that are precariously, balanced, and fire effects. I hate to give praise to a time that okayed artist peril but it really played out beautifully. No one I know has done a rock opera that has this many layers. There are shows that give layers to the rock opera genre, but not a band. This is a singular and unsafe expression of rock ‘n’ roll. Long live rock ‘n’ roll.
No CGi here, kids. I'd be scared to do that stunt too!
Roger Daltrey's vocal is incredible on this version. If its been said already.....i dont care.😂
This is one of my favorite movies, I've probably seen it 10 times. I first saw it in the theaters in 1975. It came back in the theaters in 1980 and I saw it again. I still love it and watch it every few years. Roger Daltry and Ann Margarette were incredible. She was just so hot, she could sing, dance like there was no tomorrow, and she was a good actress. What a performance! Pete Townsend was a genius to come up with this concept and write all the lyrics and music. Where did he even get the idea of a trauma induced psychosomatic deaf, blind, mute? Then to come up with the whole pinball wizard thing and tie it all together. Genius. This wasn't just incredible music, it was a psychedelic fantasy story. It's timeless. It's been 49 years now and no other band has made a rock opera or come up with a story. Townsend is a genius!
A true unique and unparalleled masterpiece!!
Funny, I was born in Belfast but have lived in Portsmouth for over twenty years yet my heart has always been in the Lakes at Derwentwater just behind him at the end.
Tommy found God, through not having his senses and gaining them back he experienced something that we all take for granted. Tommy tried to spread his experience to others but it became a dangerous cult following, in the end when everyone is gone and it’s just him he still has that truth that no one can take from him. I love how triumphant and beautiful this song is
I'm surprised some Christian Contemporary group has never remade this song.
I love it too.
There is no God
@@julieporter7805 they do love to misinterpret things
Beautifully summed up! ❤
Roger Daltrey worked his ass off making that movie. That didn't look easy, and then consider how many takes there were for every scene.
And he injured his back. Timeless master piece. Ann Margret was smoking hot!!!
Great and powerful voice. One of the greatest frontmen in Rock history
Thank you for this full movie I am shocked how many stars were in the film and I was also surprised at Rodgers acting skills He was brilliant.
Surprised!watch mc vicar Great Rodger at his best
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This movie belongs right up there with The Beatles Yellow Submarine and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bamd. because you can never be tired of watching a true masterpiece.
I was with you for the first part....then you lost me.
Wrong Sir,all due respect belongs MUCH Higher
This is incredibly uplifting.
heck yeah, it embodies youth and vigor
@@btdtagain More than that. Transcendence. Beyond the narrow confines of space and time, youth and vigour, aging and death.
Every time I listen to it.
Last time I heard this song was in the early 90s
and yes,it never gets old🤓👍🙌😎
Wonderful song.
That last “feel me” always makes me weep
Oh my God, I watched this movie (14) times when it first came out & only now 40 something years later, do I get the meaning of finally "waking up." It's very applicable to what is happening now with the asleep masses as the world gov't are committing genocide & people are FINALLY breaking free of the brain washing & seeing what's happening right in front of our faces. WOW...And boy, was Roger a hottie to say the least.
It's one of those very powerful songs that goes deep inside me. A very meaningful and esoteric song designed to turn one's soul inside out. Death and resurrection to real life ❤
Loved this song, it just makes you feel good.
If you start watching the film and think it's weird, stick with it. It all builds to show Tommy's journey on the road to enlightenment, and you may just find it inspiring. Well worth watching.
I still cant get over all those baked beans!
OUTSTANDING classic!!!!!!
My grandmother and I watched this all the time when I was younger. Still one of my favorite movies to watch. Still gives me goosebumps 😊
First saw this film when I was 17 so late 2008 or sometime in 2009.
Timeless.
Ken Russel's *Tommy* and Norman Jewison's *Jesus Christ Superstar* - utterly fabulous movie /music experiences. Saw both of them when they came out - I was 14 and 15 with no idea how low culture would descend beginning in the later 80s... slowly downhill until the total, demoralizing junk that saturates everything now. (I'm not sure why but thinking back to 70s, I'm remember going to see Genesis's *The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway* in early 1975 too. Another pretty fantastic "rock opera."). Those were the days - I'm glad I was a teenager then.
I LOVE THE LYRICS ❤️ AMAZING 🥰 ROGER DALTREY IT REALLY DOES TOUCH ME WHEN HE SINGS THOSE LYRICS ❤️
The member of The Who
This is a powerful ending. Tommy recognizes his parents' (okay, mom and stepdad's) contributions to who he has become. They sometimes failed, but after their mistakes they genuinely tried to provide the best for him. So he puts their hands together in an act of reconciliation. Then he climbs the mountain and ascends to the universe partly because of the foundation they laid. It's a Christ parable, of course, but it's applicable to many cultures worldwide nevertheless, most of which have similar figures, one or many of them.
In this film, Pete Towshend and Ken Russell displayed a remarkable ability to envision what was coming 50 years ago. I think the Boomers, who were raised on this music, are facing the same dynamic with their children and grandchildren, who are exceeding them just as they exceeded their own parents. All the negative press in the world notwithstanding, it's still happening. Let's please put an end to the generational wars.
Wonderful to be able to watch this, I have been trying to stream it everywhere but no luck. Would love to see it on stage even though the actors are brilliant. Ann-Margaret is such a good singer and actress, Oliver Reed is so funny. Roger Daltrey is my least favourite of The Who but in this he shows that he can not only sing but also act. Keith Moon is hilarious as Uncle Ernie. Despite the great entertainment, you get the feeling of serious sadness all through the film.
Way better than the album/ studio versions. Listening to you just keeps going on and on.....❤❤❤😊
I often wonder what happens to Tommy after the events of this movie. Because he has no family left and doesn’t have any friends that we know of.
Plot twist he’s 30 years old at that point.
Summer of '75. Remember it like it was yesterday... If you weren't there you have no idea what "Quintophonic Sound" means in a big glorious movie theater .... What happened to all that? Really.
Amen brother me too ,saw it in '75" with my sisters . LOVE the WHO
Sooo Uplifting!! 👍💖💖💖💖
I was 13 years old when I saw this film in Theaters!
I was 14
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The Wall and Tommy, the best works ever.
Great!! I love the Song , his rock Voice and the Video.
Such a powerful song
Tommy Can you Hear me? Hear Me Tommy... This is Gonna be Great 👍❤
The greatest film ever made. There's no argument.
The BEST film ever! First film I remember seeing in the theater. I have probably seen it well over a hundred times!
I crying because i just realize in the listening to you lyrc hes actually refering to his fathers, and the whole climbing the mountain is hes reflection to whats his father and mother have been through, very similar feeling that i had when my mother died from cancer.The only thing i could thing is the things that shes been to protect me
A real masterpiece!
That's the best phase out and back into end credits we have
Tommy experienced a tragedy as a kid and lost his senses. Miraculously he got back all his senses. His ego got too big. No one was into him and his parents died because of his narcissism. At the end he found out he didn't need to believe in anyone but God. He was a good person all along...
I think his parents played a big role in his ego. I don't think being narcissist played a role. Tommy simply tried to explain what he went through and challenged his campers to play pinball without speaking, seeing and hearing.
Also forced capitalism played a role in his demise and greed cost the lives of his parents.
that movie was unreal man what a trip
The undivided attention I gave this video is unprecedented.
roger daltrey really did burn himself on this scene, brilliant ending
you amaze me with the firing of all these pinball crates
I watched last night in honor of Tina. I forgot what s great movie it actually is
Greeting from germany. This here is the iconic scene for all pinball maniacs (or as we say in germany: Flipper-Verrückte) who are into the early EM (electro-mechanical) games. I am, too! It's hard to stand to see all the smashed games here but back in those days there literally were millions of EMs around. So who cared about this few when most of the rest when to the garbage, too. BUT: There is a pinball machine from Data East, called "Tommy" (released 1994). An excellent game with stunning gameplay based on the musical which was brought onto the stages in the early 1990s as far as i know. I owned this machine several years ago and after the final ball has drained there was "See me - Feel me" as THE song directly played after and fading out the Game Over of your game. It kicked me from the very beginning. Although i thought i "knew" THE WHO i never really searched after their work. I did afterwards and as others wrote before: This song belongs definitely to the best from the "Pinball Wizard" album. Unbelieveable chorus which made me listening to it over and over again.
Only if you lived in the 70s can you understand this iconic film...
this is not true
It's a movie and an ALBUM that was WAYYYY ahead of it's time. Russell and the Who and the entire cast ( i mean Elton John/Tina Turner/Ann-Margret/ERic Clapton - it doesn't get any better there). And the ending is just transformative. ICONIC yes, but for all times
Those who lived in the 60s, 70s and 80s were truly blessed.
One of my favorite movies, remember watching it in the movie theatre
nope
I also am here in worship to God 🙏
I'll shout it out when I can finally retire
I liked this movie
Tommy
This is so good musik movie.i looking long time and now
Thank you😅😅😅
You tell i sm free
Facing the rising sun and a new dawn.
I was struggling to understand this film but i still loved it
i miss you son you are my inspiration that inspires me I miss you son.
Sempre me arrepio toda,quando escutou essa música 🎶🎸🎼 Até chorou 🌹
I wish I could say that no pinball machines were destroyed in the making of this movie, but I fear it is not so.
The Who Reign O'er Me!
I Saw in the cinema I was 20, fantastic, I loved it til today.
This movie is so tender to Tommy's very flawed parents.
The lingering shot of Frank and his mom's hands together in death always makes me cry.
Goes to show how little talent, passion and inspiration is in todays terrible music
J'avais 15 ans !
Un sacré putain de film, et une sacré putain de musique !
Et aussi une sacré putain d'époque !
Dang, that's good!
Who saw this in the theatre? I was 8
I must go back and watch this freak show along with Rocky horror to get to the root of my brainwashing.
All of it ❤❤
Thx for this - its awesome
why this movie is like this? It is extravagant and all over the place.
Awoke with this song in my head
Thank you, Mateo.
Memories
I was up the hill in the Lake district dueing filming and saw Anne Margaret, chatted with Daltrey and bounced on the big trampoline they had up there... not quite sure why that was there. Also watched Robert Powell in air force uniform lift the disc to cover his face. Ken Russell at work was a force of nature! Didn't appreciate at the time whatva big deal it was - I was content to meet Daltrey.
From doubting Tommy to faithful disciple
Seeing South Parade pier on fire at the end. Omg, and to think it was the film that was responsible. Fortunately it looks great now.
I saw Tommy at the theater- I think I was 11
SON YOU ARE MY FIRST BORN SON OF THE BEGINNING BEFORE ALL
I love this,him..for years,yes he found yahuah.out of dark..selah🎉
watched 100 times