I've noticed a number of peculiar incidents among the members of the student body all having to do with rock and roll music.

Oh, I'm down, betcha man. Now if you don't think this song is the greatest song ever. I will fight you.

Pavarotti, Placido, and Pete. They may not be at the met,

but that doesn't mean rockers can't belt it out with the best of

them. I'm Jim De Regattus and I'm Greg Kott. We say bravo to our favorite rock

operas and then our very own diva Jim adds a song he can't live without to the Desert Island Jukebox.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

This is Sound Opinions and later in the show

we're going to be talking about the venerable tradition of rock operas.

Greg you hear those two words put together and the first band that springs to mind is the who.

I'm a little younger than you never got to see Tommy live or quadraphinia but I think you

call it one of the revival tours no?

Yeah I did see quadraphine in 96-97 one is a revival.

The original one is available on YouTube you can see the very first

quadrofinea from 73 and it's actually very good it's just that four-piece band

doing the entire opera but by 96-97 they were getting a little slower and

they were inviting these guest stars up there

Billy Idol was up there doing Ace Face on the show that I saw.

Give me the original band doing it every time.

Even Sting in the movie had to be better.

That's coming up later, but first some music news. blue and connected and every single bone and my brain is electric but I think

it's just like the best of them. You're trying to hold on it. Come on my dad I

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