My 1001 Albums Journey

What Kanye needs is for Harley Pasternak and the Mossad to leave him alone. He's not insane, he was made insane. This is truly a masterpiece. "Well gather around children, zip it, listen... Can we get much higher?" 5/5

This was such a pleasant surprise honestly. I have not heard any of these songs at all before, yet at the third and fourth listen I felt like I've always known them. This is the kind of album why I'm suscribed to this project. Best tracks: Blue Cafe The Paris Match My Ever Changing Moods You're The Best Thing 4/5

2 Joni Mitchell albums in 3 days, am I in purgatory?

I HATE The Who. The only rock band from that golden time I cannot stand. And this pretentious so called "rock opera" is sh*te and overrated. So first of all we're talking about a boy who not only witnessed a traumatizing event, but also has been severely abused and tortured by faimly members, which leaves significant psychological repercussions as it happens in real life, but this album, instead of having an arc about this situtation, it makes absoluteley no stand at all. Tommy is no hero, Tommy is a villain, and the writers do not intend to make this a tale of caution, maybe they even relate with Tommy? Or is it semi autobiographical? After having the LSD trip, he manages to break the trance and becomes conscious, he starts gathering some following and becomes a messiah, but Tommy is not healed at all, he's traumatized and wounded inside. He's no spiritual leader, he's ready to inflict what was inflicted to him. On the final part we see that Uncle Ernie, the abuser, is in the camp, welcoming the disciples. "Here comes Uncle Ernie to guide you to your very own machine". The disciples revolt and Tommy retreats to his inner self again. But Tommy didn't learn anything, he's just sad his disciples weren't fully submissive, so he's probably gonna do it all over again; start another camp/religion, but better this time. He still has those delusions of grandeur and of being worshipped: "following you, I climb the mountain, I get excitement at your feet". So what's the moral of the story? None. Is there at least one good song out of this mess? No.

Of course this CIA plagued project comes out of Los Angeles, California. "Look at me I'm so edgy I like the disgusting sharing of liquids with other people I don't know, catching a lottery of diseases and infections makes me so different... not like other normal people.¨ Sounds without analizing the rest weren't that bad. Monkey brain mode activated. 2/5