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    The Who's Tommy is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend and book by Townshend and Des McAnuff, based on The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy.

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    Tommy is a 1975 British operetta fantasy drama film based upon The Whos 1969 rock opera album Tommy about a psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader.

    Likewise, when did the WHO DO Tommy? In his autobiography, Who I Am, Pete discussed the perfect storm that led to the creation of the rock opera Tommy, which was released on May 23, 1969. For one, the album was becoming more important than the single in rock and roll (thanks to bands like the Beatles, the Beach Boys and, yes, the Who).

    Also asked, what is the meaning of Tommy by The Who?

    One of the central themes of Tommy is the play between self and illusory self. Its expressed by Tommy (the real self) who can see nothing but his reflection (illusory self) in the mirror – “There had to be a loophole so I could show this.

    Who wrote The Whos Tommy?

    The Who Pete Townshend Des McAnuff

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