Letra de Canción: Sally Simpson


Outside the house Mr. Simpson announced
that Sally couldn't go to the meeting.
He went on cleaning his blue Rolls Royce
and she ran inside weeping.
She got to her room and tears splashed the picture
of the new Messiah.
She picked up a book of her fathers life
and threw it on the fire!

She knew from the start
Deep down in her heart
That she and Tommy were worlds apart,
But her Mother said never mind your part...
Is to be what you'll be.

The theme of the sermon was come unto me,
Love will find a way,
So Sally decided to ignore her dad,
and sneak out anyway!
She spent all afternoon getting ready,
and decided she'd try to touch him,
Maybe he'd see that she was free
and talk to her this Sunday.

She knew from the start
Deep down in her heart
That she and Tommy were worlds apart,
But her Mother said never mind your part...
Is to be what you'll be.

She arrived at six and the place was swinging
to gospel music by nine.
Group after group appeared on the stage
and Sally just sat there crying.
She bit her nails looking pretty as a picture
right in the very front row
And then a DJ wearing a blazer with a badge
ran on and said 'here we go!'

The crowd went crazy
As Tommy hit the stage!
Little Sally got lost as the police bossed
The crowd back in a rage!

But soon the atmosphere was cooler
as Tommy gave a lesson.
Sally just had to let him know she loved him
and leapt up on the rostrum!
She ran cross stage to the spotlit figure
and touched him on the face
Tommy whirled around as a uniformed man,
threw her of the stage.

She knew from the start
Deep down in her heart
That she and Tommy were worlds apart,
But her Mother said never mind your part...
Is to be what you'll be.
Her cheek hit a chair and blood trickled down,
mingling with her tears,
Tommy carried on preaching
and his voice filled Sally's ear
She caught his eye she had to try
but couldn't see through the lights
Her face was gashed and the ambulance men
had to carry her out that night.

The crowd went crazy
As Tommy left the stage!
Little Sally was lost for the price of a touch
And a gash across her face! OOoooh.

Sixteen stitches put her right and her Dad said
'don't say I didn't warn yer'.
Sally got married to a rock musician
she met in California
Tommy always talks about the day
the disciples all went wild!
Sally still carries a scar on her cheek
to remind her of his smile.

She knew from the start
Deep down in her heart
That she and Tommy were worlds apart,
But her Mother said never mind your part...
Is to be what you'll be.

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Por: The Who


The Who es una banda inglesa de rock formada en 1962. Originalmente se llamaba The Detours, aunque poco después adoptarían el nombre de The High Numbers para más adelante pasarse a llamar The Who. El grupo es considerado uno de los más influyentes en la historia del rock, y ha sido descrita como "una de las bandas más innovadoras y poderosas en la historia del rock".La banda es pionera del concepto de ópera rock, y se la considera precursora de subgéneros como el punk y el britpop. La banda solía ser destacada por sus conciertos, en gran parte gracias a la energía de sus shows, la personalidad de cada una de sus miembros, los "remolinos" de Townshend y al hecho de que, salvo Entwistle, los miembros solían destruir sus instrumentos al final de los shows. "Live At Leeds" es su álbum en vivo más reconocido por ser el primero y porque fue grabado en 1970, luego de que Tommy les consiguiera una mayor audiencia. La banda también participó en el Festival de la Isla de Wight de 1970 (show que luego fue editado en un álbum doble, Live At The Isle of Wight Festival 1970, con una lista de temas similar a la de Live At Leeds pero con la inclusión de toda su interpretación de Tommy), y en el de Woodstock.

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Disco: Tommy del Año 1969

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