The three albums The Who released consecutively from 1969 to 1973, Tommy, Who’s Next, and Quadrophenia, are and incredible set of work and have to be considered one of the greatest runs in rock history. They took this band from being merely good, to a whole level that no one else was at or ever will be

This song still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. A masterpiece.

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

The Who at their finest. Daltrey's vocals are astounding. And to answer Kel's question Quadrophenia is someone with four split personalities which the main character on the album Jimmy has.

I remember hearing this intro for the first time in 1973. I was in my 5th year of piano lessons and when I heard this I was like, “I want to play like that!” Then there’s Keith Moon’s masterful drums 💙♥️ I say it all the time, we really had the best music in the 1970’s. What an amazing time to grow up. I feel truly blessed 💙🎸🎤

Kel it is not embarrassing, you were just in a different environment, and because of your classical upbringing we are all able to enjoy this voyage of discovery with you and long may it continue, it's such fun.

I was born in 1962 and feel lucky to have grown up listening to music like this

Maybe the most dramatic emotional song the Who ever wrote. Just a masterpiece of feeling.

Pete Townsend has said that a lot of Who songs were basically Keith Moon doing a Drum Solo, and the rest of the band joining in where possible! A bit tongue in cheek, but not too far from the truth🤣🤣🤣

I still get goose bumps and wanna cry when I hear this song. I'm so blessed to have grown up to this quality of music. You definitly have you sit this beautiful woman for a Who marathon!

Quadrophenia is a rock opera about a mod with multiple personality disorder. He has 4 (quad) distinct personalities. He is a lover, a fighter, a mad man and his normal, lonely everyday personality. The movie of the same title doesn't do the greatest job of remaining faithful to the album but it does a fair enough of a job and does a good job of explaining the mod culture to us Americans.

Pete Townshend at his musical genius peak. I would say the same for Roger's vocals. Obviously Moon the loon and Ox as well. Ox was definitely the most gifted player in the group. Love the Who , nobody in rock history is quite like them.

I have seen The Who live 5 times. First time in 1979. My 6th time will be in Dallas Texas on April 27, 2020. Driving 10 hrs. from Tennessee by the way. Every time The Who played this song I've been brought to tears (some music make me emotional). My favorite band ever! Loved Kel's reaction to this song. Happy anniversary!!!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary beautiful people😎🙏❤

Greatest Who song gor its pure visceral emotion. Roger you rock. Great reaction too.

One of the best songs of all time. I was a Senior in High School when this came out! Yikes....

Happy anniversary and gotta ❤️ the Who and that song ...

One of the best vocal rock performances of all time. I ❤this song 🔥🔥🔥 .

Seeing The Who was my first concert... A thank you from them to Brighton after the filming of "Quadrophenia".... 1979. Slept under the promenade with other fans to get tickets that went on sale the following morning. I seem to recall it was November!!! This track is as good as it gets.

I'm so glad you finally did this, I requested this because of my wife. And when I see you two it reminds me of my wife and I and still in love over 26 years and I wish I had the talent to write words to tell her exactly how I feel every day. When I hear this song I immediately think of how much I love my wife... oh... and the song is brilliant as well. Happy 1st Anniversary to you tube!!!

Pete Townshend: The man created an orchestra with an ARP 2600 monophonic synthesizer and massive overdubs.

Fantastic reaction! A person only gets to fall in love with a song once, and no matter how often you listen it's never the same as the first time. We viewers get to relive that experience vicariously watching Kel get to fall in love with these songs for the first time. Congrats on your new family member Winston!

Simply one of the greatest songs of all time .... Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary! Thank you both so much for for sharing this adventure of exploration with the rest of us!

4:53 That simple descending minor scale from Pete makes all the difference in the chorus. His understated playing throughout the song is actually pretty huge.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 🎉🎂🥂 Love both of you ♥️ Rich, you picked the perfect song for this celebration. My favorite Who song. Got chills listening to it. Did see the Who in 1978 with Kenny Jones on drums. Loudest amplification system for ANY concert I've been to. That concert was (also) one of the first that used laser lighting effects. The Who and Pink Floyd were the first bands to incorporate lasers in rock shows in the mid-70s ♥️

You guys love each other. Kel is absolute gold. Easy on the eyes and easy on the soul. Your hearts are good. He has the energy and she has the calm. Nice.🌿🎶🌿

This tour was amazing in 1973 or 74 cant remember..Epic

Congrets guys with the 1th !!

Happy Anniversary! Excellent song from a Phenomenal album! I remember so vividly buying the album and first time l heard it. Wow!♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

Happy Anniversary Kel n Rich. we are the lucky ones; you, both, have enriched my life and all here a thousand fold with your Love of music. :-)

Happy, ( 1rst ), anniversary, kel-n-rich! Love your channel! ✌🎸👏🎧

Great video and great song for the 1 yr anniversary!!!!

Happy Anniversary you two! I cant believe it’s been a year.Time flies when your having fun!

Love this track a lot gives me chills when Roger screams Love!. Should do Who are You, Possibly the whole Tommy album maybe. Happy anniversary to the channel by the way

Happy anniversary!! I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart! Good luck with everything you are doing and thank you for the great music!

Congrats on a wonderful year, you have kept my spirits up in what has been a difficult time, many thanks 4 that! Hearing this brings me back to an innocent time, breaking open the plastic wrapper, removing the 1st disc in the album, then dropping the needle on my PHONOGRAPH! and being taken away!!! Thanks for the memories, heres to many more years for you both to enjoy the journey-Peace and Love ferretfret in Ct.

Congratulations from Germany. Love your channel!! Go on!!

Congratulations from the Netherlands too. Keep on rocking !!

I don’t care how many times I hear this song, it gives goose bumps and just makes me stop and become fully immersed in it. It’s just such a perfect song.

Wow, you guys gave this piece of music the volume and clarity it deserves.

Happy Anniversary Kel & Rich (and Winston)... another great show and epic Who classic. Rock on! 🤘

Happy anniversary both. Another superb song by The Who. I'm going to see them on the 17th of this month in Manchester UK. Really can't wait 😎.

Happy anniversary! And man what a song to celebrate ! My favorite WHO song by far. Thanks for this great song on a Sunday afternoon.

Happy anniversary! Been watching since almost the beginning, and I've been waiting to see Kel react to this song. It was worth the wait. I consider this song to be the perfect combination of hard Rock and classical elements. The way the (synthesized?) strings rise and fall, propelling that 6/8 beat forward, is pure musical genius. There is literally nothing about this song I don't love.

My goose bumps have goose bumps!

Went to the old Belle Vue Arena in Manchester (essentially a huge old Barn of a place). I travelled there from Liverpool and was amazed at the huge 4 way speakers they had installed for the waves and rain sounds. Went with a mate called Stu Fox and neither of us could hear a bloody thing for hours later. A totally body & mind experience. I've been lucky to see them live! 5 times from 1969 to 2005. Each gig was a whole body and mind experience. Only the day after was it possible to take in what I had seen and felt.

Love Reign o'er Me, what a fine song!! In the late 60's Townshend was working on his biggest work.... Lifehouse, the main theme was the whole meaning of life was a musical note, the whole process got very big, even Townshend couldn't explain it!!!

It's hard to pick a favorite WHO tune but this is up there with any of them. Love the intro, the power, the lyrics, the solos, the whole masterpiece!

I played the Quadrophenia album aged 12. have been listening ever since. (49 plus years). So happy you like it Kel, so much more musical magic to come your way. Happy Anniversary. Love you 2 and have subscribed. you are so sweet. n.b.They called out is there a drummer in the house, there was and he played the rest of the set, I believe.

Miss Kel - you ARE the music education program. Your musical adventures are introducing the music I and many, many more of your faithful followers grew up with to folks who never would have given it a listen if not for your videos. All I can say is thank you both for doing what you do, and please keep going. Happy Anniversary!

As a kid, I used to listen to this on vinyl with a headset to go to sleep at night.

I was involved, immersed in British rock since I was 7 years old in 1968. So it's been going on for 52 years. This is imputed into my DNA .. every cell.

I Have alway’s loved the WHO!! Has not changed for me in 45 yrs

Yes!! Thanks for finally reacting to this! It was so great watching Kel hear this for the first time and reminding me of how I and my friends all reacted back in the day..

The 60s brought us new levels of rock n roll...a new generation of rock. The Beatles were wildly amazing. The Stones were incredible. The Doors...brilliant. Jimi...well...he's Jimi freakin' Hendrix. Enough said. But...The Who...was on a talent level, that, in my humble opinion, was WORLDS higher than the others. I can't even explain it. But, you get to listen to them, and experience them, for yourselves...and figure it out, in your own way. Happy Anniversary to the Show! Keep the vids coming! #feelthemusic o's - I'll just throw out my request, again, since it's been a while, since the last time I mentioned it. #MadSeason "Wake Up" "River of Deceit" "All Alone" They're a 90s "Super Group" comprised of members of a few grunge era bands; Lane Staley from AIC doing the amazing vocals. The best way I can explain them...think...if Pink Floyd was an early 90s band out of Seattle, pioneering the grunge scene. I really don't know any other way to describe their sound. You'll just have to give 'em a listen. 😉😎

Happy Anniversary ! We'll put, Rich.❤️

Out of west London , England , early 1960´s .A gift to the world . You are most welcome . And big shout out to the ´dawg´ !

Happy anniversary you two! Congratulations on the 1st year!

Congrats on one year! I thank you after such a loss for taking the time to expose so much of a new generation to inspiring music. What a great song for this occasion. Kel, I have to say I'm in love, and Rich, you are so cool. I love the enthusiasm from both of you. You are a great couple. Keep it up. LOVE

I was a teenaged usher in a move theater when Quadrophenia was released in the US, so I saw this about 100 times, in bizarre snippets. The music... unbelievably awesome.

Congrats on the anniversary. Enjoy your reactions

Happy Anniversary! One year down....many, many more to go! Hard not to do every track from Quadrophenia!

So interesting to watch someone who was not there, who is at least a generation out from us who were being touched by what we experienced , precious!!

Happy Anniversary! Thank you for finally playing this song! I wish you would have played The Rock and Lover Reign O'er Me together. Hopefully, you can revisit this?!

Anniversary Congratulations to you both!

Thank YOU for sharing your lives with us.

Happy one year anniversary! Can’t believe it’s been a year already! Been watching you guys since day one! Love you guys!!! Keep up the great work!

Happy Anniversary, you two! Can't say I've watched every single vid, but, most of the ones I've seen have been fun watching you two talk about and react to them. May fortune follow wherever you go!

my favorite song of this band

It was also a movie....saw the Who live for the Quadrophenia tour. I was at the show in (Cow Palace) San Fran that became famous because Keith Moon collapsed behind the drums ( to High !!!)....ended up using the sound check drummer. Such a GREAT band...

Rich you have the best job ever! And Kel those looks you give Rich would absolutely make me melt! Happy Easter to the both of you! BTW Cheerios was and still is my favorite cereal! 😎✌️❤️

The best reaction that I have seen yet!!!

Extreme synchronicity time....I was singing this to myself this morning at work, out of the Blue, and was wondering is anyone had done a reaction video to it. I get home, and here you both are doing it :-)

I think I enjoyed your reaction to watching her as much as I enjoyed one of my fave songs!

I grew up with this song and enjoyed it when it first came out and these many years later, love it even more. Songs are like the bookmarks in your life. You measure what you were doing around the time a great tune like this arrives, hits the airwaves and makes your collection. Your show reminds me of how my friends and I used to sit around listening to a new album together watching each others expressions. This brings back the kid in me. Thank you! Rich your descriptions of what you do and what you quote? I can so relate. Glad Kel gets to listen to these for the first time with us!

Hey Kel n Rich. Happy Anniversary. Your show is amazing. Keep up the great work. I know Kel probably or maybe she has seen the Who live, but have you seen the Who live Rich? If you haven't you and Kel if you can should go see them. They are amazing. I saw them twice in Philadelphia. Once in 1981 on there "Farewell Tour" at old JFK Stadium. That is where Live Aid was staged in 1985. Then I saw them in 1989 at the Phillies old stadium The Vet. It was The "Tommy Tour". They played the whole Tommy album plus there greatest hits. it was an amazing show. Great video and again Happy Anniversary.

When I first heard this song, I felt I was hearing the absolute pinnacle of what rock music could be. After all these years, i still feel that way.

Rich;brother isn’t it awesome when a song you’ve heard 50;000 times over DECADES can still move you to tears.??? Long Live ROCKNROLL

Ya Boi from Jack from Jacksonville. Congratulations you guys. Thrilled for you both. Keep up the great work...🎉🎊🎈👏👏👏🎈🎊🎉

Wow just read your background and offer my deepest sympathy for the loss of your son. You are very strong people. I also like your reactions :) Peace and Love.

Love watching your videos, to see you both lost within the music is relaxing. You both have a true love of music, especially metal. Kel doesn't look a day over thirty. I've only recently discovered you and boy am I glad I did. I look forward to each new video,and to see where you'll be taking us on your musical voyage.

A masterpiece.There are no other words.

Epic and emotional song!

Great entertainment with your videos, you guys cover all my favorite groups. Thank you both!

Hi Kel and Rich, Happy 1st year Anniversary of your Channel. I so look forward to this musical adventure . Thank you!! By the way, I love the Who but haven't listened to this song/album in many years. What a blast back to the past. !!!

Hey Rich, what a great library in that noggin of yours! Kel, you have timeless beauty and are a wonderful soul. Good job, Rich! Love you guys. -F.M.

Happy anniversary hope to catch more if you guys maybe catch up on some old reactions love you

Time flies!

I listen to this song, heard it many times and I still get goosebumps ...the peaceful piano seems to play along with the rain. .....the drums like rolling thunder... ....the lyrics that are so expressive....the passion of love, the playfulness of love, the peaceful, calming, exhilarating, encouraging, refreshing effects of true love can give to the human soul.... ....the vocals throw into sharp detail the absolute desperation of one alone without love.....the singer is aching, longing, despairing for love to pour over his soul!

Happy anniversary guys!! Here is to another fun year of reactions!!

Pete's 4th attempt at a rock opera. First there was the mini opera A Quick One While He's Away. Then came Tommy which is worth a listen straight through so you get the story. Then came Lifehouse which never materialized, but was based on the premise that one single note could change the world. It was supposed to be interactive with the audience and full of multi media set in a dystopian society. Pete could never really explain it clearly and it was technically impossible to produce at the time, so it died, but the songs became the landmark album, Who's Next. Quad is Pete at his best and most lyrical song writing. Quad was a recording 'innovation' but the main character also had 4 different personalities. Quad isn't recorded in Quad ironically. It's all based around the Mods vs. Rockers era in England.

I grew up hearing the Who , now a days at my home I had the two Rock Opera in vinyl 'Tommy' and Quadrophenia' .thanks for sharing.

This song has the WOW factor...for sure. Sending luv, light and blessings your way.

Congratulations on the successful year, I found you folks early on. A big ol thank you for the introduction to Night Wish, my favorite reaction from you guys was Silent Lucidity! Kel the wheels turning in your head were simply amazing to me. What a great channel you have created.

Been waiting for this one

This tune is timeless, when we're all dead and gone this song will still be revered by future generations.

You guys are AWESOME !!

Congratulations Rich & Kel. What an epic and timeless choice!! This song does give you goosebumps from the very beginning and Roger Daltrey's voice is unbelievable. Kel, how about the intro with the piano that just blows you off your chair? It happened to me too. Thanks you guys

Quadrophenia refers to the main character in the rock opera having 4 distinct personalities. It is a play on the quadrophonic thing that was going on at the time in hi-fi playback equipment (circa 1973). Lots of LPs were specially encoded to be compatible with either XS (Sansui) or SX (Sony) (which would enhance normal stereo to simulate 4 channel reproduction as well as handing the decoding for pre-encoded discs that separated instruments into four channels with some bleed between channels) or CD-4 (JVC) technology (requiring a special, sharper stylus with a low mass moving coil and demodulator to reproduce 4 discrete channels that isolated instruments during playback). Both formats were backward compatible with stereo, as in the LPs would play on any stereo playback system. But with the CD-4, the additional channels were encoded on high-frequency carrier signals that here etched into the top part of the groove wall (40,000Hz+) and would wear out over time with repeated playback and certainly would be destroyed quickly when a standard stereo stylus with moving magnets (higher mass) was used. Both 4 channel systems produced interesting effects, but most people considered it a gimmick more than anything else that required people to invest in twice as many speakers and additional equipment. Was it worth it? Well, it never really caught on. A few years later, it was basically supplanted with digital time delay and, much later, 5.1 and 7.1 multi-channel recording on digital media. I mention it here because, based on the album's title, a lot of people who bought Quadorophenia wrongly believing it was a quadrophonic recording.