![]() They decide and the shotgun sings the song The main characters disappear, leaving behind the government and army to have at each other.Īnd the morals that they worship will be gone Bobby is killed and the universal chord is finally sounded. Won’t Get Fooled Again was written for the end of the opera, when the people are free and looking to overthrow the leadership. For example, the grid resembles the internet, and people’s experiences within the experience suits basically describe a form of virtual reality.īobby finds that there is a universal chord that is so pure that it has the power to restore harmony and enlighten anyone who hears it. Interestingly, the story describes technology that would be developed years later. A rebel, Bobby, broadcasts rock music into the suits, allowing people to remove them and become more enlightened. Lifehouse is set in the near future in a society in which music is banned and most of the population live indoors in government-controlled experience suits connected through a grid. The problem was that nobody but Townshend fully understood what it was all about thematically, what it would entail, or how the execution really work work. Even the music was to be developed in a new way: through interaction with a live audience. The concept was imagined as a multi-media exercise, involving a movie and theatrical live performances in addition to the music. It was designed to show how spiritual enlightenment could be obtained via a combination of band and audience. The story was an intriguing one, if a bit abstract. Following the success of Tommy, the band’s 1969 double concept album that sent The Who into rock’s elite division, Townshend started work on a new conceptual project called Lifehouse. The track was originally conceived for an entirely different project. It was the final track on the incredible Who’s Next album, released August 1971. Written by Pete Townshend and released by The Who as a single in June 1971, reaching the UK top ten. Won’t Get Fooled Again is one of the biggest classic rock anthems of all time.
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