The Acid Queen
«The Acid Queen» | |||
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Album | Tommy | ||
Artist, band | The Who | ||
Utgitt | 23. mai 1969 | ||
Innspilt | 19. september 1968-7. mars 1969 | ||
Sjanger | Psykedelisk rock | ||
Lengde | 3:34 | ||
Plateselskap | Polydor, Track, Decca, MCA | ||
Komponist(er) | Pete Townshend | ||
Låtskriver(e) | Pete Townshend | ||
Produsent(er) | Kit Lambert |
«Acid Queen» | ||||||
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Album | Acid Queen | |||||
B-side | Pick Me Tonight (Australia) Let's Spend The Night Together (Tyskland) Rockin' And Rollin' (UK) | |||||
Format | 7" | |||||
Artist, band | Tina Turner | |||||
Utgitt | 1975 | |||||
Innspilt | 1975 | |||||
Sjanger | Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul | |||||
Lengde | 3:00 | |||||
Plateselskap | United Artists (UK) Ariola (Tyskland) | |||||
Komponist(er) | Pete Townshend | |||||
Låtskriver(e) | Pete Townshend | |||||
Produsent(er) | Dennie Diante og Spencer Proffer | |||||
Plass i kronologi | ||||||
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«The Acid Queen» er en sang skrevet av Pete Townshend. Den er den niende sangen på The Who's rockeopera Tommy og er inkludert i filmen Tommy fra 1975 der Tina Turner spiller rollen som The Acid Queen.
Sangen forteller om Tommys foreldres forsøk på å kurere ham. De etterlater ham med en sigøyner, en selverklært «Acid Queen». Hun mater Tommy med ulike hallusinogene stoffer. I sangen bruker Pete Townshend Tommys blindhet til å representere vår «... blindhet for virkeligheten». The Acid Queen symboliserer den tankeløse nytelsessyken og deretter forsøkene på å bruke hallusinogener for å kurere hans lidelser døvhet, stumhet og blindhet. Sangen er ofte gruppert sammen med albumets neste spor, «Underture», en lang instrumental som omhandler Tommys hallusinasjoner og hans erfaring med syre.
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Flere andre har også fremført sangen; Merry Clayton, Patti LaBelle og Bette Midler. Tina Turner spilte inn sangen på nytt og ga den ut på albumet Acid Queen i 1975. Sangen ble også gitt ut på singel senere samme år.[1]
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