Townshend Pete - The Iron Man

The Iron Man The Musical By e Townshend e Townshend adapted The Iron Man a children s fable written by the British poet Ted Hughes for his sixth studio solo album Iron Man A MusicalCasting himself Roger Daltrey Nina Simone and John Lee Hooker in leading roles the album doesn t suffer from a lack of talent it suffers from a lack of songsTownshend has failed to come up with a set of compelling melodies for Hughes poems and the arrangements are obvious and overblown making Iron Man an overwrought ambitious failure Pete Townshend adapted The Iron Man a children s fable written by the British poet Ted Hughes for his sixth studio solo album Iron Man A MusicalCasting himself Roger Daltrey Nina Simone and John Lee Hooker in leading roles the album doesn t suffer from a lack of talent it suffers from a lack of songsTownshend has failed to come up with a set of compelling melodies for Hughes poems and the arrangements are obvious and overblown making Iron Man an overwrought ambitious failure