Kevin cousin

Cousin Kevin is a song of the group British The Who written and interpreted by John Entwistle within the framework of the rock opera Tommy . The Childish topic, voluntarily , horn on the words, violent. It is the eighth piece of the album.

Analyzes words

In this song, the cousin of Tommy, Kevin, maltreats it simply to have fun, because “ it does not have anybody with whom to play today”. Indeed, the parents of Tommy left, leaving the deaf, dumb little boy and blind man with Kevin. In particular, it will push it top of the staircases, will attach it on a chair and will put it under the rain, will burn to him the arm with a cigarette and will drown it in the bath-tub.

In the film Tommy , at the end of the scene, Kevin (interpreted by Paul Nicholas) becomes again wise with the return of the parents, who offer a bat to him.

Genesis

The song was requested from Entwistle by Pete Townshend, the guitarist of the group, which required of him to write “something of horrible”.

Entwistle has says to be inspired, for this title, of one of its young neighbors: I was really inspired, for the character of the Kevin cousin, of a boy who lived the different with dimensions one of my street. Our parents thought that we should play together, but it was completely sadistic

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