Reading the Bostonians atm and, like, I expected Basil Ransom to be contemptible, since that’s, y’know, the point. But I was not prepared for just how loathsome he was going to be. Every word out of his mouth makes me want to chuck the book against the wall.
![The group spent April 1969 rehearsing a live version of the show at the Hanwell Community Centre in Ealing including a final run down of the entire stage piece on 23 April.[44] The running order was changed, and four songs ("Cousin Kevin", "Underture", "Sensation" and "Welcome") were dropped entirely.[89] Townshend later said the group "did the whole thing from start to finish and that was when we first realized we had something cohesive and playable."[90]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iogd235iae33kr4b3x4z3dsp/bafkreicpjc6gnwq3wyomt2saqstfmhyir76o6lrr6s7p73vt7k5vhw6uuu)
