Hannio
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 05:57 | |
ziakut wrote:I prefer 'Odorono' or 'Tattoo' from this great album. I'll take this hit from here.
Tattoo is a lyrically marvelous song, right up to the last line, where it turns into the most disappointing let down you'll ever hear. |
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 05:55 | |
One of the greatest rock singles ever!
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dig
| | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 18:46 | |
Their best album? At least their best album cover.
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skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 15:32 | |
Love this!  |
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oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 11:19 | |
This is very mod...I liked it when they were very mod.
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 11:19 | |
I cannot count the number of times I have heard people — many of them were also DJs — say, "I can recall exactly what I was doing, where I was, and who I was with when THIS first came on," and wow, it can still make me reach to crank the volume, all the way up, after all this time. An astounding and immortal jam...
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owchita
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 08:04 | |
One of the all-time great rock singles.
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d48m02h1918
| | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 08:03 | |
Who, at their peak, was as powerful as The Who?  |
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h8rhater
| | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 10:09 | |
fredriley wrote:
It's an awful, awful waste of baked beans, which are cheap, nutritious and tasty, and certainly wasted on the Who.
Bravo! I applaud your consistency when it comes to the Who, Fred. Even H8rhater has to relent in the face of such dedication. Kudos, my friend. |
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kcar
| | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 23:00 | |
Proclivities wrote:
I believe Hold your group together with Rotosound strings... precedes this tune.
At the other end there's an ad for Charles Atlas' muscle building course—Pete intoning "with dy-namic TENshun" that will turn you into (John growling) "a beast of a man." One of The Who's bestbestbest songs. Used to beat this death in high school. If you don't like this one I don't think you'll like anything by The Who. |
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ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 09:29 | |
One of the best from The Who...the album is overlooked by many and "I Can See For Miles" was the only single from this entire gem. Love the song 'Tattoo' and 'Odorono'...actually love everything from this. Never again will any band create such a huge collection of great tunes. One of the first idealistic concept rock albums.
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misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 09:29 | |
The national anthem of the United States of Acid! Pete never sounded better, and Mooney- off the hook...
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 03:29 | |
sajitjacob wrote:That album cover is just brilliant. Where can I get me a giant Odorono? It's an awful, awful waste of baked beans, which are cheap, nutritious and tasty, and certainly wasted on the Who. |
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Dminor
| | Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 18:07 | |
One of the best by the Who, and they have so many great songs.
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sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 17:45 | |
That album cover is just brilliant. Where can I get me a giant Odorono?
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Pharlap
(Bahama, NC) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 06:51 | |
IMHO...The Best Song of 1967 and that's saying something
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 06:23 | |
Supposedly Roger Daltrey's favorite single of those the group released.
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drewd
| | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 12:15 | |
countyman wrote:Who was this.
Yes... It was Who ! |
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Dave_Mack
(Kicking out the jams) | | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 18:06 | |
TimeWaster wrote:So let me get this straight; what you're trying to say is that you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles? It's not very clear in your lyrics; just wanted to be sure.
I had a friend, an inveterate punster, who said he wanted to get really drunk and see Mr. Davis play the trumpet, just so he could say "I can see four Miles". I swear it wasn't me! |
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drjimmy
| | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 11:19 | |
kaybee wrote:
Ughh! Kind of wrecks the song for me! Somehow, too, I don't think the Who would have appreciated their song being used that way...
This will wreck things for you even more. There's a reason the album is called The Who Sell Out: Around the same time as its release, The Who actually did at least one Army recruiting radio commercial in the U.S. |
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TimeWaster
| | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 09:34 | |
So let me get this straight; what you're trying to say is that you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles? It's not very clear in your lyrics; just wanted to be sure.
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Bleyfusz
| | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 03:07 | |
Great!!! Another on-board when I drive homewards (or the opposite way) on those roads of France!
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ziakut
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:35 | |
I prefer 'Odorono' or 'Tattoo' from this great album. I'll take this hit from here.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:27 | |
Stefen wrote:I wanna hear the faux radio commercials which run between tracks on side A.
I believe Hold your group together with Rotosound strings... precedes this tune. |
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 18:58 | |
Businessgypsy wrote:I heard this second hand from a guy who was supposedly in the room, if anybody can confirm or debunk, please do:
You know how Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries is blasting from the helicopter gunships as they approach their target in the movie Apocalypse Now? According to my guy, Coppola based the idea for the approach music from tales of Vietnam helicopter pilots blasting I Can See For Miles on battle approach, which came to be known as the gunner's song. Pretty chilling, if you put the lyrics in that context.
I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you've played
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah So, during production supposedly screenwriter John Milius convinced Coppola to switch to Wagner to better mesh with Conrad's Heart of Darkness theme and punch up the visuals. Hard choice. Ughh! Kind of wrecks the song for me! Somehow, too, I don't think the Who would have appreciated their song being used that way... |
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sdn
(Philadelphia) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:04 | |
1wolfy wrote:These lyrics rule
Yeah, all five of them. |
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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:03 | |
They'll never make it. Just a flash in the pan.
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:03 | |
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HudValGal
| | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:02 | |
Such great memories. Ah-h-h, the tall, lanky young man who carried me on his shoulders through town while singing this song at the top of his lungs. Oh well. Back to work.
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