lemmoth wrote:

Yes indeed, cranking it up now.

whoa, this is a 2XPSD song

vanmas wrote:
To counter that, I'm going to resubmit my 10. This level of singing, drumming, imagery and passion makes this track a thing of rare rock beauty. CRANK IT.

In my growing up years the Big 4 gods of rock and roll were of course The Beatles, The Stones, The Who & Zeppelin.

My being an American and them English meant nothing .

I've loved hundreds of bands and solo artists since then and a number have moved past the Who on my all time last.

But.....being immersed in this as so many of my generation, this song and other evoke so much in me.

Love hearing it when I'm not expecting it.

Awesome RP

Pffffff
terrible!
too bombastic!
too heavy!
too screamy!
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This is a bit heavy to have to hear every week. This week twice.

domreo wrote:
Great story. Thanks for sharing. Live events can't be beat. Off the top of my head, my live highlights have been Gabriel, Dave Matthews, Tori Amos, James Taylor, Metheny, and Cockburn.

funkyalfonso wrote:
And you know where the Led Zepp name came from don't you?

Loved them both. Fav Who album Who's Next. I put Physical Graffitti on the same level as Quadraphenia, great time for music.

michaelgmitchell wrote:
Au contraire mon ami... I don't know if you've ever seen them live in concert but I have many times since 1975. Here's one story from a 25 year anniv tour show at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego 1989. Sold out, 75,000 people all the way up to the cheap seats. They're doing a nice retrospective show mixing & matching the old and the new, rocking it. Then they pause between songs and Pete just says over the din "here's a favorite from Quadrophenia" and they start to play 'Love Reing O're Me'. The whole place quiets down, I mean quiet. The song moves and its pin drop silent. As the song builds I look out across the crowd and 75,000 people are mesmerized and blissing-out and they play a fantastic version. The music is washing over you. Standing ovation. You can't do that with a bad song. Ok I've heard Magic Bus enough times, but not this one.

lemmoth wrote:
Thanks for that Lem

krysthal wrote:
Two words: Who's Next.

testpilot wrote:
My vote goes to testpilot for most ludicrous statement of the new year so far.

I'll let Eddie Vedder tell you why, from his RNR Hall of Fame Induction Speech:

The Who began as spectacle. They became spectacular. Early on, the band was in pure demolition mode; later, on albums like Tommy and Quadrophenia , it coupled that raw energy with precision and desire to complete musical experiments on a grand scale. They asked, "What were the limits of rock & roll? Could the power of music actually change the way you feel?" Pete Townshend demanded that there be spiritual value in music. They were an incredible band whose main songwriter happened to be on a quest for reason and harmony in his life. He shared that journey with the listener, becoming an inspiration for others to seek out their own path. They did all this while also being in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's loudest band.
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There was the mid-Sixties maximum- R&B period, mini-operas, Woodstock, solo records. Imagine, as a kid, stumbling upon the locomotive that is Live at Leeds. "Hi, my name is Eddie. I'm 10 years old and I'm getting my fucking mind blown!" The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy. (You should hear Roger's vocal on a song called "Lubie ," a bonus track from the reissue of their first album, The Who Sings My Generation. It's top-gear.)
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The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can't explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out "A Quick One While He's Away," from the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus. )
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The songwriter-listener relationship grows deeper after all the years. Pete saw that a celebrity in rock is charged by the audience with a function, like, "You stand there and we will know ourselves." Not "You stand there and we will pay you loads of money to keep us entertained as we eat our oysters." He saw the connection could be profound. He also realized the audience may say, "When we're finished with you, we'll replace you with somebody else." For myself and so many others (including shopkeepers, foremen, professionals, bellboys, gravediggers, directors, musicians), they won't be replaced. Yes, Pete, it's true, music can change you.

Everybody in my church loves this great classic...

Excellent production doesn't quite compensate for the lack of substance in case of the Who.

Their songs are loud and pompous in a bad way and never really going anywhere.

At least Jerry Bruckheimer found the use for them. It figures.

Another of those "classics" which have seen their time. Sorry. No need to hear this ever again.

krysthal wrote:

Stingray wrote:
Hey Stingray, There are definitely two camps, those that believe Tommy is the absolutely the best Who album, and others that relate more to Quadrophenia. There are strengths to both. Personally, I enjoy both but I much prefer Quadrophenia. I'm most thankful that the two albums are very different from each other. Sure, they're both musicals, but each tells a completely different story in distinctive ways. In my opinion, Quadrophenia trumps Tommy. Just a question of musical preference, that's all. Google "tommy vs. quadrophenia" and you'll see a fairly equal number of fans arguing the virtues of both releases.

This poll says that Quadrophenia is a better opera than Tommy 25 to 8.

Wow, that dude can drum a little bit, eh?

Self indulgent noodling, with intermittent screaming. Just can't dig this... sorry.

People suddenly insist that QUADROPHANIA is a hidden masterpiece? What is it...? A masterpiece? Of course it's not! It's a rather boring follow-up of the bands OPUS SUMMUM "Tommy".

Another myth that is coming to mind in this context is that "Exile on mainstreet" is supposedly a masterpiece as well. Oh really, is it...? I ABSOLUTELY do not agree. I never met anyone who ever dared to put the album on, if only "It's only Rock'n'Roll", "Goat heads soup" or "Let it bleed" was available (to mention three from many others)!

"Exile" was - and is 40 years later the more - a very mediocre (for the most part) Heroin-album of the Stones. That alone tells it all! Of course I love the Stones - the early albums being better than the more recent ones (exceptions confirm this rule). Exile is mediocre, Black and blue is bad, Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You not better - and "START ME UP" possibly the worst song the Stones ever recorded!

I own the reworked "Exile" album that came out some 2 years ago. I gave it a fresh-new chance. Same result - boring for the most part. Yes, I say so! Impossible that I'm the only one!