 Who's Next (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
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No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you!
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
And If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you!
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
And If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
| jt1 | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 12:53 RoelantSiekman wrote: Well this song was thoroughly ruined by Limp Bizkit... Job well done.  I really like the Limp Bizkit version...probably the only song they've done that I've liked (so far). For me its one of those VERY rare scenarios where I like both the original and the cover. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 14:00 megaboogieman wrote: Are your nipples still hard? Indeed... still love this song... |
| Lichenia, | Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 10:37 Roll on Rodger. |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 03:04 yah man toller song |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 21:16 Love this song... love this whole album... here is a photo that my dead best friend's younger brother's girlfriend took at a recent show, in Manchester, NH, on February 24—  |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 13:36 Beavis and Butthead voice: heh, heh, heh, they peed on the concrete. heh, heh, heh. |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 16:58 The year prior to the release of this album, the Who played the Isle of Wight festival. As others have commented, they were at the peak of their Who power during this era. Check out video to see a truly transcendent live band! |
| ambrebalte (Beijing most of the time - Wolxheim in France now) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 10:28 johnjconn wrote: Try 41 years Noooo...ouch! It was some years after that I heard of this song. I was 16, went to see Tommy on the theatre and it was such a shake, both aesthetic and musical. I'm time travelling each time I get to hear it. It's a very nice state actually. |
| zenhead (Maine) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 08:29 yawn. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 20:37 With the benefit of decades of hindsight, this (album) really was their high-water mark. Sure, Tommy and Quadrophenia were strong efforts but Who's Next was near-perfect. One of the great rock bands at the peak of their powers. This song in particular kicks some serious butt. |
| megaboogieman (Russia, Gulag Archipelago) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 12:28 (former member) wrote: This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... Are your nipples still hard? |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 12:25 Awsome a well deserved 9 for me. |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 08:52 Honestly, it just doesn't get any better than this!!! |
| RoelantSiekman (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 02:32 Well this song was thoroughly ruined by Limp Bizkit... Job well done. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 13:46 Possibly the best song on this brilliant album.... |
| BKardon (Louisville, CO) | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 15:19 I saw The Smithereens cover this about two weeks ago, it was truly awesome. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 15:17 angelomisterioso wrote: Never get tired, even after 20 years. Try 41 years |
| angelomisterioso (no longer secret location north texas) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 18:17 Never get tired, even after 20 years. |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 09:21 lemmoth wrote: The distinction I always found in the Who's performances is that they had in the dearly departed Moon and Entwhistle a lead drummer and a lead bass player, if you get my drift. Back in the eighties, I knew a guy in Miami who said he had been Keith's boyfriend (manfriend?). Holy crap, did he have stories, including Keith driving a limo into the pool at the Beverly Hill Wilshire. Crazy, funny, sad stuff... |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 09:15 Not only an epic song on an epic album but one of the best covers ever. Think it pissed off Kubrick? (pun intended) |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 08:56 The distinction I always found in the Who's performances is that they had in the dearly departed Moon and Entwhistle a lead drummer and a lead bass player, if you get my drift. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 08:55 vandal wrote: I still get shivers when I hear this. . . Me too. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 22:43 calypsus_1 wrote: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes: http://youtu.be/muONonvhmvI Carnegie Hall 1994 (includes John Entwistle acoustic bass solo) The world lost a great bass player and a better man when John passed. R.I.P. SuperDiddzz At 2.40 does Moloney say "Up me arse?" Nah, probably not. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 22:34 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 12:32 A true album from the days when 'album' meant something. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 00:01
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter night... |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 16:33 I still get shivers when I hear this. . . |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 18:46 This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
| mrgus | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 07:28 Proclivities wrote: Who? On first. Whats on second. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 10:28 ofanansky wrote: too much Who lately Who? |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 10:28 ofanansky wrote: too much Who lately Too what? Too Who? To you? |
| ofanansky | Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 00:39 too much Who lately |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 13:02 Great song, great album. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 13:00 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 06:01 daveshel4 wrote: by far the best Who song. by far. I still like this, but it is actually one of my least-favorite Who tunes. |
| finoufk (Bordeaux - france) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 05:50 daveshel4 wrote: by far the best Who song. by far. agree. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 11:57 That warble in their voices when they sing "But my dreeeeeeeams aren't as empty.." has always bugged me. Now I can't help but hear it every time. |
| cactusjo (Godzone) | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 00:57 calypsus_1 wrote: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes: http://youtu.be/muONonvhmvI Carnegie Hall 1994 (includes John Entwistle acoustic bass solo) The world lost a great bass player and a better man when John passed. R.I.P. SuperDiddzz Just been to that YouTube link - that performance was fantastic - such a clever mix of music. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 07:53 Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes Carnegie Hall 1994 (includes John Entwistle acoustic bass solo) The world lost a great bass player and a better man when John passed. R.I.P. SuperDiddzz |
| mistabird | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 11:15 immernoch schön anzuhören yah man echt gut  |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 11:13 romeotuma wrote: The meaning of the cover of this album is that they just urinated on an ambiguous holy symbol... nothing is sacred... love this song... Or that boys, being boys, will engage in pissing contests. Yeah, a real true classic tune. Such memories. . . . |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 22:17 The meaning of the cover of this album is that they just urinated on an ambiguous holy symbol... nothing is sacred... love this song... |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 02:16 One is reminded how direct in our communications we were in those days. Now, folks would find it "awkward" to proactively ask their best friend to stick his finger down our throat in case one swallowed something toxic. |
| mistabird | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 02:08  flower beat ich liebe es !! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 21:16 Yeah, this is great stuff... from a great album... love it... |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 17:06 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtZNNV4d_rA If you watch this version and feel no emotions, you have no soul. |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 17:05 The Who, driving! |
| daveshel4 (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 17:04 by far the best Who song. by far. |
| ejsamuel (great white north) | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 12:48 Aaaahhhhhhh! Slaking that early '70s thirst.  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 24, 2011 - 13:51 vandal wrote: Following sufyawn, this comes on like a straight shot of whiskey after a big glass of pre-sweetened kool-aid. . . My favorite comment of the day.  |