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The Who — I Can See For Miles
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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.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 05:55
 
One of the greatest rock singles ever!

dig
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 18:46
 
Their best album? At least their best album cover.

skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang)
Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 15:32
 
Love this!  {#Bananapiano}

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 11:19
 
This is very mod...I liked it when they were very mod.

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...

owchita
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 07:49
 
Must upgrade to 10.
Showing my age - Remember seeing this on a BBC comedy/satirical show in 1967. It was certainly different then!
See:- http://www.rockpeaks.com/video/w/Who/Twice-A-Fortnight-1967/I-Can-See-for-Miles 

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 08:04
 
One of the all-time great rock singles.

d48m02h1918
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 08:03
 
Who, at their peak, was as powerful as The Who? {#Guitarist}

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.

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.  

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.

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...

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.

Dminor
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 18:07
 
One of the best by the Who, and they have so many great songs. 

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 17:45
 
That album cover is just brilliant. Where can I get me a giant Odorono?

Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 06:51
 
IMHO...The Best Song of 1967 and that's saying something

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 06:23
 
Supposedly Roger Daltrey's favorite single of those the group released.


drewd
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 12:15
 
 countyman wrote:
Who was this.
 

Yes... It was Who !

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!


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. 


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.

Bleyfusz
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 03:07
 
Great!!! Another on-board when I drive homewards (or the opposite way) on those roads of France!

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.

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.



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...


sdn
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:04
 
 1wolfy wrote:
These lyrics rule
 
Yeah, all five of them.


Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:03
 
They'll never make it. Just a flash in the pan.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:03
 
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

CoYoT51
(Lima, Perù - Reims, France)
Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:01
 
Not my favorite one, but, anyway...  yeeeaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 07:54
 
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.


LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 07:14
 
I suddenly have an urge for...baked beans!  WOT??!!  {#Mrgreen}

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 16:14
 
I wanna hear the faux radio commercials which run between tracks on side A.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 05:03
 
Ok,,it will be Cowboy Dinner tonight !{#Cowboy}
BEANS !

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 - 18:38
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Some forget that the Who did a lot of good stuff before Tommy and Who's Next.  Their earlier stuff had more of a rawness.
 
You've got that right! I still hold up "Who's Next" as their best. I suppose that's because the album was my introduction to the band.

But their early singles were unbelievable. Punker friends of mine used to spin "My Generation", "Substitute", "Magic Bus" and others on the same mixed tapes as The Clash and The Sex Pistols!

These guys have definitely made their presence known from day one. Their appearance on "The Smothers Brothers" is one for the books, BTW. {#Drummer} {#Bananajam}{#Guitarist} {#Yell}

Prodigal_SOB
(Back Home Again in Indiana)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:10
 
 Pharlap wrote:
height of psycheedelia.(the whole albulm)
Daltry could really sing at one time.
My favorite of 1968 and that year had a few other good ones.
 
This was my very first album for my very first stereo and it was a tough decision.



bachbeet
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:09
 
Some forget that the Who did a lot of good stuff before Tommy and Who's Next.  Their earlier stuff had more of a rawness.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:07
 
 countyman wrote:
Who was this.
 
Thats the comment!!!


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:07
 
Nice tune

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:06
 
In Canada, this song is known as "I Can See For Kilometers"

Tizmself
(Santa Barbara, Ca.)
Posted: Sep 26, 2009 - 10:04
 
 southernman wrote:

Once again, (with feeling, altogether now): GOD BLESS KEITH MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 

A most enthusiastic drummer.....

{#Drummer}


countyman
(09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh)
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 08:35
 
Who was this.

sharkartist
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 08:23
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
I think Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" also qualifies.
 
{#Think} Ya know, you're right.


redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 08:12
 
 DrCyKosis wrote:


Absolutely...when I hear his drums here, I totally see that impish, mischievous look in his eyes.
 

that was not impish....that was insanity.....yeah i know...what's my point? {#Lol}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 14:00
 

I saw you holding lots of other guys, and now you've got the nerve to say
That you still want me
Well, that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial

chills. . .

{#Shifty}



ProgFusion
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 04:00
 
keller1 wrote:

Oh, man ... Ann-Margaret rolling around in beans and then chocolate in that skin tight body suit. Made my knees weak.


Darn it! Now I'm going to have to watch the movie. I hate you.



laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 03:57
 
I gave this a "ten" last time and did not comment?!? {#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}

The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 15:33
 
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Wonder if he kan se his house from there?
 
No but he can see Russia from his living room....

southernman
(Way, way out there)
Posted: Mar 20, 2009 - 15:32
 

Once again, (with feeling, altogether now): GOD BLESS KEITH MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!