 Who's Next (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
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With the chords I'm playing
I can't pretend there's any meaning here
Or in the things I'm saying
But I'm in tune
Right in tune
I'm in tune
And I'm gonna tune
Right in on you
Right in on you
Right in on you
I get a little tired of having to say
"Do you come here often?"
But when I look in your eyes and see the harmonies
And the heartaches soften
I'm getting in tune
Right in tune
I'm in tune
And I'm gonna tune
Right in on you (right in on you)
Right in on you (right in on you)
Right in on you
I've got it all here in my head
There's nothing more needs to be said
I'm just bangin' on my old piano
I'm getting in tune to the straight and narrow
(Getting in tune to the straight and narrow)
Getting in tune to the straight and narrow
(Getting in tune to the straight and narrow)
Yeah, I'm getting in tune to the straight and narrow
(Getting in tune to the straight and narrow)
I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in well
With the way I'm feeling
There's a symphony that I hear in your heart
Sets my head a-reeling
But I'm in tune
Right in tune
I'm in tune
And I'm gonna tune
Right in on you (right in on you)
Right in on you (right in on you)
Right in on you
Baby, with you
Baby, with you
Baby, with you
Baby, with you
Baby, with you
I've got it all here in my head
There's nothing more needs to be said
I'm just bangin' on my old piano
I'm getting in tune with the straight and narrow
Getting in tune to the straight and narrow (repeat)
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: May 12, 2013 - 10:42 Always good to hear this! |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 06:15 Love this song! |
| QuestionMark (Toto's homeland) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 13:48 Thank you hugger. |
| treehugger | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 10:48 QuestionMark wrote: Can somebody tell me the piano player on this most wonderful tune ? Nicky Hopkins |
| QuestionMark (Toto's homeland) | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 17:43 Can somebody tell me the piano player on this most wonderful tune ? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 23:16 Cynaera wrote: Okay - I think Bill is tapping into my mood - it's been pretty weird (read the journal) and all I want is music that will relax me, soothe me, make me happy and keep me from going dark (you wouldn't like me when I'm dark.) So far, he's hit the nail on the head with me. Sorry if it doesn't work for everyone else here, but hey! You'll get your space. That's the beauty of RP - everyone eventually gets their time to shine. I'm just glad my time came now, because right now, all I have apart from this wonderful music is a small bottle of geranium/peppermint essence that's supposed to help my inner knowledge, peace of mind, and calming. At this point, if it could stop me from shaking, I'd be the baddest pirate on the ship. Miss you so much, Ann... rest in peace... |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 21:08 kcar wrote: lemmoth wrote: A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!  Plenty of room for everyone here. De gustibus non disputandum est, baby. Personally, I find this song kinda dated and labored now. Maybe it's that 34th beer. Ain't this a HOOT! |
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 11:04 ATTENTION ALL IMAGE AFFECTED PARTIES: Look for a new film by Roddy Bogawa titled: "Taken by Storm: The Art Of Storm Thorgerson" or wikipedia Storm Thorgerson for time trip visual delights parrothead wrote: As a kid when I first saw this album cover and knowing that the band was from England, it gave me the urge to go to the UK and piss on Stonehedge. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 18:14 Roger's vocals are the perfect rock voice. Ever. |
| eswiley2 | Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 06:40 I'm not sure whether my positive response to a song like this — from my college years — is a response to the song itself, or to the pleasant memories evoked from hearing it again. |
| kcar | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 16:27 fredriley wrote: Right, so this is a song about writing a song with meaningless lyrics? Navel-gazing recursion. Just when you think The Who can't get any more irritating, they suddenly do. Time for a tea break... lemmoth wrote: A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room! Plenty of room for everyone here. De gustibus non disputandum est, baby. Personally, I find this song kinda dated and labored now. Maybe it's that 34th beer. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 16:22 lemmoth wrote: A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: 1 - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes Congrats. Yours is the worst post I have ever read on RP. |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 16:21 lemmoth wrote: A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: 1 - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes To ignore a regular commenter because he/she doesn't like the same songs you do is rather egotistical, don't you think? Yes, Fred has his own opinions about songs, and that's why I appreciate reading them. When he hates a song that I love, I don't ignore him for it! Give me a little time, and I'll probably ridicule YOU about your "1" choices - but I won't ignore you. I feel your comment was small-minded and incredibly self-centered - as if we should all let YOU dictate whether or not we like a song, or even Fredriley's opinion of it. Get over yourself - you are not the be-all and end-all of choice here. Neither am I. Neither is Fred. Neither is any one person here. Personally, apart from a few of his choices, I tend to agree with Fred's opinions, although I probably wouldn't have given them a "1." Now - let's move right along, because there are actual TROLLS out there who need bashing. Bigger picture.... know what I mean?  |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 07:34 lemmoth wrote: A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: 1 - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes Wow... now there's an indictment. The Nottingham Jury is a kangaroo court!! |
| oldviolin (Stationed For Petey) | Posted: Apr 16, 2011 - 11:06 be the sign |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 00:03 michaelgmitchell wrote: I duck my head, as I blurt out, "Bleh!" Only a 9 for Zep's "Rain Song"? Shame on you. Don't duck - it's a show of weakness. The Who are an area of weirdness - they inspire greatness and they create havoc. In between, their music makes sane people go over the Western slopes and change political affiliations. Don't worry. Your "bleh!" will be someone else's "YEAH!" And I am sounding just like Stingray, I fear. Pay no attention to the person behind the curtain.  |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON) | Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 15:21 I duck my head, as I blurt out, "Bleh!" |
| diannemck56 (Sacramento) | Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 08:47 When it came out, this album literally changed the course of my music listening life, which changed me as a person. Thankfully. |
| mem_313 (lerkin) | Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 08:43 sigh... The Who. Religious almost. |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 15:14 pcarew wrote: I guess I should have checked 'Wikipedia' before I posted the Q. From Wikipedia: Cover art The album cover shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. According to photographer Ethan A. Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The photograph is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released only about three years earlier.<4> Director Stanley Kubrick had declined to direct the film version of their earlier rock opera Tommy (1975); though the film didn't materialize until the mid-1970s, it existed as a plan, and was ultimately directed by Ken Russell. In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Next's front cover the second greatest album cover of all time. An earlier cover design had featured photographs of obese nude women and has been published elsewhere, but never actually appeared on the album. An alternate cover featured drummer Keith Moon dressed in black lingerie, holding a rope whip, and wearing a brown wig. Some of the photographs taken during these sessions were later used as part of Decca's United States promotion of the album.<5> As a kid when I first saw this album cover and knowing that the band was from England, it gave me the urge to go to the UK and piss on Stonehedge. |
| JBarDom (Mexico) | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 15:13 WHO... else? |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 14:58 pcarew wrote: I guess I should have checked 'Wikipedia' before I posted the Q. From Wikipedia: Cover art The album cover shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. According to photographer Ethan A. Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The photograph is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released only about three years earlier.<4> Director Stanley Kubrick had declined to direct the film version of their earlier rock opera Tommy (1975); though the film didn't materialize until the mid-1970s, it existed as a plan, and was ultimately directed by Ken Russell. In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Next's front cover the second greatest album cover of all time. An earlier cover design had featured photographs of obese nude women and has been published elsewhere, but never actually appeared on the album. An alternate cover featured drummer Keith Moon dressed in black lingerie, holding a rope whip, and wearing a brown wig. Some of the photographs taken during these sessions were later used as part of Decca's United States promotion of the album.<5> For those who may be curious, VH1 rated the greatest album cover to be The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers." |
| pcarew (Austin, Tx (orig. Canterbury UK)) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 14:23 pcarew wrote: So where was the album cover photo taken? I have always wondered. Does anyone have any idea?  I guess I should have checked 'Wikipedia' before I posted the Q. From Wikipedia: Cover art The album cover shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling protruding from a slag heap. According to photographer Ethan A. Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect. The photograph is often seen to be a reference to the monolith discovered on the moon in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which had been released only about three years earlier.<4> Director Stanley Kubrick had declined to direct the film version of their earlier rock opera Tommy (1975); though the film didn't materialize until the mid-1970s, it existed as a plan, and was ultimately directed by Ken Russell. In 2003, the United States cable television channel VH1 named Who's Next's front cover the second greatest album cover of all time. An earlier cover design had featured photographs of obese nude women and has been published elsewhere, but never actually appeared on the album. An alternate cover featured drummer Keith Moon dressed in black lingerie, holding a rope whip, and wearing a brown wig. Some of the photographs taken during these sessions were later used as part of Decca's United States promotion of the album.<5> |
| pcarew (Austin, Tx (orig. Canterbury UK)) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 14:15 So where was the album cover photo taken? I have always wondered. Does anyone have any idea? |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 14:14 fredriley wrote: Right, so this is a song about writing a song with meaningless lyrics? Navel-gazing recursion. Just when you think The Who can't get any more irritating, they suddenly do. Time for a tea break... A quick look at Fred's lowest rated tunes reveals a dozen GREAT SONGS BY SOME OF THE BEST SONGWRITERS EVER i suggest anyone planning to reply to Fred take a look. Then we can all ignore him because he clearly lives in a different world than we do. Here's a VERY SMALL sample of Fred's pans: 1 - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 18:04 Queue wrote: This entire song is ripe full of great bass lines. ...he "jam" in the outro is pretty fun too John Entwhistle said that the producer never really captured his bass sound rolling of the high end growl that he is know for live on this album. The bass lines are fabulous however. I guess you could call them lyrical. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 21:11 Okay - I think Bill is tapping into my mood - it's been pretty weird (read the journal) and all I want is music that will relax me, soothe me, make me happy and keep me from going dark (you wouldn't like me when I'm dark.) So far, he's hit the nail on the head with me. Sorry if it doesn't work for everyone else here, but hey! You'll get your space. That's the beauty of RP - everyone eventually gets their time to shine. I'm just glad my time came now, because right now, all I have apart from this wonderful music is a small bottle of geranium/peppermint essence that's supposed to help my inner knowledge, peace of mind, and calming. At this point, if it could stop me from shaking, I'd be the baddest pirate on the ship. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 12:33 after hearing "Bargain" (a decent cut) about 400,000 times on classic rock stations since this album came out, it's damn refreshing to hear this thing once in great while... |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:34 fredriley wrote: Right, so this is a song about writing a song with meaningless lyrics? Navel-gazing recursion. Just when you think The Who can't get any more irritating, they suddenly do. Time for a tea break... Fred, Fred, Fred... just let it go. This hatred you have for the Who is clearly eating you alive. |
| Queue (ROKville, MD) | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:26 nigelr wrote: The definitive Who song? Darn close to the best track off their best album. Dig ol' Thunderfingers giving a masterclass.............. This entire song is ripe full of great bass lines. ...he "jam" in the outro is pretty fun too |
| stevetheshoe (wayfaraway) | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 10:22 Back to High School for me with this one. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 04:06 Sadly I had never heard this track before but the album just bumped its way up my list of must haves now that I have. What a great song. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 04:03 Right, so this is a song about writing a song with meaningless lyrics? Navel-gazing recursion. Just when you think The Who can't get any more irritating, they suddenly do. Time for a tea break... |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 02:11 The definitive Who song? Darn close to the best track off their best album. Dig ol' Thunderfingers giving a masterclass.............. |
| Loonytunas (and his flying toads) | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 12:11  |
| ydjb (Blacklick, Ohio) | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 12:03 toterola wrote: Jesus-jumped-up-Christ, can't you just enjoy a perfect song?   Still in my Top 10 albums all-time |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 17:01 countyman wrote: Nice song, but we got it in the first chorus, what they were getting. Don't have to repeat it soooooooooooo many times at the end. Jesus-jumped-up-Christ, can't you just enjoy a perfect song? |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: May 21, 2009 - 02:06 Happy 64th, Pete! (yesterday, actually) |
| countyman (sixburgh) | Posted: Apr 19, 2009 - 07:38 Nice song, but we got it in the first chorus, what they were getting. Don't have to repeat it soooooooooooo many times at the end. |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 19:21 Imkirok wrote: Gotta be one of, if not THE, best album cover ever. Maybe Number Two (no pun intended LOL) after Sticky Fingers... |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Mar 18, 2009 - 19:03 I always wondered if that concrete slab on the jacket was some sort of reference to "2001: A Space Odyssey." Any guesses? |
| Imkirok (The Arctic Hinter Land) | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 13:15 Gotta be one of, if not THE, best album cover ever. |
| slartibart_O (N29°57'-W97°34') | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 09:31 I too have peed on stuff in honor of this album cover. |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 09:31 Daltrey has the perfect Rock and Roll voice |
| rachlan (nyc) | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 09:31 wow, haven't heard this in ages. I can't believe I still remember some of the words. but not all. sad too. (i'm singin along) |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 09:31 CCinSB wrote: My FAVORITE Who song...  me 2. |
| CCinSB (the west coast) | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 09:30 My FAVORITE Who song... |