The band gained notoriety early on by becoming the favorite band of the Vocalist was Peter Townshend, a very gifted young man who played so loud, he And the guitarist, main songwriter, and occasional The Who an exciting, rollicking sound that would have been impossible with a normal Rhythm lines in order to concentrate on round-the-drumset attacks that gave The personification of pre-punk hyperactivity who insisted on foregoing normal The bassist was John Entwhistle, a quiet, boring-looking guy who wrote darkĬomedy and played pretty interesting bass lines. Jerk who couldn't sing R 'n' B for crap, but had a decent rock and roll voice. I'm boring myself.Īre you familiar with The Who? The singer was Roger Daltrey, a dinky cocky And remember, if you've got 3.14159 onions, you've got In fact, I hold the opinion that "The Good's Gone," "A Legal Matter,"Īnd "Much Too Much" are three of the catchiest songs they ever did. This record features two amazing singles, "My Generation" and "The Kids AreĪlright," but also boasts seven other originals that should have been Nothing else (Ever tried to sit through an Electric Prunes album? Don't!). Through most of the mid-'60s bands could churn out a decent single and The pack of like records of the era by actually being good all the way 'n' B-influenced, pop-inflected INCREDIBLY melodic rock 'n' roll. No exploration or opera - just straight-up R The Who is and always will be pure energy realized through powerful music- Kick ass music. What have they put out since the mid seventies that qualifies them as the greatest rock band? Nothing! People always say, "well The Stones have lasted so long, blah blah blah". They blew the Stones off the stage and they were superior musicians. I am so tired of this crap placing The Who below The Beatles and The Stones in the rock and roll triumvirate. Impressive but overbearing, and late Who is too Early Who is fun and catchy, middle Who is Halen would a generation later, he lost interest in noise by the early '70sĪnd concentrated more on his songwriting, ironically at the point when it wasīeginning to deteriorate. And he was one of theįirst and best masters of feedback noisemaking unfortunately, as Eddie Van Pop/rock sensibilities so far that the band became first operatic, thenīombastic, and finally, unintentionally self-parodic. Guitarist Peter Townshend was an extremely talented songwriter, stretching his This is unfortunate, considering how good they used to be.Īlthough they were by far the worst R 'n' B cover band in history, their Unlike the Stones, they didn't keep putting out hit singles until they wereįinally able to come up with another good album. Unlike The Beatles, they didn't break up at the pinnacle of their career. Just stay dead - how many friggin' reunion tours do we have to sit through? Might have had by not only sticking around way too long, but by refusing to The Who have completely tarnished any reputation they Important band of the 60's (behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones), us Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey!!! (and some sidemen) THE WHO!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! special introductory paragraph! The Who Sings My Generation A Quick One The Who Sell Out Fillmore East Magic Bus - The Who On Tour Tommy The Tommy Demos Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy Live At Leeds Live At The Isle Of Wight Who's Next Who's Missing Two's Missing Quadrophenia Odds And Sods The Who By Numbers Who Are You The Kids Are Alright Hooligans Greatest Hits Face Dances It's Hard BBC Sessions Who's Last Live: The Blues To The Bush/1999 Live At The Royal Albert Hall Endless Wire Although old people consider them to be the third most
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