Sorry, I got no timing. I fucked up the timing.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
If I had to bet on one Who's Next song not placing, I'd go with "The Song Is Over." We'll see.
― clemenza, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Boris the Spider! My Wife! Yaaaaay!
I love the way Ox's voice strains on "Machiiiiiiine guuuun"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
26. TIE: "Heaven And Hell" (b-side, "Summertime Blues," 1970) 7 votes, 175 points, one #1 vote, 104 points studio, 71 points Leeds"Sparks" (Tommy, 1969) 8 votes, 175 points, one #1 vote, 156 points studio, 19 points Woodstock"Who Are You" (Who Are You, 1978) 9 votes, 175 pointshttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/SummertimeBlues45.jpg/220px-SummertimeBlues45.jpghttp://www.justpressplay.net/images/stories/woodstock40/whowoodstock.jpghttp://www.thewho.info/images/78WhoAreYou-NL-The_Who.jpghttp://youtu.be/3To9lIysoCshttp://youtu.be/gcm1EKltug0http://youtu.be/TfJxMhdheak
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/41582_110617082318676_8967_n.jpg
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Live version of "Heaven and Hell" was my favorite for a while on the Leeds album.
"Sparks" is probably one of the first songs i ever learned how to play. I had a tab of the entire Tommy album and would practice playing it to stadium crowds in the living room.
Whoever said they thought "Who Are You" was a new band that wrote a song about their name was otm. I thought that exact thing when i heard this on the radio when i was 5 or something.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
"Heaven and Hell"! My #1. <3 The Ox.
― cwkiii, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Hard to think of another band with as great a set-opener as "Heaven and Hell."
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
And funny that it was their first UK #1.
they never had a number 1 single.
― fit and working again, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
I recall Townshend saying it was #1 in Melody Maker, but Wikipedia sez, "Before 1969 there was no official singles chart."
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
"We'd like to play three selected hit singles--three easiest...and "I'm a Boy" which according to the, (crowd cheers) thank you, according to the Melody Maker was our first number one in England I think for about a half an hour (crowd laughs)."
Readers followed the charts in various periodicals and, during this time, the BBC used aggregated results of charts from the NME, Melody Maker, Disc and (later) Record Mirror to compile the Pick of the Pops chart.
― fit and working again, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
25. "Love Reign O'er Me" (Quadrophenia, 1973) 8 votes, 196 pointshttp://www.thewho.info/images/73LROM-Who.jpghttp://youtu.be/EJi6maTueSc
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
xx posts question re: ballot distribution, mine is
60s - 20 votes70s - 0 votes80s - 0 votes90s - 0 votes21st Century - 0 votes22nd Century - 0 votes
Going Mobile will totally post. Gettin in Tune and Song is Over might not.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
LROM was on my least-favorite ballot. So overwrought. Daltrey's an unsubtle singer at best, and a bellowing blowhard on things like this. Not that the song does him any favors, lyrics-wise.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
aw :( I love LROM
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
I almost put LROM on my least-faves -- I had a short list of six songs.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
But I'm happy "I'm a Boy" made the list!
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
least fave voting: I am now sorry I included Magic Bus as a least fave, I forgot about Long Live Rock.... then it would have been consistent: all 70s bombast: Who Are You, Sister Disco, Song Is Over, Love Reign o'er Me, & Long Live Rock.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
See now, I guess "Who Are You" is just the right amount of overwrought bellowing for me. That one cranks.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
I don't understand Who Are You over LROM. Each to their own but that's crazytalk to my ears
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
Honestly I didn't go back and actually listen to LROM one more time, but I heard Who Are You in a bowling alley the other day....and while watching the Who documentary....and we're not reliving old times together or anything.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
There's a great moment in the recent Quad doc where Daltrey's LROM vocals are isolated. It's pretty chilling. Makes you believe the legend about him singing so loud that he once blew up a mic in the studio.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Really funny that it's the CSI theme now though. That one and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are always being thrust into inappropriate contexts I guess.
Really loud singing, yes.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
I don't understand Who Are You over LROM.
I like the motion of "Who Are You," it grooves on the chorus and rocks on the verses. Plus of course as a teenager I loved sneering "Who the fuck are you?"
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
The Kids are Alright version slays the album version, mostly because Keith is unleashed and Roger is relaxed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4
― Three Word Username, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh come on, LROM is a joy
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
24. "The Seeker" (single, 1970) 9 votes, 206 pointshttp://img.cdandlp.com/2012/07/imgL/115476102.jpghttp://youtu.be/dDn9Ep_UHNM
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
It needs Roger's bombast, just wouldn't have worked with a restrained, slightly whiny Pete vocal
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
i don't get the scorn for LROM either. i put it @ #2...
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Roger's singing on the verses is incredibly restrained anyway. It's a fantastic vocal performance.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
I had never heard "Eminence Front" before playing GTA: San Andreas and now i LOVE it (tho it didn't make my list). Not sure if i love it cos it's a cool song or if i just have memories of taking off in a fighter jet to it.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
Glad to see Armenia made it!
― VOTE in the 1980's ROCK POLL PLEASE! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. Psych Who is some great stuff. Cool drumming on that one!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
23. "The Real Me" (Quadrophenia, 1973) 10 votes, 215 pointshttp://static.bbci.co.uk/programmeimages/384x216/clip/p00v9j25.jpg?nodefault=truehttp://youtu.be/7dlN55SoF4Q
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
Justice
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
22. "Naked Eye" (recorded 1970; Odds & Sods, 1974) 10 votes, 220 points; 176 points studio, 19 points Isle of Wight 1970, 25 points Young Vic 1971http://www.thewho.net/linernotes2//71-05-05YoungVic1.jpghttp://youtu.be/t29Xvjq_k9I
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
"The world begins behind your neighbor's wall"
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
This was high on my ballot. As much as I love the live versions, I went with the studio version; much more tension before the explosion at the end.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't heard all the live versions (just the Vic one on the expanded Who's Next), but isn't the studio version the most complete, with all the lyrics? I remember Dave Marsh quoting the last verse in Before I Get Old, which I looked at long before hearing the studio version and being "like what now?".
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm 80% sure the Young Vic has all the lyrics, but the Isle of Wight definitely doesn't. Wait, no, Roger forgot a verse at the Young Vic. So yes, you're right, the studio version is the only officially released one with all the lyrics.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Last one for today coming up!
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
21. "Our Love Was" (The Who Sell Out, 1967) 9 votes, 231 points, one #1 vote)http://new.supanet.com/after-they-were-famous--celebrity-jobs--roger-daltrey-the-who-sell-out--heinz-baked-beans-7749064.jpghttp://youtu.be/pxOEcvtQaEM
I dunno what criteria people used to pick individual tunes off of Sell Out... I ranked Odorono highest myself
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 10 September 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
I think part of the reason I don't really "get" Sell Out is that I don't really know where the songs end & begin...except for "Armenia" (which I voted for) & of course "Miles" (which I didn't vote for).
― Euler, Monday, 10 September 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
like "Odorono"...is it a song or a skit? does it have a chorus? it bewilders me!
I Can See For Miles and I Can't Reach You are both locks to finish high.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 10 September 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
like "Odorono"...is it a song or a skit?
Yes!
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Monday, 10 September 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
The greatest part about Our Love Was is the way it comes in from the jingle
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 10 September 2012 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
I love the bassline in 'Our Love Was' so much.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 10 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
Great solo on "Our Love Was"-- very Randy California (and predates Spirit as a recording unit).
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link