Daltrey looking frighteningly like Beavis there.
― Darren Robocopsky (Phil D.), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
LAP LAP LAP LAP
LAFF LAFF LAFF LAFF
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
"I saw ya!"
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
have we talked about Who harmonies? was thinking about that over the weekend -- they really are fking awesome at harmonies aren't they
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Heh-heh-heh! Heh-heh-heh! He said "jack"!
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
haahha yeah I love that 'I saw ya' --- and isn't it Pete catching Moony trying to sing with them, when they didn't want him to?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for "Happy Jack" but for the Live at Leeds version; what a thumper
― Euler, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
D'oh! You did? I'll have to issue a correction. (results would be the same, though) (and the spreadsheet is at home, so I'll check later)
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot about the Leeds version - def a goodun
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
xp Yep, they were recording the backing vocals, but Moon kept fucking up (he sang backup on records a surprising number of times), so they made him sit out of sight in the control room. After they finally got through a take, he popped his head up, and then down again. Hence the "I saw ya!"
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
"Happy Jack" is something that would never fly these days, sort of like the Fugs "Dirty Old Man". So odd that a song about an old pervert would be a hit single. Great melody/buildup though! Terrific drumming, this is the kind of music Moon was made to play.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
The burglars video for Happy Jack is pretty good as wellhttp://www.youtu.be/52cQeFBU2Kw
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
Beginning to lose hope that I Don't Mind will chart. It's all about the solo and the stabbing "I know, yes I know" bit
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda love the Hospitals' cover of "Happy Jack", which is the Who single with drums and distorted vocals on top of it. It's fantastic.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
14. "Magic Bus" (single, 1968) 14 votes, 301 points (289 points studio, 62 points Leeds, 33 points Stockholm, 8/23/72)http://powerlinead.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/the-who-1968.jpghttp://youtu.be/UKMn3Ip4y6s
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeeeeesssss magic bus rules
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
xxpost Bruneau -- really? I didn't think Happy Jack was about a pervert? I don't even get a creepy vibe from that song. It's just about a weird old man who sleeps on the beach that the kids make fun of. Unless I'm totally wrong.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that was my impression too (weird old dude, not a pervert). Townshend generally left the pervert portraiture to Entwistle.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
On second thought I think you two are right. Haven't read the lyrics in a while, and it's something i apparently read too much into when that gossip about Townshend hit the news.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
it's no Aqualung, that's for sure
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
:)
I'm also going with the 'weird old dude' interpretation. I never got a 'pervert' vibe from the song at all.
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
Anyways i love the orchestral drums here, and the music video is ace. Had no idea it was filmed for a Monkees-like TV show that never happened.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp never thought Aqualung was about a pervert either - the lyrics that imply the character is a pervert I thought were assumptions made by a second narrator.
― Emeritus Professor of LOLology (snoball), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Glad "Happy Jack" placed high. Wasn't sure if it was considered an annoying novelty--thought it might even make the worst list.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
The Who's novelty songs were always better than anyone else's.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
The original US cover for A Quick One highlighted the inclusion of "Happy Jack" more prominently than the album title, due to it being a top-40 hit.
Also, let's not forget about this much early "Tommy"-related pinball machine than the one pictured above, from 1975:
http://www.thewho.info/images/75Wizard-Who.jpg
http://spyhunter007.com/Images/wizard_bally_pinball_1975.jpg
― the evolution will not be televised (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
early = earlier
― the evolution will not be televised (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
feeling all the bumpers, indeed....
― the evolution will not be televised (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
I've never gotten the love for "Magic Bus"... even as tight and awesome as it was, the original 6-song Live at Leeds had a big ol' 7:30 chunk of filler at the end.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
duuuuuuuuuuuude
seriously?
Live at Leeds Magic Bus is like my Top 3 Who tracks. That jam at the end is awesome!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Dudes i have that wizard pinball machine on my porch!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
I just realized....wow. It's in dreadful condition (belongs to the landlord) but i never thought it was an official Tommy machine. Oh boy that is awesome.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
can you post a pic?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
magic bus is sooo dope.
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
I remember the arcade i went to when i was a kid had it, but can't remember if i played it
― the evolution will not be televised (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
I WAAAANT ITI WAAAANT IT
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
lol, it takes all kinds! And I'm just one of the kinds.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
i wish i could hear magic bus (or any who song) for the first time again
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
otm, how awesome would that be
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
there's another, better Tommy pinball game fwiw
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Just remembered something, not sure if it's been mentioned yet or not. One of my favourite (relatively) early record reviews is the one Pete Townshend wrote in Rolling Stone for Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. I think that's where I saw him mention that "Pinball Wizard" was written for Nik Cohn in an effort to get him to like the Who better--Cohn was a big pinball player.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Remember that weird backwards bit on the vinyl edition of the Live At Leeds "Magic Bus"?
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
xp - i don't think Tommy was to even be a pinball player before Nik Cohn was critical of an early draft
― the evolution will not be televised (Lee626), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, just double-checked--it wasn't that he was down on the Who in general: "a ploy to get Nik Cohn...to be a little more receptive to my plans to write a Rock Opera." Pete spells it "Nick."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
sorry for the delay...
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
13. "Tattoo" (The Who Sell Out, 1967) 13 votes, 312 points, two #1 voteshttp://www.rosshalfin.com/diary/february-2008/who-tattoo.jpghttp://youtu.be/XO20hw41N2Y
This was my number one. I'm pretty sure they played it in 2006(?) when i saw them, which made my effing day. A lovely, silly, dramatic, beautiful, aching, and funny song!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link