Another great piece of Pete writing: His Rolling Stone review of Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I've ever seen a performance like the Rock n Roll circus. I have never tired of watching it
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
You know how in that Circus performance, where Pete hits the chords leading to the "'cello, 'cello" section and the crowd sort of spontaneously goes nuts? From there to the end is everything good and right about rock music.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
You're welcome! Bunch more interviews here.
xp
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
The R&R Circus version just SLAYS. I heard that long before the studio version, and it was a big letdown.
Listening back to the studio one last night on headphones, i liked it alot! Except the ending, i think the vocals are a bit out of tune on all the post-Ivor stuff. And the "Dang! Dang!" should be much more powerful.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
probably no relation but 'bohemian rhapsody' has always seemed to me to be built on the quick one template - harmony opening to relatively sentimental first section, second section both sinister and goofy, third section ROCKS. enjoy both, prefer quick one - tbh those chords leading into the 'cellocellocello' part alone would've guaranteed it a spot on my ballot.
― balls, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
Too many wonderful moments to mention, but the bit where Keith chucks his floortom over his head, where he's singing along unmiked, Pete's "can't believe that I'm with you a-GAIN!", and dangdang and cellocello
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
"yr all forgiven!"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
xp I was just about to mention Keith in this performance. I've read somewhere Pete saying how much of a fan of the Who Keith was, and it really shows here.
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone have a link to Pete's Meaty Beaty RS review? I've been hunting online since clemenza mentioned it yesterday but I cannae find it :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
4. "Baba O'Riley" (Who's Next, 1971) 23 votes, 587 points, two #1 voteshttp://www.oshobuddhaquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/MEHER-baba-quotes-sayings1.jpghttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/462798.jpghttp://youtu.be/5uxR0XIwpHI
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
and yeah, loving those journals
You're welcome! Bunch more interviews here.xp― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:25 PM (21 minutes ago)
Thanks from me as well, Tarfumes...sitting at work reading Townshend's journals and lovin' it!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, tooo low!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
I could've sworn his MBBB review was online at some point...I can't find it either.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
xp to Keith as fan: Oh yeah. The blissing out and singing along at the end wasn't play acting, he was right fucking there. There's a holler right after that accompanies a monster fill, and it betrays everything.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
For book people, the Townshend MBBB piece is in the Clinton Heylin rock writing anthology.
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Here you go, VG: http://beta.thewho.net/bibliography/articles/rolling_stone_essay71.html
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
Gah! An embarrassment of riches! Didn't know they'd updated the site!
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
ive just heard BOR too many times. i cant hear it with fresh ears anymore. i guess its good though
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Very surprising results. I have no idea what 2 of the top 3 could possibly be.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
MVB you are my hero :D thank you thank you!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
:D
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Oh wait, never mind. I know 2 that will finish fer sure (won't say) but the 3rd is a mystery
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
I only know one for sure, but I can't recall yesterday's results
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
3. "The Kids Are Alright" (My Generation, 1965) 28 votes, 710 points, three #1 voteshttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/10070/The+Who.jpghttp://youtu.be/Mml278ODHXg
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I'll buy that. Fking great harmonies...and I love how in that classic early Who style it's got lovely harmonies but that menacing drum/bass combo rolling along underneath to create a nice happy/angry contradiction
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
Power pop starts here.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
OK. The last two are fairly obvious. Which will finish on top?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't vote for My Generation cuz yeah I'm sick of it. also every time I hear it I remember the anecdote about how Roger adopted the stuttering delivery as a joke on one of the engineers (who had a stutter) which just seems cruel
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:49 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
lol you're thinking of Bachman-Turner Overdrive dude
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
man i REALLY hope ********** is #1 instead of * *** *** *** ***** *** *****
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
...*** ***** *** ***** *** ***** *** *****
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
no I had a book as a kid that was called something like "The Stories Behind 100 Pop Hits" or something and it specifically told the story of how the stuttering take was a goof, something Daltrey sang to make fun of the engineer/studio assistant since there was some technical issue with Daltrey's playback, and then how the band was surprised when that was the take that actually ended up on the pressing. of course, this was in the days before the internet, so its entirely possible this was just some unsubstantiated rumor/hearsay that the author was drawing on. nevertheless, it's what I think of when I hear the tune.
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Think it's bol, anyway
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
Nice innovation, some dude! Love the asterisk technique. And those are definitely the top 2.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^ now I'm thinking of Roger Daltrey telling Homer Simpson "These are all Grand Funk Railroad songs!" xpost
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Shakey are you sure you're not thinking of Stutter Rap by Morris Minor and the Majors? (ducks)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
2. "I Can See For Miles" (The Who Sell Out, 1967) 31 votes, 852 points, two #1 voteshttp://www.bamalamaposters.co.uk/images/prod/Who_See_For_Miles_LG.jpghttp://youtu.be/FYkGimCrcRg
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
I love em both, but voted * *** *** *** ***** *** ***** as my own #1. I'm really surprised ********** is this high. I'd be fine with it at #1, because it would be less predictable.
xpost: aha!
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
it was this bookhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515g4VRx2IL._SL500_AA300_.jpgxp
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
Now here's a surprise
xposts, Timing!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
YES
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
funny enough I was just writing prediction that my own #1 would take the top spot by miles and miles when tarfumes posted
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
The barely controlled chaos of "I Can See for Miles" is one of my favorite things in all of music. A pop song on top, a world war underneath, with horses charging and bombs falling and at the end everything is in ruins.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
i voted for both but #2 more out of a sense of duty 'well of COURSE it has to be in any list of Who songs' way and #1 in a 'fuck yes this song is so great' way
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
You nailed it, tipsy.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
I must admit Substitute makes me a little uncomfortable because of the line about his dad being black. I realise the way it was intended but its just, well, of its time..
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah tipsy 100% otm
it really is a joy to listen to
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
It's about genuine problems... xpost
― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link