I think this is a POLL of shit while John Sinclair rots in prison: THE WHO RESULTS THREAD (ilm artist poll #25)

1. Substitute 872 Three #1 votes
2. I Can See For Miles 852 Two #1 votes
3. The Kids Are Alright 710 Three #1 votes
4. Baba O'Riley 587 One #1 vote
5. A Quick One, While He's Away 511 348 points studio, 168 points R&R Circus; one #1 studio vote, one #1 R&R Circus vote
6. I Can't Explain 503
7. Won't Get Fooled Again 479 Three #1 votes, 451 points studio, 28 points live (The Kids Are Alright)
8. My Generation 474 Three #1 votes
9. Pictures Of Lily 466
10. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere 420 Two #1 votes
11. So Sad About Us 404 One #1 vote
12. I Can't Reach You 384
13. Tattoo 312 Two #1 votes
14. Magic Bus 301 289 points studio, 62 points Leeds, 33 points Stockholm, 8/23/72
15. Happy Jack 298
16. Bargain 269 Two #1 votes, 233 points studio, 36 points San Francisco 12/13/71
17. Pinball Wizard 263
18. Behind Blue Eyes 261 One #1 vote
19. Eminence Front 241
20. 5.15 233
21. Our Love Was 231 One #1 vote
22. Naked Eye 220 176 points studio, 19 points Isle of Wight, 25 points Young Vic
23. The Real Me 215
24. The Seeker 206
25. Love Reign O'er Me 196
26. TIE: Heaven And Hell 175 One #1 vote, 104 points studio, 71 points Leeds
Sparks 175 One #1 vote, 156 points studio, 19 points Woodstock
Who Are You 175
29. I'm One 173
30. Melancholia 172
31. Boris The Spider 171
32. I'm A Boy 170 155 points studio, 15 points Leeds
33. TIE: My Wife 165
The Punk And The Godfather 165
35. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand 154
36. TIE: Christmas 151
Disguises 151 One #1 vote
Sea And Sand 151 One #1 vote
39. Armenia City In The Sky 143
40. Slip Kid 138
41. Pure And Easy 132
42. The Ox 126
43. Sunrise 125
44. Dogs 116
45. Odorono 111
46. Love Ain't For Keeping 109 87 points Who's Next, 22 points outtake with Leslie West (Odds & Sods)
47. Relay 99
48. TIE: Join Together 94
Mike Post Theme 94
50. You Better You Bet 91
51. Out In The Street 88
52. We're Not Gonna Take It 83
53. We Close Tonight 81
54. TIE: Go To The Mirror! 78
I'm Free 78
Much Too Much 78
57. Relax 72
58. Underture 71
59. The Song Is Over 68
60. I've Had Enough 67
61. TIE: I Need You 64
When I Was A Boy 64
63. Amazing Journey 60
64. TIE: Overture 58
Quadrophenia 56
Rael 56
67. TIE: A Legal Matter 54
Going Mobile 54
69. Circles/Circles (Instant Party) 52
70. Dreaming From The Waist 51
71. TIE: Don't Look Away 50
Glow Girl 50
Leaving Here 50
74. Whiskey Man 48
75. TIE: Early Morning Cold Taxi 46
Trick Of The Light 46
77. They Are All In Love 45
78. TIE: How Many Friends 44
The Good's Gone 44
80. Little Billy 43
81. The Dirty Jobs 42
82. Success Story 40
83. TIE: I Don't Mind 38
Let's See Action 38
85. TIE: Cousin Kevin 37
Girl's Eyes 37
87. TIE: Doctor Jimmy 36
Squeeze Box 36
89. TIE: Baby Don't You Do It (San Francisco '71) 34
Cobwebs And Strange 34
Tea & Theatre 34
92. See Me, Feel Me 33
93. Sally Simpson 32
94. Blue Red And Grey 31
95. The Acid Queen 30
96. La-La-La Lies 26
97. TIE: I Don't Even Know Myself 23
The Quiet One 23
99. TIE: Heat Wave 22
Is It In My Head? 22
101. TIE: 905 21
1921 21
103. TIE: In A Hand Or A Face 19
Sensation 19
105. TIE: Eyesight To The Blind 18
Long Live Rock 18
107. TIE: Sister Disco 16
Young Man Blues 16
109. Summertime Blues 15
110. TIE: Bell Boy 14
Cache Cache 14
Imagine A Man 14
Someone's Coming 14
114. TIE: Getting In Tune 13
However Much I Booze 13
Postcard 13
117. TIE: Athena 12
Guitar And Pen 12
Smash The Mirror 12

dr.j & mr.h is on magic bus! in america. i know this because i'm playing the album now. makes good dinner music.

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i'll tell ya i've been listening to the who almost my entire life (or at least 30+ years first album i bought was odds & sods cuz it was a cut-out staple at the time) and there is still a ton i don't know about the who and who music. this thread is definitely good for digging in!

maybe magic bus doesn't really count as an album though...

i always think of it as an album. the who didn't like it like the beatles didn't like capitol cash-ins, i think. but sometimes you get so used to things they seem normal and fine.

Oh sweet, "Disguises" is on there too. I love that one.

Awesome poll, thanks!

My ballot:

1. My Generation
2. Bargain (San Francisco, 12/13/71)
3. Magic Bus (Stockholm, 8/23/72)
4. Naked Eye
5. We Close Tonight
6. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
7. 5.15
8. A Quick One While He's Away (R&R Circus)
9. I Don't Even Know Myself
10. Join Together
11. Out In The Street
12. Pure And Easy
13. Mike Post Theme
14. I'm One
15. Won't Get Fooled Again
16.Tattoo
17. I Can't Explain
18. Melancholia
19. However Much I Booze
20. Tea & Theatre

albums:
1. View From A Backstage Pass
2. Live At Leeds
3. My Generation
4. The Who Sell Out
5. Quadrophenia

worst:

1. It's Your Turn
2. One At A Time
3. Why Did I Fall For That
4. Don't Let Go The Coat
5. I've Been Away

tarfumes will now be conducting a milford graves poll, i think. the who and free jazz. what more do you need in life?

You read my mind!

tarfumes, be honest, how many times have you listened to roger daltrey's 8 solo albums?

Truthfully, I've only listened to the first one (Daltrey) all the way through more than once (and it's great). I'm curious about One Of The Boys, less so about Ride A Rock Horse. The others? Meh.

you're a brave man, Tarfumes.

Any recommendations on Ox's solo stuff? I was thinking about dipping a toe in.

songs

A Quick One, While He's Away
Eminence Front
So Sad About Us
The Acid Queen
Baba O'Riley
Bargain
Happy Jack (live at Leeds)
Overture
Behind Blue Eyes
Substitute
1921
Pinball Wizard
Magic Bus (live at Leeds)
Cousin Kevin
Christmas
I Can't Reach You
I'm a Boy (live at Leeds)
The Real Me
We Close Tonight
Armenia City in the Sky

albums:
Tommy
Live at Leeds
Who's Next
A Quick One
My Generation

least favorite songs:
Love, Reign o'er Me
Odorono
Young Man Blues
Shakin' All Over
Fiddle About

Tommy way slept on in this poll I think---p shocked that "The Acid Queen" only got 30 votes; are those all mine? in hs that was THE Who song in my circle of friends

great poll though, i should revisit the debut

Any recommendations on Ox's solo stuff? I was thinking about dipping a toe in.

YES! Smash Your Head Against The Wall is brilliant; there's a fascinating take on "Heaven And Hell," some heaviness that gives Sabbath a run for its money ("My Size"), and the most beautiful songs he'd ever write ("What Are We Doing Here?" "Ted End," "I Believe In Everything").

The two or three songs I've heard from the rest of his solo albums didn't make me want to hear any more of them, though (except for Whistle Rymes, which is supposed to be decent).

I wanted to put Acid Queen in, really I did, but there was too much competition

i missed out on this poll but i would've voted for 'we're not gonna take it' -- there's something so weirdly moving about it, the way it transitions back and forth between the intimacy of 'see me, feel me' and the interaction with the crowd. one of the few moments on the album where the whole concept really works for me. oh and needless to say i much prefer it to that other fuckin' worthless song of the same title.

I also had to miss several great songs from Who By Numbers from my ballot, like Booze and Waist

yeah, smash your head is essential, but all of his solo albums have a couple of cool tracks. and you need this album for primo disco ox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exYpJR4n-Uk

albums
1 live at leeds
2 the who sell out
3 meaty beaty big and bouncy
4 who's next
5 quadrophrenia

tracks
1 substitute
2 our love was
3 i can see for miles
4 pictures of lily
5 anyway, anyhow, anywhere
6 won’t get fooled again
7 naked eye
8 eminence front
9 a quick one while he’s away
10 i can’t reach you
11 baba o’riley
12 relax
13 underture
14 my generation
15 the seeker
16 sea and sand
17 who are you
18 love reign o’er me
19 magic bus (live at leeds)
20 the kids are alright

Thanks for the Ox recommendations, guys -- I'll do some investigating!

Oh and this tickled me pink, from Pete's Meaty Beaty RS review that Myonga kindly (awesomely) linked to upthread

The only non-Townshend track on the album is also a non-single. Politics or my own shaky vanity might be the reason, but "Boris the Spider" was never released as a single and could have been a hit. It was the most-requested song we ever played on stage, and if this really means anything to you guitar players, it was Hendrix' favorite Who song. Which rubbed me up well the wrong way, I can tell you. John introduced us to "Boris" in much the same way as I introduced us to our "Generation"; through a tape recorder. We assembled in John's three by ten-foot bedroom and listened incredulously as the strange and haunting chords emerged. Laced with words about the slightly gruesome death of a spider, the song had enough charm to send me back to my pad writing hits furiously. It was a winner, as Harry would say. It still is, for the life of me I don't know why we still don't play it, and the other Entwistle masterpiece, "Heaven and Hell," on the stage anymore. There is no piece for the wicked, John's writing is wicked, his piece here is "Boris."

Fortunately, "Boris" would return to their live shows in 1975, and didn't leave until John did.

yeah hearing 'boris' on the radio was how i found out entwistle had passed essentially

I still haven't quite gotten over the fact that he's gone -- ten years on, even.

http://beta.thewho.net/files/sites/default/files/images/Johnnytwinkle.jpg

It's pretty weird, definitely. I found out at work, from a Who e-mail list. I didn't have any Who CDs for the drive home, and the extent of the tribute on the "classic rock" station was a single airing of "Behind Blue Eyes." When I turned off the radio, an incredibly loud and violent thunderstorm started. It couldn't have been more perfect.

xpost to VegemiteGrrl, i went outside to take pics of the pinball machine yesterday and realized it's completely missing the top screen (the plastic with Tommy in white t & Ann Margret look-alike been torn off) so the only thing left are the numbers. Still has the game board and the Wizard designs on the sides. Must have come out way before the movie, I thought it was just a wizard-themed machine.

curious what who ppl still hear on the radio - i hear 'baba o'riley', 'won't get fooled again', 'who are you', and 'behind blue eyes' frequently, 'bargain', 'i can see for miles', 'my generation', and 'pinball wizard' somewhat less frequently but not rarely, 'squeeze box', 'long live rock', and 'love reign o'er me' on occasion. anything else is a fluke.

There doesn't appear to be a "classic rock" station where I am now. But in the town I lived previous, I heard "Behind Blue Eyes," "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Bargain," "You Better You Bet," "Eminence Front," "Long Live Rock," "Who Are You," "Squeeze Box," "Pinball Wizard," "Magic Bus," and maybe "Love Reign O'er Me." I didn't hear any other Who songs on that station for ten years.

It's pretty weird, definitely. I found out at work, from a Who e-mail list. I didn't have any Who CDs for the drive home, and the extent of the tribute on the "classic rock" station was a single airing of "Behind Blue Eyes." When I turned off the radio, an incredibly loud and violent thunderstorm started. It couldn't have been more perfect.

― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:03 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

We were quite lucky in Houston. We got a whole evening of Who requests, including a load of deep stuff, and the night was capped by a midnite "Classic Disc" airing of the then-new two-disc Ultimate Collection in its entirety.

The closest treatment I can remember was when George Harrison died (just like 7-8 months prior), and that whole weekend was packed with "Beatles A-Z" plus some syndicated stuff like an audio doc on the solo years and his appearance on "Rockline".

you're kidding, they played all those Who songs but not "My Generation"? or "I Can See for Miles"?

Tell me King Diamond wasn't into "Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUFgqKbu2Fo

you're kidding, they played all those Who songs but not "My Generation"? or "I Can See for Miles"?

Nope, those were on the "oldies" station.

Yeah our wheelchair-rock station will play Won't Get Fooled Again, Pinball Wizard, You Better You Bet, Who Are You?...not much of the early stuff unless it's a special 'look back' segment or some bs

I heard "I Can See for Miles" about a year ago on our "oldies" station -- technically it's not oldies anymore, something like "good time hits." They had a British Invasion Weekend a few weeks ago so I assume they played a few Who songs, but I only listen to that station when I'm in the truck and there's no news on NPR.

Here are the songs that were in the top 500 most played songs on classic rock radio in 2011, from most to least played: Who Are You, Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again, Pinball Wizard, Bargain, My Generation, You Better You Bet, Squeeze Box

fwiw "Pinball Wizard" is the 13th most played from the entire 1960s -- classic rock radio is VERY '70s-centric now, not just with regards to The Who

Yeah I felt very lost and confused when I noticed they'd started including 90's. RAGH 90S IS NOT CLASSIC oh wait it's 20 years old fuck me I'm old now goddammit

al do you have that spreadsheet on you? curious what beatles, stones, kinks songs are in there and then by way of contrast what journey songs

"Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" get played constantly here--no explanation for why I'm sick of the second but not the first. (If anything, being much shorter, it gets played even more often.) What else...maybe 15 other songs. Mostly stuff from the two doubles and Who's Next, but a few earlier songs, too--"My Generation," "I Can't Explain," "Happy Jack," a couple others. Zero after "Who Are You"; pretty sure I've never heard "Eminence Front" ever (on the radio, and period). For number of different songs on the classic-rock station, they may even be fourth after the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and the Rolling Stones. Pink Floyd gets played more often, but a smaller group of songs.

yeah i can fwd it to you, where you want it sent to (xp)

al if you're looking for a column idea looking at the evolution and general death of oldies radio might be something, it'd been slowly fading from the dial for ten years down here and then finally getting replaced by either fm talk radio or this emerging format which seems to be taking trad oldies place - heavy 80s, solid amount of 90s, select amount of 70s, handful of the biggest 60s (hey jude, satisfaction, i'm a believer).

xp send it to jamesblount at google's email service.

yeah it's definitely something i'm going to write about at length at some point, just hasn't gelled into a clear idea to write around yet

sent btw

Saw this on FB today:

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/564425_10151219933541743_1172810701_n.jpg

#1 Kids are Alright
My Gen
Substitute
I'm One
Magic Bus
Real Me
A Quick One(R&R Circus vers)
I Can See for Miles
Pix of Lilly
Girl's Eyes
Early Morning Cold Taxi
I Can't Reach You
Disguises
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
Song is Over
SO Sad about Us
Pure n Easy
Sea and Sand
Bargain
#20 Athena

Albums (best--->less best):
Quadrophenia
Live @ Leeds Complete
Sell Out
Who put a better boot in 1976
Isle of Wight

Worst
Squeeze Box
Blue Eyes
Bellboy
Who Are You
Tattoo

Here's my ballot:

Won't Get Fooled Again
I Can't Explain
Baba O'Riley
Substitute
Quadrophenia
Go To The Mirror
Pictures Of Lily
The Seeker
Mike Post Theme
I Can't Reach You
The Punk and The Godfather
I'm One
Behind Blue Eyes
Love Ain't For Keeping
Overture/It's A Boy
Sally Simpson
Christmas
5:15
Pinball Wizard
I Can See For Miles
Top 5 albums
1. Who's Next
2. Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy
3. Quadrophenia
4. The Who Sell Out
5. Tommy

Worst Songs
1. Squeeze Box
2. The Real Me
3. Silas Stingy

So, nobody voted for "Man with the Money." I know it's a cover, but it's this brilliant thing that the Everly Brothers wrote and had out as a 1965 b-side and album track. There's something moving about how the Who feel like just the right band to do it and they absolutely nail it.

I haven't heard "Sally Simpson" in so long. A little awestruck at how SF Sorrow it is.