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

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:

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#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.

Great job Tarfumes, thanks so much for doing this. They were the first band I ever paid my own way to see, in 1989.

the kids are alright
the ox
5:15
i can see for miles
anyway anyhow anywhere
i'm a boy
eminence front
baba o riley
love reign o'er me
a quick one, while he's away
sparks
christmas
cousin kevin
dogs
the song is over
underture
won't get fooled again
substitute
getting in tune
circles (instant party)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4aevx16eU1qehaupo1_500.jpg

Here is a real nice set of Entwistle stuff.

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/46221

...and my ballot:
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Baba O'Riley
I Can't Reach You
Armenia City In The Sky
Bargain
Sunrise
My Generation
Naked Eye
The Real Me
I Can See For Miles
Who Are You
The Seeker
Sparks
The Punk And The Godfather
So Sad About Us
Blue Red And Grey
Sea And Sand
Trick Of The Light
The Kids Are Alright
Relay

Top 5 albums:
Live At Leeds
The Who Sell Out
Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy
Who's Next
My Generation

Least favorite songs:
Athena
Long Live Rock
Did You Steal My Money
Why Did I Fall For That
Don't Let Go The Coat

One Ox curiosity that's worth mentioning is the Tipton, Entwistle, & Powell album (Glenn Tipton, Entwistle, and Cozy Powell). The songs aren't all that great (wish Entwistle was writing/singing instead), but it's great to hear Entwistle playing something that isn't The Who. Monsterous sound he gets.

I always liked this review: http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/the-who-join-together-baby-dont-you-do-it

“Baby Don’t You Do It” was first born in 1964 as a pleading ballad by Marvin Gaye and quickly thereafter became one of The Who’s earliest covers. Giving it seven years of rough handling in the studio and on the road, it mutated into an apocalyptic beast of heavy Rock. Their live rendition doesn’t sound remotely Tamla nor Motown: it sounds like “Live At Leeds” and the songwriting credits should’ve read Holland-Iommi-Holland instead. It’s a raging soul plea shot with a Benzedrine dart to its heart. It’s a flippin’ template for their forthcoming “The Real Me.” It’s heavy, it fucking moves and it’s got it all: Townshend’s SG guitar power chords roar through dominant HIWATT loudspeakers; pretzel-shaped bomb-bass-tic Entwistlian 4-string runs are tautly performed with the greatest of ease; Daltrey’s throat-tearing vox and the outbreak of Mooning drum frenzy that continues unabated throughout. There are several sections where Townshend’s guitar cuts out and stays that way to leave Moon’s unaccompanied ferocious riding of cymbals and rapid double bass drumming to briefly hiccough then regain their lunatic balance on its rhythmic tightrope. After ending the song with several synchronised band crescendos, Daltrey places the microphone gingerly on the stage floor and instead of clinking it sounds like an explosive-filled projectile going off. Luckily, he didn’t sneeze into it or the walls of the venue would’ve probably collapsed or at very least: rendered them structurally unsound.

I just won a "Live at Leeds" LP with all the inserts on e-bay.

The dude selling just mailed me saying "we've sent all our old Who albums rather than dump them.."

So, I guess they'll probably be the "face dances" and so on stuff...

I never saw the Who, but I have this story: When I was 13, my dad took a friend and me to see U2 on the War tour, which was my first real rock 'n' roll show. I was of course completely blown away by it, being 13, and as we walked back across the parking lot to the car my friend and I were going on excitedly about it. Of course, eventually I had to ask my dad, "Did you like it?" He sort of shrugged and said, "Yeah, they were good. But you should've seen the Who in 1968..."

What a trump card.

I keep thinking of this anecdote told to me by someone who saw the Who at the Marquee in 1968. He said that the audience was packed right up against the stage, which was maybe a foot off the ground. As was normal for the space/times, guitars went through unmiked amps, only the vocals went through the PA, and the drums were unmiked. They were incredibly loud and powerful, as you'd expect. But as soon as they tore into the midsection of "Shakin' All Over," when Keith started his double-bass rolls, the entire audience took a sudden and fearful step back, exchanging glances like "the fuck is going on?!" The guy who told me this said it felt like Keith was stomping on his chest.

it sounds like “Live At Leeds” and the songwriting credits should’ve read Holland-Iommi-Holland instead.

^awesome. There's a version of that song on the Who's Next reissue that has Leslie West guesting on lead and just killing it.

I've been watching the Quad doc -- the studio secretary said she has a ruptured eardrum from when they did their first sound test at Ramport. They said it came out at like, *140 decibels*? O_O

I busted my first pair of speakers, in high school, cranking the Who; the speakers were shit but it was a great way for them to go.

That 140 decibels thing, yeah, kind of scary. Especially since their volume that set the Guinness record for "Loudest Pop Group" was 120 decibels.

Thanks to the poll results I have now heard "Melancholia" for the first time. Great song!

I busted my first pair of speakers, in high school, cranking the Who; the speakers were shit but it was a great way for them to go.

This happened to me too!

did anyone ever read that big biography of keith moon that came out like a decade ago?

i read the dave marsh book as a who-obsessed teen; remember it mainly seeming to consist of long mopey quotes from townshend and insufferable analysis of each song by marsh.

Moon bio is a wealth of info, and you'll feel like you're drunk when you finish it. Supposedly it's been updated since '99.

Marsh bio is beyond essential; his analyses of the state of rock at the time, among other things, elevate it far above most group bios.

I read that Moon bio; it's good but don't expect to like him afterwards. :(

Is it Dear Boy, or Moon: Life and Death of a Rock Legend?

I was looking at Dear Boy recently and thinking about picking it up

Moon: Life and Death of a Rock Legend