I just realized I forgot to vote for A Quick One While He's Away
D:
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
omg what is wrong with you
― manic pixie, mercy, yo chick she's so quirky (some dude), Sunday, 9 September 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah forgetting "A Quick One"...that song IS the Who!
but you are forgiven
― Euler, Sunday, 9 September 2012 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
the definition of fail ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
I think "I Need You" was pretty high up on my ballot.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
in other news I watched Kids Are Alright today and I want to timetravel back in time & run away with The Who
are there 4 cooler guys in rock? like, a fuck-off stadium band that you would have beers with? even grumpy rog. filled with love atm :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:07 (eleven years ago) link
I don't even know who you are anymore!
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
You would love the new Quad doc.
xp
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
head = oven
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
yes I want to see the Quad doc!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
side note - watching Live At Kilburn 77: is that considered a sloppy Moony show? bc he seems p good to me?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
For decades it was a foregone conclusion that this was one of the worst shows they ever played. And while it's not entirely inconceivable that, by their standards, the Who thought it sucked, an off night for them is a night other bands would kill for.
Moon's not quite where he was in late '76, but he's far better than he was on the 1978 Shepperton show ("Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" in The Kids Are Alright), and handily surpasses everything he did on Who Are You.
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
So yeah, I think it's a great show. I think the negative reaction to it had a lot to do with everyone's mental and emotional state at the time; Townshend wasn't sure he wanted to continue, Moon was a wreck and seemed to be holding them back, John and Roger wanted to tour...
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
It was their only 77 show, right?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
The 78 show was sloppy but they really made up for it with playing like it was the greatest thing ever in the world. Particularly Townshend, who looks like he is coked out of his mind, but does some great guitar solos. And of course that iconic slide.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
xp Yep, their previous show had been 14 months earlier in Toronto.
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
Voted My Generation as the #1 album. As a kid, I felt weird for liking it so much. It was not a "rock" album in the way even A Quick One was- much more an oldies/rock 'n' roll record from my early 80s vantage point. It wasn't my favorite then, though. Later I realized that I like rock 'n' roll more than rock, and it's appeal grew. This phase of the band was relatively short compare to Stones and Kinks- just one maximum r'n'b album, and the Meaty Beaty singles. But they were using so much more noise than their contemporaries, right from the start. The Ox is like the hardest bits of Link Wray's singles, strung together. Nowadays, it sounds like something from In The Red records with it's balance of sharp melodies, snark and noise.
http://youtu.be/hflF6YCsqbs?t=1m12s
― bendy, Sunday, 9 September 2012 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
The Who Sings My Generation (I had the one packaged in tandem with Magic Bus - The Who On Tour) took a little time to grow on me. I think I had a similar reaction to yours initially, but after getting into the Velvets and the MC5, I went back to My Generation and it suddenly became evident where/how those bands got so many of their ideas. There is no "European Son" without "The Ox."
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
I had both of the MCA twofers -- Magic Bus/My Gen and Quick One/Sell Out. They sort of muddied the waters as far as getting a sense of the band's story and chronology, but obviously the music was great. Any release with "Bucket T" is worth it...
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Sunday, 9 September 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Jimmy dug those twofers...a full decade before they were released:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ9ujkz8WUE
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
didn't vote for least favorite after remembering about Freddy Fender's Squeeze Box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAKfFDJhuQM
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 9 September 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
^^DISTORTED STEEL BREAK
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 September 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
That rules.
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
DId anyone put anything post-Who By Numbers (TKAA excepted) on their best album list?
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 9 September 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
i put Endless Wire at #5
― manic pixie, mercy, yo chick she's so quirky (some dude), Sunday, 9 September 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
And now, on with the countdown...
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
50. "You Better You Bet" (1981) 91 pointshttp://thewho.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/uk_youbetteryoubet.jpghttp://youtu.be/DKDDl5yOwhQ
wow; kinda figured people hated this song?
I like it a lot, almost voted for it
― Euler, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
I like Daltrey's rough style of singing in this...some of the phrasing kinda annoys me a little though? ESPECIALLY when YOU say YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
the bridge is terrific
― Euler, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Fortunately, the singled edited out the most egregious one of those ("I want those feeble-minded AXES OVERTHROWWOOWN").
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
(the YouTube links will be live versions, demos, or alternate takes)
guess "Squeeze Box" won't place though, as it's hard for me to see people voting for it over this, & I'm guessing few would spend a vote on both unless they're just voting off a greatest hits album tracklist
― Euler, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
Yah I didn't vote for either
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
A ballot of 20 has no room for fucking around imo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i didn't vote for it but i do like it, the oldest who hit i can vaguely remember being contemporary, on the radio when i was a kid
― balls, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i like "You Better" and "Squeeze Box" both just fine as light, enjoyable pop hits, but yeah no room for them in a top 20
― manic pixie, mercy, yo chick she's so quirky (some dude), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Good greatest hits filler, but that's about it. I don't mind either song
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
That sleeve belongs in whatever that thread was about dinosaur bands co-opting new wave style and visuals.
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
"Hey, Kenney, be cool, man.""HOLY SHIT, I'M IN THE WHO NOW!""Get...me...out...of...here...""Get him out of here."
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ox is all "Wtf is this shite"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
48. TIE: "Join Together" (single, 1972) 94 points"Mike Post Theme" (Endless Wire, 2006) 94 pointshttp://www.thewho.info/images/72JTUK-Who.jpghttp://www.thewho.info/images/06EW-UK.jpghttp://youtu.be/_HDMCCLlGl4http://youtu.be/jRwJXCY6UMA
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, YouTube link is the studio version. The only live versions are within "My Generation" jams from the mid-70s (which are great), or from 1989 (which, no.)
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
(of "Join Together," that is)
Roger: "Don't tell them that Schlitz is sponsering the tour!" xposts
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
whoa, I have been a Who fan for 20+ years, & had no idea that "Join Together" was from 1972! it was stuck at the end of my late 80s greatest hits cd w/ "Squeeze Box" & "You Better You Bet" & so I figured it was from that era too. guess the keys are circa Who's Next?
― Euler, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, those are the same synth tracks as on Pete's demo. They did that a lot ("Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," most of Quadrophenia) because Pete's demos were so well-engineered that re-creating them would've been pointless. I think "Relay" is the only one where a new synth track was created for the Who recording.
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of which...
― Sunn? Sunn? It's your cousin, Marvin O))) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
47. "Relay" (single, 1972) 99 pointshttp://www.thewho.info/images/72Relay-Who.jpghttp://youtu.be/-a_qAR1PbKI
"Relay" was one i had never spent much time with before listening to stuff for the poll and decided to put it on my ballot at the last minute.
― manic pixie, mercy, yo chick she's so quirky (some dude), Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link