The Official Who Thread (favorite song, album, rolling stones, tracks, bands)

Zygomycota · 08-27-2005, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TripleSpliff

my favor is Magic Bus live at leeds this live version is very unique and my all time favos = whos next is the who best album . but the song that really brings back far back memories is = i can see for miles = a big hit in 1966 or 67 im not sure exact date.

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boris jawaka · 08-30-2005, 05:47 PM

i can see for miles is great.

the harmonies in it are really complicated

Quadrophenia · 08-31-2005, 06:11 PM

Maybe the best rock band of all time. I'm glad to see a thread here about them. I had to make one in another forum I go to. Imagine that.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-31-2005, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TripleSpliff

but the song that really brings back far back memories is = i can see for miles = a big hit in 1966 or 67 im not sure exact date.

I can see for miles was considered a flop when it came out.It`s failure in the charts came as a dissapointment for Townsend because at the time he considered it the best song he`d ever written.Which spawned his famous ' I spit on the British record buying public' comment.

boris jawaka · 08-31-2005, 09:02 PM

yeah - i dont know how it could have been a flop, its so damn good!

i love the who sell out, on which i can see for miles appears - at that time, townshend was writing some great songs e.g. " 'miles" and "mary anne with the shaky hand" and "our love was" etc. and so was entwistle with "silas stingy"and "someones coming"

musically, the who sell out is very linked to tommy, the middle chord progression in "Rael" became the basis of "its a boy", "sparks", "underture" and appears in many other songs on tommy.

MusicMaster · 08-31-2005, 09:20 PM

Hmmm, I think they're pretty over rated in my opinion. I mean don't get me wrong, they're great and I love them. But people that I call "posers" say they like The Who, just so they can fit in with other kids in my school. It's just another one of those radio hit bands to me. But I do like Pinball Wizard(with Elton John) and Teenage Wasteland.

anticipation · 08-31-2005, 09:23 PM

i recently got the Live At The Isle Of Wight dvd and it was awesome.

boris jawaka · 08-31-2005, 10:47 PM

the song called Teenage Wasteland is actually called Baba O'riley after Pete's avater, Meher Baba and American minimalist composer, Terry Riley - still its a great song.

the Who songs you hear on the radio are just the hits, to really appreciate the Who, you have to listen carefully to some of their albums, particularly Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia

09-01-2005, 11:28 AM

i started listening to the who a couple months ago bc i found my dad's my generation cd. My favorite songs are pinball wizard, join together, i can see for miles, i can't explain, and baba o'riley of course.

boris jawaka · 09-01-2005, 05:54 PM

there all great!

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08-30-2005, 05:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	i can see for miles is great. the harmonies in it are really complicated __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

08-31-2005, 09:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	yeah - i dont know how it could have been a flop, its so damn good! i love the who sell out, on which i can see for miles appears - at that time, townshend was writing some great songs e.g. " 'miles" and "mary anne with the shaky hand" and "our love was" etc. and so was entwistle with "silas stingy"and "someones coming" musically, the who sell out is very linked to tommy, the middle chord progression in "Rael" became the basis of "its a boy", "sparks", "underture" and appears in many other songs on tommy. __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

08-31-2005, 10:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	the song called Teenage Wasteland is actually called Baba O'riley after Pete's avater, Meher Baba and American minimalist composer, Terry Riley - still its a great song. the Who songs you hear on the radio are just the hits, to really appreciate the Who, you have to listen carefully to some of their albums, particularly Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

09-01-2005, 05:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
boris jawaka Chrome Plated Megaphone Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 163	there all great! __________________ "Artists are artists, because they have an extra sensitivity - a skin less perhaps than other people; and the great ones have an uncomfortable habit of being right about many things, long before their time" - Benjamin Britten, 1951

08-31-2005, 06:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
Quadrophenia Groupie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York Posts: 4	Maybe the best rock band of all time. I'm glad to see a thread here about them. I had to make one in another forum I go to. Imagine that.

08-31-2005, 09:20 PM	#16 (permalink)
MusicMaster Groupie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1	Hmmm, I think they're pretty over rated in my opinion. I mean don't get me wrong, they're great and I love them. But people that I call "posers" say they like The Who, just so they can fit in with other kids in my school. It's just another one of those radio hit bands to me. But I do like Pinball Wizard(with Elton John) and Teenage Wasteland.

08-31-2005, 09:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	i recently got the Live At The Isle Of Wight dvd and it was awesome.

09-01-2005, 11:28 AM	#19 (permalink)
the_spinning_never_stops Guest Posts: n/a	i started listening to the who a couple months ago bc i found my dad's my generation cd. My favorite songs are pinball wizard, join together, i can see for miles, i can't explain, and baba o'riley of course.