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Jun 13, 2024 · 48. Going Mobile. (from Who’s Next, 1971) There is something deliciously un-Who-like about a song praising the joys of motor caravaning; but the jubilant country-boogie of Going Mobile is no more about Airstream trailers than the Small Faces’ Song Of A Baker is about making bread.
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" ('Who's Next', 1971) The climactic finish to The Who's best album is rock's – and Pete Townshend's – greatest declaration of independence: an epic storm of doubt, refusal, hypno-minimalist synthesizer and rolling-thunder power chords capped by a truly superhuman scream.
- "I Can See for Miles" ('The Who Sell Out', 1967) Townshend recorded "I Can See for Miles" as a demo in 1966, and the Who's managers were so positive it was a guaranteed smash that they decided to shelve it until a time when the Who desperately needed a hit.
- "My Generation" ('My Generation', 1965) Townshend supposedly wrote "My Generation" on his 20th birthday, May 19th, 1965, while riding a train from London to Southampton for a television appearance.
- "A Quick One, While He's Away" ('A Quick One,' 1966) By late 1966, Townshend had been churning out thrilling singles for nearly two years. But he was anxious to try something that broke away from the structure of pop altogether.
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- “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Who’s Next, 1971) Over eight minutes long and featuring the most iconic scream in Seventies rock, the ultimate Who stadium anthem works on two levels – as a withering assessment of the political status quo and those who seek to change it, and as a mighty power chord epic.
- “My Generation” (My Generation, 1965) The Who’s early career-defining song spoke for and to a generation of disaffected youths. Entwistle’s incredible bass runs, Daltrey’s iconic stuttering vocal with implied expletive, Moon’s frenetic drumming, Townshend’s opening riff and closing feedback, and one of the most famous lines in rock, “Hope I die before I get old”, make this as influential as any one record can possibly be.
- “I Can See for Miles” (The Who Sell Out, 1967) The huge production with thundering Keith Moon drums and Townshend’s jagged riffs is the key to what Pete Townshend has described as the “ultimate Who record”.
- “Baba O’Riley” (Who’s Next, 1971) The anthemic opening track from The Who’s greatest album demonstrated how far Townshend’s song craft had progressed, even from the triumphant Tommy.
- “Love, Reign O’er Me” The conclusion of arguably The Who’s greatest album culminates in a nearly perfect track that transcends nearly every moment leading to its introduction.
- “Baba O’Riley” A reflection of the aftermath of the music festivals that dominated the late ‘60s, Townshend combined synthesizer experimentation with three simple chords to create one of the most iconic songs in rock history.
- “Won’t Get Fooled Again” A drum solo and a scream both arguably paved the way to rock ‘n roll immortality for this track. Yet there is more than meets the eye with this epic eight-minute track, including some of Townshend’s best lyrics and synthesizer experimentation.
- “I Can See For Miles” Though not one of the better performing Who singles in the charts, “I Can See For Miles” represents the group’s quintessential song by highlighting all four members with equal recognition and the angst-driven subject that rightfully predicted a bright future for the group.
- Who’s Next. Track, 1971. It was originally conceived as Lifehouse, a project that came to baffle Townshend’s bandmates with its sci-fi and quasi-religious elements including “experience suits”, a proto-internet set-up called The Grid, a single note binding all beings.
- Tommy. Track, 1969. With the assistance of Kit Lambert, throughout 1968 Townshend began sketching what would become the ‘rock opera’ of a deaf, dumb and blind kid who is cured by pinball and becomes a spiritual leader.
- The Who Sell Out. Track 1967. The Summer of Love wrong-footed many acts, and The Who, steeped in street-fightin’ Shepherd’s Bush, found the hippy world difficult to embrace.
- Quadrophenia. Polydor, 1973. Unbowed by the disintegration of Lifehouse, in 1973 Townshend set out to write another, more earthly concept piece. Set in the Mod era, Quadrophenia probed the fractured psyche of troubled pill-popping teenager Jimmy; more, its notion of double schizophrenia enabled a playful examination of The Who’s four-way dynamic, each personality represented by a quasi-operatic leitmotif.
Dec 18, 2018 · In between, they released Who's Next, a 1971 LP that became the band's biggest U.S. hit. They also had a string of tough singles prior to that – including the ageless "My Generation," which ...
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The Who album Who’s Next easily belongs in the Top 10 Rock Albums of All Time list. There should be no argument or debate about it. Two of the album’s tracks also deserve to be ranked way up high on the list of greatest rock songs of all time. The song “Bargain” was the second track on the Who’s Next album. Roger Daltrey sang lead ...
