Looking back, I can honestly say that The Who's Quadrophenia and Bowie's Ziggy Stardust are the two albums that got me through high school. I don't listen to much classic rock these days, but if I'm in my car playing radio roulette and "Love Reign O'er Me" comes on, I'll crank it and ride those waves.
Quadrophenia is a high water mark. It pretty well sums up what it means to be a young adult man in the thoes of Romanticism.
I would place it with The Who Sell Out, Who's Next, The Who By Numbers and Who Are You as their most cohesive and artistically successful studio albums. I also have a fondness for The Who Sings My Generation, but view it more as a collection of great singles.
>>> So overplayed on the radio you feel like you've heard the tunes thousands of times.
the who have enough good to great songs that are played rarely, if ever, on the radio that 1 or 2 hours of quality listening can be had with the proper play list.
a couple months ago i spent a afternoon working on projects while listening to a bunch of pete townsend demos.
>>>Who are one of those bands I can't listen to any longer. So overplayed on the radio you feel like you've heard the tunes thousands of times.
i actually listened to live at Leeds for the first time in years a few weeks ago and, although I've always like them, i find myself taking more of an interest in the group than I ever have.
especially the non radio songs like 'water', young man blues, and naked eye, but even the live arrangements of Standards like my generation.
i just love the untamed sound of moon and the ox outside of a studio mix/edit.
i had only heard quadrophenia a couple times and felt like it was time for me to give it a go again to see if I could now see it as the masterpiece everyone claims.
other than opening track, I'm still finding the first half kind of dry and not really engaging but the second half and conclusion is pretty damn awesome and the whole thematic role out, pacing and flow of the entire album is undoubtably masterful.
easy to see y its legendary.
Just listened to the 'sell out' album for the first time the other day, pretty interesting.
that rendition of 'hall of the mountain king' rocks.
anybody seen that episode of 'joe Perra talks with u' where he hears Baba O'riely for the first time?
i love the concept of a straight laced, nerdy, grown American man having his mind blown by somehow hearing the song for the first time at this day in age.
like 4 winds was alluding to, we've become so inundated with certain songs it easy to forget how impactful they were the first time we experienced them.
it can b nice to try and remember that special feeling when it was new to u.
One interesting thing about Quadrophenia - if you listen to Pete's demos (available on the 2011 4 CD reissue) - he plays all the instruments himself. If you listen to the bass line for 'The Real Me', a lot of the riff ideas Entwistle uses on the song, came from Pete's bass playing. Not to diminish John's contributions, but he obviously didn't create the bass line from scratch.
My one-year break from The Who is in its fourth or fifth year (with the exception of Boris The Spider, My Wife, and Eminence Front). Haven't had it with those tunes yet.
But, in general, they make me push a button as if they were The Eagles.
I was able to stream the 1979 drama on HBO. It really helped me to realistically conceptualize early 60’s British Mod culture.
Which, as a late 20th century born American, was something I always struggled with.
granted, it’s mostly just riding scooters, recreationally abusing pharmaceuticals and listening to slightly more progressive Rock than those motorcycle riding, doo wop listening, stuck in the 50’s, greaser rockers, but still....
I saw the Who a couple of times in the '60s at Monterey Pop and in S.F. I liked them a lot, loved John Entwistle. Listened to records back then, occasionally the same old records these days.
Hi E. My favorite performer at Monterey Pop was Otis Redding. I loved (loved!) a lot of the people and performances, but he's the person I think of first. Next, Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company, and then some others. The Mamas and the Papas harmonies were beautiful, the many blues guys were great, the S.F. bands were sweet, Country Joe and the Fish were great (I've always liked them and their organ sound) and then there were the big guys. It was a hell of a weekend. I don't remember Friday night, but the music on Saturday and Sunday was exciting. I've told the story before that Pete Townsend smashing his guitar seemed crazy and a little scary to me, and Jimi lighting his on fire was scary, too. I remember standing on my chair so I could see what was going on because everyone was standing and I couldn't see. Oh, yes, and Grateful Dead played pretty low key stuff between the smashing and flames.
Maybe not a favorite, but a good part was the low key feel of the place. Easy. And that I won tickets to the Festival playing cards. I liked that.
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This is a GREAT album. A
This is a GREAT album. A masterpiece. IMNSHO, of course. YMMV.
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Great album, good movie too!
Great album, good movie too!
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make sure you see the version
make sure you see the version with the full riot sequence, not the edited one.
best studio Who album?
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Looking back, I can honestly
Looking back, I can honestly say that The Who's Quadrophenia and Bowie's Ziggy Stardust are the two albums that got me through high school. I don't listen to much classic rock these days, but if I'm in my car playing radio roulette and "Love Reign O'er Me" comes on, I'll crank it and ride those waves.
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Quadrophenia is a high water
Quadrophenia is a high water mark. It pretty well sums up what it means to be a young adult man in the thoes of Romanticism.
I would place it with The Who Sell Out, Who's Next, The Who By Numbers and Who Are You as their most cohesive and artistically successful studio albums. I also have a fondness for The Who Sings My Generation, but view it more as a collection of great singles.
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"thoes" should be throes
"thoes" should be throes
signed, an older man in the throes of lax proofreading
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The Who are one of those
The Who are one of those bands I can't listen to any longer. So overplayed on the radio you feel like you've heard the tunes thousands of times.
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I was at the Cincy Ohio Who
I was at the Cincy Ohio Who concert in December 1979. A dark day in rock music history. The concert was a top five ever live show for me to this day.
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>>> So overplayed on the
>>> So overplayed on the radio you feel like you've heard the tunes thousands of times.
the who have enough good to great songs that are played rarely, if ever, on the radio that 1 or 2 hours of quality listening can be had with the proper play list.
a couple months ago i spent a afternoon working on projects while listening to a bunch of pete townsend demos.
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Rosemont Horizon 10/31/95
Rosemont Horizon 10/31/95
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Had it on 8-track during my
Had it on 8-track during my rebellious youth phase.
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Rough Mix.. Pete & Ronnie
Rough Mix.. Pete & Ronnie Lane... a longtime favorite album of mine
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>>>Who are one of those bands
>>>Who are one of those bands I can't listen to any longer. So overplayed on the radio you feel like you've heard the tunes thousands of times.
i actually listened to live at Leeds for the first time in years a few weeks ago and, although I've always like them, i find myself taking more of an interest in the group than I ever have.
i've become a bit infatuated with the isle of white performance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDxXeaSz7vA
especially the non radio songs like 'water', young man blues, and naked eye, but even the live arrangements of Standards like my generation.
i just love the untamed sound of moon and the ox outside of a studio mix/edit.
i had only heard quadrophenia a couple times and felt like it was time for me to give it a go again to see if I could now see it as the masterpiece everyone claims.
other than opening track, I'm still finding the first half kind of dry and not really engaging but the second half and conclusion is pretty damn awesome and the whole thematic role out, pacing and flow of the entire album is undoubtably masterful.
easy to see y its legendary.
Just listened to the 'sell out' album for the first time the other day, pretty interesting.
that rendition of 'hall of the mountain king' rocks.
anybody seen that episode of 'joe Perra talks with u' where he hears Baba O'riely for the first time?
i love the concept of a straight laced, nerdy, grown American man having his mind blown by somehow hearing the song for the first time at this day in age.
like 4 winds was alluding to, we've become so inundated with certain songs it easy to forget how impactful they were the first time we experienced them.
it can b nice to try and remember that special feeling when it was new to u.
i love that show.
Wishing u all a very mod Sunday
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One interesting thing about
One interesting thing about Quadrophenia - if you listen to Pete's demos (available on the 2011 4 CD reissue) - he plays all the instruments himself. If you listen to the bass line for 'The Real Me', a lot of the riff ideas Entwistle uses on the song, came from Pete's bass playing. Not to diminish John's contributions, but he obviously didn't create the bass line from scratch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7D0AEkyn80
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My one-year break from The
My one-year break from The Who is in its fourth or fifth year (with the exception of Boris The Spider, My Wife, and Eminence Front). Haven't had it with those tunes yet.
But, in general, they make me push a button as if they were The Eagles.
But without malice
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I was able to stream the 1979
I was able to stream the 1979 drama on HBO. It really helped me to realistically conceptualize early 60’s British Mod culture.
Which, as a late 20th century born American, was something I always struggled with.
granted, it’s mostly just riding scooters, recreationally abusing pharmaceuticals and listening to slightly more progressive Rock than those motorcycle riding, doo wop listening, stuck in the 50’s, greaser rockers, but still....
It’s no purple rain but it’s a decent film
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Heavy rotation in High School
Heavy rotation in High School
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This and Cry Of Love got me
This and Cry Of Love got me thru HS
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^ nice assessment up there
Nice assessment up there Furious E.
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The Who never struck me. I
The Who never struck me. I should like them, but I don't. I don't know why.
Hey, E. Nice review. Good to see yall here still jammin out.
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I saw the Who a couple of
I saw the Who a couple of times in the '60s at Monterey Pop and in S.F. I liked them a lot, loved John Entwistle. Listened to records back then, occasionally the same old records these days.
Hey Floop, nice to see you.
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, Judit?
nice to see u too, floopington Chalky.
4winds, always a pleasure
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Hi E. My favorite performer
Hi E. My favorite performer at Monterey Pop was Otis Redding. I loved (loved!) a lot of the people and performances, but he's the person I think of first. Next, Janis and Big Brother and the Holding Company, and then some others. The Mamas and the Papas harmonies were beautiful, the many blues guys were great, the S.F. bands were sweet, Country Joe and the Fish were great (I've always liked them and their organ sound) and then there were the big guys. It was a hell of a weekend. I don't remember Friday night, but the music on Saturday and Sunday was exciting. I've told the story before that Pete Townsend smashing his guitar seemed crazy and a little scary to me, and Jimi lighting his on fire was scary, too. I remember standing on my chair so I could see what was going on because everyone was standing and I couldn't see. Oh, yes, and Grateful Dead played pretty low key stuff between the smashing and flames.
Maybe not a favorite, but a good part was the low key feel of the place. Easy. And that I won tickets to the Festival playing cards. I liked that.