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Post by johnnyoi on Sept 21, 2020 19:02:17 GMT
My Generation’s my favourite album.I probably prefer their mid 60’s mod stuff to the later more hard rock sound.Having said that I still like all their singles up to and including Relay.By the mid 70’s they seemed to have lost it.Remember being disappointed with Who by Numbers.
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Post by stu77 on Sept 21, 2020 20:46:29 GMT
In the early 70s some of their stuff was just genius, WGFA , Baba O Riley and the Seeker in particular.
Perfection that only the Stones and Floyd ever touched, around then, IMHO.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 21, 2021 7:06:31 GMT
The Who - My Generation [December, 1965] I remember reading an article about The Jam in one of those sub-teen magazines where they asked the individual members of the band banal questions like: What is your favourite colour?, and What is your favourite food? On this occasion they also asked: What is your favourite LP? and Paul, Bruce and Rick all answered: The Who - My Generation. And why not? It's a great album and one of the most explosive debuts of the era. I know a lot of people prefer their later material, but I love this early stuff. Pete's guitar work was cutting edge at the time, Daltrey's on song (pun intended), Moonie is all over the drum kit, and the Ox always hits the right note and even fits in a bass solo in 'My Generation'.
The title song is rightly praised. I read an article about 60s garage music once where one person was reminiscing about hearing 'My Generation' on radio for the first time in Chicago in 1966. He thought the song was so radical and over the top that surely the police would raid the radio station and shut it down. 'The Kids Are Alright' is also on a lot of people's top hits lists, but there are other great tracks on the album that are usually overlooked. Like the moody 'The Good's Gone', 'Much Too Much', and the instrumental 'The Ox'. The lyrics of 'A Legal Matter' seem a bit selfish and harsh to the woman the song is addressed to it. The lyrics to 'It's Not True', on the other hand, are just hilarious. The only non-original songs on the LP are two James Brown tunes and the blues song 'I'm A Man'. These work alright for me, but contrast with the other material and might not be appreciated by all. Out In The Street The Good's Gone La-La-Lies Much Too Much My Generation The Kids Are Alright It's Not True A Legal Matter The Ox
Yes indeed jsm Amazing incendiary debut |
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Post by zeopold on Jan 21, 2021 9:37:33 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jan 21, 2021 9:43:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 2:14:33 GMT
I can't think of too many groups where the drummer was as big a stage presence as the guitarist and the singer It doesn't get any better than this does it?.... A promo film for The Who’s 1978 single ‘Who Are You’ from the album of the same name. Filmed at The Who’s Ramport Studios in Battersea, London on 4 May 1978 by Jeff Stein Stein for inclusion in his documentary The Kids Are Alright.The Who - Who Are You (Promo Video)Sensational |
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Post by zeopold on Jan 29, 2021 16:06:58 GMT
^^ Moon looks pretty out of shape in that clip.
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Post by personunknown on Mar 16, 2021 15:13:06 GMT
Well there's a bit more to it than that Here's my review of Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite, RD's excellent autobiography... I am not a big fan of The Who but like them well enough. I decided to read Roger Daltrey's biography more on a whim than anything else. It’s surprisingly good. Roger Daltrey comes over as a really forthright and decent bloke who just happened to end up in a rock band. The stories from his humble West London working class childhood are really interesting. That Roger is by far and away the most grounded and sane member of The Who comes as no surprise. His matter-of-fact tales of his bandmates' behaviour are frequently jaw dropping. To say the other members have (or had) issues is an understatement. Overall this is an entertaining, insightful, hugely likeable and extremely readable rock biography. My only complaint, it's far too short. Great review LE. Just finished it myself, despite being over 340 pages it's a very quick read. That fight incident over Moon's bag of pills was, strangely, the making of the band. John, Pete and Keith were all amphetamine freaks which was fine for instrument players but that drug affects your throat, so Daltrey stuck to booze. Roger was only sacked for a fortnight and the other three realized they weren't up to much without him. They compromised by keeping their drugs out of the dressing room. A few lines to be read in between though, the four of them were never great friends. At the height of their fame Daltrey wouldn't stay in the same hotel as Moon saying he needed his sleep, I suspect Roger was worried he would end up smacking Keith again for his antics. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 16, 2021 15:57:54 GMT
Thanks PU. Spot on about the relationships within the group. I feel quite sorry for Roger - he's clearly the sanest and nicest member of the group. I can imagine the others would have been at best hard work and at worst a complete nightmare.
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 16, 2021 16:34:48 GMT
At the last Record Store Day... i indulged myself with The Who's Live set from Monterey... all 25 minutes of it ...and also the expanded Odds & Sods compilation which was originally a single disc. The double album really is a revelation. It includes their really early recordings as The High Numbers right the way though into the early 70s. So many fantastic songs that got left off albums or were lesser known singles.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 16, 2021 17:04:03 GMT
At the last Record Store Day... i indulged myself with The Who's Live set from Monterey... all 25 minutes of it ...and also the expanded Odds & Sods compilation which was originally a single disc. The double album really is a revelation. It includes their really early recordings as The High Numbers right the way though into the early 70s. So many fantastic songs that got left off albums or were lesser known singles. Great cover too...  |
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 16, 2021 18:25:28 GMT
Yes, i think the cover was a case of "Necessity being the mother of invention" as time was limited and the designer was trying to come up with something more than just picture of the band. it really suits the nature of what the record is and the title. The packaging of the RSD re-release really is a labour of love
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Post by stu77 on Mar 17, 2021 8:24:23 GMT
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Post by andyloneshark on Mar 17, 2021 10:20:39 GMT
...and then there's this melancholy Jaw-dropper
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 17, 2021 10:43:32 GMT
I was playing Who's Next only yesterday
Possibly their most satisfying, coherent and enjoyable album?
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