Forum Home Forum Home > Other music related lounges > Proto-Prog and Prog-Related Lounge
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - The Who's Greatest songs..
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

The Who's Greatest songs..

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>
Author
Message
Frets N Worries View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 30 2023
Location: Your Basement
Status: Offline
Points: 4202
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: The Who's Greatest songs..
    Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:02
Make a list, any length of greatest songs by The Who (Who are listed as Proto-Prog on here) 

My top 3 would be 

1) Love Reign O'er Me
2) Won't Get Fooled Again
3) Baba O-Reily

The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...
Back to Top
Easy Money View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin

Joined: August 11 2007
Location: Memphis
Status: Offline
Points: 10617
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Easy Money Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:14
"Underture" from "Tommy", and also as a part of a medley on "Live at Leeds".
"Can You See the Real Me'

Edited by Easy Money - October 26 2023 at 12:56
Back to Top
Psychedelic Paul View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 16 2019
Location: Nottingham, U.K
Status: Offline
Points: 40087
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:21
There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says. fool me once, shame on you, Won't Get Fooled Again."
Back to Top
Octopus II View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 21 2023
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 10382
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Octopus II Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:21
Baba O'Riley
I Can See For Miles
I'm Free
5.15
Back to Top
Cristi View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Crossover / Prog Metal Teams

Joined: July 27 2006
Location: wonderland
Status: Offline
Points: 43626
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:23
Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I Can See For Miles

I love this one! Tongue
Back to Top
Frets N Worries View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 30 2023
Location: Your Basement
Status: Offline
Points: 4202
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 11:24
^Oh I LOVE I can see for miles
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...
Back to Top
The Anders View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 02 2019
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 3529
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Anders Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 12:39
An attempt at a top 20

1 I Can See For Miles
2 My Generation
3 Pinball Wizard
4 Christmas
5 Odorono
6 Pictures of Lily
7 The Kids Are Alright
8 The Acid Queen
9 Who Are You
10 The Song is Over
11 Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
12 Behind Blue Eyes
13 Underture
14 Quadrophenia
15 I'm a Boy
16 Bargain
17 Is It In My Head?
18 Armenia City in the Sky
19 Relax
20 The Rock

Honorable mentions: Substitute, Disguises, Rael, Overture, Amazing Journey, I'm Free, Baba O'Riley, Love Reign O'er Me, Music Must Change, Eminence Front.


Edited by The Anders - October 26 2023 at 12:45
Back to Top
Progishness View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: December 10 2020
Location: Planet Rhubarb
Status: Offline
Points: 2565
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Progishness Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 13:35
In no particular order:

My Generation
I'm Free
Won't Get Fooled Again
Substitute
Baba O'Riley
"We're going to need a bigger swear jar."

Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2
Back to Top
someone_else View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: May 02 2008
Location: Going Bananas
Status: Offline
Points: 24295
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote someone_else Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 13:41
1. Won't Get Fooled Again
2. Baba O'Riley
3. Doctor Jimmy
4. The Song Is Over
5. Join Together
6. Love Reign O'er Me
7. I've Had Enough
8. A Quick One While He's Away
9. Bargain
X. Overture

Back to Top
Sean Trane View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator

Prog Folk

Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
Status: Offline
Points: 20240
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 14:12
no particular order:

1 I Can See For Miles
2 My Generation
3 Pinball Wizard
4 Overture/Underture
5 We're Not Gonna Take It
6 Magic Bus
7 Eminence Front
8 Music Must Change
9 Who Are You
10 The Song is Over
11 Baba O'Riley
12 Behind Blue Eyes
13 Won't Get Fooled Again
14 Quadrophenia
15 Getting In Tune
16 Bargain
17 Ball And Chain
18 Love Reign on me
19 New Song
20 The Rock


bubbling under:
Dreaming From The Waist
How Many Friends
905



Edited by Sean Trane - October 27 2023 at 03:12
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
Back to Top
Jeffro View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: March 29 2014
Location: USA
Status: Offline
Points: 2163
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jeffro Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 16:32
Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:


1) Love Reign O'er Me


That's their best song as far as I'm concerned. It's majestic and incredible. 
We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain.

My face IS a maserati
Back to Top
Frets N Worries View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 30 2023
Location: Your Basement
Status: Offline
Points: 4202
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 26 2023 at 16:38
^Finally, someone agrees with me on this
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...
Back to Top
richardh View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 28028
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2023 at 03:14
My favourite band when I was a young lad. Incredible songs, best 4 peice rock band ever (move aside Led Zep!)

Baba O'Reilly
5.15 (''Out Of My Brain On A Train'')
How Many Friends
Blue, Red And Grey
Slip Kid
Won't Get Fooled Again
My Generation
I Can See For Miles
Imagine A Man
Behind Blue Eyes
In A Hand or a Face
Dreaming From The Waste
Success Story
Pinball Wizard
Who Are You



Back to Top
moshkito View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 04 2007
Location: Grok City
Status: Offline
Points: 17510
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote moshkito Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2023 at 05:15
Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

An attempt at a top 20

3 Pinball Wizard
...

Hi,

What  a shame ... Roger Ruskin Spears version of this song is much better, and even has Keith "kicking the drums", given that the story goes that Keith learned to do that from Legs Larry Smith, the BDB drummer!

There are way too many things I like about this band ... and I have a hard time choosing one, but the stuff from WHO ARE YOU, usually stands out the most for me, although (obviously) there is stuff from before that stands out gloriously!


Edited by moshkito - October 27 2023 at 05:16
Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
www.pedrosena.com
Back to Top
AFlowerKingCrimson View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 02 2016
Location: Philly burbs
Status: Offline
Points: 18269
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2023 at 08:15
The Song is Over
Eminence Front
Sister Disco
Back to Top
Intruder View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: May 13 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 2165
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Intruder Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2023 at 09:36
Can never really take the parts from the whole of any post-Tommy/pre-Kenny Jones Who albums, but some of those pre-Tommy album tracks are a gas, especially:

Much Too Much
See My Way
Armenia City in the Sky
Our Love Was
Rael
I Can't Reach You

Still, nothing beats the Quick One from the Stones' Rock n Roll Circus - primo early Who.  
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
Back to Top
The Dark Elf View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: February 01 2011
Location: Michigan
Status: Offline
Points: 13055
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2023 at 19:08
Hmmm....20 from a chronological standpoint:

1. The Kids are Alright
2. My Generation
3. Boris the Spider
4. I Can See For Miles
5. Magic Bus
6. Overture (from Tommy)
7. The Acid Queen
8. Pinball Wizard
9. We're Not Gonna Take It
10. Summertime Blues (from Live at Leeds)
11. Shakin' All Over (from Live at Leeds)
12. Baba O'Riley
13. Behind Blue Eyes
14. Won't Get Fooled Again
15. The Punk and the Godfather
16. 5:15
17. Bell Boy
18. Love Reign O'er Me
19. Long Live Rock
20. Slip Kid



...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
Back to Top
Jeffro View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: March 29 2014
Location: USA
Status: Offline
Points: 2163
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jeffro Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2023 at 07:52
The Who isn't one of those bands that I delved into too deeply so my list is mostly the songs the rock stations here in CT played in the 80s.

In no particular order

Baba O'Reilly
Bargain
The Song Is Over
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Real Me
Love Reign O'er Me
Long Live Rock
Pinball Wizard
Sister Disco
You Better You Bet
Another Tricky Day

There are many more that I like but these are my favorites. My 1 and 2 are probably Love Reign o'er Me and The Song is Over. 
We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain.

My face IS a maserati
Back to Top
progaardvark View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams

Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Sea of Peas
Status: Offline
Points: 51035
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote progaardvark Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2023 at 11:33
This thread reminds me that I never replaced my vinyl copy of Quadrophenia that I sold back in the 1990s. I have rectified that. Thanks! The hors d'oeuvres were great!
----------
i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag
that's a happy bag of lettuce
this car smells like cartilage
nothing beats a good video about fractions
Back to Top
Frets N Worries View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 30 2023
Location: Your Basement
Status: Offline
Points: 4202
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frets N Worries Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2023 at 12:14
^Quadrophenia... the Who's greatest work... I got mine for $12, sounds fantastic
The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.246 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.