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Points: 413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2008 at 04:27
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Nah, I disagree. The Who invented rock opera; who else in '66 was doing something like "Quick One While He's Away?"
 
Oh, and, they rock. Created the only album that could possibly lapse Thick as a Brick in my opinion (that being the great Quad).
 
of course. proto-prog as term means nothing if The Who are not on that list. what anyway proto-prog (or prog related) music is, if TOMMY is not so....
 


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Points: 7113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2008 at 02:43
Nah, I disagree. The Who invented rock opera; who else in '66 was doing something like "Quick One While He's Away?"
 
Oh, and, they rock. Created the only album that could possibly lapse Thick as a Brick in my opinion (that being the great Quad).
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2008 at 02:20
I'm a hardcore and faithful fan....But as a fan I wish they would had never been added.
 
I like to think of them as the kings of Rock not as Proto anything. Cry
 
They are the head of Rock not the tail of Prog, OMG, not even worth to be in a real sub-genre. Angry
 
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Points: 2204 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2008 at 02:10
Excellent band with songs that are always stuck in my head. Too bad the tickets for their upcoming tour are so damn expensive. 
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Points: 2614 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2008 at 23:06
They are a great band.
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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2008 at 16:57
Well i LOVE the Who, and you have right Febus Sell Out are a beatiful album, and i love the live version of Tattoo on the remaster Leeds album.
 
Tommy is a great album i haven't heard for a while but i like Undertune.
 
Who's Next i think that one is enough to mark to the Who to the olimpus of Rock, that album has great songs like My Wife, Bargain, I have Enough, Behind Blue Eyes and the aforemtioned Won't.
 
Quadrophenia is a really great and melancolic album don't you think, listen carefully to the title track, The Real Me, 5:15, Love Reing on me Dr. Jimmy, wow this albums rocks also!!!
 
The Who by numbers contains well and so so tracks, but i prefer to listen the unofficially live records of that era 1975.
 




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Points: 4312 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2008 at 13:38
I agrree ..so many good songs, but like everybody else, some not so great!!
 
Funny, i was listening to TOMMY this morning, this is so good and my favorite as well.
One i love too, is SELL OUT with all those great songs, Armenia City In The Sky, Tatoo, Odorono , all those forgotten gems.
WHO's NEXT suffers from overexposure and radio overplay...i mean i like the album but how many more times can i listen to WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN,..i know the song since it came out back then so too many listenings to my poor earsLOL
 
QUADROPHENIA is great too, but i am not eager to listen to it often.Ermm don't know why!.
After that, this is all downhill.
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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2008 at 13:36

You don't have to convince me.  I've been a fan since I saw them open for Herman's Hermits in '67.  Their catalogue of quality work is staggering.
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Points: 1338 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2008 at 13:15
Not prog of course but i was listening to "Wont get fooled again"..then i realised,So many great songs from a great band,The Who is one of those bands that creeps up on me,i think "im not a fan"

Then i think about all the songs i liked.."i liked that one,ANd that one,AND that one...my goodness,so many classics....what do other forum members think?
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