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richardh 
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 Topic: The most proggy songs by The Who?Posted: December 09 2014 at 01:49 |
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Baba O'Riley is the most obvious choice. I think that track pretty much introduced me to prog.
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Svetonio
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Posted: December 08 2014 at 03:51 |
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Intruder
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Posted: December 02 2014 at 08:40 |
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Wow, forgot about Rael....the song introduced Capt Walker and was the mini-opera later expanded into themes for Tommy. A Quick One was proggy in concept, but not so much in the music, which was pretty much straightforward rock.
Armenia City in the Sky is still, to me, the peak of Who progginess, but the majority of the song was written by Speedy Keen, later of the Townshend produced Thunderclap Newman.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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starless2112
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Posted: November 30 2014 at 18:13 |
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My favorite Who album is The Who Sell Out. Rael is pretty proggy with it's Tolkienesque lyrics
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addictedtoprog
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Posted: November 30 2014 at 03:12 |
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My fav The Who song and one of my fav songs of alltime-Won't Get Fooled Again.
Proggy or not... Daltary's amazing with Mooney and Entwistle on fire.. 
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someone_else
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Posted: November 28 2014 at 08:21 |
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Michael678
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Posted: November 28 2014 at 08:00 |
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i would've also included Love, Reign O'er Me also from Quadrophenia if you ask me... and Won't Get Fooled Again. like SteveG with Baba, im not sure if the latter is proggy, my favorite Who song, or both! But i love it nonetheless!!!!
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Svetonio
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Posted: November 28 2014 at 05:49 |
Pete Townshend was a fan of prog (especially KC and Todd Rundgren fan), but Roger Daltrey wasn't. When Pete Townshend was lost interest for The Who and almost left the band after Quadrophenia the album, and while he was working in studio on Tommy Soundtrack, Daltrey took his job to choose somehing by unrealesed Pete's songs that will be appear at the first album after Quad, By Numbers. And in that magnificent production by Glyn Johns, with Nicky Hopkins (RIP) on piano, By Numbers is a magnificent Rock album without any prog influence, as it was the case at prog related albums such as Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia. Btw, my fav album by The Who.
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Chicapah
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Posted: November 18 2014 at 19:27 |
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Another vote for Armania in the Sky from the trippy and vastly underrated Who Sell Out album.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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TODDLER
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Posted: October 29 2014 at 16:03 |
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'Underture" for it's adventurous energy and dynamics. Energy and dynamics equals Prog. The drumming of Keith Moon ON this particular piece...is very close to the playing spirit of Carl Palmer. The rolls, the accents, the choice of drums used in certain sections of the piece, and the personality in the playing itself is like Carl Palmer's. Carl Palmer's speaking voice was in the spirit of Roddy McDowell's. Forget that...The "Underture piece represents an entire different direction The Who were going in and they seemed to have great potential to play progressive..until they decided to "Rock Out" on follow up releases and the rest is history.
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Tapfret
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Posted: September 25 2014 at 03:27 |
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Tommy in its entirety. One of the earliest influences on my prog leanings.
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Svetonio
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Posted: September 18 2014 at 03:13 |
...and The Who are still playing Baba majestically even today (in this vid that Baba is just a part of a medley but nevermind). Edited by Svetonio - September 18 2014 at 03:17 |
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Dean
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Posted: September 15 2014 at 18:30 |
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Baba O'Riley is undoubtedly my favourite Who song but that's all I am prepared to say.
I am a little surprised that none of the Tommy fans have mentioned Rael, that's like Tommy condensed into less than six minutes. Their most proggiest (perhaps their only real proggy song, but then maybe it's only quite proggy or just a bit proggy or not at all) is A Quick One, While He's Away ...which is fine until you hear what the two remaining Beatless did to it after Ringo and George quit the Abbey Road house band |
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SteveG
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Posted: September 15 2014 at 15:09 |
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I not sure if I think Baba is the most proggy or my favorite Who song or both. But I love it.
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 15 2014 at 15:03 |
The Overture is one of my favorite things about Tommy.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: September 15 2014 at 05:59 |
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I recently got a copy of Tommy that was amongst some CDs that my brother
in law was giving away. I've liked the Overture for many years but
have no other Who albums in my collection.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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King Crimson776
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Posted: September 15 2014 at 04:58 |
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Title track of Quad is their proggiest, and one of the greatest rock instrumentals.
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Svetonio
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Posted: September 05 2014 at 08:00 |
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^ Also, I did forget "Roger's theme", Helpless Dancer
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Svetonio
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Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:55 |
Edited by Svetonio - September 04 2014 at 23:02 |
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 04 2014 at 22:18 |
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By far my favorite 'proggy' Who track.....
 Edited by dr wu23 - September 04 2014 at 22:20 |
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