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Points: 4312 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2008 at 13:33
Originally posted by zicIy zicIy wrote:

Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

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Roger Daltrey -"Free me" ('McVicar' movie soundtrack promo video)
 
Excellent album, this McVicar...i had the LP, don't know if it has ever been released on CDSmile
 
also have LP, but i“m pretty sure that they issued McVicar on CD.
btw, my fav Daltrey“s album is One of The Boys.
 
You are rightClap..It's been reissued and guess what...i just ordered itLOLWink
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One of my earliest memories of rock music was watching a film of The Who perform 'Won't Get Fooled Again' on the documentary/concert film; The Kids Are All Right . I couldn't have been much old then 11 or 12 years of age when I saw it and even now I get shivers that run up and down my spine at the moment where Townsend leaps into the air and then lands, sliding toward the camera in slow motion on his knees.  At that instant  I thought 'Yes, that's what I want to do for a living!'

It's one of the most defining images in rock as far as I'm concerned.








Edited by sigod - October 31 2008 at 09:38
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Points: 413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2008 at 03:59
Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Originally posted by zicIy zicIy wrote:

Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Originally posted by zicIy zicIy wrote:

Roger Daltrey -"Free me" ('McVicar' movie soundtrack promo video)
 
Excellent album, this McVicar...i had the LP, don't know if it has ever been released on CDSmile
 
also have LP, but i“m pretty sure that they issued McVicar on CD.
btw, my fav Daltrey“s album is One of The Boys.
 
You are rightClap..It's been reissued and guess what...i just ordered itLOLWink
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hey Febus, do you heard Daltrey“s Under A Raging Moon track (from that same titled a studio album) with Carl Palmer, Mark Brzezicki, Zak Starkey, Martin Chambers, Cozy Powell, who were playing drums on this track aswell as tribute to Keith Moon? awesome! Wink


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Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

One of my earliest memories of rock music was watching a film of The Who perform 'Won't Get Fooled Again' on the concert film, The Kids Are All Right . I couldn't have been much old then 11 or 12 years of age when I saw it and even now I get shivers that run up and down my spine at the moment where Townsend leaps into the air and then lands, sliding toward the camera in slow motion on his knees.  At that instant  I thought 'Yes, that's what I want to do for a living!'

It's one of the most defining images in rock as far as I'm concerned.






 
in two weeks Live At Kilburn “77 DVD will be issue. let“s imagine almost the whole gig filmed in the same style as TKAA versions of  BOR and WGFA! red eyed Pete is sliding and doing other his stuff like that, Daltrey“s lasso  microphone, that iconic image of John Entwistle and - that was last Moonie“s gig.


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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2008 at 09:45
Wow, I didn't know that zicly. Thanks for the tip and yes I will have to look out fot it. Smile
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one month ago i bought my copy of Live at Kilburn '77 DVD and that is something best what i ever saw  and heard.

 
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Points: 20029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2008 at 06:03
Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

One of my earliest memories of rock music was watching a film of The Who perform 'Won't Get Fooled Again' on the documentary/concert film; The Kids Are All Right . I couldn't have been much old then 11 or 12 years of age when I saw it and even now I get shivers that run up and down my spine at the moment where Townsend leaps into the air and then lands, sliding toward the camera in slow motion on his knees.  At that instant  I thought 'Yes, that's what I want to do for a living!'

It's one of the most defining images in rock as far as I'm concerned.

Just try that at The Peel, Simon, I dare you.


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Hi,
 
(Science Fiction time folks!!!)
 
I had an interesting moment that will go into my short stories ... and it goes like this ... please note that this is from a dream and is a part of my writings ...
 
I watched the recent outing a year or two ago that the Who did ... and there was a moment between songs that stood out for me ... in that moment, Roger looked at the microphone, and then looked down to the ground. Back to the microphone and then slightly upwards. He then grabbed the microphone and started singing. The Who was (still) alive.
 
In the dream sequence I asked him about that pause ... and Roger said "I'm tired. I don't want to do this stuff anymore."
 
A close friend was, and is, an avid Who fan and can play all of it on his guitar and then some ... and I think Pete Twonsend was his hero. When I showed him the bit he had a wonderful reply ...
 
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The Who, in many ways represented a more violent and repressed feelings that I had ... and they spoke for it beautifully. That expression was brutal to some ... and the music had it and Pete knew it ... and so did Roger and the others. In a way they represented something more free and expressive that we wanted ... and were not able to get ... or perhaps it was no longer meaningful or important any more ... so, seeing Roger saying that he didn't want to do it anymore, was not a surprise ... we grow older and as such our bodies no longer have the ability or the strength to fight as we once did ... and maybe the priorities have changed and it just is not as important any more.
 
But yes, as my friend said, and I hold it dear to my heart ... they did give us a slice of a time, that is very dear and special to me, and I credit them with helping define it within me ... I mean ... meet the new boss, same as the old boss ... is ever so much more clear today ... you add a little salt, and someone on a power trip ... and you get "The Office"  ... and that was the very sh*t that folks like The Who ... were fighting ... and you and I hoped for an improvement ... and all we got was fired ... and today's music no longer has that depth and meaning ... sorry U2 ... the rest is all "popular music" ...
 
 
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2009 at 15:12
I love The Who, and Tommy is my favorite from them.

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What can I say about the Who? They are totally different from the Beatles The Stones etc. So I don't compare them w/ anyone they are in a class by themselves everything Rock is supposed to be, a touch of anarchy, good to dance to, and above all, fun. MoDs Rool.
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Points: 1256 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 15 2009 at 21:52
I agree completely, I'm not a huge fan, but The Who have a GREAT work in almost all albunsClap
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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2009 at 09:08
I love The Who. Especially Tommy and Quadrophenia.

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Points: 198 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2009 at 16:47
I used to love The Who when I was a kid in the 70s - well, I still like them now.  Who's Next is a great album and I think Won't Get Fooled Again is probably their best track, although it's been ludicrously overplayed (along with Baba O'Reilly) by Manchester's Rock Radio Station, which plays the same tracks all the time.  I also think Behind Blue Eyes and I Can See For Miles are great songs.
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Points: 2133 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2009 at 14:42
I'm stunned.
 
Firstly because "My Generation" was released in '65.
 
Secondly even more stunned when I realized that "I can't explain" was recorded just a month after Beatles' '64 October recording of "I feel fine". The Who released it a month before Yardbirds' "For your love".
 
Music was definitely progressing by the end of '64! And the Who was one of the main contributors.
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Points: 413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2009 at 01:28
my favs of  these early The Who's tracks are Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, and The Ox
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Inventive, entertaining and sofisticated band. Quadrophenia and Tommy still my favorites, in that order.

However, I still ask myself if they proto-prog or prog-related, since they have clear participation in both subgenres. While albums like Quadrophenia and Who's Next are related to prog, their earlier works are very much influential in the prog movement. I'm inclined to think they're a little bit more prog-related than proto-prog, but who knows, this is a complicated matter for sure... What do you guys think?

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Points: 3491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 11:13
One of my favorite bands.
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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2009 at 11:44
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

The Who by Numbers my personal favourite.

Nobody ever gives that one enough credit, that album is fantastic.Clap

As for me and my opinion of The Who, I think this makes my point.Wink


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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2009 at 15:54
Who's Next just arrived in my post (£3 was the price...) and I am going to delve in it during the week...
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Points: 28 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2009 at 20:42
The Who are amongst my favorite non-prog bands. They definatly put out some great albums starting with My Generation all the way through The Who by Numbers, and even Who's Next has some good moments. My favorite has to be Quadrophenia, with Who's Next very close behind. Although, I don't like Tommy as much as most people seem to.
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