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Svetonio 
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 Topic: The most proggy songs by The Who?Posted: September 01 2014 at 01:43 |
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Well, I hope that my list of proggy songs by The Who is not too long:
Melancholia from Who Sell Out, 1967 (a re-release bonus track) Overture from Tommy, 1969 Underture from Tommy, 1969 Song Is Over from Who's Next, 1971 Quadrophenia from Quadrophenia, 1973 The Rock from Quadrophenia, 1973 Doctor Jimmy from Quadrophenia, 1973 Fiddle About from Tommy Soundtrack, 1975 Sparks from Tommy Soundrack, 1975 Welcome from Tommy Soundrtrack, 1975 We're Not Gonna Take It from Tommy Soundrack, 1975 Listening To You / See Me, Feel Me from Tommy Soundtrack, 1975 905 from Who Are You, 1978 Guitar And Pen from Who Are You, 1978 Fragments of Fragments from Endless Wire, 2006 Edited by Svetonio - September 01 2014 at 04:37 |
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 01 2014 at 12:07 |
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Love The Who.....another one of those bands that are included under prog related and here I always thought they were classic rock and pop rock.  |
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Svetonio
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Posted: September 01 2014 at 12:26 |
Of course, The Who has always remained: The Who, a Rock sub-genre per se. p.s. Tommy Soundtrack the album really needs to be remastered and re-released as 2LP set in that original album jacket + CD as well.
Edited by Svetonio - September 01 2014 at 12:59 |
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 03 2014 at 10:34 |
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Apparently no one really cares about 'proggy Who songs.
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Svetonio
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Posted: September 03 2014 at 11:06 |
"Why should I care Why should I care,,,"  |
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Intruder
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Posted: September 04 2014 at 11:37 |
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Armenia City in the Sky
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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musitron
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Posted: September 04 2014 at 14:38 |
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I like your list but I would put more songs from Quadrophenia.
Great album.
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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.....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Edited by Svetonio - December 01 2014 at 04:37 |
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