Who's Best
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Topic: Who's Best
Posted By: paloz
Subject: Who's Best
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 10:40
They're both outstanding, but in the end I surely prefer Tommy... and you?
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 10:45
| Most of TOMMY sounds boring. Just give me QUADROPHENIA any time, or better still: WHO'S NEXT! |
Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 10:56
| I don't like Who's next... It's not the normal level of The WHO... Only "Behind Blue Eyes" is good... |
Posted By: jimidom
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 10:58
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Tommy is great, but I sometimes find myself falling asleep during some sections. Quadrophenia, however, keeps my interest from beginning to end. ------------- "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 11:03
    ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
paloz wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 11:18
That's a bit dismissive of two of their best and well-known numbers - Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 11:20
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I don't like either of them at all. Ridiculously overrated. And they're far from prog. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Kyle
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 11:37
| Quadrophenia is The Who at their peak in the studio. It sure is an achievment, this album. If it wasn't for Tommy though, I wouldn't be into The Who. Close match, but Quadrophenia's sometimes brutally realistic lyrics, and great playing from all the members (to take nothing away from Tommy) is why I choose this album. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 16:14
I just didn't like Quadrophenia (even though Toyah was in the film  ), 5:15 was an okay single.
Tommy on the other-hand I love, unfortunately back in the early 70's my sister and I bought this between us - she bought Part 1 and I bought Part 2, which was fine until we bothh left home and now the two halves are 120 miles apart.
Has anyone watched Ken Russell's version of Tommy recently? It looks like it was made for about £50. ------------- What? |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 17:31
TOMMY  for me.......... just magic to my ears
QUADROPHENIA is good too but the songs on ex-side 3 are weak after WHY SHOULD I CARE.
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 19:20
| Quad! Its spectacular. I didn't like either that much at first. After hearing Tommy on vinyl things popped out at me much better. Quad on the 3rd/4th listen became my favorite though. Its so well done in every way. Great drumming, guitar riffs and jams, bass playing, howling vocals, interesting enough story. And some sweet, dark cover art. Oh and the production job is gets a 20 out of 10 |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 21:55
| Quad has the coherent and meaningful story, the intertwining musical themes, and that beautiful anger. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 22:39
| Where's 'none of the above'? |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: September 12 2007 at 23:35
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Both are awesome though quad is fresh in my mind,the only thing i got a problem with it is the who always finish with listening to you and amazing journey.I swear thats been on every set list for years. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: mr.burns
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 14:42
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Like that ever was a contest,quad by far.There is nothing like it in the music world,this would be like the great unknown ------------- Father Ted: Sheep like all wool-bearing animals, instinctively travel north. Where it's colder, and they won't be so stuffy. |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 15:30
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I think Quadrophenia is so good I went and found one of the old polls that is exactly like this (from March 07) and voted for it again. It is in Non-prog Music, started before The Who even got on the site. I know this is at least the third one exactly like this. ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 15:37
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I prefer "Tommy" (even if its production is a little annoying) - but the Who's best album to me is "Who's Next" ------------- 
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