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| Subject | Re: The Early Who By A Landslide |
| Date | Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:44:38 -0400 |
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Just casting my vote for the pre-"Tommy" Who. Those first four albums are amazing (even "Magic Bus," a record people never seem to count just because it's not "really" an album, even though the songs are brilliant). Not that there's anything wrong with the best of their later records. But for me, the early stuff is everything that rock 'n' roll was meant to be but rarely is. It's catchier. It's funnier. It's worlds more exciting. And it's got those goofy poor man's Beach Boys harmonies that make me smile as much today as the first time I heard them. Damn, I love the early Who.
OK, I'm done now.
Ed
NP: The Who Sing My Generation
PS: Does anyone know any power-pop people in Phoenix? I'll be moving The Breakup Society there and I need some musicians, preferably of the type that like the early Who more than the later Who. I have a drummer. And I'll be the singer and rhythm guitarist. So anything else is golden.
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:09:05 -0400
From: rob@splitsville.com
To: bholmes_fm@msn.com, bholmes_fm@msn.com, audities@smoe.org
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:09:05 -0400
From: rob@splitsville.com
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If you use Tommy as a mid-point, I prefer The Who's second half output to the earlier stuff.
Of course, the early singles and albums leading up to Tommy are amazing, but what followed was ridiculously fantastic: Live At Leeds, Who's Next, and in particular, Quad. By Numbers had its moments, too (tho' the cracks in Moon were beginning to show). In this period Daltrey really found his voice (admittedly, it was Tommy that brought it out of him), and Moon and Entwhistle were their usual brilliant selves.
Townshend's writing got better, more intelligent, his musical experimentation increased (in a good way), and the band on the whole proved themselves to be fairly untouchable live. Sonically live and in the studio they were, as Pete called them, 'a war machine'.
Yes, they did limp toward the finish line when Jones replaced Moon (and Pete went through a period of gargantuan alcohol and drug abuse), but both Face Dances and It's Hard are a bit under rated, mostly due to the fact those albums weren't as good as Who's Next. There are some absolutely ace tracks on both (Another Tricky Day, Athena, I've Known No War, You, Daily Records, You Better You Bet, etc.)
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