Tag Archives: Baba O’Riley

August 14: The Who released “Who’s Next” in 1971

The Who - Whos-Next

With its acoustic guitars and drumless bits, this triumph of hard rock is no more a pure hard rock album than Tommy. … And… it uses the synthesizer to vary the power trio format, not to art things up.
~Robert Christgau

On Who’s Next, the band crossed that line with power and grace. The album spawned the concert classics “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”; the great Daltrey vocal vehicles “Bargain” and “Song Is Over”; Entwistle’s scorching, anxiety-ridden “My Wife”; and Townshend’s most delicate song on record, “Behind Blue Eyes.” On Who’s Next, Townshend unleashed the power of the synthesizer as a rock & roll instrument, to be used like guitar or bass rather than as a special-effects novelty.
~The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (rollingstone.com)

 

#9 – Won’t Get Fooled Again:

Continue reading August 14: The Who released “Who’s Next” in 1971

Happy 70th Birthday Pete Townshend

pete townshend

No one knows what it’s like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
~Pete Townshend (Behind Blue Eyes)

“If you don’t want anyone to know anything about you, don’t write anything.”
― Pete Townshend

“Rock ‘n’ Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them”
― Pete Townshend

Baba O’Riley:

Continue reading Happy 70th Birthday Pete Townshend

Today: Roger Daltrey is 70 Happy Birthday

OLD post … You’re being redirected to a newer version……

Roger+Daltrey

 I can’t retire.
~Roger Daltrey

 

 

First of all, you have to understand that I’m like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.
~Roger Daltrey

 

The_who_roger_daltrey_stomach_scar_surgery Continue reading Today: Roger Daltrey is 70 Happy Birthday