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- #1
- Posted: 08/11/2015 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1716): Who's Next by The Who
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Today's album of the day
Who's Next by The Who (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1971.
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Overall rank: 26
Average rating: 87/100 (from 1351 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 08/11/2015 20:11
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I don't really like Going Mobile, but other than that, this shit is excellent. Definitely my favourite Who album, though I haven't listened to half their stuff in like a decade. I kind of like the demo of Getting in Tune better than the album version. All the demos from this are great, worth checking out.
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- Posted: 08/11/2015 20:20
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uh its actually called Teenage Wasteland
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dmercado
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- Posted: 08/12/2015 02:49
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| dmercado wrote: | | ... any pointers on what I'm missing? |
If I recall correctly, everyone and their mother credits the Who with laying the groundwork for heavy metal, and Led Zeppelin made it official.
I don't know, though. I could never grasp genre origins too well.
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- Posted: 08/12/2015 02:51
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Definitely a high point for The Who and one of my personal all time favourites. I love all these songs, but Behind Blue Eyes is my personal favourite.
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RockyRaccoon
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- Posted: 08/12/2015 12:21
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| dmercado wrote: | | Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again are pretty good, but I could never understand the hype about this album, or really The Who in general... any pointers on what I'm missing? |
For me, it's the pure energy. Even when they're doing a slower song (e.g. "Behind Blue Eyes"), there's energy to it, like they're just waiting to explode, and they often do, thanks in part, I believe, to Keith Moon, who's just a madman.
The purity of Roger Daltry's voice always gets me too, he's got such a smooth, excellent voice that suits both melodically-focused songs (see: "Getting In Tune", "Behind Blue Eyes") and powerful songs. I mean, that scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again", I know it's been kind of made into a caricature because of the whole CSI: Miami thing, but that scream gives me goosebumps every time, it's amazing, it's so powerful.
The Who have the ability to just flat-out rock, but that's not their only schtick, they're not some AC/DC, four chord rock band. You've got the rockers, like "Going Mobile" and "Bargain", but you've got these really cool, well-composed pieces like the Terry Riley-inspired stuff on "Baba O'Riley" and the whole epic of "Won't Get Fooled Again".
It just all rocks, but it's not stupid. It's like seeing a linebacker discussing the finer points on the thematic elements of Greek antiquities. He's huge and powerful, but he's smart too.
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- Posted: 08/12/2015 19:58
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| shaydndepriest wrote: | If I recall correctly, everyone and their mother credits the Who with laying the groundwork for heavy metal, and Led Zeppelin made it official.
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I always thought more of LZ, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, other hard blues bands when it comes to proto-metal, but I'll keep my ears open for that in the future. I've heard arguments that albums like The Who Sell Out and Tommy helped define the concept album and inspired progressive rock bands. I also heard someone say that Who's Next was the first arena rock album. Any thoughts on those claims?
| RockyRaccoon wrote: | For me, it's the pure energy... thanks in part, I believe, to Keith Moon, who's just a madman.
The purity of Roger Daltry's voice always gets me too...
The Who have the ability to just flat-out rock, but that's not their only schtick, they're not some AC/DC, four chord rock band...
It just all rocks, but it's not stupid. It's like seeing a linebacker discussing the finer points on the thematic elements of Greek antiquities. He's huge and powerful, but he's smart too. |
You could almost apply this same description to later bands such as Rush -- though I'd say for them "He's smart, but he's huge and powerful too". There are a handful of hard rock bands that don't reduce themselves to Neanderthal lyrics, were The Who just the first to strike that balance, or were they just one of the more well-known?
Thanks, btw, for the feedback!
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- Posted: 08/14/2015 19:53
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| dmercado wrote: |
You could almost apply this same description to later bands such as Rush -- though I'd say for them "He's smart, but he's huge and powerful too". There are a handful of hard rock bands that don't reduce themselves to Neanderthal lyrics, were The Who just the first to strike that balance, or were they just one of the more well-known?
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I don't think I can say with certainty that The Who were the first to do that, but they're an early example, I think (maybe Deep Purple too?).
I would say Rush is a little different, while Rush can rock, they were more into the technical aspects of music, being in the whole prog movement, whereas The Who were more rooted in blues, and as time went on, they matured and began doing more intricate things. But yea, I would agree with you for the most part, I think The Who are one of the earliest examples of a band who could strike that balance.
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