I love the Who. One of the greatest and most influential bands of all time, and I practically worshipped them as a teen. But they have an odd trajectory, and have made a lot of crappy music. They started out becoming famous as a sort of anti-Beatles. Their singles were sloppy, aggressive and touched on challenging subjects such as masturbation, child abuse, etc. and culminating in the ultimate one finger salute, My Generation. From there they gradually went on to practically single handedly create anthem rock, and songs like Baba ORiley, Love Reign Oer Me and Wont Get Fooled Again still blow the competition away, even fifty years on. Sorry, U2 and Bruce Springsteen. But they have reverted now back to focusing more on the odd, quirky sounds that brought them notoriety in their earliest days. And the results are songs that just dont quite make the cut. Too silly to be anthems. too generic rockers (basking in a sound that they themselves invented) to be whimsical and interesting. This is their latest, and it is basically a cascade of cliches, both musical and lyrical. But still, these guys are past 70. And Daltrey can still sing. God Bless em! https://youtube/watch?v=D4CiedGbjaQ
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:47:19 +0000
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