well.
it's just SHIT, isn't it?
it's just SHIT, isn't it?
The Who: Baba O'Riley
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brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Nope. Not their best by a long chalk, but still great.
it's got that HORRIBLE synth noise burbling along and then it just turns into another one of their bloated rock songs. 
dirtysanta
Original Casual
Dubversion said:
No. Your wrong.
Next ?
way to go, milesy
At the time it was considered to be a major innovation and most later Who songs were bloated rock songs anyway. Despite the fact that the early Who stuff knocks the socks off their later output it certaintly isn't one of their worst efforts.
this is what amazes be about people's opinions of the Who. Their early days -the stuff collected on Meaty, Beaty Big & Bouncy for example - is brilliant. Snappy, witty, compact brilliant pop music. Then - very quickly - they turned into this leaden rock behemoth and that's the stuff people laud.
For most of their allegedly golden period they were more a bloody PROG band than a mod group
For most of their allegedly golden period they were more a bloody PROG band than a mod group
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
You mean the CSI New York theme tune ! Yeah your right it's shit !
It's fucking excellent but, has to be played at the sort of volume that induces ear bleeding.
Grandma Death
Reconfiguring & Reconstructing
Dubversion said:
Arse.
It gets me everytime...big, crass and fab.
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
i love the who but arn't all that fussed about remembering the names of their songs so i looked this up and its "teenage wasteland"
and roger daltry. i would
and roger daltry. i would
Grandma Death
Reconfiguring & Reconstructing
editor said:
When I saw the Who on their 25th anniversary tour I have to say....I reacted in that very same way.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Townsend did nick the synth sound from Baba, and I can't for the life of me remember from who - Townsend was more of a guitar-based writer, init.
In the contex of time and place, it's very distinct and def original. Great intro, imo - poss downhill after the intro.
In the contex of time and place, it's very distinct and def original. Great intro, imo - poss downhill after the intro.
MC5 said:The fact that people are discussing the very song, decades after it came out, says summat about it's quality and the musicians who produced it.
That's not a logical statement in any sense. I started the thread because people were always banging on about it, it came on the radio and it struck me - again - that it was shite. How does that equate with the very fact it's being discussed being some mark of quality?
Urbane Worrier
a scuttler scuttling
'Who's Next' from which this track comes is a fair album from them. Haven't heard it for ages (swapped it for Dr Sardonicus-Spirit) Won't get fooled again and Behind blue eyes stick in my mind. Far better than t***y dirge.
I'm with the non hatersz ...
strummerville
vinyl lover
I'm with Editor on this one. Alright tune, but Moon's drumming is unbelieveable. It's also a great song to play along with if you're learning guitar- 3 chords and a windmill action.
Did of of the mod bands stay mod? It seems to me that what makes that mod scene so precious is that it didn't last long and was a musical period more than anything else.
well it's provoked some discussion. By that token, what's the point of any thread about something you like or don't like?
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