Reading about them punching the clock in the studio trying to come up with something sounds like torture, musically. It's a wonder they came up with as much as they did ‘67-'69.
Mick/Keef are way underrated as songwriters. Did you catch DOOM & GLOOM a couple of years ago? A classic!
Hard to disagree.
I read some Brit poll a few years ago that stated the same thing.
I talked my mom into buying it for me when I was in the second grade (1968). I wore the grooves off of it. Now, all these years later, it resides on my iPod. It has that much staying power. It's just that good.
To this day I still have trouble believing that Mick and Keith wrote those songs. But, I guess they really did.
Back then it was always Beatles vs Stones, but as time goes on, the Who has really held up.