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Won't Get Fooled gAin
Lyrics.com ^ | 1971 | Pete Townsend

Posted on 11/21/2023 12:14:22 PM PST by DallasBiff

!We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgment of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fold, that's all And the world looks just the same And history ain't changed 'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll move myself and my family aside If we happen to be left half alive I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky Though I know that the hypnotized never lie Do ya?

There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again Don't get fooled again No, no

Yeah!

Meet the new boss Same as the old boss

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A late 60's publicity photo of The Who, didn't know Roger Daltrey was short, plus he looks like a trannsie, Jane Asher.

For you youngins out there, Jane Asher was the hottest female star of the British cinema, in the mid-late 60's.

1 posted on 11/21/2023 12:14:22 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q

Doesn’t get any better.


2 posted on 11/21/2023 12:19:48 PM PST by mgstarr ("I drink, therefore I am" Rene Descartes (1637))
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To: DallasBiff

Keith Moon could drum.

This song makes no sense other than new boss same as the old boss, which is Biblical.


3 posted on 11/21/2023 12:20:02 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DallasBiff

Pete Townshend looks like he gave himself a haircut in the dark.


4 posted on 11/21/2023 12:20:15 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: mgstarr

I like the comment under the video, “John is like the cool babysitter looking after three hyperactive kids” LOL


5 posted on 11/21/2023 12:23:42 PM PST by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to NVluv since I now live in NV and don’t support any Bush. )
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To: DallasBiff

I always liked Entwhistle’s solo work.


6 posted on 11/21/2023 12:29:03 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: DallasBiff

Baba O’riley is my wake up song at 6:00am.
Electrolytes and Cardio
Makes the whole day better!

Turn It Up!


7 posted on 11/21/2023 12:31:52 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: mgstarr

I believe that was Keith Moon’s last live performance.


8 posted on 11/21/2023 1:39:38 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: DallasBiff

One of my if not my favorite Who song from my favorite Who album.


9 posted on 11/21/2023 2:39:51 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Alberta's Child
Shaggy, unkempt hair was in for men during those times. At least for rock stars.

Keith Moon was a crazy man.

I liked the Who's "rock operas" - Tommy and Quadrophenia.

10 posted on 11/21/2023 2:43:15 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,390,901 Truth | 86,874,940 Twitter)
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To: DallasBiff

Moonie looks loonie.


11 posted on 11/21/2023 2:47:24 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: 1066AD

Quite correct. That was sadly his last.


12 posted on 11/21/2023 2:50:02 PM PST by mgstarr ("I drink, therefore I am" Rene Descartes (1637))
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To: DallasBiff

I prefer this WHO song to Pinball iZard.


13 posted on 11/21/2023 2:51:06 PM PST by Shqipo (Pronouns: Mister/Sir/Lord)
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To: DallasBiff
Ah, but we DID get fooled again . . .
5:15
14 posted on 11/21/2023 3:03:17 PM PST by BraveMan
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To: SamAdams76

I’ll never get tired of listening to Quadrophenia.


15 posted on 11/21/2023 3:15:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: VTenigma
One of my if not my favorite Who song from my favorite Who album.

My BFF would go weak in the knees when Daltrey screamed in that song. She had quite a crush.

”Who’s Next” is one of those albums where every song is good, IMO. I remember my parents kind of rolling their eyes at the album cover. LOL

16 posted on 11/21/2023 5:48:44 PM PST by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Allegra

Right around that era British rock bands were at their peak IMHO. Many iconic albums were pressed in those days. The transition period out of the deep psychedelic movement.


17 posted on 11/21/2023 5:57:34 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: mgstarr

Wow


18 posted on 11/21/2023 6:07:45 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: DallasBiff
Daltrey was well known in the business as a guy you didn't screw with. Amateur boxer and a good one. There's a few stories about the early Who years about people trying him and regretting it.

Love The Who! Best pure rock band if them all to me.

19 posted on 11/21/2023 6:26:19 PM PST by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business )
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To: mgstarr
GREAT performance, but for me, this one's better:

The Who - Young Man Blues, Isle of Wight 1970

20 posted on 11/21/2023 6:31:49 PM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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