The Who are an enigma to me. I’m a bass player, and my all time favorite bass player is John Entwistle. I just really like his creating “lead bass” for that band. I don’t think Townsend is much of a guitar player, but he’s awesome to watch. Daultry is meh, but he knows how to swing a mic. And Moon...well, he was amazing.
But the bottom line is that I LOVE their music. The energy, the arrangements, etc. It’s just great stuff.
I remember when Tommy first came out. I played “overture” for my dad and he said, “boy, that drummer is really amazing”, or something like that. My dad has never been into music at all, yet even he noticed.
The first concert I ever saw was The Who in what is now the Key Arena in Seattle. This was around 1970. I’ll never forget it.
At the concert for 9/11, in which The Who blew the house away, a first responder handed Daltry a cap (I believe it was a NYFD cap).
Daltry handed it back to the guy, saying “I’m not worthy to wear this.”
When Daltrey does speak about politics (EU) he is worth listening to.
Sky News (@SkyNews) Tweeted:
The Who singer Roger Daltrey was not impressed when Sky News asked him about Brexit.
Read the full interview here: https://t.co/gqk91bKrzT https://t.co/fSW3Tfgk2v
Isn’t there now only half a Who?
I’ve been listening to The Who since the mid-1970s and I can’t even really say what Townshend’s politics are other than “eclectic” (like most of his other philosophical forays). I think he was pro-intervention post 9-11.
Daltrey is a pro-Brexit, anti-immigration conservative. They were both lower middle class guys who made money at a time when UK tax rates were brutal.
One of my favourite groups of all time. :)
which means they’re conservative.
It’s not just music. I went to see Jim Gaffigan in late 2018 at Enterprise Center and he made a feint into Trump material. The silence of the audience prompted a retreat from that material. Astute. The next month when Sebastian Maniscalco came to town, he showed the wisdom to remain out of this type of “woke” act.
Boston and Blue Oyster Cult stayed away from that crap when we went to see them. Great show.
So much to like about The Who’s music and their concerts but the one thing I can do without is Pete’s extensive potty mouth riffraff between songs.....
... there was not a SINGLE hint of anything political
And it shows.
I have my tickets for the 20th at BB&T in Sunrise!
Put me in the ‘I Like’ column when it comes to The Who, but I admit to wearing out my cassette tape of ‘Best Bits’ which was all Daltrey, in the 1980’s.
I NEED that on CD, but I can only find it on vinyl. :(
Not that there’s anything wrong with that! :)
Quadraphonia was a masterpiece. Entwhistle was at his peak and the arrangement of Townsend was inspired.
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