Posted on 12/21/2019 8:04:34 PM PST by DoodleBob
In a new interview with the Toronto Sun, THE WHO guitarist Pete Townshend said that fans shouldn't be surprised that the band's first new album in 13 years, "Who", bears little resemblance to THE WHO in terms of that classic ferocious rock sound. "It doesn't sound like THE WHO from those early heavy metal years," he explained. "We sort of invented heavy metal with [our first live album] 'Live At Leeds' [1970]. We were copied by so many bands, principally by LED ZEPPELIN — you know, heavy drums, heavy bass, heavy lead guitar and some of those bands, like Jimi Hendrix for example, did it far better than we did. CREAM, with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, they came along in '67, same year as Jimi Hendrix, and they kind of stole our mantle in a sense. So people who want to hear that old heavy metal sound, there are plenty of bands that can provide it. So it's not really what we can actually do today. Even if we wanted to, it was never high on my list of wishes."
Townshend told The Pulse Of Radio that THE WHO was among the most versatile bands of its era, and that its musical talent freed him to write material that frequently covered many different genres. "...THE WHO never gave me a clear brief," he explained. "They never said to me, 'We wanna be a comedy act,' but if I gave them comedy songs, they were brilliant at them. They never said to me, 'We wanna be a girl-friendly band,' but if I gave them a love song, they would do it brilliantly. They never said, 'We want to be a heavy metal group' — if I gave them a heavy metal song, they did it brilliantly.
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1966.
Especially since he died back in October.
Hey, I dont track these guys.
Tell me Keef is still here :)
I blame syphilis for Pete’s clearly deteriorated mental state.
I haven’t heard that song in years! Great video, THANKS! It cleansed my brain of..well..you know..:)!
I can’t believe STH is even ON jukeboxes. You could walk in, immediately put that song on, order, drink 5 cups of cofee and have dessert and pat. And that song would STILL be playing when you walked out the door pool
I don’t know nuttin’ ‘bout no European Death Metal.
If I didn’t care about POing my neighbors I might blow out some speakers on some AC/DC though.
Friggin’ responsibilities and conscience! What a sad state for an old Rocker! :)
I would agree. But OTOH Sabbath was very bluesy.
I think they qualify as heavy.
When I was working in radio in Seattle, we used to use that song for bathroom breaks.
Amen.
pat should be PAY.
And strike POOL. I have no idea where that came from!
Used to have a bunch of 45’s by Link Wray and the Raymen.
Was heavy into surf music and hated the Beatles’ sound.
I had an amplifier and speakers in college that I could use to blow out candles placed in front of the woofers - something I demonstrated more than once, to the dismay of the other residents in the dorm... Current setup would probably do it too, though I’d probably have to wait until wife and dog were gone to try...
When mountains crumble to the sea,
there will still be Keef and me!
Sorry, no sale.
Well, Zeppelin did copy other bands, but the Who wasn't one of them.
:)
LOL
Rock on!
Space Guitar--Young John Watson (1954)
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