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To: DoodleBob

I love listening to The Who. Heavy metal band, definitely not. The Who was an excellent rock and roll back with quite a few hit songs. I put them with The Birds, The Kinks, etc.

But Heavy Metal? I’ll leave that to Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and a few others.


7 posted on 05/30/2026 8:20:57 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The Yardbirds and Cream................


13 posted on 05/30/2026 8:24:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I agree. The who is a second tier rock band on the list of all-time rock bands. They had some good hits, they are enduring, but I never thought they were great. However, music is subjective.


18 posted on 05/30/2026 8:29:12 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Yeah agree with that.

Townsend was foremost a great song writer. He was also a showman if you like that sort of thing. Guitar solos was really not his thing.

Townsend was an underrated singer. He handed the band a demo of Quadrophenia where he played and sang it all. Stunning.


26 posted on 05/30/2026 9:10:53 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Ozzie and Dio were heavy metal among others. The Who weren’t.


45 posted on 05/30/2026 2:13:38 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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