Posted on 02/09/2005 8:23:33 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick
12:44pm (UK)
By Laura Elston, PA Deputy Court Correspondent
Daltrey said afterwards: She said I got this for my music as well as charity work but I dont think shes a rock and roll fan.
Shed probably fall off her podium if she heard The Whos songs.
A good blast of My Generation would go down quite well now.
He said his award was something to remember adding: I still have criticisms of the Establishment but the Queen is an exceptional woman. I think shes amazing.
You can criticise the Establishment but you cant criticise the Queen.
The experienced performer was racked with stage fright during the investiture.
Its nerve-racking. Thats why I prefer being in a group, he admitted.
Dressed in a black pinstriped suit and light blue tie, Daltrey, wearing frameless glasses, said: Ive only got one suit. I bought another one for this but it turned out awful.
Im not a dressing-up person. Im not that at all. Only very special occasions get me in a bloody suit, I tell you.
He was awarded his CBE for services to music, the entertainment industry and charity.
Daltrey is patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust and has raised more than £2 million for the charity by organising concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.
He added: I didnt expect to get this. None of us work alone so I accept this for those that dont get anything.
I know there are criticisms of the honours system but there would be of any honours. I am very honoured.
Daltrey, from Burwash in East Sussex, and guitarist Pete Townshend are the only surviving members of The Who.
Drummer Keith Moon died in 1978 and bassist John Entwistle died in 2002 on the eve of a US tour.
Daltrey and Townshend met at school in west London and formed a band together called The Detours.
The Who were formed in 1964 and were one of the decades biggest rock bands.
They stormed the music scene in 1965 with I Cant Explain and went on to have a string of hits, including Substitute, Im A Boy, Happy Jack, Pictures Of Lily, I Can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard and Wont Get Fooled Again.
Linked to the 1960s Mod fashion craze and Pop Art, they adopted patriotic Union Jack graphics.
Despite reaching number two in the charts with My Generation and Im A Boy, The Who never achieved a UK number one single.
But their forte was album sales and breaking box office records, as well as their stage equipment, with Townshend, like rock legend Jimi Hendrix, smashing his guitar into the amplifiers.
Renowned for their live performances, The Who found fame in the US and played both the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969.
Townshend created the rock operas Quadrophenia and Tommy, and Daltrey took the starring role when Tommy was made into a film.
The Who split in 1983 but have embarked on several reunion tours.
Daltrey also had a solo career and has continued to act.
A new Who album, Who2, is planned and will be the bands first studio recording in 23 years.
Daltrey said: Its going very well. Once youre in there it all comes back to you. Its going to be a good album but its early days. He was giving nothing away as to when it would be released Itll be ready when its finished, he joked.
He was accompanied by wife Heather, sister Gillian and six-year-old granddaughter Lily.
Daltrey later said his award was something to remember.
He added: I still have criticisms of the Establishment but the Queen is an exceptional woman. I think shes amazing.
You can criticise the Establishment but you cant criticise the Queen.
Anyone want more photos? ;D
Hmm.. he's gonna have his hands full later on, 'specially when she asks to borrow the car.
Heh. That's a good pic. An anti-establishment rebel rocker...posing in a suit with his Granddaughter. :)
He isn't aging well, is he?
Pictures of Lily?
The Who Rocks!!!!
The Who were the best live rock band, bar none! Roger was always the classiest of the group. Man, what a singing voice he has.
For 60 years, I think he looks pretty good (in the photo with his daughter).
60? Granddaughter?? DAMN!! Those 40 years went by pretty quick! (And yes please, more pics!!)
Au contraire! Considering all the hard living he's done, I hope *I* look so good when I'm 60.
Is Kenny Jones dead?
cute pic for a former headbanger - kind of puts everything into perspective
Huh? He's almost 61, but I don't think he looks it.
Just what I was thinking! :D
Definitely! We've gone to see them at Madison Square Garden in '02 and last year, and Roger's voice is still *amazing*. Very strong.
Much of what's on my iPod is Who stuff. :D
Keith Moon and John Entwhistle are I believe.
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