Please, he is 60 years old. I think he looks wonderful, and very distinguished.
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 don’t think she’s a rock and roll fan.
“She’d probably fall off her podium if she heard The Who’s 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 she’s amazing.
“You can criticise the Establishment but you can’t criticise the Queen.”
The experienced performer was racked with stage fright during the investiture.
“It’s nerve-racking. That’s why I prefer being in a group,” he admitted.
Dressed in a black pinstriped suit and light blue tie, Daltrey, wearing frameless glasses, said: “I’ve only got one suit. I bought another one for this but it turned out awful.
“I’m not a dressing-up person. I’m 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 didn’t expect to get this. None of us work alone so I accept this for those that don’t 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 decade’s biggest rock bands.
They stormed the music scene in 1965 with I Can’t Explain and went on to have a string of hits, including Substitute, I’m A Boy, Happy Jack, Pictures Of Lily, I Can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard and Won’t 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 I’m 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 band’s first studio recording in 23 years.
Daltrey said: “It’s going very well. Once you’re in there it all comes back to you. It’s going to be a good album but it’s early days.” He was giving nothing away as to when it would be released “It’ll be ready when it’s 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 she’s amazing.
“You can criticise the Establishment but you can’t criticise the Queen.”
I know you're a Who fan, Chick, but for the rest of you, half of the Who sat through our set when we played at the Troubadeaur in LA back in around 1975. Townsend and Entwhistle sat through the whole set, then slapped me on the back when we finished, saying "Eh, wot? Good show, wot?"
Thanks, I couldn't remember his name. He was darn good, too. Any word if they'll tour again?
Every day I get in the queue (too much, magic bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (too much, magic bus)
I’m so nervous, I just sit and smile (too much, magic bus)
You house is only another mile (too much, magic bus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me here (too much, magic bus)
You’ll be an inspector, have no fear (too much, magic bus)
I don’t want to cause no fuss (too much, magic bus)
But can I buy your magic bus? (too much, magic bus)
Nooooooooo!
I don’t care how much I pay (too much, magic bus)
I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (too much, magic bus)
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (you can’t have it!)
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
’cause I drive my baby every way
Magic bus, magic bus, magic bus ...
I said, now I’ve got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I said, now I’ve got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I drive my baby every way (too much, magic bus)
Each time I go a different way (too much, magic bus)
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ...
Every day you’ll see the dust (too much, magic bus)
As I drive my baby in my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
OMG!
They're supposedly working on a new album, so they plan to tour after they finish it. :D
Now I'll have that song in my head all day! (I'm not complaining)
They did a pretty long, scorching version at MSG last May -- it was the second encore of the show. :D
At least you got to see them. I feel like popping in the Quadrapenia disc!
I saw them in NYC about six years ago or so, when they performed Quadrophenia in its entirety. It was great. Odd special guest moment too, when Billy Idol and Gary Glitter (pre child molestation arrest) came out and sang the Punk and the Godfather parts.
It was the most homogenized crowd I’ve ever seen in one place! 20,000 white guys in their thirties and forties, back in high school for a night. You should have heard us scream, in unision, the line following “Her fella’s gonna kill me…”!
The encore was an all acoustic hour and half of the other hits (Magic Bus, Baba O’Reilly, My Generation, etc.)
Great great show.
Please, he is 60 years old. I think he looks wonderful, and very distinguished.
I'm glad someone said that.
Headbangers, the Who? I don't think so. It's quite possible the term headbanger was not in usage at the time of the 1983 Who breakup.
It didn't have to. Those in the know, knew.
You make me wish there were 20,001. 5:15 performed live is always awesome.
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"Any word if they'll tour again?"
If they have bills to be paid, we'll see them around for as long as I can forsee. My 13 yr old son recently found a "shweet" song on-line called "Pinball Wizard"...
Just to swing this around to a political thread, please be reminded that Pete tried to brain Abbie Hoffman ("Yippies are Revolting") with his guitar at Woodstock..More to do with WHO controls the stage, than politics probably, but still..
By the way, who/what was Meher Baba (Pete's guru) and did he espouse bad stuff? (My guess is he did not)
Did I tell you I knocked over Jim McQuinn of the Byrds in the "Record Plant" Studio? the walls of that place are all wood and doors are hidden. He came out of a door and before I could stop, I put him on his butt. He's a little guy---I'm only 5-8" and I towered over him.
Anybody who is a Who fan and has not seen "The Kids Are Alright" needs to drop what they are doing and rush out in a buying frenzy and get the DVD. You will NOT be disapointed!
Quadrophenia and an hour and a half encore.
Now that's showmanship.
The Who's performance was the highlight of the 9-11 benefit concert at Madison Square Garden. Actually the true highlight was when H*llary was booed on stage. Roger won't criticize the Queen of England, but the crowd sure did boo the Queen of New York.
I agree. They really rocked that place, got everyone on their feet whooping and hollering. I recall hearing Daltrey say, when they were finished, something along the lines of "I love Americans." It was more of an aside rather than to the crowd. It was genuine.
"Pinball Wizard" is one of my five year-old son's favorite songs. It's a riot to hear him sing it.
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