08.15.2012, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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I've always taken them a bit for granted but have been listening to an old compilation of theirs recently and feel like it's taken till now for the penny to drop. I've owned a lot of their albums in the past but never really listened to them much and eventually sold them on. I remember quite liking Sell Out and the first one but feel like I need to give them and some others another go. Recommendations? Please?
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08.16.2012, 05:58 AM | #2 |
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Live at Leeds is pretty fucking cool. |
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08.16.2012, 08:15 AM | #3 |
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Yeah. After touring with the over-blown Tommy, they decided to let loose, tear through some good ol' rock n' roll, and LIVE AT LEEDS is the result. There's something weird about the Who: soulful vocals, rollicking drums, funky steady bass playing, crunchy guitars chords . . . yet they bore me. Fuck it. Get a best-of and leave it at that. |
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That's the majority of what I've listened to....just best of comps. I just can't have too muhc of the same shit or else yeah.......they get boring. |
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08.16.2012, 01:06 PM | #5 |
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Live at Leeds is one of the albums I used to have but only listened to a few times before selling it on. I remember quite liking it but nothing more. That maybe one that I should give another go to.
They're not a new obsession or anything, just a band that I've unexpectedly found I like more than I did before. But the point about them being at their best on compilations may well ultimately stand. |
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I can't imagine more than Live at Leeds and a best of will satisfy your itch, to be honest - you might want to try the box-set, but it's a bit pricey to find out if you like them properly.
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08.16.2012, 03:31 PM | #7 |
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Unless, of course, you're a massive The Jam fan. In that case, you might want to check out the entire Who output.
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This has sealed it. I'll stick with the compilation (and maybe Live at Leeds). |
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08.16.2012, 06:00 PM | #9 |
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I'd recommend most of their albums up to By Numbers. There's enough of a mix of great pop/rock songs and weirdness on each to keep me happy.
But if I had to have just one Who album I'd have to say The Kids Are Alright soundtrack (and make sure you have the film as well). |
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08.16.2012, 06:35 PM | #10 |
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No, evollove killed it for me when he mentioned The Jam. Although I've never actually seen TKAA so I should at least give that a watch.
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08.16.2012, 06:41 PM | #11 |
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You have to watch The Kids Are Alright. I was a huge fan of the film way before I started listening to their music.
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08.16.2012, 06:48 PM | #12 |
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Oh, it's completely not what I thought It'd be. I'd always assumed it was just a concert film but from that trailer it seems far more interesting/fun. Thanks!
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08.16.2012, 06:57 PM | #13 |
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No not a concert film, nor a story of The Who.
A (non chronological) collection of live clips, TV appearances, interviews etc. A fantastic film. |
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08.16.2012, 07:07 PM | #14 |
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I used to have a video of that film Maximum RocknRoll(?) which was really just a load of archive live clips and some interviews with the members. I remember thinking they were awesome in their early years but kind of lost interest when the operas kicked in. Daltry came across as an utterly decent chap in the interviews.
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08.16.2012, 07:15 PM | #15 |
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I think you mean Thirty Years of Maximum RnB. I haven't seen that.
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08.16.2012, 07:17 PM | #16 |
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Apparently when Keith Moon saw the unfinished version of TKAA he was so shocked at how terrible he looked compared to when they started that he vowed to sober up. I think he died about a week later.
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08.16.2012, 11:09 PM | #17 |
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A Quick One
Tommy Live At Leeds (I really prefer the original vinyl version, I think in cd there is not that much energy) Who´s Next Quadrophenia Odds and Sods All of their albums are quite good (well I don´t still have Face Dances, I think It´s Hard and Endless Wire are one of the greatest late career albums of the world) but these are the greatest if you not including My Generation and Sell Out. |
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08.17.2012, 04:34 AM | #18 |
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Well I love the 3 first albums (My generation, A quick one, Sell out).
Live at Leeds is a MUST-check-out-album, defenitly. Probably the best livealbum ever released. Otherwise, I think I have to say Quadrophenia is the best one (which they're btw going to tour with now). I hope they come to europe again, stockholm 2007 was aweeeesome. Superb band. |
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this is how i feel about them. the early stuff is urgent and energetic, just like the drugs they were on, and the later stuff is fat and wasteful like a fat wasteful alcoholic i like "i can see for miles" and i think thats from later Who, but otherwise i dont really like them as they got stadiumish. and thats nothing against stadiumish in itself, i just didn't like their stadiumish |
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As for their operas. The first one (A Quick One While He's Away) was on the album A Quick One, in 1966. Quote:
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