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I like 'Squeeze Box'....

I voted 'Who Are You' as the worst, 'You Better You Bet' is fine with me.

Entwistle's proto-death-metal Boris The Spider is passable.

Meh. Overrated band bigly.

You could probably get decent 2 LP's from the whole back catalog.

CRAP.

speedie wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:20 am Meh. Overrated band bigly.

It depends how you summarise their output: do you concentrate only on the high points, do you rate them on their 'typical' output, or do take a whole-career average? The Who vary wildly on those different measures. They were also capable of lifting up pretty average-to-bad songs in their live performances.

I learned to love them later in life by ignoring their numerous crimes.

speedie wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:20 am Meh. Overrated band bigly.

You could probably get decent 2 LP's from the whole back catalog.

CRAP.

Cosigned because that's some real shit you just posted.

rsmurphy wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:54 am

speedie wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:20 am Meh. Overrated band bigly.

You could probably get decent 2 LP's from the whole back catalog.

CRAP.

Cosigned because that's some real shit you just posted.

Co-cosigned. Nothing about this band ever moved me, except for maybe the intro to “Baba O’Riley”. Maybe I’m dead inside, but probably not.

"You Better You Bet", but "Athena" is worse by a fucking mile.

penningtron wrote: The bridge section noodling in Who Are You

It's impossible for me to hear this part without remembering the dude standing by the railing at Giant's Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, Spring 1989.
Me and my two buds were on our own, which was pretty far from home for us, at age 13/14.
We were big into 60s Who (early 60s Who) and we also hadn't discovered drink or drugs yet.
This dude by the railing, eyes closed, head down, one hand gripping the rail and the other stragling the plastic beer cup.
He seemed completely lost in his sublime inebriation, and not in a bad way, just intense.
That breakdown sort of meanders before it explodes again, and this dude was just FEELING it.
I guess it made an impression on me. Now I AM that guy, ha.

rsmurphy wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:54 am

speedie wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 3:20 am Meh. Overrated band bigly.

You could probably get decent 2 LP's from the whole back catalog.

CRAP.

Cosigned because that's some real shit you just posted.

Yes!

I still enjoy Quadrophenia and A Quick One While He's Away.

But there is a wide gap between their best and worst output. I just have no desire to listen to anything that came after Moon's death.