1. Love, Reign o’re Me 2. The Real Me (that bass!) 3. Behind Blue Eyes 4. Overture/It’s a Boy 5. Getting in Tune 6. However Much I Booze 7. You Better You Bet 8. 5:15 9. Baba O'Riley 10. The Kids Are Alright Man, I totally forgot the song, Pure and Easy, existed. WDVE in Pittsburgh used to play it every so often in the 70's and early 80's. I'm listening to it now...probably for the first time in 30 years.
10. Join Together 9. Success Story 8. Long Live Rock 7. Love, Reign O'er Me 6. Won't Get Fooled Again 5. I'm Free 4. The Real Me 3. Summertime Blues 2. Baba O'Reily 1. See Me, Feel Me (Woodstock)
Christmas, Go to the Mirror, Sparks, Bargain, Join Together, Long Live Rock, I'm One, Love Reign O're Me, How Many Friends, and Dreaming From the Waist.
Love Reign O'Er Me.What a song that is,always grabs me and keeps me. Saw them at the legendary Isle of Wight fest in '70 and as usual,they blew me and everyone who was there away. I keep on about their cameo at The Concert for New York but it really is fantastic,sadly blocked on YT but available on the CFNY dvd.
Love the WHO, the band that introduced me to rock and roll. So many legendary tunes. Like Goin Mobile, I'm One, Dr. Jimmy, The Seeker, Long Live Rock, Had Enough, Slip Kid, The Quiet One, Eminence Front, My Wife amongst others.
Pete the more I listen to your 'Top 10' picks the more I think we have similar tastes in musical styles. My Who choices are virtually the same. Great band.
@@seaoftranquilityprog thats my favorite version too!!!! woodstock is epic... but then in the 70s... they didnt played it that well i think so.... cheers!!! from panama central america!! i play guitar too im 35 years old!
Fully agreed. I'm never able to get fully into the studio albums. Who's Next does nothing for me. But those live shows... WOW! Shows they're talents much more. Live At Leeds is the perfect example: Entwistle's bass in loud and clear like the sound of thunder, Moon is doing all kinds of apeshit drum fills, Pete's guitar tone is amazing, and Daltrey screams up a storm as Pete would say.
Great list Pete! Been a WHO fan since '82. Too young to see them at Shea. Also got into them big time after hearing the TKAA soundtrack. 1. Naked Eye (Odds & Sods) 2. The Song Is Over (Who's Next) 3. How Many Friends (Who By Numbers) 4. Drowned (Quadrophenia). Always incredible when played live. The version from Toronto '82 is stellar! 5. Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds) Yeah, it's a cover, but The Who make it their own. 6. Eminence Front (It's Hard) 7. Magic Bus (Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2000) Amazing harmonica from Roger. 8. Sparks (Woodstock, TKAA soundtrack) 9. Bargain (Live '72, Who's Missing) 10. The Real Me (Quadrophenia) HM... My Generation, A Legal Matter, Substitute, Whisky Man, Tattoo, Overture, Amazing Journey, When I Was A Boy, Baba O'riley & WGFA from TKAA, Quadrophenia, Sea and Sand, Slip Kid, Dreaming From The Waist, New Song, Music Must Change, Another Tricky Day, It's Your Turn, Real Good Looking Boy, Mike Post Theme, It's Not Enough. ;-)
10 - However Much I Booze 9 - Behind Blue Eyes 8 - The Real Me 7 - You Better You Bet 6 - I Can See For Miles 5 - Won't Get Fooled Again 4 - We're Not Gonna Take It (See Me, Feel Me) 3 - *TIE* Substitute & Eminence Front 2 - Who Are You 1 - Baba O'Riley
Nice list Pete. I had a tough time with this but here is my top ten list of the Who: 1) Love Reign Over Me 2) Bargain 3) Naked Eye 4) The Seeker 5) The Real Me 6) We're Not Going To Take It/See Me, Feel Me 7) 5:15 8) Sparks 9) Pinball Wizard 10) Join Together
1. We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me 2. Overture/It's A Boy 3. Dr. Jimmy 4. Behind Blue Eyes 5. Who Are You 6. I'm Free 7. New Song 8. Getting In Tune 9. Going Mobile 10. You Better, You Bet Just Missed: Sister Disco, Pictures of Lilly, Squeeze Box, Slip Kid, Substitute, The Song Is Over.
1 Happy Jack. Great chorus vocals 2 love reign over me. Inspirational like a Rocky song 3 Armenia city in the sky. great wierd psychedelic 4 I'm going mobile. Great Pete harmony 5 Boris the spider. Great funny growls 6 Substitute. Great catchy pop 7 my generation. Energetic 8 baba O'Riley. Great organ opening 9 The real me. First heard the Wasp version 10 I'm Free
1 The Seeker 2 The Punk And The Godfather 3 See Me, Feel Me 4 Doctor Jimmy 5 I Can't Explain 6 Behind Blue Eyes 7 The Magic Bus 8 Cut My Hair 9 A Legal Matter 10 Fiddle About
It's gonna be hard to condense The 'Oo down to a top 10 but I'll try.... 1) See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You. (Live) 2) The Rock. 3) The Real Me. 4) I Can't Explain. 5) 5:15 6) Go To The Mirror Boy. 7) The Kids Are Alright. 8) Pictures Of Lily 9) Young Man Blues. (Live) 10) Sea And Sand. 👍 Honourable Mentions - Doctor Jimmy & Mister Jim, Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, Baba O'Riley, My Wife, Behind Blue Eyes, I Can See For Miles. 😎
Love Reign O’er Me is the perfect song. Townsend at his absolute best songwriting. And that pick slide at the end of the song...whew...kills me every time. Glad you mentioned I’ve Had Enough from Quadrophenia. I love this song. The banjo in it is the perfect touch. Townsend was amazing.
Some lesser known songs: - Water - Pure and Easy - Trick of the Light - It's Your Turn - Music Must Change - Slip Kid - Doctor Jimmy - Naked Eye - Don't Let Go the Coat - Cry If You Want
My Top 10 The Who songs before I watch yours.... 10. "Young Man Blues" / The Who / Album: Live At Leeds (1970) 09. “Heaven And Hell” / The Who / Album: Live At Leeds (1970) 08. "Eminence Front" / The Who / Album: It's Hard (1982) 07. "Going Mobile" / The Who / Album: Who's Next (1971) 06. “Relay” / The Who / Album: (Single) (1972) 05. "Real Me, The" / The Who / Album: Quadrophenia (1974) 04. "I Can See For Miles" / The Who / Album: The Who Sell Out (1967) 03. “5:15” / The Who / Album: Quadrophenia (1973) 02. “My Wife” / The Who / Album: Who’s Next (1971) 01. “Boris The Spider” / The Who / Album: A Quick One (1966)
Fantastic video Pete. Here are mine. 1 Baba O'riley 2 Won't Get Fooled Again 3 Long Live Rock 4 Young Man Blues 5 Bargain 6 Going Mobile 7 Boris the Spider 8 We're Not Going to Take It 9 The Real Me 10 Shakin All Over
I saw The Who in Tinley Park,IL in 2002. They played "Love Reign O'er Me" twice. TWICE!! Roger was upset that he fumbled some lyrics, so he demanded that they play it again. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BAND DO THAT. Great show.
The Who...your list is great...along with honorable mentions ... back when the film “Woodstock” was released in theaters the music and the audience changed my perception of the power of music , The Who’s performance left me in ahhh, even thou they were dosed,they were magnificent , One of my top three bands ....I’ve seen The Who live many times over the years , never been disappointed . Bell boy Dr Jimmy I’m one I don’t even know myself Join Together Dreaming from the Waist We’re not gonna take/ See me Feel me Amazing Journey/Sparks Naked Eye Shakin’ all over Let’s see action Relay I’m free Slip Kid Another trick day Trick of the light Love ain’t for keeping And yes I love all their hits too!
Nice list Pete. I love the fact you included Naked Eye and Young Man Blues in there. I couldn't have left My Generation, Behind Blue Eyes, and I Can See For Miles out, but as you said, there are so many great tunes by the Who that its extremely difficult to limit a list to just 10 songs. This list is one you could have done like you did Alice Cooper with a top 5 classics and then 10 more deep cuts. I really liked that format because it allows you to include great songs that you're burned out on like Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Reilly while including songs like Sparks and Heaven and Hell. BTW, although I haven't written for publication outside of a few articles for my local newspaper back in the day, I do like to write and am passionate about music, with a wide and eclectic range of genres that I love and collect dating back to the sixties, particularly hard rock, progressive rock, fusion, blues, jazz, funk, reggae, and southern rock. For the most part I dig metal but my breadth of knowledge isn't as deep as some other genres. Let me know if I can help.
Top 10 is really Hard for Me because this is My Favorite Band. 20: Boris the Spider (A Quick One) 19: Squeeze Box (By Numbers) 18: New Song (Who Are You) 17: My Wife (Who's Next) 16: Relax (Sell Out) 15: Love Reign O'er Me (Quadrophenia) 14: Pinball Wizard (Tommy) 13: Go to the Mirror Boy (Tommy) 12: The Real Me (Quadrophenia) 11: Sister Disco (Who Are You) 10: Baba O' Riley (Who's Next) 9: Magic Bus 8: Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds) 7: A Quick One (While He's Away) 6: I can see for Miles (Sell out) 5: Song is over (Who's Next) 4: The Kid's are alright (My Generation) 3: Amazing Journey/Sparks (Tommy) 2: Behind Blue Eyes (Who's Next) 1: Won't get fooled again (Who's Next) Honorable Mentions: I can't Explain (My Generation) My Generation Substitute (A Quick One) Barbara Ann (Sell Out) Sunrise (Tommy) Overture/Underture See me feel me (Who's Next) The Rest... (Quadrophenia) 5:15 (By Numbers) How many Friends (Who Are You) 905 (Face Dances) You better you bet (It's Hard) Eminence Front (Endless Wire) Fragments (WHO) All the Music must Fade
Going mobile.................beep,beep.......been on my on the road playlist forever....luna (my VW) loves it too...........great content, like usual........................have a very very sunshiny day, Pete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Doctor Jimmy / The Rock 2. Bargain 3. Sea and Sand 4. Trick of the Light 5. Silas Stingy 6. The Punk and the Godfather 7. The Acid Queen 8. New Song 9. Bell Boy 10. Cooks County
This was SO incredibly hard to make it 10. HM (only one or I could be here all day) Pinball Wizard 10. Love, Reign o'er Me 9. A Quick One (from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus) 8. Substitute 7. The Kids Are Alright 6. We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me (from Woodstock) 5. Baba O'Riley (from The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack)) 4. Won't Get Fooled Again (from The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack)) 3. 5:15 2. My Generation 1. The Seeker
I've always thought if Pure And Easy had been included on the original Who's Next album it would have been one of the all-time rock anthems. Hard to believe that gem landed on the cutting room floor. Ditto Join Together. To me, Love Reign O'er Me isn't just the greatest song by The Who, it's the greatest song ever by anyone. I recently saw The Who at Fenway Park and it was SO beautiful to see them playing Imagine A Man live September 2019!!! Looking forward to the release of the new studio album by The Who in about 2 weeks!!!! Long Live The Who!!!
Great list, Pete! Love your honorable mentions, too. I was going to say Boris the Spider for honorable mention, if you didn't, ha, ha, so you're right on, as usual. My very first big time rock concert was The Who, December 2, 1971 in Memorial Coliseum, Dallas, TX. I was 16 years old. This was the Who's Next Tour and Pete wore a spacesuit. We watched the concert through a thick haze of pot smoke and got to partake because at that time, hippies would roll continuously and pass joints down entire rows of seats. The cops did nothing. There was a wall of gigantic amp speakers behind the band (similar to AC/DC) so like, it was LOUD, and there were stage to ceiling scaffolded walls of car headlights surrounding the band and pointing at the audience, however they remained off until the first of two encores, when they did See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You. So building up to a climax of their most powerful sound, they go into Listening to You and the first time Daltry belts out "You" at that exact moment, all the car headlights come on simultaneously. The crowd orgasmically roars and we're all blinded by the light. They came back for a second encore, did My Generation, and proceeded to demolish all their instruments, amps, and the drum set and yeah, they tossed pieces of gear into the audience. Those were the days!
The Who has to be my all time favorite band. I first heard of them when I saw the Tommy movie on t.v. back in 95 when I was 12 years old, and I've been hooked on them ever since. They are actually in the studio right now recording a brand new album, I just hope that it's better than Endless Wire.
My 10 10. Love Reign O'er Me 9. Eminence Front 8. Bargain 7. Were Not Gonna Take It 6. Slip Kid 5. Who Are You 4. Baba O Riley 3. Behind Blue Eyes 2. Pinball Wizard 1. Won't Get Fooled Again
BELLBOY from Quadrophenia - the closest thing to a tribute to Keith Moon - gustsy yet tender and beautiful song with the memorable lyric - "A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real'
Pete.....love your taste in music! (Also viewed your top 10 rolling Stones songs) Difficult task in creating top 10 with albums Quadrophenia and who's next and of course, Tommy.
Great list again Pete. For me it's impossible. Too many good tunes. Today is this list. Won’t Get Fooled Again Love, Reign O’er Me Pinball Wizard Baba O’Riley I Can See for Miles I Can’t Explain The Real Me My Generation A Quick One, While He’s Away Substitute
*My Top 10 Of The Who* 1) We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me 2) Baba O'Riley 3) Overture 4) The Real Me 5) Eminence Front 6) Love, Reign O'er Me 7) Had Enough 8) Slip Kid 9) The Seeker 10) 5:15 *Honorable Mentions:* My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, I Can See For Miles, Magic Bus, Pinball Wizard, Tommy Can You Hear Me?, Substitute, Summertime Blues, My Wife, Getting In Tune, Going Mobile, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again, Squeeze Box, Who Are You, You Better You Bet, Athena, A Man Is A Man.
Funny point when I saw the Who in 2003, I swear Pete pointed his guitar at me when they played it! They will always be my favorite band of all time, glad to be seeing them again this year in September. Also really love Pete's solo albums, too.
Have you ever heard the isolated vocals version of Sea and Sand where all you can hear is Roger and Pete's vocals? It's pretty incredible: ua-cam.com/video/beAtnahmAyw/v-deo.html
Band suggestions for future Top 10's: Aerosmith The Doors Pink Floyd AC/DC Van Halen ZZ Top Bad Company Ted Nugent Iced Earth Megadeth Creedence Clearwater Revival The Sweet Accept Supertramp Dream Theater The Ramones T. Rex Wishbone Ash Fleetwood Mac The Cult Cheap Trick Motley Crue Bachman-Turner Overdrive The Moody Blues The Guess Who
I didn't rank my by favourite, I just did them chronologically. I also got to see The Who (in Toronto) but it was 1989! I was really, really, really tempted to add "Bucket T" to my list since it makes me laugh whenever I listen to it, but I couldn't in the end. 1) Pictures of Lily 2) Boris the Spider 3) Call Me Lightning 4) 1921 5) Bargain 6) The Real Me 7) Naked Eye (from Odds & Sods) 8) Blue Red & Grey 9) 905 10) Eminence Front
Here is my list. Only studio versions (includes material from official compilations (not reissues nor deluxe versions)): 1.- Love Reign O'er Me 2.- We're Not Gonna Take It 3.- Baba O' Riley 4.- Pure and Easy 5.- Join Together 6.- 5.15 7.- Behind Blue Eyes 8.- Who Are You 9.- Dreaming From the Waist 10.- (Nothing is Everything) Let's See Action
Great list! Also love Trick of the Light and My Wife. Great romantic ballad: Love Ain't for Keeping. Hate to say it but Pearl Jam's live cover of "Love Reign" and "The Real Me" at the VH1 awards was stunning. Best Who cover ever.
1. Behind Blue Eyes 2. Music Must Change 3.Love Reign O'er Me 4.Bargain 5.Pinball Wizard 6.I Can See For Miles 7.Pure And Easy 8.5:15 9.I Can See For Miles 10.Cry If You Want
1. Sunrise 2. Pictures of Lily 3. Magic Bus 4. Pinball Wizard 5. I Can See For Miles 6. Real Me 7. Sea and Sand 8. Pure & Easy 9. Behind Blue Eyes 10. Melancholia
Great list Pete. My top 10 10. Bargain 9. Join Together 8. Long Live Rock 7. Lets See Action 6. Pinball Wizard 5. See Me Feel Me 4. Pure and Easy 3. I'm Free 2. Love Reign O'er Me 1. The Real Me
The Who has so many great songs. Obviously all the ones that everyone knows. The song 'Slip Kid' off the 'The Who By Numbers' 1975 album is another fantastic song and hidden gem. That entire album is very underrated..
1. Baba O Riley 2. Won’t Get Fooled Again 3. Behind Blue Eyes 4. We’re Not Gonna Take It 5. The Song Is Over 6. I Can See For Miles 7. Imagine A Man 8. I Can’t Reach You 9. I Don’t Even Know Myself 10. 5.15
1 The real me. 2 5:15. 3 Baba O Reilly. 4 Behind blue eyes. 5 Naked eye. 6 Eminence front. 7 Who are you. 8 My generation. 9 Love reign over me. 10 Won't get fooled again.
Tough list to do. Good list. Who probably my second favorite band of all time a quick one is just unbelievable. Bargain, goin mobile, Christmas, my wife, the relay, real me, behind blue eyes, happy jack...so so many
@pete pardo @sea of tranquility ... thats my favorite version too!!!! woodstock is epic... but then in the 70s... they didnt played it that well i think so.... cheers
I burst out laughing when you included Boris the Spider in the honorable mentions. Yeah what a great tune! Can't believe anybody besides me even remembered it, let alone liked it.
Pete and Soul train bro are my 2 favorite analysts. A quick one: So sad about Us. Monterrey pop festival: Substitute Fillmore 1968: Relax Tanglewood 1970: Amazing Journey Sparks Whos Next: Whole LP Odds and sods: Naked Eye Quadrophenia: Punk and the godfather By Numbers: They're all in Love Who Are You: New Song Its Hard: Athena Off topic,,I don't understand appel of death metal--I don't get it!
#1 and #2 for me are the "Live at Leeds" versions of "My Generation" and "Magic Bus", which make up side 2 of the album. The extended jam/medley after "My Generation" is just stunning! So damn heavy AND beautiful!!! I can still remember how completely blown away I was the first time I heard that album right after it came out, especially side 2. #3. I Can See for Miles #4. Bargain #5. Going Mobile #6. Another Tricky Day #7. Eminence Front #8. You Better You Bet #9. The Real Me #10. Who Are You We're Not Gonna Take It Happy Jack Won't Get Fooled Again Love Reign O'er Me Behind Blue Eyes The 5:15 Squeeze Box I'm Free Getting in Tune The Song is Over
Yeah, the jams after those two are enthralling at times. But I always found the Who to be a schizophrenic band. They really had two personas and perhaps more than any band I can think of off the top of my head, except Cream, they were one band in the studio and another band live.
I will have to check out your #10 and #3,because I don't know those songs,but I am right with you on the rest of your top 10.Probably the closest that I have been to your top 10 of any band. Right on about See Me Feel Me from Woodstock!That was so powerful and loved that SG Pete played there.Probably his heaviest guitar tone ever.
The Kids are Alright soundtrack was the album that really caught my attention from this band. I was about 15 when it came out... 1. Pinball Wizard 2. Dr. Jimmy 3. Pure and Easy 4. The Real Me 5. Slip Kid
Out in The Street Let's See Action Success Story My Generation (Smothers Brothers Show Version) Sea and Sand Bargain (SF '71 from Who's Missing) I Can See For Miles (US Mono Single Mix) Love Reign O'er Me Naked Eye Substitute
Hmm, mine: Won't Get Fooled Again, Sparks, The Song Is Over, The Seeker, Who Are You, You Better You Bet, Love Reign O'er Me, New Song. My favourite Who song is definitely The Song Is Over. What a great tune.
One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever seen. Great songs. My top 10: 1. You Better You Bet 2. Slip Kid 3. I Can’t Explain 4. Athena 5. I’m Free 6. The Kids Are Alright 7. Pinball Wizard 8. I Need You 9. Boris the Spider 10. Going Mobile
ah yes,,,a real fan here. Pete is great does superb job on most everything but he is not the ardent Who fan...I mean you have to glean from other besides Tommy Quad and Next...imho
1) Won't Get Fooled Again 2) Song is Over 3) Behind Blue Eyes 4) 5;15 5) Baba O'Reilly 6) The Kids Are Alright 7) Sea and Sand 8) I'm One 9) You 10) Trick of the Light. Honorable mentions for all the usual suspects, and (sob) 'So Sad About Us' which makes number eleven.
1.A Legal Matter 2.I Can See For Miles 3.Magic Bus 4.Baba O' Reilly 5.I Can't Explain 6.Anyway,Anyhow,Anywhere 7.I'm A Boy 8.Won't Get Fooled Again 9.Substitute 10.Squeeze Box
"On the dry and dusty road...The nights we spend apart alone.. I need to get back home to cool, cool rain I can't sleep and I lay and I think...The night is hot and black as ink Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain..."
I think Magic Bus should be in there some where, the Live at Leeds version is great. Good to see Love Reign O'er Me up there as it is probably my favorite. Thanks Pete.
Saw them for the first time in '82, so I have good feelings about "It's Hard" even though they themselves weren't happy with it. Your Turn, Cook's County, and Cry If You Want were excellent in my opinion, as was I've Known No War. I think the song that hit me the hardest at that show was Substitute, though.
My top 10 1. The Seeker 2. I’m One 3. Magic Bus 4. Substitute 5. Baba O’Riley 6. I Can See For Miles 7. Won’t Get Fooled Again 8. Blue, Red and Grey 9. I Can’t Explain 10. Behind Blue Eyes
My top 10 Who songs 10. You Better You Bet 9. Pictures of Lily 8.Heaven and Hell 7. I'm Free 6. Love Reign o'er Me 5.Amazing Journey 4.Happy Jack 3. Young Man Blues 2.A Quick One 1. Were Not Going to Take It
In no order . Daddy Rolling Stone/ Tattoo/ Sunrise/ Relax/ the Relay/ Dogs part 2 / Slip Kid/ Substitute/ I can t explain / the Kids are alright... I saw them 12 times with Keith Moon between 1967- 75. What a band.
10. Another Tricky Day 9. Pinball Wizard 8. Daily Records 7. It’s hard 6. Sister disco 5. Won’t get fooled again 4. Don’t let go the coat 3. Baba O’reily 2. Going Mobile 1. You Better You Bet
1. Behind Blue Eyes - Who's Next 2. Pure and Easy - Who's Next b side 3. The Song is Over - Whos Next 4. Won't Get fooled Again Whos Next 5. Eminence Front - Its Hard 6. Pinball Wizard - Tommy 7. Baba O'Reilly 8. Love Reign O'er Me Quadrophenia 9. The Acid Queen - Tommy 10. Bargain - Who's Next
I have been listening to great rock music during the confinement and reading the reviews on the web but there is a lot of rubbish written . I have been coming back to these ranking album shows and Pete you are always on the ball. picking out the great ones every time I have hardly disagreed with your rankings at all !! keep it coming.
No mention of Let’s See Action? Never appeared on an album but it’s a banger. Love Quadrophenia, would probably make up half of my top ten. Much prefer it over Tommy but Who’s Next runs it close
1. Baba O’Riley 2. 5:15 3. The Kids Are Alright 4. Substitute 5. I’ve Had Enough 6. Christmas 7. Go To The Mirror 8. Sad About Us 9. You Better You Bet 10. A Quick One
1. Pure and easy 2. Baba o Riley 3. The Seeker 4. Squeeze Box 5. Another Tricky Day 6. Getting in Tune 7. Eminence Front 8. Love ain’t for keeping 9. Amazing Journey 10. 905
Recently, what's left of The Who (Daltrey and Townshend) showed that they could still produce interesting music, with their "Endless Wire." The Who was the quintessencial rock band, more than the Stones. The group was always about great sound, loud music, even louder lyrics. As Daltrey said himself once: Rock is about having a good time ✌️🤟🤘
As much as I love the Beatles and their backing vocals, and though they were clearly superior in that dept to the Stones, the Kinks and the Who, I just love the Stones, the Kinks and Who when it comes to the way they did backing vocals in the 60s in particular. Each were great examples of how, in compensating for their deficiencies, they came up with something more interesting than the experts and the soulsters some of the time.
1. Love Reign O'er Me 2. The Real Me 3. The Quiet One 4. Behind Blue Eyes 5.Slip Kid 6. My Generation 7. Substitute 8. Bargain 9.. Won't Get Fooled Again 10. Baba O'Riley
1. Love, Reign o’re Me
2. The Real Me (that bass!)
3. Behind Blue Eyes
4. Overture/It’s a Boy
5. Getting in Tune
6. However Much I Booze
7. You Better You Bet
8. 5:15
9. Baba O'Riley
10. The Kids Are Alright
Man, I totally forgot the song, Pure and Easy, existed. WDVE in Pittsburgh used to play it every so often in the 70's and early 80's. I'm listening to it now...probably for the first time in 30 years.
10. Join Together
9. Success Story
8. Long Live Rock
7. Love, Reign O'er Me
6. Won't Get Fooled Again
5. I'm Free
4. The Real Me
3. Summertime Blues
2. Baba O'Reily
1. See Me, Feel Me (Woodstock)
Christmas, Go to the Mirror, Sparks, Bargain, Join Together, Long Live Rock, I'm One, Love Reign O're Me, How Many Friends, and Dreaming From the Waist.
Love Reign O'Er Me.What a song that is,always grabs me and keeps me.
Saw them at the legendary Isle of Wight fest in '70 and as usual,they blew me and everyone who was there away.
I keep on about their cameo at The Concert for New York but it really is fantastic,sadly blocked on YT but available on the CFNY dvd.
Love the WHO, the band that introduced me to rock and roll. So many legendary tunes. Like Goin Mobile, I'm One, Dr. Jimmy, The Seeker, Long Live Rock, Had Enough, Slip Kid, The Quiet One, Eminence Front, My Wife amongst others.
"Relay" and "Join Together" also from the Lifehouse sessions. Two of my favorite Who songs.
Pete the more I listen to your 'Top 10' picks the more I think we have similar tastes in musical styles. My Who choices are virtually the same. Great band.
As great as the records are their live shows brought out the immense power of these songs. Saw them in '76 with Keith and they were beyond epic.
Wow, I am envious!
@@seaoftranquilityprog thats my favorite version too!!!! woodstock is epic... but then in the 70s... they didnt played it that well i think so.... cheers!!! from panama central america!! i play guitar too im 35 years old!
Fully agreed. I'm never able to get fully into the studio albums. Who's Next does nothing for me. But those live shows... WOW! Shows they're talents much more. Live At Leeds is the perfect example: Entwistle's bass in loud and clear like the sound of thunder, Moon is doing all kinds of apeshit drum fills, Pete's guitar tone is amazing, and Daltrey screams up a storm as Pete would say.
Great list Pete! Been a WHO fan since '82. Too young to see them at Shea. Also got into them big time after hearing the TKAA soundtrack.
1. Naked Eye (Odds & Sods)
2. The Song Is Over (Who's Next)
3. How Many Friends (Who By Numbers)
4. Drowned (Quadrophenia). Always incredible when played live. The version from Toronto '82 is stellar!
5. Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds) Yeah, it's a cover, but The Who make it their own.
6. Eminence Front (It's Hard)
7. Magic Bus (Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2000) Amazing harmonica from Roger.
8. Sparks (Woodstock, TKAA soundtrack)
9. Bargain (Live '72, Who's Missing)
10. The Real Me (Quadrophenia)
HM... My Generation, A Legal Matter, Substitute, Whisky Man, Tattoo, Overture, Amazing Journey, When I Was A Boy, Baba O'riley & WGFA from TKAA, Quadrophenia, Sea and Sand, Slip Kid, Dreaming From The Waist, New Song, Music Must Change, Another Tricky Day, It's Your Turn, Real Good Looking Boy, Mike Post Theme, It's Not Enough. ;-)
Never forget: Let's See Action!!!! Or The Relay!
10 - However Much I Booze
9 - Behind Blue Eyes
8 - The Real Me
7 - You Better You Bet
6 - I Can See For Miles
5 - Won't Get Fooled Again
4 - We're Not Gonna Take It (See Me, Feel Me)
3 - *TIE* Substitute & Eminence Front
2 - Who Are You
1 - Baba O'Riley
My Wife, another great Entwistle song.
Nice list Pete. I had a tough time with this but here is my top ten list of the Who:
1) Love Reign Over Me
2) Bargain
3) Naked Eye
4) The Seeker
5) The Real Me
6) We're Not Going To Take It/See Me, Feel Me
7) 5:15
8) Sparks
9) Pinball Wizard
10) Join Together
1. We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me
2. Overture/It's A Boy
3. Dr. Jimmy
4. Behind Blue Eyes
5. Who Are You
6. I'm Free
7. New Song
8. Getting In Tune
9. Going Mobile
10. You Better, You Bet
Just Missed: Sister Disco, Pictures of Lilly, Squeeze Box, Slip Kid, Substitute, The Song Is Over.
1 Happy Jack. Great chorus vocals
2 love reign over me. Inspirational like a Rocky song
3 Armenia city in the sky. great wierd psychedelic
4 I'm going mobile. Great Pete harmony
5 Boris the spider. Great funny growls
6 Substitute. Great catchy pop
7 my generation. Energetic
8 baba O'Riley. Great organ opening
9 The real me. First heard the Wasp version
10 I'm Free
1 The Seeker
2 The Punk And The Godfather
3 See Me, Feel Me
4 Doctor Jimmy
5 I Can't Explain
6 Behind Blue Eyes
7 The Magic Bus
8 Cut My Hair
9 A Legal Matter
10 Fiddle About
I never saw Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin live but I did see the Who in 1989 at Giants stadium. Great show.
Love reign o'er me is my favorite from the Who!
It's gonna be hard to condense The 'Oo down to a top 10 but I'll try....
1) See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You. (Live)
2) The Rock.
3) The Real Me.
4) I Can't Explain.
5) 5:15
6) Go To The Mirror Boy.
7) The Kids Are Alright.
8) Pictures Of Lily
9) Young Man Blues. (Live)
10) Sea And Sand.
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Honourable Mentions - Doctor Jimmy & Mister Jim, Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, Baba O'Riley, My Wife, Behind Blue Eyes, I Can See For Miles. 😎
Love Reign O’er Me is the perfect song. Townsend at his absolute best songwriting. And that pick slide at the end of the song...whew...kills me every time.
Glad you mentioned I’ve Had Enough from Quadrophenia. I love this song. The banjo in it is the perfect touch. Townsend was amazing.
And Daltrey's best vocal performance!
Some lesser known songs:
- Water
- Pure and Easy
- Trick of the Light
- It's Your Turn
- Music Must Change
- Slip Kid
- Doctor Jimmy
- Naked Eye
- Don't Let Go the Coat
- Cry If You Want
I would also add the seeker, let's see action and join together.
Most of those made my honorable mentions, and both Pure and Easy, and Naked Eye are in my top 10
My Top 10 The Who songs before I watch yours....
10. "Young Man Blues" / The Who / Album: Live At Leeds (1970)
09. “Heaven And Hell” / The Who / Album: Live At Leeds (1970)
08. "Eminence Front" / The Who / Album: It's Hard (1982)
07. "Going Mobile" / The Who / Album: Who's Next (1971)
06. “Relay” / The Who / Album: (Single) (1972)
05. "Real Me, The" / The Who / Album: Quadrophenia (1974)
04. "I Can See For Miles" / The Who / Album: The Who Sell Out (1967)
03. “5:15” / The Who / Album: Quadrophenia (1973)
02. “My Wife” / The Who / Album: Who’s Next (1971)
01. “Boris The Spider” / The Who / Album: A Quick One (1966)
Fantastic video Pete. Here are mine.
1 Baba O'riley
2 Won't Get Fooled Again
3 Long Live Rock
4 Young Man Blues
5 Bargain
6 Going Mobile
7 Boris the Spider
8 We're Not Going to Take It
9 The Real Me
10 Shakin All Over
I love 'Sparks' too and the 'Quadraphinia' instrumental. Great stuff!
A Quick One from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus show and Pictures of Lilly.
A Quick One at the stones Rock and Roll Circus show is in my top 10 songs ever
I saw The Who in Tinley Park,IL in 2002. They played "Love Reign O'er Me" twice. TWICE!! Roger was upset that he fumbled some lyrics, so he demanded that they play it again. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BAND DO THAT. Great show.
The Who...your list is great...along with honorable mentions ... back when the film “Woodstock” was released in theaters the music and the audience changed my perception of the power of music , The Who’s performance left me in ahhh, even thou they were dosed,they were magnificent , One of my top three bands ....I’ve seen The Who live many times over the years , never been disappointed .
Bell boy
Dr Jimmy
I’m one
I don’t even know myself
Join Together
Dreaming from the Waist
We’re not gonna take/ See me Feel me
Amazing Journey/Sparks
Naked Eye
Shakin’ all over
Let’s see action
Relay
I’m free
Slip Kid
Another trick day
Trick of the light
Love ain’t for keeping
And yes I love all their hits too!
Nice list Pete. I love the fact you included Naked Eye and Young Man Blues in there. I couldn't have left My Generation, Behind Blue Eyes, and I Can See For Miles out, but as you said, there are so many great tunes by the Who that its extremely difficult to limit a list to just 10 songs. This list is one you could have done like you did Alice Cooper with a top 5 classics and then 10 more deep cuts. I really liked that format because it allows you to include great songs that you're burned out on like Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Reilly while including songs like Sparks and Heaven and Hell. BTW, although I haven't written for publication outside of a few articles for my local newspaper back in the day, I do like to write and am passionate about music, with a wide and eclectic range of genres that I love and collect dating back to the sixties, particularly hard rock, progressive rock, fusion, blues, jazz, funk, reggae, and southern rock. For the most part I dig metal but my breadth of knowledge isn't as deep as some other genres. Let me know if I can help.
Oh yeah, and I live to discover new music.
Thanks Eric- head on over to our Facebook page and shoot me a message.
A Quick One. That live version on Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in my opinion is one of the greatest live performances ever
Top 10 is really Hard for Me because this is My Favorite Band.
20: Boris the Spider (A Quick One)
19: Squeeze Box (By Numbers)
18: New Song (Who Are You)
17: My Wife (Who's Next)
16: Relax (Sell Out)
15: Love Reign O'er Me (Quadrophenia)
14: Pinball Wizard (Tommy)
13: Go to the Mirror Boy (Tommy)
12: The Real Me (Quadrophenia)
11: Sister Disco (Who Are You)
10: Baba O' Riley (Who's Next)
9: Magic Bus
8: Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds)
7: A Quick One (While He's Away)
6: I can see for Miles (Sell out)
5: Song is over (Who's Next)
4: The Kid's are alright (My Generation)
3: Amazing Journey/Sparks (Tommy)
2: Behind Blue Eyes (Who's Next)
1: Won't get fooled again (Who's Next)
Honorable Mentions:
I can't Explain
(My Generation)
My Generation
Substitute
(A Quick One)
Barbara Ann
(Sell Out)
Sunrise
(Tommy)
Overture/Underture
See me feel me
(Who's Next)
The Rest...
(Quadrophenia)
5:15
(By Numbers)
How many Friends
(Who Are You)
905
(Face Dances)
You better you bet
(It's Hard)
Eminence Front
(Endless Wire)
Fragments
(WHO)
All the Music must Fade
Baba O'Riley
Behind Blue Eyes
Magic Bus
The Song Is Over
The Real Me
Slipkid
Pinball Wizard
Young Man Blues
The Acid Queen
We Wont Get Fooled Again
Going mobile.................beep,beep.......been on my on the road playlist forever....luna (my VW) loves it too...........great content, like usual........................have a very very sunshiny day, Pete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had never really listened to those Lifehouse tracks before - thanks for the suggestion.
1. Doctor Jimmy / The Rock
2. Bargain
3. Sea and Sand
4. Trick of the Light
5. Silas Stingy
6. The Punk and the Godfather
7. The Acid Queen
8. New Song
9. Bell Boy
10. Cooks County
This was SO incredibly hard to make it 10.
HM (only one or I could be here all day) Pinball Wizard
10. Love, Reign o'er Me
9. A Quick One (from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus)
8. Substitute
7. The Kids Are Alright
6. We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me (from Woodstock)
5. Baba O'Riley (from The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack))
4. Won't Get Fooled Again (from The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack))
3. 5:15
2. My Generation
1. The Seeker
Great video. About 80% overlap with my own choices. I can never get enough of the Tommy album.
Have you heard the version of Love ain't for Keeping from the Odds and Sods deluxe CD? Leslie West on guitar with Pete. Magic.
I've always thought if Pure And Easy had been included on the original Who's Next album it would have been one of the all-time rock anthems. Hard to believe that gem landed on the cutting room floor. Ditto Join Together. To me, Love Reign O'er Me isn't just the greatest song by The Who, it's the greatest song ever by anyone. I recently saw The Who at Fenway Park and it was SO beautiful to see them playing Imagine A Man live September 2019!!! Looking forward to the release of the new studio album by The Who in about 2 weeks!!!! Long Live The Who!!!
Great list, Pete! Love your honorable mentions, too. I was going to say Boris the Spider for honorable mention, if you didn't, ha, ha, so you're right on, as usual. My very first big time rock concert was The Who, December 2, 1971 in Memorial Coliseum, Dallas, TX. I was 16 years old. This was the Who's Next Tour and Pete wore a spacesuit. We watched the concert through a thick haze of pot smoke and got to partake because at that time, hippies would roll continuously and pass joints down entire rows of seats. The cops did nothing. There was a wall of gigantic amp speakers behind the band (similar to AC/DC) so like, it was LOUD, and there were stage to ceiling scaffolded walls of car headlights surrounding the band and pointing at the audience, however they remained off until the first of two encores, when they did See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You. So building up to a climax of their most powerful sound, they go into Listening to You and the first time Daltry belts out "You" at that exact moment, all the car headlights come on simultaneously. The crowd orgasmically roars and we're all blinded by the light. They came back for a second encore, did My Generation, and proceeded to demolish all their instruments, amps, and the drum set and yeah, they tossed pieces of gear into the audience. Those were the days!
Good story.
See Me, Feel Me performed at Woodstock is incredible!
The Who has to be my all time favorite band. I first heard of them when I saw the Tommy movie on t.v. back in 95 when I was 12 years old, and I've been hooked on them ever since. They are actually in the studio right now recording a brand new album, I just hope that it's better than Endless Wire.
My 10
10. Love Reign O'er Me
9. Eminence Front
8. Bargain
7. Were Not Gonna Take It
6. Slip Kid
5. Who Are You
4. Baba O Riley
3. Behind Blue Eyes
2. Pinball Wizard
1. Won't Get Fooled Again
BELLBOY from Quadrophenia - the closest thing to a tribute to Keith Moon - gustsy yet tender and beautiful song with the memorable lyric - "A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real'
I agree with most of your list
The Who is so underrated these days
Greetings from Austria, my friend
Pete.....love your taste in music! (Also viewed your top 10 rolling Stones songs)
Difficult task in creating top 10 with albums Quadrophenia and who's next and of course, Tommy.
Great list again Pete. For me it's impossible. Too many good tunes. Today is this list.
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Love, Reign O’er Me
Pinball Wizard
Baba O’Riley
I Can See for Miles
I Can’t Explain
The Real Me
My Generation
A Quick One, While He’s Away
Substitute
*My Top 10 Of The Who*
1) We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me, Feel Me
2) Baba O'Riley
3) Overture
4) The Real Me
5) Eminence Front
6) Love, Reign O'er Me
7) Had Enough
8) Slip Kid
9) The Seeker
10) 5:15
*Honorable Mentions:* My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, I Can See For Miles, Magic Bus, Pinball Wizard, Tommy Can You Hear Me?, Substitute, Summertime Blues, My Wife, Getting In Tune, Going Mobile, Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again, Squeeze Box, Who Are You, You Better You Bet, Athena, A Man Is A Man.
Eminence Front was always one of my favourites!
The whole Who's next album could be top 10 by itself. Too many good songs to pick 10 , but you did it.
Tough tough choices. My favorite Who song is Sea and Sand.
Funny point when I saw the Who in 2003, I swear Pete pointed his guitar at me when they played it! They will always be my favorite band of all time, glad to be seeing them again this year in September. Also really love Pete's solo albums, too.
Have you ever heard the isolated vocals version of Sea and Sand where all you can hear is Roger and Pete's vocals? It's pretty incredible: ua-cam.com/video/beAtnahmAyw/v-deo.html
Band suggestions for future Top 10's:
Aerosmith
The Doors
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Van Halen
ZZ Top
Bad Company
Ted Nugent
Iced Earth
Megadeth
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Sweet
Accept
Supertramp
Dream Theater
The Ramones
T. Rex
Wishbone Ash
Fleetwood Mac
The Cult
Cheap Trick
Motley Crue
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Moody Blues
The Guess Who
Dan Maler he has already done Cheap Trick and he mentioned in a top ten bands that he doesn’t like was Motley Crüe.
always loved 905 great tune
I didn't rank my by favourite, I just did them chronologically.
I also got to see The Who (in Toronto) but it was 1989!
I was really, really, really tempted to add "Bucket T" to my list since it makes me laugh whenever I listen to it, but I couldn't in the end.
1) Pictures of Lily
2) Boris the Spider
3) Call Me Lightning
4) 1921
5) Bargain
6) The Real Me
7) Naked Eye (from Odds & Sods)
8) Blue Red & Grey
9) 905
10) Eminence Front
Here is my list. Only studio versions (includes material from official compilations (not reissues nor deluxe versions)):
1.- Love Reign O'er Me
2.- We're Not Gonna Take It
3.- Baba O' Riley
4.- Pure and Easy
5.- Join Together
6.- 5.15
7.- Behind Blue Eyes
8.- Who Are You
9.- Dreaming From the Waist
10.- (Nothing is Everything) Let's See Action
PICTURES OF LILY is my favorite ...BUT I'M OLD !
Great list! Also love Trick of the Light and My Wife. Great romantic ballad: Love Ain't for Keeping.
Hate to say it but Pearl Jam's live cover of "Love Reign" and "The Real Me" at the VH1 awards was stunning. Best Who cover ever.
1. Behind Blue Eyes
2. Music Must Change
3.Love Reign O'er Me
4.Bargain
5.Pinball Wizard
6.I Can See For Miles
7.Pure And Easy
8.5:15
9.I Can See For Miles
10.Cry If You Want
1. Sunrise
2. Pictures of Lily
3. Magic Bus
4. Pinball Wizard
5. I Can See For Miles
6. Real Me
7. Sea and Sand
8. Pure & Easy
9. Behind Blue Eyes
10. Melancholia
🎼 A Quick One (While He’s Away) The live version from the Stones show.
Great list Pete. My top 10
10. Bargain
9. Join Together
8. Long Live Rock
7. Lets See Action
6. Pinball Wizard
5. See Me Feel Me
4. Pure and Easy
3. I'm Free
2. Love Reign O'er Me
1. The Real Me
The Who has so many great songs. Obviously all the ones that everyone knows. The song 'Slip Kid' off the 'The Who By Numbers' 1975 album is another fantastic song and hidden gem. That entire album is very underrated..
1. Baba O Riley
2. Won’t Get Fooled Again
3. Behind Blue Eyes
4. We’re Not Gonna Take It
5. The Song Is Over
6. I Can See For Miles
7. Imagine A Man
8. I Can’t Reach You
9. I Don’t Even Know Myself
10. 5.15
1 The real me. 2 5:15. 3 Baba O Reilly. 4 Behind blue eyes. 5 Naked eye. 6 Eminence front. 7 Who are you. 8 My generation. 9 Love reign over me. 10 Won't get fooled again.
The Who... The definition of a perfect Art-Rock band.
I would include Music Must Change and Guitar and Pen, mini rock operas.
Tough list to do. Good list. Who probably my second favorite band of all time a quick one is just unbelievable. Bargain, goin mobile, Christmas, my wife, the relay, real me, behind blue eyes, happy jack...so so many
@pete pardo @sea of tranquility ... thats my favorite version too!!!! woodstock is epic... but then in the 70s... they didnt played it that well i think so.... cheers
I burst out laughing when you included Boris the Spider in the honorable mentions. Yeah what a great tune! Can't believe anybody besides me even remembered it, let alone liked it.
I place "New Song" and "Another Tricky Day" in my top ten Who songs.
Cry If You Want is another gem! It was great when The Who brought back that song on the 2007 tour!
I Love The Who
1.Baba o Reilly
2. Behind Blue eyes
3. I Can see for Miles
4 Long Live Rock
5. Who Are You.
Pete and Soul train bro are my 2 favorite analysts.
A quick one: So sad about Us.
Monterrey pop festival: Substitute
Fillmore 1968: Relax
Tanglewood 1970: Amazing Journey Sparks
Whos Next: Whole LP
Odds and sods: Naked Eye
Quadrophenia: Punk and the godfather
By Numbers: They're all in Love
Who Are You: New Song
Its Hard: Athena
Off topic,,I don't understand appel of death metal--I don't get it!
Good list Pete, one I remember fondly was Substitute, it might have been in my list or HM.
#1 and #2 for me are the "Live at Leeds" versions of "My Generation" and "Magic Bus", which make up side 2 of the album. The extended jam/medley after "My Generation" is just stunning! So damn heavy AND beautiful!!! I can still remember how completely blown away I was the first time I heard that album right after it came out, especially side 2.
#3. I Can See for Miles
#4. Bargain
#5. Going Mobile
#6. Another Tricky Day
#7. Eminence Front
#8. You Better You Bet
#9. The Real Me
#10. Who Are You
We're Not Gonna Take It
Happy Jack
Won't Get Fooled Again
Love Reign O'er Me
Behind Blue Eyes
The 5:15
Squeeze Box
I'm Free
Getting in Tune
The Song is Over
Yeah, the jams after those two are enthralling at times. But I always found the Who to be a schizophrenic band. They really had two personas and perhaps more than any band I can think of off the top of my head, except Cream, they were one band in the studio and another band live.
I will have to check out your #10 and #3,because I don't know those songs,but I am right with you on the rest of your top 10.Probably the closest that I have been to your top 10 of any band. Right on about See Me Feel Me from Woodstock!That was so powerful and loved that SG Pete played there.Probably his heaviest guitar tone ever.
"Heaven and Hell" is one belter of a song and the actual tune is so catchy and dark and twisting all at the same time.
The Kids are Alright soundtrack was the album that really caught my attention from this band. I was about 15 when it came out...
1. Pinball Wizard
2. Dr. Jimmy
3. Pure and Easy
4. The Real Me
5. Slip Kid
Out in The Street
Let's See Action
Success Story
My Generation (Smothers Brothers Show Version)
Sea and Sand
Bargain (SF '71 from Who's Missing)
I Can See For Miles (US Mono Single Mix)
Love Reign O'er Me
Naked Eye
Substitute
Hmm, mine: Won't Get Fooled Again, Sparks, The Song Is Over, The Seeker, Who Are You, You Better You Bet, Love Reign O'er Me, New Song. My favourite Who song is definitely The Song Is Over. What a great tune.
One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever seen. Great songs.
My top 10:
1. You Better You Bet
2. Slip Kid
3. I Can’t Explain
4. Athena
5. I’m Free
6. The Kids Are Alright
7. Pinball Wizard
8. I Need You
9. Boris the Spider
10. Going Mobile
ah yes,,,a real fan here. Pete is great does superb job on most everything but he is not the ardent Who fan...I mean you have to glean from other besides Tommy Quad and Next...imho
1) Won't Get Fooled Again 2) Song is Over 3) Behind Blue Eyes 4) 5;15 5) Baba O'Reilly 6) The Kids Are Alright 7) Sea and Sand 8) I'm One 9) You 10) Trick of the Light.
Honorable mentions for all the usual suspects, and (sob) 'So Sad About Us' which makes number eleven.
1.A Legal Matter
2.I Can See For Miles
3.Magic Bus
4.Baba O' Reilly
5.I Can't Explain
6.Anyway,Anyhow,Anywhere
7.I'm A Boy
8.Won't Get Fooled Again
9.Substitute
10.Squeeze Box
"On the dry and dusty road...The nights we spend apart alone.. I need to get back home to cool, cool rain
I can't sleep and I lay and I think...The night is hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain..."
I think Magic Bus should be in there some where, the Live at Leeds version is great. Good to see Love Reign O'er Me up there as it is probably my favorite. Thanks Pete.
I much prefer the studio version of "Magic bus." Wow, the percussion !
Saw them for the first time in '82, so I have good feelings about "It's Hard" even though they themselves weren't happy with it. Your Turn, Cook's County, and Cry If You Want were excellent in my opinion, as was I've Known No War.
I think the song that hit me the hardest at that show was Substitute, though.
My top 10
1. The Seeker
2. I’m One
3. Magic Bus
4. Substitute
5. Baba O’Riley
6. I Can See For Miles
7. Won’t Get Fooled Again
8. Blue, Red and Grey
9. I Can’t Explain
10. Behind Blue Eyes
Very recently I ran across some B-sides that would make my list too. I'm talking about Dogs Pt.1 and 2. Amazing tracks
My top 10 Who songs 10. You Better You Bet 9. Pictures of Lily 8.Heaven and Hell 7. I'm Free 6. Love Reign o'er Me 5.Amazing Journey 4.Happy Jack 3. Young Man Blues 2.A Quick One 1. Were Not Going to Take It
In no order . Daddy Rolling Stone/ Tattoo/ Sunrise/ Relax/ the Relay/
Dogs part 2 / Slip Kid/ Substitute/
I can t explain / the Kids are alright... I saw them 12 times with Keith Moon between 1967- 75. What a band.
10. Another Tricky Day
9. Pinball Wizard
8. Daily Records
7. It’s hard
6. Sister disco
5. Won’t get fooled again
4. Don’t let go the coat
3. Baba O’reily
2. Going Mobile
1. You Better You Bet
been waiting on this one for a long time. thanks
hope it lived up to expectations!
@@seaoftranquilityprog it did, im jamming on who right now. loudly
1. Behind Blue Eyes - Who's Next
2. Pure and Easy - Who's Next b side
3. The Song is Over - Whos Next
4. Won't Get fooled Again Whos Next
5. Eminence Front - Its Hard
6. Pinball Wizard - Tommy
7. Baba O'Reilly
8. Love Reign O'er Me Quadrophenia
9. The Acid Queen - Tommy
10. Bargain - Who's Next
I have been listening to great rock music during the confinement and reading the reviews on the web but there is a lot of rubbish written . I have been coming back to these ranking album shows and Pete you are always on the ball. picking out the great ones every time I have hardly disagreed with your rankings at all !! keep it coming.
No mention of Let’s See Action? Never appeared on an album but it’s a banger. Love Quadrophenia, would probably make up half of my top ten. Much prefer it over Tommy but Who’s Next runs it close
Good tune- completely forgot about that one.
Yeah Relay and Join Together good tunes from that period too!
My favorite Who song will forever be Armenia City In The Sky.
1. Baba O’Riley
2. 5:15
3. The Kids Are Alright
4. Substitute
5. I’ve Had Enough
6. Christmas
7. Go To The Mirror
8. Sad About Us
9. You Better You Bet
10. A Quick One
Great band - too many to list
Glad Magic Bus is gettin sum love
Could you do a list for the Kinks?
1. Pure and easy
2. Baba o Riley
3. The Seeker
4. Squeeze Box
5. Another Tricky Day
6. Getting in Tune
7. Eminence Front
8. Love ain’t for keeping
9. Amazing Journey
10. 905
Recently, what's left of The Who (Daltrey and Townshend) showed that they could still produce interesting music, with their "Endless Wire." The Who was the quintessencial rock band, more than the Stones. The group was always about great sound, loud music, even louder lyrics. As Daltrey said himself once: Rock is about having a good time
✌️🤟🤘
As much as I love the Beatles and their backing vocals, and though they were clearly superior in that dept to the Stones, the Kinks and the Who, I just love the Stones, the Kinks and Who when it comes to the way they did backing vocals in the 60s in particular. Each were great examples of how, in compensating for their deficiencies, they came up with something more interesting than the experts and the soulsters some of the time.
Slip kid
However much I booze
Overture
I've had enough
The song is over
Goin mobile
Sea and sand
I'm one
Gettin in tune
The seeker
Blue red and grey
The Real me, fantastic song!!!!!
1. Love Reign O'er Me
2. The Real Me
3. The Quiet One
4. Behind Blue Eyes
5.Slip Kid
6. My Generation
7. Substitute
8. Bargain
9.. Won't Get Fooled Again
10. Baba O'Riley
Your thoughts on I’m Free from Tommy motion picture soundtrack?
Join together with the band through a PA system just dose it for me