I have an Autistic son who has blue eyes. We've more than once have said to him "no one knows what it's like behind blue eyes". We say it in a positive way because he will do things that make a person love him more. His actions out of no where and the things he tries to communicate makes you utter that verse. Needless to say it's a favorite for us. He loves music.
I'm glad that your uniquely-abled son has such loving parents who reflect positivity and unconditional love! My son has always been smart, but "different". He was in Special Ed public school classes until 10th grade, when he was finally allowed to mainstream into regular classes, where he did well and graduated with his peers. Fortunately he loves to read, so he's autodidactic. The subjects he knows well he did not learn in school. Asimov, Orwell, Bradbury, Heinlein, Vonnegut, and others are among his favorite "teachers". He was never really diagnosed as a child, his IEP (Individualized Education Plan) identified him as "emotionally disturbed" but I never agreed with that. He only became "disturbed" at school, from being bullied. At home, he was very well behaved but private, and he preferred the company of cats over humans. I started taking parenting classes at our county mental health department when he was two, so I could learn how best to guide him. I learned the big difference between "discipline" and "punishment", and found that natural consequences combined with encouragement and love got the best results. I believe he is on the Autism spectrum, based on what I learned in those classes and what I've read from expert educators. At 21 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia while he was serving in the Navy. A wonderful SO recognized that he wasn't being "insubordinate", he was following the "secret" orders from a "general" whom only he could hear! His superior officer helped him get an honorable discharge so that he retains his veteran benefits, I'm so grateful to her. Now he's 32, doing well on medication, and receives SSI benefits due to his disability. He writes, a lot, but I don't understand much of it. He's convinced that China has enslaved millions of citizens who have no autonomy, and that Xi is an evil dictator who uses powerful mind control which is affecting the entire world. He believes that the maga movement was created by Chinese mind-control masters, and that's why common sense and facts have no effect on people who are under the control of cult leaders. I don't agree with his "theories", but the more I get to know about the members of my small, rural, mostly elderly white community, the less "crazy" my son sounds.😟😕😒
My first girlfriend ever at 17 was Hilary Fall and she introduced me to The Who, The Moody Blues and Genesis and I thank her for that where ever she may be
Who's Next is possibly the greatest album of the 1970s. Thank you for all of your hard earned information and the generosity of sharing it with me and us.
For my money, Who's Next is the best album ever. I know I'm very much in the minority with that opinion, but I don't care. As far as I'm concerned, nothing else can touch it.
I love the "bleak and the dark" songs, I have a playlist I call "Dark Cabaret" for my favorites. I used to have a video on my channel of me driving home down the very rough mountain road to my off-grid ranch. My dog, Blaze, was riding shotgun, and I explained that I named him "Blaze" after a favorite singer/songwriter of mine, Blaze Foley. My dog was a stumpy-tailed blue heeler, and the smartest dog I've ever met. When I got him from the pound, the head guy there insisted that he was a "coy-dog" a coyote mix, and couldn't be adopted. I knew he was very wrong, and got several volunteers at the shelter to back me up. Blaze became my instant BFF, and went everywhere with me.🐕 Blaze Foley was a scruffy-looking character who was often misunderstood and feared by folks who saw him on the street, because of his "homeless" appearance. He wrote a song about those people who are afraid of people like him for no reason, called "Wouldn't That Be Nice". In my video, I sang this funny song to my BFF, Blaze, as he grinned happily. I had to take the video down because it's too painful for me to watch now. Blaze died in a horrible freak accident, and my heart is broken. I'll never find another dog like him.😭 I also removed it because it showed people where I live and the way to my house, and that could put me in danger. Also, my terrible singing probably inflicted unintentional pain on viewers. Anyway, here are the lyrics: Well, lock your door lady or I’ll jump in your car I know you know how nasty we are Poke out your eyeballs and make you a scar Make you have to walk real far Mess up your hairdo and sit on your face Scatter your makeup all over the place Take all your money and kidnap your kids Take all your money and buy me some lids Then I’ll call up your husband and tell him you’re dead Take out your tonsils and make you give head Let out the air out of all of your tires Take out your molars with needle-nose pliers Make you do everything you don’t want to do Buy me some earthworms and smear 'em on you Put your fat head in a rusty old vice Yeah, wouldn’t that be nice!😃😜
RIGHT? I only recently found out that a song I have loved for decades has a tragic ending. Thanks to POR, Adam, now I know that "Radar Love" isn't the happy, young love song I always thought it was! I still love the song, though! I've been a fan of this channel for years, but now it's become myfavorite channel and my "happy place" where I start my day with all the "cool kids" on YT. I love learning about the music I grew up with straight from the artists, and the man who has devoted his life to bringing us the true stories behind our beloved music. I also enjoy learning from other "music junkies", as I've found great music here that's suggested by y'all that were unknown to me. POR fans are (mostly) educated, knowledgeable, and share a passion for great music that goes way beyond top 40. I really enjoy reading about other's experiences, and how music has shaped their lives and brought joy. This channel stirs memories of the best years of my life, and those I love who have passed.
I was 13 when Who's Next came out. The first time I heard Behind Blue Eyes, I instantly related to it. Being blue eyed and 13, already into psychedelics and trying to figure out who I am. To this day, when I hear it I have that same introspective experience minus the psychedelics.
Behind Blue Eyes is deeply meaningful to me. My late blue-eyed brother was a teller of tall tails, but at the same time cared for and loved his family. He loved this song and now years later I find it insightful. The whole album has both life lessons and deep reflections on how a person deals with life. Thanks again for the inside stories about this song. Rock on Professor! Much love!
My first "favorite" Who tune. I became a fan in the early 80s. An angst filled, therefore totally beautiful boyfriend, loved this song. I still keep in touch with this amazing man, my prom date 1982, and perhaps the one I shouldn't have let go. Oh, well. Maybe I'm the angst filled party now. I still love you, NW. I hope your life is happy. We never talk about that.
Always thought "Blue" eyes refered to anyone, regardless of eye color viewing the world with the blues/depressed. Sorta like the opposite of Rose colored lenses. Thank you for this. The Who is still my favorite group and Who's Next is undoubtly one of my favorite albums.
"Behind Blue Eyes" first caught my attention in January 1995; Roger's solo concert celebrating the music of The Who at Royal Albert Hall from 1991 was broadcast on TV. This song was performed with members of The Chieftains and with John Entwistle as a guest bass soloist. Outside the context of the *Who's Next* album which I didn't hear until a decade later (though I heard all 9 of the songs on the radio), the way I related to it was as an outcast in middle school, getting ready to move up to high school and thoroughly dreading it. Not one person appeared to like me, and I didn't trust anyone to tell me they did. I didn't relate to the original Genome of the song, the heavy about whom Pete was writing. I even remember referencing it to the school psychologist one day during a session and getting a chuckle out of him at the reference, despite the fact that I've got brown eyes.
The Who have always been one of my favourite bands. I still have all the old vinyl albums I purchased as a teen. They probably don't play worth shit and I haven't had a turntable since 1987 but I've hung onto them. One of the albums is a "Who Are You" pressed on red vinyl from back in the day when they were trying novelty things like picture discs. I did manage to get my youngest daughter turn onto vinyl but she's not into her "dad's" music.
An all time classic, from one of the top 10 albums of all time. So crazy how it works out that songs written for an epic that never happened can turn into their own kind of classic. It's never a bad idea to put on Who's Next for another spin.
This song always reminds me of my late brother, we bonded over music, laughed and cried over music, he was never a happy person, covered it well for 32 years and finally couldn’t do it anymore, this song was one that we both loved, he will always be 32 years old, he took his life when his demons got too bad, Buck, I miss you and love you dearly, there are certain songs that I can’t listen to, several Todd Rundgren songs make me cry and cry, this one too. Adam, thanks for the show, take care.
I’m so very sorry for the loss of your brother ♥️ I sadly lost my brother too to something called a Widowmaker. I think losing a sibling is one of the hardest losses. They’re so much a part of us that we are just broken forever, but we keep those memories forever too. I hope your memories help dry away your tears ♥️💔
@@KatieJoMikell as I have said, he was my first friend , at times my best friend and at other times my only friend, he had blue eyes so this song says a lot, sorry you lost your brother, it is very hard , I picture him in the great beyond sitting on a river bank fishing and that helps.
I think this was the first album I purchased with my own earnings, it was, along with the Eagles greatest hits album, AC/DC and the Doors first album. I think albums were mostly $7.50 seems kind of high for the mid to late 70's. I remember buying the blank metal tapes, and my best friend of four decades, (RIP) Scott, aka the other Rock/Music professor, did the recordings on my brand-new solid-state stack style system, with dual cassette metal option. I loved that stereo, with the rear co ax I picked up the Los Angeles rock stations, KLOS and KMET. Scott and I saw the WHO in 82at the LA colosseum, in 1982 their first final tour. I came home for a visit from AZ the next year from school. and Scott and another friend treated me to the US83, WHAT A BLAST!
Repeating my review of this from when you accidentally posted it a couple of nights ago. But I'm here late today, so you'll probably never read it, which is a bummer... "Wow! One of my all time favorite songs on an album I love so much I have literally worn out several copies, and I didn't know about any of this. Thank you Adam. This was a gift."
Wow, The Who... I grew up on those guys! I bought every album. I looked at their music as an internal journey thanks to Townsend's lyrics. But the strength of the music was just incomparable at the time. They were big contributors to the golden age of rock music.
Thank you (as always), Professor, for the details. I've always loved "Behind Blue Eyes" (and been a Who fan for over 40 years), but I really appreciate the deep dive into Pete Townsend's struggle with fame. Very moving as well to hear your sharing about Roger Daltrey's loss of his dog; extra sauce for the goose. Keep it up!!!
According to Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend on that very Scoop album you mentioned,when Peter brought his demo into the studio for the Roger ,John ,and Keith to hear the song was 100% a ballad. It was the other members of the band that suggested that they should rev up the tempo for the second half of the song and then slow it down again at the end!!!! Scoop was an album of Demos by Pete including songs like “Melancholia” that the other members didn’t want to record. Behind Blue Eyes defines the term “Power Ballad”. Glyn Johns said “ I can’t play a note on any instrument, but I’m a sound Engineer. One of the greatest “Sound Engineers”. Notice the quality of the sound on Tommy versus Who’s Next. 1968-1971. Kit Lambert The Who’s manager was a great Public Relations Guru, way ahead of his time but wasn’t the genius in the studio that Glyn Johns is. What a difference two years makes in sound quality. Bob Dylan was given The Nobel Prize for Literature a few years ago It’s about time for Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend to be given his!!!!!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 your most welcome!! For me Peter Townshend is not only the most prolific songwriter of the RocknRoll era but far and away the best. Pete’s way out in front on his own!!!
@@shiroibasketshoes Thank you for the correction I’ve only had this phone about 18 months but that means for the last 18 months I’ve been leaving Blanford all over the place. So hopefully next time I’ll get it correct.
Gee whiz! Your study of this classic was fantastic. You are so good at explaining the history and meaning of the songs. Really gifted. Worthy to champion these great works of art. And that was possibly the most coherent explanation of Life House I've ever heard.
Honestly, I was today years old when I found out that The Who sang this song. I never learned the lyrics, just half of the phrases. Ill have to listen with intent now. Thanks for opening this song up to me, as you have with many other songs!!
The Who simply raised my generation. I was born in 65', first year of Gen-X. Litteraly from the crib starting with _My Generation_ through to highschool with songs like _Eminence Front._ Rock & Roll was The Who, and man, their live performances were even better- just incredible.
Thank you for sharing this history. I thought I had read or heard almost everything about The Who. Didn’t know about Roger’s dog. 😢 Powerful as the song is, it means that much more to me now.
Bringing back great memories of days gone by. I feel I've lived 2 lives. One as a younger man then at 25 changed my whole life by moving 1000 miles away and srating over. But both great times. Surreal.....
Summer of 71. Just out of highschool and incredible music was everywhere. Not into spending years in college. Bought "Who's Next" and it was and still is one of my all time favorite albums and it will always remind me of that summer and facing decisions about what I wanted in life.
I was 9 yrs old. Was gifted my first record player. My mom had plenty of records. Though what inspired me most were the ones my uncle gave to me. I do not remember those album titles, but I do remember the artists. Eric Clapton, The who and Eric burdon
I have always loved that song and living with a form of depression and bipolar I have related to the song that no one feels what lays behind your eyes or face. I think a lot of people relate one way or another. A brilliant song that was felt by millions.
Your lead isn't correct: "Behind Blue Eyes" was released as a single in North America with "My Wife" as the B-side; in Europe it was released with "Going Mobile" as the flip in France, Netherlands, and Belgium. Not a worldwide release, but still quite notable.
Behind every great song there is an even greater story of how they were conceived! Always love a good backstory & y'all tell them best! Happy Hump Day 🐫Professor! 🤠
By FAR, my favourite version of this song is by the late Anglo-Australian singer, Jon English. I actually met him in a nightclub in Perth a couple of decades ago, and got his autograph on the back of a free pass to another nightclub.
Amazing ! Thank you again professor,for bringing another show about amazing music coupled with the perfect lyrics,although a bit strange to most. Lol ! But that's Pete Townsend for ya ! And he's incredible!❤ Roger's interpretation-just as good,if not better !
My roommate in college was a drummer and said that Keith Moon on Behind Blue Eyes was the best studio drum performance he’d ever heard and that it’s impossible to play. I thought “what?” at first, because the slow part of the song came into my head first. Now whenever I hear this song, I can’t not listen to the drums when the song picks up and think “damn, he’s right”.
Great episode professor. So many stories behind the song, I had no idea! I love this song and I sometimes sing it live, now it will take a different dimension. Thanks for this awesome video.
Although "Who's Next" is one of those rare albums where every track is a classic, the song that has the biggest effect on me is "This Song Is Over". It's one of the ultimate morning-after-a-breakup song, along with the Beatles' "For No One" and Queen's "All Dead, All Dead". (Okay, I know the last one is about a dead cat, but it still works as a breakup song).
I admit this is my favorite Who song. It still amazes me how some of the best songs recorded were stumbled upon like tripping on a rock in the dark. One split moment in life changed the course for an entire generation and all those who follow.
Definitely a rock masterpiece in what I consider the greatest year for recorded music, 1971. I always thought the track list was perfect....until I discovered a certain song in of all places, tucked inside Odds and Sods. The track is Pure and Easy and this should have been the opening track for side 2 of Who's Next. It picks up the baton dropped at the end of Song is Over which closes side 1. Flip the record over and we hear a similar lyric and theme but it is launching side 2. I always play it that way and add Too Much of Anything for good measure.
I absolutely love your content and might actually be a rock n roll junky😁. With that being said, I had the magical moment of being reintroduced to an old friend I hadn’t heard in years. Pretty please, with sprinkles and cherry on top, consider doing an episode on Classical Gas! What a treat for the ears and a rare instrumental that kicks butt. Glen Campbell’s cover is also pure joy and talent. I appreciate all the wonderful enlightenment you bring to my most (and sometimes least) songs. I, too, feel like music is a Time Machine.
This song as well as the album, came out the year I was born. Though I wasn't aware of The Who, until December 17th,1982. I enjoy listening to their entire catalog, "My Generation" - "WHO." That includes each members solo material, as well. Speaking of which, this October 9th. Marks John Entwistle's 80th Birthday. Will you be doing anything, to commemorate the occasion? I've been watching "POR", since the beginning & enjoy every segment. You're extremely knowledgeable, on many things, regarding every band & genre of music you've covered. Thank you. Be Lucky, Be Happy. 🍀😊
Lots of Rock & Roll is abject & hidden spirituality…even the composers & musicians don’t fully realize it…but it’s baked in the cake & it has to be this way. Few make it thru’ the narrow gate…That’s why I don’t give up in rock & roll bcuz it’s telling us something. We must make it…🎸😇❤️🔥🕊
I had probably heard bits and pieces of “Behind Blue Eyes” before, but it didn’t really hit me until i heard Anthony Stewart Head as Giles perform it on “Buffy the Vampire Singer”. First, I had no idea he could sing. Second, it really showed who the character was deep down, and set up the season’s climax when Giles was the only character on the team immoral enough to do the one thing required to kill the season’s Big Bad. Over time since then I’ve applied the feelings from the song to myself, especially at moments during my divorce.
Who's Next is one of the best non-concept album arguments against todays streaming al-a-mode music industry. It's an effing amazing album and growing up as the angry blue-eyed boy of my family Behind Blue eyes was more that entertainment, it was self-reflection and a little bit of truth.
Ah, an album with at least three great tracks.. I'd posit; ELO TIME! Idunno exactly how it stacks up to The Who... but it is a monument in my eyes. And ears. I find it more timely now that ever, and I loved it the first time I heard it, and find MORE in it to appreciate it every time I listen again.
The big three you mention here are, of course, momentous. However, I want to give credit to a less recognized gem from _Who's Next,_ My Wife. The story is hilarious and the lyrics are some of the funniest in all of rock. _Give me a bodyguard, a black belt judo expert with a machine gun!_ … _Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane_ _When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain_ … _Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive_ All because his wife misunderstood and is pissed about what she thinks happened. Fantastic!
Album with 3 great tracks (my pianist bias showing): "Madman Accross the Water", Elton John. Tiny Dancer Levon Madman Accross the Water Excellent show as always! Thanks
Yeah, probably one of those that was up for an hour before the UA-cam police killed and he had to redo it. Happens too often and often for stupid reasons.
Every time i hear it is cause for self reflection, even when i was younger sitting with friends getting stoned playing records when we were supposed to be at school in some class
Poll: What is a song that has taught you a great life lesson?
Hey Jude!
Thriller. If zombies start dancing, run the other way while they're distracted.
Frank Zappa - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Hold your head up Argent
Cats in the Cradle--Harry Chapin. I actually used it as a template for raising my own kids.
I have an Autistic son who has blue eyes. We've more than once have said to him "no one knows what it's like behind blue eyes". We say it in a positive way because he will do things that make a person love him more. His actions out of no where and the things he tries to communicate makes you utter that verse. Needless to say it's a favorite for us. He loves music.
@@Robert-d8m ❤️❤️❤️
I'm glad that your uniquely-abled son has such loving parents who reflect positivity and unconditional love!
My son has always been smart, but "different". He was in Special Ed public school classes until 10th grade, when he was finally allowed to mainstream into regular classes, where he did well and graduated with his peers.
Fortunately he loves to read, so he's autodidactic. The subjects he knows well he did not learn in school. Asimov, Orwell, Bradbury, Heinlein, Vonnegut, and others are among his favorite "teachers".
He was never really diagnosed as a child, his IEP (Individualized Education Plan) identified him as "emotionally disturbed" but I never agreed with that. He only became "disturbed" at school, from being bullied. At home, he was very well behaved but private, and he preferred the company of cats over humans.
I started taking parenting classes at our county mental health department when he was two, so I could learn how best to guide him. I learned the big difference between "discipline" and "punishment", and found that natural consequences combined with encouragement and love got the best results.
I believe he is on the Autism spectrum, based on what I learned in those classes and what I've read from expert educators.
At 21 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia while he was serving in the Navy. A wonderful SO recognized that he wasn't being "insubordinate", he was following the "secret" orders from a "general" whom only he could hear! His superior officer helped him get an honorable discharge so that he retains his veteran benefits, I'm so grateful to her.
Now he's 32, doing well on medication, and receives SSI benefits due to his disability.
He writes, a lot, but I don't understand much of it. He's convinced that China has enslaved millions of citizens who have no autonomy, and that Xi is an evil dictator who uses powerful mind control which is affecting the entire world. He believes that the maga movement was created by Chinese mind-control masters, and that's why common sense and facts have no effect on people who are under the control of cult leaders.
I don't agree with his "theories", but the more I get to know about the members of my small, rural, mostly elderly white community, the less "crazy" my son sounds.😟😕😒
Fellow autistic here. Way to encourage him.
God bless.
I would imagine a good portion of Tommy also hits close to home.
Behind Blue Eyes is my favorite song by The Who. Such a powerhouse song. Just the best.
Same!
Awesome! It's my son's favorite Who song as well!
Search for the Jon English version here on UA-cam. You'll LOVE it!
My second favorite, after Love Reign O’er Me.
It's from 1 of my favorite Top 5 Albums of All Time, "Who's Next"
My first girlfriend ever at 17 was Hilary Fall and she introduced me to The Who, The Moody Blues and Genesis and I thank her for that where ever she may be
Just curious. When was the last time you saw her or heard from her?
I had a girlfriend that put me on to Loverboy. To this day, I think of her when I hear a Loverboy jam.
Crowded House for me.
Who's Next is possibly the greatest album of the 1970s. Thank you for all of your hard earned information and the generosity of sharing it with me and us.
Thanks for watching!
I believe it’s better than Tommy!
@@phillippitts6294. I totally agree!
For my money, Who's Next is the best album ever. I know I'm very much in the minority with that opinion, but I don't care. As far as I'm concerned, nothing else can touch it.
@@gb032645 It's hard for me to determine the best of the 70s. There are so many; Who's Next is definitely up there though.
“Behind Blue Eyes” is one of the greatest songs in history
There can be great beauty in the bleak and the dark if one just listens. "Behind
Blue Eyes" is testament to that.
No question.
I love the "bleak and the dark" songs, I have a playlist I call "Dark Cabaret" for my favorites.
I used to have a video on my channel of me driving home down the very rough mountain road to my off-grid ranch. My dog, Blaze, was riding shotgun, and I explained that I named him "Blaze" after a favorite singer/songwriter of mine, Blaze Foley.
My dog was a stumpy-tailed blue heeler, and the smartest dog I've ever met. When I got him from the pound, the head guy there insisted that he was a "coy-dog" a coyote mix, and couldn't be adopted. I knew he was very wrong, and got several volunteers at the shelter to back me up.
Blaze became my instant BFF, and went everywhere with me.🐕
Blaze Foley was a scruffy-looking character who was often misunderstood and feared by folks who saw him on the street, because of his "homeless" appearance. He wrote a song about those people who are afraid of people like him for no reason, called "Wouldn't That Be Nice".
In my video, I sang this funny song to my BFF, Blaze, as he grinned happily.
I had to take the video down because it's too painful for me to watch now.
Blaze died in a horrible freak accident, and my heart is broken. I'll never find another dog like him.😭
I also removed it because it showed people where I live and the way to my house, and that could put me in danger.
Also, my terrible singing probably inflicted unintentional pain on viewers.
Anyway, here are the lyrics:
Well, lock your door lady or I’ll jump in your car
I know you know how nasty we are
Poke out your eyeballs and make you a scar
Make you have to walk real far
Mess up your hairdo and sit on your face
Scatter your makeup all over the place
Take all your money and kidnap your kids
Take all your money and buy me some lids
Then I’ll call up your husband and tell him you’re dead
Take out your tonsils and make you give head
Let out the air out of all of your tires
Take out your molars with needle-nose pliers
Make you do everything you don’t want to do
Buy me some earthworms and smear 'em on you
Put your fat head in a rusty old vice
Yeah, wouldn’t that be nice!😃😜
Indeed.
It's amazing how sad and dark songs can be bueatiful. Others have an upbeat melody and we don't even realize the sadness in the lyrics.
So true. Thanks Catherine.
RIGHT? I only recently found out that a song I have loved for decades has a tragic ending. Thanks to POR, Adam, now I know that "Radar Love" isn't the happy, young love song I always thought it was! I still love the song, though!
I've been a fan of this channel for years, but now it's become myfavorite channel and my "happy place" where I start my day with all the "cool kids" on YT.
I love learning about the music I grew up with straight from the artists, and the man who has devoted his life to bringing us the true stories behind our beloved music.
I also enjoy learning from other "music junkies", as I've found great music here that's suggested by y'all that were unknown to me. POR fans are (mostly) educated, knowledgeable, and share a passion for great music that goes way beyond top 40.
I really enjoy reading about other's experiences, and how music has shaped their lives and brought joy. This channel stirs memories of the best years of my life, and those I love who have passed.
The Supremes are the best example of sad lyrics hidden behind an upbeat melody.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980can you give an example?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980can you give an example?
There are no skippers on that album. Perfection.
Behind Blue Eyes is my go to for when I want to impress people with my voice. People are always surprised when they hear me sing it.
Let's hear it.
I was 13 when Who's Next came out. The first time I heard Behind Blue Eyes, I instantly related to it. Being blue eyed and 13, already into psychedelics and trying to figure out who I am. To this day, when I hear it I have that same introspective experience minus the psychedelics.
Behind Blue Eyes is deeply meaningful to me. My late blue-eyed brother was a teller of tall tails, but at the same time cared for and loved his family. He loved this song and now years later I find it insightful. The whole album has both life lessons and deep reflections on how a person deals with life. Thanks again for the inside stories about this song. Rock on Professor! Much love!
Love, reign o'er me, best who song.
Great music
So many great songs came from them
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Outstanding job on this one, Professor.
Behind Blue Eye's was one of my favorite Who songs.🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶
It's my 13 year old son's fave too!
This song is a work of art. I enjoy it as much today as I did back then.
I love when you do stories on The Who. I thought I knew everything about them, but I never knew about Roger losing his dog before singing this song!
This is my favorite the Who song,so I’m glad you covered it
Thanks for watching!
My first "favorite" Who tune. I became a fan in the early 80s. An angst filled, therefore totally beautiful boyfriend, loved this song. I still keep in touch with this amazing man, my prom date 1982, and perhaps the one I shouldn't have let go. Oh, well. Maybe I'm the angst filled party now. I still love you, NW. I hope your life is happy. We never talk about that.
Always thought "Blue" eyes refered to anyone, regardless of eye color viewing the world with the blues/depressed.
Sorta like the opposite of Rose colored lenses.
Thank you for this. The Who is still my favorite group and Who's Next is undoubtly one of my favorite albums.
"Behind Blue Eyes" first caught my attention in January 1995; Roger's solo concert celebrating the music of The Who at Royal Albert Hall from 1991 was broadcast on TV. This song was performed with members of The Chieftains and with John Entwistle as a guest bass soloist. Outside the context of the *Who's Next* album which I didn't hear until a decade later (though I heard all 9 of the songs on the radio), the way I related to it was as an outcast in middle school, getting ready to move up to high school and thoroughly dreading it. Not one person appeared to like me, and I didn't trust anyone to tell me they did. I didn't relate to the original Genome of the song, the heavy about whom Pete was writing. I even remember referencing it to the school psychologist one day during a session and getting a chuckle out of him at the reference, despite the fact that I've got brown eyes.
Thanks for sharing Eric!
My eyes are brown too.
This episode is outstanding, Adam, which is really saying something because they are all so good. God bless you.
The Who have always been one of my favourite bands. I still have all the old vinyl albums I purchased as a teen. They probably don't play worth shit and I haven't had a turntable since 1987 but I've hung onto them. One of the albums is a "Who Are You" pressed on red vinyl from back in the day when they were trying novelty things like picture discs. I did manage to get my youngest daughter turn onto vinyl but she's not into her "dad's" music.
Albums are very popular now go get yourself a new turntable and play your vinyl music. I bet it’s gonna sound just as cool as it did back then!!
An all time classic, from one of the top 10 albums of all time. So crazy how it works out that songs written for an epic that never happened can turn into their own kind of classic. It's never a bad idea to put on Who's Next for another spin.
The Who is one of my top favorite bands! ❤
I just saw The Who in concert a couple years again they were amazing
Classic album. I have enjoyed it for 53 years now…
I remember watching and hearing Roger Daltry sing this at the televised concert for NYC right after 9-11 happened. I t was haunting.
I can't watch the performance of "Won't Get Fooled Again" from that concert without losing it and crying.
Great band and song, Mr. Professor. Thank you!
"Baba O'Riley” was released as a single in November 1971 in several European countries, but was only released in the UK & USA as a track on an album.
This song always reminds me of my late brother, we bonded over music, laughed and cried over music, he was never a happy person, covered it well for 32 years and finally couldn’t do it anymore, this song was one that we both loved, he will always be 32 years old, he took his life when his demons got too bad, Buck, I miss you and love you dearly, there are certain songs that I can’t listen to, several Todd Rundgren songs make me cry and cry, this one too. Adam, thanks for the show, take care.
I’m so very sorry for the loss of your brother ♥️ I sadly lost my brother too to something called a Widowmaker. I think losing a sibling is one of the hardest losses. They’re so much a part of us that we are just broken forever, but we keep those memories forever too. I hope your memories help dry away your tears ♥️💔
@@KatieJoMikell as I have said, he was my first friend , at times my best friend and at other times my only friend, he had blue eyes so this song says a lot, sorry you lost your brother, it is very hard , I picture him in the great beyond sitting on a river bank fishing and that helps.
I think this was the first album I purchased with my own earnings, it was, along with the Eagles greatest hits album, AC/DC and the Doors first album. I think albums were mostly $7.50 seems kind of high for the mid to late 70's. I remember buying the blank metal tapes, and my best friend of four decades, (RIP) Scott, aka the other Rock/Music professor, did the recordings on my brand-new solid-state stack style system, with dual cassette metal option. I loved that stereo, with the rear co ax I picked up the Los Angeles rock stations, KLOS and KMET. Scott and I saw the WHO in 82at the LA colosseum, in 1982 their first final tour.
I came home for a visit from AZ the next year from school. and Scott and another friend treated me to the US83, WHAT A BLAST!
Always my favorite Who track (among the many I Love). Great episode! Thank you ✌️❤️🎸
Repeating my review of this from when you accidentally posted it a couple of nights ago. But I'm here late today, so you'll probably never read it, which is a bummer...
"Wow! One of my all time favorite songs on an album I love so much I have literally worn out several copies, and I didn't know about any of this. Thank you Adam. This was a gift."
So much I didn't know about a song I've known for decades. Thank You!
Wow, The Who... I grew up on those guys! I bought every album. I looked at their music as an internal journey thanks to Townsend's lyrics. But the strength of the music was just incomparable at the time. They were big contributors to the golden age of rock music.
I also LOVE Getting In Tune and The Song Is Over.
Thank you (as always), Professor, for the details. I've always loved "Behind Blue Eyes" (and been a Who fan for over 40 years), but I really appreciate the deep dive into Pete Townsend's struggle with fame. Very moving as well to hear your sharing about Roger Daltrey's loss of his dog; extra sauce for the goose. Keep it up!!!
According to Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend on that very Scoop album you mentioned,when Peter brought his demo into the studio for the Roger ,John ,and Keith to hear the song was 100% a ballad. It was the other members of the band that suggested that they should rev up the tempo for the second half of the song and then slow it down again at the end!!!! Scoop was an album of Demos by Pete including songs like “Melancholia” that the other members didn’t want to record. Behind Blue Eyes defines the term “Power Ballad”. Glyn Johns said “ I can’t play a note on any instrument, but I’m a sound Engineer. One of the greatest “Sound Engineers”. Notice the quality of the sound on Tommy versus Who’s Next. 1968-1971. Kit Lambert The Who’s manager was a great Public Relations Guru, way ahead of his time but wasn’t the genius in the studio that Glyn Johns is. What a difference two years makes in sound quality. Bob Dylan was given The Nobel Prize for Literature a few years ago It’s about time for Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend to be given his!!!!!
Thanks!
Thanks for saying his full name out loud!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 your most welcome!! For me Peter Townshend is not only the most prolific songwriter of the RocknRoll era but far and away the best. Pete’s way out in front on his own!!!
Great information! But you twice miswrote "Blandford" as "Blanford." It doesn't mean he's bland; it's just part of a coincidental name portion.
@@shiroibasketshoes Thank you for the correction I’ve only had this phone about 18 months but that means for the last 18 months I’ve been leaving Blanford all over the place. So hopefully next time I’ll get it correct.
Gee whiz! Your study of this classic was fantastic. You are so good at explaining the history and meaning of the songs. Really gifted. Worthy to champion these great works of art. And that was possibly the most coherent explanation of Life House I've ever heard.
Honestly, I was today years old when I found out that The Who sang this song. I never learned the lyrics, just half of the phrases. Ill have to listen with intent now. Thanks for opening this song up to me, as you have with many other songs!!
I love your closing comment. “3 chords and the truth my friends”. Thanks Adam!
I think that Bono originally coined that phrase.
🎶"No one knows what it's like
To be a dustbin
In Shaftesbury
With hooligans..."🎶
IYKYK
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The Who simply raised my generation. I was born in 65', first year of Gen-X. Litteraly from the crib starting with _My Generation_ through to highschool with songs like _Eminence Front._ Rock & Roll was The Who, and man, their live performances were even better- just incredible.
One of their best songs.
The Super Deluxe Edition of Who's Next Is Amazing!
I love the angst shown in this song. Thanks for telling the story of it.
You bet!
Love this, love the Who across the board. Pete is a once in a lifetime composer/writer. Each band member was unique, skillful and necessary artist.
I think every track from Whos next could be heard on classic rock radio in the 80s. One of the first tapes i bought for myself
No joke!
An utter high point in rock history without a doubt.
Thank you for sharing this history. I thought I had read or heard almost everything about The Who. Didn’t know about Roger’s dog. 😢
Powerful as the song is, it means that much more to me now.
Bringing back great memories of days gone by. I feel I've lived 2 lives. One as a younger man then at 25 changed my whole life by moving 1000 miles away and srating over. But both great times. Surreal.....
Thanks!
Who's Next is one of those rare perfect albums. Every track accentuates all of the others.
Summer of 71. Just out of highschool and incredible music was everywhere. Not into spending years in college. Bought "Who's Next" and it was and still is one of my all time favorite albums and it will always remind me of that summer and facing decisions about what I wanted in life.
My favorite album of The Who that song and album is classic.
Well done, Professor, well done!
"Who's Next" is a fantastic album & "Behind Blue Eyes" is definitely an iconic song!
One of my favorite Who songs!
this is one of my all time favorite songs. Not in the WHO category, just ALL SONGS.
Ahh!
Pete is on his deathbed, asked for his guitar to play "Behind Blue Eyes... " And you put in Baba O'Reilly!
Killin' me!
Love Behind Blue Eyes!! Who's Next is my favorite album and to me the greatest Who album!!
I love it when i can tell what song it's going to be before the end of the intro
Love this song...
I was 9 yrs old. Was gifted my first record player. My mom had plenty of records. Though what inspired me most were the ones my uncle gave to me. I do not remember those album titles, but I do remember the artists. Eric Clapton, The who and Eric burdon
A masterpiece ❤!!!
Well done. Great album from beginning to end.
I have always loved that song and living with a form of depression and bipolar I have related to the song that no one feels what lays behind your eyes or face.
I think a lot of people relate one way or another. A brilliant song that was felt by millions.
Your lead isn't correct: "Behind Blue Eyes" was released as a single in North America with "My Wife" as the B-side; in Europe it was released with "Going Mobile" as the flip in France, Netherlands, and Belgium. Not a worldwide release, but still quite notable.
Behind every great song there is an even greater story of how they were conceived! Always love a good backstory & y'all tell them best! Happy Hump Day 🐫Professor! 🤠
Rock on!
By FAR, my favourite version of this song is by the late Anglo-Australian singer, Jon English.
I actually met him in a nightclub in Perth a couple of decades ago, and got his autograph on the back of a free pass to another nightclub.
I'll check it out.
The Who was my favorite band as a kid.
One of my favorite Who songs
Amazing ! Thank you again professor,for bringing another show about amazing music coupled with the perfect lyrics,although a bit strange to most. Lol ! But that's Pete Townsend for ya ! And he's incredible!❤ Roger's interpretation-just as good,if not better !
By far my favorite The Who song!!!
My roommate in college was a drummer and said that Keith Moon on Behind Blue Eyes was the best studio drum performance he’d ever heard and that it’s impossible to play. I thought “what?” at first, because the slow part of the song came into my head first. Now whenever I hear this song, I can’t not listen to the drums when the song picks up and think “damn, he’s right”.
Great episode professor. So many stories behind the song, I had no idea! I love this song and I sometimes sing it live, now it will take a different dimension. Thanks for this awesome video.
Rock on!
Although "Who's Next" is one of those rare albums where every track is a classic, the song that has the biggest effect on me is "This Song Is Over". It's one of the ultimate morning-after-a-breakup song, along with the Beatles' "For No One" and Queen's "All Dead, All Dead". (Okay, I know the last one is about a dead cat, but it still works as a breakup song).
Thanks!
My fav song by this band
I admit this is my favorite Who song. It still amazes me how some of the best songs recorded were stumbled upon like tripping on a rock in the dark. One split moment in life changed the course for an entire generation and all those who follow.
Best song they put out.
This has to be my favorite Who song (and I have a lot of them).
Definitely a rock masterpiece in what I consider the greatest year for recorded music, 1971. I always thought the track list was perfect....until I discovered a certain song in of all places, tucked inside Odds and Sods. The track is Pure and Easy and this should have been the opening track for side 2 of Who's Next. It picks up the baton dropped at the end of Song is Over which closes side 1. Flip the record over and we hear a similar lyric and theme but it is launching side 2. I always play it that way and add Too Much of Anything for good measure.
One of my greatest miss heard lyrics was We Won't Get Fooled Again. I thought it was We Won't Get Food Again. I was only 7 years old..
There's WAY more than three great tracks on Who's Next. The entire album rules. A masterpiece.
As someone with blue eyes, the themes just every nerve upon first listen. The album that it's housed on is a classic.
I absolutely love your content and might actually be a rock n roll junky😁. With that being said, I had the magical moment of being reintroduced to an old friend I hadn’t heard in years. Pretty please, with sprinkles and cherry on top, consider doing an episode on Classical Gas! What a treat for the ears and a rare instrumental that kicks butt. Glen Campbell’s cover is also pure joy and talent. I appreciate all the wonderful enlightenment you bring to my most (and sometimes least) songs. I, too, feel like music is a Time Machine.
Always a joy POR. 🤩🤩🤩
This song as well as the album, came out the year I was born. Though I wasn't aware of The Who, until December 17th,1982. I enjoy listening to their entire catalog, "My Generation" - "WHO."
That includes each members solo material, as well. Speaking of which, this October 9th. Marks John Entwistle's 80th Birthday. Will you be doing anything, to commemorate the occasion? I've been watching "POR", since the beginning & enjoy every segment.
You're extremely knowledgeable, on many things, regarding every band & genre of music you've covered.
Thank you. Be Lucky, Be Happy.
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Lots of Rock & Roll is abject & hidden spirituality…even the composers & musicians don’t fully realize it…but it’s baked in the cake & it has to be this way. Few make it thru’ the narrow gate…That’s why I don’t give up in rock & roll bcuz it’s telling us something. We must make it…🎸😇❤️🔥🕊
He had such a unique lyrical style. Very underrated as a writer IMO
No question
And guitarist for that matter ?
I had probably heard bits and pieces of “Behind Blue Eyes” before, but it didn’t really hit me until i heard Anthony Stewart Head as Giles perform it on “Buffy the Vampire Singer”. First, I had no idea he could sing. Second, it really showed who the character was deep down, and set up the season’s climax when Giles was the only character on the team immoral enough to do the one thing required to kill the season’s Big Bad. Over time since then I’ve applied the feelings from the song to myself, especially at moments during my divorce.
Who's Next is one of the best non-concept album arguments against todays streaming al-a-mode music industry. It's an effing amazing album and growing up as the angry blue-eyed boy of my family Behind Blue eyes was more that entertainment, it was self-reflection and a little bit of truth.
Who's Next is one of the best albums ever!
Ah, an album with at least three great tracks.. I'd posit; ELO TIME!
Idunno exactly how it stacks up to The Who... but it is a monument in my eyes. And ears. I find it more timely now that ever, and I loved it the first time I heard it, and find MORE in it to appreciate it every time I listen again.
Well done Professor. One of my favorite songs. And don't it make my brown eyes blue? See what I did there? Of course you did. You're the Professor.
The big three you mention here are, of course, momentous. However, I want to give credit to a less recognized gem from _Who's Next,_ My Wife. The story is hilarious and the lyrics are some of the funniest in all of rock.
_Give me a bodyguard, a black belt judo expert with a machine gun!_
…
_Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane_
_When she catches up with me won't be no time to explain_
…
_Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots and take a long, long drive_
All because his wife misunderstood and is pissed about what she thinks happened. Fantastic!
Album with 3 great tracks (my pianist bias showing):
"Madman Accross the Water", Elton John.
Tiny Dancer
Levon
Madman Accross the Water
Excellent show as always!
Thanks
I am getting major Deja Vu with this video :)
...me TOOOOO!! ...ha-HAA!!
Yep glad someone else is pointing it out cause at one point I got under Adams skin meantioned it. Just 3 chords and the truth.
Yeah, probably one of those that was up for an hour before the UA-cam police killed and he had to redo it. Happens too often and often for stupid reasons.
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.
And the days go by
@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr It was pulled down a few days ago for a technical reason and was reuploaded.
Great Great Great song off a Great Great Great album.
Every time i hear it is cause for self reflection, even when i was younger sitting with friends getting stoned playing records when we were supposed to be at school in some class