The Story and Unboxing of The Who Sell Out Super Deluxe Edition from 1967 | Professor of Rock
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- Professor of Rock unboxes The Who Sell Out Super Deluxe Edition and tells the history behind this incredible concept album with the stories behind key songs including their top 10 US hit “I Can See For Miles”. Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon were at their most creative. The compelling tale next on Professor of Rock.
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The Who was formed in London in 1964, and they are, without a doubt, one of the most influential bands of all time- selling over 100 million albums around the world. But, if one is searching for a single word to illustrate the band’s genius- describe the impact of their music, and explain their importance in music history, the term that truly defines The Who is ‘GROUNDBREAKING.’
The Who were the groundbreakers of auto-destructive art- destroying guitars and drums during their incendiary live performances. The band that created the first rock opera.
The band that pushed the limits of sound- establishing records for being the loudest concert band, and pioneering the development of the Marshall stacks PA system The Who were the originators of improvisational musicianship that inspired the future of rock n’ roll showmanship.
Roger & Speedy teamed to sing a very cool lead vocal on “Armenia City in the Sky” through an effects filter. Speedy was a great songwriter. His most famous composition being the #1 UK smash “Something in the Air” while he was the frontman for Thunderclap Newman in ’69. “Armenia City in the Sky” was the only song The Who ever performed that was specifically written for the group by someone outside of the band.
John Atkins in the book The Who on Record: A Critical History, expressed that the song's title is "merely a euphemism for the 'destination' of an acid trip”. The track is stacked with overdubs: backward guitar licks, raga drones, feedback, and the clever inclusion of backward horns.
“The Who Sell Out features one of the group’s greatest hits “I Can See For Miles”- Pete Townshend considered the song the best he's ever written. Townshend wrote this shortly after meeting his future wife Karen. It was a reminder that even though he was on the road, he could still keep an eye on her from miles away.
The song was inspired by suspicion that would arise when Pete had to leave Karen to go on the road, and was unable to know exactly what she was up to every second of the day.
However, Townshend wrote the tune from the persona of a vindictive character who is trying to win back his love rather than about the feeling of missing someone’s company while touring with his band.
What were the best concept albums of the 60s?
Many of them out there... White Album count? All these years later I'm fond of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.
If you are looking at concept albums this one - The Who Sell Out - is definitely one of them along with Tommy. Sgt Pepper's, Pet Sounds, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur (The Kinks),.
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by the Small Faces.
I saw the Who on their 25th Reunion Tour in Philly. They played Tommy and then their 2nd half of the concert their hits including I can see for miles. One of fav concerts that I ever saw.
SF Sorrow by The Pretty Things is another LP to add to this list. Recorded ar Abbey Road Studios, in fact.
It was 1989. The Who played Tampa Stadium. It was typical Florida weather, hot. Toward sunset, “I can see for Miles and Miles” was played.
Owing to the heat of the day, and the sweat of the audience, a mini thunderstorm formed directly over us.
A cooling downdraft blew over us. A single thunderbolt, cloud to cloud, flashed overhead. The skies roared their approval.:)
That was my very first concert. I just got my driver's license and drive from Orlando by myself to see them.
In 1996, John Entwistle was touring with his band, and he appeared at a local Planet Music to sign autographs. I got a copy of The Who Sell Out for him to sign. As he took the jacket out of the case, I commented to him that he looked like he was having fun taking the photo. He replied in a thick accent, "It was bette' than sittin' in the baked beans!"
Yessssssssss the great WHO will always be remember, even a million years from now
For sure. Thanks for watching!
@Anna Trail Yes. :)
I sure hope so. Judging by musical talent, the blow The Beatles out of the water. Stones too.
@@CoachEgg I wouldm't go that far, and I don't think The Who would either.
@@mmccartney6579 Townsend already said that about the Beatles. Said they were"fluppin lousy"
My all time favorite band. My opinion, Pete Townsend is one of the greatest song writers in history. You can sense his passion in almost every song. Quadrophenia is my all time favorite album
Ditto!!
The Who are absolutely LEGENDARY!!
Although most of their success was before I was born, I absolutely LOVE these guys!
One of my all time favorite groups!
I have so much fun on this channel. I'm so glad I found it!!
Thank you for watching!
That kind of packaging is what I miss about physical media, and is one reason why I became a professional artist. I don't doubt it's one reason why people are going back to vinyl, and I like that they have a CD version. You can't get any of that with downloads or streaming.
And the great thing about vinyl now is that with the advent of the internet we can easily research everyone who was involved in an album, the engineers, session players etc.
Me, putzing around on TH-cam, trying to decide what to watch next:
*Professor uploads video on literally any album/artist/song/reading the phone book*
Me: cannot possibly click on it fast enough
Thank you soooo much. That means a lot to us. We truly appreciate your support!
I remember the phone book episode! How does Adam do it. Amazing! I love this channel!
@@ProfessorofRock My lady and I are the same way!
Nothing about Odorono? It was the MOST salesman-esque, jingly song on the album! The epitome of the sell-out theme!
My Super Deluxe box is on its way to my house from Amazon today. This, being my FIRST foray into The Who’s expanding catalog, upon hearing of it’s mega contents I absolutely HAD to own it. To say I can’t wait is an understatement, indeed! In the 90s I got to meet Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle. Neither encounter disappointed one bit! Thanks for your presentation as always! Take good care, man!
Sunrise is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and Mary Anne with the Shakey Hand one of my all time favorites, from my all time favorite band.
McCartney had just READ the article about the forthcoming WHO 45 and IMAGINED "How can I top this" before he ever actually heard the song.
I remember being fascinated by some of my dad’s album collection’ covers too. Zappa and the Mother’s ‘Freak Out,’ ‘Absolutely Free,” ‘We’re only in it for the Money,’ and ‘Hot Rats’ come to mind! 😂🧐🤯 Great episode! ❤👍🏼
The original The Who Live At Leeds was an epic live album. Luckily I still have my hearing now that I am 66.
The Who Sell Out is such a overlooked album. This reissue will shed some new light on TWSO. Hopefully it will bring some new fans to it too. I Can See for Miles is one of my earliest memories of the Who. I remember in high school playing the Who's Better, Who's Best compilation over and over. I Can See for Miles was the track I love to play the most as I drove around in my car. TWSO is a favorite and this new reissue is on my list to pick up. I've seen the Who many times over the last 25 years and everytime I leave thrilled that I was there. Thanks again, Adam
You're very welcome. It's actually on sale at Amazon.
@@ProfessorofRock perfect!
The Who's "I Can See For Miles" from "Sell Out" is one fantastic song. From 1967, hands down the best year in music, a bottomless pit of genius
and innovation.
It's up there. For me it's a toss up between 66, 67, 71, 84 or 87. I'd go with 1984 but I don't think there is a wrong answer.
@@ProfessorofRock sounds like the basis of a GREAT video. I'd LOVE to see it! You could even set up a vote at the end.
@@marqgoldberg7454 Good call. I think you'll like tomorrow's video. It's in that vein.
Totally forgot 76 and 77. Some HUGE selling albums in those years
@@brianstrutter1501 Ya 77 for sure. 78 was really great as well!
I saw The Who in 73, Skynyrd opened for them, it was an amazing concert.
Wow! Would've loved to see that!
@@ProfessorofRock I was 18, the Toronto rock station put together bus packages to the concert in Montreal, it was a little pricey for the time, and an 18 hour round trip, but well worth it.;)
@@real_lostinthefogofwar A memory that I'm sure you've shared many times! Very cool, thank you for sharing.
@@ProfessorofRock That was the concert I believe in 1973 where Keith moon was arrested for destroying a hotel room in Montreal
Saw that tour at the Forum in L.A. Read my tale above. Skynyrd was awesome also.
Who's Next is arguably the greatest rock album of alltime. Saw The Who live in San Fran performing Who's Next in 1974. The GREATEST show I've ever seen!
Wow cannot believe that they became a band in 1964 - I was only 4 years old then - and yet, to me, because of family, they were brilliant
Ya, it's pretty hard to believe. I think they are top 10 all time. So innovative and electrifying.
Townshend and Entwistle were playing together from 1959, joined Daltrey in The Detours in 1961. Keith joined in 1964, and they changed to The Who then.
I Can See for Miles had such a distinctive sound. I hear echoes of the Byrds' Eight Miles High, especially in the guitar.
Good catch. Definitely hear it as well.
Playing a 12-string Rickenbacker tends to have that effect. If Eddie Van Halen ever played a 12-string Ric, there would be people comparing him to The Byrds.
I just wanted to say thank you so very much for not ignoring John's contributions. So many people fail to acknowledge him and his talent. Even Pete and Roger failed to mention John in the Who Sell Out classic albums episode... but of course they made time to mention Keith several times.
Thank you again for giving The Ox the time he deserves! You're amazing and I love your show. ❤
Thunderclap Newman also included Jimmy McCullough who was actually most famous for being the guitarist in the most successful version of Paul McCartney and wings
And "Something in the Air" was produced by Pete Townshend. He also played bass on the song, under the alias "Bijou Drains." He had originally hired Speedy Keene to be his chauffeur.
The WHO!! The greatest band ever
Lifelong Who fan, along with the Beatles and Stones, they are among the top English legends.
For sure
@@brianstrutter1501 I second that.
The first time I heard "I Can See for Miles" I knew this would be more than just a sugar-pop band. I also love "Magic Bus" and its odd rhythmic sequences.
Michelle Phillips memory of the Who at Monterey is quite amusing. What is indicative of the period was off stage the musicians all jamming together and helping each other . That alone should be a story. Of course Keith Moon's influence on Joe Walsh and well the hard rocker's image is another. You could probably produce a library on The Who.
Awesome channel. So glad I found it! Love The Who! Greatest Rock band EVER!
The Who was and still are my favorite band of all time. I grew up the youngest of 7 kids where in my house upstairs , there was always rock music playing by one of my siblings , and my dad yelling from downstairs “turn that s... down! “. 😅. I can also relate to a lot of your stories , Adam. Thank you .
But many of my siblings listened to The Who and their music connected with me deeply growing up. My sister was also going to take me to see The Who for their Farewell Tour at Shea stadium in 1982, but my mom wouldn’t let me go because I was only 9! And it was my birthday.
So in 1994, I had the opportunity to study abroad in London. I was all over it. For a lot of reasons. It was one of the best times I had in my life. So one day when I was in Piccadilly Circus With friends , we stopped at a tower records and I found Sell Out and A Quick One there. I listened to Sell Out continuously while traveling around England on my CD Diskman. Tattoo and Odorono being my favorites on the Cd .
My friends and I also hung out at a pub a lot near our school called the Spanish Patriot . It was a fun place but one evening we decided to go across the street to another pub called Streets. In There was a picture of Pete Townsend hung up just above the bar. I told the bartender how much I loved The Who. She said “wow, that’s lovely . He was here a couple of weeks before and served drinks to everyone.” My heart sunk, because I realized that if we had gone there sooner I would’ve gotten to meet Pete f...ing Townsend!!! I was hanging out at a different pub across the street from where he had been . I was 20 years old and I literally cried all night because I missed him and I was only across the street!! Well , it was still a great experience for me , and listening to songs from Sell Out will always bring back memories of England . It was a great time
Mr. Professor, I'm the biggest Wholigan, aka Who fan on the planet! Your first video documenting their blockbuster album, Who's Next, and the trials and tribulations Townshend went through writing that album was phenomenal. Surprisingly, this time you went deep in their catalog to their early work where it almost sounds like a different band. I'd say that the next video you do on The Who should be one of three things. One, cover the ambitious rock opera, Tommy. Two, cover my personal favorite concept album of theirs, Quadrophenia. And third, I feel its necessary to cover any of their live recordings from the late 60's early 70's. The album Live at Leeds is a great choice. It certainly captures their loud aggressive live sound, which is vastly different from their studio work. Their live act was so vicious, so theatrical and just simply so badass that I feel it's almost mandatory to show them performing during those years. Their Woodstock (69'), Isle of Wight (70'), and Tanglewood, MA (70') performances are just incredible and unparalleled. They'd blow anyone off the stage. No one could touch them during that period. Primarily because Keith Moon was healthy and in his prime. I advise anyone that hasn't seen the footage of them during that time to go and watch any of those three shows. Rock and roll at its best! Raw. Aggressive. Unapologetic. And in your face.
Adam I love when you cover the WHO....a pair like none other.
This was AWESOME! I didn't even know this had come out. Guess what im ordering, today????!!
Hi Adam,
I love how you said, "If you used to draw your favorite band logo on your trapper-keepers.. "
I drew them on my Pee-chee folders...lol, it was the 70's and 80's 😉
We love love love your show!! Keep up the great work 😁👍
One of my favorite albums, and groundbreaking for sure. Thanks for the insights.
Before BBC Radio One--the pop music station--in 1967, there was the Light Programme(BBC Light), which was very formal compared to American Top-40 stations. Also, my understanding is there was also Radio Luxembourg, as a source for people in Great Britain to hear rock songs.
There were also the pirate radio stations, if you could get them. Many of the great Radio 1 DJ's made themselves a name on those.
I was there for the FIRST Quadrophenia tour. 1973 L.A. Forum. They were probably the first to use a true quadraphonic sound system. "Free Bird" was the final tune of the opening act (can ya guess who?), and The Who did a truly nice thing and allowed them to use their full quad sound and panned those three lead guitars around like Eagles flying around the dome trying to get FREE. The Who then came out and truly blew my mind for a lifetime. "Naked Eye" was the hands down winner of the evening, as my psychedelically enhance brain could truly envision his "trip". They played the Forum 4 nights that round, and destroyed instruments only on ONE night, and lucky for me....This was absolutely the best show of my 66 years. Nothing else topped it, but Elvis C. came close, but alas, that is a whole different tale...Thank You Pete, Roger, John, but man...Keith Moon had to be experienced...Made all the little hiphop ditties seem trivial...just sayin'.😍🤩😎
I was only five in 73 but wish I had been a decade older to see the Who in those early days. I've seen them over 50 times but from 1985 (Roger's Under a Raging Moon) on.
I'll never forget the first time I heard Sparks..🔥🤘❤️
the Beatles and The Who share the #1 spot with me as favorite band)s) one band is like brothers, the other are cousins. So why not love the whole family.
Thank you SO much for showing this! I love this album! When I first started getting into The Who back in '98, this was my very favorite album for a long time! I saw them back in '00 and that album cover was on a t-shirt at the merch table! I was so excited and bought it and wore it over my shirt I had on lol We ordered this set from The Who site and I am so excited! Can't wait💖😀😀😀
OMG! I must have drawn the Triumph and Rush logos a million times on trapper keeper folders!! Haven't thought about that in 40+ years!!
I love that record shelf in the back man. I keep my records in hand carts (that I umm....borrowed from some local grocery stores....) because I love being able to flip through my records like that
Very cool!
Maryann with the shaky hands has been played quite a bit in concerts by The Who in the 2000s, that is another of my favorites on that album as well as of course the classic top 10 hit, I can see for miles
I got "Sell Out" as part of a 2-disc set that also included the album "A Quick One."
I really need to hear this record start to finish. Ubtil then, I adore 'I Can See for Miles", whether or not I'll ever consider it "proto metal" like "Helter Skelter". In my imagination, Ann'Margaret's big scene in the film adaptation of Tommy had to have been inspired by the cover artwork here.
Sell Out is, in its own way, every bit as good as Who's Next, Tommy, or Quadrophenia.
It's a staggering masterpiece.
Armenia City in the Sky-
"The only song ever written specifically for the band, by someone not in the band."
A testament to the creative genius of Pete Townshend. And, as a songwriter, John Entwistle was no slouch either
All great points. Thanks for watching.
Awesome episode Professor! There's a stretch of highway I used to drive and back when I was a teenager seems like I was listening to The Who when I drove through there. Nowadays every time I pass that way I think of them. I even scan the channels looking for a Who song and usually I find one! Great episode thanks for sharing Professor!
Thank you. Thank you for talking about my favorite band!!!!!!! Just opened my copy of the super deluxe edition.
I listened to the Tommy album quite a bit when I was young. Sparks and the Underture being my top favorite tracks. Then I bought Sell-Out and discovered an earlier version of Sparks in the song Rael. I was pleasantly surprised. Another pre-Tommy song that I was surprised by was Glow Girl, featuring closing lines similar to "It's A Boy" from Tommy.
Just got my copy in the mail and about to listen to it. This is a really well done package. Fitting tribute to a great album!
So you and Vinyl Rewind dropped the same video on the same day. It's like showing up to the prom with the same dress as someone else...
I love your Joshua Tee. I also love the Who, this is one of my favorite LPs. I appreciate your spotlighting it.
So glad you are feeling better!
Supposedly, Paul McCartney was reading a review of “I can see for miles”. The writer of the review stated: it’s the heaviest song I’ve ever heard. And yes, PM was inspired by that review to write a song in which to top ICSFM. However, Paul didn’t run out to buy a copy if the heavy Who tune. He never listened to ICSFM.
Added fun fact: The managers of the Who, in the early days and I believe up until 1971, Chris Stamp & Kit Lambert. Chris Stamp, his brother Is the famous actor, Terence Stamp.
I remember watching a show about all these great rocknroll icons/legends/idols & they were interviewing tons of rock royalty. I honestly just can’t remember what most had said, but I’ll never forget what Pete Townshend had to say. As the interviewer (offscreen) is talking to Pete Townshend, he seemed a bit aggravated & agitated with the interviewer.
Pete said, you’re talking about these people like only legends, but these people that you’re talking about weren’t just people, they were my effing friend’s!!! That just hit me & I’d never thought about it like that. I just never forgot that till this day.
Die hard Who fan here since my early teens. I Can See for Miles is a great track, but if I had to choose one Who song as the finest Townshend has written, it'd have to be Amazing Journey.
Weird, but my copy of Sell Out back in the day was a mono version. Though this allowed me to completely rediscover that album in later years when I obtained a repackaged stereo version.
I Can See for Miles was The Who’s most recent radio hit when they toured here in Australia early in ‘68. I’m blessed in having attended my first rock concert when they headlined a Sydney Stadium show here supported by no less than The Small Faces!
Pete held down the rhythm on the guitar while Keith Moon and John Entwistle went off into outer space on the drums and the bass. It was considered a sort of backward approach to rock music at the time but oh my, how well it worked! Thanks for yet another great video, Professor!
Thank you for watching!
I've always used Odorono and am as happy as I've ever been.
Love the Who. When I was a kid I could not afford the full price albums like 'Who's next" and the double albums like Quadrophenia were totally out of reach. but the discount bin had what I could afford, treasures like "Live and Leeds" and "The Who By Numbers". Sometimes I like to recreate the experience of listening to an album like I would back then, just sitting and listening with no distractions, no skipping songs (vinyl made that too much trouble). Did that recently with "The Who By Numbers" and that's one that is really underappreciated in my opinion, so many great songs. Will have to revisit "The Who Sell Out"
I got this album when it came out. I count it as one of my "desert island discs". Also, I've recently learned to sing play Tattoo on guitar 😊.
I became a Who fan after seeing the film “Monterey Pop” on tv. It must have been around 1972 and I would have been 10 years old. It was disturbing and fascinating at the same time. “This is where it all Ends”.
Hmmm, did I hear you say “I CAN Reach You”? I know that you know it’s “Can’t”, prof. Never mind, you’re an amazing authority on rock and roll! And maybe I heard it wrong anyway.
I'm partial to Pure and Easy for favorite Who song.
That is a good one.
@@ProfessorofRock Relax for me is an underrated gem on this album. Have you heard the live version off their live at the filmore 67 album?? They really expand the duration of the song with some incredible psychedelic improvisation that exceeds over 10 minutes of some fantastic musicianship. They, along with Cream, were the masters of free form improvisational jams.
Since you mentioned their PA system. You could do a very interesting segment on the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound.
For people who like this album, I recommend you check out Petra Hayden Sings: The Who Sell Out. Where else can you hear an acapella version of Keith's Drums?
Bit off topic but does anyone else think The Seeker is The Who's best tune? Certainly up there...
Was it a coincidence that Vinyl Rewind covered the same subject in an upload 3 hours before the POR? Eric mainly talked about the contents of the box while Adam concentrated on the music. I enjoyed them both.
Nice. This was never a big album for me. At the time I came across it, the album was 10 years old, and I didn't really catch on to it. Plus it did not have the impact that Tommy, or Quad had on me. The Who were my favorite band for a long time. They taught me that music did not have to fit in a hole. It could have many fasets. Such great work.
It's one of those diamonds in the rough in my opinion.
" She should have used Odorono" I'm singing that.
I loved the album. In 1979 I painted to it and wrote stuff. I do fake ads myself having done ad pasteup work some 42 years ago.
They gave us the greatest bass guitarist of all time 😁
Relax!!! My favorite song on the album!!!
Great show thanks.
Thank you Professor. The Who are my band. I feel The Small Faces are a band that helped push The Who to innovate. The Beatles are to The Rolling Stones as The Small Faces are to The Who.
I love The Faces. Never heard of The Small Faces.
I would say I could name more than a few bands, professor - even though the amount might be down to a small number of bands compared to the vast majority. Particularly prog rock pioneers and contemporaries such as King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer - and one I don't think we've reviewed here is Jethro Tull; would really love to see you do a video on the latter one time. Thanks again,
Joseph.
The Who announced the first of many "Farewell" tours in 1982. My friends and I thought, gee, this is our last chance to see The Who. So the closest location to where we live (near Toronto) was Rich Stadium in Buffalo NY. So we bought package tickets which included a bus ride. Several weeks later, they announced a Toronto date. Oh well, on the day of the concert we were got on the bus at 6:30 A.M. and headed for the US border. Border guards brought drug dogs on the bus, all the while screaming at us that if they found any drugs the whole bus would be turned back to Canada. Eventually we carried on to the stadium, there was a sea of buses all parked in rows. The football stadium was already letting people in, general admission. We ended up way up in the back row, with a side-on view of the stage. Concert started about 15 minutes late, with the opening act, The Clash. The Who came on about an hour after The Clash finished. The concert was about 3.5 hours long, the bus ride home took 4 hours, between getting hundreds of buses out of the parking lot of Rich stadium, and traffic getting back across the border. Canadian border guard was polite and waved us through quickly. A few weeks later they announced that the tour would be ending with two more live shows in Toronto, which were simulcast on TV and Radio. I'm glad I had a chance to see The Clash live.
I listened to that Toronto concert on radio and cried myself to sleep thinking I would never see them. But was I wrong a I've seen them over 50 times now but what I wouldn't give to have seen them in the late 60s early 70s. My favorite band ever, would taste only their music if left on a deserted island.
Pete was instrumental in the development of the Marshall stack, but he ultimately preferred Hiwatt amps, as evidenced by your video clip. I'm sure Jimi Hendrix appreciated Pete's R&D efforts, though!
First intentionally recorded feedback
First heavy metal
First opera
Top 10 musicians at bass, guitar and drums.
LP Excelent ! 1967
Very interesting video! One of my favorite bands!
No group in my mind had a bigger sound and style change than the Who. Their '60s sound was just that '60s. But from Tommy onward they became a completely different sounding band. I don't much care for their earlier work even though I grew up with it, but their '70s releases were works of art and in my mind is why they're in the hof
The Who is a giant band-like Queen !
The Who. No question. Literally.
Good one.
According to Pete on the Classic Album shown last night, I Can See for Miles was about looking to the future. He was gutted that it only got to number nine and not number one in the UK.
I have to check my copy of Sell-Out to see if it actually was the Half-Speed remaster. I got it at Best Buy and it was a double-set for about $35.00. That would be awesome if it was.
What kills me these days is I had a few Half-Speeders in the 1980s, including Band on the Run which I SOLD because I "didn't get the appeal". I think it's only because I didn't have a very sophisticated stereo set back then. It was good, it was all right, but it's not like the one I have today, where I can actually hear the dynamic range offered by HSM. I had "Tubular Bells", "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Band on the Run" and thought they sounded pretty ordinary - same with Bowie's Ziggy Stardust on Mobile Fidelity. MAN, to have those records back now, but I need two more jobs.
🎵 "i don't know who they think they are....smashing a perfectly good guitar..."🎵 -John Hiatt-
I believe Speedy also spent some time as Pete's chauffeur, before Thunderclap, and Pete produced Thunderclap's first album, if I'm not mistaken.
Correct. Townshend also played bass on "Something in the Air", under the alias "Bijou Drains."
Sell Out,Zep 1...best albums of the 60s
The only reason our Professor doesn't have millions of subscribers, is because he doesn't cater to the tik tok generation.
Although he deserves it, I'm glad he's our Professor, and not their tik tok imbecile.
I’m round about the age of those Tik Tok users and man is it annoying. This channel is amazing and helped me get into The Who. If only a lot more of ‘My Generation’ would take an interest. Thanks to the Professor!
macca makes whatever style he dabbles with his own...while in India he was walking around and happened to catch donovan teaching a certain finger picking style to John lennon which John later used to write the excellent julia...Paul wasn't even a part of the lesson he literally heard bits and pieces...it was enough for one of the greatest songwriters of our time to try his hand at that fingerprinting style as well...the result? Blackbird and mother nature's son which are both quintessential mccartney acoustic works....the topper is what makes the white album so dynamic. to have a song like helter skelter on the same album as blackbird is like when you see those videos of north Korea rolling out their arsenal for their people to ooh and ahh at...mccartney was flexing all his songwriting skills by that point. Bands like the Who and the Beatles are still just as popular if not more than their prime is no accident...true artists
I saw them June 25, 1970 at Cincinnati Music Hall....opening act was The James Gang. Music hall was where the Cincinnati Symphony performed at the time so it's almost acoustically perfect. What better venue could you ask for??
Uh, seeing The Who at Masonic Temple Auditorium in Detroit in 1979 with seats for about 5,000 fans was indeed epic, too! I remember feeling like they were playing in my living room; it was so small and intimate compared with my first Who concert at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1975 (with 75+ thousand people in attendance there) You may still have that beat, though. Doesn’t matter now, but oh, those earlier Who concerts were mind blowing! I’ve been fortunate to have seen my favorite band about 20 times over the years. I can never get enough of The Who!
Satanic Majesties Request is my favorite. But The Stones are my favorite band so naturally.
Speedy told late Pete that the lyrics were actually I’M AN EAR SITTING IN THE SKY.
7.08. Paul never said it was I Can See For Miles that inspired Helter Skelter just that he had read that Pete had said in an interview that the Who had made the dirtiest record ever and Paul wanted the Beatles to record something even dirtier to beat.In fact Paul has gone on record that he never did find out which record Pete was talking about.
I find that hard to believe. Do you have a link to that info?
Have always liked "I Can See For Miles".
Armenia city in the sky is probably the most psychedelic song of all time, and the cool thing about the stereo is that it floats from side to side of your system.
It's so fun to listen to for that very reason..
Interstellar Overdrive says hold my beer.
The song Relax live that came out a couple years ago on vinyl. It was recorded at the Fillmore 68' and the song goes on about 12 mins.
The Who is my favorite band after The Beatles.
The Who..One of the best rock bands ever. IMHO Quadrophenia was their best, miles above Tommy.
Robert, I concur. Every song on Quadrophenia not only fits the story, but can stand on its own. The band was firing on all cylinders for this album. John's bass line for "The Real Me," HOLY CRAP!!!
Makes me wonder if "Rael" influenced Peter Gabriel to name his Puerto Rican protagonist Rael from The Lambies Down On Broadway.
Are you completely healed now?
Enjoyed this video on the Who.
Sparks from "Tommy" had its origins in Rael.