The Who's 1971 "early singles" collection "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy". The easiest way to fill in the gaps, amazing songs like "Happy Jack", "Boris The Spider", "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", "I'm A Boy", etc. Many of my friends listened to "M,B,B,B," more than "Who's Next"!!! The title of this album was Moon's joking reference to the 4 band members. Great Album cover (both the front and back).
Deep Cuts,,,,,,"The Who Sings My Generation" is very worth a listen. The Who's 1st Album (1964/65), an astounding musical breakthrough in aggressive vocals, electric distortion, power drums, lead bass. Important to hear the instrumental "The Ox", and the lesser known songs "The Goods Gone" and "Instant Part (Circles)".
For the next ones, why not take the very first "My generation" from 1965, then "A quick one" from 1966, then make the album compiles singles before going to "Who are you" from 78, "Face dances" from 81, "It's hard" from 82 and why not the very last one which is a real success.
A lot of harmonies you're hearing includes john on the top end. Roger has said in many interviews how in the earlier years John had an angelic falsetto and was always on pitch!
Nobody who reacts to the Who ever notices this fact, even when watching live performances where we can see he's singing in that falsetto. Technically, he may have been the best vocalist in the group. Certainly the largest range. John was the underrated MVP. Not only was he a legendary bass player but he was accomplished at playing brass insturments and had incredible harmonies. His first couple of solo albums also show that he had plenty of depth as a songwriter even after the contributions he had made to Who works.
Several songs from this album contain the seeds of 'Tommy', including "Relax". I'm not sure I would say The Who were trying to imitate other bands, although Brian Wilson was a big influence on everyone in 1967 (The Who had long been surf rock devotees), but progressive and psychedelic rock was in the air in 1967 and every major band felt compelled to experiment and try something new. Most bands didn't stay in the prog and psych sandbox for long, but it was usually a good experience to try new things and get more conceptual with their musical ideas.
For the bonus tracks, it is a tough call. I will just go with Melancholia and Hall of the Mountain King...but you can't really go wrong with any of them
Of these 4, "Relax" is my favorite. I do wish they had continued Relax's instrumental section much longer, the jam starts to build, and then just goes back into the song. I also like the vocal layering on "I Can't Reach You", and "Silas Stingy" is just a trippy weird song, best part is the little organ and horn solo. The Who's 1st Album was tough experimental rock-blues, which continued in all their Live performances. But their 2nd, 3rd, 4th Albums experimented with lighter "Pop" singles, humor, psychedelia, Studio tricks. Moon's drums were sometimes mixed down, to make the albums more USA radio-friendly.
I just love I Can't Reach You and Relax. This is such an awesome album. Everything from the station breaks, the commercials, as well as the number of songs featuring Pete singing. Of course John and Keith do their usual great parts but Pete's guitar tones are sublime.
A few years ago, The Who released a concert recorded at the Fillmore East from the tour supporting this album (1968). The standout song from the concert is Relax, in which they stretch out on the middle section. Worth a listen. It's also the only song from this album they played that night.
@@davescurry69 Correct. I was too lazy to go and look at the track listing. I think that the most obvious omission from the setlist was "I Can See for Miles", but I have read that Pete said the song didn't come off correctly when they played it live so they only attempted it a few times. They would play it in later configurations of the and when they added additional musicians.
@alexshkoditch4593 yeah, I can't recall ever seeing it on a set list until 1989. "Pictures Of Lily" is another one that was hardly ever played live. And I don't recall them playing "The Seeker" either.
@@davescurry69 The Seeker was played sometimes. Pictures of Lily was hard to play because it requires layering of instruments so was more often with extra musicians. There's a particularly glorious stuff up on TH-cam somewhere from Roger that Pete describes with considerable amusement as "A brave attempt".
The Who Sell Out is a breakthrough for them as a studio band as the first 2 albums may have had the energy but were of poorer sound quality and the songs less focused and serious. It also began the seed of each LP having a concept to unite it and that's what Townshend did for every release until Who Are You (unless you consider that one's theme to be a band aging and trying to find their place with the younger acts coming up). That said, the Who was always defined by their live act. Live At Leeds is the essential Who, no ifs ands or buts to me. They finally found the way to harness that incredible synergy on Who's Next and Quadrophenia before Townshend's ideas became more and more mature, straying from the early innocence and whimsy they once had. As great as most Who LPs are/were, they were the most explosive and interesting live performers in the greatest era for rock ever. Something to be said for that.
"Smithers Jones" by the brilliant band The Jam, Heavily influenced by "I Can't Reach You", Would love you to react to The Jam, Especially their albums "All Mod Cons" and "Setting Sons". If you love The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Small Faces fhen you'll love The Jam.
Happy Who Wednesday! Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving too. Definitely this was part of the Who's psychedelic phase. You're right about the harmonies...they are killer here. I remember reading of John bragging about the band's harmonies, saying something like "We can harmonize as well as the Beach Boys!"
Another great Who Wednesday! Because of my age, even though I owned it this album never made it into my rotation of Who albums that I listened to in the 80s. Now that I'm old enough to appreciate it, I've enjoyed the wide variety of song styles and commercials as L33 has taken us on this Who tour. Thanks for the full albums you do L33! The deep dives are fantastic and we get to see sides of artists that otherwise would be lost! ☮❤🎶
Best bonus tracks form this album? Every single one! I really love this. But to pick some of them, I'd go with Early Morning, Cold Taxi (a great single that never was) and Melancholia (just beautiful). Hall of Mountain King is great too.
Who Wednesday is here at last. Although I know some of the tracks, these are new to me. They are great and yes,L33, at times it's like a different group. Very enjoyable and quirky. Thanks for the reaction, L33. Happy turkey day and blessings to all.
I don't listen to this album much, but it's a great record of the Who's starting point and how it all began. One of the greatest rock groups of all time.
@@Frankincensedjb123 I agree with your last statement, but their starting point sounded a little different to this album. Their 1965 debut album is so much rawer and angrier. Still, both great albums.
Never heard “bonus tracks” for Sell Out, just the original vinyl as a kid. I can’t associate them with this album. And there was never a count in for I Can See For Miles and all that shit at the end…? I loved the album/songs the first way they did it, but with a re-release i guess they have to go all “New and Improved” on it. Sad, really. But GREAT to hear your reactions, L33!
I watched and heard this video but wasn't able to type until now. Happy Thanksgiving. I beg you to play Glow Girl---it's the 2nd best song on the whole album after I Can't See for Miles. I'm used to hearing the deluxe version that has many alternative mixes. There's a good version of Mary Anne w. the Shaky Hand. As for the next LP to play, you might play Magic Bus: The Who on Tour Compilation (none of the songs are live). It contains alt. versions of some singles fr. The Who Sell Out. It has the single of Magic Bus, and Pictures of Lily and Disguises are excellent.
You haven't hit John's Boris the Spider yet. 😂😂😂 when you finish, I have a sugestion...check out The High Numbers. This is actually the very beginning...there are a few recordings...they changed their name soon after...but a 16 year old Moonie is something to see and I love their blues sound. You Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying and Ompa something, LOL!
I can see how this stuff might not sound like the Who to someone more familiar with Who's Next and later. To me, having grown up with them, it felt like quintessential Who at the time, and it still does. My favorite deep cut would probably be "Dogs" which is in the same whimsical pop mode gone nutty as most of this album, and as a lot of their early work. I grew up in the UK in town with a greyhound track which is probably one reason I love "Dogs." It also ends with the phrase "lovely buttocks."
The Who sound like a band unsure of their direction to me on this album. As if they're trying to sound like another band - maybe Beach Boys or Kinks influence, maybe some early Pink Floyd? But it's like Townshend totally lost faith in the best features of the band and tried to make the Who fit a more mainstream pop sensibility? I've dissed it tbefore, so don't want to labour this, but apart from See for Miles and one or two others, still think a lot of tracks are weak, some of the songs verge on inept...and I never thought I would say that about the Who. Majority opinion seems to like it, so fair enough.
The Entwistle songs are terrible. And yeah, they sound like songs early Pink Floyd discarded. This album has tremendous high points, but it also has a lot of not very good filler.
What album by the Who should we do next? And tell me your favorite Who deep cut! Mine is My Wife or Bell Boy X)
The Who's 1971 "early singles" collection "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy". The easiest way to fill in the gaps, amazing songs like "Happy Jack", "Boris The Spider", "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", "I'm A Boy", etc. Many of my friends listened to "M,B,B,B," more than "Who's Next"!!! The title of this album was Moon's joking reference to the 4 band members. Great Album cover (both the front and back).
Deep Cuts,,,,,,"The Who Sings My Generation" is very worth a listen. The Who's 1st Album (1964/65), an astounding musical breakthrough in aggressive vocals, electric distortion, power drums, lead bass. Important to hear the instrumental "The Ox", and the lesser known songs "The Goods Gone" and "Instant Part (Circles)".
@@jraben1065 Yes, MBBB, that’s a great album.
My favorite song varies from day to day, I love The Who so much. At the moment: "Guitar and pen" from the album "Who are you".
For the next ones, why not take the very first "My generation" from 1965, then "A quick one" from 1966, then make the album compiles singles before going to "Who are you" from 78, "Face dances" from 81, "It's hard" from 82 and why not the very last one which is a real success.
A lot of harmonies you're hearing includes john on the top end. Roger has said in many interviews how in the earlier years John had an angelic falsetto and was always on pitch!
Nobody who reacts to the Who ever notices this fact, even when watching live performances where we can see he's singing in that falsetto. Technically, he may have been the best vocalist in the group. Certainly the largest range. John was the underrated MVP. Not only was he a legendary bass player but he was accomplished at playing brass insturments and had incredible harmonies. His first couple of solo albums also show that he had plenty of depth as a songwriter even after the contributions he had made to Who works.
In early 1968 they used to stretch out Relax live to 10-12mins.
Melancholia is one of The Who’s great early outtakes.
Several songs from this album contain the seeds of 'Tommy', including "Relax". I'm not sure I would say The Who were trying to imitate other bands, although Brian Wilson was a big influence on everyone in 1967 (The Who had long been surf rock devotees), but progressive and psychedelic rock was in the air in 1967 and every major band felt compelled to experiment and try something new. Most bands didn't stay in the prog and psych sandbox for long, but it was usually a good experience to try new things and get more conceptual with their musical ideas.
You can hear the nucleus of The Who that came later . There’s definitely seeds of Tommy and Quadrophonia .
For the bonus tracks, it is a tough call. I will just go with Melancholia and Hall of the Mountain King...but you can't really go wrong with any of them
Of these 4, "Relax" is my favorite. I do wish they had continued Relax's instrumental section much longer, the jam starts to build, and then just goes back into the song. I also like the vocal layering on "I Can't Reach You", and "Silas Stingy" is just a trippy weird song, best part is the little organ and horn solo.
The Who's 1st Album was tough experimental rock-blues, which continued in all their Live performances. But their 2nd, 3rd, 4th Albums experimented with lighter "Pop" singles, humor, psychedelia, Studio tricks. Moon's drums were sometimes mixed down, to make the albums more USA radio-friendly.
I just love I Can't Reach You and Relax. This is such an awesome album. Everything from the station breaks, the commercials, as well as the number of songs featuring Pete singing. Of course John and Keith do their usual great parts but Pete's guitar tones are sublime.
A few years ago, The Who released a concert recorded at the Fillmore East from the tour supporting this album (1968). The standout song from the concert is Relax, in which they stretch out on the middle section. Worth a listen. It's also the only song from this album they played that night.
@alexshkoditch4593 No, they played "Tattoo" too.
@@davescurry69 Correct. I was too lazy to go and look at the track listing. I think that the most obvious omission from the setlist was "I Can See for Miles", but I have read that Pete said the song didn't come off correctly when they played it live so they only attempted it a few times. They would play it in later configurations of the and when they added additional musicians.
@alexshkoditch4593 yeah, I can't recall ever seeing it on a set list until 1989. "Pictures Of Lily" is another one that was hardly ever played live. And I don't recall them playing "The Seeker" either.
@@davescurry69 The Seeker was played sometimes. Pictures of Lily was hard to play because it requires layering of instruments so was more often with extra musicians. There's a particularly glorious stuff up on TH-cam somewhere from Roger that Pete describes with considerable amusement as "A brave attempt".
The Who Sell Out is a breakthrough for them as a studio band as the first 2 albums may have had the energy but were of poorer sound quality and the songs less focused and serious. It also began the seed of each LP having a concept to unite it and that's what Townshend did for every release until Who Are You (unless you consider that one's theme to be a band aging and trying to find their place with the younger acts coming up). That said, the Who was always defined by their live act. Live At Leeds is the essential Who, no ifs ands or buts to me. They finally found the way to harness that incredible synergy on Who's Next and Quadrophenia before Townshend's ideas became more and more mature, straying from the early innocence and whimsy they once had. As great as most Who LPs are/were, they were the most explosive and interesting live performers in the greatest era for rock ever. Something to be said for that.
This band excelled at everything, including product placement.
"Smithers Jones" by the brilliant band The Jam, Heavily influenced by "I Can't Reach You",
Would love you to react to The Jam, Especially their albums "All Mod Cons" and "Setting Sons".
If you love The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Small Faces fhen you'll love The Jam.
I'm not familiar with this album, so it was fun hearing "new" Who ... thank you
Happy Who Wednesday! Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving too. Definitely this was part of the Who's psychedelic phase. You're right about the harmonies...they are killer here. I remember reading of John bragging about the band's harmonies, saying something like "We can harmonize as well as the Beach Boys!"
Another great Who Wednesday! Because of my age, even though I owned it this album never made it into my rotation of Who albums that I listened to in the 80s. Now that I'm old enough to appreciate it, I've enjoyed the wide variety of song styles and commercials as L33 has taken us on this Who tour. Thanks for the full albums you do L33! The deep dives are fantastic and we get to see sides of artists that otherwise would be lost! ☮❤🎶
Best bonus tracks form this album? Every single one! I really love this. But to pick some of them, I'd go with Early Morning, Cold Taxi (a great single that never was) and Melancholia (just beautiful). Hall of Mountain King is great too.
"see, feel or hear from you" - more Tommy "sketchbook" from Pete. ' -
Relax is one of my favourites of all their songs. Such a great song - kind of psychadelic.
This album is so good 👍😊 thank you for featuring it. It doesn't get enough love.
Who are you video is my favourite with the wonderful Keith Moon. Keith is at his finest. Luv it👍
Who knew? Listening to an album I’ve never heard. Thanks Lee.
I Can't Reach You is a Top tier song almost no one knows. Pete Townshend's songwriting was peaking.
The WHO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Inchoate character…
‘60s sounds…
50th anniversary of this album is brilliant. the Whole Enchilada from 1967.
Man you gotta do their first album The Who Sings My Generation. Awesome from top to bottom
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Thank you for everything. I'm grateful for your channel.
Who Wednesday is here at last. Although I know some of the tracks, these are new to me. They are great and yes,L33, at times it's like a different group. Very enjoyable and quirky. Thanks for the reaction, L33. Happy turkey day and blessings to all.
Glorious
Who Wednesday ❤ love it!
I don't listen to this album much, but it's a great record of the Who's starting point and how it all began. One of the greatest rock groups of all time.
@@Frankincensedjb123 I agree with your last statement, but their starting point sounded a little different to this album. Their 1965 debut album is so much rawer and angrier. Still, both great albums.
I think you’ll like ‘Sunrise’. First time I heard it I thought it was Simon & Garfunkel. And Pete’s guitar here is so sensitive and beautiful.
Quadrophenia for the album and Glow Girl for the deep cut
I hadn't heard this one before. 😊
Never heard “bonus tracks” for Sell Out, just the original vinyl as a kid. I can’t associate them with this album. And there was never a count in for I Can See For Miles and all that shit at the end…? I loved the album/songs the first way they did it, but with a re-release i guess they have to go all “New and Improved” on it. Sad, really. But GREAT to hear your reactions, L33!
There‘s a crazy version of Pinball Wizard from the movie Tommy by Ken Russell (1975) with Elton John on vocals and keys 🤪🎹🎸
and The Who as backing band.
❤❤ crazy is right!! Banger🎉!!😂
the Who only play the backing band in the film (albeit enthusiastically, lol) -- EJ's recording of Pinball Wizard features his own band & producer.
I watched and heard this video but wasn't able to type until now. Happy Thanksgiving. I beg you to play Glow Girl---it's the 2nd best song on the whole album after I Can't See for Miles. I'm used to hearing the deluxe version that has many alternative mixes. There's a good version of Mary Anne w. the Shaky Hand. As for the next LP to play, you might play Magic Bus: The Who on Tour Compilation (none of the songs are live). It contains alt. versions of some singles fr. The Who Sell Out. It has the single of Magic Bus, and Pictures of Lily and Disguises are excellent.
You haven't hit John's Boris the Spider yet. 😂😂😂 when you finish, I have a sugestion...check out The High Numbers. This is actually the very beginning...there are a few recordings...they changed their name soon after...but a 16 year old Moonie is something to see and I love their blues sound. You Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying and Ompa something, LOL!
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I can see how this stuff might not sound like the Who to someone more familiar with Who's Next and later. To me, having grown up with them, it felt like quintessential Who at the time, and it still does. My favorite deep cut would probably be "Dogs" which is in the same whimsical pop mode gone nutty as most of this album, and as a lot of their early work. I grew up in the UK in town with a greyhound track which is probably one reason I love "Dogs." It also ends with the phrase "lovely buttocks."
The Who sound like a band unsure of their direction to me on this album. As if they're trying to sound like another band - maybe Beach Boys or Kinks influence, maybe some early Pink Floyd? But it's like Townshend totally lost faith in the best features of the band and tried to make the Who fit a more mainstream pop sensibility? I've dissed it tbefore, so don't want to labour this, but apart from See for Miles and one or two others, still think a lot of tracks are weak, some of the songs verge on inept...and I never thought I would say that about the Who. Majority opinion seems to like it, so fair enough.
The Entwistle songs are terrible. And yeah, they sound like songs early Pink Floyd discarded. This album has tremendous high points, but it also has a lot of not very good filler.