i accidentally found this channel by trying to find a rumored version of Eminence Front with Roger Daltrey on lead vocals, but i ended up binging hours worth of content! you’re massively deserving of so many more subscribers, great work!
Roger and Pete sing on an alternate version that is on the half speed remastered version of It’s Hard. It’s good but the song seems to work better with Pete taking the lead.
Really pleased to have come across this, you explain The Who & Eminence Front so well. Pete is an extraordinary songwriter, & guitar player & The Who are an extraordinary band. For me the music of The Who is more relatable than anything ever by The Beatles The Stones, or any other band.
I played it every day on the way to school, and then later, to work. My theme song. I've even quoted it in legal filings against the syndicate. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_ _Our American Injustice System_
I can't thank you enough for this video essay. I recently found Eminence Front in a spotify wormhole and it is such a song of the era, very Peter Gabriel. It's so good and i knew fhere had to be a story behind it. Good show!
Nice take. I've been a Who fan for 50 years. When Moon died, everyone had to grow up, a little. Even us kids. To me, there are no bad Who albums, no bad Who songs. The point of the post-Moon songs, I believe, is to find the meaning of your individual life, and figure out how to fit that into larger society, while maintaining your true self. In other words, find your inner Keith. Hopefully, without working so hard to destroy yourself. Fitting in, while being your true self, seems to be what Keith Moon was all about. Unfortunately, that's one of the hardest things to do. If Pete Townsend has a core message, I think that is it.
I rediscovered this song while watching an old GMC truck TV commercial. Found out what it was after talking to a trade publication, and have since run the long version as the intro on My Radio show AyreWolf FM.
Interesting to hear a more academic approach taken to a Who classic. Considering the stature that Eminence Front now has, it's baffling that the single didn't do better when released. Perhaps it might have helped if the B side wasn't on the album, giving fans an extra incentive to buy. It's odd that no previously unreleased songs from the It's Hard sessions has ever surfaced.
The remarkable thing was the longevity they had through the ascent of the band and so on. Not many couples stay together that long under those circumstances, which is different from saying that they were happy.
I have both of the Studio albums with Kenny Jones, and they are actually better than people let on. If you DON’T compare those with the albums with the original lineup, they’re both great albums in their own way. (And they’re both way better than Endless Wire, but with still coping with The Ox’s passing, that’s understandable.)
An excellent piece on my favourite song from it's hard... which to me is a better album than face dances...better sounding and also features cry if you want...a close to eminence front..... thank you
Hey kids.... take it from a OLD DJ. IM almost 70 I was a DJ for 9 years and had a Rock and Roll TV show for 17 YEARS and in the 70s we PARTIED HARD so the kids that were not there JUST dont get it sorry Janda BUT you HAD to BE THERE to explane it!!!! IF Anyone of insterested in what Im doing NOW Im at Soundcloud under the name "MERLIN OFFICIAL" still going strong BUT Thumbs UP anyway lol
i accidentally found this channel by trying to find a rumored version of Eminence Front with Roger Daltrey on lead vocals, but i ended up binging hours worth of content!
you’re massively deserving of so many more subscribers, great work!
So glad you found us, and thank you so much!
Roger and Pete sing on an alternate version that is on the half speed remastered version of It’s Hard. It’s good but the song seems to work better with Pete taking the lead.
Really pleased to have come across this, you explain The Who & Eminence Front so well. Pete is an extraordinary songwriter, & guitar player & The Who are an extraordinary band. For me the music of The Who is more relatable than anything ever by The Beatles The Stones, or any other band.
Thank you!
My favorite Who song. Love love love this song
I played it every day on the way to school, and then later, to work. My theme song. I've even quoted it in legal filings against the syndicate.
Very Best Regards,
Tom Scott
Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
_Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
_Our American Injustice System_
I can't thank you enough for this video essay. I recently found Eminence Front in a spotify wormhole and it is such a song of the era, very Peter Gabriel. It's so good and i knew fhere had to be a story behind it. Good show!
So glad you enjoyed it! And yes, what a song. Thank you!
You found your channel.
Love it! Thank you!!!!
Nice take. I've been a Who fan for 50 years. When Moon died, everyone had to grow up, a little. Even us kids. To me, there are no bad Who albums, no bad Who songs. The point of the post-Moon songs, I believe, is to find the meaning of your individual life, and figure out how to fit that into larger society, while maintaining your true self. In other words, find your inner Keith. Hopefully, without working so hard to destroy yourself. Fitting in, while being your true self, seems to be what Keith Moon was all about. Unfortunately, that's one of the hardest things to do. If Pete Townsend has a core message, I think that is it.
Very well said.
Agreed
I rediscovered this song while watching an old GMC truck TV commercial. Found out what it was after talking to a trade publication, and have since run the long version as the intro on My Radio show AyreWolf FM.
Interesting to hear a more academic approach taken to a Who classic. Considering the stature that Eminence Front now has, it's baffling that the single didn't do better when released. Perhaps it might have helped if the B side wasn't on the album, giving fans an extra incentive to buy. It's odd that no previously unreleased songs from the It's Hard sessions has ever surfaced.
Great video
Thanks so much!
This song goes to 11 every time.
Absolutely!
One of my favorites!
Such a great song!
Enjoyed the analysis. It's an amazing song: 42 years old yet still as fresh as a daisy. Cheers from London.
Thank you. Cheers!
Strong Miami Vice vibes with this song. I think it's more popular now than when it first came out.
Gawd-damn!! Great review! The Who ROCK!
Well written, congratulations!
Thank you very much!
Townsend marriage was pretty Rocky from the beginning. In his own autobiography, he says they were not a happy couple.
The remarkable thing was the longevity they had through the ascent of the band and so on. Not many couples stay together that long under those circumstances, which is different from saying that they were happy.
I have both of the Studio albums with Kenny Jones, and they are actually better than people let on. If you DON’T compare those with the albums with the original lineup, they’re both great albums in their own way. (And they’re both way better than Endless Wire, but with still coping with The Ox’s passing, that’s understandable.)
An excellent piece on my favourite song from it's hard... which to me is a better album than face dances...better sounding and also features cry if you want...a close to eminence front..... thank you
A close SECOND to eminence front
Wrong perspective, a rebirth of a nation/ the world. rising from the ashes of the 60's, 70's.
Hey kids.... take it from a OLD DJ. IM almost 70 I was a DJ for 9 years and had a Rock and Roll TV show for 17 YEARS and in the 70s we PARTIED HARD so the kids that were not there JUST dont get it sorry Janda BUT you HAD to BE THERE to explane it!!!! IF Anyone of insterested in what Im doing NOW Im at Soundcloud under the name "MERLIN OFFICIAL" still going strong BUT Thumbs UP anyway lol
January 6 th !!!!
Who's the Narrator? She's cute!🎉❤😮
There is a whole lot of pretending going on. Authentic people is in rare supply....................................................=
Talk about a swan song.
Hottie!!!
"The decadent decade" : How to talk about the '80s without knowing anything about the '80s. And reading from a script on camera? This is cringe.