THE WHO

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01 I CAN'T EXPLAIN [1965]
02 MY GENERATION [1965]
03 THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT [1966]
04 I'M A BOY [1966]
05 HAPPY JACK [1966]
06 SUBSTITUTE [1966]
07 SO SAD ABOUT US [1966]
08 DOCTOR, DOCTOR [1967]
09 PINBALL WIZARD [1969]
10 I'M FREE [1969]
11 GO TO THE MIRROR! [1969]
12 TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME? [1969]
13 BABA O'RILEY [1971]
14 BEHIND BLUE EYES [1971]
15 WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN [1971]
16 WHO ARE YOU [1978]
17 YOU BETTER YOU BET [1981]
18 DAILY RECORDS [1981]
19 EMINENCE FRONT [1982]
20 WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT [1969]

THE WHO - PART 3 (1981-2006)

THE WHO on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "You Better You Bet" [1981]

[MP3] "Daily Records" [1981]

[MP3] "Eminence Front" [1982]

[MP3] "Why Did I Fall for That" [1982]

[MP3] "Real Good Looking Boy" [2004]

[MP3] "Black Widow's Eyes" [2006]

THE WHO - PART 2 (1969-1978)

This one takes us up through the end of KEITH MOON. The old-timers & the sticklers will insist that the band stops here (or should have). But I dunno. Still a few worthwhile songs on their '80s efforts, as we shall see/hear shortly....

THE WHO on WIKIPEDIA.

[MP3] "Pinball Wizard" [1969]

[MP3] "Go to the Mirror! [1969]

[MP3] "I'm Free" [1969]

[MP3] "Baba O'Riley" [1971]

[MP3] "Behind Blue Eyes" [1971]

[MP3] "Won't Get Fooled Again" [1971]

[MP3] "Love, Reign O'er Me" [1973]

[MP3] "Who Are You" [1978]

THE WHO - PART 1 (1965-1968)

Yep, more Sunday-to-Monday stream-of-consciousness posting. This one, let's face it, was predictable....

For whatever reason, I got the bee-in-the-bonnet/ants-in-the-pants itch to immerse myself in THE WHO's discography on Saturday afternoon. While I consider myself reasonably knowledgeable about music, I must admit to having some rather alarmingly cavernous gaps in my education/experience. Thus, some years ago, I immersed myself in THE BEATLES' recorded output and learned that RUBBER SOUL and ABBEY ROAD were my two favorites of theirs. A year or so later, I pulled the same stunt with BOB DYLAN and learned that I'm much more about the songs than the albums when it comes to the Bobster, but that, in a pinch, I'd have to go with BLONDE ON BLONDE (or maybe BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME, if I were afforded an additional pinch).

Which brings us to the Who. My favorite LP of theirs turned out to be an extremely easy choice: WHO'S NEXT. My favorite year for Who songs: 1966. Favorite Who song I'd never even heard before: "So Sad About Us." JOHN ENTWISTLE ditty I liked better than "Boris the Spider": "Doctor, Doctor." Song I vaguely remembered from my youth but hadn't thought about since my youth: "Eminence Front." General impression: Other than WHO'S NEXT, I didn't much care for the band's '70s efforts. QUADROPHENIA seems grossly overrated (TOMMY, too, when it comes down to it; guess I'm not a "rock opera" sort of guy).

So this begins a three-part series, with the others to follow in a week or so. Might as well start at the beginning....

[MP3] "I Can't Explain" [1965]

[MP3] "My Generation" [1965]

[MP3] "The Kids Are Alright" [1966]

[MP3] "Happy Jack" [1966]

[MP3] "Substitute" [1966]

[MP3] "I'm a Boy" [1966]

[MP3] "So Sad About Us" [1966]

[MP3] "Doctor, Doctor" [1967]