Posted: 12/16/2004 10:21:51 AM EDT
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My brother in law has just discovered he likes The Who. I want to get him some cds For the fans out there; what are the best Who albums (top 5, in order, if you please) Thanks |
| Since he's a beginner, get him a copy of "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" It's an early greatest hits compilation. "Live at Leeds" would be nice for the intermediate Who fan. "Who are you", "Who's next". It's all good. Find him a DVD of "The Kids Are Alright" or "Quadraphoenia" |
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For starters (hey, it's what I started on), Quadrophenia. That is an amazing set. Make sure he reads/looks at the booklet as the songs are playing, it really puts you into this kid's life. More advanced, get the box set. I got it last year and love it. edit for my awesome board code skeeelz |
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All of the above are good. Here is my personal list. Who's Next Tommy Quadraphenia Live at Leeds Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy I wish they would re-record Who's Next with a more modern sound and or recording techniques. Not just remaster the old tapes. I guess that they would have to use Moon's drum track and Entwistle' bass tracks, though. One more album, The Kids Are Alright. It is a bunch of concert footage from about 1964 till about 1978? They even have a DVD of the footage. |
lol Speaking for myself... I never cared for the Who al that much until just a couple of years ago, and I resolved to give them another listen. Friend of mine loaned me Quadrophenia with the instructions I posted above to read the book while the music is playing... It all fell into place  I'm not their #1 fan but I cannot deny the brilliance of Pete Townsend.
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I lost all my Who stuff in a boating accident... .... right after Pete Townsend was arrested on child pornography charges - eventually aquitted, but is there really a valid reason for downloading and having that shit on your computer - apparently his checkbook and lawyers convinced the judge there was. ETA Fuck him and the Who. |
Shut up and play your guitar. |
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You ain't a real Who fan unless you were at the Cincinatti show in 1978. I had a t-shirt that I put footprints all over as a reminder of that show. I loved art class in High School. Yes, it was poor taste. Yes, the teacher was not amused. Yes, it was my junior year. I didn't care. It was funny. BTW, We got to play music on the boombox in class. Yes, The Who was played most of the time. |
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I woke up in SoHo doorway, policeman knew my name! He said, "You can go to sleep at home tonight, if you can get up and walk away"! I stumbled back into the underground, the breeze blew back my hair! I remember throwing punches around, and preachin' from my chair! Aah, who are you?.....tell me, I really wanna know, who the fuck are you? |
Hey! I'll step on YOU to see The Who!!!  "Out in the fields/ I fight for my meals... I get my back into my living.... I don't need to fight/To prove I'm right... I don't need to be forgiven..." |
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Knowing _very_ well a number of people who were at the Cincinnati festival seating disaster, I don't think that's so funny. Nor would I find debris-covered shirts as memorabilia of 9/11 funny. But that's just my opinion, and it has been a while so I'm guessing your perspective is different now. Being there for each event, rather than seeing/hearing about it on TV, I see things differently. "Roger from Oz" |
| If you really want to impress him, download some of the live concert bootlegs that are floating around and burn them to CD. Some are bad quality, but I had (lost to last virus and haven't found em again) some really awesome cuts from some older concerts where you could really feel the music and the crowd. |
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Wanna hear some cool shit? I got to see them, with John Entwhistle, back in '99 at the Pixelon I--bash at the MGM grand here in Vegas. It was advertised as an internet simulcast, which being new at the time, most people didn't understand; they thought the concert was just going to be shown on a screen or something, and the ticket prices didn't help. A lot of people just thought it was too good to be true... My girlfriend and I saw The Who, from the floor, 8 rows from the stage, for a whopping $10 a ticket. Everything about it rocked. 
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You missed out. The Ox and Moon were 1/2 of The Who. I was priviledged to see several of their concerts in the 70's, 80's and 90's and they really weren't The Who after Keith bit the big one. Nothing in rock music like Pete windmilling power chords, though. CW |