The Who, probaly for diehard fans only

[Billy Shears]

What are your favorite Who songs, Who moments, and Who members? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE say WHY you like these things.

My favorite Who song would be "Christmas", from the album "Tommy". They way its so uplifting at first, then drops to a serious, sad tone, but then recovers into the same, happy song again is pure genius. Plus, it pretty much describes the entire plot for the album (it was a "rock opera")

My favorite Who moment is when they played "My Generation" on the Tommy Smothers Show. After the song was finished, the bass drum exploded, singeing(sp?) Pete Townshend's hair and rendering him deaf for 20 minutes.

My favorite Who member is John Entwisle (R.I.P). The way he would just stand on stage, playing his bass without looking or making any kind of facial expression AT ALL gives him this sense of cool style.Then the way he would keep playing the song while the rest of the band was smashing up all their gear cracks me up.

[Semjaza]

To be honest, I have only seen The Who on TV once. I actually think it was on the Smothers Brothers when some cable channel here used to show re-runs. I was a little kid and I remember asking my mom why they were busting all their instruments lol.

It's hard to pick a favorite song. The only one of theirs I really am just not into is Boris the Spider. I just find it obnoxious... mostly thanks to the super low voices. Everything else pretty much just rocks. I think I'd probably go with "Won't Be Fooled Again" though. Nearly nine minutes of pure awesomeness.

Definitely one of the best rock bands ever.

[Billy Shears]

[QUOTE=Semjaza Azazel]
It's hard to pick a favorite song. The only one of theirs I really am just not into is Boris the Spider. I just find it obnoxious... mostly thanks to the super low voices.

Definitely one of the best rock bands ever.[/QUOTE]

I think Boris the Spider is hilarious. How "he becomes a sticky mess" is funny as hell. I think John Entwisle was a great writer, but too bad he never wrote too many of their hits. The only one I can remember that got slight airplay was 'My Wife". It's about a guy who runs away from his sadistic spouse. :laugh:

Yes, you are definetly right.