The Who...let's be honest...

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  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    jamie uk wrote:
    they were an ok band, thay had some great songs...but they were very patchy, very hit and miss at times, and quite frankly went on far too long...not to mention the numerous changes in style they undertook in order to try sustain some popularity and success. Like I said, they had some great songs, but overall.....not all they're cracked up to be.

    I reckon....the one and only reason they get so many fuckin plaudits around here is because Eddie Vedder loves them so much.
    Aint that the truth ? You all know it is.

    They're his favourite band, not ours....

    They're my favorite band.
  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I just downloaded quadrophenia because of pearl jams cover of "the real me".

    The two best songs on that album are "the real me" and "love reign oer me"....go figure. Its an ok album, i guess it just has to grow on me.

    It's the best album ever made.
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    the only who song i really don't like is behind blue eyes. other than that, i think they were a pretty solid band.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    the only who song i really don't like is behind blue eyes. other than that, i think they were a pretty solid band.


    eww yak i cant even think of that song without thinking of fred durst.
    hear my name
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    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    catefrances wrote:
    eww yak i cant even think of that song without thinking of fred durst.

    wow, i completely forgot he covered that one.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    wow, i completely forgot he covered that one.

    sorry. but if i have to remember everyone does. :D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I don't know what to say except they were the first rock band that got my attention and Tommy was the first R movie I saw when I was a kid. Getting that soundtrack led me to the Who version, and then on to Who's Next. I wasn't a hardcore fan but they played a part in my upbringing definitely.
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  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i love the who~~ one of the best bands ever imo.
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  • Brain Of E
    Brain Of E Posts: 499
    Sure I did start listening to the Who because Ed is a fan, but the more I listened to them I started realizing the The Who are fucking awesome regardless if Ed likes them. They are a very important band in musical history. I would put them on the same level as the Beatles/Zeppelin/Stones/Floyd.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    wow, i completely forgot he covered that one.

    Yea he did, and its terrible. His version doesnt even get to the heavier part. Its just the soft part repeated twice. Its pathetic.
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  • pearljam0000
    pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    The punk and the godfather is a kick ass song
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Never could get into them.
  • bluemonkey
    bluemonkey Posts: 198
    i hate the who.i really don't get the love at all.the only song i do like is that eminant front song,or whatever it's called,and that's probably one of their worst songs as far as fans are concerned.
  • Cob
    Cob Posts: 858
    Who's Next is one of my top 10 favorite albums ever, I use to listed to "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy every day for about 3 years as a teenager, I saw The Who in 1982 and 1989, both great shows, I consider them one of my favorite rock bands. Hey and believe it or not this was all in the 1970's and 1980's before Pearl Jam was even around.

    I am so sick of jackasses making bogus remarks as if other peoples whole lives revolve around Pearl Jam and that people can't think for themselves, guess what I also listened to The Ramones and Neil Young before there was Pearl Jam. Get a freaking clue, I could really give a shit who ANYONE in Pearl Jam likes or listens to, I THINK FOR MYSELF..........
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  • Blind Melon
    Blind Melon Posts: 911
    Have any of you (haters) actually listened to Tommy? It's so fucking incredible... and I absolutely love how Quadrophenia starts out with "I Am the Sea", where you hear rain and then "REIGN O'ER ME"... just sounds so fucking cool.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Not everyone offering a judicious criticism is a "hater".
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Cob wrote:

    I am so sick of jackasses making bogus remarks as if other peoples whole lives revolve around Pearl Jam and that people can't think for themselves, guess what I also listened to The Ramones and Neil Young before there was Pearl Jam. Get a freaking clue, I could really give a shit who ANYONE in Pearl Jam likes or listens to, I THINK FOR MYSELF..........


    A-FUCKING-MEN!!!!


    and just because you don't like the who doesn't lessen their impact on modern music....i can say the same kind of bullshit about pearl jam or any band....so you don't like the who....WHO GIVES A SHIT!!!!!!
  • comebackboy10
    comebackboy10 Posts: 139
    Cob wrote:
    I am so sick of jackasses making bogus remarks as if other peoples whole lives revolve around Pearl Jam and that people can't think for themselves, guess what I also listened to The Ramones and Neil Young before there was Pearl Jam. Get a freaking clue, I could really give a shit who ANYONE in Pearl Jam likes or listens to, I THINK FOR MYSELF..........
    agreed

    oh and you forgot fugazi
    PLAY THE GORGE IN 08 YOU PUSSIES

    On the dry and dusty road
    The nights we spent apart alone
    I need to get back home
    To cool cool rain


    LONG LIVE THE WHO! BE DEAD OR ALIVE

    i'll ride the wave where it take me, i'll hold the pain release meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    cutback wrote:
    A-FUCKING-MEN!!!!


    and just because you don't like the who doesn't lessen their impact on modern music....i can say the same kind of bullshit about pearl jam or any band....so you don't like the who....WHO GIVES A SHIT!!!!!!

    +1

    Pearl Jam will never be as inspirational as the Who.......ever
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i respect them, just dont like em. i think maybe they're music is more stuck in their own time than the Stones or beetles. too dated. just a theory.

    I still would have loved too hear them live back in the day though. i think they were a better live act.

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