Entwistle and Keith Moon are arguably the greatest rhythm section in the history of Rock and Roll music. He’s like The Who’s version of John Lennon and Martin. He’s a great musician and an even better song writer, arranger, and producer. Run Through the Jungle, Fortunate Son, and their version of Heard it Through the Grapevine are some of my all time favorites.ĭaltry calling out the Cancel Culture Clan… I’m cool with that. I don’t even really care much for the Doors minus the bass guitar. Most of what I like has to have some good picking. A lot of it does sound messy to me though… pre-digital age and pre auto tuning the recordings could be rough. Lots of ground was broken as Rock became electrified and distorted.
Even in 1979 AC/DC released Highway to Hell and THAT was highly controversial. That was more shocking than everybody trying to outdo everybody else today… especially in Hip Hop. Then the Doors gave them the middle finger by sticking with “girl we couldn’t get much higher” instead of changing it to “we couldn’t get much better”. The Stones had to change the lyrics “let’s spend the night together” to “let’s spend some time together” on Ed Sullivan. Dave Grohl and Mike McCready would be at the front of the line giving The Who and the others respect for what they accomplished.Ĭlick to expand.It was scandalous and hilarious. Nothing outstanding although I prefer most of that over Punk and New Wave. IMO they raised the bar from the early roots like Bill Haley, Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Everlies, etc. And it was before my time of being aware of what was going on, but the recordings were there once I started listening to stuff other than KISS and Nugent.
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Vietnam War, social upheaval, blasting away at racial barriers, free love, long hair on males, Soviet nuclear war threats, assassinations, protests, electrified instruments and rudimentary studio techniques… it’s all interwoven with that music. The bands that you are dissing ruled Rock in the late 60s and early 70s. I’m saying this and they are probably not in my top 10 favorite acts. They are just as talented if not more than Pete Townsend, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Jimmy Page, etc.Ĭlick to expand.Pete Townsend isn’t a great guitarist. Dave Grohl and Trent Reznor played nearly every instrument on their early albums, as well as wrote their own music. The deification of certain bands is nonsense. that were just as talented and produced great albums. There have been dozens of great bands across many genres since The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc. Do they have some good songs? Yes, but let’s stop pretending that the British rock invasion of the 60’s was some magical era that produced rock nirvana. There is nothing magical about Roger Daltrey’s voice. Was he a great song writer? Yes, so are many others. Is Pete Townsend a great guitarist? Yes, so are many others. The only difference between The Who and more modern rock bands is nostalgia. Every era of music had its great ones, they are no different. No offense but they all can’t be revolutionary and transformative. Everyone says the same thing about Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Doors, etc.
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