The board's server will undergo upgrade maintenance tonight, Nov 5, 2014, beginning approximately around 10 PM ET. Prepare for some possible down time during this process.
FAQ    Search

Board index » Word on the Street » Other Bands




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 40 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 5:57 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
McParadigm wrote:
All those later records are better written, and are very much the big payoff of the early explorations, but that 1964-66 period is really the heart of the art, as it were....that moment of total, almost blind inventive drive that ultimately created this incredible sound....a band that could balance their music on the absolute precipice of chaos, could do so indefinitely, and would sneer and strut while they did it.

Here, here.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 5:57 pm 
Offline
User avatar
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm
Posts: 31925
Location: Buenos Aires
Where?

_________________
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Hehe


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 5:57 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
I'm going to start this thread by saying the original version of A Quick One, While He's Away (which can be found on the 30 Years Maximum R&B box set) is the version to listen to.


That's great, but it's not the original version. It's a Frankenstein hybrid of the original version and the rock & roll circus version. Most of the liner notes/descriptions for that box set are completely wrong because the Who's production team are a bunch of fucktards.

Where can one find the true original version?


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 5:58 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
theplatypus wrote:
Where?

I can't believe I did that. I correct people who say here here instead of hear hear all the time!


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 6:01 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Rank This Poster
 Profile

Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm
Posts: 4032
Lament wrote:
The Who By Numbers is another great record, though sadly underrated.

I love Who By Numbers. "Slip Kid" is easily one of my favourite Who songs.



Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 6:09 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Future Drummer
 Profile

Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am
Posts: 2809
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Where can one find the true original version?


On the "A Quick One" album.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 6:18 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Where can one find the true original version?


On the "A Quick One" album.

So basically I just prefer the rawness (and the DON'T JOIN IN!) of the rock and roll circus live version.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri August 09, 2013 6:46 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Future Drummer
 Profile

Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am
Posts: 2809
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Where can one find the true original version?


On the "A Quick One" album.

So basically I just prefer the rawness (and the DON'T JOIN IN!) of the rock and roll circus live version.


There's a soundtrack album where you can get the full version.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Wed January 28, 2015 10:27 am 
Offline
User avatar
AnalLog
 Profile

Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 9:02 am
Posts: 1440
Location: Netherlands
Been listening to their records all week, haven't done that in a while. Still really one of the all-time greats, but I have a feeling their popularity is at a low nowadays. They don't seem to find as many new and young fans discovering their music as let's say Led Zeppelin.

Speaking of discovering, some solo records are also really really good (althought most suck... ).

But these are fantastic:





Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 4:46 am 
Offline
User avatar
tl;dr
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm
Posts: 8440
Fact: the forgotten single "Dogs" has been my favorite Who song for the past couple years:


Also, I think the best version of "A Quick One" is the one from the BBC Sessions album.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 5:10 am 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:48 pm
Posts: 33413
Location: Mountains
Kevin Davis wrote:
Fact: the forgotten single "Dogs" has been my favorite Who song for the past couple years:


Also, I think the best version of "A Quick One" is the one from the BBC Sessions album.



Sorry KD. you are wrong 1 more time:



Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 5:16 am 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
The 30 Years Maximum R&B version is the best version.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 5:17 am 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:48 pm
Posts: 33413
Location: Mountains
sorry to be a PJ dork but MMJ and EV version is so amazing.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 12:46 pm 
Offline
User avatar
tl;dr
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm
Posts: 8440
I find the live/studio transitions in the "Maximum R&B" version too jarring; I actually think the simple existence of that weird hybrid version is kind of baffling. This is the sweet stuff for me:


I don't really care for My Morning Jacket, so that cover ain't even coming close for me. Sorry, Strat.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 1:50 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Stone's Bitch
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:47 pm
Posts: 9126
Location: unnamed mental hospital
Gimme the raw balls-to-the-wall let's embarrass and destroy the Rolling Stones at their own event madness of the Rock & Roll Circus "Quick One." It's the perfect example of the controlled chaos almost going off the rails but kept in check by the ramrod backbone tone of Pete's Gibson SG Special (it's an ENGINE DRIV-AAAAAAH) each crushing windmill drawing the band back to the epicenter of Maximum R&B long incoherent description over.

DANG
DANG
DANG
DANG
DANG
DANG
DANG
DANG

_________________
Strat wrote:
Alas, we are RM


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 3:25 pm 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:36 pm
Posts: 25708
Location: Mushroom Kingdom
Strat wrote:
sorry to be a PJ dork but MMJ and EV version is so amazing.


It really is. :nice:


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 10:16 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Poster of the Year
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm
Posts: 37156
Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
Kevin Davis wrote:
I find the live/studio transitions in the "Maximum R&B" version too jarring; I actually think the simple existence of that weird hybrid version is kind of baffling.

You're a fool. (don't join in!)


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Fri February 24, 2017 11:33 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Future Drummer
 Profile

Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am
Posts: 2809
Why are people talking and complaining about that "hybrid" AQO when you can just as easily get the seperate versions complete?


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Wed July 06, 2022 10:47 pm 
Offline
User avatar
The Master
 Profile

Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm
Posts: 45915
Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Sell Out reissue this Friday: Half-speed remaster from the original tapes, lacquers cut at abbey road. It’s my second favorite Who album so I’m all over this.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: The Who
PostPosted: Wed July 06, 2022 10:53 pm 
Offline
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
 Profile

Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Posts: 23739
Location: almost in canada
tragabigzanda wrote:
Sell Out reissue this Friday: Half-speed remaster from the original tapes, lacquers cut at abbey road. It’s my second favorite Who album so I’m all over this.

inspired by the album cover, i have had many cans of the blue british heinz beans cans around as a piece of "art" for many years..the latest one is sitting on the fire place mantle..


Top
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 40 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Board index » Word on the Street » Other Bands


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 18 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
It is currently Tue March 19, 2024 4:23 am