From this weekend’s NY Times:
?I don?t particularly like the world technology has created. Has anything really gotten better with the computer, or are you just doing more and more of less and less? … I think the Internet is just an advertising device of very dubious returns.”
No, not Jared Leto. Those are the words of Roger Daltry from Alan Light’s article on the Who’s first new studio album in 24 years.
So, Roger hates the Web? What more ironic way to advertise celebrate Endless Wire than a Stereogum sweepstakes?! One of you Internet readers is gonna win a complete Who CD catalog. Long live rock (blogs).
Grand Prize Winner gets these 15 albums:
A Quick One
BBC Sessions
The Who By Numbers
Faces Dances
It?s Hard
The Kids Are Alright
Live At Leeds [Deluxe Edition]
Odds And Sods
Quadrophenia
The Who Sings My Generation [Deluxe Edition]
The Who Sell Out
Tommy [Deluxe Edition]
Who Are You
Who?s Next [Deluxe Edition]
Endless Wire [Deluxe Edition]
Half of the new album is a mini-opera (are you surprised?). But, says Pete Townshend, “This is not the old Who. We never said it would be. It is something else.” Here are two streams.
The Who – “It’s Not Enough” WIN MEDIA | REAL
The Who – “Tea And Theatre” WIN MEDIA | REAL
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The New Who are currently on tour; here’s what the setlist looked like at Proms across the pond the other night. We hear they’re still kick ass in concert, even if Pete himself says save your money. We will, however, pay $10 to see Mike Myers as Keith Moon. That’s gonna be awesome or totally suck.
Let’s end with a bang. The legendary Smothers Brothers performance in which Keith destroys Pete’s hearing:
Here‘s that contest link again. Good luck!
And for the peanut gallery: Best Who album? Go…
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Who’s Next.
Lost of windmilling, microphone-twirling greatness back before Robert Pollard drank a case of beer and tried it himself.
this is an A-1 kick-ass contest. tie for best Who album: “Tommy” (duh) and “Who’s Next.”
Best Who album? – Live at Leeds, hands down.
I’m going with Quadrophenia. Whether it’s the “best” or just my favorite, I’m too biased to say.
The Who Sell Out + Happy Jack = Peak Who.
For the rock operas, Quadrophenia hands down. Overall, probably Who’s Next.
The very fertile 1965-68 period represents the greatest era of The Who, in my opinion. “The Who Sell Out” (especially in mono) is the peak of their creative genius. I was surprisingly pleased with “Endless Wire” – some of it sounds as glossy as that pseudo-prog album cover, but much of it captures the old Pete/Roger chemistry.
Quadrophenia is not only my favorite Who album, it’s by far my overall favorite album ever. Never get tried of it. “I’m One” is one of my favorite songs.
BTW – why the crap isn’t Jason Schwartzman playing Keith in that biopic? I think he looks like a spitting image of a young Keith Moon AND he’s already knows how to play the drums!
Quadrophenia, Who’s Next & Live at Leeds are the best albums and represent their true peak.
Tommy is great, but isn’t produced very well. In some ways, the Tommy stuff on the deluxe Live at Leeds is better.
Sell Out is creative and starts out strong, but loses it halfway through.
A Quick One (aka Happy Jack) is cool, but not as emotionally satisfying as their best stuff.
Quadrophenia is by far the best but The Who By Numbers is definitely the most underrated. TWBN has some of Pete’s best songs.
It’s a tossup between Who’s Next & Who By Numbers for me. But, seriously… I can make a decent argument for any Who album.
Don’t even get me started on why It’s Hard is good and Daltrey’s hand in ruining the public perception of it, for example.
The Who Sell Out. A giant tub of beans.
“Quadrophenia” is the best Who album. I’m wondering why they didn’t call the new one “Who’s Left”.
The Who Sell Out, of course.
I still haven’t gotten my my Of Montreal vinyl, now that I think about it.
No no no!
Jason Schwartzman should be playing Keith Moon. Why can’t they see this?!
Definitely, definitely Live At Leeds. Best live album ever made imo.
Who’s Next, without a doubt. Just when one thinks all the Who can do are the long-form rock operas, they take the 1970s straight into the arena with the perfect pop-rock album. Other bands (including The Who) would try to capture that stuff and then recycle it ad infinitum, some to better effect than others. But it started with Who’s Next.
DwD
Live at Leeds.
Best. Live album. Ever.
Live at Leeds
sooooo good!
QUADROPHENIA. Hands down.