| The Who.
Fuck me
this is what it was all about. Cool clothes , attitude
and a visceral aggressive sound of fury. In 1965 Townsend
wrote "My personal motivation onstage is simple. It
consists of a hate of every kind of pop music and a hate
of everything our group has done...I don't see any career
ahead." An awesome band with the love / hate
relationship of Daltrey ( "I would have been a
criminal if I hadn't been a singer") and Townsend
and the totally lunatic Keith Moon on drums. Feedback
instrument destruction and some classic songs. The
archetypal leaders of a youth culture... Mod .. but the
template for later heroes. The first band to capture
teenage angst.
Unfortunately the 'Hope I die before I get
Old' refrain of My Generation turned to ashes as even aged 90 they are
still trundling that song out to their generation. Worse
than that they gave us Tommy which was part of pops dark
ages but we'll come to that., Lets instead celebrate some
classic early stuff like I Can't Explain, I Can See For Miles, Substitute and I'm a Boy.
Classic pop nihilism !!. Check out any early footage of
Townsend destroying his instrument, arms windmilling as
he hits the guitar, Daltrey swinging the mike and Mooney
going nuts. Play loud. Then look at the Jam and say I
wonder who their influences were.
My Generation ( audio
clip)
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On the
punkometer influence Patti Smith ,The Drones and Suburban
Studs covered My Generation. Raped used to cover I'm A
Boy and the Sex Pistols of course did
Substitute and I'm
A Boy.
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