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stratman	Favorite Who song	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3660 (07/08/09 12:21:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None The Kids are Allright You know you're going on a great two minute ride when you hear that slightly out of tune D chord chime out of that rickenbacker. Lately, I hold The Who up as the best band ever ....hands down. The Fabs had two beyond great songwriters. The Stones had two great songwriters. The Who had Pete. His BMI catalog has 400+ songs. The real Who died when Moonie died in my opinion. No offense to Kenny Jones. In fact he is on another one of my favorites "emminence front" Then when The Ox died he took the heart and soul of The Who with him. Long live The Who..................LONG LIVE ROCK!!! What's your favorite Who song people?
ramiller	My Wife	#1	[-]
Posts: 141 (07/08/09 12:31:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's easy for me cause this was the song I related to, and lived:) but it's not a Pete song, it's My Wife...had the pleasure of opening for The Who at of all places Code One, we played a few shows (dont recall how many) and I wrote about it before so I wont repeat the same ole broken guitar thing. At the time Cant Explain was their "big song" they weren't as popular yet, it was a strange night. I watched but didn't quite grasp the breaking of instruments...bobby
bluebeatle	Their Last One......HA!	#2	[-]
Posts: 2084 (07/08/09 12:50:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Nah, I'm just foolin' ya StraP. I have many too, but they had phases ranging from not so hard to kick ass shit....and I liked all phases. With that said, one I really liked was "I Can See For Miles". Clean, with a lot going on, especially vocally. BB - Music Critic
rterrible		#3	[-]
Posts: 231 (07/08/09 13:00:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	a quick one while he's away kind of cheating cause it's like 5 mini songs in one, but i still get goosebumbs at the end when they're all harmonizing "you are forgiven!" i've heard that the reason the stones never released 'rock-n-roll circus at the time was because the who's performance of 'quick one' completely blew away the stones' uninspired set. favorite who album always changes, but lately it's 'the who sell out'. brilliantly crazy. or crazily brilliant
JeffMiami		#4	[-]
Posts: 3797 (07/08/09 13:10:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's so hard to pick just one, so I'll take two: "Happy Jack" and "Melancholia". I agree that Entwistle wrote some great songs, too (i.e. "Heaven & Hell", "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"). "Freedom is the only way to not conform." --Mick Crowley of the Hate Bombs, from "Safe Harbour", 1993
ramiller		#5	[-]
Posts: 142 (07/08/09 13:13:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Howabout Boris The Spider???
Little Debbie		#6	[-]
Posts: 55 (07/08/09 13:30:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Eminence Front
McFazz	The 'Oo	#7	[-]
Posts: 6788 (07/08/09 14:04:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Dr. Jimmy (off of Quadrophenia).
stratman	Miami Baseball Stadium 1977	#8	[-]
Posts: 3661 (07/08/09 15:12:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	How i ever missed the Code One performance is beyond me ....but maybe The Meat Department had a gig that night. Nice songs you blokes picked. I never meant to leave Entwistle out as a great songwriter but let's face it The who would have never flied on his tunes. The pressure was on Pete....bigtime. They really had it all and then some. Their stage act will never be surpassed. When you see Pete play nowdays he is even more brilliant than his earlier years. He is downright scarry on acoustic. Beeb, I love your pick........." I can see for miles" just kicks ass, vocally great with attitude,the drum sound is way before it's time and has still not been topped (sorry John Bonham freaks HA!) in my opinion. "Here's a toke at you , you're gonna choke out in two" You're gonna lose that smile because all the while......ICSFM............love the one note solo being double picked without fucking mercy.......makes you almost feel sorry for the guitar........Great Record...................I still can't figure out how it is humanly possible what Moonie played on "Bargain"........anyway...I love The Who but I can't stand Tommy.............weird huh? Who's next and Quadrophenia were more than records to me. They were important...............still are. strat
stratman	I'm a moonpie	#9	[-]
Posts: 3662 (07/08/09 15:16:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The tite of my previous post reads The WHO Miami Baseball stadium 1977..................but I didn't talk about it..................."so here's a toke at you" ....HA!
felix		#10	[-]
Posts: 1702 (07/08/09 16:23:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	http://bartoxfountain.blogspot.com/2008/11/for-record-who-played-at-code-1-in-fort.html Those are the photos of the Who at Code 1. I think right now "Don't Get Fooled Again" sticks with me the most. But it's a tough call because I like a lot of their stuff. The wonderful wonderful cat!
ramiller		#11	[-]
Posts: 145 (07/08/09 16:39:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	WOW!!! Thanks for posting The Who photos at Code One, yep just as I remember them, wasn't me that said they weren't fantastic, just never experienced the smashing guitar thing. Sure seems like we played two shows though, but I could be wrong, it was so long ago...again thanx...bobby PS - Ok I'll tell about it once more...Pete changed guitars as I remember and than did the smashing routine and it went into the audience, and then a roadie went out into the crowd and paid someone I think about $25 to get it back, so that they could put it together and smash it again next time.
McFazz	The Punk Meets The Godfather	#12	[-]
Posts: 6789 (07/09/09 04:02:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	As I grow older, I realize how silly and goofy many of the Beatles' tunes are. (I still love them). Not a Stones fan at all. But Townsend...now that bastard speaks to me. He writes from so many emotional directions that I get goosebumps. I wasn't much of a Who fan when I was in my twenties. I'm embarrassed for my naivete and ignorance during that time. From Quadrophenia: http://www.zshare.net/audio/624318810470b9b7/
Intruders	The Who	#13	[-]
Posts: 457 (07/09/09 06:21:29) Local user Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was fortunate to see the Who perform two times. The first was the Code One show. I have a bunch of photos from right in front of the stage the same as are posted here. Look at the photos closely on the link posted by Felix above and note that Keith's drum kit that night was the "Pictures of Lily" kit. Anyone know the story behind this? Anyway this show was unbelievable. In another thread a few years ago I wrote about Pete tossing his broken guitar into the audience which was caught by a girl in the crowd. One of the roadies comes flying out of nowhere and is trying to wrestle it from her and the crowd boos him and starts pressing in on him. He lets go and the cheers go out. Freakin' awesome night. The second time I saw them was at the Miami Marine Stadium. The night was opened by poet Allen Ginsberg, voice of the Beat Generation. Anyway, the show was great and this was "according to Pete"...the first time they played "Magic Bus" to an American audience. Don't know if that's true or not. The show was unbelievable...right up to when Keith pushed his drums into the water in front of the stage. The roadies had to swim that night. As you can tell, I have vivid memories of those particular concerts. I recently saw Roger and Pete in a concert on the Palladium channel (hi def.). They did a good job but Roger's voice is pretty much gone. What the hell...we're a bunch of old bastards, right? Anyway it's probably getting close to the end of the "performing" road for them. Interestingly there was a short interview segment with Roger where he explained exactly how they had to tape the mic. so he could use it as a lasso. Oh yeah...my favorite tune? The one that Pete says is more pertinent today because we've all made it to this point on this long strange trip..."My Generation". It is our anthem.
bluebeatle	Marine Stadium	#14	[-]
Posts: 2087 (07/09/09 06:52:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	We were there in Dewey Bonds boat right next to the stage...best floating seat available! Came close to diving in when the drums went in....didn't. Can't remember who opened the show. Great concert! BB
stratman	The Who at Miami Baseball Stadium	#15	[-]
Posts: 3663 (07/09/09 07:18:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	my dearest Gwendolyn and I attended this show. it was a rough crowd. Alot of Hooligans. We made it up to the very front to try and find a spot in front of Pete but we had to settle for the other side of the stage. It was just crazy. Gwen and I had to just go with the flow of the "Whoeys" . Without our feet touching the ground we ended up center stage. My first and only mosh pit experience. We got out alive. I believe the Stills - Young band opened the show with George Terry in their band. Unmemorable. That night Keith Moon ended up in Hollywood Memorial's flight deck. Moonie split from reality from PCP. I don't know if he ever made it back. I have a cassette of The who at MMS. The sound quality is horrible but you can tell The Who were having a special musical night. Pete went off on some funk rhythms that killed. The MMS show was in 1968. Intruders, you mentioned the Picture of Lily drumkit. I have pics of The Who at a teencenter in rural Indiana with moon on that kit or one just like it. This was in 1966. Supposed Who expert texperts tell me it can't be so because he first got the kit in 1967. WHO knows...HA! a pun
JeffMiami		#16	[-]
Posts: 3798 (07/09/09 07:30:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	BB, The opening acts were People, The Ohio Express, and The Tropics (from Tampa). "Freedom is the only way to not conform." --Mick Crowley of the Hate Bombs, from "Safe Harbour", 1993
bluebeatle	Opening	#17	[-]
Posts: 2088 (07/09/09 08:24:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You got it! Ohio Express SUCKED!!!!! I think they embarrassed themselves. People blew me away....I really liked them. No memory of The Tropics. Thanks Jaff....BeeB
ramiller	guitar	#18	[-]
Posts: 146 (07/09/09 08:37:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Who am I? Been reading this thread, so I went out and sat on the swing under the big oak tree and thought - now remember this was 1968, and I was 19. Now I do recall us having to rent a U-Haul cause Tommy's (Higgs) van bit the dust, and we had Norman Harris' Hammond B3 to lug, so it became a group effort every time we played. It was in the afternoon (we lived in Coral Gables at the time) well, me and the lead singer shared a 1920's Moorish house, but we did have two strippers living there too, but that's another story. Code One? We didn't have a clue where or what it was, (sorry made a booboo, I played there before in The Finders Keepers) but we found it and unloaded the crap. We then drove to Hollywood and I believe in the circle, well some circle somewhere was an Arby's, and our singer went wild and said we had to stop (I had never experienced an Arby's before, and wasn't impressed but was hungry)...Now we - The Glass Menagerie played and I dont recall exactly where I was standing when The Who played, but I certainly was not in the front nor in the crowd. I distinctively remember the guitar (a strat) going into the audience and the roadie rushing by me to retrieve it, there were boos, but I sincerely believe the roadie told me that he bought it back for money. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, though it was long ago in Coopertown...bobby Last Edited By: ramiller 07/09/09 08:41:44. Edited 2 times.
stratman	ohio express.........................? that's just sad....anyhoo......	#19	[-]
Posts: 3664 (07/09/09 08:39:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Flix, thanks for the pictures. I see Pete is brandishing a stratocaster not a rick or an SG................ Ever notice that The Who never used a drum riser for moon. I always thought that was cool and brought a barband feel to them. Nobody snapped a shot of my deceased friend The Ox. It was really weird to see Roger, Pete and Moonie going gagootz while the only thing moving on John was his fingers and eyes. To me, Entwistle stands as the best bassist.........EVER. Chops, Tone and the ability to fly all over those frets and still hold it together. I met the cat............very nice guy and funny as hell............straP more great Who songs:The Real Me,Mick already mentioned The Punk Meets the Godfather....."I'm one"...."Blue red and grey"...."Success Story" by John on The Who by Numbers.........I love that LP................How Many Friends (do I really got)?............ Ever notice how very few cover bands played Who tunes? Every band I was ever in had to learn Who songs. Luckily, I played with a bassist who could pull it off. and Yes....he had an original Alembic bass. Drummers were always a problem but for one Randy Parr from Boston. Bruno would have loved Randy.
Fugue1		#20	[-]
Posts: 102 (07/09/09 08:44:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Have to go with my first love "Can't Explain".

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