On the Who's final album with Keith Moon, their trademark honest power started to get diluted by fatigue and a sense that the group's collective vision was beginning to fade. As instrumentalists, their skills were intact. More problematic was the erratic quality of the material, which seemed torn between blustery attempts at contemporary relevance ("Sister Disco," "New Song," "Music Must Change") and bittersweet insecurity ("Love Is Coming Down"). Most problematic of all were the arrangements, heavy on the symphonic synthesizers and strings, which make the record sound cluttered and overanxious. Roger Daltrey's operatic tough-guy braggadocio in particular was beginning to sound annoying on several cuts. Yet Pete Townshend's better tunes -- "Music Must Change," "Love Is Coming Down," and the anthemic title track -- continued to explore the contradictions of aging rockers in interesting, effective ways. Whether due to Moon's death or not, it was the last reasonably interesting Who record. The 1996 CD reissue adds five previously unreleased alternate takes and demos.
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I finally got caught up on my emails, and needless to say it was an all day event. Page after page I went through, and a question popped into my head. Why did you chose the mog name that you did? I have gotten to know quite a few of you by your "real" names over the past few months, but a lot of you have screen names that make me wonder why did you choose that? I will go first on this one and e...
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Morning Moggies. I’m not normally up at this early an hour since I work evenings, but duty calls this morn as I’m off to babysit my 5 month old nephew…which should be interesting. And here, for your listening pleasure…..The Who:A dynamic song from one of rock’s greatest composers; “Empty Glass”, recorded during the _Who Are You_ sessions, would later go on to feature on Pete Townshen
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I know this song is overused with all of the CSI's on rotation, but the Who are easily one of the most influential bands out there. The original lineup was incredible, some would say a super group from the start. And Pete just kills it on guitar. If you get the chance to see the story of the who on cable check it out. Fantastic footage and interviews with a ton of great musicians.
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| 1 New Song |
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| 2 Had Enough |
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| 3 905 |
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| 4 Sister Disco |
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| 5 Music Must Change |
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| 6 Trick Of The Light |
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| 7 Guitar And Pen |
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| 8 Love Is Coming Down |
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| 9 Who Are You |
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| 10 No Road Romance |
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| 11 Empty Glass |
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| 12 Guitar And Pen |
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| 13 Love Is Coming Down |
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| 14 Who Are You |
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