These guys never... ever... disappoint. What a showing. Every week I am STILL finding new favorite tracks a YEAR into doing this every week. That is what I call prolific. What should we do next? Let me know here!
The tastier versions of some of the singles(especially Substitute) can be found on the "Live at Leeds" album. Released in 1970 it stands the test of time. Love your videos and reactions, it does my heart good to see someone your age enjoying the Dinosaur Rock I grew up on. 69 years young & still listening to all the Greats.
Finishing off MBBB, or at least the singled you haven't already covered, would be one option. It came out right after Who's Next, and I bought it not knowing it was a compilation album, and that's how I learned that the Who had been around a while!
The lyric “ I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth” 👌🏻 is the term “ born with a silver spoon in your mouth” used in the US ? It’s a UK slang for inherited wealth
"I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth" In the UK we often refer to someone who had a privileged upbringing as born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
One thing that is different about The Who is that while their contemporaries were writing love songs or songs from the perspective of an individual, Who songs tended to be about the individual's relationship to culture or society or peers... Not just his girlfriend, not just his parents but how the individual (narrator) related to and functioned within a social structure. I believe that's just the way Pete Townshend was thinking at the time. I think Pete felt like an outsider for much of his life
From the album Odds and Sods, Put the Money Down, Pure And Easy, The Naked Eye. The Live At Leeds album at minimum My Generation Jam and Magic Bus. The film of the Tanglewood concert 1970 is a must watch. There is more but this is a taste.
As one who was around when this stuff was first released it must be realized how amazing this was compared to what else was coming out. Way, WAY ahead of everyone else.
In the USA, the Substitute single had revised lyrics... "I try walking forward, but my feet walk back". Everywhere else in the world it had the lyrics, "I look all white, but my dad was black". When the M.B.B.B. comp came out in the US, it included the non USA single version.
Happy Who Wednesday! Pete gave Roger a cowriting credit on AAA because of some suggestions he offered that were used in the song. Of this, Pete once said "In subsequent years, Roger offered such suggestions for free!", or words to that effect. Great reaction!
Love these tracks, the Who are so great. I have my favorites, but you can't go wrong with anything they did. Keep 'em coming , L33. We're here for them all. My Hubby made money playing pinball back in the day. Blessings all.
You can kind of tell that Roger's voice still has some maturing to do before he becomes the Roger of the late 60s and 70s. Love the studio version of Pinball. I love the amazing acoustic strumming. He played that Gibson J-200 til it fell apart. Made me want one...not that I could ever play like Pete...plus, I don't have the budget to afford one. One last note about Pinball. How about the key change for the last verse. Pete loved making key changes in Who songs. Very effective songwriting tool. You just don't hear them in current music.
There's another song The Who did that wasnt very famous but was one of my favorites. "The Seeker" It has a great lead and a great performance by Daltry. Pinball Wizard was a big hit for them. First Who song that made me say "Wow listen to that bass!" It was the selected single from Tommy. Some GREAT acoustical stuff on Tommy too.
I’m happy that you enjoy The Who’s music so much. Outside of The Beatles, they were my favorite band. I got to see them live in 1975 at MSG in NY when I was 16 years old. Had seats close to the stage. Got them via lottery. Best concert I ever went to.
Great riffs all around. "Pinball Wizard" is probably the first song by The Who that I was aware of as a kid. It was a massive hit in the states for years. And yeah, that bass on "Substitute" -- you know Chris Squire was paying attention!
In those days singles couldn't be much longer than 3 minutes (per record companies) in order to get on the radio. There were only a handful of songwriters that could pack so much musicality, along with intelligent lyrics into 3 minutes. Of course, after album rock became a thing the Who and their overall creative brilliance were unleashed....on the radio and on stage! As a kid, I Can See For Miles 1967 and Call Me Lightning 1968 (written in '64) were released as singles in the U.S. back to back, and permanently rewired my brain to make me a lifelong Who fan.
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy!! Wow, I had this album on cassette, listened to it most evenings on my 30 mile drive home from work......LOUD!!😂😂 Must re-visit this album!!
"My Generation was partly a hit cause people loved those short little bass solos so on Substitute I had my bass really loud so it'd be like another bass solo." - John Entwistle interviewed for Goldmine Magazine
Part of the soundtrack of my youth. Substitute remains one of my favourite songs of the Who. Early Who just rocked so hard. When I was about 10 I first heard The Who amd I remember being at my friends house and heard them and we made it our lifes ambition to take drugs!!! Oh dear.
When I was just 13 years young, we had this strange record player that could hold up to 8 singles. The Who's Substitute was one of them. It was magic abd hard rock compared to the danish melodies that were playing on the radio in 1968. Thanks for brilliant memories. Kissing my first girl to the tunes of Substitute and Happy Jack 😂
Loved Substitute from the first time I heard it soon after it was released. Saw the Who in 1968, 1973 & 2009. Also saw the stage production of Tommy in 1973 with Roger as Tommy and Keith as Uncle Ernie. The first single I ever bought was I’m a Boy
I bought Substitute on single when it was released in 1966 'n it remains one o' my favorite Who songs. The UK 'n US versions had different lyrics. There was a time once upon a time when I put both version back to back over 'n over on a 60 minute blank tape so I could listen to Substitute non stop for an hour.
Since you mentioned that nickname, let me talk a sec about "The Ox". He was actually called that because he could outdrink and outdrug all the members of a band that had Keith Moon in it! The sad irony, given that he died pretty young due to heart failure, was that his body didn't really handle the abuse very well at all. As Pete put it when I saw them in concert once, "He died of rock and roll", cocaine in his system and a hooker in his bed, ready to start the tour. He was rock's greatest bass guitarist. They say he was very approachable, willing to meet and talk to fans and sign autographs anytime. He loved being a rock star.
Love Love Who Wednesdays Great reaction to some of my favorite Who tunes Substitute was the turning point to Rock It is catchy but not bubble gum pop Pinball Wizard is phenomenal Love And Music Always 💜🤟✌️🎵🎶💜
Glorious Who songs. Great to hear them again (after being genuinely underwhelmed by the Quick One and Who Sell Out albums). Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere is crazy for 1965. Substitute well deserves that entry in the best songs listing. There is an incredible live take on Live at Leeds. So many '60s bands have their very best songs as singles only.
The "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" LP name is a reference to the 4 members of the Who, while sounding like some kind of sexual innuendo. Meaty - Roger Beaty - Keith Big - John And Bouncy - Pete
you should see Pinball Wizard from the movie Tommy, Elton John plays the pinball wizard, sings, plays the "piano" and its a truly surreal scene. The Who band members back him up. There are other parts of the movie that are unforgettable (Tina Turner plays the Acid Queen) Roger plays Tommy.
"Substitute" "The Kids Are Alright" & "I Cant Explain" are fantastic early Who tracks. I love The Who but I have a little bit of blasphemy to speak: I wish somebody would use AI to clean up the audio because the recordings can be so tinny, shallow and hollow sounding
Check out Elton John's version of Pinball Wizard...It's longer and has a fuller sound. It adds piano and a more production layering . It's featured on the soundtrack of the movie Tommy. I like both versions equally for different reasons.
Yeah, I’d love to hear both versions of I’m a Boy the official single release and a longer and different version which i believe was in an album later on.
There is a saying in the UK, 'Born with a silver spoon in his mouth', and it means being born into a wealthy family. This song distorts this; by saying the spoon is plastic it is effectively saying the opposite ie that he was born into a poor family.
Pretty sure most of the songs on this album were from 1965-1967, with 'Pinball Wizard' (69)' and 'The Seeker' (1970) the exceptions. A great sampling of their earlier stuff, every song on the album is really good. Lots of great memories listening to 'Meaty Beaty...' when I was in my mid teens. When they did 'Substitute' at the Leeds show they cut out the bass solo and the last verse, not sure why they did that. Usually if anything they would extend songs when playing live.
Lee, are you going to react to their debut UK album? It's only one of the most influential albums of all time. And Tommy too. It's the album that broke them big worldwide. Can't leave that out either.
"Anywhere Anyhow....." You should check out David Bowie's cover of that song off the 1973 Pin Ups album. Sorry, but I like the Bowie version.....both are good, but Bowie takes it to another level.
@@marthag9321 Good enough. I just prefer hearing Roger and Pete singing Who songs over Oliver Reed and Ann Margret butchering them. Outside of Elton John's "Pinball Wizard" and maybe Roger's "I'm Free" it's just unbearable.
Three great songs, hope you also check out Join Together another Who beauty. You should check out the film Tommy, it's fantastic. Elton John is the Pinball wizard.
These guys never... ever... disappoint. What a showing. Every week I am STILL finding new favorite tracks a YEAR into doing this every week. That is what I call prolific. What should we do next? Let me know here!
Watch the movies Quadraphenia & The Kids Are Alright. That would be awesome to watch along
The tastier versions of some of the singles(especially Substitute) can be found on the "Live at Leeds" album. Released in 1970 it stands the test of time. Love your videos and reactions, it does my heart good to see someone your age enjoying the Dinosaur Rock I grew up on. 69 years young & still listening to all the Greats.
Live at Leeds
Finishing off MBBB, or at least the singled you haven't already covered, would be one option. It came out right after Who's Next, and I bought it not knowing it was a compilation album, and that's how I learned that the Who had been around a while!
Lee, the older tracks and many others can be seen as live concert videos. Some sound much better than the album versions. Many are pro shot.
The Bass on Substitute: just badass
"The Seeker" is friggin' amazing! Should be a definite pick for next week!
The lyric “ I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth” 👌🏻 is the term “ born with a silver spoon in your mouth” used in the US ? It’s a UK slang for inherited wealth
Three great tracks here! Thanks Lee!
The Who’s catalog is boundless. I’ve been listening for 46 years- still getting blown away. That’s always a sign of true genius. Love the new neon!😮
"I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth"
In the UK we often refer to someone who had a privileged upbringing as born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
It's the same in the US.
Some great Who tunes .. thank you
Pinball Wizard. Genius. From the first real Rock Opera.
❤🎉❤ Pinball Wizard iconic! Keith Moon goes crazy in Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere! 😉
yes he does!! he was a goddamn hero haha
You really need to do the whole Tommy album.
One thing that is different about The Who is that while their contemporaries were writing love songs or songs from the perspective of an individual, Who songs tended to be about the individual's relationship to culture or society or peers... Not just his girlfriend, not just his parents but how the individual (narrator) related to and functioned within a social structure.
I believe that's just the way Pete Townshend was thinking at the time. I think Pete felt like an outsider for much of his life
Now that is a very insightful comment.....I never thought of that before. Thanks....excellent.
"I look all white but my dad was black" = very little US airplay in 1966
That was incredible. It has been decades since I've heard substitute. Thanks, Lee. Your show is great.
60 years of listening enjoyment.
From the album Odds and Sods, Put the Money Down, Pure And Easy, The Naked Eye. The Live At Leeds album at minimum My Generation Jam and Magic Bus. The film of the Tanglewood concert 1970 is a must watch. There is more but this is a taste.
As one who was around when this stuff was first released it must be realized how amazing this was compared to what else was coming out. Way, WAY ahead of everyone else.
These Who songs are so iconic, bug too damn short. Thanks, Lee.
Substitute - pre-punk both musically and lyrically
Fantastic song with the "touch!!' never seen him fall
I Always thought that "Substitute" Would have fitted right in on the Quadrophenia album
In the USA, the Substitute single had revised lyrics... "I try walking forward, but my feet walk back". Everywhere else in the world it had the lyrics, "I look all white, but my dad was black". When the M.B.B.B. comp came out in the US, it included the non USA single version.
Yes, Pinball Wizard was on Tommy! You should do the whole thing if you haven't ❤
❤❤loved Tommy! All the musical talent involved, don't get that today IMHO!!!
Happy Who Wednesday! Pete gave Roger a cowriting credit on AAA because of some suggestions he offered that were used in the song. Of this, Pete once said "In subsequent years, Roger offered such suggestions for free!", or words to that effect. Great reaction!
Pinball Wizard is one of my favourite Songs! ❤ It was a huge Top Ten hit here in Canada 🇨🇦
Every Canadian 🇨🇦 I've had the pleasure to meet has great taste in music as you just proved
Love And Music
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Love these tracks, the Who are so great. I have my favorites, but you can't go wrong with anything they did. Keep 'em coming , L33. We're here for them all. My Hubby made money playing pinball back in the day. Blessings all.
Legendary and essential stuff!
You fuckin rock Lee! Best channel on the tube!
I keep saying this! He's been at this for a while now and you can tell. I love this channel 😍
Great legendary songs for a spectacular Who Wednesday! And the best part was the cute visitor from interruption! ☮️❤️🎶
Substitute from Live at Leeds!
I love these songs
❤❤me too Hart! And I loved all the talent stuffed into Tommy!!🎉
@ oh yeah sixties Who is my favorite Who
That stereo separation on Pete's guitar in "Pinball Wizard" is so iconic!
You can kind of tell that Roger's voice still has some maturing to do before he becomes the Roger of the late 60s and 70s. Love the studio version of Pinball. I love the amazing acoustic strumming. He played that Gibson J-200 til it fell apart. Made me want one...not that I could ever play like Pete...plus, I don't have the budget to afford one. One last note about Pinball. How about the key change for the last verse. Pete loved making key changes in Who songs. Very effective songwriting tool. You just don't hear them in current music.
There's another song The Who did that wasnt very famous but was one of my favorites. "The Seeker" It has a great lead and a great performance by Daltry. Pinball Wizard was a big hit for them. First Who song that made me say "Wow listen to that bass!" It was the selected single from Tommy. Some GREAT acoustical stuff on Tommy too.
Sooo FUN!!!! Singing along with ear buds in my backyard…My neighbors must be so pleased?❤
Bowie did a cover of
Anyway any how any where.
Pinball wizard when Entwistle comes in. That bass!!!
Who Wednesday 😊 It is always a treat. I will never miss an episode.
I’m happy that you enjoy The Who’s music so much. Outside of The Beatles, they were my favorite band. I got to see them live in 1975 at MSG in NY when I was 16 years old. Had seats close to the stage. Got them via lottery. Best concert I ever went to.
Great riffs all around. "Pinball Wizard" is probably the first song by The Who that I was aware of as a kid. It was a massive hit in the states for years. And yeah, that bass on "Substitute" -- you know Chris Squire was paying attention!
Was Substitute the first Punk music? I always thought the Who were the Primordial Punk band. ✌️❤️🎶
It sure sounds like it to me too
In those days singles couldn't be much longer than 3 minutes (per record companies) in order to get on the radio. There were only a handful of songwriters that could pack so much musicality, along with intelligent lyrics into 3 minutes. Of course, after album rock became a thing the Who and their overall creative brilliance were unleashed....on the radio and on stage!
As a kid, I Can See For Miles 1967 and Call Me Lightning 1968 (written in '64) were released as singles in the U.S. back to back, and permanently rewired my brain to make me a lifelong Who fan.
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy!! Wow, I had this album on cassette, listened to it most evenings on my 30 mile drive home from work......LOUD!!😂😂 Must re-visit this album!!
Hi Tiny Visitor! (who erstwhile sometimes tries to steal lights). 😊
John Entwhistle is king.
"My Generation was partly a hit cause people loved those short little bass solos so on Substitute I had my bass really loud so it'd be like another bass solo." - John Entwistle interviewed for Goldmine Magazine
Fortification for the day!!😄
Part of the soundtrack of my youth. Substitute remains one of my favourite songs of the Who. Early Who just rocked so hard. When I was about 10 I first heard The Who amd I remember being at my friends house and heard them and we made it our lifes ambition to take drugs!!! Oh dear.
When I was just 13 years young, we had this strange record player that could hold up to 8 singles. The Who's Substitute was one of them. It was magic abd hard rock compared to the danish melodies that were playing on the radio in 1968. Thanks for brilliant memories. Kissing my first girl to the tunes of Substitute and Happy Jack 😂
Pinball Wizard and Substitute are legendary tunes!
OMG you have to listen to Tommy as a whole (double) album. It'll blow you away... Guaranteed or your money back.
The Who opened their concert with Substitute when I saw them live in 1982!
Loved Substitute from the first time I heard it soon after it was released.
Saw the Who in 1968, 1973 & 2009.
Also saw the stage production of Tommy in 1973 with Roger as Tommy and Keith as Uncle Ernie.
The first single I ever bought was I’m a Boy
I bought Substitute on single when it was released in 1966 'n it remains one o' my favorite Who songs. The UK 'n US versions had different lyrics. There was a time once upon a time when I put both version back to back over 'n over on a 60 minute blank tape so I could listen to Substitute non stop for an hour.
Since you mentioned that nickname, let me talk a sec about "The Ox". He was actually called that because he could outdrink and outdrug all the members of a band that had Keith Moon in it! The sad irony, given that he died pretty young due to heart failure, was that his body didn't really handle the abuse very well at all. As Pete put it when I saw them in concert once, "He died of rock and roll", cocaine in his system and a hooker in his bed, ready to start the tour. He was rock's greatest bass guitarist. They say he was very approachable, willing to meet and talk to fans and sign autographs anytime. He loved being a rock star.
I don’t have one single Who favourite……………I have LOADS OF THEM !
Love Love Who Wednesdays
Great reaction to some of my favorite Who tunes
Substitute was the turning point to Rock
It is catchy but not bubble gum pop
Pinball Wizard is phenomenal
Love And Music Always 💜🤟✌️🎵🎶💜
Odds and Sods is a sensational album. Never seen anyone react to it. Pick a track ...you can't miss.
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Glorious Who songs. Great to hear them again (after being genuinely underwhelmed by the Quick One and Who Sell Out albums). Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere is crazy for 1965. Substitute well deserves that entry in the best songs listing. There is an incredible live take on Live at Leeds. So many '60s bands have their very best songs as singles only.
If the Beatles had done "Substitute", it would have been a great 'Paul is Dead' song.
Great picks Lee
That album behind you ("Live at Leeds") has really good live version of Substitute on it.
The "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" LP name is a reference to the 4 members of the Who, while sounding like some kind of sexual innuendo.
Meaty - Roger
Beaty - Keith
Big - John
And Bouncy - Pete
Pinball goes way back. They got more popular when they added the flippers in 1947.
Pinball was a bigger deal back then than it is now.
you should see Pinball Wizard from the movie Tommy, Elton John plays the pinball wizard, sings, plays the "piano" and its a truly surreal scene. The Who band members back him up. There are other parts of the movie that are unforgettable (Tina Turner plays the Acid Queen) Roger plays Tommy.
"Substitute" "The Kids Are Alright" & "I Cant Explain" are fantastic early Who tracks.
I love The Who but I have a little bit of blasphemy to speak: I wish somebody would use AI to clean up the audio because the recordings can be so tinny, shallow and hollow sounding
Meaty...Roger / Beaty...Keith / Big ...John / Bouncy....Pete. 😎
This is the feedback that John Lennon heard them perform that caught his ear for I Feel Fine...
I've seem The Who 5 times in the span of two decades... I'm pretty sure that each time they opened with I Can't Explain followed by Substitute
Cheers!
An uninterrupted stream of big (UK) hits in the 60s!
More singles ... I'm A Boy , It's Not True and the A Quick One album. Endless gold mine
Check out Elton John's version of Pinball Wizard...It's longer and has a fuller sound. It adds piano and a more production layering . It's featured on the soundtrack of the movie Tommy. I like both versions equally for different reasons.
ruclips.net/video/G6gZ2kFyKF0/видео.html
Yeah, I’d love to hear both versions of I’m a Boy the official single release and a longer and different version which i believe was in an album later on.
@L33 Reacts, I second you doing an album review of Tommy by The Who. You will not be disappointed! Cheers!
I triple you doing Tommy
There is a saying in the UK, 'Born with a silver spoon in his mouth', and it means being born into a wealthy family. This song distorts this; by saying the spoon is plastic it is effectively saying the opposite ie that he was born into a poor family.
Substitute you for my Mom..at least I'll get my washing done😂🧺
Pretty sure most of the songs on this album were from 1965-1967, with 'Pinball Wizard' (69)' and 'The Seeker' (1970) the exceptions. A great sampling of their earlier stuff, every song on the album is really good. Lots of great memories listening to 'Meaty Beaty...' when I was in my mid teens. When they did 'Substitute' at the Leeds show they cut out the bass solo and the last verse, not sure why they did that. Usually if anything they would extend songs when playing live.
The Seeker, Magic Bus & I’m a Boy
Lee, are you going to react to their debut UK album? It's only one of the most influential albums of all time.
And Tommy too. It's the album that broke them big worldwide. Can't leave that out either.
Yes finish the album - I'm A Boy is classic Who and The Seeker is a great song.
Back in the day it was always beatles vs the stones .....the who blow them away!!
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The iconic Wizard from the movie with improvements from Jon. ruclips.net/video/7hMzUpEbdSQ/видео.html
Substitute is my favorite Who track....
Time for TOMMY!
Yes writing for the WHO was almost entirely Pete Townsend and a very rare Entwistle.
Townsend encouraged them to write songs but they either wouldn’t or couldn’t.
Too bad you've never played pinball! You'd have some fun!,and understand WTF>Roger is singing about!and Pete meant!
Do yourself a favour and just listen to Tommy in full. It's a sonic masterpiece, got a story to follow and the drumming is splendid.
Yea Daltry was never a writer. Even on his excellant solo album the songs were written by various authors
Title has order wrong...
He said he does it for the search engine, I think.
"Anywhere Anyhow....." You should check out David Bowie's cover of that song off the 1973 Pin Ups album. Sorry, but I like the Bowie version.....both are good, but Bowie takes it to another level.
I love Pinball Wizard. I like the music. You need to see the movie. If you already have, see it again
I really love the who, but the movie is hot garbage.
@@cartoonerystudios❤❤😂some people's hot garbage is other's hot buffet!! The talent in Tommy is incredible! Just this boomer's opinion!! 😮
@@marthag9321 Good enough. I just prefer hearing Roger and Pete singing Who songs over Oliver Reed and Ann Margret butchering them. Outside of Elton John's "Pinball Wizard" and maybe Roger's "I'm Free" it's just unbearable.
@cartoonerystudios 🤗 I totally get your point! 👍👍👍
Three great songs, hope you also check out Join Together another Who beauty. You should check out the film Tommy, it's fantastic. Elton John is the Pinball wizard.
Tommy, and do the clips from the movie. Elton John and a must is Tina Turner as the acid queen.
Heaven and Hell....the seeker
The Who singles? You should do just every single one! Just sayin...
Hey L33. LFG
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