From the Who, when they were just kids themselves. I think this was their first hit song from 1965 or 66. This really was the anthem for the 60s revolution, it was the younger generation's informing their parents, teachers, professors etc, things are going to be changing. It was a rebellion song, informing the world to pay attention to us..."My Generation."
It wasn't their first hit. Their first 2 singles - "I Can't Explain" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" - were both UK top 10 hits and both predate this classic. This was also the title track of their 1965 debut album. From the same album check out "The Kids Are Alright" (make sure it's the full length album version). Also they do a killer live version of "My Generation" on their incendiary LIVE AT LEEDS album.
The pictures on the film are from the time they recorded the song. It was the scene Pete Townsend saw every day. The scooters, the hair, the youth. The Who Quadrophenia Album (Rock Opera) is set in London and Brighton in 1965, the kids coming of age after WWII. There is a film of Quadrophenia staring Sting as one the lead characters in the film.
I like how you take the time to try and understand the song in the time it was written as well as applying those thought to today. The Live at Leeds album has an EPIC version of this song as it morphs into a 15 minute medley of other songs mostly from the Tommy album. It shows the band at their finest with one raw and powerful riff after another, gaining huge appreciation from those who were fortunate enough to be there.
Lot of great clips and stills from the sixties in that vid. In the early days The Who would destroy their instruments after playing this song. There's a famous vid from The Smothers Brothers Show where Keith Moon put too much explosives in his drum; and when the time came to wreck things damaged Pete Townshends ear permanently.
Check out the Rock n Roll Circus version of the song "A Quick one While He's away." An absolute POWERHOUSE live performance of a band just about to hit its prime..
The Who. One of the greatest rock bands ever. Never saw them live but what strong stage presence for a show. They had a huge impact. Oh, and yeah the F was definitely an intentional bomb.
Never mind the video. All this 60s music was mostly originally heard on car radios -- one speaker in the middle of the dashboard. Stereo was for adults who owned houses. But things changed fast -- stereo mods and 4-track tapes for cars. I got that in '66 as I headed off to college.
Remember this is from The Who's debut album. For a more accurate take of their live sound at the time, check out "The Ox" from the same album. It sounds like a cross between surf music and punk.
It is fitting that you are wearing a Grateful Dead T Shirt while reviewing The WHO because, the bands did several shows together, both in the US and in Europe. Fortunately, one of the shows in Essen, Germany was broadcast all over Europe, and was recorded on Videotape. The WHO concert is available as is the Grateful Dead concert, which includes Pete Townshend trying to keep up with the members of The Dead on a couple of songs. He tried is the best thing I can say about that. The best version of "My Generation" was from The WHO's appearance on "The Smothers Brothers Show". At the end of the song Keith Moon, the prankster that he was, set off an explosion behind his Drum kit, and is one reasons why Mr. Townshend is almost deaf these days.
60s was definitely when the 'our generation' started the rebellion. "Never trust anyone over 30" was a rallying cry. The anti-war movement fueled it. Smashing Pumpkins taps into that vibe. No? Pete Townshend was a trip. A wild card, off the rails. He and Phil Collins were friends. Phil played Uncle Ernie in Tommy Live 1989 L.A. Universal Amphitheater. Insanely good.
The film is actually showing Mods and Rockers, mods rode scooters,rockers rode motor bikes, the two groups used to meet every year to have a huge fight.
I thoroughly enjoyed your actions Salvi, you miss a lot of things but given the Gap and that huge golf, it's quite impressive. And I love how you're open to stuff and you try to understand attitude and the meaning behind it. I'm a musician myself so I relate more on that level but I really enjoy your actions.
There was a cool British mod/freakbeat band called The Eyes, who released their nod/reaction to The Who's classic, by recording a song called, My Degeneration, in 1966.
Quadrophenia is a movie must, the album is phenomenal. The video is so spot on, there could be movie footage in it. A couple of icons shown, designer Vivianne Westwood (who sold “Punk” clothing at the time) and Dame Diana Rigg, from the tv show The Avengers (not that one) and Game of Thrones (Lady Oleanna).
Pinball Wizard was a big hit from Tommy. Other songs? I would suggest Amazing Journey/Sparks and Acid Queen. The album is the story of a boy that suffers a trauma which causes him to become deaf, dumb and blind. But it’s a mental block, not physical. His parents try different remedies. He finally overcomes his own block and attempts to help others overcome their problems.
Youth cultural rebellion can be said to have really started in the 1920s as a rejection of societal norms and classes post world war 1, the flappers, Jazz music and talkies a huge change btw, that each generation has embraced every decade since..
As a "drummer", I'm biased, but to me the real driver on this great recording was Keith Moon. Keith is really playing this like a jazz player here, if the jazz drummer REALLY wanted to be noticed and could play really loud and fast. This was so different than how they played it the times I've seen them, or on their fantastic version of this song on "Live at Leeds". It became a much more straight-ahead banger rock song that would evolve into extended jam sessions. And it was great in the live versions too, but the original recording still stands tall, IMHO.
I was 8 years old when The Who performed this song for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show, and I was so confused. They were just starting to become known and The Beatles were all the rage. It was insane. I heard this song and liked it, but I couldn't understand why they would hire a person who stutters to be their lead singer, and wondered if it was all just an act. I have nothing against stutterers, but when they played their next song, the stutter was gone and I had to smile at the audacity of the band. They were rebellious and broke their instruments onstage. It was wild!
The Sex Pistols please! I don't know what you'll think but I've loved them since I was like 17. Can't You Hear Me Knockin by the Stones will knock your socks off. Great reaction to the Who. There's a video of the Who doing this song on The Smothers Brothers comedy show. It's really something. ❤️🤘👍☠️🏴
In the film clip apart from famous film stars and Winston Churchill there were two groups of teenagers of the time The Mods smart dressed riding scooter fitted with as many extra headlights and mirrors as possible and the Rockers Jeans, Lether Jackets and riding motorcycles the clips of them are newsreels of an incident in Brighton an English seaside town when 100's of Mods and Rockers turned up on a Bank holiday and violent clashes between the two groups erupted shops and cafes were deliberately damaged it shocked the nation. The Who were considered a mod Band at the time
CR, perhaps record yourself listening to the whole album in one sitting. Then record your reflections on it. Then post whatever edits/individual songs that you want. Easy for me say, haha. I've seen other reactors get away with posting reactions to groups of three or four songs corresponding to each side of the original vinyl album (each album has four sides). But perhaps those reactors are from Canada or need to pause/rewind a couple of times per song. Anyway, we'll appreciate whatever you do. But if you enjoy the music, do yourself a favor and at some point listen to each of the whole albums in one go. Thanks for all the work you put in.
The 60's generation was defined by breaking with the past generation. The Beat generation of the 50's did rebel but it wasn't as overt or as menacing to the establishment. The previous generations didn't rebel to a great degree and pretty much followed the status quo which had power over how you should behaved.
You'll never cover the whole of Tommy, it's a double album and lasts well over an hour! The Who did do a set at Woodstock which includes some Tommy tracks and is well worth a cover, they are truly great live.
Eh, even when it is their own, watching an unrelated video to what's going on in other words meaning if it's not live, it just kind of steals away your attention from 100 the music. Which it seems like you have a great instinct for.
I have always loved this song. Check out "The Kids Are Alright" I really prefer this older stuff of theirs... Yes, the '60s were the turning point in changing society. And music like this was at the core of it. I disagree with your assessment of punk rock. It was much more negative and angry then this stuff.
If you want to do Tommy or Quadrophenia in its entirety (and you should), don't do it in one sitting. React to a song or two, do reactions to other bands/songs, then come back and do another song or two until eventually you've heard the entire albums. Simple.
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From the Who, when they were just kids themselves. I think this was their first hit song from 1965 or 66. This really was the anthem for the 60s revolution, it was the younger generation's informing their parents, teachers, professors etc, things are going to be changing. It was a rebellion song, informing the world to pay attention to us..."My Generation."
It wasn't their first hit. Their first 2 singles - "I Can't Explain" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" - were both UK top 10 hits and both predate this classic. This was also the title track of their 1965 debut album.
From the same album check out "The Kids Are Alright" (make sure it's the full length album version). Also they do a killer live version of "My Generation" on their incendiary LIVE AT LEEDS album.
'Behind blue eyes' another great hit from The who.
The pictures on the film are from the time they recorded the song. It was the scene Pete Townsend saw every day. The scooters, the
hair, the youth. The Who Quadrophenia Album (Rock Opera) is set in London and Brighton in 1965, the kids coming of age after WWII.
There is a film of Quadrophenia staring Sting as one the lead characters in the film.
I like how you take the time to try and understand the song in the time it was written as well as applying those thought to today. The Live at Leeds album has an EPIC version of this song as it morphs into a 15 minute medley of other songs mostly from the Tommy album. It shows the band at their finest with one raw and powerful riff after another, gaining huge appreciation from those who were fortunate enough to be there.
A Huge Anthem
Lot of great clips and stills from the sixties in that vid. In the early days The Who would destroy their instruments after playing this song. There's a famous vid from The Smothers Brothers Show where Keith Moon put too much explosives in his drum; and when the time came to wreck things damaged Pete Townshends ear permanently.
Give their Live at Leeds version of Magic Bus a listen...it's a heck of a rocker and a nice snapshot of their raw talent at the time.
That whole album should be played extreme volume Meaning, blast it
Check out the Rock n Roll Circus version of the song "A Quick one While He's away." An absolute POWERHOUSE live performance of a band just about to hit its prime..
The Who. One of the greatest rock bands ever. Never saw them live but what strong stage presence for a show. They had a huge impact. Oh, and yeah the F was definitely an intentional bomb.
Never mind the video. All this 60s music was mostly originally heard on car radios -- one speaker in the middle of the dashboard. Stereo was for adults who owned houses. But things changed fast -- stereo mods and 4-track tapes for cars. I got that in '66 as I headed off to college.
Remember this is from The Who's debut album. For a more accurate take of their live sound at the time, check out "The Ox" from the same album. It sounds like a cross between surf music and punk.
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Quadrophenia is a MUST Sir!😬✌🏻🏴
You might want to start with their Who’s Next album, Baba O’Riley , We Don’t Get Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes, My Wife ect , it’s a great album
It is fitting that you are wearing a Grateful Dead T Shirt while reviewing The WHO because, the bands did several shows together, both in the US and in Europe. Fortunately, one of the shows in Essen, Germany was broadcast all over Europe, and was recorded on Videotape. The WHO concert is available as is the Grateful Dead concert, which includes Pete Townshend trying to keep up with the members of The Dead on a couple of songs. He tried is the best thing I can say about that. The best version of "My Generation" was from The WHO's appearance on "The Smothers Brothers Show". At the end of the song Keith Moon, the prankster that he was, set off an explosion behind his Drum kit, and is one reasons why Mr. Townshend is almost deaf these days.
60s was definitely when the 'our generation' started the rebellion. "Never trust anyone over 30" was a rallying cry. The anti-war movement fueled it. Smashing Pumpkins taps into that vibe. No?
Pete Townshend was a trip. A wild card, off the rails. He and Phil Collins were friends. Phil played Uncle Ernie in Tommy Live 1989 L.A. Universal Amphitheater. Insanely good.
The film is actually showing Mods and Rockers, mods rode scooters,rockers rode motor bikes, the two groups used to meet every year to have a huge fight.
I thoroughly enjoyed your actions Salvi, you miss a lot of things but given the Gap and that huge golf, it's quite impressive. And I love how you're open to stuff and you try to understand attitude and the meaning behind it. I'm a musician myself so I relate more on that level but I really enjoy your actions.
Thank you 🙏
There was a cool British mod/freakbeat band called The Eyes, who released their nod/reaction to The Who's classic, by recording a song called, My Degeneration, in 1966.
Quadrophenia is a movie must, the album is phenomenal. The video is so spot on, there could be movie footage in it. A couple of icons shown, designer Vivianne Westwood (who sold “Punk” clothing at the time) and Dame Diana Rigg, from the tv show The Avengers (not that one) and Game of Thrones (Lady Oleanna).
Pinball Wizard was a big hit from Tommy. Other songs? I would suggest Amazing Journey/Sparks and Acid Queen. The album is the story of a boy that suffers a trauma which causes him to become deaf, dumb and blind. But it’s a mental block, not physical. His parents try different remedies. He finally overcomes his own block and attempts to help others overcome their problems.
A great band! I was 10 years old when this record came out.
How time flies. 😄🎶🎶🎸🎸👍
Same here. Ya don’t it tho 😊
Need to check out their live version of this song on the Smothers Brothers show-expect the unexpected!!
This song leads you straight to Jimmy and Quadrophenia
I think the best Who song is Won’t Get Fooled Again I saw them in concert in 1970, 1980 and 2019.
Start with the "CSI songs": “Who Are You,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” "I Can See for Miles,” and “Baba O’Riley” 😁
Check out “I’m in Tune”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, “Behind Blue Eyes”. ✌️♥️🎶
It's called "Getting In Tune" not "I'm In Tune".
@@davescurry69 yeah, your right, I have Phillies on the brain today waiting for game 7, lol.
@@dianedavies8291 Completely understandable Diane.
Youth cultural rebellion can be said to have really started in the 1920s as a rejection of societal norms and classes post world war 1, the flappers, Jazz music and talkies a huge change btw, that each generation has embraced every decade since..
As a "drummer", I'm biased, but to me the real driver on this great recording was Keith Moon. Keith is really playing this like a jazz player here, if the jazz drummer REALLY wanted to be noticed and could play really loud and fast. This was so different than how they played it the times I've seen them, or on their fantastic version of this song on "Live at Leeds". It became a much more straight-ahead banger rock song that would evolve into extended jam sessions. And it was great in the live versions too, but the original recording still stands tall, IMHO.
Mose Allison was a great Jazz vocalist and piano player. You should check him out.
I was 8 years old when The Who performed this song for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show, and I was so confused. They were just starting to become known and The Beatles were all the rage. It was insane.
I heard this song and liked it, but I couldn't understand why they would hire a person who stutters to be their lead singer, and wondered if it was all just an act. I have nothing against stutterers, but when they played their next song, the stutter was gone and I had to smile at the audacity of the band. They were rebellious and broke their instruments onstage. It was wild!
The Who were never on Sullivan, maybe you're thinking of The Smother Brothers?
@@juef128 you're right! It was The Smothers Brothers. Thanks for reminding me.
The Sex Pistols please! I don't know what you'll think but I've loved them since I was like 17. Can't You Hear Me Knockin by the Stones will knock your socks off. Great reaction to the Who. There's a video of the Who doing this song on The Smothers Brothers comedy show. It's really something. ❤️🤘👍☠️🏴
60s and 70s, generation of COOL!!!
Substitute, next( an early one)
In the film clip apart from famous film stars and Winston Churchill there were two groups of teenagers of the time The Mods smart dressed riding scooter fitted with as many extra headlights and mirrors as possible and the Rockers Jeans, Lether Jackets and riding motorcycles the clips of them are newsreels of an incident in Brighton an English seaside town when 100's of Mods and Rockers turned up on a Bank holiday and violent clashes between the two groups erupted shops and cafes were deliberately damaged it shocked the nation. The Who were considered a mod Band at the time
Please do something from Live at Leeds, the greatest (in my opinion) live album ever made. Certainly in the top 3 at least.
CR, perhaps record yourself listening to the whole album in one sitting. Then record your reflections on it. Then post whatever edits/individual songs that you want. Easy for me say, haha. I've seen other reactors get away with posting reactions to groups of three or four songs corresponding to each side of the original vinyl album (each album has four sides). But perhaps those reactors are from Canada or need to pause/rewind a couple of times per song. Anyway, we'll appreciate whatever you do. But if you enjoy the music, do yourself a favor and at some point listen to each of the whole albums in one go. Thanks for all the work you put in.
I'd do the album "Who;s Next". From Quadrophenia - "Real Me", "5:15", "Love Reign O'er Me"
This was the real video.
The 60's generation was defined by breaking with the past generation. The Beat generation of the 50's did rebel but it wasn't as overt or as menacing to the establishment. The previous generations didn't rebel to a great degree and pretty much followed the status quo which had power over how you should behaved.
Can you see the real me has to be one of my favourites from Quadrophenia and epitomises the whole movie and the four personalities of Jimmy.
I hear this in my head when i hear someone say "ok Boomer."
You'll never cover the whole of Tommy, it's a double album and lasts well over an hour! The Who did do a set at Woodstock which includes some Tommy tracks and is well worth a cover, they are truly great live.
An album is only one album. Get stoned first the time will fly by.
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Eh, even when it is their own, watching an unrelated video to what's going on in other words meaning if it's not live, it just kind of steals away your attention from 100 the music. Which it seems like you have a great instinct for.
experiment with a movie. tommy. great stars and talented acts whose works you have reviewed. just a thought.
Nice reaction . . . watch the movie Quadrophenia.
Ignore the video completely. It has NOTHING to do with the band or the song.
The anthem of the Baby Boomers! LOL
I have always loved this song. Check out "The Kids Are Alright" I really prefer this older stuff of theirs... Yes, the '60s were the turning point in changing society. And music like this was at the core of it. I disagree with your assessment of punk rock. It was much more negative and angry then this stuff.
If you want to do Tommy or Quadrophenia in its entirety (and you should), don't do it in one sitting. React to a song or two, do reactions to other bands/songs, then come back and do another song or two until eventually you've heard the entire albums. Simple.
Get to know the who better before you try Tommy or Quadrophenia. This was right near their beginning. There are some good live performances on RUclips
Quadrophenia is much better than tommy