@@alrivers2297 Exactly. When I was younger I played the "who's better" game. But as I age I realize they are all great. I might be old, but at least I got to see all of the cool bands live in their prime! For $10.00 per ticket or less!
There are two kinds of people.... Those whose favorite album of all time is Quadrophenia, and those who didn't listen to it at 14-15 when you need to hear its message.
@@chrislegner4816 pearl Jam was an early 90s band. They aren't in the "anymore" category since they are 30yrs old. The came right at the end of real music.
Endless wandering, as I fall from grace An earthbound sailor, I gaze upon her face Firm as the horizon, seen but never reached Marooned upon this shore, helpless forever beached Moonlit laughter, dances in her smile Wind and water rises, whimsical and vile I slip below the surface, of a momentary grave. It breaks upon my body, embrace the crashing wave I hear the siren’s song Endless is my love I hear the siren’s song Deny me not, my love I hear the siren’s song Embrace the crashing wave Together we belong The sun’s dawn light, shines upon her face Trapped forever in her warm embrace Drowning in dark tresses; greedily gulping air Emotional waves vow, You, I will not spare I hear the siren’s song Endless is my love I hear the siren’s song Deny me not, my love I hear the siren’s song Embrace the crashing wave Together we belong Quietly cloaked in love’s warm glow Spare me not My Lady, never let me go Crush my heart, my angel of the sea A shared vision into the depths of eternity Rising to the heavens above Freed from our momentary grave, clothed in the light of our love, We are the crashing wave Drowning in dark tresses I hear the siren’s song Endless is my love I hear the siren’s song Deny me not, My Lady I hear the siren’s song We are the crashing wave Together we belong
I'm 61 and this is the kind of minor-key angst-ridden stuff I listened to when I was 15. It brings tears to my eyes to see this man build a bridges and connect. By the way, they said "the way the beach is kissed by the sea." because they're English poets. The word "o'er" is a poetic way of making the two-syllable "over" and make it one syllable. This kind of thing is what made me want to be an English major.
Pete Townshend will be appreciated for generations for the sound and changes he brought to rock music. How does a brain work like that? To be able to write and compose is a gift gave to few. I actually got to see Roger sing this live. I have loved The Who since I was 12. My sister was listening to KC & The Sunshind Band and I was blasting the "Who's Next" album.
Jamel, at 10:03 when you said, "This band is amazing. I understand why you love them so much" made me tear up a bit! Yes, The Who is powerful, the energy of God 🙏💖 comes through their songs, manifested in the glory of Roger, Pete, John and Keith playing together. You are my favorite "Reactor," Jamel, because you get it on sooooo many levels. Thank you.
This is from the Band's second 'Rock Opera' Album called 'Quadrophenia' released in 1973. The whole album is a fantastic listen from start to finish, especially '5.15 and the 'The Punk and The Godfather' Enjoy.....
One thing I love best about this channel is watching someone of any age, any race, any nationality or any gender falling in love for the first time with the music I've loved for decades. The other thing I love is knowing what's coming, (like LOOOOOOOOOOVE), knowing Jamel has NO idea what's coming, and wondering what his reaction will be. Thanks so much for this channel.
Totally agree Gary! But Daltrey was also hitting notes and yodeling and shit with that scream. The number one toughest rock song to recreate on vocals in my opinion.
I was born in 1956, so I'm 64 this year. Jamel, your Musical Time Machine has transported you back to the "home" you never knew you had. I get goosebumps just watching you respond to to the music that moved us back in the day. I was 17 in 1973 when I met my high school sweetheart. She was 15. We married that summer of 1978, right after I graduated from college. This year, we will celebrate our 42nd anniversary. In 2002, I went to the wrong urologist and experienced the Vasectomy from Hell. I'm pretty sure Dr Foul-Up took the lidocaine himself and gave me a saline solution, because the "anesthesia" had no effect: The pain of the procedure was hair-raising, and his only response to my screams was to shout to his nurse to "Hold him down, Goddamnit!" Afterwards, my cajones swelled up like a rhino's and nothing--not even the proverbial bag of frozen peas--offered any relief from the pain. Long story short: From the trauma of that "surgery," I developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a chronically painful disorder of involving my sympathetic nerve system, in which everything is all pain all the time. Even sensations that once were pleasurable are excruciatingly painful. Needless to say, any sort of conjugal relations with my wife became impossible. I have to grit my teeth just to cuddle. Even wearing clothes can be excruciating. So I FEEL this song. And if it makes you think about bringing home a bouquet of flowers to your lovely wife, DO THAT ... FOR ME!
Ronforman. You have probably seen a pain management doc or two or four. If they haven't spoken to you about spinal cord stimulation...please check it out. It may help with your RSD.
@@stew7756 Actually, I was a guinea pig for a sacral nerve root stimulation implant test back in 2002, and that proved to be a disaster. Never recovered from that. Most recently, we also experimented with a lumbar nerve oblation, and that only made matter worse. My pain management doc now wants to tee me up for a spinal cord stimulator, but I admit I'm leery.
@ronforeman Same happened to me during a colonoscopy. Someone *stole* the Fentanyl. Two vials of it! Eight biopsies. Sheer torture! No one believed I was wide awake. The doc & all of the staff ran away when they were done. Now I'm house-bound and in total body pain 24/7. It's been 15 years. People used to ask if I was a body-builder (no, just a gal with a heavy job,) and now I can barely walk. I'm so sorry for you.
dude I heard this song live and cried my eyes out. It was like two years ago and the first time I got to see them (first time they came to Argentina). I love this song and The Who is my favourite band. I'm happy that you appreciated it 🙏
Roger Daltrey one of the greatest voices in music. I can't wait for the 5:15 and The Real Me reactions. Quadrophenia has so many great songs, Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim, Bellboy, The Punk vs The Godfather, Drowned.
With every new video you post, I just wanna hang out with you even more! I would dig having a listening party with you. Your honest & heartfelt reactions along with your incredibly keen ear & open mind is a gift to all of us watching. Thank you man. Stay gold!
That song is like a symphony, constructed like classical music. The Who knew how to do that. If you get the chance, listen to (or watch) "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia", their two "rock operas". The term was coined for them. I loved your reaction to this one, you got the emotion.
You HAVE to listen to this whole album, beginning to end, nonstop. It's one of my all time favorites and right up there with Dark Side of the moon. This song is the perfect closer to a great album.
I love how this song follows the point where he's ready to throw himself off the cliffs and the rain comes and cleanses him...... in most songs the sunshine iscthe saviour but the material is so dark in Quadrophenia that rain as saviour makes more sense.
6 years ago my Brother-in-law suffered a massive stroke in the early hours of Christmas day. 2 days later he passed, leaving my sister a widow at 35 and my 2 year old niece without a dad. He was a huge fan of The Who, and this was played at his cremation. It's one of my favourite songs, and every time I hear it I'm in pieces. But it also reminds me of great times and of a great man. R.I.P Neil, never forgotten. Love u bro
"O'er" is the poetic contraction of "over" making it one syllable. This is done so as to not mess up the meter of the verse. The word "over" is "trochaic", that is, the stress is on the first syllable. The opposite of "iambic" where the stress is on the second syllable.
@@bobthebear1246 Well it is both, right? Gotta love how English allows for creative folks to mess around with similar sounding words and their different meanings.
I was fortunate enough to see them twice. To say they were phenomenal is a gross understatement. They were this damn good. We were in the corridor at the beginning of one of their shows prior to getting our seats and as usual we heard their music playing throughout the arena, we thought it was just a recording of their music being played thru the speaker system but when we finally took our seats we noticed they had started playing quadrophenia on stage in the dark we had to look closely at first because we were like omg was that them playing all along. It was and it was incredible! They sound as good in concert as their do on their albums. Absolutely phenomenal showmen!
Yes! The live version from VH1 rock honors, not the soundtrack version (soundtrack is good but live just displays how great Pearl Jam is). 43 year old Eddie slays it.
I was lucky enough to attend that show, Pearl Jam's performance that night will never leave my memory. Foo Fighters were amazing as well and Tenacious D did Squeeze Box!
There's nothing wrong with not knowing the band singing the song--that's where the fun and joy is, discovering the bands and going down those rabbit holes with tons of glorious music to listen to. And you do it so well! Thanks for sharing your discoveries with us Jamel :)
Jamel, it is so incredible how you connect to the music. You are amazing. Thank for the reaction. Listen to "Emminence Front" by the Who. It is mesmerizing.
Have you heard the new Who album called "WHO" that was released back in December? It's fantastic! Here's a link to "All This Music Must Fade" from the new album: ruclips.net/video/ISllgPweSk0/видео.html Better yet, I heard an interview on BBC with Pete last week where he mentioned during this social distancing he is in his studio writing songs for yet another new album from The Who!!!
Right. And a neat play on words between "reign" and "rain". Saying he wants love to "reign" over his life, to be the driving force, keeping him feeling fresh and alive like being caught in a warm summer rain.
Mr. Jamal, Thank you for an awesome and truthful reaction. You expressed what millions of us think. I remember being stunned and awed the first time I heard it in a friend's dorm in 1973. Quadrophenia is still in my top five albums of all time. From start to finish....ufb squared. Where does s something like this come from? When rock gods walked the earth among men.. Mr. Jamal, please keep up the great work.
I was riding home late on the evening of 12/8/80 and this song was on the radio. When it ended, there was a silent moment... then the DJ told us what had happened in New York City, outside of The Dakota. I'll never forget that moment...
I saw the Who in concert prepandemic in May 2019, they came out with a 40 pc. orchestra and at 70+ years of age they blew the doors off the place!! Played about 3:45 hours and I still can't believe how good they are!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's hard to compare a rock opera album to a regular studio album. I think Quadrophenia blows Tommy out of the water, but Who's Next is the most amazing album album.
One of the greatest of theirs and they have many contenders. Don't forget My Generation for the introduction of bass for your face, Thunderfingingers John The Ox Entwistle. He barely moves anything but his fingers while onstage, but does he ever move them.
Part of the joy of watching your reaction videos is that any and all music is new if it's new to you. We who have heard these songs before can hear them for the first time, vicariously through you. Keep on bringing the fun
I have ALWAYs love da whoooo? i SAW TEHM FIRST IN 67 ON A BASEBALL FIELD IN pHOENIX AZ . Iwas 13.. I have seen, sorry experianced the experiance a total of 9 times in my life . I am truly blessed. One time I won frnt row center from a radio station . unFUCKING REAL!!!! I walked around in a daze for days.. Its all still lgood with jsut pete and roger , but when kieth and john left , well THAT was teh day the "music died" noboddy but NOBODY could produce teh sound that they did from any divice or combination of diviices even with mixing tehm mon a sound board . They didt call him thunder finger for nothing., and keith , well what can be said? nothing . period. Pete caqn still write and perform but to create teh magic he made in the 60-90s well ya would have to bring teh boys back somehow., Rogers vocal courd need to go to tehr smithsonian next to eddisons last breath.
just think next year we celebrate 50 years of its release and this year it's 50th year since completion... by far my favorite album ever: great reaction as always!
Yes, yes, yes!!!! Jamel Reign O’er The Who!!!! Lol Roger Daltry’s voice blew you back! Told ya! Thanks for that Jamel- just an awesome reaction. Like others are saying, 5:15 next
So beautiful! Do MY GENERATION - The Who's 1st breakthrough song, featuring Roger's infamous stutter-singing, and John Entwhistle's badass bass solos! Pete & Keith too, they all tear it up!
One of the top tracks on Quadrophenia. One of their greatest albums and a great story about English youth and "mods" in the early 1960's. Coincidentally watched the movie last night. Great.
From my liner notes with this album,Pete Townshend states.. : "(Love, Reign O'er Me) refers to Meher Baba's one-time comment that rain was a blessing from God; that thunder was God's Voice. It's another plea to drown, only this time in the rain. Jimmy goes through a suicide crisis. He takes a boat out to a rock.... He surrenders to the inevitable, and you know, you know, when it's over and he goes back to town he'll be going through the same shit, being in the same terrible family situation and so on, but he's moved up a level. He's weak still, but there's a strength in that weakness. He's in danger of maturing."
Saw them at Shea stadium in 1982 and when they started playing “ love rain on me “ the sky’s opened up and rain poured on 85,000 people and stoped when the song was over.......Amazing!!!!!!
Oh yah, Roger is sangin his ass off on this one ! Epic piece of music that grabs your attention the minute it starts. If you give "the real me" a listen you'll have a similar recation.
Thank you, thank you so much for reacting to this song! I'm going to show it to my older sister to introduce her to your channel, this is her all time favorite song!
This is absolutely the best song from the Who, so powerful! The Quadrophina Lp is so awesome. It came out when I was in junior high, and it was all over the radio back then! ❤✌😷👍
I am nearly 72, but today it feels like I heard that song for the first time. I couldn't keep my eyes dry. I have lost people I have loved, one of them to death. It really spoke to me today. You are a young man on a worthy mission to keep great music alive while expanding your own musical horizons. Keep up the good work. I love what you're doing.
Great reaction Jamal - one of your best. I saw The Who live in the early 1970's in England - waited all night for tickets - one of the most exciting concerts I ever saw.
This has always been one of my favorite songs by The Who. They performed it during the Super Bowl halftime show several years ago. Although Roger Daltrey's voice seemed somewhat strained in that live performance, it remains one of my favorite halftime shows.
I remember that, and I don't think there's been a decent halftime show since. Of course, The Who would be a VERY TOUGH act to follow!! I will listen to an aging Daltrey ANYTIME!!💟
Glad you’re enjoying The Who my man they’re amazing one of my favorite bands had the good fortune of seeing them three times only wish I could have seen them with John and Keith
My favorite Who songs come from their live performances from 1970. They have less production quality but do a great job of showing off their talent, and have a more raw and grungier sound. Check out My Generation from their Live at Leeds album, famous for Entwistles iconic base line. Also check out Amazing Journey/Sparks from their Live at Hull album where Keith Moon goes off.
Kieth Moon is one of those drummers that set a standard for all future skin beaters to aim for. Look up some Moon the Loon stories on the web, they are crazy. A good example is when a hotel manager went to his room because of noise complaints of him listening to The Who, demos I think, at full blast. He told the manager to wait a sec and went back into his room, lit a stick of dynamite (he loved making things go bang) in the bathroom, grabbed his boombox and left the room. The TNT went off, the manager likely shit himself, and Kieth pressed play on his boom box and said "THAT was noise. THIS" pointing to his boombox "is The Who." If he hadn't have been a drummer, I could have easilly seen him as a TV comedian. The stuff he did away from his kit is as legendary as what he did behind it.
The age-old question: Beatles or the Rolling Stones? The correct answer: The Who.
Led Zeppelin says "I don't think so".
Correct answer: all great, along with a few others
A few years later, but Queen
@@alrivers2297 Exactly. When I was younger I played the "who's better" game. But as I age I realize they are all great. I might be old, but at least I got to see all of the cool bands live in their prime! For $10.00 per ticket or less!
Scholars will say, The Who are one of the influential bands of all time. At the top table of any musical list you come up with.
Pete Townshend could write some incredible lyrics and Roger would sing the hell out of them with Keith, Pete and John all masters of their instruments
They were neil peart in a bundle. Lol
Sen 'em all, no one touches there live act.
Of course the drums sound like thunder; they're being played by Keith Moon.
The thundering drums are tympani (aka "kettle drums"), player-tuned by a foot pedal.
@@PogueMahone1 I was going to say the same thing . Take care .
MOONIE
Moonie .... Nuff said
❤ LOVE ❤
Quadrophenia must be listened to front to back...in my opinion this is the best WHO album, and they have many greats
What a great movie, too!
Who's Next, then Quadrophenia to me.
There are two kinds of people.... Those whose favorite album of all time is Quadrophenia, and those who didn't listen to it at 14-15 when you need to hear its message.
Quadrophenia is an album that speaks to an almost mystical level when its first experienced, Its like Abbey Road or Exile on Main.
Watch the movie
The quintessential Daltrey vocal performance. Vocalists don't sound like this anymore. Passion and a hint of menace.
You need to listen to some Pearl Jam
@@danieloberc7314 A very rare notable exception. Vedder is huge Daltrey fan BTW....
daniel oberc no
@@chrislegner4816 pearl Jam was an early 90s band. They aren't in the "anymore" category since they are 30yrs old. The came right at the end of real music.
Rodger Daltrey has gotten older through the years so his voice isn't gonna sound like it did in his prime. He is still a hellofa singer though.
This is why alll us old Rock and Rollers want this music to stay alive. So happy you appreciate this epic band.
The person who says, “the beach kisses the sea” is called a poet. We are sorely lacking poets these days. Thanks for the great reaction!
Endless wandering, as I fall from grace
An earthbound sailor, I gaze upon her face
Firm as the horizon, seen but never reached
Marooned upon this shore, helpless forever beached
Moonlit laughter, dances in her smile
Wind and water rises, whimsical and vile
I slip below the surface, of a momentary grave.
It breaks upon my body, embrace the crashing wave
I hear the siren’s song
Endless is my love
I hear the siren’s song
Deny me not, my love
I hear the siren’s song
Embrace the crashing wave
Together we belong
The sun’s dawn light, shines upon her face
Trapped forever in her warm embrace
Drowning in dark tresses; greedily gulping air
Emotional waves vow, You, I will not spare
I hear the siren’s song
Endless is my love
I hear the siren’s song
Deny me not, my love
I hear the siren’s song
Embrace the crashing wave
Together we belong
Quietly cloaked in love’s warm glow
Spare me not My Lady, never let me go
Crush my heart, my angel of the sea
A shared vision into the depths of eternity
Rising to the heavens above
Freed from our momentary grave,
clothed in the light of our love,
We are the crashing wave
Drowning in dark tresses
I hear the siren’s song
Endless is my love
I hear the siren’s song
Deny me not, My Lady
I hear the siren’s song
We are the crashing wave
Together we belong
All that's messed up today - world crazy, "Why are the POETS SILENT?"
"Only love, can make it rain, the way the beach is kissed by the sea...."
I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach
And yet I lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown
Guess you've never heard Twenty One Pilots...
I'm 61 and this is the kind of minor-key angst-ridden stuff I listened to when I was 15. It brings tears to my eyes to see this man build a bridges and connect. By the way, they said "the way the beach is kissed by the sea." because they're English poets. The word "o'er" is a poetic way of making the two-syllable "over" and make it one syllable. This kind of thing is what made me want to be an English major.
me too
Roger Daltrey always gives it everything he has. Some people sing from the heart, Roger sings from the heart, the gut, the sinews and the bones.
Tara Charnow and his soul!
Saw The Who live in LA last year. Daltrey still has pipes man. Those guys are in their 70s now and they still rock it. Incredible show.
Tara Charnow My favorite rock and roll lead singer!
he pushes out the notes so hard , sometimes they come out his ass hole, really jsut listen,, some mof them could not come from anywhere else.
I bet if you hit his femur, it would resonate with a perfect high G.
Roger's best vocals on record, but also Pete wrote an Increedddible song.
"Blew me outta the damn screen!" That's the best Who description I've heard.
They would be so proud.
The Who had four members, all pure virtuosos on their instruments.
(Moon on the drums here! Man!)
Now you know why everyone has been telling you that you need to listen to this song. Glad you are finally here !
Love to you Jamal The Who is the bomb!!
You know a song has something, when the intro can bring tears to your eyes.
You are an old soul, man, and you're just discovering it now. This music was made for you.
Stone cold masterpiece. Roger Daltrey’s vocals brought Pete Townsend’s incredible compositions to full colorful life.
Outright masterpiece. One of the greatest songs of all time.
Indeed!
Pete Townshend will be appreciated for generations for the sound and changes he brought to rock music. How does a brain work like that? To be able to write and compose is a gift gave to few. I actually got to see Roger sing this live. I have loved The Who since I was 12. My sister was listening to KC & The Sunshind Band and I was blasting the "Who's Next" album.
Jamel, at 10:03 when you said, "This band is amazing. I understand why you love them so much" made me tear up a bit! Yes, The Who is powerful, the energy of God 🙏💖 comes through their songs, manifested in the glory of Roger, Pete, John and Keith playing together. You are my favorite "Reactor," Jamel, because you get it on sooooo many levels. Thank you.
This tune has been touching souls for decades..... and will continue to after we're all gone.....
The incomparable look on your face when the singing actually started was EPIC!
This is from the Band's second 'Rock Opera' Album called 'Quadrophenia' released in 1973.
The whole album is a fantastic listen from start to finish, especially '5.15 and the 'The Punk and The Godfather'
Enjoy.....
"carry the bloody baggage out"
Andrew Bashford The Real Me. So good
BELL BOOOOOYYYYYYY
Doctor Jimmy and Mr Jim...
Not counting "A Quick One While He's Away" then?
One thing I love best about this channel is watching someone of any age, any race, any nationality or any gender falling in love for the first time with the music I've loved for decades.
The other thing I love is knowing what's coming, (like LOOOOOOOOOOVE), knowing Jamel has NO idea what's coming, and wondering what his reaction will be.
Thanks so much for this channel.
In my honest opinion, this is the best screaming vocals ever. Masterpiece ☮️
Totally agree Gary! But Daltrey was also hitting notes and yodeling and shit with that scream. The number one toughest rock song to recreate on vocals in my opinion.
Child In Time - Deep Purple is right up there
@@brucegrossman3531 I agree with you too Bruce!
Todd Heeter no argument there...
I'm a big Ian Gillian fan but roger has to be #2
Moon is hitting those drums like they took his little sister's snack money!
Yes!!!
I was born in 1956, so I'm 64 this year. Jamel, your Musical Time Machine has transported you back to the "home" you never knew you had. I get goosebumps just watching you respond to to the music that moved us back in the day. I was 17 in 1973 when I met my high school sweetheart. She was 15. We married that summer of 1978, right after I graduated from college. This year, we will celebrate our 42nd anniversary.
In 2002, I went to the wrong urologist and experienced the Vasectomy from Hell. I'm pretty sure Dr Foul-Up took the lidocaine himself and gave me a saline solution, because the "anesthesia" had no effect: The pain of the procedure was hair-raising, and his only response to my screams was to shout to his nurse to "Hold him down, Goddamnit!" Afterwards, my cajones swelled up like a rhino's and nothing--not even the proverbial bag of frozen peas--offered any relief from the pain. Long story short: From the trauma of that "surgery," I developed Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, a chronically painful disorder of involving my sympathetic nerve system, in which everything is all pain all the time. Even sensations that once were pleasurable are excruciatingly painful. Needless to say, any sort of conjugal relations with my wife became impossible. I have to grit my teeth just to cuddle. Even wearing clothes can be excruciating.
So I FEEL this song. And if it makes you think about bringing home a bouquet of flowers to your lovely wife, DO THAT ... FOR ME!
@@januquariaspace683 Jamel's reactions are like a tonic, no?
Ronforman. You have probably seen a pain management doc or two or four. If they haven't spoken to you about spinal cord stimulation...please check it out. It may help with your RSD.
@@stew7756 Actually, I was a guinea pig for a sacral nerve root stimulation implant test back in 2002, and that proved to be a disaster. Never recovered from that. Most recently, we also experimented with a lumbar nerve oblation, and that only made matter worse. My pain management doc now wants to tee me up for a spinal cord stimulator, but I admit I'm leery.
@@ronforeman2556 Glad you are keepin on keepin on. Hope you find a doc who has gone dozens of SCSs tests and implants. Peace out!
Stew
@ronforeman Same happened to me during a colonoscopy. Someone *stole* the Fentanyl. Two vials of it! Eight biopsies. Sheer torture! No one believed I was wide awake. The doc & all of the staff ran away when they were done. Now I'm house-bound and in total body pain 24/7. It's been 15 years. People used to ask if I was a body-builder (no, just a gal with a heavy job,) and now I can barely walk. I'm so sorry for you.
Poured his heart out. I do believe he got his point across. Glad you got to this one. 👍👍👍
I knew the “Stank Face” was coming out early on this song.
dude I heard this song live and cried my eyes out. It was like two years ago and the first time I got to see them (first time they came to Argentina). I love this song and The Who is my favourite band. I'm happy that you appreciated it 🙏
From the "The Who" Rock Opera "Quadraphenia".
These albums need to be heard in their entirety. Weren't meant to hear piecemeal.
Then why were singles released?
Watch the movie jamal. "Quadrophenia" my upbringing
David Ryder The Who were never averse to making some $$
jgsrhythm100 That’s why I’ve never brought up Tommy. Except for Pinball Wizard u have to listen to all of it. Let it flow over you.
This was a single.
"Can't Find My Home" - Steve Winwood ~ "Carry On" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Roger Daltrey one of the greatest voices in music. I can't wait for the 5:15 and The Real Me reactions. Quadrophenia has so many great songs, Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim, Bellboy, The Punk vs The Godfather, Drowned.
Sea and Sand is one of Daltrey's greatest vocal performances! It's in my top 10 list of greatest Who songs.
James Kirschling Agreed. The whole album is just Daltrey showing off...”I can blow your speakers out, no one else can”...
Anyone seen Ferdy..
Quadrophenia and Dark Side of the Moon, the two greatest albums ever.
Thanks again for your labor of love!!! These old classic songs are a time machine, I can remember all my feelings and emotions I felt at that age!!!
With every new video you post, I just wanna hang out with you even more! I would dig having a listening party with you. Your honest & heartfelt reactions along with your incredibly keen ear & open mind is a gift to all of us watching. Thank you man. Stay gold!
That song is like a symphony, constructed like classical music. The Who knew how to do that. If you get the chance, listen to (or watch) "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia", their two "rock operas". The term was coined for them. I loved your reaction to this one, you got the emotion.
You HAVE to listen to this whole album, beginning to end, nonstop. It's one of my all time favorites and right up there with Dark Side of the moon. This song is the perfect closer to a great album.
100% agree my favorite album
I love how this song follows the point where he's ready to throw himself off the cliffs and the rain comes and cleanses him...... in most songs the sunshine iscthe saviour but the material is so dark in Quadrophenia that rain as saviour makes more sense.
"Freedom" - Richie Havens, Woodstock will knock your socks off.
So true
Next Who song should be "5:15." It's chock full of goodness.
Uppers and downers
...either way blood flows.
Yessssssssssss
I was going to suggest this one! It's one of my favorite songs off this album, striking a perfect balance between quiet and loud.
Punk & The Godfather
The I Am The Sea/The Real Me! Don’t get me wrong. 5:15 is won by a nose second. Both are amazing. Quadrophenia is AMAZING! Start to finish.
6 years ago my Brother-in-law suffered a massive stroke in the early hours of Christmas day. 2 days later he passed, leaving my sister a widow at 35 and my 2 year old niece without a dad. He was a huge fan of The Who, and this was played at his cremation. It's one of my favourite songs, and every time I hear it I'm in pieces. But it also reminds me of great times and of a great man. R.I.P Neil, never forgotten. Love u bro
"See me, feel me" "I can't explain" two of their best.
I can see for miles and miles
"You walk up to a girl and say that today and they won't respect that." Well, if you pick the right girl...
Good luck finding her these days.
Now, "wet *ss p*ssy" is a Grammy-wnning lyric. SMFH....
"O'er" is the poetic contraction of "over" making it one syllable. This is done so as to not mess up the meter of the verse. The word "over" is "trochaic", that is, the stress is on the first syllable. The opposite of "iambic" where the stress is on the second syllable.
It's so funny, because I grew-up thinking it was "Rain On Me."
I have learned something new today and it is getting harder to do because I have been around for a while now. Thanks David.
@@bobthebear1246 Well it is both, right? Gotta love how English allows for creative folks to mess around with similar sounding words and their different meanings.
Which bleedin school did you go to?!!!
Thanks
I was fortunate enough to see them twice. To say they were phenomenal is a gross understatement. They were this damn good. We were in the corridor at the beginning of one of their shows prior to getting our seats and as usual we heard their music playing throughout the arena, we thought it was just a recording of their music being played thru the speaker system but when we finally took our seats we noticed they had started playing quadrophenia on stage in the dark we had to look closely at first because we were like omg was that them playing all along. It was and it was incredible! They sound as good in concert as their do on their albums. Absolutely phenomenal showmen!
Pearl Jam does an incredible cover of this
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who from like 2007
Yes! The live version from VH1 rock honors, not the soundtrack version (soundtrack is good but live just displays how great Pearl Jam is). 43 year old Eddie slays it.
Easily in my top two or three covers ever
Indeed they do....Pearl Jam, an American treasure themselves!!!🇺🇸❤👍👍
I was lucky enough to attend that show, Pearl Jam's performance that night will never leave my memory. Foo Fighters were amazing as well and Tenacious D did Squeeze Box!
Heart does an AWESOME cover as well
There's nothing wrong with not knowing the band singing the song--that's where the fun and joy is, discovering the bands and going down those rabbit holes with tons of glorious music to listen to. And you do it so well! Thanks for sharing your discoveries with us Jamel :)
Jamel, it is so incredible how you connect to the music. You are amazing. Thank for the reaction. Listen to "Emminence Front" by the Who. It is mesmerizing.
Yes! My favorite Who song!!
We ALL want to see "Eminence Front" next.
But that song is a put-on.
@@hetwade77 hahaha....
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The beach kisses the sea “Who says that? Exactly!
The amazing power of Roger Daltrey's voice and Pete Townshend's guitar coupled with their incredible songwriting, is just magic.
A complete masterpiece of a song! Gotta be Daltrey’s best vocal!!
One of their finest....The Who was always on the turntable back in that glorious day Jamal...I miss them days.......many thanks✌🇺🇸❤⚡☔💃
Me too. haha.
Have you heard the new Who album called "WHO" that was released back in December? It's fantastic! Here's a link to "All This Music Must Fade" from the new album: ruclips.net/video/ISllgPweSk0/видео.html Better yet, I heard an interview on BBC with Pete last week where he mentioned during this social distancing he is in his studio writing songs for yet another new album from The Who!!!
@@bostonwhofan would be absolutely fantastic, with Pete in a rich vain of creative musical thought right now. another album ?........yes please.
This song was absolutely KILLER live. That concert was one of the best experiences I ever had.
When The Who stopped catering to music trends and discovered their sound, they were on another level.
Tommy escalated The Who from a British pop group to rock legends.
Well said.
Funny how some bands get there and some just never make it or even try.
Roger's best vocal - absolutely fantastic performance! Brilliantly played by all...superb lyrics....this track has it ALL!
O'er is poetic for "over". It's in the national anthem: "... 'o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
This is a great one from The Who.
Right. And a neat play on words between "reign" and "rain". Saying he wants love to "reign" over his life, to be the driving force, keeping him feeling fresh and alive like being caught in a warm summer rain.
Mr. Jamal,
Thank you for an awesome and truthful reaction. You expressed what millions of us think.
I remember being stunned and awed the first time I heard it in a friend's dorm in 1973. Quadrophenia is still in my top five albums of all time. From start to finish....ufb squared. Where does s something like this come from? When rock gods walked the earth among men..
Mr. Jamal, please keep up the great work.
Heeheeheehee... to this day him screaming "LOOOOOOOOOOOVE" rises in my consciousness again & again. Thanks for a great reaction!
I was riding home late on the evening of 12/8/80 and this song was on the radio. When it ended, there was a silent moment... then the DJ told us what had happened in New York City, outside of The Dakota. I'll never forget that moment...
The drum that sounds like “thunder” is called a Tympani.
I saw the Who in concert prepandemic in May 2019, they came out with a 40 pc. orchestra and at 70+ years of age they blew the doors off the place!! Played about 3:45 hours and I still can't believe how good they are!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jamel_AKA_Jamal: Who says that?
The Who: Yes.
Yes is next reaction
The Band?
@@brianl8481 No...they're next week😉
Chris Burns , starting off with Roundabout!
Yes:Who?
Who:Yes
One of my favorite songs.. Your reaction is the same I had back in the 70s... The Who - guaranteed to melt a face off 🔮🥰🤟🏽🙌🏽🎶
Listen to more songs from Quadrophenia. It's their best album by far and one of the best albums ever.
It is a fantastic album and very artistic. What about Who's Next? I say it's a toss up. Both great
It's hard to compare a rock opera album to a regular studio album. I think Quadrophenia blows Tommy out of the water, but Who's Next is the most amazing album album.
@@kathleen109 good explanation. Like comparing ice cream to pizza.
that is debatable.
Who’s Next is their top masterpiece me thinks.
Your appreciation of Classic Rock makes me work even harder as a drummer.It is the crowd that supplies the energy.I would love to have you in a crowd.
One of the greatest of theirs and they have many contenders.
Don't forget My Generation for the introduction of bass for your face, Thunderfingingers John The Ox Entwistle. He barely moves anything but his fingers while onstage, but does he ever move them.
Part of the joy of watching your reaction videos is that any and all music is new if it's new to you. We who have heard these songs before can hear them for the first time, vicariously through you. Keep on bringing the fun
“Blew me out of the damn screen!” Imagine what it was like for me seeing them live!😜
I have ALWAYs love da whoooo? i SAW TEHM FIRST IN 67 ON A BASEBALL FIELD IN pHOENIX AZ . Iwas 13.. I have seen, sorry experianced the experiance a total of 9 times in my life . I am truly blessed. One time I won frnt row center from a radio station . unFUCKING REAL!!!! I walked around in a daze for days.. Its all still lgood with jsut pete and roger , but when kieth and john left , well THAT was teh day the "music died" noboddy but NOBODY could produce teh sound that they did from any divice or combination of diviices even with mixing tehm mon a sound board . They didt call him thunder finger for nothing., and keith , well what can be said? nothing . period. Pete caqn still write and perform but to create teh magic he made in the 60-90s well ya would have to bring teh boys back somehow., Rogers vocal courd need to go to tehr smithsonian next to eddisons last breath.
just think next year we celebrate 50 years of its release and this year it's 50th year since completion... by far my favorite album ever: great reaction as always!
Yes, yes, yes!!!! Jamel Reign O’er The Who!!!! Lol Roger Daltry’s voice blew you back! Told ya! Thanks for that Jamel- just an awesome reaction. Like others are saying, 5:15 next
You sir, are a joy to behold.
The Who, Live at Leeds. have to see a good live one.
John Dorsey Young Man Blues!
My favourite version of magic bus
Pete Townsend is an amazing musician. He can play just about anything!
So beautiful!
Do MY GENERATION - The Who's 1st breakthrough song, featuring Roger's infamous stutter-singing, and John Entwhistle's badass bass solos! Pete & Keith too, they all tear it up!
Gotta be followed by The Punk Meets the Godfather, from Quadraphenia, referencing My Generation....
The live version of The Who’s “Young Man Blues”. That’s my all-time favorite live Who performance.
One of the top tracks on Quadrophenia. One of their greatest albums and a great story about English youth and "mods" in the early 1960's. Coincidentally watched the movie last night. Great.
Jamal I love that you STILL get her flowers after 15 yrs. She's a lucky lady.
From my liner notes with this album,Pete Townshend states.. : "(Love, Reign O'er Me) refers to Meher Baba's one-time comment that rain was a blessing from God; that thunder was God's Voice. It's another plea to drown, only this time in the rain. Jimmy goes through a suicide crisis. He takes a boat out to a rock.... He surrenders to the inevitable, and you know, you know, when it's over and he goes back to town he'll be going through the same shit, being in the same terrible family situation and so on, but he's moved up a level. He's weak still, but there's a strength in that weakness. He's in danger of maturing."
TANTRUMGASM Yep.
Jimmy leaves it all on a knife’s edge
Pete townshend leave it nicely ambiguious
Saw them at Shea stadium in 1982 and when they started playing “ love rain on me “ the sky’s opened up and rain poured on 85,000 people and stoped when the song was over.......Amazing!!!!!!
"Can't explain" is a short song, but you're guaranteed to love every millisecond of it!
Why does it make me so happy to watch you discover all my favorite songs? I envy you hearing this all for the first time..
This was a classic the moment it was released back in '73...
My favorite Who song. One of my favorite songs of all time. What a classic piece of artistry. A masterpiece.
Oh yah, Roger is sangin his ass off on this one ! Epic piece of music that grabs your attention the minute it starts. If you give "the real me" a listen you'll have a similar recation.
The Who is the reason why I listen to old music. I’m 15. Not many kids appreciate how good this is. By far my favorite band of all time
I'm glad you finally got to this one. It's one that everyone should listen to.
Thank you, thank you so much for reacting to this song! I'm going to show it to my older sister to introduce her to your channel, this is her all time favorite song!
One of the best songs ever recorded. Now go Listen to my Generation from the who Live at Leeds
This is absolutely the best song from the Who, so powerful! The Quadrophina Lp is so awesome. It came out when I was in junior high, and it was all over the radio back then! ❤✌😷👍
Should hear it live. Lord Rog. The Who one of my top 3 bands. Roger Daltrey voice is still on it at 76. RIP Moonie and Ox
right ion man love em all
I am nearly 72, but today it feels like I heard that song for the first time. I couldn't keep my eyes dry. I have lost people I have loved, one of them to death. It really spoke to me today. You are a young man on a worthy mission to keep great music alive while expanding your own musical horizons. Keep up the good work. I love what you're doing.
Pearl Jam’s cover of this song is amazing as well! Highly recommend that listen
Great reaction Jamal - one of your best. I saw The Who live in the early 1970's in England - waited all night for tickets - one of the most exciting concerts I ever saw.
I can’t imagine if you watch the movie The Who made called Tommy. It has so many great performers in it including Tina Tuner.
" Am I saying that right" You about to find out :-) Seriously I can't stop watching one of my favorite songs. Such an epic mashup of rock & symphony.
This has always been one of my favorite songs by The Who. They performed it during the Super Bowl halftime show several years ago. Although Roger Daltrey's voice seemed somewhat strained in that live performance, it remains one of my favorite halftime shows.
I remember that, and I don't think there's been a decent halftime show since. Of course, The Who would be a VERY TOUGH act to follow!! I will listen to an aging Daltrey ANYTIME!!💟
Glad you’re enjoying The Who my man they’re amazing one of my favorite bands had the good fortune of seeing them three times only wish I could have seen them with John and Keith
My favorite Who songs come from their live performances from 1970. They have less production quality but do a great job of showing off their talent, and have a more raw and grungier sound. Check out My Generation from their Live at Leeds album, famous for Entwistles iconic base line. Also check out Amazing Journey/Sparks from their Live at Hull album where Keith Moon goes off.
Kieth Moon is one of those drummers that set a standard for all future skin beaters to aim for. Look up some Moon the Loon stories on the web, they are crazy. A good example is when a hotel manager went to his room because of noise complaints of him listening to The Who, demos I think, at full blast. He told the manager to wait a sec and went back into his room, lit a stick of dynamite (he loved making things go bang) in the bathroom, grabbed his boombox and left the room. The TNT went off, the manager likely shit himself, and Kieth pressed play on his boom box and said "THAT was noise. THIS" pointing to his boombox "is The Who." If he hadn't have been a drummer, I could have easilly seen him as a TV comedian. The stuff he did away from his kit is as legendary as what he did behind it.
If no one mentioned it, the "drums sound like thunder" in the beginning are timpani.
Seen the Who live in their hay day back in the 70's. Good to see your appreciation of a musical classic. Love Reign over me. O'er me.
" Beach kiss the sea...Who says that?"
Yes, yes they did!
I saw them live in toronto a few months ago and the scream he did was damn impressive considering his age and how much hes used his voice