Great Who album or The Greatest Fucking Who album...

"I'll take on anyone
Ain't scared of a bloody nose,
Drink till I drop down
With one eye on my clothes."

I remember how much this moved me, even before I "discovered" punk rock and started self designing my hair and clothes... drinking and fighting... this song still, at the young age of 40, can get me in that spot, you know, that place where you still get pissed at your parents rules...

"What is it? I'll take it.
Who is she? I'll rape it.
Got a bet there? I'll meet it.
Getting High? You can't beat it."

Don't let your weeding threads go to your head ( no pun intened) this song isn't about do bongers... This is about getting fucked up...

"I'm feeling restless
Bring another score around
Maybe something stronger
Could really hold me down.      "

Oh man... real rocking and roll... This is no hippie dippy who's next, this is motherfucking Quadrophenia bitches!!!


Anyway...  If you need to dust of you CD or if you're lucky enough to have some vinyl, please do so, and then post about this album... If you don't know what this album is about and you post, you're lucky I can't punch you through your puter', but I'll still punch my monitor...

unbelieveably i never bought a copy of this cd.  i will make a point of buying a copy soon.  i have heard many of the songs off of the cd, but it has been ages since i have listened to it front to back.

the foo fighters opening song from the vh1 who special was fantastic.

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 7:13pm:


The latter.

No need to dust it off, because it's the first 'oo album I reach for every time.   
Never tire of it, and never will.

Lyrically and musically Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend's masterwork, imho. 

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If you don't own it, how have you ever listened to it front to back?

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:40pm:

True dat.
Albums that give you chills just thinking about 'em...

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:30pm:

Yes, and every member of the band was at their best at the same moment.  Some of the greatest performances by anyone ever on the album, especially Moon and Entwistle.  Incredible amount of work that must have gone into getting that album together.  Massive ambitions.

And like with Exile and the Stones, it was never the same after that, at least on record.  Shows were another thing.

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:50pm:

Absolutely!
Hell, I get intense feelings just looking at the 'Quadrophenia' album booklet.

Listening to 'Is It In My Head' right now...

"I feel I'm being followed
My head is empty
And every word I say turns out a sentence

Statements to a stranger
Just asking for directions
Turn from being help
To being questions"

Thanks for providing the impetus to spin it for the quadrillionth time, P.

is this the drinking thread?

Bitch wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:53pm:


No.  Judges.

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:39pm:


He hasn't.

I think I've Had Enough is the unsung hero of Quadrophenia.  Especially the version on the movie soundtrack, where Daltrey's voice goes from tough to quivering to give you the true measure of Jimmy's angst.

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 7:13pm:

Happy to do it Pdog.  The soundtrack's got a few little gems not on the album, and some interesting alternate approaches from the Ox.    Best of luck in Texas.  You still driving for a living?

Pdog wrote on Jul 30^th, 2008 at 9:39pm:


my friends copy from back in the day, is how.