the invisible era of The Who
So I just watched recently the new WHO documentary, and I gotta ask why is the 1980s era who so maligned?? I saw the "farewell" tour in 1982 with my sister & loved it, I love the FACE DANCES & IT'S HARD albums (post-Keith Moon). Much better than ENDLESS WIRE( which could have been good if it weren't so overproduced). As far as I can recall you could not turn on rock radio in the early 1980s without eventually hearing ANOTHER TRICKY DAY, yet it appears on NONE of the hits collections, what' up with that? The only representatives of these albums refered to are EMMINENCE FRONT (superior!) and YOU BETTER YOU BET ( great pop tune!), but there was much more happening at this period than those 2 tracks!! Did they just decide that they hated KENNY JONES or what? Maybe because 2 of the most heard tunes from then were ENTWISTLE songs( by the way, the greatest string instrument player in the history of stringed instruments- I'll kick your ass if you disagree, that's my conviction!!) being THE QUIET ONE & YOU, both on par with MY WIFE, BORIS, POSTCARD and a zillion B-sides- all great songs about rapists , bullies & monsters,. Entwistle rocks, goddam it, just LISTEN to that thunderous bass presence!!
I'm in the midst of my semi-annual WHO obsession, this time it's a bit John heavy, sorry! Check out the CD reissue of QUICK ONE, it's got a ton of John tunes as bonuses- king of the freak-beat B-side.
