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Screen13 · 06-26-2015, 05:17 PM

One YEEEEEEEEEEEAH! from me on Who's Next.

Although I'm more of a Mod era Who listener, Who's Next seriously kept their world moving in the right direction for them. Tommy was a hard act to follow, and the full Lifehouse project turned into a basic good album that had songs which connected to the listeners in the Post-Hippie days more than what that concept would do - at least in the pre-Internet days (to be fair to Pete's goals, they were far more suited to the modern day and slightly succeeded). Moon's drumming nailed it in his own style turning into a Tsunami when he was a Sound of Mod Thunder before, Roger kept up the pace he delivered on Tommy, John was still a Heavy Bass legend, and Pete was seriously at the top of his game (again!) on the album and his use of the Arp turned two already good songs into iconic moments for the era - "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again".

Two epics in a row would have been too much, and at least Quadrophenia had something that the listener can grab onto through the music (and later the film). They were one of the greatest live bands of the time, and Who's Next at least brought their power to the studio album form after Live At Leeds captured an excellent set as some of their other studio works, as great as they are, sounded a little less live as I wanted those recordings to. For the start of the 70's FM Rock era, it was needed as it sounded great through the speakers and the songs had substance.

Not the Who album I return to may times over (and there are a couple of dull songs in there in my opinion), but one I seriously respect.

Best moment - the break in "Won't Get Fooled Again" with some powerful drumming, that Arp, and Roger's scream. Hard to top.

Plus the cover is great!

06-26-2015, 05:17 PM	#79 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	One YEEEEEEEEEEEAH! from me on Who's Next. Although I'm more of a Mod era Who listener, Who's Next seriously kept their world moving in the right direction for them. Tommy was a hard act to follow, and the full Lifehouse project turned into a basic good album that had songs which connected to the listeners in the Post-Hippie days more than what that concept would do - at least in the pre-Internet days (to be fair to Pete's goals, they were far more suited to the modern day and slightly succeeded). Moon's drumming nailed it in his own style turning into a Tsunami when he was a Sound of Mod Thunder before, Roger kept up the pace he delivered on Tommy, John was still a Heavy Bass legend, and Pete was seriously at the top of his game (again!) on the album and his use of the Arp turned two already good songs into iconic moments for the era - "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again". Two epics in a row would have been too much, and at least Quadrophenia had something that the listener can grab onto through the music (and later the film). They were one of the greatest live bands of the time, and Who's Next at least brought their power to the studio album form after Live At Leeds captured an excellent set as some of their other studio works, as great as they are, sounded a little less live as I wanted those recordings to. For the start of the 70's FM Rock era, it was needed as it sounded great through the speakers and the songs had substance. Not the Who album I return to may times over (and there are a couple of dull songs in there in my opinion), but one I seriously respect. Best moment - the break in "Won't Get Fooled Again" with some powerful drumming, that Arp, and Roger's scream. Hard to top. Plus the cover is great! Last edited by Screen13; 06-26-2015 at 05:34 PM.