I've always been a fan. To me this proves how powerful a sparse guitar part can be. Pete doesn't play a lot here. In fact he never does. It's just a few riffs here and there and a couple of bends at the top of the neck with one of the most beautiful suspension chains in music history. (not just rock music history because according to Pete he was inspired by English Baroque composer Heney Purcell) Sparks is as great a dramatic moment as you'll find in Wagner, Verdi or Mozart, a brilliant piece of instrmental music that sets a dramatic mood. The Who's special contribution to rock is writing specifically for the dramatic stage. While Tommy and Quadrophenia have proven to hold the stage as full musicals/operas the fact that The Who in their prime presented these works as a quartet more powerfully than any larger production of them is still pretty stunning.
After 11 years only 8.3k views? Very sad. I'm 66 years old and I wish I could turn people on to this band. I live in the US, and when I discovered them in the mid-80s I thought I had discovered something magic.
Oh it is out of our hands we never stood a chance And living in the perfect land we fail to make much sense Life's a circle, that's for certain, 'round our dreams we fly In drunkenness we stumble... for a moment...for a moment Where emptiness is meaningless and feelings never stray And laughing at such pointlessness is all we'd like to do Life's a circle, that's for certain, 'round our dreams we fly Repeat the lines that they have spoken...for a moment...for a moment We're like monkeys on juice Monkeys on juice The poison in our system it is getting out of hand No faith in such religions, we have seen these things before Life's a circle, that's for certain, 'round our dreams we fly In drunkenness we stumble... for a moment...for a moment We're like monkeys on juice Monkeys on juice Monkeys on juice Etc.
@artlover1477 To me, he seemed like a star that was dying and going into supernova at this stage of his career. Someone once wrote, God decided to become a Rock and Roll drummer. So for twelve years he came to earth and was Keith Moon of The Who.
Brutal attack on a simple riff from Tommy. The almost chaotic energy of this sound, channeled by a master musician, is so unique no other rock guitar player comes even close
This is the song that totally got me into them because I'd never heard anything like it; the raw energy just radiates out of the notes he plays. This is pure rock at its finest..and it's their own unique sound...nobody played this type of stuff before them. Townshend is a pioneer, and I'd rather listen to this than endless monotonous shredding by the so-called "best"...
I honestly think it’s their best, and one of the best rock albums of the 90s. It’s a shame that it was their last & that the production/distribution troubles swirling around it essentially ended everything. This was their first recording I believe in the US & was Reeds attempt to penetrate the US market. They produced it in LA, and then I believe the label backed out for some reason. Reed wound up releasing it himself out of Germany, and the band was over
Blasting off is absolutely underrated. This one, Don't think about it and Train of hope are special to me and remind me of my lifelong buddy Stefano. We were at your gug in Rome back in 1986
