Two Songs by The Who that Roger Daltrey HATES! 

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There’s no drums on Music Must Change. The Beat, such as it is, was actually set by Pete Townshend recording himself walking across the floor in Time with the rest of the song. If you listen closely to Music Must Change, you’ll hear footsteps, as well as the sound of broken glass. That was Pete walking across the floor and then kicking a bottle down the steps. He recorded those two sounds for the demo, but used them in the final Studio product after Keith Moon couldn’t get the Timing down on the drums. The Who performed Music Must Change during their shows with Kenney Jones in 1979, often stretching it to over seven minutes with Pete Townshend going off and soloing. As for bringing in a Session Drummer, that was something Pete, Roger and John actually discussed as Keith had trouble cutting it in the studio. They did warn him that he’d be tossed out and a new drummer brought in if he didn’t get his act together. In the short term it worked as he was able to do all of the drum tracks for Who are You over the space of a few days, but it ultimately didn’t keep his body from falling apart and his confidence from going completely south. If I were Roger, all that would be enough baggage for me to not want to play it on later tours, but John Entwistle dying after they all decided to revive it for the 2002 tour would make me think it was cursed as well.

The fact that Daltrey didn’t want to perform the song because of unpleasant memories associated with it doesn’t make it an awful song. “Music Must Change” is a awesome track, one of the best from the Who Are You album.

Pete has stated he hates Goodbye Sister Disco. It's one of Roger's favorites. When they play it, Roger comes and gets close to Pete. He hates that. John Entwistle hated Happy Jack. He said it was boring and repetitive to play. And they used to drag it on forever.

It's one thing to hate a song, quite another to hate having to play it over and over.

I would contend The Kinks are the ones who get credit for the power chord in "You Really Got Me"' As they should. Rock on!🤘😎🤘

I wouldn't want to attempt that scream at the end of the song in my late 70s every night either.....

"Won't Get Fooled Again" is understandable, as modern society is pretty much a mockery of what the song is about, i.e. "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Indeed. "The Music Must Change", as I understand it, is about the drug abuse, and human abuse, in the pop music industry. Even after this song, the abuse has only gotten worse. I love hearing and listening to these songs, and, I get why Roger doesn't want to do them, anymore. They are, both, old battle-rally songs, from a behind-the-scenes war, that has been going on for too long.

Keith was a mess during the "Who Are You" sessions. The "Not to be Taken Away" sign on the chair he is sitting on feels prophetic, he was sitting in that chair to hide his gut because he was so out of shape.

Lemmy hated playing ‘Ace of Spades’ at every gig,I would have been happy for them to play another song instead,although I do like ‘Ace of Spades’ a lot.

The studio recording of "Music Must Change" has no drums whatsoever, but it does have footsteps.

Ian Anderson said to the audience he utterly loathed playing "Living in the Past" in a live recording on my vinyl 20th Anniversary Jethro Tull box set. "Music Must Change" is a fantastic song. It does sound different without Keith Moon. But Moon really looks like he's not well in that "Who Are You" demo that is excerpted here. And John looks old before his time. He passed at 57? Wow. Hard life they must have had. "Who Are You" was a magical album when it was released in 1978. "Music Must Change" is a song that leaves quite an impression. You see me with headphones, that's a good song for headphones. That album really breathed new life into The Who's aura. At my High School "Who Are You?" was spray painted on an exterior wall about 30 feet long and remained for maybe 25 years before it was cleaned off.

The Who has certainly made plenty in royalties from the "CSI" TV franchise using their hits for theme songs. Daltry's scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again" being the iconic opening for "CSI: Miami" after one of David Caruso's cliche quips.

The irony is that the music did change but Keith could not, then he was taken away by the cosmic rock gods and the band continued on in a diminished form. And just in case you didn't know, he could play in 6/8 time as demonstrated in the song Love Reign O'er Me.

Daltrey mentioned on a recent interview on Bill Maher's show that he doesn't like performing WGFA because of the pre-recorded synth track forces him to stay locked in. "I can't go anywhere with it," or something like that.

I thought you were going to mention Goin' Mobile, since Daltrey doesn't have a place in the entire song. For me, that's what makes it one of The Who's best songs. Some of Keith's Moon's best manic drumming, and the outro solo combining Townsend's guitar and the MOOG is amazing. It's like the three remaining members of The Who recorded it when Roger was on vacation, or something.

And also Stargroves WAS NOT the mobile studio. Mick actually had a recording studio in his basement that was set up like a typical American recording studio because the English groups at that time preferred American studios to English ones - That is why Mick bought the mansion. (Although *that* mobile studio was used to record Live at Leeds.) The story actually goes while the Who were recording that track there, they took a meal break minus Daltrey who was busy laying down the vocal track. All of a sudden, the band hears Roger give out this blood curdling scream. With Mick and the rest of the Stones, the band head for the basement only to discover that Roger added that famous primal scream after the drum solo to the song.

I kinda tune out when I hear "stay 'till the end".

Saw them play in Vegas 2017, then again Boston 2019. Best band of all time

Won't get fooled again, is one of the best songs ever....

I like all The Who songs, even some of their silly ones. I think their worst song is probably Cache Cache.

I love the Who, I haven’t heard every song, but for me I would have to vote “I am the Sea” from Quadrophenia, since it doesn’t really have anything new to add to the album, or “Underture” from Tommy, since it’s 10 minutes long and lacks uniqueness, it’s very repetitive and very long and just gets tiring.

This video is very misleading. Rodger Daltrey indicates in his biography that he thinks that won't get fooled again is a great song. He also speaks very highly of the music must change. Not wanting to perform a song live does not mean that it is a bad song, and Mr Daltrey agrees.

If he was really honest he would say that he struggles these days with the loud scream towards the end of the song " Won't Get Fooled Again ".

A little surprised that Roger listed Won't Get Fooled Again (considered by many to be The Who's best song) among his least faves. Then again, Robert Plant has made it no secret he loathes Stairway To Heaven.

Who Are You is, according to Pete Townsend, was the last good Who album. Interesting comment from the guitar hero.

🤔🤔Session drummer filling in for Keith Moon? Did you listen to Music Must Change as the "percussion' is actually a recording of Pete Townshends squeaky leather shoes as he's walking across the room. No session drummer ever replaced Keith Moon in his entire career with The Who.👍👍👍

A little "click baity" of a title . . . ? At no point does Roger say that either song mentioned are "worst" or even just bad! The fact he may be tired of singing them for whatever reason is an issue many successful performers face. Audiences want to hear the hits, and particularly, the great/popular hits! It then becomes difficult for an act to meet both the audiences' and their own artistic desires. The Who, along with many other great bands, are lucky to have that problem!

The worst Who song is" Don't let go of the coat"

They played Who are You on the 89 tour.

The Who invented the power chord? WTF? Somebody was born in 1964 and never listened to anything released earlier than that. Give Link Wray a listen.

Daltrey was telling kids to get off of his lawn when he was in his thirties.

I'm not fond of "By Numbers" or "Who Are You" in their entirety.

Does anyone have a link for Link Wray? How's about you Ray?,Got a Link Ray for Link Wray.?

"It was recorded in Mick Jaggers house..." showing an incredible Mansion of the 17th century! House! Man , thats half a castle, not a "house"!

There are no drums on Music Must Change.... Only cymbals. Fairly sure Keith could 'manage' those.

Nah, I don't think the song is cursed. It just has some bad mojo for Roger.

Click bait AND misinformation.

I wouldnt play that song again. I wouldnt say cursed, but coincidence...yes. Wouldn't be a a very good song emotionally.

Funny, because i love both songs. Wont get fooled may be overplayed , but it may be one of the best rock song s ever, in my opiinion. And, i love the deeper cuts on Who are You album and Music must change is one of my favs on it

Squeezebox was and is appalling. It might be ok as a throwaway album track, but as the A side of a single it’s dreadful. Let’s See Action is a decent song ruined by all Nicky Hopkins’ piano (not his fault). It’s as if Roger’s powerful vocal had been put on top of a backing track for an Elton John record. It also reminds me of the Imagine documentary where Yoko suggests (quite rightly) that NH shuts up for a while as he plays the backing to Jealous Guy. Less is more!

A very early WHO number my greyhound and me,i cant even find it on line now,Iwonder why

Im a drummer and No i dont think its cursed ....6/8 time is not really a rock and roll time signature like 4/4 or 2/4 ( a.k.a. Cut time). It is not very easy to play To illustrate...count off 1..2..3 like they do in waltzes. Now try to count off 1-6 in that same time frame. Plus the fact that Moonies skills were starting to decline by then and he was weaning himself off booze after being a heavy drinker for years. Now Kenny Jones i think could handle that song because Kenny is a very good technique drummer. Moonie has handled 6/8 time signature successfully before (Slip Kid on The Who By Numbers was written in 6/8), but he could no longer because of his wild living.

Squeeze Box sucks out loud.

whats the difference twixt American and Brit studios?

Sorry, Roger, but "Squeeze Box" is the absolute worst Who song ever. I can't even express how much I loathe it.

Good choices! It would be hard to get tired of most of "Won't Get Fooled Again", but that opening Chinese-sounding keyboard thing is grating. "Who are you?" has always been my least favorite Who song.

Only two? Hasn't he been listening?

I make millions playing the same song every night, woe is me.

funny that question at the start, if it doesn't make the charts is it a bad song.. picture of Ed Sherran. Proof that you can throw out mostly garbage, that isn't really that artistic and still get number 1's. It ain't about the Art any more it's about the product the record companies can push.

So Roger,I love you but disagree with you

Boris... The Spider? :0/

The Who's worst song is on Endless Wire. Just pick one, any one.

There are no drums on music must change.

Who cares. He's just the singer and didn't write either of them. They're both staple Who classics. Ask Pete what he thinks. He's the author!.

Only two!!!

The fake film scratch effects placed on much of this video are very distracting.

I can't believe I spent 4.27 watching this!zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm not watching the entire video for answers.

Are all your clips made of teasers? Jeeeezzzz......

I gave this a thumbs up only because it involves the Who - the greatest live act in the history of rock. However, it is a bit of click bait. Neither one of those are considered 'worst songs'. Roger is a bit weary of Fooled. Okay. He's been doing it for 50 years so... Also, the big scream at the end is probably hard on his throat. He believes Music Must Change is cursed. Fair enough. Doesn't mean it's 'the worst'.

Yes

I see why you have 700 subs...

One band that Dave Mathews hates.

The two John Entwistle songs on Tommy are the worst. Girl’s Eyes by Keith Moon is pretty lame. Some of their early covers like Bald Headed Woman are pretty poor. Worst Pete Townshend Who song? That one on Endless Wire that he sings like Tom Waits.

had to stop watching, the lights flashing so much nearly caused me to seizure!

I just can't stomach "Behind Blue Eyes", and I've heard various disparate explanations from PT on what it's supposedly about. Just shup up with the blue eyes blues already 😄

I quit this video after 2.22 minutes cos it WAFFLING!

Boris the Spider- yeeech!

I thought Roger would say Band On The Run or Bohemian Rhapsody.

It's easy to define the worst song of any artist. Beatles: What Goes On. The Who: Now I'm a Farmer. Music Must Change isn't great but Now I'm a Farmer has never been played and never should and never will.

Why, this video seems just like an old Nickelodeon complete with 'extra scratchy' film and unsteady light levels.... very annoying!

Music must change the song was a poor side closer never liked that one guitar and pen wasn't a good song

This song is about 5:25 too long. How boring.

“Boris the Spider” is so awful that it’s fun to listen to and admire it’s wonderfully cringey awfulness.

One song from this mob MY Generation moon was effin goose Townsend well leave it at that