Best song by The Who

[Zuni]

what is your fave? or faves?

I love stuff "I can't Explain" and "My Generation" and most of their earlier, Mod style and R and B stuff (ever hear their cover of Heat Wave? Moon's drumming on that is positively sick)but recently I can't stop listening to the song "Bargain", which is so catchy that it has been used in countless commercials

[Richardo]

1. Man - so few to pick from

If you're holding a large caliber gun to my head, I'd say the 'Overture' from Tommy. :)

[Squeech]

2. Amazing Journey

I Can See For Miles
Can You See the Real Me
Slip Kid
So Sad About Us
Substitute
Going Mobile
A Quick One While He's Away (live!)

And a few they didn't write: Young Man Blues, Eyesight to the Blind, Armenia City in the Sky...

And then all the obvious ones I'm trying not to headbang to as I type...

[XNASA]

3. That's a tough one. I'll have to whittle it down to 'Quadrophenia'....

Which is, of course, the greatest album of all time and say....

"The Real Me", followed closely by "5:15".

[taterguy]

4. seconded, as far as The Real Me and 5:15 are concerned

[Zuni]

6. The Real Me

has the sickest bass playing I have ever heard

[johnnie]

11. The Real Me is one of my favorites too

It's impossible to pick the best Who song.

[Kashka-Kat]

19. yeah! LOVE reign over me

[Fenris]

5. "Sparks"

[Horse with no Name]

7. I'm partial to "Squeeze Box"

because there was this party I was at and .....
never mind.:blush:

[Midlodemocrat]

8. The Seeker.

[GOPisEvil]

26. !

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

9. Live at Leeds - Young Man Blues...

Oh well a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days

You know in the old days
When a young man was a strong man
All the people they'd step back
When a young man walked by

But you know nowadays
It's the old man,
He's got all the money
And a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said nothing

Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'.
Everybody!
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
He got nothin'
Nothin'

Take it easy on the young man
They ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said they ain't got nothin'!
They got sweet fuck-all!

:headbang:

[jpak]

21. That was written by Mose Allison - yes/no????

n/t

[bridgit]

28. correct...

n/t

[wildhorses]

10. please...

are you trying to make my brain explode???














impossible.for.me.to.choose.just.one.

[tjwmason]

12. Boris the Spider.

The combination of the pure banality of the lyrics with a voice that can reach that far down - there's no contest. :D

[BreweryYardRat]

23. Mmm-hmm.

[no name no slogan]

13. lately, it's "Tattoo"

I love that song-- totally twee, but the lyrics crack me up.

[Orsino]

14. "Won't Get Fooled Again"

If only for Daltrey's scream.

[mtnester]

15. 5:15 seconded

love that song

[khashka]

16. Behind Blue Eyes

Khash

[begin_within]

25. I'll second that.

[KFC]

17. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

I also like All Around the World

[Bossy Monkey]

22. This is a clever joke, right?

You know this was The Jam, right? (There was a picture of Keith Moon on the single, though, and Weller was certainly Who- and mod-obsessed in those days.)

[tigereye]

18. The Kids are All RIght is my favorite early one

Can't Explain
Pictures of Lily

I like the Mod period stuff the best, too, Zuni.

and some later stuff - I'll have to think about that for a while. I actually prefer songs that Townsend sings.

[SteppingRazor]

20. I like Baba O'Riley and Squeeze Box n/t

[HughBeaumont]

24. One day it will be "A Quick One While He's Away" . . .

. . . next day, it'll be "I'm One" . . . day after it'll be "Behind Blue Eyes" . . . day after, it's "The Song is Over" . . . "Young Man's Blues" . . . "Water" . . . too many to name.

But overall . . . the one that touches me the most is "Love Reign O'er Me". I can sing that song word for word and it'll make me feel better no matter how shitty I feel.

[Ramsey]

27. Bab O'Riley is my fave

I also like Eminence Front

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

29. I Can See For Miles

That was the ONE...with the Townshend windmill chords, the cryptic but razor-sharp lyrics ("The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days...You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze...Well, here's a poke at you, You're gonna choke on it too, You're gonna lose that smile...Beacuse all the while, I can see for miles and miles"), the guitar solo that fed off of Keith Moon's crazed drumming...

I own every note The Who played, but that one song...that was the ONE.

:toast: