tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post8487272893864693812..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-55324889510071521292008-07-16T08:01:00.000-07:002008-07-16T08:01:00.000-07:00How true, Matt -- I'd love to hear Townshend's tak...How true, Matt -- I'd love to hear Townshend's take on it these days!Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-69485080269984905142008-07-15T18:42:00.000-07:002008-07-15T18:42:00.000-07:00~ Um, good observations, Holly. But I think this s...~ Um, good observations, Holly. But I think this song HAS been used in a commercial--I'm not just imagining it in my head as some stupid soundbyte. I can even hear the tagline now. <BR/> Of course, trying to seek out the source has paradoxically produced what's amounted to one rabbit hole of an internet search. So, what is it? T-Mobile? Verizon? F#%k. We're saturated in this sh#t all day long...and I can't even GO to the advertisers. <BR/> Pete Townshend may have imagined a world of stifling inter-connectivity. But he never dreamed of THIS kind of stupidity. <BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/>Matt in IC<BR/><BR/><BR/>Add'l ref:<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse_%28rock_opera%29<BR/>Also see VHI Classic's rundown of the 'Who's Next' albumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-79011894005280464052008-06-26T09:23:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:23:00.000-07:00Thanks, guys. I suspected it might be Pete on this...Thanks, guys. I suspected it might be Pete on this one, but the love-hate thing has always prevented me from listening too closely. <BR/><BR/>I'm not familiar enough with Return to Forever or Tony William's Lifetime to compare them, Keith, but I'm willing to concede that the Band might be better. Maybe it's because there's so many other fascinations to listen to in a Band song, the rhythm section doesn't seem to carry things the way Entwhistle and Moon had to carry things with the Who. For all Townshend's histrionics, his guitar playing is pretty hamfisted half the time. Not that there's anything wrong with that...Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-91612989940753190392008-06-26T08:22:00.000-07:002008-06-26T08:22:00.000-07:00It's Tonwnshend singing. Best rhythym section? The...It's Tonwnshend singing. <BR/><BR/>Best rhythym section? The Band beat The Who, Danko and Helm. Also, beating either is Return To Forever and their section of Stanley Clarke and Lenny White. Though Tony William's Lifetime, with Williams on drums and Jack Bruce on bass are also up there. Far ahead of The Who, powerful though Entwhistle and Moon were, I myself witnessed them live in England 1970. Wonderfully hard, but not the best by a long, long way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-4612793572127644312008-06-26T07:20:00.000-07:002008-06-26T07:20:00.000-07:00Good for you, Holly! But I always thought that was...Good for you, Holly! But I always thought that was Pete singing the song, not the toothy caveman looking one...Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.com