Odpowiedzi można było się domyślać ( Boy George wskazał na Davida Bowie,Įd Sheeran na Damiena Rice'a a George Ezra wspomina pewien bootlegĭylana), ale jest też kilka zaskakujących wyborów. Tematem jest "płyta, która zmieniła moje życie". They are f-fading away, a pale imitation of a once great band.W ostatnim numerze Q zaprezentowało bardzo ciekawą cover Peter Blake, at least, hasn’t lost his mojo in the way that Pete Townshend has. The only thing that lives up to the name The Who here is the cover. I think most people would be really hard pushed to hum a melody from this album, even while the songs are playing, let alone afterwards. There isn’t a single memorable tune on here. I really wanted to love this but it is nowhere near worthy. Contrast that with King Crimson, who haven’t recorded a new studio album since 2003 but continue to revisit their back catalogue, revitalising the songs in a very positive way, making 40 and 50 year old songs sound brand new. This album is laboured trudge though the same old musical territory that they have been to before but with no sense of any development. The reason for any shortcomings in the music when Kenney Jones took over on drums was not because of him, he was never going to try to be Keith Moon but he played excellent drums on the tunes provided. It is also really arrogant to consider that the band might have still been as big without them since any continuing success is built on the foundations they helped build. Considering that they both played a crucial role in the sound and sensibility of The Who is very mean. They have both stooped to bad mouthing Keith Moon (and goodness knows we all knew of the flaws in his character) and John Entwistle. Contrast that with The Stones, who looked and sounded full of energy.ĭon’t get me wrong I love The Who, when I was young they The Kinks and Small Faces were my favourite rock bands but they have completely lost their way. Neither Daltrey nor Townshend looked remotely like they were enjoying themselves. I saw The Who on TV from a music festival and a more perfunctory performance it is hard to imagine. The Stones have managed it for the most part and, crucially, are still brilliant live. Some bands manage to keep releasing new music with more hits than misses. ![]() This is a derivative album full of songs that sound like a pale reflection of the band from the 60s and early 70s. ![]() The Who are just f-fading away and not in a good way. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend are joined on the album by long-time Who drummer Zak Starkey, bassist Pino Palladino along with contributions from Simon Townshend, Benmont Tench, Carla Azar, Joey Waronker and Gordon Giltrap. Sardy (who has worked with Noel Gallagher, Oasis, LCD Soundsystem, Gorillaz) with vocal production by Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Roger Daltrey, Wilko Johnson). The eleven-track album was mostly recorded in London and Los Angeles during Spring and Summer 2019 and was co-produced by Pete Townshend and D. Fifty-five years after they made their first recordings, The Who is back with their first new album in thirteen years entitled WHO due for release on 22nd November. They have played over well over 2000 gigs in a career spanning over 50 years including venues such as Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Glastonbury (twice), Hyde Park (four times), The Isle Of Wight (three times), Desert Trip, Shea Stadium, The Superbowl half time show and Live Aid to name but a very few. The Who are one of the top three greatest rock legacies in music history has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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