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Svetonio

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 02:16

A new track by The Who.

A new album is on the way.

Edited by Svetonio - September 29 2014 at 02:18

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 02:20

Seems like retirement packages are well under way..........

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 02:33

Listening to this track - Starkey's drumming is amazing, Palladino plays his JAE best, Daltrey's voice is powerful, Townshend is good all the way - I think that the last studio album by the The Who will be great.

Edited by Svetonio - September 29 2014 at 13:13

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 03:43

I think the up-and-coming Floyd release will be great - it is a dedication to Richard Wright after all.....
This doesn't necessarily mean it will be a success.......
I've never been a fan of The Who, but with Entwistle no longer with us (let alone Ol' Keith) - I find it hard to grasp it will have ANY magic, like the few moments I recall.......
.........but I am not a follower of this band, though Live At Leeds is the only document that does ANYTHING for me.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 08:19

Tom Ozric wrote:

I think the up-and-coming Floyd release will be great - it is a dedication to Richard Wright after all.....
This doesn't necessarily mean it will be a success.......
I've never been a fan of The Who, but with Entwistle no longer with us (let alone Ol' Keith) - I find it hard to grasp it will have ANY magic, like the few moments I recall.......
.........but I am not a follower of this band, though Live At Leeds is the only document that does ANYTHING for me.

Well, no one is a superhuman that can love equally all of so great opus. The Who is a band that had many stages, so there are fans who like only e.g. 60s The Who, you know - their debut album, also the great 60s songs as Happy Jack, Boris The Spider, Pictures of Lily, I Can See For Miles..
I like most that middle 70s The Who - By Numbers, Tommy Soundtrack, Live at Charlton 1974, Live in Houston 1975 and Live at Swansea 1976 especially (my fav The Who live record), and regarding this new song, I think that I'll like their last studio album.

Edited by Svetonio - September 29 2014 at 09:44

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 10:09

I wish them all the best, but that new track didn't excite me one bit.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 10:35

It;s a decent song and sounds like something that could have been on the Who Are You sessions....but I can't say it

is anything special.

As someone above said.....a retirement package album.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: September 29 2014 at 12:28

dr wu23 wrote:

It;s a decent song and sounds like something that could have been on the Who Are You sessions....but I can't say it

is anything special.

As someone above said.....a retirement package album.

This song have nothing to do with that full of synth Who Are You the album, nor with that Who Are You flash-rock (or "Disco"-like) the style of production.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 12:47

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/26/the-who-be-lucky-first-new-song-in-eight-years

The Who … Paying tribute. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

The Who’s first song in eight years explicitly references Daft Punk and AC/DC. Be Lucky, which will appear on the band’s forthcoming 50th anniversary compilation, claims the Australian rockers and the French DJs can both help you achieve your dreams.

“You wanna climb without a safety line/ AC/DC’s gonna be fine,” Roger Daltrey sings over Pete Townshend’s guitar riffs. Elsewhere in the song, he alludes to the commercial appeal of AC/DC’s biggest song: “If you want to want to sell/ you’ve got to kiss and tell/ And you’ve got to do a cover of Highway to Hell.”

The references to AC/DC are bittersweet, coming in the week it was announced the group’s founding guitarist, Malcolm Young, was having to leave the group owing to ill health.

As for Daft Punk, they are part of a similar refrain: “You want to climb without a safety line/ Daft Punk will tell you that it’s gonna be fine.” Soon an AutoTuned voice pipes up, mimicking Daft Punk’s robo-effect.

Aside of 50th anniversary compilation CD, a new studio album is gonna be released in spring 2015, Daltrey said for The Who.com

Edited by Svetonio - September 29 2014 at 12:59

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 13:17

HolyMoly wrote:

I wish them all the best, but that new track didn't excite me one bit.

I mind you that the singles are not necessarily the best songs of an album when it's recorded by The Who, at least since Her Majesty Quadrophenia - minus Face Dances.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 13:24

HolyMoly wrote:

I wish them all the best, but that new track didn't excite me one bit.

Listened on the radio, disappointed

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 13:28

http://petetownshend.net/news/new-track-by-the-who-be-lucky

Here is what Roger had to say about the new song.

“We've been in the studio recording for the first time in 7 years, and we had this one recorded. We got a greatest hits thing coming out, and we're going to put it on that, and we're also putting it out as a single. If anyone wants to download it, all the proceeds are going to our American version of Teenage Cancer Trust. I think we’ve made a great record.

Pete always writes original stuff. It's very original, it's very different, but in some ways it's very Who 1973. So, it's got a lot going for it I think. He writes alone, he writes all manner of material, and he presents it to us. Some of them I tell him they're a load of rubbish, but not many. Not that they’re rubbish, it's just that they're not suited for The Who. The ones that work, work, and here's one of them.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 13:31

It's not bad, better than most of the stuff on Endless Wire which I never really liked.

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Posted: September 29 2014 at 14:48

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Posted: September 30 2014 at 05:22

Sorry, it's not The Who without Entwistle and Moon.

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Posted: September 30 2014 at 09:29

Svetonio wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

It;s a decent song and sounds like something that could have been on the Who Are You sessions....but I can't say it

is anything special.

As someone above said.....a retirement package album.

This song have nothing to do with that full of synth Who Are You the album, nor with that Who Are You flash-rock (or "Disco"-like) the style of production.

Synth or not it sounds like the same period to me. A mediocre one at any rate.

Edited by dr wu23 - September 30 2014 at 09:29

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: September 30 2014 at 10:54

The Dark Elf wrote:

Sorry, it's not The Who without Entwistle and Moon.

Yes I know, but this is The Who song.

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Posted: September 30 2014 at 11:00

dr wu23 wrote:

Svetonio wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

It;s a decent song and sounds like something that could have been on the Who Are You sessions....but I can't say it

is anything special.

As someone above said.....a retirement package album.

This song have nothing to do with that full of synth Who Are You the album, nor with that Who Are You flash-rock (or "Disco"-like) the style of production.

Synth or not it sounds like the same period to me. A mediocre one at any rate.

Well, I like Who Are You but imo this track sounds much more like Face Dances period.
Anyway, a mediocre song or not, this song is a "classic" The Who song without a doubt.

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Posted: September 30 2014 at 11:10

Svetonio wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Svetonio wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

It;s a decent song and sounds like something that could have been on the Who Are You sessions....but I can't say it

is anything special.

As someone above said.....a retirement package album.

This song have nothing to do with that full of synth Who Are You the album, nor with that Who Are You flash-rock (or "Disco"-like) the style of production.

Synth or not it sounds like the same period to me. A mediocre one at any rate.

Well, I like Who Are You but imo this track sounds much more like Face Dances period.
Anyway, a mediocre song or not, this song is a "classic" The Who song without a doubt.

Well....of course it's a Who song...they wrote it.

A 'classic'..? I think not.

One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Posted: September 30 2014 at 11:17

chopper wrote:

It's not bad, better than most of the stuff on Endless Wire which I never really liked.

Endless Wire is actually an avarage Townshend's solo album, recorded mostly by him himself in his home studio, but with Daltrey on it. However, there are a few great songs.