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The very term 'rock 'n' roll' is actually about, shock horror gasp, making the beast with two backs. I think @golfaddick should also be kept away from Shakespeare's plays - Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet, for example, absolutely drips (oops) with sexual innuendo in almost every speech.
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Tommy is basically about how abused children become abusers themselves in one way or another.golfaddick said:Watched the programme tonight. Its not an album I know much about (apart from the cover) although 3 of the songs appear on the album Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy that I bought about 40 years ago.
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
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I think interpretations of works of art are generally accepted to say more about the interpreter than they are about the work or the artist.stevexreeve said:
Tommy is basically about how abused children become abusers themselves in one way or another.golfaddick said:Watched the programme tonight. Its not an album I know much about (apart from the cover) although 3 of the songs appear on the album Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy that I bought about 40 years ago.
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
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I hope you are ok @NadouNadou said:@golfaddick is obviously 'woke'. Shocking songs - should all be banned. I'm going to cancel The Who and go and find a safe space.
The shock must have been terrible.
@UEAAddick says the Velvet Underground song Heroin is about drugs but I'm sure it's really about a brave woman. I mean, Rock music and drugs just don't mix.0 -
And Round the Horn with Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddock as Julien and Sandy. All that Polari and gay innuendo in the 1960s on the BBC.Big William said:
I think “Squeezebox” could possibly have a double meaning as well ::-)golfaddick said:
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
Agree with Henry, most pop songs are about love and sex, I think a lot of the time people wrote stuff to see what they could get away with, it was a small victory to get something on the charts that Mary Whitehouse etc didn’t realise was a bit rude.Going further back, the Goons used to slip in lots of quite risque old army jokes and phrases, Harry Secombe said they would get letters of complaint six months later from old Duchesses in Cheltenham who shouldn’t have known the joke in the first place.
Lola by the Kinks is about a transvestite, please, please me, how was she going to do that?
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Shakespeares sonnets seem to be about his gay relationship with a Lord.0
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Talking to Peter Straker last night who played the acid queen in the stage production of Tommy. We were pissed and we started singing the acid queen.0
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That was great fun.eaststandmike said:2 -
Talented family, they knock out some great covers.Solidgone said:
That was great fun.eaststandmike said:1 - Sponsored links:
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Tommy live at the Royal. Albert Hall on sky arts atm.2
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I was there, fantastic show.Cafc43v3r said:Tommy live at the Royal. Albert Hall on sky arts atm.3 -
Fuck. I’m out on the piss.0
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Not sure if they’ll show it but after they finished Tommy, they played a few hits including a blistering version of Join Together.0
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Roger Daltrey announced a UK tour this week for Nov/Dec. He's playing a selection of electric & acoustic numbers plus a Q&A session. Tickets went on sale this morning, I got mine for the Palladium on Nov 15th.2
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Great stuff……nice spot esm.eaststandmike said:0 -
Just got tickets for their acoustic show as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Albert Hall in March. Get in!1
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nice interview with Roger D in last Saturday's 'Times' .. he really is the most down to earth rock star ever0
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Can't wait for tomorrow night, first big gig for over 2 years.2
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The band's name could be on the back of some Charlton squad player shirts.
If we loan in a 35 year old left back from a club like port vale on desperate deadline day....then the who should be on that players shirt.0 - Sponsored links:
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I agree to an extent .. I believe the remnants of the Who's latest gigs will be acoustic .. if they didn't sell tickets. they wouldn't do it, there is a demand for nostalgia .. BUT Jagger soon leaping about again like a demented kid ? .. like the Magic Bus price .. tooooo much ((:>)addick1956 said:I have to say watching 77 yr old plus geriatrics trying to be 40 or 50 years younger is sad.
And I am nearly that age.0 -
No they’re not……they are well aware of their age and aren’t trying to be anything other than what they are ‘now’ and doing nothing more than trying to play and perform as well as they can.addick1956 said:I have to say watching 77 yr old plus geriatrics trying to be 40 or 50 years younger is sad.
And I am nearly that age.
Anyone who goes to see them knows full well it’s not going to be like the past but will still live and enjoy the moment in their company.
Knowing you won’t be there, my guess is they won’t give a fuck!5 -
Daltrey has also had an interesting solo career. He has a varied vocal range.
He sang the Beggars Opera, played Judas in a BBC Radio adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar and interestingly starred as Doolittle in My Fair Lady at the Hollywood Bowl.I would have loved to have seen that but can imagine that he was brilliant channelling Stanley Holloway.1 -
Fantastic show last night, they did a great job of adapting a few songs that you’d think wouldn’t work acoustically (Who are You, Baba O’Riley) and Daltrey’s voice was very strong.8
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They are playing music, not trying to be 40 or 50 years younger. Like all those great old blues singers and guitarists and contemporaries like Dylan they are able to bring a mature understanding to their songs. You should have heard Behind Blue Eyes last night or the acoustic version of Won't Get Fooled again, just Roger and Pete singing alone, in order to appreciate that.addick1956 said:I have to say watching 77 yr old plus geriatrics trying to be 40 or 50 years younger is sad.
And I am nearly that age.7 -
Brilliant band, brilliant songs and some great solo Lp's too. Although this part should be on the beer thread, has anyone tried Roger's beer? Met John a few times and always great fun, he was amazed I knew all his solo Lp's. I asked him to play The song Too Late The Hero, instead of Trick of the light on the 89 tour, he laughed and said blimey, you do have my albums, he did play it live with The Who later on, great song.1
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Decided to go and see Roger Daltry at the London Palladium on 17th July.1
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Me too, could meet up for a beer if you fancy it T?Solidgone said:Decided to go and see Roger Daltry at the London Palladium on 17th July.0 -
That’s a great song. I’ve got a signed picture disc of it. Apparently, he was persuaded to personally sign a batch of them in return for a case of whisky (not sure how true that is).WeststandWhinger said:Brilliant band, brilliant songs and some great solo Lp's too. Although this part should be on the beer thread, has anyone tried Roger's beer? Met John a few times and always great fun, he was amazed I knew all his solo Lp's. I asked him to play The song Too Late The Hero, instead of Trick of the light on the 89 tour, he laughed and said blimey, you do have my albums, he did play it live with The Who later on, great song.
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Happy to meet up for a beer but I’ve also booked access to the Exclusive lounge with a couple of mates as its my birthday treat. Not sure what the Exclusive lounge entails but it better be free drinks! I’ll DM you nearer the time.DaveMehmet said:
Me too, could meet up for a beer if you fancy it T?Solidgone said:Decided to go and see Roger Daltry at the London Palladium on 17th July.0
