It 's time to detoxify ...
Too many times in this blog in the last few days we talked and then appointed the word that starts with "S" and ends up "anremo. Enough! (At least for this year ...)
We want to rebel, to give vent to our anger (perhaps dictated by the latest musical story told) ... Nothing better to do back in time and relive it once again that type of music that begins with "R": the healthy and good old rock and roll!
And here we find solace in a Pete Townshend, large guitarist, composer and leader of one of the biggest bands in history: The Who .
This gentleman with the long nose and the air a bit 'funny, along with Roger Daltrey (vocals), John Entwistle (bass) and the late, great Keith Moon (possibly the best drummer of all time ), founded the group in 1964 and took it to have happened the following year with the release of "My Generation " . It was the symbol of the band
Mod , that this very popular youth movement in the '60s, basically anarchic, but with a strong sense of the group, which also receive particular attention to clothing, extreme care and look at some things aesthetic, such as the use of Vespa and Lambretta (yes, that particular Italian scooter that takes its name from the River Lambro, unfortunately, very timely, given the environmental disaster that hit him in these days).
In the video we see today, Who are very young, at the beginning of their career (then long and prolific), they appeared in a television with the single that gives the name of their first album, "My Generation" .
This song quickly became the anthem of the generation to which it refers (that of Mod fact), although a large amount of text thin that outlines the features only marginally: the lapidary phrase "Hope I die before I get old" (I hope I die before being old) represents the most important step.
And also how to sing, apparently, does not help the cause: Roger Daltrey stutters in fact for most of the piece.
But the explanation given by the same author, Pete Townshend : "It 's a tangled Mod who tries to tell you how and why he's a big cool, but it fails, it is not nearly so upset that there does the talking. "
Stuttering and a great bass solo by John Entwistle will Then a trademark for this great piece, repeated here in a hilarious interpretation to be seen, both in appearance and running ... but especially the ending, nothing short of explosive! We just think that the last "bang", blew up (they say) from Keith Moon, caused serious damage to the hearing of Pete Towshend ... Enjoy!
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