The Modernist wrote:Has anyone ever thought he was cool?
Sally Simpson?
In the 70s he was kind of a pin-up, wasn't he?
The Modernist wrote:Has anyone ever thought he was cool?
The Modernist wrote:jimboo wrote:Nah Moddy , wouldn't be the same band , any bass player would have done as well? Why have a loony on drums chucking fills and thrills when you could have had a million others , listening to the Who is an experience because of the clash and character of them involved .
Well that's true. He probably was a vital part of the chemistry, but on a strictly musical criteria I'm not sure he was that great.
He always looked a bit uncomfortable in the mod clothing at the beginning too. Has anyone ever thought he was cool?
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Count Machuki wrote:I don't think Townshend could have sustained a whole set of early Who stuff. How could he have been heard over that sheer volume, much less done all the windmills and scissor kicks and auto-destruction stuff?
The Modernist wrote:der nister wrote:The Modernist wrote:Any number of front men from more obscure sixties bands would have been as good and probably better.
Like?
The names aren't really important, though if you want some - Reg King, Kenny Pickett, Art Wood etc.
The point is Daltrey's vocals were pretty run of the mill for the time. And then there are the seventies to be held against him.
Count Machuki wrote:I don't think Townshend could have sustained a whole set of early Who stuff. How could he have been heard over that sheer volume, much less done all the windmills and scissor kicks and auto-destruction stuff?
'skope wrote:der nister wrote:The Modernist wrote:Any number of front men from more obscure sixties bands would have been as good and probably better.
Like?
google is your friend, seepage. YOU tell us, like you normally do.
It's kinda depressing for a music forum to be proud of not knowing musicians.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
SEX ARSE wrote:He's seepage's accountant
It's kinda depressing for a music forum to be proud of not knowing musicians.
Diamond Dog wrote:...it quite clearly hit the target with you and your nonce...
...a multitude of innuendo and hearsay...
...I'm producing facts here...
sloopjohnc wrote:SEX ARSE wrote:He's seepage's accountant
A singing accountant? How novel.
Guy E wrote:Count Machuki wrote:I don't think Townshend could have sustained a whole set of early Who stuff. How could he have been heard over that sheer volume, much less done all the windmills and scissor kicks and auto-destruction stuff?
Indeed. Live they would have been half the band.
The thing is, Townshend wrote for Daltrey. Pete's demos have everything worked out with his own voice, but he was imagining Roger all along. The WHO would have been a different band as a trio or a quartet with a lead guitarist and Pete as the front man. The material would have evolved along a different path.
Diamond Dog wrote:
Precisely. Spot on - everything you need to know right here.
yomptepi wrote: If he was imagining Daltrey singing the songs, then why not let him sing them?