Poll: What is your pick for the COOLEST Song INTRO of the ROCK ERA?

@wildpinto3291

25 күн бұрын

Time.. Pink Floyd

@christineml1476

25 күн бұрын

Roxy Music "More Than This"

@TerrickTerran

25 күн бұрын

Welcome to the Jungle I must admit.

@turtle2720

25 күн бұрын

Van Halen's "Intruder". Best intro to "Pretty Woman"! EDIT: Or the first half of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird". You know, the singing intro, until we get to the real part of Free Bird... the guitar part.

@freezer8530

25 күн бұрын

I'll nominate ... "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project (intro to "Eye in the Sky").

I met Roger Daltry a few years ago. Was coming out of work and I see this man get out of a town car. He walks past me and says good morning. I kind of looked behind me after he passed saying to myself “if I don’t know any better I swear that was Roger . Well to my surprise as I was watching the news that night that it was in fact him. He was there to donate money for a new program for adolescents and teens cancer patients. I love the fact that not only did he make the donation but he came with no security guards or personal assistants following him around my boss who went to the press conference said he was very nice and actually seemed a little embarrassed by all the attention. He apparently has stayed very active in the program. He seems like one of the good ones

@shiroibasketshoes

23 күн бұрын

Congratulations, Anne! Great that Roger Daltrey did that. Cool you got a greeting from him and saw the news report. Did the news channel graphics misspell his last name, too? Happy Pride Month and stay safe.

@bostonwhofan

22 күн бұрын

Roger Daltrey is touring the US this summer. I've already got my front row tix for the gig in Boston on June 20.

@shiroibasketshoes

22 күн бұрын

@@bostonwhofan Congratulations, enjoy the show!

@williamashton9235

19 күн бұрын

20-some years ago I met Jimmy Page on a weekday, as he was coming out of a vegetarian restaurant in Atlanta. He was with a large male companion. When I told him I'd seen one of two very recent Plant/Page shows, he asked which one and after I replied he said "the next night was better."

@cynthiajohnson9412

15 күн бұрын

I got a story like that. Back in the early 80s I was working in the cafe of my small town Rhode Island Woolworth's and going to college at night. The Who was on tour and I desperately wanted to win tickets a radio station was giving away, but no luck. About a month later I was standing behind the counter in the cafe looking out on to the sales floor of the store when this man in a brown trench coat walks by, he sees me looking at him so he stops. And I'm thinking that guy looks exactly like Roger Daltry. Anyway, he walks up to the counter. And I'm just staring at him, and I could kind of tell he was expecting me to say something. So I said, 'can I help you.' So he says, 'I'll have a coke.' And I'm like holy shit, he has a British accent. So I give him the coke and he pulls this huge wad of cash out of his pocket to pay. I don't say anything, I'm just standing there dumbfounded, so he walks away. The next day I go into work and I'm talking to my friend who managed the toy dept. of the store and I say, 'the weirdest thing happened yesterday. I saw this guy who looked exactly like Roger Daltry'. She's like holy shit a girl that worked in her department said the same thing, she said she saw Roger Daltry in the store yesterday. I asked her where The Who was playing then and she said they had been in Montreal, but she thought they were on a tour break. Later I heard a reports that Rod Stewart had been seen at the mall and was followed around by a group of teenage girls and he got into a convertible Cadillac and beeped his horn and drove away. And I was like, that wasn't Rod Stewart, you idiots, it was Roger Daltry. I'll never know whether that was really Roger Daltry, but it certainly was not Rod Stewart - that I know. P.S. I not only think that it really was Roger Daltry (can't be 100% certain) but I also am deeply convinced that I 'manifested' that. I think my deep desire to go to that concert manifested into that incident. Anyway, I've manifested many, many mysterious things since, but that was the first uncanny occurrence that built my belief that desire is a powerful force in the universe.

Fun fact: After Keith Moon died, Phil Collins tried out for the drummer spot. They didn't gel, and he didn't get the spot. Phil Collins then went back to Genesis and went on to become one of the biggest icons of the 80s.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

That's right. You know your history!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

I wonder what would have happened if Phil did start playing for them.

@PantyhoseExperience

25 күн бұрын

Collins lost out,he was no icon,he had a few hits is all

@zmarko

25 күн бұрын

​@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Miami Vice surely would have had a different vibe. Lol

@partain2000

25 күн бұрын

​@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980If they didn't gel, there's no way it could've been anything no matter how good Collins is.

I saw The Who October 15, 1982 on this tour. I had one extra ticket and tried to sell it outside the venue. I only wanted face value ($16) and some older dude said he would give me $5. I told him I would eat the f#cking thing first. I was 16 years old then and I still have that unused ticket. Rock on Professor 🤘

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

WOW!

@steveludwig4200

25 күн бұрын

Demand and supply. You had a ticket nobody wanted for face value. Should have accepted the $5.

@sub2for800M

25 күн бұрын

@@steveludwig4200 Actually now, the memory and what it represents might be worth more than $5. I'd frame the ticket myself.

@dwighthaugland452

25 күн бұрын

@@steveludwig4200 Nope. It's so much cooler to have that unused ticket now. Schiltz was the sponsor for that tour. Old school all the way.

@jeffalbillar7625

25 күн бұрын

That's pretty bitchin'. I used to love Schlitz malt liquor too. ✊🤘🤘

I was in a local mall buying the 45 of Squeeze Box ( B side Success Story), and Barbie Benton was signing autographs. She said, "I'm going to close my eyes and touch three people, and that's the last three autographs". I was pushing hands out of the way and she grabbed mine. She signed my Squeeze Box 45. If you remember falling in love with Barbie Benton, you're going to dig this channel.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

Barbie Benton....Squeeze Box......OH MAN!!! 🤪

@beeonthyme5760

25 күн бұрын

Barbie Benton, so beautiful, I bet she glowed.

@jeffalbillar7625

25 күн бұрын

​@@billparker7410hhhlllssss, mmmmm....

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Awesome!

Eminence Front is one of greatest songs ever recorded. One of our chopper pilots would play this from his Sony cassette player that he taped to the rear bulkhead of the chopper. Great episode!! Thanks!!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

"It scares the hell out of the Slants!"

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

@@billparker7410 !!!!

@marksweeney7327

25 күн бұрын

I totally agree with you. And "Its Hard" is a great album!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

It’s a great song for pilot flying.

I’ve always had a place in my heart for this song. I got a question correct on a seventh grade exam, because of it. Use eminence in a sentence. My answer He faced an eminence front. I didn’t know what the word meant, but thanks to the Who I got it correct.

I knew this was Eminence Front when I saw the thumbnail. This is still in rotation for me, loved the video

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Very cool!

Pete Townsend’s “Slit Skirts” from the album All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, is another very underrated solo song.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Agreed.

@scottlalexander510

25 күн бұрын

I concur. Slit Skirts is my favorite Towshend song and my favorite Townshend solo album. I still have my original vinyl copy I bought when it came out in 1982.

@marktait2371

25 күн бұрын

another good one my baby just gives it away from rough mix ronnie lane i have both on vinly for the second time pure and easy another great pete from odds and sods

@luistrevino6229

25 күн бұрын

​@@ProfessorofRockface dances pt. II

@terrypikaart4394

25 күн бұрын

One of my favs!.

I remember thinking it was "He's living in his truck. He's living in his truck. It's a put on" lol.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Ha ha!

@carolethorn3211

25 күн бұрын

I'm crying / laughing ...thank you ...

@LaManteca76

25 күн бұрын

Lol, at least yours makes sense. Until I bought their GH I'd been singing "Elephants tusk! It's an elephant's tusk!" 😅

@Face2theScr33n

25 күн бұрын

A buddy used to sing, "Do her in the b*tt" Edit: sorry Adam. Couldn't resist.

@dougharrison4462

25 күн бұрын

Lol, i thought it was “it’s a limited funk”

One of the coolest things that I've ever experienced in my life happened because of the song "Eminence Front". I was at a Who concert at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut in 2006 and was in the front row, center stage. The greatest seats I've ever had for any concert. I had made a sign requesting a Who song called "Black Widows Eyes" because The Who had been playing it on the first leg of that tour but dropped it on the second leg. When the lights went down and focused on Pete doing the introduction of the song "Eminence Front", the next thing I know - Roger Daltrey kneeled down on the stage directly in front of my and said, "The setlist is already set mate". I asked if they'd do the song the next night in Boston. He said he'd try. Then the next night in Boston, they played "Black Widows Eyes" and Roger saluted me! Never in my wildest imagination did I think I'd get to talk to Roger Daltrey at center stage in the middle of a Who gig. And never did I think I'd get to affect the setlist of a Who gig in Boston! But it happened. And BTW, half-way through the performance of Eminence Front that night in Connecticut, Pete's guitar cut out and he tossed it like a javelin over his amps and into the stands behind the stage. My avatar photo is a picture of me on the right, a good friend of mine on the left, and Pete Townshend in the center. That was taken outside the TD Garden in Boston the night after Mohengan Sun. I also got to meet Roger that night after the gig. Who Heaven!!!

The Who proved you didn't have to like each other to do great music. Eminence Front is quite a fun song.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

That's right!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Yup!

@billhorstkamp98

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, by most accounts, Pete Townsend’s hard to get along with

@beenaplumber8379

25 күн бұрын

I think Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles are the obvious examples. CCR too, and of course Pink Floyd and the Beatles. (Dare I bring up Ike and Tina?) It seems a tradition in rock music.

who remembers freaking out looking for the little pop in things for 45s so they'd play on a LP turn table? seemed I always lost those things in hard to reach places lol

@spacemissing

24 күн бұрын

I often center a 45 using a thumbnail to nudge the edge of the hole until the locked runout groove is concentric with the platter. Never yet had one move out of position while playing. Of course that doesn't apply to a stack on a changer!

Loudest, longest concert I ever attended. It was over 3 hours long. They even had a 20 minute intermission where Roger sang us various songs, like Boris the Spider. I knew 100% of their songs. Lakewood Amphitheater, south ATL

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

Yeah The Who was the loudest concert I ever attended too. Jack Murphy stadium in San Diego sometime in the late '80's. My ears were ringing for a few days afterwards, never had that happen before. I have tinnitus now and wouldn't doubt that night contributed to it.

@vonhalberstadt3590

24 күн бұрын

Yes! I did concert security in Atlanta for legendary PAS. Amazing job working for free. Orémus Y'all.

@kowalski3769

23 күн бұрын

It was Entwistle that sand Boris. Always. Just saying.

@kinjunranger140

23 күн бұрын

@@kowalski3769 You are probably correct. Too much weed, and other activities, in my younger years to remember everything. I did grow up in the 70's, after all. lol

@kinjunranger140

23 күн бұрын

@@billparker7410 I have it also. lol

I thought he was saying "I'm a living in a box"......which happened to be an 80's song anyway,wow,lol!

Pete is a complete musical genius. From Quadrafenia to Pinball Wizard to his solo efforts. Roger is also a great vocal and theatrical presence. They had strife you bet they did because artists often see things different way. Empty Glass is one of my top 10 albums of all time

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Agree 100%

@dougpeters1625

25 күн бұрын

Empty glass is a masterpiece!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

There is no such thing as a peaceful rock band. Every band has drama.

@serendipityshopnyc

23 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I seem to have gathered that Rush was pretty peaceful among its three members from 1975-2015. Could be wrong.

I’ve always loved the intro

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

It's so Bad A**

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Me too.

@trailerparkcryptoking5213

24 күн бұрын

One of the best ever! But then again if you think about it most of the intros Pete writes are the best in the business!!!

In 1982 I was 6 years old so had no clue who The Who was, or what they had done. And although this MTV video was quite bland I found these guys really cool. Loved the song, and still do. I guess even before I knew, I knew. The Who is one of my all time favorite groups. One of the GREATEST rock bands EVER!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

It’s a basic MTV video for a great song.

@BaddogSports

24 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Exactly

Keith Moon was my spirit animal as a kid with undiagnosed ADHD. And as much as I loved eminence front, I wanted the drummer to be more active. Later I joined a band that played Eminence Front. And realized It is very difficult to keep with the Synth Track. So I developed a new love for Kenny Jones. Great Video Adam!🥁🥁💯

We went to the Who's 50th anniversary tour. We attended the pre-show sound check. As the doors were unlocked for us to enter the auditorium Eminence Front started, The moment was surreal and one of the most unforgettable in my life.

The Who might have been the first band that really pulled me into music. So many incredible songs and albums. I still love listening to them today.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Amen!

@williambarry8015

25 күн бұрын

I was revisiting Quadrophenia and Tommy a while back and was completely blown away that they did that when they were barely out of high school. 6 or 7 years to me is barely.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

I love all of their stuff.

@internettroll7604

25 күн бұрын

@@williambarry8015 So much great stuff but Quadrophenia has alway been one of my favorites. The word epic describes it for me.

@serendipityshopnyc

23 күн бұрын

@@internettroll7604 "Love, Reign O'er Me" is otherworldly. Very few songs can transport me like that one.

I grew up on 70s rock, going to concerts when “festival seating” was a thing and being really into my music. I never imagined that raising kids, running a business and the hustle of every day life would cause music take a backseat, but with the changes from cassettes to CD’s to digital platforms, a lot of great songs were lost & forgotten. Thank you for re-introducing me to many old favorites, helping me rebuild my music library & bringing back a lot of great memories. Adding one more to the list today. 😊

Loved John Entwhistle's funk styled bass! John was one of the best bassists around, and it's clearly evident on "Eminence Front"!!!

Entwistle and Moon were famously unhappy much of their time in The Who. Jimmy Page knew this and tried to lure them away to help him create The New Yardbirds. Moon was sceptical and said: 'That'll go down like a Lead Zeppelin.'

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

THat's right.

@driver4011

25 күн бұрын

the who, the best. way better than zep. what's the first, n mostly played song while jammin with friends in the garage ? "i can't explain".

@EphemeralProductions

25 күн бұрын

😂😂

@steveludwig4200

25 күн бұрын

Thank God that didnt happen because Page was worthless on stage. #STONED

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

And a new band was formed!

❤🎉 Love the Who! Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey were musical geniuses. RIP the wild man Keith Moon. Shame also what happened that night in Cincinnati. Changed the way concerts were seated to this day. Thanks Professor! Have a great weekend.

@aalexjohna

25 күн бұрын

You know Keith Moon broke his wife's nose three times?

@TubbsFarquhar

25 күн бұрын

​@@aalexjohna Moon was famously really terrible to her. She eventually left him and married Ian McLagan from Small Faces.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks Roger!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

@@aalexjohna I've read that..Horrible.

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

@@TubbsFarquhar Hmm, never knew that. The drummer from Small Faces replacing Moon in The Who makes it an even more interesting footnote.

One of the best song intro's of all time.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

No Question!

This is My Air Supply

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Ha!

@jessehayes486

25 күн бұрын

Perfect.

@jeffalbillar7625

25 күн бұрын

🎵🎶🎼 All I need is the air that I breathe and to love WHO🎼🎶🎵

The Who were one of the first hard rock bands I was really into. Their sound was hard, yet unique in a way that that sounded like it was a blueprint for punk. Still have all my Who vinyl to this day.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Amen!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

They definitely stood out.

I remember hearing a guy called into a New York radio station to request this song and he thought it was called "Living In The Bronx" 😂

The bass line in this song is phenomenal

This is one of my favorite Who songs because of the lyrics describing how fake and manufactured things are and was a great compliment to Don Henley's Dirty Laundry about the media. They were both kind of a primer for what was to come in the 80's. It kind of helped me develop part of my cynicism and being skeptical of what I see and to not always take what you see on the surface as being right.

Thank you Adam, Growing up I watched TV more than listening to music.its why I asked my parents for a color tv instead of combo my brothers got, which was a black-and-white tv and a stereo. Now between online music sources and listening to the stories you share, I am discovering songs I never heard before, and it expands my repertoire of songs for karoke. Again thank you Professor.

My high school science teacher was named Milo Salladay. One day someone came from the office to our classroom and got as far as the locked door. My teacher went to unlock the door and I sang "Let Milo open the door 🎶" and it went over almost everyone's head. 1981 or so. Sad that I didn't get a huge laugh out of my wittyness. 😏🤡

Love the intro to Eminence Front. It's so easy, Entwhistle could have phoned it in, yet it just reaches out and grabs you and holds on to you for over two minutes. Frequently, I just keep sending the song back to start just to hear Entwhistle's bass in the intro.

Always loved The Who, thanks for taking a look at a slightly more obscure song in their lengthy catalogue.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

For sure!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

I always knew this song from car commercials

Thank you for doing this. This is my favorite Who song ever. It's so introspective and puts all of us humans on the same level.

The Who are among one of my all time favorite bands and to me have one of the finest three albums in a row in Tommy, who's next and Quadrophenia and it shows how fantastically creative Pete Townshend was at this point in this amazing bands history

9:39 Roger referred to Pete "as a nose on a stick !" 😆

That was a cool story Professor! Such a great band! Glad they managed to make fantastic music!!🤘🔥

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Rock on!

In 1982 I was working at a hotel in Cornwall UK. Pete and his family were staying there as they often did and the staff was asked to give him space, which we did. But the cook eventually asked him for his autograph on my behalf and he kindly obliged. I still have it :). I absolutely love ‘Tommy the Rock Opera’ …. Contains some beautiful music. I was 14 when the movie came out … what a classic!! My favourite track is the orchestral overture. Thanks for the memories Prof. ❤

Odd thing is that i didnt really get in to The Who until the 2000s even though i saw Tommy at the cinema in the 70s and had bought Substitute. I just happened to be listening to some of their Live at Leeds this morning. My son..18..is a big fan, so we enjoy them together. Wise kid..he's also a huge Beatles/ LedZep/ Floyd fan as well. Remember very well, Moonies death being announced. Atb from the other side of the Pond.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@lonecrow1577

25 күн бұрын

In my opinion Live at Leeds is the best album by this band,

@DDKaraokeOutlaw

25 күн бұрын

@@lonecrow1577 For me it's Who's Next.

@dukecraig2402

25 күн бұрын

​@@lonecrow1577 About 15 years ago at a flea market I bought the album Live At Leeds and believe it or not it had all the paperwork in it, the copy of their Woodstock contract, copies of hand written lyrics from songs, every single piece of paperwork that was supposed to be in the pouch was there, I couldn't believe I got that for $5.

Squeeze Box was my first exposure to The Who as I recall... Led to a life-long admiration of their songs and talent

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

FOR SURE!

@LaManteca76

25 күн бұрын

Squeeze Box will always remind me of my Dad. He played it so beautifully. According to my neighbor he used to jam on the front porch with my grandpa & uncles before he married my mom. 🤗 Lol, I know he's not really singing about the accordion. 😅

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Great record to start with.

I think Eminence Front has been sampled for commercials. The guitar parts are so iconic.

It is amazing that considering the Who was a completely spent force in 1982, they managed to cut "Eminence Front" which is one of the greatest Who songs. It's my 2nd favorite behind "Won't Get Fooled Again".

The Who has always been one of my favorite bands, and a big part of my youth. I saw them in the early 80s, but I also got to see them last year. Eminence Front is such a great song, and they did perform it at that show, which was great. My husband recently told me that for the longest time, he thought they were singing “Everything’s f#cked” lol.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Where’d you see them?

@lauriebak

25 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Last year was in Sacramento, CA.

"Squeeze Box" will always be my favorite Who song. It was a coming of age song for us early Gen Xers, if ya didn't get the innuendo then call a coroner

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

Yeah I love that song too! Only other one I'm aware of where Pete plays banjo is a track from Quadrophenia.

@chrisbenson6683

25 күн бұрын

It's one of those songs that makes it impossible to sit still. 🔥

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Great song.

I am really appreciative of your knowledge of rock ‘n’ roll. I always thought I knew a lot about music, but I learned something every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you man. You’re awesome. Have a great weekend.✌🏼

I had the privilege of seeing The Who at Badminton with a full orchestra a couple of years ago in what might be their last tour. They were incredible particularly considering their age. Rogers voice was still very strong and Peter’s guitar playing was fabulous as was Zac on drums a serious musician who did not get this gig due to his date, but sheer talent.

This song and You Better You Bet are my favorite

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

So underrated

@edlawn5481

15 күн бұрын

"Another Tricky Day" IMHO the best post-Moon Who song.

As much as I love Pete and his music I always disliked when he said things about Roger, I've even heard him do it on stage. I guess it's tough to not have differences when you become a star and sure Roger did his share of causing the riff. Eminence Front was the very first song my friend played for me on his brand new expensive turn table and speakers, fantastic! He has since passed and this song will always remind me of him. Rest in Peace Curtis your love for music made us great friends, miss you. Great episode professor!!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

THanks My Name!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

It’s hard being in a band because all the musicians have different ideas.

@MyName-pl7zn

25 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 so true!

@marktait2371

25 күн бұрын

yeh was reading in uncut several months about tour travel separate just onstage for show both men make disparaging remarks sbout each othet they are from the same neighborhood and have literally known each other there entire lives but somehow have managed to be in a band together on and off 50 plus years roger wanker.pete a posuer they like to backlash at each other but then roger says ahh were mates just having fun

@MyName-pl7zn

24 күн бұрын

@@marktait2371 I was watching a reunion concert and Pete said "why don't you try a write a song for once" in the mic on stage. I thought can't you just save that for when you are off stage. But what a fantastic music they gave us.

Thanks for this one. "Eminence Front" is one of my personal favorites. One of my long time friends put me on to this record back in the early 90s and loved it ever since (I even borrowed his "It's Hard" CD just for this track). It has a nice groove and good instrumentation. Plus the message is solid. Great classic track.💯💯💯💯

I remember when the album came out and hearing Eminence Front blasting on the radio all the time. Brings back so many memories as a kid. ❤❤

Eminence Front is a masterpiece, one of a few by The Who. Love it.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Amen!

@billparker7410

25 күн бұрын

I think you mean one of many. 😉

@Whisper_292

25 күн бұрын

@@billparker7410 I didn't want to assume...

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Indeed!

My first real hours-long ride on a motorcycle was on a Harley Road King in Sturgis (yeah, I trailered it up there as the chase vehicle for three other buddies). Playlist was on shuffle. Fired up the bike, put it in first gear, hit play, and the first song was “Eminence Front”. As we rode out of our campground to the highway on that cool morning, the intro was like an IRL soundtrack. Whatever memory the song had evoked prior to that was permanently superseded by that moment.

@chrisbenson6683

25 күн бұрын

Super cool. 😎 Great soundtrack song.

Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time. Like you, I could not find enough good things to say about it. That it calls out hypocrisy and fake people is the icing on a stone groove. Townsend built so many songs around synth grooves that Aerosmith might have found silly and cheesy (said Steve Tyler in their autobiography) but they are an undeniably clever use of the instrument and Pete wrote brilliant songs around them.

That song is epic. Gotta hear it loud. When those drums kick in with the guitar, it's exhilarating. Perhaps my favorite song of theirs, top 5 for sure.

You Rock Professor! 🤘🏻✌🏼😊

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

THanks!

@yvettevitacaponigro

25 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock 👍🏻😊

@jamespool2642

25 күн бұрын

I agree @yvettevitacaponigro

@yvettevitacaponigro

25 күн бұрын

@@jamespool2642 👍🏻😊

Eminence Front would fail as a song, without Entwhistle's constant bass solo thru the whole song. I love this song. It's so unique.

Great episode! My dad showed me this song about 2-3 years ago and it’s been on a rotation for me since that time. Such a great sound to it.

My absolute favorite song by The Who. I love learning the history of this song and other favorite songs especially from the 70s and 80s. Great video!

I always thought this album was underrated. 'Why Did I Fall For That' is a great track

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@edlawn5481

15 күн бұрын

"I've Known No War" is another great track from the album.

Saw this album tour in Cedar Falls, Ia. By the third song Pete bloodied his nose hitting it on his guitar doing a crouch jump. After the song he came up to the mic with a bloody towl laughing and said ' I got a little to wild on that one'. By the end of the show he had done so many windmills his hand looked like a bloody stump. I've seen hundreds of concerts and never seen anyone give more of themself for a show then Pete Townsend! Legendary

Love the song! I've always been a Who fan. I clipped the the the first 30 seconds of it and made it the ringtone for my phone. you just have to love it. It's smooth, energetic and sophisticated. The thing that surprises me most is almost everyone asks me ... "I've heard that before, what song is that?" After I tell them they know instantly and ask me if I will send it to their phone so they can use it too! 🙂

Eminence Front is one of my favorite Who songs. I drummed along to this in my car seemingly forever. Thanks for an informative, and fun, episode!

I am in my 60"s...been in a lot of arguments about bands... I love the Who, and their a top Three Band!!!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Amen! I agree. Pure rock.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

What are your other two?

@jerrywagner4690

25 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 that's what we always argued about.... Beatles.... and the Stones... but it can change with a few Beers...

@marktait2371

25 күн бұрын

yeh can change with yesterday clicked on the the radio stones dead flowers cones on so changes by the dayand pinball wizard was on last sunday throwback show this week in rock

@billparker7410

23 күн бұрын

@@jerrywagner4690 Most people I know will rank them Beatles, Stones, "Zeppelin" and then The Who.

"Eminence Front" is such a great song.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Amen!

I always turn this song up as loud as my wife or co-workers will let me. One of the most unique grooves. Love it!!!

Wow thanks for covering my favorite Who song! And that’s saying something. Pete is a genius.

The title song from 'The Stranger' by Billy Joel, is also about showing the world a false face!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

That's right!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

I knew that!

You may be to young to remember but I remember the 11 people passing at the December 1979 Who concert. WKRP changed the program and did a show about it for the next time slot.

❤❤❤Thank you for the memories! My 1st album my brother gave me was Tommy by the Who❤❤❤ The Who hold a special memory for me!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for listening Cherrie!

Great episode! My all time favorite band; have loved them since middle school and was lucky enough to see them a few times 😊

Also fun fact.... You Better You Bet was the first song to be played on mtv for a second time

@Whisper_292

25 күн бұрын

Ooh, trivia! Learn something new every day.

@shiroibasketshoes

25 күн бұрын

I'm imagining MTV VJs chanting "When we say we'll repeatcha, you say you bettah!..."

@Whisper_292

25 күн бұрын

@@shiroibasketshoes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

I knew that!

I thought the lyrics to the who song sounded like... *"I won't get food again."*

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Food?

@sandrasanders706

25 күн бұрын

No no..😅😅😅😅

@RichWards-Wins

25 күн бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock 🤣 I was thinking, roger daltrey was on a diet if he wanted to get down on his knees to pray that he won't get Food again... That song is grubhub's nightmare.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

Hahahaha

Always loved Eminence Front. It was up there for me with Won’t Get Fooled Again, Baba O’Riley, Who Are You, Bargain, I can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard, Join Together, etc. They are probably my favorite band and I could go on and on with songs I loved. Love the show and keep up the great work.

Outstanding track, and very characteristic of Pete Townshend’s gifts as a songwriter: fine, intelligent and meaningful lyrics, plus a bubbly keyboard part that lends a propulsion to the song. Starting with Who’s Next and lasting into his solo career, Townsend has always had a canny gift for incorporating synth into his music.

This was one of my favorite songs back in the day! Still my favorite Who song!

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Such a great intro!

Did you notice that Kenny Jones looks like Davey Jones?

you are awesome... this track is so mesmerizing, it's so intoxicating.

"Eminence Front" described '80s excess before we even knew what that decade really was. This song is as relevant today as it was then, maybe even moreso. (Another good one on that theme: "Real Me".) The sound of it is ominous, like society never learns. Like LedZep, it came out after their drummer's death as you said, and on what I think are underrated swansong albums from these bands. Thanks again, Prof. 15:50 "Let My Love Open the Door" has to be the end song for every rom-com, but I still love it. "Face to Face" is also a good one!

Hey Professor: For the segment showing the t.v. channel "signing off," you should have played a clip from the beginning of _Poltergeist_ ! I mean, that was from 1982.

@Whisper_292

25 күн бұрын

I thought that, too! Complete wirh the heads in the TV snow.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

25 күн бұрын

That movie scared me when I was younger.

@mournblade1066

24 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I was about 12 years old when that came out. I'm 53 now, and that movie STILL scares me. It's one of only four or five movies that have actually scared me. For the record, the others are: The Thing (John Carpenter's version) Prince of Darkness (another John Carpenter flick) Hell House (based on a Richard Matheson novel) I think there were one or two others, but I can't think of them at the moment.

@Whisper_292

24 күн бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 It was terrifying! I loved it! Still do, actually.

"Eminence Front" is definitely one of The Who's best songs.

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

I have to agree. Easy.

@RocketDaveA

25 күн бұрын

Agreed!

I remember being surprised that they put it out with the off sinc vocal, but it was just another unique thing about it. Ballsy.

Awesome song. Love it. I have a clasic 80's Glastron ski boat. Very clean, very nice. I play this song every time I leave the dock. Wide open. The boat and this great song!

I'm very, very skeptical of Pete's "research". Had he been an accountant, warehouse worker or teacher.. his "research" would be viewed much differently. And IYKYK

@markallen2984

25 күн бұрын

Projection on your part, I think. Pete has been quite open about being a victim of SA as a child himself. (See Tommy). His curiosity strikes me as well- grounded in non-erotic motivations.

@TubbsFarquhar

25 күн бұрын

Pete's a weird guy on a number of levels, and the 'research' was a breathtakingly stupid thing to do, but having read his autobiography, I believe him.

@toddhanley6982

25 күн бұрын

​@@markallen2984 Thank You. "Tommy" and "A Quick One While He's Away" (think not only the title but the constant refrain of 'you are forgiven ') And several others, as you say - it's been a constant theme of his work.

@thevisionary2007

25 күн бұрын

​@@markallen2984It doesn't make for projection to doubt someone saying something like that. It's no different and no more believable than "it isn't mine, I'm just holding it for a friend". I also doubted his "research" claim as well as soon as I heard about it. I never actually listened to or watched Tommy, I can't speak to his history with SA, nor to the idea that having what he had is somehow helpful in his case. I just heard that what he had was not only well known to be illegal and highly unethical, he had an astoundingly ridiculous, inexcusable amount of it. Even with the reason you gave, The quantity negates any reasonable dismissal.

@thevisionary2007

25 күн бұрын

@@Vibeagain What did I say that was uncalled for?

I saw this tour. I was 13. I wasn’t going to miss this. My Mom went with me and had a great time.

Is it weird that as much and as long as I’ve been listening to this song, when it comes on the radio I think of it as a Pete Townsend SOLO release? lol Great song, love the intro and Kenny Jones drums are rock solid! Yes Pete wrote it and sang it as you stated, so maybe that’s why I give him credit as this being a solo hit. Those were turbulent times in the history of the WHO!

I always loved that little mistake. It gives it a “live” feel. Sometimes, little mistakes like that make the music more exciting. IMHO, of course.😊 Rock on, Professor!

Thanks man. Ever since this song was released. I always wondered what it was about. The lyrics are very eclectic. It makes total sense to me now.

Thanks for reminding me. I only saw the Who once - at that 1989 reunion tour in Boulder CO. Great memory.

I've always LOVED this tune! It's awesome! "Another Tricky Day" was great too!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE “Eminence Front”…the video version is the best version…the video was so fascinating to me in 1982..I still listen to it. Big Pete Townshend fan. I didn’t know what it meant in 1982…but I sure do get it now. Prescient. Fantastic!! 🎸😎🦉

@ProfessorofRock

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@sandrasanders706

25 күн бұрын

​@ProfessorofRock I thought it said "plane crashed" instead of shares crashed..ok😅😅.. This song was soooo soulful..I was shocked it was The Who did this song..

LOVE this song! My memory as a kid hearing it was first 'seeing' it on MTV on its official video. When I saw them hit play on the reel to reel, I thought that was the actual instrument - a pre-recorded track and not a synth sequence - not realizing it was the overall playback for synching their performance to, as the video is not 'live.' I learned fast for myself when I started doing playback synching on my stuff for TV/Video shoots!

When this song came out I was working night crew in a grocery store and we used to play our radio over the intercom system overhead. The sound sucked but we had music. We were called “The Animals” cuz we were crazed with drugs and alcohol. One of our guys took his own life one night and we were stunned (it should’ve been any one of us cuz we were out of control). This song came out and came over our crappy sound system and I mis heard the lyrics but at the time it made sense to me. I heard Pete singing “Living is F’d” instead of Eminence Front. Still here it to this day and reminds my of a fallen Conrade. RIP Pat V. Thanks for the good times

Absolutely one of my favorites!!! For 'bout a week b-4 this episode i was just thinking " I haven't heard it for a while

I have not heard or even thought about this track in decades...WOW...thanks Prof!!!

When I first heard it, I misheard it as “Livin’ in Funk”. I didn’t like the song at first, but once I really LISTENED to what Pete was singing I realized this is a great song and a great lyric.

Thanks you for mentioning the Mavericks. I always loved that intro

What a great catalogue of music. It's difficult to choose my favorite.

Pete was always one of my favorites. He has such an inovative mind.