Re:Who By Numbers: Happy? Skippy?

["Ian M. Derby" <csc2imd@cabell.vcu.edu>]

> Frank Zappa said a million years ago that anyone with any
> musical conscience should feel blatantly insulted by the limited scope of
> radio in this country (or something to that effect) 

This is probably why you hear every Led Zeppelin song ever released
on the radio (I swear my local AOR station plays Zeppelin twice a
day, aside from it's daily 7PM block (four songs)) and only 10 
(that's a stretch) Who songs.  Not that Zeppelin is inferior, but
people don't look at Physical Graffiti as deeply as one would look
at Quadrophenia.  Thought provoking music and commercial radio don't
mix, unless you're lucky to have a station that plays more obscure
music in a certain time slot.

Squeeze Box, Boris the Spider, and Magic Bus are arguably the three
biggest Who songs in terms of popularity (I mean on a broad scale).  
Makes one sick doesn't it?  BTW I happen to like Squeeze Box live.
I also love Magic Bus, especially as a live number but again it
shows what really sells.  


> WBN was/is one of the most depressing/honest records made by anyone, 
> including the who. What strikes me thru the heart though is Petes 
> abiltiy to be able to  sing in the middle of it all "But I like 
> every minute of the day".(TAIL). life goes on.

Actually that's a quote from "Blue Red and Grey" but aside from that
I'm in total agreement.


Dogs:  I take back my reference to using this as a bad song.  I
never realized that the lyrics were "There was nothing in my life
bigger than beer".  To me the "beer" sounded garbled, I actually
thought it was ....bigger and bigger (which of course doesn't make
any sense).  In that case, it's a GREAT song!!  :)