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Re: BBE vs. STH/Popularity




>Hard Rock, not Heavy Metal.  Metal would to me be Sabbath, Maiden, Priest,
>Metallica. 

Shane:

You've caught up in the timeframe. When The Who came out, they were HM.
AC/DC certainly were, and Rush was close if not there. Compared to now, no.
But then again, is Zep now?

>Easy songs to play hmmm.  My Generation, I Can't Explain, Baba O'Reilly,
>Won't Get Fooled Again, Squeeze Box, Who Are You

I would argue WGFA, but you missed my point. Stairway is easy to play yet
sounds hard, and that makes it impressive.

>What were #6 & 7?  I can come up with TWSO(The Who Sings Sgt Pepper), Tommy, 
>L@L, WN, Quad.  The rest have a few good songs with a varying degree of 
>filler.

The Who's classic albums:

MY GENERATION (perhaps the most influencial album in Rock)
SELL OUT
TOMMY
LIVE AT LEEDS (still called one of the greatest live albums ever)
WHO'S NEXT
MEATY BEATY BIG AND BOUNCY (with a lineup like this, how could it not be
classic?)
QUADROPHENIA (the album that defines Rock)

I would also question your SGT. PEPPERS reference, they sound completely
different to me...and SO was at least in demo form (and partially recorded)
before SPLHCB was released. SO is Rock, SPLHCB is Pop.




                   Cheers                   ML

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."  L. Long