Re: the Who and their "Pop" period

[AnEnglishBoy <campbell@fix.net>]

Everyone, so far, has overlooked the fact that Shel Talmy
produced two bands in 1964, each producing early "hard"
rock...TheWho-> & TheKinks.

Little difference between "You Really Got Me" and
"I Can't Explain" if you analyze the styles.

TheWho-> were not, in any way, the first and only hard
rocking band of the era........try the JeffBeck era Yardbirds
on for size.

I'm A(n) (English) Man~




Sroundtable@aol.com wrote:

> However I believe it is possible to
> claim that The Who were the first "hard rock" band in the sense that they
> distilled many things down to a particular crunching sound but only after a
> great period of "pure" pop i.e I'm A Boy, Picture Of Lily, I Can See For
> Miles etc, etc.
>
> First of all, everyone had to pay bills.  The more "pop" sounding Who tunes
> were what was selling at the time since "hard" rock wasn't widely accepted by
> the mainstream.  I can see for miles, however, is as far from "pop" as it
> gets for the time.  I can't explain and My generation also had a hard edge
> not heard before their release, except when the Who played live.  I'm a Boy
> was "pop"?  I'm listening to it now.  it has pop elements but includes the
> who's hard sound during- "my name is bill and I'm a head case! The doctor's
> makin up on my face! etc"- plus it is about a boy in a family of genetically
> engineered girls- a pretty "pop" topic, huh?  Pictures of lily was about
> masturbation.  How bout Boris the Spider?