Re: Re[3]: Who's Next Masters Missing

[abubbica@intersteve.com (that abubbica guy)]

>
>Ian sez:
>>So, let's take a poll here "dudes".  Because it's WBN where this 
>>diehard sees the band at it's true peak.  A very deceiving album 
>
>>I still can't see how Quad to WBN is such a "rapid" downfall.  The gap is 
>>certainly much greater with WBN and Who Are You, though even that
>>album still shows timeless qualities (well Sister Disco gives the 
>>era away).
>
>I'll modify my position slightly by saying that I feel WBN isn't so much a 
>decline as a separate "thread."  On Quad, PT was writing on the individual 
>in relation to those around him, while WBN was the individual in relation 
>to himself.  Musically, the two are diametrically opposed, though 
>magnificent in their own presentation.
>
>All in all, these two albums are my two favorite studio albums, but Leeds 
>still takes first prize.
>
>
>OK,
>KLW
>
>
Kevin makes a great point in his analysis of the albums styles, but we have
to remember that Quad is a full-blown concept album.  Not quite a rock
opera, but a impresionistic bareing of the soul.  WBN is not this, it's a
collection of songs that are not related to one another, there is no
unifying theme.  I think that since it doesn't have the same grandious scope
as Quad, its impact was less than that of its predecessor.  WBN needs to be
looked upon as not a follow-up to Quad, but as a rock and roll album, for
that is all it is.  

Interestingly enough, this did not happen to Who's Next as a follow-up to
Tommy.  I think that this is because WN was so styalistically different from
anything else that the band had ever produced before.  I always thought of
WN as the Who's transition album.  Tommy pretty much ended their early sound
of the 60's, and WN defined their style for the remainder of the Moon albums
(the 70's).  Actually, defined is a poor choice of words, a better thing to
say would be that it served as a foundation from which they built upon.
Well, I'm babbeling so I'm going to go now, ciao.
that abubbica guy: Steve Rosenstein
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