Re: IH > WAY, A Farce

[SlipKid@gnn.com (Ian Derby)]

>
>>>I've only heard comments such as "next to the Stones' Let It Bleed it's
>> rock's 
>>>most assured record" or "this is the Who's magnum opus".  Sterile never 
>>>entered the equation concerning Who's Next.  If you don't think WN is
> the 
>>>Who at their peak then I can't help you.  I'll admit I've never been one 
>>>of these die hard Quad lovers, but I do know the album where all four 
>>>memebers reached their stride (IE Keith Moon isn't the same drummer on 
>>>Quad, argue Bargain and Goin' Mobile against any tune on Quad).
>>
>>Now this is very strange. I must say that whoever wrote that Stones/Who
>>review knows little to nothing. LET IT BLEED was disjointed, because it
> was
>>recorded at different times. It sounds like what it is: a bunch of songs
>>thrown together. It bears more relation to ODDS AND SODS, really. Assured?
>>That could be said of YA-YAS, but...WN had a common theme and was recorded
>>(for the most part) at the same time. That sort of thing shows in a work.
>>I do think the drumming on QUAD is better than that of WN. Listen to Dirty
>>Jobs, Cut My Hair, Punk Meets The Godfather, Sea And Sand... WN is great;
>>one of the Who's classics. But it's not the end-all and be-all of the Who
>>catalog. It's got what has been called a "chilly perfection." Which is
>>unusual for The Who, as I'm sure you'll admit.
>
>
>I'm letting the IH/WAY argument drop because this is much more
> interesting.  
>You're the first person I've come across who thinks Keith is a better 
>drummer on Quad.  I happen to be a drummer myself, and I find Keith's 
>performance on Quad ordinary and plain in comparison.  Where are the 
>accented cymbal crashes, the attempts (and generally succeeding) of using 
>quintuplets without going off the beat?  What Moon did on Quad sounds like
> a 
>drummer who could've done the same thing with one hand tied behind his
> back 
>for the WN sessions.  BTW "chilly perfection" best suits Quad.  That album 
>has always sounded cold and dark (the album cover doesn't help) to me, 
>strong contrast to a brighter sounding WN.  To a majority of people WN is 
>the end all to be all of Who albums, Quad is the sentimental fav among the 
>die hards.
>
>
>As for your Let It Bleed comments I agree.  It's certainly not my favorite 
>Stones album, and comes off very choppy.  But if Paul Evans (he wrote the 
>quote) thinks that way, let him.  An assured record in my mind has to be 
>something along the lines of the Beatles Revolver.  But since you see the 
>sky as purple while I see it as pink I'm sure it's another difference of 
>opinion.