RES: the Who and their "Pop" period

["Oswaldo Akamine Jr." <motax@uol.com.br>]

That's the "powerpop" thing Pete used to explain to the press circa
65/66. In fact, a combination of strange lyrics, huge volume, weird drum
rolls and guitar feedback was the "formula". Although the concept seems
to be quite Lambert (and Pete's art school backgroung), if you take a
brief listen to the Creation and the Kinks, as you mentioned, you can
feel somehow Talmy's guiding hand on it.

But my point is that powerpop is not hard rock at all.

Oswaldo Akamine, in SP, Brazil
http://www.motax.com.br

-----Mensagem original-----
De: owner-thewho@igtc.com [mailto:owner-thewho@igtc.com] Em nome de
AnEnglishBoy
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 6 de setembro de 2001 11:35
Para: thewho@igtc.com
Assunto: Re: the Who and their "Pop" period


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?