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That's the harsh reality, nobody gives a [naughty word removed]. The people walking by it seems, are intentionally ignoring the girl...no no don't give any attention in this me world we live in.
The voice and the playing, even the song are not enough to stop people in their tracks.
It's star power that matters. People are told who the stars are and who is worthy of attention.
That's the harsh reality, nobody gives a [naughty word removed]. The people walking by it seems, are intentionally ignoring the girl...no no don't give any attention in this me world we live in.
The voice and the playing, even the song are not enough to stop people in their tracks.
It's star power that matters. People are told who the stars are and who is worthy of attention.
Aside from musicians
Be that as it may. The young woman has a great voice.
That's the harsh reality, nobody gives a [naughty word removed]. The people walking by it seems, are intentionally ignoring the girl...no no don't give any attention in this me world we live in.
The voice and the playing, even the song are not enough to stop people in their tracks.
It's star power that matters. People are told who the stars are and who is worthy of attention.
Aside from musicians
Be that as it may. The young woman has a great voice.
Absolutely, never heard a singer songwriter version of fly me to the moon either. Wonderful take
I was just reminded of this song, it's an old Irish song, dropkick Murphy did this cover and changed alot of the lyrics, but this has to be one of the most moving songs I've ever heard. I listened four times in a row.
It speaks of ww1 going by the date 1916, just incredible and this is by a band that normally plays hard punk Celtic rock.
oh how do you do, young willy mcbride do you mind if i sit here down by your graveside and rest for a while in the warm summer sun i've been walking all day, and im nearly done and i see by your gravestone you were only nineteen when you joined the great fallen in 1916 well i hope you died quick and i hope you died clean oh willy mcbride, was is it slow and obscene did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest and did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind in some loyal heart is your memory enshrined and though you died back in 1916 to that loyal heart you're forever nineteen or are you a stranger without even a name forever enshrined behind some old glass pane in an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained and faded to yellow in a brown leather frame did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest the sun shining down on these green fields of france the warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance the trenches have vanished long under the plow no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing down but here in this graveyard that's still no mans land the countless white crosses in mute witness stand till' man's blind indifference to his fellow man and a whole generation were butchered and damned did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest and i can't help but wonder oh willy mcbride do all those who lie here know why they died did you really believe them when they told you the cause did you really believe that this war would end wars well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame the killing and dying it was all done in vain oh willy mcbride it all happened again and again, and again, and again, and again did they beat the drums slowly did the play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
Great song, great message, never heard this before. Thank you for sharing.
Welcome. It's a pretty well known Irish folk song, I remember hearing it by default cause my dad had a wide musical taste from Irish and Scottish to hank williams to doo wop.
Didn't think much of it as a kid. I kind of rediscovered it through this band. Very moving
Today, a thread about astounding musicians and appealing performers and songwriters made it past 60,000 views. That's nice. It may be a lot of robots, but it's still nice.
Listened to this album today, this song is one of Townshend finest. Would never be considered to be. But the lyrics are incredible, the track is incredible,vocals at his best, great band.
I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but seems to be about God, or spiritual oneness.
Listened to this album today, this song is one of Townshend finest. Would never be considered to be. But the lyrics are incredible, the track is incredible,vocals at his best, great band.
I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but seems to be about God, or spiritual oneness.
Such an underrated masterpiece
A lot of them ole songs made no sense. Typical it goes on forever lol. 6 minute song , that would never fly in 2025 , kids get bored easy. Sounds like self refection , that he only he understands. Wasn't he busted for kiddy porn or something ?
The musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a website advertising child pornography, but said he was doing research for his autobiography. What ya crazy ?
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We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
Listened to this album today, this song is one of Townshend finest. Would never be considered to be. But the lyrics are incredible, the track is incredible,vocals at his best, great band.
I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but seems to be about God, or spiritual oneness.
Such an underrated masterpiece
A lot of them ole songs made no sense. Typical it goes on forever lol. 6 minute song , that would never fly in 2025 , kids get bored easy. Sounds like self refection , that he only he understands. Wasn't he busted for kiddy porn or something ?
The musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a website advertising child pornography, but said he was doing research for his autobiography. What ya crazy ?
That song was not written for kids, you think all music is for kids. That album particularly involved agung which I don't know why I related to the music so much as a kid, it still speaks to people interested in perspectives and people who tend to be soul searching.. interested in art , not somebody looking to pitch.
Not your ever day fare is what he's doing.
He was busted, but WAS cleared of all wrong doing.when I first heard his defense I said if c'mon.
He was in fact researching , blaming banks that allow people to use credit cards for illegal disgusting things.
The tragic part is he was cleared but people remember the accusations, not the investigation.
He never entered the site, he was trying to prove the credit card company doesn't care what you buy. So they should be punishable too..
If you are a superstar Rock star, your not going to use a credit card with your name in it to buy that Garbage, he used his own card.
That research he did ended up in the book he claimed to be doing it for, in his book who I am. Pete had issues, he wrote some songs that daltry had trouble signing,
One of the most incredible songs I've ever heard called rough boys, un fuckin believable song music especially.I never knew it was homo erotic.
I still choose to hear the song the way I want, it's a song about taunting your bullies, and standing up to them
Listened to this album today, this song is one of Townshend finest. Would never be considered to be. But the lyrics are incredible, the track is incredible,vocals at his best, great band.
I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but seems to be about God, or spiritual oneness.
Such an underrated masterpiece
A lot of them ole songs made no sense. Typical it goes on forever lol. 6 minute song , that would never fly in 2025 , kids get bored easy. Sounds like self refection , that he only he understands. Wasn't he busted for kiddy porn or something ?
The musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a website advertising child pornography, but said he was doing research for his autobiography. What ya crazy ?
That song was not written for kids, you think all music is for kids. That album particularly involved agung which I don't know why I related to the music so much as a kid, it still speaks to people interested in perspectives and people who tend to be soul searching.. interested in art , not somebody looking to pitch.
Not your ever day fare is what he's doing.
He was busted, but WAS cleared of all wrong doing.when I first heard his defense I said if c'mon.
He was in fact researching , blaming banks that allow people to use credit cards for illegal disgusting things.
The tragic part is he was cleared but people remember the accusations, not the investigation.
He never entered the site, he was trying to prove the credit card company doesn't care what you buy. So they should be punishable too..
If you are a superstar Rock star, your not going to use a credit card with your name in it to buy that Garbage, he used his own card.
That research he did ended up in the book he claimed to be doing it for, in his book who I am. Pete had issues, he wrote some songs that daltry had trouble signing,
One of the most incredible songs I've ever heard called rough boys, un fuckin believable song music especially.I never knew it was homo erotic.
I still choose to hear the song the way I want, it's a song about taunting your bullies, and standing up to them
But he was cleared of this crime, a shame.
Incredible musician and writer
Well the who are your heroes , I could really careless he got busted for kiddy porn
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
To me it was always empowering, " I can turn your bulling right back at you, your not gonna push me around.
The music supports this pov and I'll always hear it that way.
Listen to all the different parts, different rhythms, different tempos, time sig.
Listen to that amazing chord sequence at the end...
One of the best rock songs .. period
Well I hope so , Producers and studio time is pricey[/quote
Yet millions are spent in there chord songs that sat nothing and boring as all get out.
You need to accept greatness. I know I'll never write anything close to Petes best songs, maybe I can write as good as as average songs.
I don't listen to 60 year old music , I'm more intuned to 25 music
I listen to music i like, admire , how old it is has nothing to do with greatness
Jelly roll just is nowhere near this
You just don't like Jelly cuz he was in prison , So you worship kiddy porn guy , He was sent to prison , Jelly would kill him . I really never liked the whole dress like a girl bands anyway , I'm more Jim Croce , if ya wanna look back 60 years
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
The Who began as spectacle. They became spectacular. Early on, the band was in pure demolition mode; later, on albums like Tommy and Quadrophenia, it coupled that raw energy with precision and desire to complete musical experiments on a grand scale. They asked, “What were the limits of rock & roll? Could the power of music actually change the way you feel?” Pete Townshend demanded that there be spiritual value in music. They were an incredible band whose main songwriter happened to be on a quest for reason and harmony in his life. He shared that journey with the listener, becoming an inspiration for others to seek out their own path. They did all this while also being in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s loudest band.
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can’t explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out “A Quick One While He’s Away,” from the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus.)
A few years ago in Chicago, I saw Pete wring notes out of his guitar like a mechanic squeezing oil from a rag. I watched as the guitar became a living being, one getting its body bashed and its neck strangled. As Pete set it down, I swear I sensed relief coming from that guitar. A Stratocaster with sweat on it. The guitar’s sweat.
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can’t explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out “A Quick One While He’s Away,” from the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus.)
A few years ago in Chicago, I saw Pete wring notes out of his guitar like a mechanic squeezing oil from a rag. I watched as the guitar became a living being, one getting its body bashed and its neck strangled. As Pete set it down, I swear I sensed relief coming from that guitar. A Stratocaster with sweat on it. The guitar’s sweat.
Ok Who rule the world , Glad you enjoy them
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can’t explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out “A Quick One While He’s Away,” from the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus.)
A few years ago in Chicago, I saw Pete wring notes out of his guitar like a mechanic squeezing oil from a rag. I watched as the guitar became a living being, one getting its body bashed and its neck strangled. As Pete set it down, I swear I sensed relief coming from that guitar. A Stratocaster with sweat on it. The guitar’s sweat.
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can’t explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out “A Quick One While He’s Away,” from the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus.)
A few years ago in Chicago, I saw Pete wring notes out of his guitar like a mechanic squeezing oil from a rag. I watched as the guitar became a living being, one getting its body bashed and its neck strangled. As Pete set it down, I swear I sensed relief coming from that guitar. A Stratocaster with sweat on it. The guitar’s sweat.
Ok Who rule the world , Glad you enjoy them
Now your starting to make some sense
I'm trying to be nice
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams, Different roads, but the same means.
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this. You can’t explain Keith Moon or his playing. John Entwistle was an enigma unto himself, another virtuoso musical oddity. Roger turned his mic into a weapon, seemingly in self-defense. All the while, Pete was leaping into the rafters wielding a Seventies Gibson Les Paul, which happens to be a stunningly heavy guitar. As a live group, they created momentum, and they seemed to be released by the ritual of their playing. (Check out “A Quick One While He’s Away,” from the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus.)
A few years ago in Chicago, I saw Pete wring notes out of his guitar like a mechanic squeezing oil from a rag. I watched as the guitar became a living being, one getting its body bashed and its neck strangled. As Pete set it down, I swear I sensed relief coming from that guitar. A Stratocaster with sweat on it. The guitar’s sweat.
TOMMY the ROCK OPERA was released in 1969. Big hype as if it was the marriage of Mozart to Shakespeare.
The movie was released in 1975. I was in college. Went to the Movie with great expectations, only to see a far-fetched story about a blind kid who played pin-ball set to incessant banging chords and contrived sounding interludes. Bored to death.
The WHO was a huge band, but lyrically, nothing all that great to be heard.
That was symptomatic of the era. All rock bands were "genius,"...but actually, they were not.
STAIRWAY is arguably the biggest single "rock" song of all time. Never knew what the lyrics were about. Saw Plant in an interview once and he could not really give a satisfying answer as to what they were about. He fell back on the tired old art cliche about the meaning being different for every listener. Shakespeare was about something and the writing made it clear.
My opinion: Stairway was a very pleasant musical melody, with poetic-ish sounding lyrics which ALL set up, what is very arguably the most iconic electric guitar solo of all time. Nothing that the WHO did was close. You can hear STAIRWAY on the radio every day in 2025. You hardly hardly ever hear the WHO.
TOMMY the ROCK OPERA was released in 1969. Big hype as if it was the marriage of Mozart to Shakespeare.
The movie was released in 1975. I was in college. Went to the Movie with great expectations, only to see a far-fetched story about a blind kid who played pin-ball set to incessant banging chords and contrived sounding interludes. Bored to death.
The WHO was a huge band, but lyrically, nothing all that great to be heard.
That was symptomatic of the era. All rock bands were "genius,"...but actually, they were not.
STAIRWAY is arguably the biggest single "rock" song of all time. Never knew what the lyrics were about. Saw Plant in an interview once and he could not really give a satisfying answer as to what they were about. He fell back on the tired old art cliche about the meaning being different for every listener. Shakespeare was about something.
My opinion: Stairway was a very pleasant musical melody, with poetic-ish sounding lyrics which ALL set up, what is very arguably the most iconic electric guitar solo of all time. Nothing that the WHO did was close. You can hear STAIRWAY on the radio every day in 2025. You hardly hardly ever hear the WHO.
The tommy movie sucked,c the worst movie I ever saw. Timmy the play in Broadway was great
But you couldn't be more wrong about the lyrics.
This was a young Townshend, creating a concept album early twenties. It covered post war england, it covered child abuse, it covered autism... Things that weren't tip of the tongue like they are today.vir before they had words for it
Carole king said pinball wizard was the greatest song ever written . The sensory aspects of music and images was incredible.grahted people may have not wanted it at the time
But that's insane to say the lyrics of Tommy weren't good.
This was a young Townshend, creating a concept album early twenties. It covered post war england, it covered child abuse, it covered autism... Things that weren't tip of the tongue like they are today.vir before they had words for it
Carole king said pinball wizard was the greatest song ever written . The sensory aspects of music and images was incredible.grahted people may have not wanted it at the time
But that's insane to say the lyrics of Tommy weren't good.
Ask Couchgrouch
Carole King and Couchgrouch are entitled to their opinions. I have my own.
But, there is a historical record, so let's use it... "deaf, dumb and blind" were nothing new at the time, and I dont remember "autism" in the lyrics.
So, quote an instance of what you feel makes TOMMY a great set of lyrics? Irony? Epiphany? Word play?
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