The Who to release first studio album for 24 years

I bet this will be terrible...piano led power-prog- with melodies and lyrics designed and written specifically to demonstrate to an uncaring world, how intelligent Pete Townsend is.

and we do not need it either - please don't do this you silly silly men.

Like I said.

they are (were?) the emperors new clothes of rock. a couple of mediocre songs in 40 years should not equal legendary status. give up & die please.

Nope. You're right. This bunch are nothing to do with the band that made My generation. Well...except that the guy who wrote it is in this band. Oh...and the bloke that sang it. No. No connection there then....

Of course, I'm being pendantic. But fuck it. The old records are there. If you like them, listen to them. If you don't wish to listen to this - don't buy it! It's fucking simple, really. Me? I love the Who's old stuff and couldn't give a monkeys toss about the new songs. But loads of WHO fans are gonna, so why don't you just let them have something they've probably been waiting for without pissing all over it? There were generations of music fans before you and there will be generations when you're having sweetcorn spooned into your mouth by a home care worker. I'm tired of this 'they're too old' bollocks. I'm 25, but I don't see why that means I have to sit smugly back and bemoan the efforts of anyone over 40. Why? How does that make any sense at all? Just because they were once successful they should now stop, play only the hits or die?

You're the kind of person who probably only started liking Nirvana after the lead singer blew his brains out aren't you?

Sorry, but I'm sick of reading people go through this tired new vs old argument. Its bollocks and its almost always based on arbitrary decisions like: Johnny Cash is cool this week because a film was released about him. The Who are not because Keith Moon is dead.

Next week: A keith Moon biopic is released. The Who are now cool.

Do you need a biopic to tell you what to like???

SHEEP PEOPLE!!!!!

"But I don't like Johnny Cash" you'll argue. Now you're the pendantic one. I bet you like at least one band/musician over 40, whether you admit or not. That makes you a hypocrite.

Music by older musicians has value, as does that made by young. So shut up. Most of all: BECAUSE YOU HAVENT EVEN HEARD THE FUCKING THING!!!!!

Thanks.

dude, you're a total fucking wanker...and 100% wrong about pretty much everything you just went to the effort of typing

My Generation is The Who's first album, released on Brunswick in the UK, and Decca in the US, back in '65, and is an all time classic. I own several copies- a UK original, an eighties 'virgin' reissue, plus the double vinyl stereo reissue from a few years back. All time GREAT uk r and b/freakbeat lp- and up there with 'get the picture' by The Pretty Things and 'The Sect' by The Downliners Sect.

Despite the fact The Who contain 50% of the members they did back then, including the songwriter, in spirit, energy and straight up greatness, they have nothing to do with The Who of 1965. That album- and the late sixties singles that made them the legends they are today, are excercises in three minute pop genius. Concise masterpieces unsurpassed by any group since.

However, every ALBUM since the second (a quick one...etc) has been a pretentious 'concept' either dealing with Pete Townsends insecurities about his social status, his childhood, or just his deep seated desire to prove how fucking intelligent he is, over the course of 12 eight minute prog workouts. Fine if you like that sort of thing, but I don't, and I reserve my right to criticise them.

RE: Old guys still doing it- yes I can appreciate this- Sky Saxon dribbles about the stage in a pretty cool way- Brian Wilson...Arthur Lee, rip...Hell! Even The Who, when Townsend confines himself to backing vocals, and they are playing their old material. Not sure why you'd assume I don't like old men playing music- but who'd let facts get in the way of a good rant, eh? Hell! I never do. My dislike of The Whos pretentious concept shit, has nothing to do with their age.

RE: Nirvana, no...I've never liked Nirvana, not even after he died. I confess I'm a bit of a sixties geek...not got too much time for 'modern' bands, unless they are really great.

I'm not a hypocrite for not liking Who lps post 1966- 'sell out' has some great tracks on it...but as an lp, it fucking pisses me off...fucking concept my arse.

RE: Johnny Cash- I sort of like him... I used to go to 'come down and meet the folks' (legendary north london country thing on a sunday afternoon run by A. Tyler of the Rockingbirds)...soaked up a fair bit of his stuff there- and own a few of his early singles on UK London/American- but not a MASSIVE fan. Did enjoy the movie though. Loved the bit with the digging machine...awesome.

Did you know he got pissed once and accidentally burned down a load of forest- and nearly totally fucked the California Condors' chances of survival- for good! What a bellend!

RE: musical instruments. Yes- thank you, very droll. I play the guitar to a high standard (piss over Geriatric Townsend...what a jerk) I own a few nice vintage ones- nice stuff, but nothing compared to Townsends collection- which I got to play with when I recorded at his studio in Twickenham a few years back...

you're better than him too, eh?

Good onya.

"The Who Sell Out is a great album. But hey, that's just my opinion, as is yours, and both are valid but neither are bloody gospel."

I agree.

"I've got things like Sgt Peppers in mono and stereo, doesn't make me an expert on it."

If you bothered to read my post and the post it was in reply to, you'd probably notice an element of sarcasm in my rant. The guy reckons 'my generation' isn't a record, its a song off a record...he's a jackass. I found it amusing to point out that I have several copies of the album 'my generation'...

Enjoy fucking your own ass with that courgette, dude.

Due to your last sentence there's clearly no point in trying to debate anything with you because you're clearly a bit of a tit

Good day to you sir

takes deep breath, hahahahahaha

Take a good look at yourself before insulting others. You cannot take the slightest disagreement with you on here without flying off the handle.

Now now thats a bit irrelevent isn't it.