Certain Songs #3266: The Who - "The Seeker" Single, 1970

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3266: The Who – “The Seeker”

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Too bad, cos I believe that WORLD GONE WRONG is the true beginning of his post-80s comeback.

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More unwanted AI bullshit on Facebook.

Certain Songs #3266: The Who - "The Seeker" Single, 1970

Certain Songs #3266: The Who – “The Seeker”

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I remember seeing that "Rosalita" on some History of Rock and Roll show and I thought "my gods, this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life."

I spent my teens and 20s with the boots from Passiac and Cleveland, and they could have nuked Phoenix during the performance of "Rosalita" and it would kept on going.

Best. Tour. Ever.

Now worried that all of the WHO'S NEXT posts for Certain Songs are going to be a zillion words long and take two weeks each to write, given my short writing window these days.

When I managed a video store in the late 80s, I would tell customers who rented FACES OF DEATH 2 that it wasn't as good as FACES OF DEATH because they couldn't get the original cast.

"LOVE AND THEFT" isn't just Bob Dylan's best album of the past half-century (less damming with faint praise than you might expect), it's at least a top ten Dylan album for me, probably top five.

Also, whoever did the Lou Reed on the cover version is my new hero.

Certain Songs #3265: The Who - "Heaven and Hell (Leeds 02-14-1970)" Album: LIVE AT LEEDS 25TH ANNIVERSARY | Year: 1970

Certain Songs #3265: The Who – “Heaven and Hell (Leeds 02-14-1970)”

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we all know I have no life, so:

"Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)"
"The Cross"
"When You Were Mine"
"Mountains"
"Shy"

If an artist can put out a whole singles album full of bangers, that's no small feat in any era.

He'd also do as much of Jack Nicholson in A FEW GOOD MEN as he could remember.

Certain Songs #3264: The Who - "Shakin' All Over (Leeds 02-14-1970)" Album: LIVE AT LEEDS | Year: 1970

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3264: The Who – “Shakin’ All Over (Leeds 02-14-1970)”

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Not only are the Old 97s still making great music -- as is Rhett Miller as a solo artist -- I think SATELLITE RIDES is their absolute peak. Easy vote for me.

I mean, if Apple needed a new CEO, they coulda just asked me.

I never saw it, but it seemed problematic at the time, can only imagine how it plays now.

Watching Aaron Paul doing a guest turn on ER that coulda been an audition tape for Jesse Pinkman.

‘A Place Both Wonderful and Strange’ Review: A Town Called Twin Peaks David Lynch and Mark Frost’s surreal mystery series ran for only two seasons in its initial run. But it proved a forerunner of a television revolution.

Over at the Wall Street Journal, I reviewed Scott Meslow's excellent new 'Twin Peaks' survey "A Place Both Wonderful And Strange", which narrates the show's amazing journey from midseason network replacement to canonical instance of uniquely American art. Gift link below. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

I met W. Earl Brown at a Drive-by Truckers concert in West Hollywood. It was just after Season 3 ended.

Real nice guy, said they were hoping for another season when I asked about it

Certain Songs #3264: The Who - "Shakin' All Over (Leeds 02-14-1970)" Album: LIVE AT LEEDS | Year: 1970

Certain Songs #3264: The Who – “Shakin’ All Over (Leeds 02-14-1970)”

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Sometimes I click from the newsletter and sometimes I click from BlueSky, so i'm not sure it's a binary.

Huh.

Certain Songs #3263: The Who - "Summertime Blues (Leeds 02-14-1970)" Album: LIVE AT LEEDS | Year: 1970

ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3263: The Who – “Summertime Blues (Leeds 02-14-1970)”

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That's true, it was almost instant regret: i was making fun of indie purists by the early 1990s!

This is one of those "I made it really sexy like you asked for" situations which completely backfired.

As one of the people who helped to create indie cred during the 1980s, I now formally apologize for my actions.

#tweetsfrom1985
"Among some fans, there is sometimes a naive hope that “indie artists” should be held to a different—perhaps higher—standard. Nobody minds when major label pop stars do this sort of thing. It’s expected. But bands who trade in hard-earned credibility can take a hit."