I am going to retire with a cup of gin and a wide grin to the couch at 9:00 PM EDT (do not forget to reset you clocks tonight) to watch a documentary. Please join me below the fold, if interested in one of the most seminal rock and roll bands ever united (The Who originally billed themselves as rhythm and blues).
Pete Townshend (main writer, singer, and power chord master) essentially was the driving force behind the band. Roger Daltry (main singer, some incidental guitar, good on tambourine) was the main voice. Keith Moon (some say that he was the best Keith Moon style drummer who ever lived) not only had a native sense of rhythm, but an outrageous lifestyle that eventually killed him. John Entwistle (there is no "h", so not Entwhistle) has been argued by authorities far beyond my limited musical abilities as perhaps the best bass guitar player to have lived. He also wrote several of the band's big hits.
Beginning at 9:00 EDT tonight, VH1 Classic will present a documentary about The Who. This will be followed by another documentary about the creation of the seminal record, "Who's Next", which gave us such powerful recordings as "Behind Blue Eyes", "Baba O'Reilly", and Pete's rejection of the Woodstock set, "We Don't Get Fooled Again" (poorly referenced by W at one point).
It is not my intention to trivialize the Kos site with this diary. I have a real feeling that many of the denizens here have some connection with 1960's protest music. The Who were much more than protest. They went to the places that poets and philosophers go, to examine feelings and motives.
I hope that the program lives up to its billing. For those who have studied the band, you know that it would be difficult to find four more people with less in common. Townshend was a son of a professional musician, Daltry a street punk, Entwistle from the middle class, and Moon literally a loon. As an aside, my youngest son has resembled Moon all of his life. Perhaps just my filtered eyes.
I recommend this program for everyone. Even if you do not like rock and roll, it will give a bit of perspective about the progressive movement. Through their music, when they were on top of their game, they asked questions of their generation that still require thought and answers. Warmest regards, Doc.