The Who- Who’s Next 55th Anniversary- Pete Townshend 8-3

Note to self: since there aren’t any music streaming services between here and Mars, be sure to leave room on your hard drive for Who’s Next by The Who, now remarkably ubiquitous after fifty-five years. From the opening mesmerizing musical loop of “Baba O’Riley”, composed not by AI but physically by PTI ( Pete Townshend Intelligence) one spliced note at a time; through Roger Daltrey’s remarkable vocal on Townshend’s “Behind Blue Eyes”, and the final primal scream on “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, Who’s Next slammed the door on the naive idealism of the Hippy movement with one swift kick of Townshend’s Doc Marten black leather boot.

Pete Townshend of The Who is my guest here In the Studio the week of August 3 for the fifty-fifth anniversary of the truly timeless Who’s Next. –Redbeard