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To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you!
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
And If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
Just Bruce Wayne
Please delete this post.
RIP Taylor Hawkins.
Yes. Thank-you, Beach.
The Kid's got no perspective.
I.E. Experince of the Time.
Geez...this band (whoever they are) sure could used a drummer.
maybe the Foo Fighter drummer is available! Ha!
Please delete this post.
RIP Taylor Hawkins.
Third album I bought myself -- 14 yrs old? What fun - used this as my caption under yearbook photo.
Totally Cool!!
Agreed! We loved the classic albums when they were released and we wore them out. And then progressive FM radio held on to these gems a bit longer and we listened patiently for a few more years. And then there was the proliferation of Classic Rock 102.whatever so we were subjected to them again, and then Muzak at work became progressive and we heard the songs again, and again and again, and then Lite FM, restaurants, TV commercials, reunion tours, more radio, more TV, movie soundtracks, TV soundtracks, more products being sold during halftime of the Super Bowl while the Rolling Stones actually played for 10 embarrassing minutes during halftime of the Super Bowl, Walmart, Target, doctors' offices, sporting events, China Grove, Layla, Freebird, Stairway to Heaven. So when we hear these songs occasionally on Radio Paradise and we roll our eyes, and we don't take the advice of a fellow listener who cleverly advises us to PSD or change the station, please know that if we do change the station we're probably going to hear the same song elsewhere.
awesome rant
I actually heard "Rambling Man" while sitting on a United Airlines flight parked at the gate once. It fit the theme of travelling and wandering, but it was yet one more captive avenue of exposure to the classics.
There it is again, the whining.
This song didn't age well in my opinion.
You appear to be mercifully unencumbered by the ravages of intellect!!!
The whining doesn't appear to be coming from the song.
twat
I was a blue eyed 12 year old in 1971 when "Who's Next" was released. At that time, "Won't Get Fooled Again" was getting all the airplay and at my tender age, made no sense to me. However, "Behind Blue Eyes" captured everything I felt, every subtle nuance of my pre-teen angst, all of the dark and brooding thoughts that my overactive imagination could create. It still sends chills down my spine when I hear it today, 35 years later. Thanks Bill, you made my day.
And I still feel the same way every time I hear this song...
Surely you've commented on the wrong song....+.5 to 9.5...LLRP!!
'WHO'S NEXT' is a Masterpiece of Rock Music as compelling today as it was when released 2 years short of half a century ago.
You know who gives a fuck about your "status 8 down to 6" for 'Behind Blue Eyes' ?
Nobody. That's WHO.
Absolutely no one at all.
Why?
The whining doesn't appear to be coming from the song.
maybe the Foo Fighter drummer is available! Ha!
Nope. Since Keith Moon is not available, I'd vote for Ringo's son or Mark Brzezicki, or maybe Simon Phillips.
You are so right. I came of age in the 70's and if I never hear Hotel California again, that will be just fine with me. I truly think that there is a saturation point. When you know every note by heart, there are no more surprises.
Time to move along, nothing more to see here.
Getting to that point with this song too.
Agreed! We loved the classic albums when they were released and we wore them out. And then progressive FM radio held on to these gems a bit longer and we listened patiently for a few more years. And then there was the proliferation of Classic Rock 102.whatever so we were subjected to them again, and then Muzak at work became progressive and we heard the songs again, and again and again, and then Lite FM, restaurants, TV commercials, reunion tours, more radio, more TV, movie soundtracks, TV soundtracks, more products being sold during halftime of the Super Bowl while the Rolling Stones actually played for 10 embarrassing minutes during halftime of the Super Bowl, Walmart, Target, doctors' offices, sporting events, China Grove, Layla, Freebird, Stairway to Heaven. So when we hear these songs occasionally on Radio Paradise and we roll our eyes, and we don't take the advice of a fellow listener who cleverly advises us to PSD or change the station, please know that if we do change the station we're probably going to hear the same song elsewhere.
Everybody in my mushrooming mulititude of elevators has hard nipples from this song... we be dancing like happy hippies... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll... hope you are having a blast, megaboogieman...
@Colt4x5 - you're so right about finding new things - especially true when one has an excellent set of speakers/phones.
Exactly! Just noticed the harmonies during the "if I swallow anything evil" section. A good set of Bose headphones will do that!
You are so right. I came of age in the 70's and if I never hear Hotel California again, that will be just fine with me. I truly think that there is a saturation point. When you know every note by heart, there are no more surprises.
Time to move along, nothing more to see here.
Getting to that point with this song too.
I'm with you on Hotel California. But this song still gives me goosebumps, after all these years.
Slow them slammin
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bronorb wrote:
Time to move along, nothing more to see here. ...
The best music keeps revealing new values as you experience it in your new frames of mind and reference.
It's only second-tier work that wears out.
@Colt4x5 - you're so right about finding new things - especially true when one has an excellent set of speakers/phones.
On_The_Beach wrote:
This gets my vote as best Who album, with Quadrophenia solidly in second.
maybe the Foo Fighter drummer is available! Ha!
Yeah...no.
More like a monolith, or a plinth, or an obelisk, or that thing from 2001:
Time to move along, nothing more to see here. ...
The best music keeps revealing new values as you experience it in your new frames of mind and reference.
It's only second-tier work that wears out.
Think about changing the station?!
I'm with you.
'Kin right!
John STARCZEWSKI
Is this the face of a sad man?
It kind of HAS been a long time! Been there, done that too. Still gets a 10! Tempus Fugit
I feel the same way at the beginning of this song (and some others, like Stairway to Heaven, for instance). But somewhere about halfway through I'm loving it. Hotel California I hope I never hear again.
You are so right. I came of age in the 70's and if I never hear Hotel California again, that will be just fine with me. I truly think that there is a saturation point. When you know every note by heart, there are no more surprises.
Time to move along, nothing more to see here.
Getting to that point with this song too.
Fuck. and No.
Please replace your ears.
Godlike - for providing the foundation of our generation
Godlike - for providing the foundation of our generation
Some riffs of "TOMMY" are already developing in this song!
They're all three pretty awesome. I wore out Quadrophenia (on vinyl) and then did same to Tommy.
Hard to believe this is the same group responsible for "Squeeze Box."
This gets my vote as best Who album, with Quadrophenia solidly in second.
Disagree. I vote for TOMMY - clearly!
Some riffs of "TOMMY" are already developing in this song!
True - nobody knows it!!!
Ask "Lazarus", ask Obama and Cheney!
Ask me!
This gets my vote as best Who album, with Quadrophenia solidly in second.
Back in the day, would have never figured The Who as "comfortable background music".
hahahahaha.... so true..!
these words chronicled those feelings of my adolescence, the edge of anger and all...
Back in the day, would have never figured The Who as "comfortable background music".
I really like the Limp Bizkit version...probably the only song they've done that I've liked (so far).
For me its one of those VERY rare scenarios where I like both the original and the cover.
Love this song... love this whole album... here is a photo that my dead best friend's younger brother's girlfriend took at a recent show, in Manchester, NH, on February 24—
Try 41 years
Noooo...ouch!
It was some years after that I heard of this song. I was 16, went to see Tommy on the theatre and it was such a shake, both aesthetic and musical. I'm time travelling each time I get to hear it. It's a very nice state actually.
This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it...
Are your nipples still hard?
The distinction I always found in the Who's performances is that they had in the dearly departed Moon and Entwhistle a lead drummer and a lead bass player, if you get my drift.
Back in the eighties, I knew a guy in Miami who said he had been Keith's boyfriend (manfriend?). Holy crap, did he have stories, including Keith driving a limo into the pool at the Beverly Hill Wilshire. Crazy, funny, sad stuff...
The distinction I always found in the Who's performances is that they had in the dearly departed Moon and Entwhistle a lead drummer and a lead bass player, if you get my drift.
I still get shivers when I hear this. . .
Me too.
Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes:
https://youtu.be/muONonvhmvI
Carnegie Hall 1994 (includes John Entwistle acoustic bass solo)
The world lost a great bass player and a better man when John passed. R.I.P. SuperDiddzz
At 2.40 does Moloney say "Up me arse?"
Nah, probably not.
I still get shivers when I hear this. . .
Who?
On first. Whats on second.
Who?
Too what? Too Who? To you?
I still like this, but it is actually one of my least-favorite Who tunes.
agree.
Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains - Behind Blue Eyes:
https://youtu.be/muONonvhmvI
Carnegie Hall 1994 (includes John Entwistle acoustic bass solo)
The world lost a great bass player and a better man when John passed. R.I.P. SuperDiddzz
Just been to that YouTube link - that performance was fantastic - such a clever mix of music.