Some "Maximum R&B" influence lingered in the two James Brown covers, but much of Townshend's original material fused Beatlesque hooks and power chords with anthemic mod lyrics, with "The Good's Gone," "Much Too Much," "La La La Lies," and especially "The Kids Are Alright" being ...
and on the second, "When Dave played the opening chords, Bobby Graham forgot the complicated introduction he had planned and just thumped one beat on the snare drum with as much power as he could muster, as if to say, 'OK, wimp, take that!'...
“You have the big, big, big bass of John Entwistle, the big, big drums of Keith Moon, the power chords, the huge voice of Roger Daltrey,” said Townshend, “and what they’re actually saying is ‘I’m a pathetic little wimp.'” 14 “The Kids Are Alright” (‘My Generation’, ...
When the first moments of the first song of your first album are as crisp and chilling as the “Aaaaaa-yah!” and fat chords that open “Cissy Strut,” hyperbole tends to abound. New Orleans demigods and house band for Allen freakin’ Toussaint before they were out of their infancy, the...
(or, really, non-romantic) "story" song with a narrative and a powerful quasi-dramatic singing role for Daltrey, and could almost have been part of a larger body of work, like a rock musical or something more ambitious; "The Kids Are Alright" was similar, a vest-pocket drama with ...
吉他手Pete Townshend才华横溢,是当时英国出色的歌曲创作者,不但他创作的单曲“The Kids Are Alright”、“My Generation”等等,成了当时年轻人的最爱,而且他独创的摇滚歌剧《Tommy》也受到了主流音乐的批评家们的重视。他将白人音乐、概念音乐有机地注入到了作品当中。步入70年代后,The Who已经成了一支成功的擅长...
They don’t say “Less is More” for nothing. Here are some diverse examples of great (well, mostly great) songs that only use two chords throughout. It is amazing how memorable and catchy they can be with just the same two chord loop over and over! You’ll notice many of these son...
” And he’ll just tell me what to do to make it better. He’s the most talented person I’ve ever met in my entire life. Since we were young, he’s been the musical one. My mom got us a guitar, and he could play chords, write songs on it already. One month on the piano...
7、 singers' vocal chords。7. A) They are eager to become famous.B) Many lack professional training。C) Few will become successful。D) They live a glamorous life.8。 A) Harm to singers done by smoky atmospheres.B) Side effects of some common drugs.C) Voice problems among pop singers....
“Baby's on Fire” is barely a song, in the conventional sense—two chords mercilessly alternating for five minutes, a single snatch of melody repeated with almost no variation, a lyric that sidles around clear sense, and a guitar solo that takes up more than half of its running time. It...