My love of REAL rock. The Americans invented rock.
The British OWNED rock.
We could go 'round and 'round about which band was the greatest band, which singer, which guitarist, which drummer is the greatest. However, it comes down to personal preference anyway. Now, I'm not going to say these guys were the greatest band; however, I AM going to say they were in a class by themselves. This is the British band, The Who.
Many of you are too young to remember them. Please, watch this video. Remember, this is old, so the quality is nothing close to videos done today. However, THE PERFOMANCE blows away anything done in decades, IMHO. Now, THIS is rock, my friends ... THIS is rock!
Bassist, John Entwhistle ... actual founder of the band. Roger Daltrey ... lead singer extraordinaire. Pete Townsend ... the leader of the band and, IMHO, the angriest guitar in rock history. Keith Moon ... the rock drummers' drummer. He was not the best technical drummer. He was not a perfect timekeeper of a drummer. He WAS the ass-kickingest drummer of them all! Actually, he had a "spiritual ancestor" in The Big Band Era ... a guy named Gene Krupa (original Benny Goodman Orchestra). Honorable mention goes to drummer John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.
Watch this performance, young ones (anybody under age 45). Pay especial attention to the very end of the song ... hee hee hee! This song came out on the album WHO'S NEXT by The Who in 1971. This is a rock anthem extraordinaire. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber? Good entertainers, and I like them! Compared to this? Well, YOU decide.
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In their time, The Who was rock's loudest band ... by far; however, Blue Cheer (little known outside Haight-Ashbury) was mighty loud too. Is anybody on here enough of a hippie freak to remember Blue Cheer besides me? Bet you a dollar to a doughnut that TEKLA knows about Blue Cheer!
Oh, yeah: ROCK ON !!!
Peace

Lacey