The Who - Baba O'Reilly

ORIGINATION Who's Next
LAST LISTENED TO yesterday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT durn good
RATING

It begins with an arpeggiated synth, before a piano and then some excellent open-hat drums break in. For me that's what makes the song: the piano and the rock steady, flashing beats over the burbling synth. Townsend is not particularly evident and why Daltry is banging on about 'a teenage wasteland' holds almost no interest to me whatsoever. To be fair it does sound good, whatever it may mean. In a nutshell: drums, piano, synth.

The Who - Substitute

ORIGINATION Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy
LAST LISTENED TO some time ago
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT little
RATING

The Who are a band that i've just never got into. I can't explain why, i just haven't. Don't get me wrong, though, there are some songs of theirs that i really like, although i'd guess that it's mostly the obvious ones. This tune, however, i neither particularly like or dislike. It just is. The best thing i can think to write is that the line 'i was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth' has always stuck in my mind.