🎼19 May 1945. Happy Birthday 🥳🍾 to Mr. Pete Townshend, born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend in Chiswick, England.
A self-taught guitarist 🎸 he has been for a lifetime the founder, songwriter and co-leader of The Who, a rock band still active since 1964 😳 which maybe was not as big as the Beatles and the Stones in terms of fame and success, but for sure of the same (if not higher) importance for the history and development of the entire rock scene ! 🤟💪
#PeteTownshend has written dozens of legendary rock songs plus rock operas and concept albums that still today are regarded as milestones🔝... and his stage performances were legendary too🔥, perhaps noone better than him has embodied that generation of rock rebels 😈
In the Chat Room... My Generation👇
#TheWho #MusicHistory #19May
A self-taught guitarist 🎸 he has been for a lifetime the founder, songwriter and co-leader of The Who, a rock band still active since 1964 😳 which maybe was not as big as the Beatles and the Stones in terms of fame and success, but for sure of the same (if not higher) importance for the history and development of the entire rock scene ! 🤟💪
#PeteTownshend has written dozens of legendary rock songs plus rock operas and concept albums that still today are regarded as milestones🔝... and his stage performances were legendary too🔥, perhaps noone better than him has embodied that generation of rock rebels 😈
In the Chat Room... My Generation👇
#TheWho #MusicHistory #19May
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🎼14 August 1971. Exactly 50 years ago The Who release their 5th studio album Who's Next, widely considered their absolute masterpiece!
For sure one of the best rock albums ever: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon at their peak!
In Who's Next also appear the most in demand guest musicians of the time such as Al Kooper, Nicky Hopkins, Leslie West.
Here's the legendary intro song👇🤟🎸 The song title refers to two of Townshend's major inspirations at the time: Indian spiritual master Meher Baba and American minimalist composer Terry Riley.
#TheWho #14August
https://youtu.be/gY5rztWa1TM
For sure one of the best rock albums ever: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon at their peak!
In Who's Next also appear the most in demand guest musicians of the time such as Al Kooper, Nicky Hopkins, Leslie West.
Here's the legendary intro song👇🤟🎸 The song title refers to two of Townshend's major inspirations at the time: Indian spiritual master Meher Baba and American minimalist composer Terry Riley.
#TheWho #14August
https://youtu.be/gY5rztWa1TM
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The Who - Baba O'Riley
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Baba O'Riley was released on 1971 classic album Who's Next. The title is derived from the combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences,…
Baba O'Riley was released on 1971 classic album Who's Next. The title is derived from the combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences,…
🎼15 January 1965. A young rock band from London, UK release their second 45 (or 7 inch) single, the first under the new name they chose for the group: The Who!
I Can't Explain was written by #guitarist and main songwriter Pete Townsend when he was 18, who candidly admits in the liner notes the resemblance of this song with another contemporaneous rock hit 😳: All Day and All of the Night by the #Kinks.
During the rehearsals of I Can't Explain a young #JimmyPage took part as sessionman 🎸 though not credited on the final recording: both #TheWho and Page recalled this years later.
I Can't Explain would become a The Who classic and a rock standard, covered by many artists and bands, some more in the Chat Room👇
This is one of what they call Rock Stories ❤️🔥 #RockMoments
https://youtu.be/h3h--K5928M
I Can't Explain was written by #guitarist and main songwriter Pete Townsend when he was 18, who candidly admits in the liner notes the resemblance of this song with another contemporaneous rock hit 😳: All Day and All of the Night by the #Kinks.
During the rehearsals of I Can't Explain a young #JimmyPage took part as sessionman 🎸 though not credited on the final recording: both #TheWho and Page recalled this years later.
I Can't Explain would become a The Who classic and a rock standard, covered by many artists and bands, some more in the Chat Room👇
This is one of what they call Rock Stories ❤️🔥 #RockMoments
https://youtu.be/h3h--K5928M
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The Who - I Can't Explain
The Who - I Can't Explain
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♥️ #MidweekRockBallad
Happy belated Birthday to one of the greatest rock #vocalist: Roger Daltrey, born in London, England on #1March 1944.
#TheWho #RogerDaltrey🤘🔥
https://youtu.be/-5KOiFDg3HY
Happy belated Birthday to one of the greatest rock #vocalist: Roger Daltrey, born in London, England on #1March 1944.
#TheWho #RogerDaltrey🤘🔥
https://youtu.be/-5KOiFDg3HY
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Roger Daltrey Say It Ain't So Joe HQ
This is everywhere, but it doesn't sound this good. I also cleaned up the video a bit & re-proportioned it. Replaced the audio. Not perfect by far, though.
For best results, watch in HQ with headphones on (or with really good speakers!)
For best results, watch in HQ with headphones on (or with really good speakers!)
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🎸 Rock History on Weekend
🎼 The "Rockabillies": Eddie Cochran
(October 3, 1938 - April 17, 1960)
Genres: #Rockabilly #RocknRoll #RnB
"Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues."
#EddieCochran
One of the most influential early Rockabilly singers - songwriters. His most famous hits "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else" became favorite standards for so many future rock and punk bands, from #TheWho to #SexPistols, from #BlueCheer to #StrayCats.
Gone too soon at 21 😔 in a car accident when in England on tour with his friend and fellow rockabilly hero #GeneVincent.
🎧Listen to Eddie Cochran's best 👉 here
🎼 The "Rockabillies": Eddie Cochran
(October 3, 1938 - April 17, 1960)
Genres: #Rockabilly #RocknRoll #RnB
"Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues."
#EddieCochran
One of the most influential early Rockabilly singers - songwriters. His most famous hits "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else" became favorite standards for so many future rock and punk bands, from #TheWho to #SexPistols, from #BlueCheer to #StrayCats.
Gone too soon at 21 😔 in a car accident when in England on tour with his friend and fellow rockabilly hero #GeneVincent.
🎧Listen to Eddie Cochran's best 👉 here
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📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 November 1973
The Who
📀 Quadrophenia
#Rock #HardRock #ProgressiveRock #RockOpera
50 years ago The Who from London, #UK released their 6th studio album.
Issued as a double album, Quadrophenia is a Concept Rock Opera entirely written by Pete Townshend: set in London and Brighton in 1965, it tells the story of a young "mod" named Jimmy and his search for self-worth and importance.
A film version of Quadrophenia directed by Franc Roddam came out in 1979: it was a commercial and critical success, crucial for the Mod Revival movement of the late 1970s / early 1980s.
#TheWho at their best ❤️🔥
In this album:
#JohnEntwistle – bass, horns, vocals
#RogerDaltrey – lead vocals
#KeithMoon – drums, vocals
#PeteTownshend – guitar and remainder
Additional personnel
#JonCurle – newsreader voice
#ChrisStainton – piano
#3November
🎧 Listen to Quadrophenia
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 November 1973
The Who
📀 Quadrophenia
#Rock #HardRock #ProgressiveRock #RockOpera
50 years ago The Who from London, #UK released their 6th studio album.
Issued as a double album, Quadrophenia is a Concept Rock Opera entirely written by Pete Townshend: set in London and Brighton in 1965, it tells the story of a young "mod" named Jimmy and his search for self-worth and importance.
A film version of Quadrophenia directed by Franc Roddam came out in 1979: it was a commercial and critical success, crucial for the Mod Revival movement of the late 1970s / early 1980s.
#TheWho at their best ❤️🔥
In this album:
#JohnEntwistle – bass, horns, vocals
#RogerDaltrey – lead vocals
#KeithMoon – drums, vocals
#PeteTownshend – guitar and remainder
Additional personnel
#JonCurle – newsreader voice
#ChrisStainton – piano
#3November
🎧 Listen to Quadrophenia
👉 here
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📀 Album of the Week
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📌3 April 1989
W.A.S.P.
📀 The Headless Children
#HeavyMetal
35 years ago W.A.S.P. from Los Angeles, #USA released their 4th studio album.
The Headless Children is widely considered #WASP "maturity" album and was also their highest charting and biggest commercial success.
The second track is a great cover of #TheWho song "The Real Me".
It's my favorite album from them and the cassette☝️still plays loud in #VeniceRocksRoom🤘
In this album:
#BlackieLawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production
#ChrisHolmes – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
#JohnnyRod – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians
#FrankieBanali – drums, percussion
#KenHensley – keyboards
#LitaFord, #DianaFennell, #MarkHumphreys, #JimiImage, #MinkaKelly, #ThomasNellen, #CathiPaige, #MikeSolan, #KevinWallace, #MelbaWallace, #RonWallace – backing vocals
#3April
🎧Listen to The Headless Children 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌3 April 1989
W.A.S.P.
📀 The Headless Children
#HeavyMetal
35 years ago W.A.S.P. from Los Angeles, #USA released their 4th studio album.
The Headless Children is widely considered #WASP "maturity" album and was also their highest charting and biggest commercial success.
The second track is a great cover of #TheWho song "The Real Me".
It's my favorite album from them and the cassette☝️still plays loud in #VeniceRocksRoom🤘
In this album:
#BlackieLawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production
#ChrisHolmes – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
#JohnnyRod – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians
#FrankieBanali – drums, percussion
#KenHensley – keyboards
#LitaFord, #DianaFennell, #MarkHumphreys, #JimiImage, #MinkaKelly, #ThomasNellen, #CathiPaige, #MikeSolan, #KevinWallace, #MelbaWallace, #RonWallace – backing vocals
#3April
🎧Listen to The Headless Children 👉 here
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😈 The abandoned palace on the #GrandCanal here in Venice, nobody wants to buy... it's the one under that disturbing light in this picture I took some time ago☝️
Discover why everyone thinks it's a cursed place and why it's connected with the Rock band #TheWho 🎸 in this interesting article👇 #CaDario
https://www.visitvenezia.eu/en/venetianity/discover-venice/ca-dario-and-its-mysteries-the-stories-of-a-cursed-building
Discover why everyone thinks it's a cursed place and why it's connected with the Rock band #TheWho 🎸 in this interesting article👇 #CaDario
https://www.visitvenezia.eu/en/venetianity/discover-venice/ca-dario-and-its-mysteries-the-stories-of-a-cursed-building
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📀 Album of the Week
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📌19 May 1969
The Who
📀 Tommy
#Rock #HardRock #ProtoProg #ProgressiveRock
55 years ago, on 👉 Pete Townshend's birthday, The Who from London #UK, released their 4th studio album.
Tommy is considered the first #RockOpera in history! Townshend started working on it since their previous 👉 1967 concept album, also trying to translate in music the spiritual teachings of 👉 Meher Baba (of whom he was a follower).
Issued as a double album, Tommy was a critical and commercial success and was performed live during iconic festivals such as Woodstock, Isle of Wight, University of Leeds.
The album contains #TheWho signature singles "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You" (the latter inserted in various parts of Tommy and sublimated as closing track)❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RogerDaltrey –Vocals, Harmonica
#PeteTownshend – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo
#JohnEntwistle – Bass, Horn, Vocals
#KeithMoon – Drums, Vocals
#19May
🎧Listen to Tommy 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌19 May 1969
The Who
📀 Tommy
#Rock #HardRock #ProtoProg #ProgressiveRock
55 years ago, on 👉 Pete Townshend's birthday, The Who from London #UK, released their 4th studio album.
Tommy is considered the first #RockOpera in history! Townshend started working on it since their previous 👉 1967 concept album, also trying to translate in music the spiritual teachings of 👉 Meher Baba (of whom he was a follower).
Issued as a double album, Tommy was a critical and commercial success and was performed live during iconic festivals such as Woodstock, Isle of Wight, University of Leeds.
The album contains #TheWho signature singles "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You" (the latter inserted in various parts of Tommy and sublimated as closing track)❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RogerDaltrey –Vocals, Harmonica
#PeteTownshend – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo
#JohnEntwistle – Bass, Horn, Vocals
#KeithMoon – Drums, Vocals
#19May
🎧Listen to Tommy 👉 here
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