#473

Played Sun City during apartheid, refused to acknowledge why that might be bad.

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#474

Yeah that’s the one. Quite liked it though I wouldn’t said it was good, quite funny to watch not realising what it is though

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#475

NEVERMIND just found out he’s Parsi-Indian*

#476

I reckon Freddie would have gone for it’s quite funny. They did a lot of songs that were silly and bombastic. Seems really fine to like them for that imo.

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#477

yeah I’d be ok if people like them in a tongue in cheek way, as I do with that song (and only that song, largely thanks to Wayne’s World) BUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY RATE THEM AS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER

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#478

Yeah I’m not a fan but i get why people like to sing along to them. I reckon Freddie’s clear annunciation explains a lot of their popularity.

I’m quite partial to some silly overblown music at times just of a different type and I’d never get offended if people thought it was silly and bombastic.

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#479

he’s got a voice, for sure

#480

Did a fair bit of standard 70s rock star shit didn’t they as well? Seem to get a pass on it though so maybe they didn’t do anything like Led Zep?

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#481

basically comes back to “all your old faves are problematic”

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#482

Weird innit. Binned off all my Ryan Adams records soon as that story broke, still and got and listen to Led Zep. I guess somehow the ‘distance’ means I separate the art from the artist, though it’s not really a conscious decision.

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#483

Kind of all three really. Whatever you want to say about them Freddie was clearly very aware of their own ridiculousness, and was happy to celebrate it and send it up at the same time

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#484

Always wanted to do the dot-to-dot on the front of By Numbers. Might print a copy one day and do it.

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#485

do you think we’ll ever know the real truth about the Townshend thing

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#486

Maybe when he dies?

#487

After some discussion in another thread, I am going to listen to Live At Leeds this afternoon. I’m going to listen to the six song tracklist from the original LP which is as follows:

1970 original LP tracklist

SIDE ONE.
\1. Young Man Blues
2. Substitute
3. Summertime Blues
4. Shakin’ All Over

SIDE TWO
1.My Generation
2.Magic Bus

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#488

Young Man’s Blues – White men singing the blues again, something I am deathly tired of. Guitar is a bit more interesting than I thought it would be but why is it five minutes long? Jesus, Daltrey, fuck off whinging.

‘Substitute’ – This is a good pop song, genuinely much better than I thought.

‘Summertime Blues’ – Ah, I can see where Robert Pollard got his influences from. This is a bad, bad rendition of this song though. I’ve heard bar bands give tighter, more thrilling renditions of it. Why is it so lumpen for a three minute song?

‘Shakin’ All Over’ – This is on an album. That some people think is one of the best live albums ever. What.

‘My Generation – Medley’ – This is toss. Why is there eight minutes left? What’s the next song called? ‘Magic Bus’? Get fucked.

‘Magic Bus’ – This is some lads shouting about a bus over the Bo Diddley beat.

It’s over! Thank fuck. I accidentally heard ‘Happy Jack’ too and that is a bad song as well.

Live At Leeds so, as shit as I’d remembered it, even though I thought ‘Substitute’ was actually really good.

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#489

:joy: :joy:

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#490

The only good thing about My Generation is that it’s about two minutes long. A medley can fuuuuuuuck off.

That version of substitute is great though.

#491

Just checked, three minutes.

No good things.

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#492

haha, enjoyed this, thanks for listening. Magic Bus is a really good song despite the stupid title, glad you found some appreciation for Substitute, and yes, Happy Jack is a terrible song. I think part of the appeal is the raw energy they capture on this, rather than the songs themselves, given it was as they were about to record Tommy its quite an interesting snapshot of a band entering their peak and shedding off their original era as it were.