Volume 23, Track 14
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” by The Who (1968) The final track of this volume focusing on The Animals, The Kinks, and The Who is the final track on Tommy (or as I affectionately refer to it as: one of the all-time greatest songs to end an album).[1] “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is a [...]
Volume 23, Track 13
“My Wife” by The Who (1971) “My life’s in jeopardy Murdered in cold blood is what I’m gonna be I ain’t been home since Friday night And now my wife is coming after me” The penultimate track on side one of Who’s Next, “My Wife” is the only song on the album that John Entwistle [...]
Volume 23, Track 12
“A Quick One, While He’s Away” by The Who (1970) Not included on the original vinyl release (the original vinyl release only included six songs, a 14+ minute version of “My Generation” amongst them), “A Quick One, While He’s Away” is arguably the crown jewel of The Who’s Valentine’s Day live show from 1970 since [...]
Volume 23, Track 11
“I’m One” by The Who (1973) It is my personal experience that Quadrophenia, The Who’s double album in which each band member projected their own story onto the character Jimmy, is an album that is mostly consumed and admired by guys only. I think I have personally met only three women in my life who [...]
Volume 23, Track 10
“The Ox” by The Who (1965) “The Ox” is the final track on the UK release of The Who’s debut album My Generation.[1] It is an instrumental song that references bassist John Entwistle’s nickname and spotlights his abilities, as well as co-writer Nicky Hopkins kaleidoscopic piano playing ability. For those who are familiar with ’60′s [...]
Volume 23, Track 9
“Last of the Steam-Powered Trains” by The Kinks (1968) On an album in which no other tracks eclipse the 3-minute mark, “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains” and its 4:03 track length is far and away the longest song on the album. It is the Dostoevsky amongst the Willa Cathers. As you would guess from the [...]
Volume 23, Track 8
“The Village Green Preservation Society” by The Kinks (1968) The sixth studio album by The Kinks, and the last one released with all of the original members on it, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the band’s very wordily titled concept album that revolved around themes such as “less is more,” “let’s [...]
Volume 23, Track 7
“Situation Vacant” by The Kinks (1967) Anyone who loves music a little more than they should has at one time or another daydreamed about The Perfect Radio Station[1]—a place where only quote unquote good music and eclectic playlists rule the day; a place where, if you were to play something by The Beatles or The [...]
Volume 23, Track 6
“David Watts” by The Kinks (1967) In my opinion Something Else by The Kinks is hands down the band’s best album. It was the only album of theirs that I included on my top albums site a few years ago (I ranked it #27 to be precise) and one of the primary factors in doing [...]
Volume 23, Track 5
“Story of Bo Diddley” by The Animals (1964) The UK debut album of the The Animals differed greatly from the US debut. A notable difference is that the US version started with “House of the Rising Sun,” whereas the UK version began with “Story of Bo Diddley.” (The US version did not even include this [...]
Volume 23, Track 4
“It’s My Life” by The Animals (1965) Here is a song that really does a fantastic job of capturing the essence of young adulthood. And not young adulthood in the modern bullshit Twilight sense, in which people seem to only fret about whether or not they are liked by members of the opposite sex. I’m [...]
Volume 23, Track 3
“I’m In Love Again” by The Animals (1964) Originally written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew in 1956, The Animals recorded this cover for their eponymous debut album.[1] The Animals’ version is significantly different—their version starts off with, and includes as a foreground instrument, a guitar and their version has many modifications applied to it, [...]
Volume 23, Track 2
“We Gotta Get out of This Place” by The Animals (1965) It’s been too many years since I read it to remember what the origin of the context was but back about 15 years ago or so I remember reading a letter that someone had written to Rolling Stone back when I still had a [...]
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