Well the rain's finally stopped and I'm not feeling much like making the most of the day so, fuck it, I'll just sit in the confines of the boat I'm living on and listen to my past
I didn't have an older sibling to provide me with guidance when I was growing up in the seventies but I did have a wealthy older cousin who, for reasons I could never fathom at the time, liked to come over to our council house with his new LP records to lend them to my dad to tape
As a result I had access to a shit ton of tapped music to explore
I'd sneak a tape or two out of the unit my old man kept them in a hide away in my bedroom, headphones on and get an education
One stand out albums was The Who's Who's next
From the opening chords of 'Baba O'Reilly' to the call to arms of 'Won't get fooled again' my mind was blown (man)
I'd heard early Who stuff and it's influence on me was strong
It would later lead to my involvement with the Mod revival at school and the divisive nature that that had on familial relationships and youthful rebellion changed everything but for now I'm just a kid taking my first steps into a wide world of music as art form
The album has no duff tracks on it and stands out as a The Who getting their shit together as they mature both as individuals and as a band
The crossover from Mod band to rock band is pretty much complete now and meant when I waxed lyrical about it to my friends at school there was a cross tribe appreciation of the music, well mostly the Smash Hits kids didn't understand but why would they?
We added the record to the list of 'if you don't have this in your LP box you're not a real music fan and not worth talking to' and it become a legend for our small part of that lucky generation of kids, the ones with all the great music
Break times most important question really was who's next?
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