LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 14 2019- FORTY EIGHT YEARS AGO THE WHO RELEASED THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘WHO’S NEXT.’
MANY CONSIDER THIS ALBUM AS ONE OF THE WHO’S FINEST RECORDS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. IT WAS POWERED BY FIVE HIT SINGLES ‘BABA O’RILEY’ ‘GOING MOBILE’ ‘BARGAIN’ ‘BEHIND BLUE EYES’ AND THE 81/2 MINUTE ANTHEM ‘WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN’ ( WITH ROGER DALTREY SUPPLYING ROCK AND ROLL’S GREATEST SCREAM )
THE ARTWORK ON THE ALBUM COVER SHOWS THE GROUP APPARENTLY HAVING JUST URINATED ON A LARGE STONE STRUCTURE. ACCORDING TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER MOST OF THE BAND MEMBERS WERE UNABLE TO TINKLE, SO WATER WAS POURED FROM A CANISTER TO GET THE EFFECT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
‘WHO’S NEXT’ HAS SOLD OVER 5 MILLION COPIES TO DATE.
HERE’S A GREAT LIVE VERSION OF ‘WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN’ FROM 1978
