{"id":9861,"date":"2010-09-07T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T07:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taggedtalk.com\/blog\/2010-09-07-the-whos-music-brilliantly-discussed.html"},"modified":"2010-09-07T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T07:59:17","slug":"the-whos-music-brilliantly-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/9861-the-whos-music-brilliantly-discussed.html","title":{"rendered":"The who\u2019s music brilliantly discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what Tommy is really about? Curious about those odd Who tracks like Dogs and Circles? Interested in what reviewers at the time thought about the Who\u2019s classic tracks? Or where to get the best-sounding versions?<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showthread.php?t=182662\" target=\"_blank\">this discussion<\/a> on Steve Hoffman\u2019s forum, and especially the contributions by a Norwegian called Chris who goes by the user name Devotional. He has written meticulous, affectionate and well-informed essays on every Who release he knows, and they make excellent reading. Unfortunately the thread and Devotionals contributions are taking their time, and after 9 months it is only up to 1970, but good things are worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p>As the thread is lengthy, here\u2019s a few entries to get you started:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4433023&amp;postcount=77\" target=\"_blank\">Anyway Anyhow Anywhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4445421&amp;postcount=161\" target=\"_blank\">My Generation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showthread.php?t=182662&amp;page=10\" target=\"_blank\">My Generation (Album)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4513222&amp;postcount=203\" target=\"_blank\">Substitute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4566785&amp;postcount=248\" target=\"_blank\">The Kids are Alright<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4645284&amp;postcount=277\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4662066&amp;postcount=301\" target=\"_blank\">A quick one<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4888529&amp;postcount=348\" target=\"_blank\">I can see for Miles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4917872&amp;postcount=421\" target=\"_blank\">The Who Sell Out<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4952776&amp;postcount=481\" target=\"_blank\">Dogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showpost.php?p=4977554&amp;postcount=581\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Bus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showthread.php?t=182662&amp;page=33\" target=\"_blank\">Pinball Wizard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevehoffman.tv\/forums\/showthread.php?t=182662&amp;page=36\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will also find the thread stuffed with photos and press clippings, many of which I had not seen before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what Tommy is really about? Curious about those odd Who tracks like Dogs and Circles? Interested in what reviewers at the time thought about the Who\u2019s classic tracks? Or where to get the best-sounding versions? I highly recommend this discussion on Steve Hoffman\u2019s forum, and especially the contributions by a Norwegian called Chris &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/9861-the-whos-music-brilliantly-discussed.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The who\u2019s music brilliantly discussed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,1084],"tags":[1129],"class_list":["post-9861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steve-hoffman-forum","category-the-who","tag-the-who"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}