Won't be fooled again By the who..

man.. i forgot how much i love the who..

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now the party on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

I worked for a very famous British band. Some of the guys on the crew were hired from a company called "ML Executives". The "ML" stood for "Mad Loony" and it was the umbrella company of The Who's road crew. One of the guys had a VHS tape of The Who playing at Hammersmith Odeon. Without a doubt, this was the most out of control, insane, demented, jaded, faded, gnarled and twisted show I have ever seen. Keef was Keef, all anyone needs to know, but Pete...Dear god, he looks like they derricked him out of the gutter and dragged him behind a tow truck to get him to the show. Pete was hanging ten on the thin edge of cognition and sanity that day. Just a fucking wreck and brilliant beyond anything before and since. Who knows what fine soucon' of psychoactive agents were coursing through his circulatory system that day. I doubt he did.


That all said, as usual, the concert ended with WGFA. Oh me. Oh my. Oh gee, Oh jay, oh frabjous day. From the first windup for the first power chord, you know that whatever they had done to the song, whatever had gone before or would follow after, this was THE ONE. Anger, insanity, fury, snot, spit...it had it all.

I get chills just thinking about it. Really.

I started remembering it recently because I finally saw the DVD of the 911 NYC Concert. People had touted The Who's appearence there as brilliant. Yes, it was good, but nothing to my mind defines them like that tape I saw, many years ago.

I would give my right procreative nodule to see that thing again.

:)

I think you really need to get out more, old son. :D

i would of loved to been able to see the who in action back in the late 60's For some reason the subculture i most related to in my late teens and 20's was MOD and the who along with the jam were two of my favorites..

and when Mitch was at the top of the charts, the Who would open for them at the Apollo in New York, where the dressing rooms were upstairs from the stage. The Detroit Wheels always knew when they were about to go on 'cause they could smell the sulfur burning at the end of the Who's show. It was quite the new thing at the time.

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

Same as the old boss.

Cynical.

Would our now boss but the same as the old boss? If it's a Dem I sure hope not.

Mz Pip
:dem:

I can't find the lyrics to it. An incredible song.

Wow, this is some thread. Amazing you guys!



And then there is this from 2002. Imagine how I felt as I was driving along through the redwoods of northern California, and this came on the radio. (And in case you don't know who Darryl Cherney is, he's the guy the FBI blew up in a car in the San Francisco area. He sued the FBI, and 11 years later won the case.)

Bush It

words and music by Darryl Cherney

(A)(G)(A) First they went and stole the election
(B) The Supreme Court went and made the selection
(D) The corporations gave the direction
They said (A) "Bush it" (G) (A)

(A) He went and hired his daddy's staff
(B) And few guys from Nixon's just for a laugh
(D) Now the world is his oyster to split in half
(A) Bush it (G) (A)

(A) Now though he'd never been to a foreign land
And a (B) map of the world he'd never understand
(D) Right up his back went the puppeteer's hand
(A) Bush it

(D) Bush it--the old President's son
(B) Bush it--that's the way it's done
(D) Bush it--for all of your friends
(E) Who knows where this whole thing's gonna (A) end (G)(A)

Then someone goes and topples the towers
Took years to build destroyed it in hours
The FBI and CIA said give us more powers
Bush it

Then the puppeteer says hey I got a plan
Though the guys were all Saudis lets bomb Afganistan
Then camp out with our friends in Pakistan
Bush it

But that wasn't the end to these tragic attacks
Some used the U.S. mail to send anthrax
Kinda funny how it went just to Democrats
Bush it

Bush it--The old President's boy
Bush it--He got a brand new toy
Bush it--Down old Texas way
Hey now look at Georgie Junior play

Vice President Cheney meets with Enron of course
On how to manage our oil resource
Give 'em rolling blackouts and a secret task force
We'll Bush it

The Enron goes bankrupt after stealing us blind
But they left a trail of campaign cash behind
But when asked for his records Cheney big time declined
He said Bush it.

Now before 9-1-1 Bush wasn't too bright
Did Osama Bin Laden show him the light?
They're both CIA boys and they know how to fight
They Bush it

Bush it--To the limit and then
Bush it--And Bush it again
Bush it--And make no mistake
There is just so much that we can take

He's got two drunken daughters and a drug addict niece
But that doesn't matter, he'll just call up the police
And say you can keep all the others, but I want their release
Bush it

Now he did booze and coke and he doesn't deny it
But he says that he quit and he's on a new diet
Now he passes out on pretzels--does anyone buy it?
Bush it

Now George is an artist and he's trying to sell it
He's a bit of a devil--doesn't think we can tell it
But it's piled up so high it's hard not to smell it
Bush-it

Bush it--The new President's song
Bush it--You know he can't be wrong
Bush it--Out of the President's way
What more can a real American say?

Bush It! Bush It! Bush It!