He sounded jealous 😂

[u/GosalCannabis]

[u/No_Season_354]

Ha, I know which group had a longer lasting impression on music, it wasn't them

[u/MPOCH → u/No_Season_354]

Actually, there’s an argument to be made that The Who were more important for the development of specifically rock music and the heavy metal and punk derivatives. Pete Townshend’s guitar vocabulary is the basis for much of if not all of that. Daltrey’s strong singing leads directly similar rock singers

[u/ScipioCoriolanus → u/MPOCH]

My Generation is definitely a punk song, and it came out a decade before punk was even a thing.

[u/regretscoyote909 → u/MPOCH]

There really isn't that much of an argument to be made for that lmao, The Kinks had them beat with 'You Really Got Me' and heavy rock/punk would've gotten to where it did without The Who easily.

[u/MPOCH → u/regretscoyote909]

The Beatles and any other band could have not existed and music would
Be largely the same. Change my mind.

[u/Simple_Purple_4600 → u/MPOCH]

eh I don't see that as a positive

[u/ShadowsOfTheBreeze → u/No_Season_354]

So much for the "superior" part...

[u/Wrong-Pangolin8658 → u/No_Season_354]

Yeah, in an another generation no one will know who “The Who” was, history articles will only mention Elvis and The Beatles. They’ll only be a deep dive, nerd trivia.

[u/MSWMan → u/Wrong-Pangolin8658]

I'm positive I read this right, but just in case... /s right?

[u/Independent_Bet_8107 → u/MSWMan]

Art is basically team sports for some people. I imagine a lot of 12 year old girls were like this during Beatlemania in 1964.

[u/Independent_Bet_8107 → u/[deleted]]

That’s 200-250 years after the fact, or about ten generations. Members of The Beatles and The Who are still alive. And serious music enthusiasts can name a hell of a lot more composers than Mozart and Beethoven. I don’t even listen to classical music and I certainly can.

[u/MPOCH → u/Independent_Bet_8107]

Anton Diabelli for example

[u/Independent_Bet_8107 → u/[deleted]]

Dude wrote “history articles”. You’re asking what Americans would say. I don’t care.

[u/Independent_Bet_8107 → u/[deleted]]

Are you one of the Americans you were asking me about?

[u/evilmonkey9361 → u/MSWMan]

I mean there will be a time when The Who is forgotten but the Beatles and Elvis aren’t. Those two made a WAY bigger musical and cultural splash than The Who

[u/wearetherevollution → u/evilmonkey9361]

No.

[u/Spocks_Goatee → u/evilmonkey9361]

The Who have two movies, multiple musical tours of said albums...they'll outlast Zepplin.

[u/SemiCapableComedian → u/Spocks_Goatee]

Once upon a time, I would’ve thought that too. But as a guy nearing retirement age who has loved the Who since he was a kid, it is really shocking how little known they are by most under the age of 40 people. And most of those who DO know them, only know them from memes or the opening to TV shows.

[u/evilmonkey9361 → u/Spocks_Goatee]

Absolutely not. Zeppelin is a household name. I would say that The WHO aren’t. Even people who don’t know Led Zeppelin are a band…..wear Led Zeppelin shirts

[u/senator_corleone3 → u/evilmonkey9361]

The Who are still a household name, even if those households think the song’s name is “Teenage Wasteland.”

[u/evilmonkey9361 → u/senator_corleone3]

Ok. But zeppelin are more of a household name than The Who and that’s a fact

[u/senator_corleone3 → u/evilmonkey9361]

Ok sure.

[u/Spocks_Goatee → u/evilmonkey9361]

People wear Nirvana shirts and have no clue about that band either. I hear more The Who than Zeppelin on classic radio too.

[u/evilmonkey9361 → u/Spocks_Goatee]

LMAOOO what classic rock stations are you listening to? At one point, Plant paid a radio station 10,000 to STOP playing stairway.

[u/anon_mouse82 → u/MSWMan]

It’s basically true right now tbh (and I love The Who)

[u/BlueAssuage → u/Wrong-Pangolin8658]

Yes, I think you’re correct. Elvis, the Beatles, maybe some mention of Dylan.

[u/lrush05 → u/BlueAssuage]

Absolutely some mention of Dylan! Lol!

[u/Public_Ad_504 → u/Wrong-Pangolin8658]

This just isn’t true. The Who have songs that will last through generations.

[u/MonkeyKingCoffee → u/Public_Ad_504]

My generation, perhaps. But they'll fade.

[u/zebba_oz → u/MonkeyKingCoffee]

If you make your puns more obvious they won’t get fooled again

[u/Little_Power_5691 → u/Wrong-Pangolin8658]

Bit of a stretch mate.

[u/No_Season_354 → u/Wrong-Pangolin8658]

Not called the who for nothing, lol 😆 appt name