defend the indefensible: FACE DANCES by the who

ere, I think I was driving them around and the hunting guide insisted on a detour because he was trying to use the Elks to network for his career. When the video came on it felt like the Who had personally shown up to rescue me from the boredom and irritation of listening to the hunting guide trying to schmooze. I wasn't inclined to be picky about the song, and I'm still not.

LOL I dig it. I think everyone's had that experience where something you normally wouldn't think was that good - a song, a movie, etc. - becomes a f-ing godsend from whatever excruciating experience it's interrupting.

Contemplating a "defend the indefensible: IT'S HARD by The Who" thread, but it's a straight-up B+ album that doesn't need defending unlike this one. Jones' playing sounds strangled to me here compared with 1982.

Blame Bill Szymczyk. Entwistle hated Szymczyk’s production style/techniques, saying it made him self-conscious as a player. I assume Jones felt similarly...likely moreso, given the pressure and expectations.

Jones is definitely looser on It’s Hard, but they cut the whole thing in two weeks.

I’d forgotten about this — Jones’ recorded debut with the Who was on the 1979 Quadrophenia soundtrack (the other track he plays on, “Get Out and Stay Out,” is little more than a sketch, though it works decently in the film). This song dates from ‘67, but the Who didn’t record it then, and Pete’s demo has yet to surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwW_L9pb6aU