Uploaded by red777photo on Aug 7, 2007
The literal meaning of it is that Jimmy goes to a concert, and feels like he's been blown off and let down by rock and roll. But, if you want to look deeper, it's about conformity, and The Who themselves. The "punk"-representing culture-is telling the "godfather" how to live, what to do, and that they are living off of each other. "breathe the air we have blown you", "only earn what we gave you", and that Townshend wields an "axe of dying nation".
The Who-at least Pete, their driving force-were never mods. But the mods liked them. He was being made by the culture-sort of a role reversal.
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@MrJaybee61 my dad is such a fan of this band and song i am making that a tattoo dedicated to him
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This guy has the lines so wrong... If anything the Godfather is saying what he has the Punk saying, and vice versa.
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I was a soldier at 13 but they cancelled the revolution. I saw these guys in 1972 at Saratoga Springs, New York. My ears rang for a week. And when I talk about the good old days... I mean it!
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@jazzielltia Nice one, once a mod always a mod, its a way of life. Peace
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@csjh1 I used 2 wear all the clothes i had a boating blazer that i got from carnaby street & i wore my dads parker it was an original 60,s 1 loved being a mod xxx
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This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst!
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Does anyone know the lyrics in the parts where they are hard to understand? Like on the fadeout? Those lyrics? Either Pete or Roger is singing something but I have never been able to get it.
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@formaface trying to learn it at the moment. not going that well :/
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A Mod is for life, not just for Christmas.
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Hands down GREATEST album EVER made!!!!!
joanne3623 1 year ago 54
I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach,
And yet I've lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown.
And on the dance floor broken glass,
The bloody faces slowly pass,
The broken seats in empty rows,
It all belongs to me you know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FUCK THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<,
MrJaybee61 1 year ago 11