#384: The Who - A Quick One

The Who - A Quick One

December 9, 1966, MCA

1. "Run Run Run" - 2:43

2. "Boris the Spider" - 2:29

3. "I Need You" - 2:25

4. "Whiskey Man" - 2:57

5. "Heat Wave" - 1:57

6. "Cobwebs and Strange" - 2:31

7. "Don't Look Away" - 2:54

8. "See My Way" - 1:53

9. "So Sad About Us" - 3:04

10. "A Quick One, While He's Away" - 9:10

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10

Best Song: Boris the Spider

Worst Song: So Sad About Us

Comments

Boris the Spider will forever be the best Who song.

I liked The Who since I was a kid, and the older I get, the more I like them. This is more of an earlier piece by them, which means it has a different sound than the usual Who, but it's still really good. The Album fell all wonky and weird near the end, which makes me think that it's like the Andy Warhol of Albums, but it still produced a terrific sound quality, and I ended up enjoying the first half, while strongly thinking about the second half.

"A Quick One, While He's Away", is the 9 minute title track, which is technically 6 songs put together, but is only branded as 1 big song. It's a song about Infidelity and Forgiveness, but the lyrics are so disproportionately weird and almost disturbing, that it ends up sounding like a Monty Python song if they all did Acid. Not my favourite, but not my least favourite.

In general, the song was a new direction for The Who: Strange Keith Moon era.