The Who’s 50 Greatest Songs
From power-pop anthems to operatic epics to stadium-size rockers and beyond
Get The Magazine
The best in culture from a cultural icon. Subscribe now for more from the authority on music, entertainment, politics and pop culture.
Subscribe NowFrom power-pop anthems to operatic epics to stadium-size rockers and beyond
The guitarist also sounds off on the absurdity of NFTs, the future of classic rock, the Spotify controversy, why he loves Freaks and Geeks, and more
“Charlie Watts wept at Keith Moon’s funeral,” Townshend wrote. “I wish I was capable of such tears today. Instead, I just want to say goodbye”
He says the Beatles copied him when they made Sgt. Pepper, and that he’ll agree to a Who biopic if it helps him “pay for my yachting”
Track is a fan favourite from Townshend’s All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
Music video ensemble was auctioned off to benefit MusiCares fund
“My career was in the toilet, basically,” Frampton writes in new memoir. “I can’t afford the mortgage; it’s not looking good … And I got a phone call from Pete Townshend”
Pete Townshend, Billy Gibbons, Christine McVie and Bill Wyman also performed at star-studded event
The Who guitarist recalls first hearing the Beatles, watching Jimi Hendrix and coming to America.