# Your favorite The Who song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972 "2015-11-08T00:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/41 "2015-11-08T05:05:22Z")
Amazing Journey/Sparks (Live at Leeds) ETA: More a fan of Keith Moon than the band he was in. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/42 "2015-11-08T12:56:40Z")
Long live rock Who are you Baba O Reilly Live version of My Generation from the remastered box set = really kicks it ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/43 "2015-11-08T16:25:13Z")
I’d have to listen to both again, but I remember that I liked Townshend’s solo version of “Pure and Easy” better than the Who version. Both are very good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/44 "2015-11-08T16:44:13Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > Actually it’s Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere. > > Only the third single. It’s succinct, compact and efficient. There’s no flab, every note is essential. It’s got a great, joyful riff and the lyrics sum up The Who ethos perfectly and all in under three minutes. It’s the perfect Who song. The others are too long and bloated and basically say the same thing. They could have split up right there and then after releasing that and we’d have heard all we needed to - we wouldn’t have lost any essential Who-ness from the world. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWltppVsSXs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWltppVsSXs) I concur wholeheartedly and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/45 "2015-11-08T17:28:31Z")
Bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/46 "2015-11-08T18:39:53Z")
My favorite? Depends on my mood. **Won’t get fooled again** is frequently my #1, but then so’s **I can see for miles** and **Behind blue eyes**. **Baba O’Riley** works too, if I’m recalling my High School days. Also, **[Teenage Wasteland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdxnu-PLwQ&index=55&list=FLkKiDfuotcMiliNjptWCnsg)** (yes, there is such a song, written by Townsend and meant for Lifehouse, but got changed around a lot to become **Baba**. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/47 "2015-11-08T19:13:21Z")
Putting in a plug for the underrated Who By Numbers tracks; Slip Kid, Success Story, and How Many Friends. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/48 "2015-11-08T20:09:28Z")
The Real Me 5:15 Go to the Mirror ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/49 "2015-11-08T20:15:05Z")
There are several Who songs I absolutely adore and always have/will (particularly “Pinball Wizard”, “See Me, Feel Me” (the Woodstock version), “Baba O’Riley”, “Behind Blue Eyes”, “The Real Me”, “The Punk And The Godfather”, “Love Reign O’er Me”, and “Slip Kid”), but my single favorite song vote would have to go to **“The Song Is Over”**. Grossly, GROSSLY underrated tune with, IMO, some of the best piano/synth work ever laid down on a Who track, and in turn great production. Warmed my heart to see another vote for it earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/50 "2015-11-08T20:30:17Z")
I’ve loved pretty much the entire Who catalog since I was a teenager, to the point that naming _one_ song as better than the others is nearly blasphemous to me. At the risk of going against the grain, I’m going to have to nominate “Cut My Hair” - it wasn’t their most rocking number, or the most technically amazing, and even on the album it was released on it’s a deep cut at best, but it’s one that spoke to me when I was a kid who didn’t fit in. Honorable mention to the recordings of “Baby Don’t You Do It” and “Love Ain’t For Keepin’” with Leslie West on second guitar. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/51 "2015-11-08T22:22:21Z")
“Bargain” - love the guitar work ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/52 "2015-11-09T00:00:15Z")
‘Won’t get fooled again’ for me. But they have so many great songs… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/53 "2015-11-09T00:28:43Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You Better, You Bet. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/54 "2015-11-09T00:46:44Z")
“The Kids Are Alright”. Moon doesn’t really do anything that he doesn’t do on any other song, but I like the way the drums just really drive this song. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/55 "2015-11-09T00:47:23Z")
Behind Blue Eyes ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/56 "2015-11-09T00:52:20Z")
5:15 Love, Reign O’er me ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/57 "2015-11-09T02:49:20Z")
Y’all missed the actual best Who song - "Dr. Jimmy’. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/58 "2015-11-09T03:00:48Z")
I Can See for Miles and Miles. You Better You Bet is dead-ass last in the world-famous\*\* Ponch8 Music Reading System\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/59 "2015-11-09T03:52:40Z")
I used to like certain Who songs. I have heard them too many times and no longer enjoy them. Perhaps there is a Who song I haven’t heard that I would enjoy, but since I haven’t heard it, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-the-who-song/736972/60 "2015-11-09T03:55:38Z")
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