Happy 80TH Birthday Roger Daltrey

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[Botany]

1. Thanx guys. Maximum R & B.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Tommy

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Oh he was always one of my favorites!

What a performance there on Love Reign O’er Me.

Who’s Next is in my top Five. “Love Ain’t for Keeping” and “Behind Blue Eyes”. Masterful!

His Scream in ”We Won’t Get Fooled Again” ne of the greatest rock screams EVER!

[WestMichRad]

4. Spot on!

I agree with ya on all counts!

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5. So many great performances

"You Better, You Better, You Bet"

"The Real Me"

"My Generation"

He is just perfect for Pete Townshend's writing. Pete wrote from a hardscrabble point, but didn't really live it. Roger, on the other hand, often said if not for The Who, he'd still be working at a sheet metal factory.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. His autobiography is entitled "Thanks a lot, Mr. Kibblewhite"

Mr. Kibblewhite was the headmaster of the school RD attended and at one point RD got expelled and as he was walking out of the office, Mr. Kibblewhite told him, “You’ll never make anything of yourself, Daltrey”.

[electric_blue68]

7. At the 1982 show at Shea Stadium my sis, and friends were there...the crowd was murmuring between songs and I suddenly..

heard the opening piano notes for Love Reign O'er Me. I gasp, and grab my sister's hand.
She gets annoyed. I say, "Listen! It's Love Reign O'er Me!!". She stops to listen and gasped, too!

Between two WN shows, and about another 7 shows untill '82 we -never-heard LROM once!
Now we would! Thrilling! 🎤🎵🎶🎸🧡

[electric_blue68]

9. One of, if not the Greatest Rock Singers ever...

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Happy Birthday, Roger! 🎂👍🧡

The Who is one of my two top favorite bands. Seen them first in the last of their flower power pop stage performance in early '68. From Tommy through Quad the '76 & '79 tours, their near last '82 show, the '89 return.
Missed the '00s tours.

While I couldn't afford to see them in '15 - I took a bus across Queens to find to my delight a little park by Forrest Hills Tennis Stadium (where they played WN '71) where I could hear them live, and actually have a seat! It was hot that day, and night.

One cool thing was walking towards the stadium at night by these residental apartment buildings and hearing The Who playing; their music wafting high in the air over the rooftops.

Roger is such a powerhouse of a singer: roaring, exultant, angry, just so strong yet able to be nimble in his voice following some of Pete's more complex vocal changes - "Helpless Dancer"(Quad), and "Getting in Tune"(WN), for instance.

The power of Love Reign O'er Me! Got to hear it twice live '82, and '15. In '15 he was still just as strong. Amazing!
Even '19 where he did have one bad note at our show for that song - he nailed it at others.

But he also can evoke yearning, and sweetness often less heard. Obviously "See Me, Feel Me".

But the lesser known the *lynch pin* song of Lifehouse (which was a Rock SF epic "collapsed" into Who's Next, and didn't appear on the original vinyl but later on the double CD) ~ "Pure and Easy" - the lyrics "the note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me forever we....". Well, his intonation on "forever" is so full yearning, and a kind of sweetness. Amazing. The rest of the song is powerful, and at one point raw. Works fabulously!

Other fabulous Who songs Roger has sung>>>
Won't Get Fooled Again
Bargain
Another Tricky Day
Long Live Rock
Music Must Change
I'm Free (the powerful live version, not the original recording)
New Song
Who Are You

His solo work - "Under a Raging Moon"
for Keith

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10. Listen to Real Good Looking Boy for another example

The emotion and phrasing

"Now I'm here with you little darling,
And you say, 'You're beautiful as you are'
And I've managed somehow to survive

You arrived in my life like a fragrance
You helped me find a way to laugh
Now I know where my so-called beauty lies

God gave him a face
Then he gave me something above
God gave me a grace
Then he gave me your sweet, sweet, sweet love"

The great singers make you feel something, and that's what Roger Daltrey does.

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11. One more, since 80 is a BFD

One thing that worked so well for The Who was the power of Rogers voice, interspersed with the vulnerable, plaintive voice of Pete Townshend, like on the songs Baba O'Riely, Bargain, and this one

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[electric_blue68]

16. Absolutely! Wonderful contrast between their voices...this song is also a Masterpiece!

How could I have forgotten!

😮😄

[NNadir]

12. Hope I die before I get old?

[rogerballard]

13. Roger and Peter Frampton back in the day...

Heartthrobs.

[GoneOffShore]

14. Yes, and he's walked back his pro-Brexit stance plus he got the Covid vaccine

Unlike Clapton, who's still a pro-plaguer, a Brexit loon, a Tory, and despite his technical skill, a plagiarist.

[maxrandb]

15. Rogers "slightly" conservative bend is more than likely over taxes

Think The Beatles Tax Man, or The Kinks Sunny Afternoon.

[electric_blue68]

17. Ah, that's good to hear.