Cartoon of Dont Get Fooled Again
"Won't Get Fooled Once again" | ||||
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from the anthology Who'southward Next | ||||
B-side | "I Don't Even Know Myself" | |||
Released | 25 June 1971 (1971-06-25) (UK) 17 July 1971 (1971-07-17) (US) | |||
Recorded | April–May 1971 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend | |||
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"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock ring the Who, written by Pete Townshend. It was released equally a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the total eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band'south 1971 album Who's Side by side, released that August.
Townshend wrote the vocal as a endmost number of the Lifehouse project, and the lyrics criticise revolution and power. To symbolise the spiritual connection he had institute in music via the works of Meher Baba and Inayat Khan, he programmed a mixture of human being traits into a synthesizer and used it as the main backing instrument throughout the song. The Who tried recording the song in New York in March 1971, simply re-recorded a superior take at Stargroves the next month using the synthesizer from Townshend's original demo. Ultimately, Lifehouse as a project was abased in favour of Who'southward Next, a straightforward anthology, where it as well became the closing track. It has been performed every bit a staple of the band'south setlist since 1971, often equally the set closer, and was the last song drummer Keith Moon played live with the band.
As well as being a hit, the vocal has achieved disquisitional praise, actualization equally i of Rolling Rock 's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has been covered by several artists, such as Van Halen, who took their version to No. i on the Billboard Anthology Rock Tracks chart. It has been used for several TV shows and films (most notably CSI: Miami), and in some political campaigns.
Groundwork [edit]
The vocal was originally intended for a stone opera Townshend had been working on, Lifehouse, which was a multi-media exercise based on his followings of the Indian religious avatar Meher Baba, showing how spiritual enlightenment could exist obtained via a combination of band and audience.[three] The song was written for the terminate of the opera, after the main character, Bobby, is killed and the "universal chord" is sounded. The master characters disappear, leaving behind the government and army, who are left to peachy each other.[iv] Townshend described the song as one "that screams defiance at those who feel any cause is meliorate than no cause".[5] He afterward said that the song was not strictly anti-revolution despite the lyric "We'll be fighting in the streets", but stressed that revolution could be unpredictable, calculation, "Don't await to see what you await to see. Expect zippo and you might gain everything."[6] Bassist John Entwistle later said that the vocal showed Townshend "saying things that really mattered to him, and saying them for the first time."[seven]
Townshend had been reading Universal Sufism founder Inayat Khan'due south The Mysticism of Audio and Music, which referred to spiritual harmony and the universal chord, which would restore harmony to humanity when sounded. Townshend realised that the newly emerging synthesizers would allow him to communicate these ideas to a mass audition.[eight] He had met the BBC Radiophonic Workshop which gave him ideas for capturing human personality inside music. Townshend interviewed several people with general practitioner-way questions, and captured their heartbeat, brainwaves and astrological charts, converting the effect into a series of sound pulses. For the demo of "Won't Get Fooled Again", he linked a Lowrey organ into an Ems VCS 3 filter that played back the pulse-coded modulations from his experiments.[8] He later on upgraded to an ARP 2500.[9] The synthesizer did not play whatever sounds directly as it was monophonic; instead it modified the block chords on the organ every bit an input signal.[ten] The demo, recorded at a slower tempo than the version by the Who, was completed by Townshend overdubbing drums, bass, electric guitar, vocals and handclaps.[11]
Recording [edit]
The Who's offset attempt to tape the song was at the Tape Establish on Westward 44 Street, New York City, on 16 March 1971. Manager Kit Lambert had recommended the studio to the grouping, which led to his producer credit, though the de facto work was done by Felix Pappalardi. This take featured Pappalardi'due south Mount bandmate, Leslie W, on atomic number 82 guitar.[12]
Lambert proved to be unable to mix the track, and a fresh attempt at recording was fabricated at the first of April at Mick Jagger's firm, Stargroves, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.[13] Glyn Johns was invited to assistance with production, and he decided to re-use the synthesized organ track from Townshend'due south original demo, as the re-recording of the function in New York was felt to be inferior to the original. Keith Moon had to carefully synchronise his drum playing with the synthesizer, while Townshend and Entwistle played electric guitar and bass.[14]
Townshend played a 1959 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins hollow body guitar fed through an Edwards book pedal to a Fender Bandmaster amp, all of which he had been given by Joe Walsh while in New York. This combination became his main electric guitar recording setup for subsequent albums.[15] Although intended as a demo recording, the end result sounded so adept to the band and Johns, they decided to apply it as the final accept.[14] Overdubs, including an acoustic guitar role played by Townshend, were recorded at Olympic Studios at the end of April.[13] [14] The track was mixed at Island Studios by Johns on 28 May.[xiii] After Lifehouse was abandoned every bit a project, Johns felt "Won't Go Fooled Again", forth with other songs, were and so good that they could simply exist released as a standalone single album, which became Who's Next.[16] This song is written in the cardinal of A Mixolydian.[17]
Release [edit]
"Won't Go Fooled Again" was offset released in the Britain as a unmarried A-side on 25 June 1971, edited downwardly to 3:35. Information technology replaced "Behind Blue Eyes", which the grouping felt did not fit the Who'south established musical style, as the option of unmarried. It was released in July in the U.s.. The B-side, "I Don't Even Know Myself", was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in 1970 for a planned EP that was never released. The unmarried reached No. 9 in the Uk charts and No. 15 in the United states of america. Initial publicity textile showed an abandoned cover of Who'southward Next featuring Moon dressed in drag and brandishing a whip.[xviii]
The full-length version of the song appeared as the closing rail of Who's Side by side, released in August in the US and 27 August in the Britain, where it topped the album charts.[19] "Won't Get Fooled Again" drew potent praise from critics, who were impressed that a synthesizer had managed to be integrated so successfully inside a rock song.[xx] Who author Dave Marsh described singer Roger Daltrey's scream near the cease of the rails as "the greatest scream of a career filled with screams".[21] Greenbacks Box said of it that the song has "rousing magic with the Who'southward trademark instrumental and vocal strength" and that "revolutionary lyric matched by the group'south performance fervor make this a monster on its way."[22] In 2021, the song was ranked number 295 on Rolling Rock 'southward The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[23] As of March 2018 it was certified Silver for 200,000 sold copies in the Great britain.[24]
Live performances [edit]
The Who showtime performed the song live at the opening date of a serial of Lifehouse-related concerts in the Young Vic theatre, London on fourteen Feb 1971. It has subsequently been part of every Who concert since,[25] [26] often equally the set closer and sometimes extended slightly to allow Townshend to smash his guitar or Moon to kicking over his drumkit. The group performed live over the synthesizer part existence played on a backing tape, which required Moon to wear headphones to hear a click track, allowing him to play in sync. Information technology was the terminal track Moon played alive in front of a paying audition on 21 October 1976[27] and the last song he ever played with the Who at Shepperton Studios on 25 May 1978, which was captured on the documentary film The Kids Are Alright.[28] The song was office of the Who's set at Live Aid in 1985, Live 8 in 2005, T4 on the Beach in 2008 and Upper-case letter FM'south Summer Ball concert in 2009, 2010 and 2015 and the radio station's Jingle Bell Ball concerts in 2009 and 2015.[29]
In October 2001, The Who performed the song at The Concert for New York Metropolis to help enhance funds for the families of firemen and police force officers killed during the 9/11 attacks. They finished their set with "Won't Get Fooled Once again" to a responsive and emotional audience, with close-up aeriform video footage of the Earth Trade Center buildings playing behind them on a huge digital screen. In February 2010, the grouping closed their gear up during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV with this song.[30] While the Who have connected to play the vocal live, Townshend has expressed mixed feelings for it, alternating betwixt pride and embarrassment in interviews.[31] Who biographer John Atkins described the rail as "the quintessential Who'due south Next rails simply non necessarily the best."[32]
Several live and alternative versions of the song have been released on CD or DVD. In 2003, a deluxe version of Who'southward Next was reissued to include the Record Found recording of the rails from March 1971 and a live version recorded at the Young Vic on 26 Apr 1971.[33] The vocal is also included on the album Live at the Majestic Albert Hall, from a 2000 testify with Noel Gallagher guesting.
Daltrey, Entwistle and Townshend accept each performed the song at solo concerts. Townshend has re-arranged the song for solo performance on acoustic guitar.[34] [35] On thirty June 1979, he performed a duet of the song with classical guitarist John Williams for the 1979 Amnesty International benefit The Undercover Policeman's Brawl.[36]
In May 2019, Daltrey and Townshend performed a version of the song on classroom instruments with Jimmy Fallon and his house band the Roots for the Tonight Show.[37] [38]
Chart history [edit]
Personnel [edit]
- Roger Daltrey – pb vocals
- Pete Townshend – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Ems VCS 3, Lowrey organ, vocals
- John Entwistle – bass guitar
- Keith Moon – drums, percussion
Cover versions [edit]
The song was first covered in a distinctive soul mode by Labelle on their 1972 album Moon Shadow.[49] Van Halen covered the song in concert in 1992. Eddie Van Halen re-arranged the rail so that the synthesizer part was played on the guitar. A live recording was released on Live: Correct Hither, Right At present,[50] and made it to number ane on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.[51]
Both Axel Rudi Pell (on Diamonds Unlocked) and Hayseed Dixie (on Killer Grass) covered the song in their established styles of metallic and bluegrass respectively.[52] [53] Richie Havens covered the rail on his 2008 album, Nobody Left to Crown, playing the song at a slower tempo than the original.[54]
References [edit]
Citations
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- ^ "The Who'southward 'Who's Next': A Track-by-Track Guide".
- ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 273.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 371.
- ^ Atkins 2000, p. 157.
- ^ "Pete's Diaries – Won't Get Judged Once again". petetownshend.co.uk. 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on v December 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2011). thou Songs that Rock Your World: From Rock Classics to one-Hit Wonders, the Music That Lights Your Fire . Krause Publications. p. 22. ISBN978-1-4402-1899-6.
- ^ a b Unterberger 2011, p. 27.
- ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 250.
- ^ Unterberger 2011, p. 28.
- ^ Unterberger 2011, p. 51.
- ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 279.
- ^ a b c Neill & Kent 2002, p. 280.
- ^ a b c Atkins 2000, p. 152.
- ^ Hunter, Dave (15 April 2009). "Myth Busters: Pete Townshend's Recording Secrets". Gibson. Archived from the original on half dozen October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 382.
- ^ Peter, Townshend; Who, The (18 Feb 2008). "Won't Get Fooled Again". Musicnotes.com . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d Neill & Kent 2002, p. 284.
- ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 288.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 389.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 388.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 3 July 1971. p. 22. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "The Who, 'Won't Get Fooled Again'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "BRIT Certified". BPI. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018. – Blazon "Won't Go Fooled Again" into the search box to verify the laurels
- ^ Neill & Kent 2002, p. 278.
- ^ Atkins 2003, p. 23.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 479.
- ^ Marsh 1983, p. 499.
- ^ Edmondson, Jacqueline (2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories that Shaped our Civilization [4 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 280. ISBN978-0-313-39348-8.
- ^ "Who Dat". Billboard. half dozen Feb 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Unterberger 2011, p. four.
- ^ Atkins 2000, p. 162.
- ^ Atkins 2003, pp. 24–26.
- ^ "Won't Get Fooled Again – Roger Daltrey". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Pete Townshend Goes Acoustic on 'Won't Get Fooled Again'". Rolling Stone. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Bogovich, Richard (2003). The Who: A Who's who. McFarland. p. 198. ISBN978-0-7864-1569-4.
- ^ "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Fallon Tonight . Retrieved 28 January 2020 – via Facebook. [ non-main source needed ]
- ^ "Watch the Who Perform 'Won't Get Fooled Once again' With Toy Instruments on 'Fallon'". Rolling Stone. sixteen May 2019. Retrieved 28 Jan 2020.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Nautical chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, Due north.South.Westward.: Australian Nautical chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-half-dozen.
- ^ "The Who – Won't Become Fooled Again" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 25 September 1971. p. 45. Retrieved nineteen January 2015.
- ^ "The Who – Won't Get Fooled Once more" (in High german). GfK Entertainment charts.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Won't Get Fooled Once more". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved Jan 10, 2018.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top xl – The Who" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "The Who – Won't Get Fooled Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Cash Box Acme 100 9/18/71". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on seven June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Meridian 100 Hits of 1971/Elevation 100 Songs of 1971". musicoutfitters.com.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1971". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 6 Oct 2016. Retrieved thirteen January 2018.
- ^ "Won't Go Fooled Again – Labelle". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Christe, Ian (2009). Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga. John Wiley & Sons. p. 190. ISBN978-0-470-53618-6.
- ^ "Won't Get Fooled Again". Billboard Mainstream Stone Chart. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Diamonds Unlocked – Axel Rudi Pell". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Killer Grass – Hayseed Dixie". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Nobody Left to Crown – Richie Havens". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 Jan 2015.
Sources
- Atkins, John (2000). The Who on Record: A Disquisitional History, 1963–1998. McFarland. ISBN978-0-7864-0609-8.
- Atkins, John (2003). Who's Next (Palatial Edition) (Media notes). Polydor. 113-056-2.
- Marsh, Dave (1983). Earlier I Become Old : The Story of The Who. Plexus. ISBN978-0-85965-083-0.
- Neill, Andrew; Kent, Matthew (2002). Anyway Anyhow Anywhere – The Complete Chronicle of The Who. Virgin. ISBN978-0-7535-1217-3.
- Unterberger, Richie (2011). Won't Go Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia. Jawbone Printing. ISBN978-one-906002-75-6.
External links [edit]
- Lyrics of this song
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won%27t_Get_Fooled_Again
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