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"Long Live Rock" is a 1979 single by The Who, written by Pete Townshend and recorded in 1972. A different version of the song was performed by Billy Fury 's character in the film That'll Be the Day (a film which featured Who drummer Keith Moon ).
In 1997, the Christian rock band Geoff Moore and the Distance covered this song, on the album Threads. In 2004, a cover version (combined with the instrumental "Sparks") was recorded by Neal Morse with the participation of Randy George and Mike Portnoy, it was originally released as the last track on the special edition of Neal's One album.
The song is unusual in that it contains two instances of the word "fuck"—at 2:16 and 5:43 (at 2:14 and 4:27 in the single edit version)—yet has been played frequently in its entirety on rock radio stations (as compared to an edited form replacing it with "hell"). The expletives, while not clearly enunciated and slightly obscured by Moon's ...
The single achieved moderate chart success, reaching number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but received good airplay on album-oriented rock and later classic rock radio formats. "Athena" also reached number 40 on the UK Singles Chart , making it both the band's last UK and US top 40 single. [ 3 ]
Moon further strengthened the reversal of traditional rock instrumentation by playing lead parts on his drums. [354] His style was at odds with British rock contemporaries such as the Kinks' Mick Avory and the Shadows' Brian Bennett, who did not consider tom-toms necessary for rock music. [355] Moon used Premier kits starting in 1966.
"Heaven and Hell" is a song by English rock band the Who written by group bassist John Entwistle. The studio version (originally recorded for an April 1970 BBC session), which appeared on the B-side of the live "Summertime Blues" single, is currently available on the Thirty Years of Maximum R&B boxed set, Who's Missing, and Odds & Sods, although several live versions of the song exist on ...
"My Generation" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend. One of the band's most recognizable songs, it was placed number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004 and 2010, re-ranked number 232 in the 2021 edition.
"Substitute" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. Released in March 1966, the single reached number five in the UK and was later included on the compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy in 1971. [4] In 2006, Pitchfork ranked "Substitute" at number 91 on the "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". [5]