The Who - I Can See For Miles (REACTION)

[@BigC.]

Old track that has kept its playability for years because the musicians were brilliant. That is The Who.

[@mikeflynn1629]

That's what I just was thinking brilliant

[@lowlypeasant]

I love the chaotic sound of those old Who songs.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

The bands from the 70s were just exceptional: Zep, Stones, Who, Floyd, Beatles, Genesis, Yes, ELP ... there was never a time like it and will never be again.

[@ALD56]

All but ELP are actually from the 60s. As is this song.

[@joelliebler5690]

Oh so true!

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Those are bands from the 60s, which was truly the more creative and blossoming decade for rock music. The 70s started well but aproximately in the middle of it everything went down the sink. I'd rather listen to any polka album than one of Kiss excrements or any other AOR crap

[@timbriere2325]

Sixties. 1967 for this song.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

@@TheCornishCockney How about ZZ Top, Rush, Steeley Dan, Boston, Aerosmith, Styx, Kansas. That should even things out.

[@paxonearth]

This is from 1967's "The Who Sell Out" album. A couple of years ago I took a much deeper dive into The Who. I spent a lot of time listening to this album, as well as "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia." Pete Townshend is a true composer.

[@Nick-fi1mc]

Sell out is INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@joelliebler5690]

WHO’s NEXT for you!

[@johnmcbarron7282]

The album was absolutely brilliant! But, this song used to come on my a.m. radio through my pillow at night and made me crazy every time I heard it. I used to wait for it to come on and finally I could go to sleep afterwards.

[@zolch5771]

Keith moon and bonzo were always my top 2 drummers from that era

[@vicprovost2561]

Bill Ward as well for me.

[@neilphelan145]

I was blessed to see this band twice back in the 70s before Keith Moon passed. GREAT LIVE BAND!!!!!!

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

never did catch Moonie or Bonham but I did see Neil

[@pdbordelon]

Love Airplay Beats! This song is certainly the best WHO song in the first part (64'-68') of their illustrious career!

[@allisondownes7481]

Yes! this IS timeless music, like all of the music you review. Having grown up with the sounds you play now, I love to see your reactions. Excellent review, as always!

[@johntarnowski9086]

Greatest Rock Band Ever

[@timgrady4630]

"Magnificent" indeed , gentlemen . Next level compositions were routine for these artists .

[@suesmith7968]

….and this was everyday music back in the day!!!!! Y’all remind me how lucky I was to be in the moment!! ☮️❤️

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

Check out "My Generation" and "Summertime Blues"...the Who were part of the classic '60s graduating class that included Beatles, Stones, Who, Yardbirds, Animals, Kinks, Small Faces, Spencer Davis, Zombies...

[@DavidJacobsvo]

The Beatles, the Stones and The Who. I call them the “Holy Trinity of Rock”.

[@neilphelan145]

I agree but I also include the Kinks in that sentiment.

[@DavidJacobsvo]

@@neilphelan145 actually my fourth, if was a holy quad, would be Zeppelin. But mad respect for the Kinks.

[@neilphelan145]

Zeppelin is great too. They came along a few short years after.

[@jackp8583]

You two are killing it. You're trusting your ears and making spot-on observations. Great reaction! 👍

[@docsoulman9352]

I really appreciate how well you guys dial in to what ever great work you’re covering..,This song reminds one what heights music can reach

[@randyallaben9900]

One of the greatest bands ever. Got to check out all of the albums Tommy, Quadrophenia, and Who’s Next. I know time constraints are tough, but going through the whole albums Tommy and Quadrophenia at once is highly recommended. They are rock Opera’s/Plays with amazing stories.

[@doriwiljt]

Next “Magic Bus” from the live album “Live at Leeds” ☮️

[@michaelmarville4272]

Keith moon ..drums , Roger Daltrey...vocals, john entwhistle..bass Peter Townsend .gituar! Brilliant!!!

[@MadisonD941]

It does sound like the 60s (1967), I was there. 75yrs old and can still remember the lyrics and sing-a-long.

[@actuariallurker9650]

Keith Moon- Drum fills that are filled by other fills....

[@AirplayBeats]

Great description. I couldn’t find any words for it

[@gregjones861]

While The Beatles made me want to play the drums, The Who made me actually start.

[@neillenet291]

Keith Moon's Drum sound, that's magnificent!

[@kensmith8152]

Timeless- indeed!👍🎶

[@somersetcace1]

One of my favorite's! Keith's aggressive style on this one especially, is partly why became obsessed with drums. Plus it's a good `burn` song. Great Reaction as usual!

[@Colin-1964]

Hard to believe The Who have never had a No:1 hit. (Apart from in Canada).😬 Still the best in my opinion!✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@markdraine3571]

Yes, this is the one that Townshend thought would be a definite #1 song. When it didn't come close, he was frustrated and decided to create the rock operas.

[@vespoint]

I always say that Zeppelin is my favorite band but The Who is the best.

[@Colin-1964]

@@independenceltd. Should of said “In the UK”. A lot of people think that Pinball Wizard was a No:1 for them. But that was Elton John……The Who were just backing.✌🏻

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

Better lyrics from townshend and Entwhistle.@@vespoint

[@michaelfrazia4569]

love this one...great sound

[@mikecaetano]

Keith Moon is a beast on this one. "I Can See For Miles" was The Who's turn towards the psychedelia that was popular that year. It marked a departure from the power pop on their debut album, while pointing towards their work yet to come, like Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia.

[@johncagnettajr344]

It’s because The Who set a standard for “rock”. Not rock and roll, not progressive rock, not punk rock, not pop, just solid rock.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

This was 1967, .the peak of the Psychedelic Era ..

[@michaelherbert1395]

One of my favorite things about your reactions: I learn stuff about songs I have been listening to for 40+ years. Your thoughtful comments are really appreciated.

[@mariaportengen2959]

Great music from the sixties, fantastic guitar from Pete Townsend and the drums of Keith Moon are awesome. Goosebumps!

[@4yules]

"i cant explain"...came from same time...the who was never shy about showing off

[@jdbroders64]

Deep rabbit hole with The Who. Such good rich rock goodness...

[@joykeebler1916]

- The Who was an extraordinary band Period!... And featured the loudest and most displayed concert of all time

[@davidburton9136]

I remember a story that Paul McCartney set out to write "Helter Skelter" after hearing this song, so the Beatles could show they could still play HARD rock.

[@blitztim6416]

‘Magic Bus’ or ‘Substitute’ would be a good follow up to this.

[@ranchyblues]

My fav Who tune is " Join Together"

[@johnprice6066]

My earliest memory of The Who, along with their performance of "My Generation" at the Monterrey Pop Festival...

[@johnprice6066]

Here's that performance... People were actually horrified by the band's "auto destructive art", after all, it was the "summer of love" and no one expected anything like this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5uxZqh-h66WoK8

[@martinl8574]

I'm 63 and I can see for miles and miles!!!!

[@danhill5619]

Controlled Chaos .............Thanx Guys

[@888jimm]

You are right timeless...i listened to this new and a million times since and it's still fresh.. many songs I can't hit the button fastest enough 😂

[@stratcat3216]

Fun fact.. Roger Daltry hand't 'found his voice' yet... not until Tommy. Once he did Tommy he was forever changed into the rock star he is today with that powerful voice.

[@petahpunk]

You are covering so many of the greats, I wonder if you will take a dive into the Kinks? They could make these great pop songs, and then hit you with songs that were almost punk rock in the sound. Great work as always gentlemen!

[@darkmagus64]

My favorite early Who song. Nobody sounded like them.

[@Clowebvvv]

Love this song

[@joeboucher695]

One of the paradoxes of art is that timeless works are often extremely rooted in their time. "The Who Sell Out" is a tribute/parody of the pirate radio phenomenon that took place in London in the mid-60s. Radio stations (such as the album's Radio London) trying to get around BBC regulations loaded their equipment onto ships and broadcast from international waters. The Who Sell Out is their version of a day in the life of a pirate radio station including PSAs (Radio London reminds you/Go to the church of your choice, ads for baked beans, zit cream, deodorant, and musical instruments, as well as hit singles like "I Can See for Miles," another Townshend ode to wanking, and a love song to the singer's tattoos that may be Pete's best ever. (No joke. I love Tattoo.)

[@michaelmarville4272]

Baba o Reilly!!!! Best Who song!!!

[@citizenghosttown]

Great song. Way ahead of its time. Kind of psychedelic but also very focused, even menacing - such a great sound.

[@jamesgallerani2271]

Back in the day when we were on the mountain we sing I can ski for miles and miles

[@renemokum]

You guys ought to check out the very first Who album (from 1965) - 'My Generation' (a.k.a 'The Who Sings My Generation'). Lots of R&B influences, as well as 2 James Brown covers); very different from their subsequent albums but displaying their unique Who sound right from the start. 'The Who Sell Out' is a great album as well (but often overlooked in comparison to their Tommy to Quadrophenia output). And 'Live at Leeds' is an absolute classic, one of the best live rock albums of all time.

[@terenzo50]

Across the street from LACC in the 1960s was what we called the Casa Ptomaine where we hung out between or after classes. Pretty good hanburgers, coin-op pool table and jukebox. This tune some kids must have liked a lot because it was playing almost constantly -- for years! The daughter of the owner of the place which was family run was seriously hot as I recall...

[@danhill5619]

Yup great song Thanx Guys

[@cseosborn892]

Outrageous drumming

[@michaelkeefe8494]

Magic Bus from Live at Leeds should be on your Who list.

[@jons3808]

Always loved this song. This is how a snare drum should sound. You’re totally right, there music still sounds current and is still relevant today. The Who were one of the most important and influential bands of all time. You should check out their live performance of A Quick One from the 1968 Rolling Stones Circus. Legend has it they upstaged everyone else so Mick Jagger buried the film for years.

[@vickiconley3638]

I know that I've said this before, but I loved, loved growing up in this time.

[@bobdelp2023]

KEITH MOON WAS INSANE AND CRAZYYYYY LON AND CHE!!! 😊AND JUST THE WHOLE BAND AND OF COURSE R.I.P. ☹ TO KEITH AND JOHN ENTWISTLE. MOON WAS JUST 1 OF ( NEIL PEART'S ) OF RUSH ISPIRATIONS! YOU WANT MORE EARLYYYY WHO : MY GENERATION, MAGIC BUS, WELL THERE'S A COUPLE

[@richbowie76]

You guys NEED to experience the album Tommy in its entirety.

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

Moon's like a marching band - so well said.

[@LP-jp6fd]

You wanna hear a badass song by the Who, try The Seeker

[@junietunes2148]

Love how much you're digging The Who! Highly recommend the live Isle of Wight performance of Young Man Blues, guarantee it will blow your hats off!

[@36karpatoruski]

Some modern groups may try to sound like this, but the vibe, changes, and 60’s energy are unmistakeable, and the genuine article.

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

Modern groups don't have Keith F&*king Moon.

[@joannparker1977]

You guys are so right about it sounding timeless. There is nothing as good as stuff like this. I’m wondering if there will ever be.

[@kjisnot]

I saw a Townshend interview where he mentioned his frustration with Daltry's early vocals being too reserved. He thought he finally found his voice with Who's Next. You can really hear the difference in comparing this tune to later work.

[@redevil7081]

One of Keith Moon’s best drumming gigs, he’s running it out and the rest are following!

[@tomcurtis8431]

You guys are so good at these reactions I just want you to know how much I for one appreciate you.

[@shellilawler1334]

This somg inspired Paul McCartney to write Helter Skelter.

[@EC-dz3fb]

Really?! How cool! Had no idea. ♡

[@jimshoe9519]

I'm old enough that I can remember the Beatles, the Stones appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, plus the Dave Clark Five, the Monkees etc. However, the Who were the first band that their sound really caught my attention. Something about their sound I preferred over the other early bands.

[@larryg7126]

I hear the sixties but only because I'm 70 years old and remember when this song came out. You are correct it's aged well, great music is great music. To me the first hit to music was the electronic era, not because you can't make great music with the instruments of any time. The sixties & seventies used tube amps that could be overdriven (a nasty meaty beastly sound), now it's a electronic series of gates in a effects box, Hammond B3's with their tone wheels and draw bars, Fender Rhodes Electric pianos with the hammer action on a tuning fork, funky clavinets. The limitations of analog instruments just gave a meaty sound and drove techs crazy trying to retune instruments in the new venue, do the show, pack it all up and do it all over again in a new venue. The electronic instruments are much easier to deal with but the sound of old equipment is faked with effects pedals or sampled now. It's not the same. Great music is still being made. The main group of music you haven't covered yet is Jam bands who often either use older equipment or older styles like prog. A jam band tune can cover rock n' roll (dance oriented), rock (prog, hard, heavy metal), jazz (often fusion), classical (sonata, concerto, avant garde), country (country rock, bluegrass, rockabilly), sometimes all in the same tune. My favorites are Umphrey's McGee, Railroad Earth, Government Mule, the list is long. If you do check out Umphrey's McGee "Ocean Billy" Live at Red Rocks would be a good starting point clocking in at under 19 minutes.

[@jamesspanglet6702]

This is probably The Who's only psychedelic song. It sort of fits in with the SF sound of the era with Keith Moon's crazy drumming style added.

[@vespoint]

A must-see is their Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 performance. Words can’t describe. I even prefer it to Live at Leeds, which is legendary.

[@benvenue2730]

Early Who on a Sunday morning! Thank you.

[@joelliebler5690]

An early one for the band and one of their very best. This kind of set the tone to the direction they would head toward!

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

When this song came out, Pete Townsend bragged that they had done the Heaviest SONG ever. Not to be outdone, Paul McCartney read this and wrote HELTER SKELTER to try and out do them in Heaviness...

[@jeyrock5559]

This song could easily fall into the category of Grunge music.

[@jimmoore8951]

Amazing that this song is almost 60 years old… almost as amazing as Townsend and Daltrey still playing together

[@jamessullivan5860]

Since we’re going back in time with the Who give the Magic Bus song from Live at Leeds album

[@randy8297]

Should add The Kinks to your list!

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Other fun stuff from earlier on is Pinball Wizard, My Generation, Pictures of Lilly, Happy Jack, and Boris the Spider. They are all gems. And there is a later one that always kind of seemed like an outlier to me but I loved it and it used to play on the radio all the time, Squeezebox.

[@Colin-1964]

Quadrophenia Album is a MUST listen!✌🏻🤗

[@rogercaruso9337]

Another great banger guys keep it coming

[@thomasmcgivney4519]

The Who were the bridge between pop and rock. This is possibly the 1st Hard Rock / Heavy Metal song recorded.

[@user-ht7qq2uc3n]

The drum playing in this song is incredible. Keith Moon is the best drummer ever.❤

[@almondroca]

The US mono single mix stomps all over every other version of ICSFM... altho any version is worthy of playing loud af 💥💥💥

[@julieheywood8832]

another great british band .

[@CharCanuck14]

Thank you and thumbs up for bringing this old granny back to 1968.......and another thumbs up for the Jays gear! Cheers from close to Toronto

[@brewstergallery]

Hey again from N in Spain. This must be an unedited version because the original track just blasts in on that first note and it fades out a lot sooner. Cool to hear the count in and the band fall apart at the end but the original has more punch. Check out how Keith is doing rolls and fills that connect not only with the bass and guitar but mirror Roger's vocal phrases. As a drummer I know this song is like running a marathon in 3 1/2 minutes. Truly unique and impossible to imitate.

[@jimmoore8951]

You said it Ned

[@ericmartin8818]

I’ve heard this song umpteenth so recognized it was slightly different this time. Nice to see that others caught it too.

[@VintageWanderer]

Early Who! Powerful for the time.

[@davidboivin7996]

Quadrophenia is a true masterpiece.

[@Starriddin]

This had a lot of relevance to the boys in Vietnam getting dear john letters or being told by friends back home what their girlfriends were doing while they were in country.

[@pilesovinyl]

THEIR BEST TRACK EVER IMO.

[@rlwetz4317]

🐰🕳️ for ya.... "My Love Explodes" by Dukes of Stratosphear. It's the 80s band XTC playing under a pseudonym (think: Sgt. Pepper) and recording tracks with 1960s psychedelic pop appeal. "My Love Explodes" does The Who justice, and their "Chips From The Chocolate Fireball" LP hits all the right notes of Beatles, Stones, and even Beach Boys.

[@aldower3390]

The who have many genres, liked by mods and rockers mad to think back in the day whe they hated each other so much.

[@newmillenniumproductions]

You guys are stars!! Thats what I see!! 🤣

[@tmusic99]

First heard on offshore AM radio station Radio Caroline.

[@MichaelRivera-ns2dd]

Great reaction!

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

They really started to grow at this point

[@uksuef7218]

Its good writing and good musicianship that is timeless. Its impossible to overstate the development of music during the 1960's - what a decade for music. Your next Who track could be Behind blue eyes - which is astonishing and pete townsend says is one of his favourite of their songs .But also plenty of other bands to check out from that era The animals house of the rising sun is iconic but also the kinks, all day and all of the night

[@robertprice6830]

Hey,I just watched the entire celebration day concert on KZbin. Take 2 hrs with your brother and enjoy. I've been to a lot of concerts. Nothing compares to what I just saw.

[@bwheeler1970VB]

You nailed it.