Post by Doctor Jimmy on Feb 1, 2021 17:11:36 GMT
I'm not sure if this has been covered before but it's been well documented in the past, certainly by Bob Pridden, that The Who would most likely have split had Tommy not have been a hit, which then makes me wonder what the band members would've then done and what legacy would've been left from their four year career. Would they just have been seen as being a singles band who released four very decent albums? One opinion is that it could've gone pretty much the same way as The Small Faces, in that they'd have been fondly remembered but possibly not given the recognition they deserved until the 1990's when the Britpop era kicked in. The fact that, unlike The Stones, The Who, from day one, recorded and released mostly totally original material certainly helps, and also their reputation as a live act, but come the end of 67 record sales had plummeted. Miles just scraped the top 10, Sell Out didnt even manage that. Magic Bus, Call me lightning and Dogs, all poor choices for singles IMO, especially when classics like Little Billy and Glittering Girl were available, all scraped top 30. Granted they'd semi cracked America but it just makes me wonder how things might have panned out. The Kinks went through a similar problem at the same time but unfortunately for them they didn't bounce back with the same amount of success that The Who did. Just interested in people's thoughts here. Thanks for reading.
