1001 Albums Summary

I have always said I am not a fan of The Who. After listening to My Generation, I think it’s more Roger’s voice I’m not a fan of and I probably did not give the band a chance because of this. But, I don’t mind Roger’s voice on My Generation. It could be on this debut album, he had not developed his style yet. And, the songs I did know, I liked. Regarding the music, it seems they were testing everything with this first album to see what sticks (which is not bad by any means) It included different styles of music from blues to punk, to Beatle ish, to straight up rock. I LOVE the drums. Keith is awesome. The song The Ox is excellent.

I knew absolutely nothing about Tom Waits before listening to this album. I love his raspy voice and delivery. I love that this is comedy/live and the laughter from the audience makes it even better. I did think I would get bored with it, but I didn’t!