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Favorite Songs of All Time: 1980-1981 (173 items)
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Top 10 of 10: 1980 (32 items)
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Description: The Who's avatar was galvanized by the punk movement when he penned the 10 songs for this 1980 outing, his most commercially successful solo release. The album's opening track, "Rough Boys" (dedicated to the Sex Pistols), puts his viewpoint on the safety-pinned insurrectionists on the line: "I want to bite and kiss you," Townshend barks. In "Jools and Jim" he scolds bilious upstarts who "don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead," while the title track finds the "aging" punk godfather (he was 35 when the record came out) dismally admitting that "life is useless." Elsewhere, ... (more)

Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Release date: 21 November 1995
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075678281129 UPC: 075678281129

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