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Won’t Get Fooled Again” is a song by the rock band The Who. Written by Pete Townsend, it combines guitar power chords with heavily processed organ and synthesizer sounds to create a textured, atmospheric introduction that explodes into the verse. It tells of a “revolution of revolutions” in an endless cycle, where “the change it had to come, we knew it all along” but each successive new regime turns out to be just like the old one, so that straight away it’s time once again to “pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday, then I’ll get on my knees and pray we don’t get fooled again”. The 1971 single release (a drastically edited version at three-and-a-half minutes in length) reached #9 in the United Kingdom and #15 in the United States. The full-length version appears on the album Who’s Next.
The song originally appeared on the 1971 album Who’s Next and has since appeared on various other recordings, including the live compilation soundtrack for The Kids Are Alright, the 1979 documentary film about the band, which in the 1978 Shepperton film studios shoot, was the last song the original lineup ever performed together. It is famous for its angular organ part set against guitar power chords, leading up to an extended synthesizer break into a drum entrance followed by a long scream by Daltrey. Townsend is playing block chords spread between the two keyboards of the 1968 Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ. The output of the organ is fed into the audio input of the EMS VCS 3 mk1 synth. The first bit of processing to be applied to the organ sound is a low-frequency oscillator (LFO) controlling the frequency of a voltage-controlled filter (VCF), using a sine or triangle wave shape.
The song originally appeared on the 1971 album Who’s Next and has since appeared on various other recordings, including the live compilation soundtrack for The Kids Are Alright, the 1979 documentary film about the band, which in the 1978 Shepperton film studios shoot, was the last song the original lineup ever performed together. It is famous for its angular organ part set against guitar power chords, leading up to an extended synthesizer break into a drum entrance followed by a long scream by Daltrey. Townsend is playing block chords spread between the two keyboards of the 1968 Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ. The output of the organ is fed into the audio input of the EMS VCS 3 mk1 synth. The first bit of processing to be applied to the organ sound is a low-frequency oscillator (LFO) controlling the frequency of a voltage-controlled filter (VCF), using a sine or triangle wave shape.
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ColourMetalJo wrote:
Nah, it's great as main song in CSI: Miami!
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undecided92 wrote:
CSI Miami both made this song and killed it
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smanofsteel76 wrote:
Anyone else thinking of Miami!
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stefanbolding wrote:
Favourite the Who song <3
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auxis73 wrote:
keith moon will be forever my idol.....he lived life to the fullest everyday and didnt give a fuck!
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chantelephant wrote:
:D One of my favourite songs by the Who
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kemming wrote:
classic
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AnnaPearlDrums wrote:
uploaded the Kilburn LIVE version at yahoo! I can´t embed that here... check that: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6179758/16044293
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dazmusic wrote:
F@#$%^ A
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MrMilla wrote:
die version stammt von der "whos last"
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MrMilla wrote:
luckystoned, du glücklicher. habe sie vor ein paar jahren in dortmund gesehen,als sie das komplette quadrophenia-album gespielt haben.
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FalcoNoMore wrote:
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH
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luckystoned wrote:
i saw they 1981 at rockpalast in essen - as they the song "won't get fooled again" played the hall became crazy. it was a hypnotic and hysterics moment. ^^
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Nikouh wrote:
@ 7min 44seconds the ultimate rock 'n' roll moment!
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SP1984 wrote:
more csi still cool band
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jihotom wrote:
Best slide in the rock.Pete Forever
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MichielP wrote:
8:33 min.
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scientist4u wrote:
i agree awesome !!!
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supersorina wrote:
AWESOME SONG...;-))
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srf21c wrote:
one more vote here for the studio cut of this track, the live one is weak.
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