Poll: Your Favorite of The Who's Non-Album Track Singles

What a great first set of a concert these songs would make. Pick up to four!

 

The Seeker!

hands down....no contest....easily....my #1 song of theirs.

 

let's see action, love the coda!!!

 

What? No Waspman among the selections?

 

Went with the 1st 4 - "Lily" would be #5...

 

Early Who fan here.

'I Can't Explain'
'Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere'
'I'm A Boy'
'Pictures of Lily'

 

Some great ones listed here, but there's something special about "The Seeker." Exemplifies the Who attitude for me... constantly dissatisfied, but still searching for a connection.

 

Wasn't 'Long Live Rock' a single that didnt appear on an album ?
Anyway I vote 'Join Together', though never liked the blues version they played live.

 

They are all great. My votes/favorites are Pictures Of Lily and Happy Jack.

 

Always thought "Pictures of Lily" was an interesting subject for a song. Same with "I'm a Boy." Pete was really thinking outside the box there.

 

Long Live Rock appeared on Odds and Sods.

 

"I Can't Explain," "Substitute," and "The Seeker."

 

I Can't Explain, Substitute, Pictures Of Lilly, Magic Bus

 

"I can't Explain", "Substitute", "Happy Jack" and "Dogs"

 

Magic Bus
The Seeker
Join Together
The Relay

 

I prefer my Who pre-Tommy...

1.Anytime Anyway Anywhere (1966)...with a closing equal to My Generation

2.I'm A Boy (1967)...quirky but essential

3.Happy Jack (1966)...Who ala Beach Boys with unnerving & maddening results

4.Pictures Of Lily (1967/68)...teenaged angst at its best & 1 of Peter Townsends most brilliant moments & Entwistles spurts of flugel horn add to the tension & final release

 

I picked "The Seeker", "Let's See Action", "Join Together" and "The Relay".

If I had to pick just one it would probably be "The Relay". Well, or "Join Together".

 

Correct - it wasn't on an album - it was on two albums.

It was an album track on 1974's 'Odds & Sods', and it was also on 1979's 'The Kids Are Alright' soundtrack album from which it was extracted as a single.

 

Relay is a phat tune!!

 

Very hard to pick, but I go with “I Can’t Explain”. The Stones are my favorite band and the Beatles are the Beatles, but that blows away both of their debut singles! Pure, powerful, timeless.

And then “Magic Bus”, “The Seeker”, and “Substitute”.

 

Then that excludes I Can't Explain and Magic Bus from the list.
I consider Odds & Sods to be a compilation album the same as Magic Bus:The Who on Tour , Meaty Beaty Big & Bounty and 30 years of Maximum R&B which would wipe out all those listed.

 

was very hard to find JT and Relay where i was upon release. Ended up getting them on boot maybe Who's Zoo? Everything else could be found on Meaty...

 

SUB
BOY
LILY
DOG

THERE WAS NOTHING IN MY LIFE BIGGER THAN BEER

 

The selection is weird.

How about

In the City
Doctor Doctor
The Last Time
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
When I Was a Boy

or

Bucket T
?

 

Me too, but I'd substitute A,A,A with....Substitute! Otherwise, in complete agreement