The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” is a song from the album “Who’s Next” (1971).

Pete Townshend wrote this song about a revolution. In the first verse, there is an uprising. In the middle, they overthrow those in power, but in the end, the new regime becomes just like the old one (“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”). Townshend felt revolution was pointless because whoever takes over is destined to become corrupt.

The synthesizer represents the revolution. It builds at the beginning when the uprising starts, and comes back at the end when a new revolution is brewing.

Roger Daltrey’s scream is considered one of the best on any rock song. It was quite a convincing wail – so convincing that the rest of the band, lunching nearby, thought Daltrey was brawling with the engineer.

The album version runs 8:30. The single was shortened to 3:35 so radio stations would play it.

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The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Live In Texas '75)

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Live In Texas '75)08:55

“Won’t Get Fooled Again” este un single al grupului The Who, de pe albumul Who’s Next, din 1971. Melodia este o compoziție a lui Pete Townshend.

Melodia, în conceptul inițial a fost una anti-revoluție și anti-putere.

Video, este o filmare de la deschiderea turneului american care a avut loc la 20 Noiembrie 1975, pentru promovarea albumului The Who By Numbers.

Parte din versuri:

We’ll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
And I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Don’t get fooled again

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