Pick a song that labels the US now

[thucythucy]

70. Yeah, I see that too. And understand the kind of disillusionment they're talking about.

Also, as I said, it's a great song in terms of craft, musicianship, a real rock'n'roll classic.

But the "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss," and "The party on the left is now the party on the right" wasn't even true in the late '60s early '70s. My first ever political campaign was McGovern '72 (I wasn't even voting age but went to the Democratic National Convention in 'Miami Beach--the McGovern victory party at the Doral Hotel is still the best party I've ever been to!) and I ran into lots of "McGovern is a war monger same as Nixon" BS from "radical" young people, very smug in their radicalism. So when this song came out and I heard the lyrics I went, "Ugh!" Particularly since Townshend by that time was a multi-millionaire for whom differences in political leadership or climate probably meant very little anyway.

Still love the Who though. Tommy, Quadraphenia, "I Can See for Miles" "I Can't Explain"--just great primal rock and roll. No one quite like them, then or now.

Best wishes.