The Who are an overrated pop band. Few good songs but boring to listen to much of the tme. Characterless.
Yes, the impression I get is that he never really liked Daltrey; simply didn't like his sort. RD is working class scum, only in it for the beer and the birds and to keep from being a factory worker all his life, whereas Pete went to art school, don't you know, and his parents were both professional musicians; the sort of desperate middle class that despises the even lower orders.
Townshend obviously has a profound and deep respect for him but, as I say, just not really his sort. For Pete it's all about artistic expression, for Roger it was all about escaping a dead-end life.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
I feel compelled to set you people straight. It's a shame that you underrate The Who, as they're your countrymen. You probably have a chubby for The Kinks, who are the musical equivalent of Walcott. Good PR, fancy accent, no ball skills.
The Who created an amazingly distinctive sound. They also had about twenty good songs, so definitely not beatles or rolling stones but no slouches either. They had a hell of a lot of confidence, too, which is a not to be-underrated quality. They had "good" crap songs, songs which were a melody and little else. I think of Maryanne with the Shaky Hands.
In short, your arguments about class distinctions are a load of titwaenk.
Thanks.