Talk:Won't Get Fooled Again/Archive 1

meaning
in an editorial in the most recent time magazine, the author refers to the song as being about then failure of the vietnam war.


 * I saw that too. If I can find the editorial online, I'll link to it in the article. -albrozdude 06:27, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Done-albrozdude 06:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

you know, the tune of the song sounds alot like Who Are You --66.218.23.39 03:04, 1 June 2006 (UTC) It sounds nothing like Who Are You other than the fact that both are fast paced rock songs by the same artist which make heavy use of power chords.

Well I'm not from the Vietnam era so I made no connection. The song explicitly reminded me of the Soviet Union.

just found this now lost pete townshend diary where he goes into detail on the meaning of the song, might be helpful: http://web.archive.org/web/20061205225327/http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=285&zone=diary

South Korea and counterculture?
I'm confused about this part:

"One interpretation is that it expresses disenchantment with the counterculture and supposed "revolution" of the 1960s. For this reason, the song was banned in South Korea until the emergence of democracy there in the early 1990s"

What's the connection between the South Korean dictatorship and Western counterculture? --Sus scrofa 19:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * None that I know of, at least regarding this song. As a Westerner having lived there for a decade, I never saw any obvious Western influence in the student democracy movements - quite the contrary, most influences were Eastern. I do remember that when I saw this album on cassette in a Korean music shop in 1990, "Won't Get Fooled Again" was omitted. Remember, the 1970s and 1980s were a time of military dictatorship in Korea, so it could be inferred that the song was censored from the album because of its revolutionary message, despite the fact that one is hard pressed to find a Korean who even listened to The Who, let alone drew inspiration from the song. Years later, after the turn of the millenium, I saw the album on CD in a store, complete. Both recordings bore the imprint of the Ministry of Culture and Information. Today there is very little censorship of Western music in Korea, probably less overall censorship than in many Western nations. SpanishCastleMagic 02:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

"Robots" Trailer Usage
I remember that the opening synthesizer line was used in the trailer for the movie Robots.

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!"
I see that someone's given details of the recording of this scream within the article. This is the first time I'd heard anything like that. Where's the source? --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 10:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

P.S. The tale also strikes me as unlikely. I'm pretty sure that the scream as heard on the studio recording is double-tracked (that's why no-one's ever been able to imitate it! Hah!) and I have just found some evidence in favour of this. Other than my own ears, that is. If anyone in 1971 could have double-tracked themselves with nothing but a portable cassette recorder, well then my name is Jimi Hendrix. --The guy with the axe - aaaaaaargh!!! (talk) 11:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Sequencer
You better check this out, it was Klaus Schulze doing the programming of the sequencer part and playing the keyboard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.188.117.162 (talk) 12:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

In the live performance for this song, there is no keyboard player, and Keith Moon has earphones. BulsaraAndDeacon (talk) 08:13, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Lyrics
Can somebody post the lyrics to "Won't get fooled again" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.228.205 (talk) 04:34, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * They would be a copyright violation on Wikipedia, but they're fairly easy to find through a Google search... AnonMoos (talk) 12:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Won't Eat Prunes Agin
How come "Weird Al" Yankovic did not release Won't Eat Prunes Again? I'm sure Pete Townshend has a big sense of humor. BulsaraAndDeacon (talk) 05:37, 1 October 2009 (UTC)