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Flastrohs wrote:

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Eminence Front is a classic. Excellent choice in music!

Who Are You is a kick-ass haunting song.

Flas, what happened to your original post? I watched the You Tube video of Eminence Front you linked and then I was going to respond, but you edited your post significantly. First, that video of Eminence Front was probably around the time the song was released, way back in the early 1980's; back when Pete Townshend had hair! The performance was more like the studio version of the song, but the audio was not so great, but yes, a classic song nonetheless.
Back to your original post, which said it was "a liver version" of the song, and here's what I really want to know: What does liver have to do with Eminence Front?

Yes, Who Are You is another classic. I could list several more, but currently don't have the time.

I edited it because the volume on the link I had posted was low....yeah another "liver" version....I was trying to post..."another live version"...YUKU wouldn't let me edit it correctly. I kept trying and gave up.

From Wikipedia>>>>>

Who Are You (song)

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"Who Are You", composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who's 1978 release, Who Are You, the last album released before drummer Keith Moon's death in September of 1978. It was released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition "Had Enough", also featured on the album.

[edit] Lyrics

The album version includes an extra verse compared to the much shorter single. Additionally, a "lost verse" mix of the song was released on the 1996 reissue of Who Are You, with a completely different second verse: "I used to check my reflection / Jumping with my cheap guitar / I must have lost my direction, cause I ended up a superstar/ One night I was in the boardroom/ Affected by the human race/ You can learn from my mistakes, but you're posing in the glass again".

The song is unusual in that it contains two clearly audible instances of the word "fuck" at 2:16 and 5:43 (at 2:14 and 4:27 in the single edit version), yet has been played frequently in its entirety on rock radio stations. The expletives did, however, cause controversy when ABC's unedited broadcast of The Who's Live 8 performance retained them.^[1]

[edit] Interpretation

According to Townshend, the song is about an encounter he had with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols after a difficult 13-hour meeting with Allan Klein related to song royalties. Later, the drunken Townshend was awakened outside the bar by a policeman, but the man offered to let him go if he could "get up and walk away."^[2]

Townshend has also written that the song has a spiritual context related to Eastern mysticism. The line "Who are you? Who, Who?" is directed at God, according to Townshend, as "Hu" is an ancient name for God.

[edit] Video

A promotional video was filmed on May 9, 1978; originally, the intent was to have The Who simply mime to the single version's backing track with Roger Daltrey adding live vocals, but the decision was made to also re-record the guitars, drums, and piano. Only John Entwistle's bass and the synthesizer backing remained intact from the original version. This version was later released on The Kids Are Alright documentary. The video also makes Keith Moon's poor state of health evident as it shows him to be significantly overweight.

Moon was Paul McCartney's guest at a film preview of The Buddy Holly Story on the evening of 6 September 1978. After dining with Paul and Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, returned to a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson in Curzon Place, London (Near Shepherd Market), where Moon died of overdose of Clomethiazole (Heminevrin), a medication he was taking as part of a programme to wean him off alcohol. The police investigation determined there were about 32 pills in his system, some undissolved.^[15] He was 32 years old. Moon died in the same room in which Cass Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas had died four years earlier.

On the audio DVD commentary to The Criterion Collection's release of the Monty Python film Life of Brian, Eric Idle talks about the dinner party. Idle relates that Moon was very excited about his upcoming role as a prophet in the movie. After launching into his speech for the film, Idle and Moon exchanged a "big, warm hug," with Idle commenting that "he was just such a wonderful enthusiast."

Moon died a couple of weeks after the release of Who Are You. On the album cover, Moon is seated on a chair back-to-front to hide the weight he gained over three years (as discussed in Tony Fletcher's book "Dear Boy"). The chair is labeled "NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY."

Moon was cremated. His ashes were scattered in the Gardens of Remembrance at Golders Green Crematorium in London."