Daltrey: "Here we are with the world in the state it is in, and we've got One Direction"

 
 
 
I have to say, I think he has a point.
 
(From: The Hereford Times)
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Daltrey laments current music scene
 
Rock veteran Roger Daltrey said there are no musical "movements" at the moment, adding: "Here we are with the world in the state it is in, and we've got One Direction."
 
The Who frontman, who along with Pete Townshend is set to perform a series of shows marking the band's 50th anniversary, said it is difficult to start a movement now "unless it's ISIS".
 
The two surviving  members from the original quartet, who formed in 1964 as the High Numbers, spoke to The Mail on Sunday's Event magazine.
 
Roger, 70, who famously sang ''hope I die before I get old'' in  early hit My Generation,  told the magazine: "Here we are with the world in the state it is in, and we've got One Direction.
 
"Where are the artists writing with any real sense of angst and purpose?
 
"There are no movements at the moment: we had mod and then there was punk, but it's so hard to start a movement now. Unless it's ISIS."
 
Pete, 69, said he was not bothered by similarities pointed out between One Direction's Best Song Ever and The Who's Baba O'Riley.
 
"It wasn't important enough to get excited about," the guitarist said.
 
"I could hear a bit of The Who in it, but so what? Considering the stuff we ripped off over the years, it doesn't really matter."
Meanwhile, Pete describes his relationship with Roger as "a longstanding friendship that has turned into a bonded love, founded on a deeper understanding of each other's limitations".
 
"I love him," said Roger. "We're like brothers I suppose."
 
The Who - whose well-known songs have included hits My Generation, Won't Get Fooled Again, I  Can't Explain, and Pinball Wizard - have weathered the deaths of t heir manic drummer Keith Moon in 1978 and bass player John Entwistle in 2002.
 
In 2011 they are said to have reached an audience of more than 100 million when  they were chosen to play at the US Super Bowl, then went on to perform at the  closing ceremony of the London Olympics the following year.
 
Their last album of new material Endless Wire was issued in 2006, and was  itself the first release for 24 years.
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Mike, One Direction is a boy band....
 

Pete Townsend is like the poster child for wearing earplugs on stage. I'm amazed that he's still making music considering the extent to which he screwed his ears in The Who.

For some historical context on Roger's musical opinions, this is how he described VH in 1982:
 

Led Zeppelin were great, but then we get all the soundalikes – Van Halen, I mean, the worst load of $%^# I've ever heard in my life.

 
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-who-to-begin-final-u-s-tour-19820930
 

drewfx1
For some historical context on Roger's musical opinions, this is how he described VH in 1982:
 

Led Zeppelin were great, but then we get all the soundalikes – Van Halen, I mean, the worst load of $%^# I've ever heard in my life.

 
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-who-to-begin-final-u-s-tour-19820930
 

And I seem to recall Townshend bashing Led Zeppelin...

I shouldn't chew gum and type at the same time.
 

Who are these guys

I have never heard of One Direction and will probably never hear of them again. On the other note... I think I remember Blackmore saying that Clapton couldn't play guitar. In the 60s Townshend took Clapton to see Hendrix play and they were like, "well, what are we going to do now?" LOL...
 
J