Il 23 agosto del 1946, nasceva a Londra uno dei più virtuosi batteristi del rock, il grande Keith Moon, membro fondamentale della band dei The Who.
Keith John Moon iniziò a suonare la batteria come autodidatta, mostrando fin da subito una straordinaria evoluzione dello stile, in cui il rock, il blues ed il jazz si univano a tutta la sua irruenza.
Grande senso del tempo, unito alla sua creatività, Moon fu uno dei segreti del sound ritmico degli Who.
Morì il 7 settembre 1978, dopo avere assunto ben 32 pasticche di clometiazolo.
Per celebrare quello che sarebbe stato il suo compleanno, ho pensato di postarvi la canzone dei The Who, intitolata Who Are You?.
Il brano dà il titolo all’ omonimo album degli Who, pubblicato nel 1978.
Testo: The Who – Who Are You?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said you can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away
I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin’ punches around
And preachin’ from my chair
Well, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
‘Cause I really wanna know (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
I took the tube back out of town
Back to the rollin’ pin
I felt a little like a dying clown
With a streak of rin tin tin
I stretched back and I hiccupped
And looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the tin pan
God, there’s got to be another way
Well, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Oh, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Come on and tell me, who are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Oh who the fuck are you? (who are you? who, who, who, who?)
Who are you?
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
(Ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh wa, ooh)
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
I really wanna know
(Who are you?)
(Who, who, who, who?)
Ah who the fuck are you?
(Who are you?)
(Who, who, who, who?)
Who are you?
(Who are you?)
(Who, who, who, who?)
Oh tell me who are you?
(Who are you? uuu)
I really wanna know
Oh I really wanna know
Oh tell me who are you, you, you, ah you?
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