For those wondering, while last week's Friday Night Jukebox featured Who band mate Pete Townshend, the next two weeks posts will not feature John Entwistle or Keith Moon as I have zero familiarity with their solo work. There's only so much time....
As with last week's post, this week's bio recap will be mercifully short as I've already written about the Who a couple of times. Roger Daltrey was actually the founding member of the Who, as Townshend and Entwistle originally joined his band The Detours. Daltrey was known for leading the band and settling arguments with his fists and was at one point fired from the band for beating up Moon for supplying drugs to Townshend and Entwistle. Daltrey has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, most notably the film version of the Who's rock opera, Tommy. For his solo career, he has released 10 studio albums (with two top ten LPs in his native U.K.), and 42 singles (with a top ten in Great Britain and a top twenty here in America). As noted in last week's bio for Townshend, Daltrey is involved in their charity for teen cancer, and has loaned his talents to numerous charitable events through the years.
Fun Fact: Daltrey kept extremely busy throughout the course of his younger days in the fine art of procreation. In addition to the four children he has from his two marriages, Daltrey has four other children from various relationships throughout the sixties.
"Without Your Love" was released as a single in 1980 from the soundtrack to the film McVicar (a biopic in which Daltrey starred as the title character). The single reached #55 in the U.K. and #20 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100 (it hit number two in the Netherlands--so many cool Dutch kids!). The album hit #39 on the U.K Albums Chart, and #22 here in the United States.
While the song is catchy as all hell and the backing music is tastefully understated, this song is all Daltrey's vocals. Daltrey weaves the tale of a man trying to find his place in the world (more or less the story behind the film noted above) but realizing that no matter where he ends up it means nothing without the love of his life. Daltrey sings with all the calmness of a man who has made his peace with his life, and delivers a performance that would make the Gods of Love themselves smile. A lovely and loving ballad.
Lyric Sheet: "And if I could travel far/If I could touch the stars/Where would I be without your love?"
Enjoy:
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Peace,
emaycee
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