{"id":4649,"date":"2014-09-26T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/09\/26\/the-who-releases-a-new-song\/"},"modified":"2014-09-26T08:57:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T08:57:48","slug":"the-who-releases-a-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/09\/26\/the-who-releases-a-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Who releases a new song!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Roger_Daltrey_%282008%29.jpg\/250px-Roger_Daltrey_%282008%29.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"217\" height=\"276\" \/><br \/>The Who\u2019s first song in eight years explicitly references Daft Punk  and AC\/DC. Be Lucky, which will appear on the band\u2019s forthcoming 50th  anniversary compilation, claims the Australian rockers and the French  DJs can both help you achieve your dreams. \u201cYou wanna climb without a safety line\/ AC\/DC\u2019s gonna be fine,\u201d Roger  Daltrey sings over Pete Townshend\u2019s guitar riffs. Elsewhere in the  song, he alludes to the commercial appeal of AC\/DC\u2019s biggest song: \u201cIf  you want to want to sell\/ you\u2019ve got to kiss and tell\/ And you\u2019ve got to  do a cover of Highway to Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The references to AC\/DC are bittersweet, coming in the week it was announced the group\u2019s founding guitarist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/musicblog\/2014\/sep\/24\/acdc-malcolm-young-master-of-discipline-and-economy\">Malcolm Young<\/a>, was having to leave the group owing to ill health.<\/p>\n<p>As for Daft Punk, they are part of a similar refrain: \u201cYou want to  climb without a safety line\/ Daft Punk will tell you that it\u2019s gonna be  fine.\u201d Soon an AutoTuned voice pipes up, mimicking Daft Punk\u2019s  robo-effect.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the Who\u2019s entire song should probably be understood as a  response to one of Daft Punk\u2019s dance anthems. Listeners are invited to  Be Lucky instead of told to Get Lucky, with an emphasis on taking  creative risks and \u201cmaking [things] your own\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Be Lucky is the closing track on Who Hits 50, a two-disc set  otherwise filled with tunes like Baba O\u2019Riley and Magic Bus. Recorded  with bassist Pino Palladino, Ringo\u2019s son Zak Starkey on drums, and  keyboard-player Mick Talbot, the song is the Who\u2019s first new material  since 2006\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2006\/oct\/27\/popandrock.who\">Endless Wire<\/a>. Although Townshend and Daltrey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/jun\/30\/the-who-announce-uk-tour-50th-anniversary\">claimed this summer that they were hoping to record a complete LP<\/a>,  they have not announced plans for any other releases before they hit  the road on a winter tour. Daltrey previously described these concerts  as \u201cthe beginning of the [group\u2019s] long goodbye\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Royalties from Be Lucky will reportedly benefit<a href=\"http:\/\/teencanceramerica.org\/\"> Teen Cancer America<\/a>, a US outgrowth of Daltrey\u2019s successful UK charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. The rest of the anthology is out on 27 October. <\/p>\n<p>Be Lucky weblink: http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x26lxkn_the-who-be-lucky_music<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Who\u2019s first song in eight years explicitly references Daft Punk and AC\/DC. 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