The Who

Sunday 8th 2010 was truly a historical day for both the World of Sports and New Orleans. The Saints, after over 40 years of only mediocre seasons, finally get to the Superbowl and win big for the once devastated city of New Orleans. Saints truly made their mark in history and the halftime show of the game was performed by one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time, The Who who have already made their mark in history.
The Who is most will known for their protest song “My Generation” released in 1965 and that same year it became the number 2 song in the UK. “My Generation”, written by Pete Townshend, is considered to be one the most revolutionary rock songs of its time and a prototype of the punk rock genre. It is one of the first songs to have youthful rebellious lyrics which supported the British Mods scene in the 1960’s. At the Superbowl they performed a 15 song melody that had some awkward transitions but, I thought it was pretty good. However, many critics say the bands performance failed because they were not near as crunk and as energizing as they were in the past. I believe the critics are over criticizing, because the band was too playing without two of its original members and the remaining members are in their sixties, so of course they will sound different. But regardless Saints won the Superbowl and that is all that matters and The Who is still in my opinion one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time.