![]() The Merseys, Shaun Cassidy, Primal Scream, the Breeders, Daytona, and the Jam have recorded studio versions. The mod/pop number "So Sad About Us", according to AllMusic, is "one of the Who's most covered songs". When this resulted in a sound that didn't satisfy the band, Moon instead played the tom fills on cardboard boxes. In order to achieve a deadened tom-tom sound like that of Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's distinctive paradiddles on "Peggy Sue," towels were placed on Moon's drum kit. "See My Way," Roger Daltrey's only writing contribution to the record, is a pastiche of Buddy Holly compositions. They recorded the winds while marching around the studio. Each band member played a wind instrument on the track: Townshend played the penny-whistle, Entwistle the trumpet and French horn, Daltrey the trombone, and Moon the tuba. Entwistle claimed that the melody came from the UK television series The Man from Interpol. "Cobwebs and Strange" was originally called "Showbiz Sonata". It was replaced by "Happy Jack" on the original US release but later included on the 1974 double album repackaging of A Quick One and The Who Sell Out. "Heat Wave", the only cover track and the only nod to the group's soul influences on the LP, was originally written by Tamla's Holland–Dozier–Holland team and performed by Martha and the Vandellas. In the first line of the song, Entwistle accidentally sings the word "friend" as "fwend" not wanting to record an entirely new take, he instead opted to double-track the vocal and sing "flend" as a quick fix. The drunkard is eventually locked in padded room in a sanitarium, and he laments not being able to share the room with Whiskey Man or even call him. ![]() ![]() It tells the story of a drunkard whose best friend is a man he sees only after drinking heavily. John Entwistle would later cite "Whiskey Man" as the first song he ever wrote. Although Moon denied that a vocal part in the song was a John Lennon imitation, Entwistle said that, in fact, it was. Moon thought the Beatles spoke in a secret language behind his back, and this song was his way of making fun of their northern accents. Keith Moon's "I Need You" was originally titled "I Need You (Like I Need a Hole in the Head)". "Boris the Spider" quickly became Entwistle's most popular song, still performed decades later: in later years he often wore a spider necklace, and would have a spider web design inlaid on the body of his custom-made Alembic bass guitar (the latter is pictured on the cover of Entwistle's 1981 album Too Late the Hero). They were making up funny names for animals when Entwistle came up with the song. " Boris the Spider" was written after John Entwistle had been out drinking with the Rolling Stones' bass guitarist Bill Wyman. Townshend said that this push for equal contribution led to the exclusion of the band's singles that he had written. It was recorded at IBC Studios, Pye Studios, and Regent Sound in London England in 1966 by record producer Kit Lambert. Part of the marketing push for the album was a requirement that each band member should write at least two of the songs on it, though Roger Daltrey only wrote one ("See My Way"), so this is the Who album least dominated by Pete Townshend's songwriting. The Who's second studio album departs from the R&B emphasis of the first. The album also included a cover of the Holland–Dozier–Holland song " Heat Wave" and ends with a musical suite titled " A Quick One, While He's Away", which served as an inspiration for later rock operas that the Who would become known for. Unlike other albums by the Who, where guitarist Pete Townshend was the primary or sole songwriter, A Quick One features significant songwriting contributions from all band members, with singer Roger Daltrey contributing one song, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon each contributing two. A version of the album with an altered track listing was released under the name Happy Jack on Decca Records in April 1967 in the United States, where the song " Happy Jack" was a top 40 hit. A Quick One is the second studio album by the English rock band the Who, released on 9 December 1966.
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