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A Quick One (Music)
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A Quick One is the second studio album by The Who, released in 1966. This album marks a major Growing the Beard moment for Pete Townshend as a songwriter - and the band in general. Though this is the album least dominated by Townshend's song-writing, it does contain the mini rock opera "A Quick One, While He's Away", which foreshadows their later work such as Tommy and Quadrophenia.In the US, the album was released as Happy Jack in May 1967, with the same cover (but with title A Quick One obviously replaced by Happy Jack) and an altered track-listing. Fan favourites include "Boris the Spider", "Whiskey Man", "So Sad About Us" and "A Quick One, While He's Away". | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: At least compared to the rest of the album, "Whiskey Man", which is a song about a drunk who gets committed to a mental institution to cure him of a booze-induced Imaginary Friend. | |
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Face on the Cover | |
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Face on the Cover: The band members are drawn in a frame. | |
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New Sound Album | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_22093e9b | comment |
New Sound Album: This album sees The Who move away from the R&B of My Generation and into a more commercial territory - and in the case of "A Quick One, While He's Away", proto-Progressive Rock. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: "Boris the Spider", a horror song in which the animal is squashed dead near the end. | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: "Run Run Run". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_2bd2b7b8 | type |
List Song | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_2bd2b7b8 | comment |
List Song: "Run Run Run" lists all kinds of superstitions, yet the protagonist tells the woman in the song: "well, you ain't the luckiest girl I know and you won't get luckier the way you're going". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_2bf54826 | type |
Longest Song Goes Last | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_2bf54826 | comment |
Longest Song Goes Last: "A Quick One, While He's Away" (9:10) ends the album. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_38da8916 | type |
Uncommon Time | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_38da8916 | comment |
Uncommon Time: While "Happy Jack" is mostly in 4/4, the choruses contain occasional bars of 5/4. | |
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You Need to Get Laid | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_3929e0db | comment |
You Need to Get Laid: During one point in "A Quick One, While He's Away", the friends of the protagonist tell her that they 'have a remedy' for her when she's distraught about the long absence of her partner. This remedy comes in the form of Ivor the Engine Driver, who the friends set her up with. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_4ba070fd | type |
Drunken Song | |
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Drunken Song: "Whiskey Man" | |
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All of the Other Reindeer | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_4c8e8078 | comment |
All of the Other Reindeer: The title character in "Happy Jack" is a social outcast, although he seems blissfully unaware of it. | |
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Freaky Is Cool | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_50488b6e | comment |
Freaky Is Cool: "Whiskey Man" | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_51f90774 | type |
Step Up to the Microphone | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_51f90774 | comment |
Step Up to the Microphone: Keith Moon sings lead vocals on "I Need You". John Entwistle sings lead vocals on "Boris the Spider" and "Whiskey Man", as well as co-lead vocals on "Happy Jack" and "A Quick One, While He's Away" (as Ivor the Engine Driver). Pete Townshend sings co-lead vocals on "Heat Wave" and "A Quick One, While He's Away" (the final section). | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_67784113 | type |
Non-Appearing Title | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_67784113 | comment |
Non-Appearing Title: "A Quick One, While He's Away". | |
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The Power of Love | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: "Heat Wave". | |
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Here We Go Again! | |
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Here We Go Again!: The group made a video for "Cobwebs and Strange" that featured Keith finding a strange hat which, once he put it on, caused him to go berserk. The rest of the band chased him around for the length of the video until they finally got it off and he returned to his normal self—except at the end of the video we see Pete is wearing the hat now. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_74149c93 | type |
Epic Rocking | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_74149c93 | comment |
Epic Rocking: At 9:10, "A Quick One, While He's Away". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_7ad0e492 | type |
Imaginary Friend | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_7ad0e492 | comment |
Imaginary Friend: "Whiskey Man" | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_7ba00b55 | type |
Superstition Episode | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_7ba00b55 | comment |
Superstition Episode: "Run Run Run" lists all kinds of superstitions: | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_7bef792a | type |
BreakUpSong | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_7bef792a | comment |
Break Up Song: "I Need You": Also, "So Sad About Us" | |
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Siamese Twin Songs | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_7d276626 | comment |
Siamese Twin Songs: "Boris the Spider" received a sequel in the form of the song "My Size" from John Entwistle's debut solo album Smash Your Head Against the Wall from 1971, where the closing riff is similar to the one heard throughout "Boris the Spider". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_92d6af50 | type |
Truck Driver's Gear Change | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_92d6af50 | comment |
Truck Driver's Gear Change: "So Sad About Us" modulates upwards for its final verse. | |
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A Day in the Limelight | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_9c8701b5 | comment |
A Day in the Limelight: This is the only Who to contain songs written by all four members of the band (one by Daltrey, two each by Moon and Entwistle, and the rest by Pete - discounting the one cover); their manager had finagled a deal with their label that would net each contributing songwriter the then princely sum of £500 (approximately £7300 in 2022 pounds). | |
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One-Man Song | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_9e9c53ee | comment |
One-Man Song: "Whiskey Man", and the "Ivor the Engine Driver" section of "A Quick One, While He's Away". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | type |
Medley | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_a998aaf9 | comment |
Medley: "A Quick One, While He's Away", which is essentially several songs in one. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_afe75982 | type |
Unsound Effect | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_afe75982 | comment |
Unsound Effect: Because they couldn't afford to hire additional musicians, Pete, Roger and John had to sing "cello cello cello cello" for the part in "A Quick One, While He's Away" that was supposed to have strings. | |
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Love Triangle | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle: There's one between the main couple and Ivor the Engine Driver on "A Quick One, While He's Away". | |
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Market-Based Title | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_b9c673a6 | comment |
Market-Based Title: The US version of this album changes its title to Happy Jack and replaces "Heat Wave" with "Happy Jack". | |
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Shout-Out | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The "Ivor the Engine Driver" section of "A Quick One, While He's Away" puns on the BBC children's series Ivor the Engine. | |
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Spiders Are Scary | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_c92bd7ed | comment |
Spiders Are Scary: "Boris the Spider", a song about a spider who is described as a "creepy crawly" too. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_cff53786 | type |
Cover Version | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_cff53786 | comment |
Cover Version: "Heat Wave", originally by Martha and the Vandellas. | |
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Mundane Made Awesome | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: "Boris the Spider", a song about a spider who is squashed dead with a book. | |
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Delicious Distraction | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_d2ccb43e | comment |
Delicious Distraction: The promo film for "Happy Jack" has the band as a gang of Blatant Burglars who sneak into an apartment and start trying to break into the safe... only to be quickly distracted by a lovely cake. | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_dbfd6b8 | comment |
Lyrical Dissonance: When we get to "You raise your hatchet in the yellow crowd", things have gotten very dark in the bright and poppy "I Need You". | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_e40f6792 | type |
Design Student's Orgasm | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_e40f6792 | comment |
Design Student's Orgasm: The somewhat psychedelic album cover by Alan Aldridge. | |
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| A Quick One (Music) / int_e97f0224 | type |
Onomatopoeia | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_e97f0224 | comment |
Onomatopoeia: The band's instruments making written down noises on the cover. | |
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Sanity Slippage Song | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_ee9bf817 | comment |
Sanity Slippage Song: "Whiskey Man" | |
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Soprano and Gravel | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_f1dcc3f | comment |
Soprano and Gravel: John Entwistle actually does that with himself in the song "Boris the Spider", where he switches from his normal voice to some of the deepest growl you'll ever hear during the chorus, and a funny falsetto during the bridge. | |
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Easily Forgiven | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_f36c4f98 | comment |
Easily Forgiven: The girl who is the subject of "A Quick One, While He's Away" is forgiven by her long-absent boyfriend immediately after admitting her infidelity with Ivor the engine driver. A rare justified example - said boyfriend mentions he wasn't entirely faithful himself. | |
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Harsh Vocals | |
| A Quick One (Music) / int_f8b511e7 | comment |
Harsh Vocals: John Entwistle's growled refrain in "Boris the Spider" has been cited as one of the earliest examples of a death-growl. | |
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