Pete Townshend's Video Treasure Trove

Who fans have been complaining since 1974 that the set list never changes. The nothing-but-the-hits parade continues on their current world tour, but before every gig Pete has been playing some super rare gems on his girlfriend Rachel Fuller's In The Attic webcast. Check out "Blue Red And Grey" from The Who By Numbers, "Sensation" and "The Acid Queen" from Tommy, "Cut My Hair" from Quadrophenia, "Too Much of Anything" from Odds & Sods, a cover of The English Beat's "Save It For Later", "Mirror Door" and "2000 Years" from the forthcoming Who album The Endless Wire and finally, unbelievably enough, all nine minutes of the original mini-opera "A Quick One While He's Away." Hey Pete, how about adding just one of these to the real show? And do you mind doing "So Sad About Us" next?

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Song Stories

“Too Close”

Next | 1998

Next was formed in Minneapolis when the uncle of Terry "T-Low" and Raphael "Tweety" Brown, who was a gospel choir director, introduced the brothers to Robert Lavelle "R.L." Huggar. Sounds of Blackness singer Ann Nesby groomed the R&B group before handing them over to Naughty by Nature's KayGee, who wrote and produced "Too Close." The idea for the song was sparked "from a conversation we had with several girls at a nightclub," explained T-Low. "It's talking about the club scene, with guys getting out of hand and the female telling him to back up, asking, 'What are you doing?'" 

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