The Who, along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, changed music and started a rock and roll revolution. The band broke through the local scene in the 1960s and began to gain a huge following, producing many classic rock hits and performing at many famous festivals, such as Isle of Wight and Woodstock. These concerts, and incredible studio albums in the early 1970s (including Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia) moved the band into elite status. The legendary band has sold 100 million records and charted 27 top 40 singles in the UK and US, in addition to producing 17 top ten albums. The Who's surviving members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey continue to tour and were recently honored at the Grammys for a lifetime achievement award and at the Kennedy Center Honors. As rated by AOL Radio listeners, here are the top 10 songs from the band that many consider to be the greatest rock band of all time.
One of the earliest singles from the Who, was written by Townshend in 1967 and was titled 'Pictures of Lily.' One of Townshend's narrative songs, this tune includes the singer beating insomnia due to a 'picture of Lily,' although he later finds out later that Lily is dead. Townshend has admitted that the song is merely "about masturbation." Regardless of its meaning, the song became a top 5 hit in the UK and remains one of the Who's most popular songs from the 1960s.
