Roger Daltrey turns 60

Written by Al Barger
Published March 01, 2004

Born March 1, 1944, Roger Daltrey turns 60 today. "Hope I die before I get old." Oops, too late! Happy birthday, old man.

Depending on how you're categorizing such things, Daltrey is perhaps the greatest hard rock singer ever. His climactic scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again" alone qualifies him for a place in history.

Everybody knows his work with the Who. Without Pete's songs, his solo records mostly aren't that interesting. One little solo tidbit well worth looking up, however, is the song "Free Me," from the McVicar soundtrack. [Not sure who wrote it.] It's worthy of the Who.

Unreformed hawkish Hoosier hillbilly and sometimes candidate Al Barger runs the still squeezin' down the psychodelic Kentucky moonshine at MoreThings.com, what with the paranoid religious visions and the Pentacostal music and visions of God and anarchy running amok and such. Somebody oughta call the cops to report his out of control freedom of conscience. Till they come to take him away somewhere where he can't hurt anyone else, you can check out his weekly column of NEW ALBUM RELEASES.
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#1 — March 2, 2004 @ 08:36AM — Eric Olsen

yes, but 60 is the new 30.

#2 — March 2, 2004 @ 11:38AM — Al Barger [URL]

Or so you'd like to think, old dude.

#3 — March 2, 2004 @ 11:43AM — Mark Saleski [URL]

i kinda like the Under a Raging Moon record.

no comment on 60 bein' the new 30 (not sure what i'm supposeta thing, being 42 & all)

#4 — March 3, 2004 @ 07:58AM — Tim Hall [URL]

IIRC, "Free Me" was written by Russ Ballard.

#5 — March 3, 2004 @ 12:56PM — bflaska [URL]

Just pointing out the obvious, isn't that "Hope I die before I get old?" Typos can mess up the meaning of lyrics for readers who might be unfamiliar with the tune, although everyone here is probably old enough to recognize the song.

#6 — March 3, 2004 @ 13:30PM — Eric Olsen

corrected, thanks

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