Who’s Best Top Ten: So Sad About Us (#7)

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Saturday is here! Along with that is cold wind (it’s not supposed to get out of the low 30s today...but at least no snow!)....and another Who song! Here’s the next song on my list of favorite songs by the legendary British band. #7: So Sad About Us Obscurity time! Actually, for a song that was never released as a single, it’s hardly obscure. The Jam covered this (yay!), as did Shaun Cassidy (barf) and many others. This might not be something you’d expect out of Pete: a break-up song. But then again, with that great bridge of “Apologies mean nothing when the damage is done, but I can’t switch off my loving, like you can’t switch off the sun,” it’s not that unusual. I really don’t think that Townshend gets enough credit for his lyrics. I know that it’s hard to concentrate on them, between Pete’s wind-up guitar playing and Keith Moon’s antics (and, for us girls, Roger Daltrey with his shirt open throughout the 70s....), but there are some great lines in Who songs. Including this one. So Sad About Us Written by Pete Townshend From A Quick One, 1966 Never meant to break up: