#77 The Who, 'Who's Next' (1971)

Following their epic Rock Opera, ‘Tommy’ (#190), The Who found their audience was starting to move on. The Mod Movement was all but gone, their original followers had grown up, gotten jobs and started families. The younger crowd that was coming to see them wanted them to play ‘My Generation’ and smash guitars. Pete Townshend had started work on the follow up, ‘Lifehouse,’ another Rock Opera based in a near-future society where music is banned and the population is forced to live indoors in Government-controlled suits. Wait a second… does this sound eerily familiar?