156. So Sad About Us by The Who 1966

As the Mod thing got really into high gear in 1980 it was a time I totally immersed myself in Who records. Before Mod my only proximity to The Who was constant listening to their Meaty Big and Bouncy album in the early seventies. Oh and a copy of Odds and Sods I got from a Brashes sale for 1:99 with braille writing on it. Unfortunately a lot of their early albums were not available. Only their heavier albums which most of the time were not that appealing to me. But in the late seventies the albums started turning up and more often than not cheap. A Quick One was the first album I picked up. So Sad About Us was just about the best song I'd ever heard. A sad lyric backed by amazing guitar and fantastic harmonies. Easy one of the Who's top songs even in retrospect and probably their best.
A friend of mine John whose birthday the Murders played at recently told me it was his favourite Who song too. And then his band went ahead and played it before us. Boy! was I jealous but The Jam already covered it on a single and we already play a Jam song so.....