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Top Fives: John Entwistle Edition

Top 5 Who Songs Sung by John:

Nikki's Top 5 Favorite Johnfacts:

  • He had a thing for Irish wolfhounds (bonus pics).
  • He played the trumpet & french horn - all of the brass parts you hear in The Who's songs were arranged/played by John.
  • He was blonde but dyed his hair black throughout the 60s-70s.
  • He and Keith were BFFs (more bonus pics).
  • He did the cover art for The Who By Numbers. More of his drawings are here, along with a funny autobio that he wrote just days before he died. :(

Top 5 "John DGAF" Moments:

The skeleton suit, an excellent example of "John does whatever the f@*& he wants":

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The entire Smothers Brothers performance, but especially around this part:

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His bass-playing on The Real Me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0h143iKVEo

The rogue lick at 0:23, and also the 2:40 mark of this video, when the rest of the band has finished and John just thunders away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C2wZGBuQqw

And finally, this little montage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qmGlMgrcIQ

Conclusion: John Entwistle is my favorite.

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