The story behind
The Who wrote Boris the Spider in 1966, as one of the first songs by bassist John Entwistle. He recorded it in a London studio in October of that year, along with other songs from the album A Quick One. The idea came from a conversation between Entwistle and Bill Wyman, bassist of The Rolling Stones, where they invented absurd names for animals. Entwistle came up with "Boris" for a spider, and in ten minutes wrote the song. The lyrics have a tone of black humor, with a chorus that sounds like a deep bass, contrasting with a background voice "creepy crawly" in falsetto. It is one of the pieces that The Who always played at concerts, and the only track from the album that remained in their repertoire throughout their entire career. Although it was never released as a single in the United States or the United Kingdom, in Japan it was the B-side of another track. ↓ Skip to chords
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A Quick One
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