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I Can't Explain

Tonalidad E major Dificultad Intermedio 🇬🇧 Inglés

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The Who released I Can't Explain in December 1964, as the band's first single. The song was released in the United Kingdom a month later, and from the beginning it became part of their characteristic sound. The structure is straightforward, with a repeating guitar riff and a voice that moves between shouted and sung parts. Pete Townshend wrote the lyrics in 18 and a half years, without much difficulty, as if it had come to him suddenly. The song was recorded in a London studio, and the sound has that energy of the early years of rock, with influences from bands like the Kinks. The version by the Scorpions was recorded in 1989, as part of a charity album, but the original remains the most well-known. People play it live almost always, as if it were a way of starting the night. ↓ Skip to chords

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From the album

My Generation

The Who · 0 · Track 0

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Tonalidad E major

Duración 2:05

Álbum My Generation

ISRC GBUM71406061

Did you know

The Who released I Can't Explain in 1964, a song that became their first hit. The song was released in the United States in December of that year, and a month later in the United Kingdom. It was written by Pete Townshend, the band's guitarist, and produced by Shel Talmy. The lyrics talk about a feeling of losing control, of something that cannot be described with words. It is a fast song, with a rhythm that gets you up and moving. The band recorded it in a London studio, and from the very beginning people listened to it attentively. It was not like the other rock songs of that time, it had something more, something that caught you.

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