Now, if you were a punk band going to cover the Who, you probably wouldn't start with "A Quick One." This seven-minute mini-opera uses multiple passages of folksy hard rock to depict various characters in the story of a longing lonely housewife waiting for her man's return. It is, even amongst the Who's discography, pretty curious. And Green Day, a band that was once known to have a sense of humour, plays it pretty seriously. No, it's not as good as the original, but frankly I commend them that they even did it, and yeah, did it well.
That said, if this was your first exposure to the song, it would seem absolutely nonsensical. Not that the original recording is much less nonsensical. Truth is, this song is so ridiculous it plunges into absurdity and comes out the other side totally unharmed, and while this cover doesn't exploit that, it does take it as a given and do a faithful job with it. Hey, a cover doesn't always have to be a reinvention.
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