C&L's Late Nite Music Club: The Who, 'Love, Reign O’er Me'
Quadrophenia is one of my all-time favorite rock albums and this ballad shows off its power and passion.
Rolling Stone ranks it as their 5th best song:
"The Who’s mightiest ballad – though it’s so crushingly huge, the term “ballad” seems inadequate. Quadrophenia’s grand finale was initially conceived for a never-completed, post-Tommy rock opera (working title: Rock Is Dead – Long Live Rock) based on the Who’s backstory; see Townshend’s lean home recording of the song on Scoop. “Love...