Dreaming From The Waist

Album: The Who By Numbers (1975)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was originally titled "Control Myself." It was released as the B-side to "Slip Kid" in August 1976.
  • Apart from "Squeeze Box," this was the only The Who By Numbers track that was regularly played live. >>>
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    Fintan - Manchester, England, for above 2

Comments: 3

  • Tara from Petoskey, MiAfter I heard this song live on Thirty Years of Maximum R&B, I don't really listen to the album version anymore. AMAZING live performance!!
  • Roy from Granbania, MaAs usual, this song has great bass guitar work by Entwistle, and is one of the few great songs from The Who By Numbers, along with In a Hand or a Face and Squeeze Box.
  • Jc from Tucson, AzDreaming From The Waist has to be the most underated song in The WHO cataloge of music. This was written while Towenshend was going through his mid-life crisis of women, booze and being a rock star.
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