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The Who's Weirdest Songs #14
11:11 AM GMT 23/02/2009
14. A Man In A Purple Dress
(Endless Wire, 2006)
Having watched Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ in high dudgeon, Pete Townshend penned this bathos-laden attack on organized religion, Catholicism a prime target despite his previous contributions to a Catholic educational charity. A picked intro leads into a Dylanesque diatribe against ceremonial pomp and judgmental aspect of religion that he described as "a challenge to the vanity of the men who need to put on some kind of ridiculous outfit in order to pass sentence on one of their peers", which is a bit pot/kettle when you think about it. Perhaps the only rock song to use the insult "prat", sung with evident discomfort by Daltrey - enduring one of his sporadic "do I have to sing this?" moments. [PA]
WATCH! The Who play it live in Vancouver, October 2006
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 11:11 AM GMT 23/02/2009
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I am glad Townshend wrote that song.
Posted by Lisa--Asheville NC at 1:47 PM GMT 21/03/2009 Report Abuse
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