вЂњI wanna live the way I like/Sleep all the morning, go out and get my fun at night/Things ainвЂ™t like that here/Working just to keep my payments clear.вЂќ Bemoaning having to actually work to do the things you want to do might not seem overly rebellious to some, but considering the fact Britain is the home of the Protestant Work Ethic, this type of attitude would make Margret Thatcher spin in her grave.ДЇor those of you who are wondering how Daltrey sounds after all these years, as far as IвЂ™m concerned his voice sounds better then it ever has. The music is rollicking, I defy anyone with any soul in their body to resist the urge to dance while listening to it, while the lyrics are a celebration of the ups and downs of a irresponsible life. The discвЂ™s opening and title track is a perfect example. While it might be a bit odd to hear these two veterans of the rock wars singing songs about being young and irresponsible, when it comes down to it, isnвЂ™t that what rock and roll should be about? A celebration of everything the supposed adult world looks down upon.

The songs on this disc are about things we can all relate to, whether we want to admit it or not. However, thatвЂ™s not the point of this music. Lyrically speaking, none of JohnsonвЂ™s songs are going to change the world or even probably change your life. While it might appear the two are a generation apart as Daltrey and The Who were part of the early 1960s British rock scene and Johnson the early вЂ™70s, they both share a love for what they call British R&B. Released on the Chess record label in the UK, the disc is being issued in North America by Universal Music Enterprises.

One of the projects heвЂ™s undertaken was teaming up with Who frontman Roger Daltrey to record an album of 10 Johnson-penned, and one cover, R&B/blues/rock and roll songs called Going Back Home. (His doctors told him he was only going to make it until October 2013, but heвЂ™s defied all their predictions and is still performing.) Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2012, heвЂ™s been grabbing at as many opportunities as possible to make and record the music he loves while he can.

While Johnson left the band soon after their fourth album, heвЂ™s never left the style of music he played with them behind. Feelgood for their formative years was guitarist and primary songwriter Wilko Johnson. Feelgood, the band who impressed everyone from Johnny Rotten to Richard Hell with their rawness and intensity, they looked to the blues and R&B for their inspiration. So when four guys from Canvey Island (about 30 miles east of London up the Thames River in England) decided to formed Dr. No matter what was being played on the popular music stations or rising high in the charts, the blues seemed to always be hanging around the fringes, ready to raise its head when people wanted to hear something a little more rebellious than what was normally available. They also entrenched their style of music into British pop culture.

While most of them went on to become part of the music establishment, at the time their music was considered rebellious and dangerous by the establishment. The Animals, Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones (yes they started off as a blues band, listen to their early albums) were just a few of those whose careers were shaped by the blues. The early 1960s saw the rise of an incredible number of blues-based rock and roll bands in, of all places, the British Isles.

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