Artist	Song
U2	Vertigo
from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
Pearl Jam	Corduroy
from Vitalogy (1994)
Foxboro Hottubs	27th Ave. Shuffle
from Stop Drop and Roll!!! (2008)
The Clash	Death or Glory
from London Calling (1999)
The Jam	Away from the Numbers
from Snap (2006)
Cheap Trick	Surrender
from Heaven Tonight (Remastered) (1998)
Oasis	Lyla
from Stop the Clocks (2008)
blur	Parklife
from The Best of Blur (2000)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives	Trancendental Suicide
from Origin, Vol. 1 (2005)
Big Star	My Life Is Right
from #1 Record Radio City (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Badfinger	Just a Chance
from Wish You Were Here (2004)
Raspberries	I Don't Know What I Want
from Greatest (2005)
Styx	Come Sail Away
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Styx (2007)
Guided By Voices	Motor Away
from The Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates (2003)
The Posies	Going, Going, Gone
from The Best of the Posies - Dream All Day (2000)
The Redwalls	It's Alright
from De Nova (2005)
Supergrass	Prophet 15
from Life On Other Planets (2003)
Generation X	Ready Steady Go
from Anthology (2003)
The Mooney Suzuki	In a Young Man's Mind
from Cheap Date (2003)

Comment:

It might be a bit too early to wrap up this playlist, since our lads are creating their legacy — [i]still[/i] — but we’ll attempt to answer the question [i]After the Who, who’s next?[/i]. Compressing the Who’s history into four furious minutes, the Jam’s “Away From the Numbers” is Jam-packed with echoes of the trio’s mod heroes, from the coiled-snake Rickenbacker of “I Can See For Miles” to the drum-kit demolition derby of “Going Mobile,” all drenched in Paul Weller’s teenage-shotgun attitude. Lots has been made of Oasis’ Fab Four fixation, but the fire in their Britpop torch actually passes from the early Who straight through the Jam, right into the Gallagher brothers’ powder-keg core. Check out their boot-stomping chorus on “Lyla,” and hear how they got struck by the Who’s “Call Me Lightning.” And Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder — whose sets often include Who classics and who played uncredited on 1997’s [i]Pete Townshend Live[/i] — proves he knows what it’s like to be the sad man behind [i]Vitalogy[/i]’s “Corduroy,” a confessional slab of bone-crushing guitars. Across four decades — from Big Star to Green Day, from Styx to Supergrass — we’ve got the Who’s Who of the Who family tree.

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