DECEMBER 1982 (32 YEARS AGO) The Who: Eminence Front b/w One At A Time (Warner Bros. 7-29814) 45 single is released in the US. Eminence Front is a song written and sung by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the sixth track on the groups 1982 studio album, Its Hard. The single reached number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the only song from the album that the band has opted to play live after the initial post-release tours. In the song, Townshend sings about the delusions and drug use of the wealthy and hedonistic. The lyrics describe a party in which people hide from their problems behind a façade. Townshend has introduced the song in live performances with: This song is about what happens when you take too much white powder; its called Eminence Front. In the originally released version there is a timing flaw or a syncopation in the first chorus, where Townshend sings behind an eminence front, while Daltrey sings the title term in time. A more linear-sounding remixed version appears on the 1997 re-release of the CD (a live version, recorded on the bands final stop on their 1982 tour in Toronto, appears as a bonus track on the re-release). Additionally, the remix has Townshends vocals panned centrally rather than hard right in the stereo spectrum. The song produced a video, shot at a rehearsal in Landover, Maryland, during their 1982 US tour, which enjoyed consistent airplay on MTV upon its release. Footage from the Whos 1982 concert at Shea Stadium was also used in the video. The Who
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