How Many Friends
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How Many Friends est une chanson du groupe britannique The Who, parue à la neuvième piste de l'album The Who By Numbers, datant de 1975.
Caractéristiques
Cette chanson est un rock assez posé et calme. On retrouve les habitudes des enregistrements des Who de l'époque : mélange de guitares acoustiques et d'électriques, roulements frénétiques de batterie, ligne de basse virtuose. La chanson se déroule sur un schéma de couplet/refrain assez classique, jusqu'à un pont central où la mélodie change.
Les paroles, à l'instar de plusieurs autres chansons de l'album, sont très personnelles et ont pour objet les tourments de Pete Townshend à l'époque de l'écriture des textes. Ici, c'est une réflexion sur l'amitié et ses problèmes, prise d'un point de vue particulièrement désabusé. Le narrateur de cette chanson doute vraiment de la valeur de l'amitié qu'on lui porte. Cela est exprimé dans le refrain en particulier : How many friends have I really got? That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am? (« Combien d'amis ai-je vraiment, qui m'aiment, qui me veulent, qui m'acceptent comme je suis ? »).
Keith Moon a dit que c'était sa chanson préférée de l'album, et qu'il a même pleuré lorsque Pete Townshend l'a jouée pour lui[1].
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| Années 1960 |
I Can't Explain · Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere · My Generation · Substitute · A Legal Matter · The Kids Are Alright · I'm a Boy · La-La-La Lies · Happy Jack · Pictures of Lily · The Last Time · I Can See for Miles · Dogs · Magic Bus · Pinball Wizard · I'm Free |
| Années 1970 |
The Seeker · Summertime Blues · See Me, Feel Me · Won't Get Fooled Again · Let's See Action · Behind Blue Eyes · Join Together · Relay · 5:15 · Love, Reign o'er Me · The Real Me · Postcard · Squeeze Box · Slip Kid · Who Are You · Trick of the Light · Long Live Rock |
| Années 1980-2000 |
You Better You Bet · Don't Let Go the Coat · Athena · Eminence Front · It's Hard · Twist and Shout (Live) · Real Good Looking Boy · It's Not Enough |
| Autres chansons |
A Quick One, While He's Away · Cousin Kevin · Sparks · Baba O'Riley · Boris the Spider · Fiddle About · Naked Eye · Glow Girl · Heaven and Hell · Melancholia · Whiskey Man · Acid Queen · My Wife · I Am the Sea · I've Had Enough · The Rock · Quadrophenia · Cut My Hair · The Punk and the Godfather · I'm One · The Dirty Jobs · Helpless Dancer · Is It in My Head? · Sea and Sand · Drowned · Bell Boy · Doctor Jimmy · Love Ain't for Keeping · Bargain · The Song Is Over · Going Mobile · Getting in Tune · Water · Pure and Easy · I Don't Even Know Myself · Too Much of Anything · Young Man Blues · Time Is Passing · Overture · It's a Boy · We're Not Gonna Take It · 1921 · Eyesight to the Blind · Amazing Journey · Tommy's Holiday Camp · Christmas · Underture · Welcome · Sally Simpson · Do You Think It's Alright? · Miracle Cure · There's a Doctor · Go to the Mirror! · Tommy, Can You Hear Me? · Smash the Mirror · Sensation · Sunrise · Armenia City in the Sky · Dogs Part Two · Heinz Baked Beans · Tattoo · Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand · Odorono · Hall of the Mountain King · Our Love Was · I Can't Reach You · Medac · Relax · Silas Stingy · Rael 1 · Rael 2 · Glittering Girl · Someone's Coming · Jaguar · Early Morning Cold Taxi · Girl's Eyes · However Much I Booze · Dreaming From the Waist · Imagine a Man · Success Story · They Are All in Love · Blue, Red and Grey · In a Hand or a Face · How Many Friends · Run, Run, Run · Out in the Street · The Good's Gone · The Ox · I Don't Mind · Please, Please, Please · It's Not True · Circles · Bald Headed Woman · So Sad About Us · I Need You · Cobwebs and Strange · Daddy Rolling Stone |
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