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* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Pete Townshend has said that "Squeeze Box" is about nothing more than a woman who plays accordion to the annoyance of her family. But John Entwistle said that when he first heard the song, he knew "it was about tits."
** Not according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110153/http://www.thewho.net/linernotes/ByNumbers.htm this]. "[Squeeze Box was] Intended as a poorly aimed dirty joke."
* [[Broken Base]]: The disputes over whether the band should have quit after Moon's death have been...energetic, especially with Kenney Jones and the 1989 Tommy tour. It got better (mostly) after Zak Starkey became the drummer.
* [[Covered Up]]: They are often the coverers though: "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison), "Eyesight to the Blind" (Sonny Boy Williamson II), "Summertime Blues" ([[Eddie Cochran]]), "Leaving Here" (Eddie Holland, Jr.), "Baby Don't You Do It" ([[Marvin Gaye]]).
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* [[Face of the Band]]: This wasn't always the case. The Who now consists of Pete, Roger, and those two guys who ''aren't'' John and Keith. One could also argue that ''Endless Wire'' is a Pete Townshend solo album featuring Roger Daltrey on guest vocals.
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Some have ignored the band's work after Moon's or after Entwistle's death.
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: The line "Hope I die before I get old," in "My Generation", after the deaths of Keith Moon and John Entwistle. In another [[Flip
* [[Magnum Opus]]: Either, ''Tommy'', ''Live at Leeds'', ''Quadrophenia'' or ''Who's Next''.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: A [[Quip to Black]] in the ''CSI'' style, followed by "YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" from "Won't Get Fooled Again".
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