The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the ou… Read Full Bio ↴The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the outset of their career. The name change occurred at the behest of music publicist Peter Meaden, who wanted to make them known as a mod band. "High numbers" was a reference to T-shirts with number designs, a coveted mod fashion item at the time. The band consisted of the same line-up as The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass), and Keith Moon (drums). After their first single failed to chart, they reverted to The Who.
Both sides of their only official single release, Zoot Suit / I'm the Face (released on major mod label Fontana in 1964), were works of plagiarism; respectively, "Zoot Suit" and "I'm the Face" were Meaden's reworkings of "Misery" by The Dynamics, and "I Got Love If You Want It" by Slim Harpo. Both were well-known mod songs; by all accounts, angered mods were the primary cause the single's failure. The band quickly broke off their association with Meaden, and would shortly earn the mods' affection, and indeed became one of the most emblematic "mod" bands of all time.
In 1974, The Who released the album Quadrophenia, their second rock opera, its lyrical subject matter being a search for identity during the heyday of the mods. Fittingly, lyrical references to "I'm the Face" and "Zoot Suit" appeared in the songs "Cut My Hair" and "Sea and Sand", respectively. "Zoot Suit" later appeared on the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Quadrophenia, whereas the two aforementioned album cuts were used only in abridged forms.
The High Numbers' only single was released alongside two other studio cuts ("Leaving Here" and "Here 't Is") as part of The Who's box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. A number of High Numbers performances also exist in bootleg audio, or video form; most notably, this includes one, or several, performances during their residency at the Marquee Club in London.
Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom
Both sides of their only official single release, Zoot Suit / I'm the Face (released on major mod label Fontana in 1964), were works of plagiarism; respectively, "Zoot Suit" and "I'm the Face" were Meaden's reworkings of "Misery" by The Dynamics, and "I Got Love If You Want It" by Slim Harpo. Both were well-known mod songs; by all accounts, angered mods were the primary cause the single's failure. The band quickly broke off their association with Meaden, and would shortly earn the mods' affection, and indeed became one of the most emblematic "mod" bands of all time.
In 1974, The Who released the album Quadrophenia, their second rock opera, its lyrical subject matter being a search for identity during the heyday of the mods. Fittingly, lyrical references to "I'm the Face" and "Zoot Suit" appeared in the songs "Cut My Hair" and "Sea and Sand", respectively. "Zoot Suit" later appeared on the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Quadrophenia, whereas the two aforementioned album cuts were used only in abridged forms.
The High Numbers' only single was released alongside two other studio cuts ("Leaving Here" and "Here 't Is") as part of The Who's box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. A number of High Numbers performances also exist in bootleg audio, or video form; most notably, this includes one, or several, performances during their residency at the Marquee Club in London.
Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom
Young Man Blues
The High Numbers Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Young Man Blues' by these artists:
Chris Spedding Well, a young man ain't got nothing in the world…
Foo Fighters You know a young man ain't got Nothin' in the world…
Foo Fighters/Rick® You know a young man ain't got Nothin' in the world…
Glenn Kaiser Band I wanna know where the fortress of hope does rest To…
Gov't Mule Oh well a young man ain't got nothin' in the…
Joe Bonamassa Oh well a young man ain′t got nothin' in the…
John Entwistle Oh well a young man ain't got nothin' in the…
Modern Life Is War I'm walking past liquor stores and immigrant homes...check i…
Mose Allison Uh, well, a young man, ain't got nothing in the…
Roger Daltrey The old boys drinkin' Telling the stories 'Bout the way it u…
The John Entwistle Band Well a young man Ain't got nuthin' in the world these…
The Who Oh, well, a young man Ain't got nothin' in the world…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The High Numbers:
Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
Here 't Is Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa), I said whoa, whoa, who…
I'm the Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Im The Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Leaving Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
The High Numbers I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…
Zoot Suit I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…
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FOH-3663
Damn! Love this ... I've no idea how I've never heard this particular recording! Maybe I have heard it ... but wow, loved hearing it now.
Thanks for sharing.
johnbazy
Dude, rock n' roll hardly existed when they first played this. I still think this clip is cool as hell.
Jim & Hugh O'N
Well not exactly rock and roll had existed for about a decade
Astrosimi
Don't get me wrong at all, man. The Who are awesome wherever, whenever, and whatever. I simply think that the more rock'n'roll version of this tune allowed them to put more of themselves in it, but that's just my opinion. One thing we agree on - nothing like in the old days, when a young man was a strong man!
WHOMEWHOYOU
Just wait until you see what I can do with this BASS I "MADE",, I'm going to learn to REALLY SING THIS SONG SOMEDAY! LET ME show you what I CAN DO TO A DRUM KIT!! , I going to play this GUITAR like NO ONE ELSE CAN !! THE WHO were about to go mobile !!
WHOMEWHOYOU
Geeezzzzzz They were just LEARNING TO PLAY INSTRUMENTS AT THIS TIME, THEY WERE MID-TEENS STILL IN SCHOOL, I don't know ANY BIG ROCKERS TODAY that didn't take baby steps, and they INVENTED THE ROCK SOUND THAT EVERYBODY IN 70's COPIED, EVERYONE WANTED TO BE LIKE THE WHO. I LOVE this upload, they were only together at this point a few weeks or a couple of months! this is great stuff!
Harry Knackers
This is cut tantalizingly short - just like john's fringe!
clock watch
Keith Moon was sexy in his early days. Shame he hit the self destruct button. RIP
Astrosimi
Holy shit, this is so... tame. Keith is holding back a lot, you can tell - but it's not bad, they're just playing it closer to Mose Allison's jazzy version. Thank God they left that behind them, because they were good at that, but they were best as the rock hurricane that was the Who.
FOH-3663
Good points
Perhaps that's Doug, ... not Keith.
I'm a bit rusty on the timeline, but I believe Keith didn't perform with them until late Spring of '64