Monday, October 17, 2016

The Who's "The Seeker"

Back in June, I realized something about the Who's "The Seeker."  I listened to it recently as part of my Collection Audit project, so I thought I'd finally get around to writing about it.

The second verse starts with the lines "I asked Bobby Dylan; I asked the Beatles / I asked Timothy Leary, but he couldn't help me either."  Instead of Bob Dylan, he's called Bobby Dylan.  The meter of the line might be partially responsible for the diminution, but that diminutive both literally and figuratively belittles Dylan because he "couldn't help me."