Daltrey’s job is to ensure everybody who has paid to see The Who leaves with a brimming grin. Therefore, he needs to appease the masses by delivering the band’s biggest songs, including one particular number he’d happily never sing again.
The song in question is ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, one of The Who’s most beloved anthems and a prerequisite of every show they play. However, judging from his remarks, it seems the frontman would rather do anything but perform the track, which according to the man himself, leaves him “bored shitless”.
Unfortunately for Daltrey, his opinion on the song is far outweighed by the adoration held by their fans towards ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, meaning he has to put his feelings to the side. During an interview with Rolling Stone, Daltrey said of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again‘: “That’s the only song I’m bloody bored shitless with. I don’t know why, but I’m being honest.”
“All the others I can approach like I’m singing for the first time. I don’t know what’s happening there psychologically. Maybe it’s the song, but I never seem to be in the same pocket where I’m singing it for the first time.”
Roger Daltrey recently told that has ‘Had Enough’ of the ‘Won’t Get Fooled…’ Scream. I won't do the screaming,” Daltrey insisted during a recent conversation with Billboard. “I'll make the fucking audience scream. I've been doing that scream for 55 years and I've had enough of it. I don't even want to try it right now; it's brutal on the vocal chords. They can do the yelling and I'll do everything else. I like singing more these days. At the age of 80, I think I deserve to be."
