“The Seeker” #44 5/23/1970

The first Who single released after the success of the rock opera “Tommy.” It’s about Pete Townshend trying to find some semblance of spirituality, and actually rocks pretty good. Townshend said later he wrote the song while drunk out of his gourd stumbling around at 3 AM in a Florida swamp, covered in burrs and mosquito bites. Inspiration sometimes comes from strange circumstances.