The Who – Going Mobile

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  General Comment:F-R-E-A-K-Y....while he no doubt wants to travel about with a set of wheels he can literally call home...the reference is strikingly similar to mobile, as in mobile phone (even out in the woods). Especially, play the tape machine...as in answering machine...just strange and prophetic, if ya ask me. Hell...now even the www is mobile as well...

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  General Comment:Oh... and Keith Moon is friggin' awesome. He makes this song in my opinion.

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  General Comment:Personally, I think it's about stepping out from wherever you are. Finally taking initiative in something you've wanted to do for the longest time or be it spontaneous.
  
  Like a vacation, everyone needs to go mobile to keep their sanity?

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  General Comment:Lousy democrats want to take away our cars. We'll show them!

  Flag EveryMnon April 07, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:yeah I heard about that, zefineis. I heard the song was set in the future and the government banned driving or something due to all the pollution but this didnt matter to Pete (or whoever in the story) and he breaks the law and goes driving anyways ("I don't care about pollution" "Watch the police and the tax man miss me") Great song!

  Flag the orrible ooon August 16, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:Though I think the correct lyrics are:
  Well, I'm gonna find a home
  ON WHEELS see how it feels

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  General Comment:I'm not sure, zefineis, but I don't think so. The repeated titles of the remastered tracks (1995) are from the earlier New York session with Kit Lambert, and I think if they had planned for it to be on Lifehouse it would have been released on this reissue, unless they did record it and left it in a vault somewhere.
  
  Townshend used an envelope follower to modulate the spectrum of his guitar on "Going Mobile", giving it a distinctive squawking sound that degenerates into a bubbling noise at the end of the song. I don't know what an envelope follower is but it sounds cool.
  
  I agree with Dhruva on the interpretation, that once life on the road is experienced, it begs to be repeated because of lack of responsibility, the continuing movement, the constant new faces, it all sounds quite fun.

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  General Comment:Have anybody heard to say this is a Lifehouse's song, about the people being prohibited to move from their hometown to another place? I heard that in a documentary, and it tolds there´s a relation between Goin´ Mobile and Baba O'Riley, for their parts of the same story.

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  General Comment:First of all, it's townshend who sings the song. Secondly, the song is about how people who love travelling often forget or choose to forget other things in life. They don't care about pollution. They know no responsibility. They just keep travelling. Even when they're old. And pete explains subtly why too. Because travelling is a pleasure & is often rather addictive. When you get hooked on to travelling, it's hard to let go of it & keep moving places.
  One of the most underrated who songs ever. One of the first I ever heard & one of my most loved. I am still trying to figure out how pete manages to write such divine lyrics & puts it is such a fun loving song. Amazing..........

  Flag Dhruvaon June 30, 2005   Link

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    Bollocks

    Flag Dhruvaon November 30, 2008  
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  General Comment:mobile* sorry

  Flag who_rockon March 02, 2005   Link

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