{"id":24291,"date":"2021-06-01T14:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=24291"},"modified":"2021-06-01T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T01:29:52","slug":"pullin-a-daltrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/pullin-a-daltrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Pullin&#8217; a Daltrey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Who - You Better You Bet (Promo Video)\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wqPlb5PLBvg?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There I was, all ready to uncork a new RTH Glossary entry on you \u2014 \u201cpullin\u2019 a Daltrey,\u201d meaning over-enthusiastically singing somebody else\u2019s words, in a way that suggests you\u2019re not entirely sure you know what they mean.\u00a0I even knew what tune best exemplified this behavior. But when I sauntered in through the doors of YouTube, looking for a performance of \u201cYou Better You Bet\u201d that would show you what I was talking about, I was crestfallen.\u00a0In my mind\u2019s eye, I could see our titanium-throated mega stud punching the air with his fist and twirling his mic, bursting out of a rock power squat while owning lines like \u201cespecially, when you say YES!\u201d and \u201c\u2026 I look pretty crappy SOMETIME!\u201d\u00a0But then\u2026 this.\u00a0What a let-down.\u00a0How can I explain what pullin\u2019 a Daltrey means if Daltrey won\u2019t even pull one for me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can any of you find a video clip of The Who, or any other band or artist, that better showcases this glossary term?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There I was, all ready to uncork a new RTH Glossary entry on you \u2014 \u201cpullin\u2019 a Daltrey,\u201d meaning over-enthusiastically singing somebody else\u2019s words, in a way that suggests you\u2019re not entirely sure you know what they mean.\u00a0I even knew what tune best exemplified this behavior. But when I sauntered in through the doors of <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/pullin-a-daltrey\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}