Morning Music Notes: Pete Townshend – “I Like One Direction”

Here’s the story:

Nobody is sure where this all started, but rumours started to swirl about The Who attempting to take One Direction’s new video down from YouTube for being a ripoff of Baba O’Reilly. Despite the high likelihood that this rumour was bullshit, the Tween Twitterverse© exploded, shit hit the proverbial fans, and One Direction’s insane fanbase made #donttouchbestsongever a global trend. 

Seems like a reasonable reaction.

In an effort to cool everyone down, Pete Townshend quickly blurted out a statement that said – among other things – I like the single [and] I like One Direction. Ha!

All this classic British farce needed was Benny Hill. Good read via Guardian…

Blue Oyster Cult’s guitarist/keyboardist Allen Lanier has died at 67. He also contributed to records by Patti Smith and The Clash. Via Rolling Stone…

A back injury has sidelined Frank Turner. He has been placed on the 15 day DL and should return to action in time to play Reading and Leeds later this month. Via NME…

Miguel – the guy who sang Too Many Drinks – got arrested for driving drunk in Los Angeles this week. This is officially the point where Murphy’s Law meets actual law. Via Spin…

Audiophiles – rejoice. Warp records will be re-pressing Boards of Canada’s entire back catalogue on vinyl later this year. Via Pitchfork…

Frank Black posted this Vine yesterday that appears to be him lip-synching-while-driving to new Pixies material…