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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Athena (page 1/1) ------ performed by The Who The edge among Frustration, Fear and Fun | Reviewer: Uncle Al | 8/30/09 Yes. The people who fought against nuclear weapons in europe at that time may answer "This is a joke", but it was a reality that fear took their peace out of their minds and lives away. Today is just a song to listen while drinking the last sip of beer in a hot summer night with your grown up kids, thanking the Lord peace is still below our feet and at hand. Cheers. Very good song | Reviewer: J | 8/6/09 This was definitely NOT the worst Who song... there are only 2 songs on It's Hard and Face Dances that are better (imo) than this... Eminence Front and You Better You Bet. It is a fun song and sometimes a song doesn't need to be more than that. The lyrics are definitely not meaningless but it's a stretch to say that this is an anti-nuke song. Pete Townshend has said that it was about a girl he had fallen for who rejected his advances, although I have never read or heard him say with whom he was in love. Athena - A-Bomb | Reviewer: Chris | 3/23/09 I love this song. I was a senior in high school when it came out. One of my favorites. I always interpreted this as the Who's protest against atomic weapons. I figured the first person of the song as a British/NATO general's misplaced love of the bomb as his best girl. Think of these references: "In peaceful times I hold her tight and feed her" "Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone" "I felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy path... Suicidal psychopath" "consumed, there was a beautiful white horse up on a dream stage" - mushroom cloud, the snake being the darker lower portion of the cloud "how long will children remain?" The obvious bomb references, "requisitioned" is a military term, "castrated leader" as he would like to get rid of them but he cannot due to mutual assured destruction. I thought it was fairly obvious... But it could just be me. Alice Cooper Was Right | Reviewer: Leo Strauss | 10/4/07 Have the demo "Theresa" and it all makes much more sense in his frustration of a failed romance with her -- and the beats are better. This should have been produced by Chris Thomas for one of Pete's solo albums. When Pete introduced Pink Floyd for some Brit honors show on VH1 a couple of months ago he also referred to this failed romance with Theresa. Great song for singing in the shower | Reviewer: Leip | 9/8/07 I love this tune...been listening to it in the shower for years and I really have the lyrics and syllables down pat. response to theresa | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/8/07 Well of course it's true, everything Alice Cooper says is 100% true fact. Also, I love this song. um... is it just me, or is everyone crazy? | Reviewer: Bob | 7/24/07 This is one of the WORST Who songs ever. I don't know what people are saying about poetic twisty syllables. But it's cheesy, and meaningless, and incredibly superficial. To me it betrays a lack of emotion, as opposed to a depth of it. I was surprised Pete even wrote that - figured maybe it was Roger Daltry trying his hand at lyric writing. Athena = Theresa? | Reviewer: Theresa | 4/9/07 I was listening to the Alice Cooper radio show tonight on my way home from work. AC said Pete wrote this song for Theresa Russell and that it was called Theresa, because Pete was smitten with her. AC said Pete changed the name because Theresa was not interested in Pete. I don't know if this is true, but thought i would pass it along. best of the Who | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/10/07 Athena is the best song the Who ever did! Great lyrics and music - just a fun fun song. Pete's Poetry | Reviewer: mimo parkins | 2/18/07 Athena, is in my judgement, a greatly underappreciated song. Even though it had some commercial success, most Who fans wrote it off as nothing more than a silly love song. In fact it is some of Townsend's most poetic lyrics with great rhymes and twisty sylables. Listen again Who fans and you might find new appreciation for this great song. Add Your New Review About The Song