English wine cask units the mediæval French and Italian "botte") or pipe was half a tun, or 1008 pints. Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. (However, Josephine Tey in "The Daughter of Time" suggests that "drowned in a butt of malmsey" means rather that George, Duke of Clarence, drank himself to death rather than literally drowning in a container of wine.) In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado".
Drowned (song) philosophy than mod conformism," which is his objective through much of the album. The piano part was borrowed from the song "Hitchcock Railway" by Joe Cocker. Charlesworth praises Chris Stainton's "great piano work." This piano part gives "Drowned" a similar feel to that of "5.15," on which Stainton also played. In an amazing coincidence, the studio that "Drowned" was recorded in was flooded just after the song was recorded. "Drowned" is one of the most played songs by the Who from "Quadrophenia", being played throughout their tours, and because it required no backing tapes, it was often performed as a