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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
Agreed. That image with the slide and the shot of the full band is one of the greatest images in rock and roll history. That is definitely my ultimate Who clip and is up there with the best of them when I want to explain rock to someone. I have always thought the Who are a tad overrated, but you watch that clip and think "well they certainly had their moment at one point!" and that can almost explain why they aren't overrated. Very cool story about the Garden too!Quote
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
Always loved Pete's slide! Saw the Who at MSG around 1974, remember Pete stepping on his guitar cord while he was raising his guitar up which resulted in the cord coming out and falling to the ground. Don't know why he didn't put it though the guitar strap. Great concert, glad I went.
I didn't want to start a new thread so I will ask it here - anyone have the six CD Lifehouse Chronicles box set released 2000 and what is your opinion? Always wanted to get it. I assume Pete will talk about the initial failure of this project which resulted in the "Who's Next" album in his book.
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
Always loved Pete's slide! Saw the Who at MSG around 1974, remember Pete stepping on his guitar cord while he was raising his guitar up which resulted in the cord coming out and falling to the ground. Don't know why he didn't put it though the guitar strap. Great concert, glad I went.
I didn't want to start a new thread so I will ask it here - anyone have the six CD Lifehouse Chronicles box set released 2000 and what is your opinion? Always wanted to get it. I assume Pete will talk about the initial failure of this project which resulted in the "Who's Next" album in his book.
The slide in WGFA in the Kids movie was actually staged. Jeff Stein made them do 17 different versions of the song and still wasn't happy, so Townshend agreed to do this slide which was filmed during a nonperformance of the song. Look closely at the slide in the clip--the rest of the band are not even performing. Then, right after the slide, Townshend is on the left side of Roger, when he should be on the right side. This is all explained in the bonus DVD of the deluxe edition of the Kids movie.
Myself, I don't have the 6-CD set of Lifehouse Chronicles, because it's ridiculously expensive--$1,199 new and $800 used. I have the single disc Lifehouse Elements, featuring numerous demos and a 2000 remix version of Who Are You. This disc is still expensive--$115.61 new, so I recommend a second-hand copy, which mine is, which you can get for under $10 (at $6.97).
Here's the 2000 "Gateway remix" of Who Are You:
[www.youtube.com]
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
Always loved Pete's slide! Saw the Who at MSG around 1974, remember Pete stepping on his guitar cord while he was raising his guitar up which resulted in the cord coming out and falling to the ground. Don't know why he didn't put it though the guitar strap. Great concert, glad I went.
I didn't want to start a new thread so I will ask it here - anyone have the six CD Lifehouse Chronicles box set released 2000 and what is your opinion? Always wanted to get it. I assume Pete will talk about the initial failure of this project which resulted in the "Who's Next" album in his book.
The slide in WGFA in the Kids movie was actually staged. Jeff Stein made them do 17 different versions of the song and still wasn't happy, so Townshend agreed to do this slide which was filmed during a nonperformance of the song. Look closely at the slide in the clip--the rest of the band are not even performing. Then, right after the slide, Townshend is on the left side of Roger, when he should be on the right side. This is all explained in the bonus DVD of the deluxe edition of the Kids movie.
Myself, I don't have the 6-CD set of Lifehouse Chronicles, because it's ridiculously expensive--$1,199 new and $800 used. I have the single disc Lifehouse Elements, featuring numerous demos and a 2000 remix version of Who Are You. This disc is still expensive--$115.61 new, so I recommend a second-hand copy, which mine is, which you can get for under $10 (at $6.97).
Here's the 2000 "Gateway remix" of Who Are You:
[www.youtube.com]
What makes this more confounded is that the Elements contains a demo of New Song, that is not found on the Chronicles set!
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£6.46 on Amazon for the Hardback right now. Just ordered it, suggested delivery date between the 17th and 20th of October. Not to bad!
One of my favorites off Quadrophenia. Cool performance that I've never seen, although a bit overdramatic during the chorus part with that video lol.Quote
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Even at 538 pages, this book seems too short. So many important events are covered much too quickly. For instance, while he briefly discusses some of the Who's early singles, including "My Generation," there's not a single mention of the My Generation album (released in the states as The Who Sing My Generation, a title even more ludicrous than England's Newest Hitmakers). I wish they had published the complete, unedited, 1,000 page manuscript, in two volumes if necessary. Pete's such a good writer that even at that length, reading his book would be a pleasure, not a chore.
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Even at 538 pages, this book seems too short. So many important events are covered much too quickly. For instance, while he briefly discusses some of the Who's early singles, including "My Generation," there's not a single mention of the My Generation album (released in the states as The Who Sing My Generation, a title even more ludicrous than England's Newest Hitmakers). I wish they had published the complete, unedited, 1,000 page manuscript, in two volumes if necessary. Pete's such a good writer that even at that length, reading his book would be a pleasure, not a chore.
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RollingFreakAgreed. Sorry for the Stones, because I've always thought they were great there (love that version of Sympathy and early Can't Always Get What You Want and the other Beggars stuff is fantastic), but The Who were just on fire there. Wish they could have played more. And those clips are pretty much their definitive ones, although I would add in Won't Get Fooled Again from The Kids Are Alright. Its alittle staged, but I've always thought if you wanted to know what the Who was all about, that clip explains it all:Quote
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Thanks Rollingfreak for the good wishes. Yeah, that performance of A Quick One on Rock and Roll Circus is AMAZING! one of my favorite live Who clips (that and Baba 'O Riley on Kids are All Right). THey are in the zone, and stole the show. Too bad they only did one song on it, it would have been great to hear them do Happy Jack or I'm a Boy.
I remember dragging a friend of mine to see The Kids Are Alright when it first came out in 1979. He was a big Led Zeppelin fan, not that much into the Who, but when he saw Pete slide across the stage on his knees during WGFA, he had what can only be called an epiphany. This is what rock and roll is supposed to be. "When they come to the Garden," he said, "we're going." And so we did. Btw, the book's photos include a great full-page shot of Pete onstage at the Garden in '79.
Always loved Pete's slide! Saw the Who at MSG around 1974, remember Pete stepping on his guitar cord while he was raising his guitar up which resulted in the cord coming out and falling to the ground. Don't know why he didn't put it though the guitar strap. Great concert, glad I went.
I didn't want to start a new thread so I will ask it here - anyone have the six CD Lifehouse Chronicles box set released 2000 and what is your opinion? Always wanted to get it. I assume Pete will talk about the initial failure of this project which resulted in the "Who's Next" album in his book.
The slide in WGFA in the Kids movie was actually staged. Jeff Stein made them do 17 different versions of the song and still wasn't happy, so Townshend agreed to do this slide which was filmed during a nonperformance of the song. Look closely at the slide in the clip--the rest of the band are not even performing. Then, right after the slide, Townshend is on the left side of Roger, when he should be on the right side. This is all explained in the bonus DVD of the deluxe edition of the Kids movie.
Myself, I don't have the 6-CD set of Lifehouse Chronicles, because it's ridiculously expensive--$1,199 new and $800 used. I have the single disc Lifehouse Elements, featuring numerous demos and a 2000 remix version of Who Are You. This disc is still expensive--$115.61 new, so I recommend a second-hand copy, which mine is, which you can get for under $10 (at $6.97).
Here's the 2000 "Gateway remix" of Who Are You:
[www.youtube.com]
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Favorite line in that song is "I pick up phones, and hear my history."
Exactly the reason I'm finally going to see them on this tour ><! I'm guaranteed the instrumental title track, Sea And Sand, Doctor Jimmy, The Punk And The Godfather, Is It In My Head, I've Had Enough. The list just goes on and on.Quote
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RollingFreakOne of my favorites off Quadrophenia. Cool performance that I've never seen, although a bit overdramatic during the chorus part with that video lol.Quote
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Favorite line in that song is "I pick up phones, and hear my history."
Some of the better songs on Quad are the ones that only ever get played live when they're playing the whole thing.
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Good 'ol Pete. He'd never fleece us. The price range for Who tickets at my local arena next month is $39.50 to $129.50. And they're playing Quadrophenia, which is arguably superior to anything the Stones have ever done with the possible exception of EOMS.
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Good 'ol Pete. He'd never fleece us. The price range for Who tickets at my local arena next month is $39.50 to $129.50. And they're playing Quadrophenia, which is arguably superior to anything the Stones have ever done with the possible exception of EOMS.
I was able to afford my Who ticket, so no complaining from me on that front. But since the Stones are such royalty and only the upper echelons of financial society are entitled to see them, maybe their stage design should resemble Buckingham Palace, or something.