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tommycharles
Interesting, the whole Shea was released by Eagle Rock a few years ago, it’s not like they couldn’t just show the whole thing...).
I hope the unreleased gig is from the orchestral tour last year. Those shows were brilliant.
(I also doubt they have any Moon-era video in the vault that we haven’t already seen... given they’ve released things like the London ‘69 show with bits of songs missing... if there were whole 70s shows still out there, we’d have them by now)
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DandelionPowderman
They're doing the same thing the Stones did earlier, it seems. Bonus tracks from the dvds.
Funny that they get a pat on the back in this thread, while the Stones were criticized heavily for the same thing
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Yeah the Stones are an epic fail with their catalog! I mean they have over 50 years of stuff to curate. And Mick gets too hung up on making it sound modern adding new vocals which are unnecessary. I mean it worked for some of the exile and Some Girls stuff, but the modern vocals don't fit. And it is obvious. I love Plundered my Soul, and No Spare Parts, but I think they could have been an added bonus to other material that was strictly archive material as is. And the Goats Head bound material is lazy and a waste. Other than three "new" songs, the rest are alternative mixes and instrumentals! LAZY.
They need to hire someone with some autonomy and expertise in their history and Start releasing accurately curated material and possibly then an "anthology" type project of video and music. The Kinks, The Who, and The Beatles have it down. And even Zeppelin to a certain extent. And of course Dylan! And even Bowie. Come on Stones! Get it together.
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Lynd8
I love both bands and have to say, at times it's way more enjoyable to be a Who fan. We've been treated to Pete's demos, nicely done deluxe boxes of Tommy, Quadrophenia, My Generation and loads of outtakes and lives shows. It's really sad that Mick cannot just let some of the 60s outtakes out of the bag in a nice collection. Aggravating
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Lynd8
I love both bands and have to say, at times it's way more enjoyable to be a Who fan. We've been treated to Pete's demos, nicely done deluxe boxes of Tommy, Quadrophenia, My Generation and loads of outtakes and lives shows. It's really sad that Mick cannot just let some of the 60s outtakes out of the bag in a nice collection. Aggravating
And The Who released an entire brand new album of originals just last year, while the Stones have released only one new original song since 2012. Very aggravating.
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I love both bands and have to say, at times it's way more enjoyable to be a Who fan. We've been treated to Pete's demos, nicely done deluxe boxes of Tommy, Quadrophenia, My Generation and loads of outtakes and lives shows. It's really sad that Mick cannot just let some of the 60s outtakes out of the bag in a nice collection. Aggravating
And The Who released an entire brand new album of originals just last year, while the Stones have released only one new original song since 2012. Very aggravating.
There have been quite a few dinosaur acts that have released several new albums since A BIGGER BANG came out!
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Lynd8
I love both bands and have to say, at times it's way more enjoyable to be a Who fan. We've been treated to Pete's demos, nicely done deluxe boxes of Tommy, Quadrophenia, My Generation and loads of outtakes and lives shows. It's really sad that Mick cannot just let some of the 60s outtakes out of the bag in a nice collection. Aggravating
And The Who released an entire brand new album of originals just last year, while the Stones have released only one new original song since 2012. Very aggravating.
There have been quite a few dinosaur acts that have released several new albums since A BIGGER BANG came out!
Yeah, Neil and Bob, and even "Deep Purple" (if you can call them that) to name a few- hard to think of any other artist or band other than the Stones who have been so stagnant since the turn of this century.
The Stones give new meaning to the phrase all dried up, and now without touring sadly, the lack of creative output will become even more pronounced...hope they can get something new together soon.
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tommycharles
I’m sure everyone’s seen it who wants to, but the Hyde Park gig is very good. It’s nice to see one from when Pino was still with the band - I much prefer his bass playing to Jon Button... Jon is a fine player in his own right but he sees his job as an Entwistle impersonator, where as Pino brought his own thing to the gig. Jon joining prompted Pete to comment that what Roger really wants is to be in a Who tribute act instead of in the current Who, which I think is pretty astute.
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DandelionPowderman
And how many studio albums have The Who released again? Was there any album between 1982 and 2004 at all?
An even longer span than between ABB and now (+ we got B&L).
So fans of other bands have been tormented as well
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And how many studio albums have The Who released again? Was there any album between 1982 and 2004 at all?
An even longer span than between ABB and now (+ we got B&L).
So fans of other bands have been tormented as well
I think you meant between 1982 and 2006 which is when Endless Wire came out. Maybe the Stones
will catch their second wind too some day, but I know Hairball will disagree.
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Hairball
At the time of this so-called "Farewell Tour" tour c.'82 seems The Who were sort of fading out of favor - at least for many who were around my age at the time. I was 19 and saw the show at the L.A. Coliseum, and have to say without hesitation (and I've said it here before), The Clash as openers were a hundred times better. More rebellious, and more rock and roll by far. The Who's most recent albums were Face Dances and It's Hard (possibly the weakest albums of their entire catalogue imo), while The Clash were riding high with perhaps their most popular album of their career - Combat Rock - not necessarily their best, but their biggest seller. The Clash's set was like an enormous earthquake in L.A. from start to finish, while the Who were nothing more than a harmless aftershock. They weren't horrible, but coming on after the Clash they seemed very old and tired. Contrast to a couple years earlier when I saw The Who at the L.A. Sports Arena in 1980, which up to that point was possibly the best concert I had ever seen (being 17 I hadn't seen too many yet), the difference was like night and day. In hindsight, the Coliseum show, the tour itself, and the Who as a band weren't quite as dinosaur-esque and old-fart-like as it seemed at the time, and I now look back fondly - though I still think those two albums stink for the most part.