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Re: OT: The Who Hits 50! tour

Posted by: grzegorz67 ()

Date: June 28, 2015 14:12

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Beast
Thanks for your perspectives, BluzDude - interesting for us Brits to read!

The Who undoubtedly put on a great show, but I agree with others that the lack of an encore was disappointing. And I'm with grzegorz67 when he says Johnny Marr was a revelation. His set was excellent and trumped Paul Weller, IMHO. I like Kaiser Chiefs but I was unfortunately trapped in endless food, drink and loo queues while they were on, so missed them

I'll be looking out for The Who at Glastonbury on tonight's TV.

Hi Beast, nice to meet you, if across a double fence! I ate before entry and limited myself to one loo run, strategically between Kaiser Chiefs and Paul Weller. Even then there was a huge queue, and that for the gents! The all IORR colony on your side did very well indeed with your viewing spots - you're obviously well versed in that fine art! I saw yourself, PaulyWaul, Crawdaddy & Zgubi all together and perhaps others too?

Bizarre and disappointing end to a great show. It will be interesting to see if they do the same at Glasto tonight, which I too, will be watching. On the plus side, the big screen montage of their history prior to taking to the stage was, for me, a very nice touch.

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Re: OT: The Who Hits 50! tour

Posted by: Wroclaw ()

Date: June 28, 2015 17:04

Just saw on TY “Pictures of Lily”, “Listening to you” and “behind blue eyes” – looks like a great solid show: loud guitar and great show altogether (though I do not like the drums sound of ZS in recent tours, sounding as if coming from an inside of a box’ which it is pretty much what it is…). Hard to compare to the arena shows I’ve seen in the UK at the end of 2014 (from front rows) but clearly the show is energetic –

Being both a Stones and The Who fan, as well as seeing both in several occasions since summer 2013, one can feel the differences:

The Stones, whether you like it or not, preserved a certain consistent level of showmanship through the years and when going on stage they put out a whole package show. With The Who generally speaking, it looks more like what you may expect them )two) looking, and performing, at this late stage and after many years of not being creative together. The Who still put a lot of “personal” touch into their shows, which you can feel if you go to several shows in a row, pay attention to nuances or… like me… pay for the VIP soundcheck package. There you can see them work at ease or even, like me, manage to propose them with the “what song should we put instead of that one dropped” – which they might agree and adopt… (seems like the “My Generation” in Liverpool 2014 gig was after my suggestion following Rogers question to the small crowd in the sound check J.)

With the Stones it’s the carefully managed show where very little can become improvised and with personal touch.

Strange, though, occasionally to read fans complaining about each of the bands current attitude… for The Who the occasional song “loosing its way” (due to improvisation) as opposed to the common complaint about the Stones concerts “being too much like the one before/one after”.

Obviously as a fan of both I’m happy to enjoy both ways.

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OT- The Who at Glastonbury

Posted by: geordiestone ()

Date: June 28, 2015 20:21

I've been looking around trying to find out with little success if the BBC will show all of The Who's headline set tonight from Worthy farm? Do any of you know if this will happen? Thanks in advance.