Who are you
July 17th, 2008 10:35 pm · 7 comments
Been watching VH1’s “Rock Honors: The Who“? You should be.
I’ve seen the Who (sans Keith Moon) three times, first at Three Rivers Stadium in 1989 (might be one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to), once at Hersheypark, then about 2 years ago at the Giant Center. An absolute bowl-you-over performance each times; but then the songs alone are guaranteed to do that. Tonight the iteration of the band I last saw - with, among others, Zak Starkey on drums - is providing the performance to match the tunes themsevles. Townshend and Daltrey are old; the songs could never be.
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There are currently 7 comments on this blog postView Topic | Comment on this blogcitydweller
7/17/08
10:44 PM | Sweeeet. |
cyberscribbler
7/17/08
11:59 PM | Saw them once, at JFK stadium in Philly in 1983, with the clash, no less.
Good clip from The Kids Are Alright
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johnq
7/18/08
12:51 AM | QUOTE(cyberscribbler @ Jul 17 2008, 11:59 PM) [snapback]412420[/snapback] Saw them once, at JFK stadium in Philly in 1983, with the clash, no less. Good clip from The Kids Are Alright
I also saw a Quadrephenia tour with Jason Bonham on drums in the Wachovia Center that was absolutely amazing. Billy Idol was along as was Gary Glitter before his demise.
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ArtVandolay
7/18/08
8:26 AM | They were amazing.
I don't think they held as well after Keith died. He was one of the best drummers ever, with his crazy facial expressions (anyone know who Gene Krupa was?) and totally off beat, down beat, syncopated style. Watch "The Kids are Alright" documentary - really great stuff.
I saw them on their first tour probably 67? They were still into blowing up equipment. I think it was a double bill with The Vanilla Fudge. Now if you remember them you are a fossil for sure.
Too bad, the best days of The Who are gone. They are going on tour again, Ringo's son is the drummer.
But the following sort of bursts the bubble: From today's NY POST page 6
Townshend and Daltrey are said not even to be on speaking terms, and have supposedly presented tour operators with a list of demands, including:
* The two rockers must have separate dressing rooms on opposite ends of the hallway.
* There will be no conversation between the two of them either before or after performances. "They will basically show up, play, and leave," the source said.
* They must have separate travel arrangements, separate hotel accommodations, as well as separate staffing.
"They're at each other's throats right now," our insider said, "But considering how much money is on the line, there's 100 million reasons why they need to do this."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/gossi...you__120385.htm
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cyberscribbler
7/18/08
8:48 AM | QUOTE(Johnq) Remember REM opening? Pete Townsend was a great Clash fan, as am I. First and only time I saw REM.
If you get a chance, WXPN is airing a BBC series where Joe Strummer deejayed. Interesting to hear what his musical taste's were like.
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gsmart
7/18/08
9:33 AM | QUOTE(ArtVandolay @ Jul 18 2008, 08:26 AM) [snapback]412477[/snapback] Townshend and Daltrey are said not even to be on speaking terms, and have supposedly presented tour operators with a list of demands, including:
* The two rockers must have separate dressing rooms on opposite ends of the hallway.
* There will be no conversation between the two of them either before or after performances. "They will basically show up, play, and leave," the source said.
* They must have separate travel arrangements, separate hotel accommodations, as well as separate staffing.
"They're at each other's throats right now," our insider said, "But considering how much money is on the line, there's 100 million reasons why they need to do this."
Harsh. But then there always was a lot of band drama in the Who.
Kenny Jones was still drumming for the band when I saw them in '89. Townshend had said before that tour that they weren't going to do anything from Tommy, he wasn't going to be windmilling - fans needed to ratchet their expectations down. Nonsense. It was windmill city; we got Overture-1921-Sparks-Acid Queen-Pinball Wizard. I was just getting into Tommy at the time; it was fan-tastic.
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ArtVandolay
7/18/08
1:08 PM | Don't know if there are many Eagles fans out there, ( I am not too crazy about them) but yesterday Howard Stern did a great interview with Don Felder who has a book out reliving the worst of Life in the Eagles. Egos, jealousy and big $ ruled the band.
More page 6 fodder.
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