Analogman Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I watched that documentary again recently from a few years ago. I still can't believe they invited local kids to come and hang out in the studio. What an amazing journey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The set list from the tour's opening night in Tampa last night: I Can't ExplainSubstituteThe SeekerSlip KidWho Are YouThe Kids Are AlrightI Can See For MilesPictures of LilyMy GenMagic BusBehind Blue EyesJoin TogetherYou Better You BetI'm OneLove ReignEminence FrontA Quick OneAmazing Journey/SparksPinball WizardSee Me, Feel MeBaba O'RileyWon't Get Fooled Again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 It would be cool if they did Let's See Action/Join Together/Relay. This may be of interest to some: Tracking Townshend Article with Pete about recording gear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 The set list from the tour's opening night in Tampa last night: I Can't ExplainSubstituteThe SeekerSlip KidWho Are YouThe Kids Are AlrightI Can See For MilesPictures of LilyMy GenMagic BusBehind Blue EyesJoin TogetherYou Better You BetI'm OneLove ReignEminence FrontA Quick OneAmazing Journey/SparksPinball WizardSee Me, Feel MeBaba O'RileyWon't Get Fooled AgainOther than a few (I'm One, Slip Kid, The Seeker), it looks like a greatest hits tour. Not much on the mixes and misses, and a lot on the hits and picks. I love the set list, but not exactly what I was expecting/hoping. A Let's See Action/Join Together/Relay mix would be a great addition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Other than a few (I'm One, Slip Kid, The Seeker), it looks like a greatest hits tour. Not much on the mixes and misses, and a lot on the hits and picks. I love the set list, but not exactly what I was expecting/hoping. A Let's See Action/Join Together/Relay mix would be a great addition.I Can See for Miles, Pictures of Lilly, Magic Bus and A Quick One are also rarely played, so that makes about 1/3 of the show relatively fresh compared to the set lists of the last 20 years. I think I've only heard them play two of them over the last 33 years and 30+ shows, so I'm happy. Someone sad that the printed set list contained So Sad About Us, so that's another rarity. It's a celebration of 50 years of music by a couple of 70-year-olds who effectively stopped recording 35 years ago, so I'll take what I can get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Someone sad that the printed set list contained So Sad About Us, so that's another rarity.So Sad About Us is a beautiful pop song. That would have been a great addition, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 seeing them tonight in Miami Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I wish old Pete would break out the SG and HIWATT amps. I Can't Explain (video) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I wish old Pete would break out the SG and HIWATT amps.Likewise. I'd even settle for the Les Pauls that came later. I'm seeing them in Austin in a few days. Joan Jett opened the first show I saw in 1982 and she's opening this tour, too. I've assumed that every show I've seen since 1982 would be my last, so it'll be a nice bookend if it turns out to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I've never got to see the band. If I had my pick - it would be the Who's Next tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I never gotten around to see them, either. Watched the below the other night, again--- even by 1974 Moon seemed to be loosing steam -- still an okay show, though. I downloaded the show off of some site - the version on my hard drive seems to look better then the attached youtube. the who live charlton 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXPGtnNlgFw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Some of that footage can be found in Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 No amazon.com listing yet: On 29 June 2015, Eagle Rock Entertainment release LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM 1982 by The Who on DVD, SD Blu-ray and digital formats. The set list on this amazing show features both classic tracks and rarely performed songs and includes: ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘My Generation’, ‘Substitute’, ‘Who Are You’, ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘See Me Feel Me’, ‘Baba O’Riley’ and many more. Although a couple of tracks have appeared on compilations, this is the first official release of the full show and features restored footage and newly mixed sound.The Who’s 1982 tour, which was all in North America apart from two warm-up dates at the Birmingham NEC in England, was their last to feature Kenney Jones on drums and the band did not tour again until 1989. The tour promoted the recent IT’S HARD album, which had been released in June 1982, and the set list included a number of tracks from that album, some of which the band would only play live on this tour. This concert film features the show from the second of their two nights at New York’s Shea Stadium and was filmed on 13 October 1982.TRACKLISTING Substitute I Can’t Explain Dangerous Sister Disco The Quiet One It’s Hard Eminence Front Behind Blue Eyes Baba O’Riley I’m One The Punk And The Godfather Drowned Tattoo Cry If You Want Who Are You Pinball Wizard See Me Feel Me Love Reign O’er Me Long Live Rock Won’t Get Fooled Again Young Man Blues Naked Eye I Saw Her Standing There Summertime Blues Twist And Shout Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Likewise. I'd even settle for the Les Pauls that came later. I'm seeing them in Austin in a few days. Joan Jett opened the first show I saw in 1982 and she's opening this tour, too. I've assumed that every show I've seen since 1982 would be my last, so it'll be a nice bookend if it turns out to be. How was the show? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 How was the show?It was better than I'd expected. Joan Jett kicked things off with a rollicking set; it was the first time I'd seen her since that Who show in 1982. I had a lousy seat, but the band sounded great and it was nice to hear 3 or 4 songs that I'd never heard them play before. Pete really seems to like Austin, and at the end of the gig he pronounced it the 'music fucking capital of the fucking world.' Pete and Roger seem like good pals these days and Townshend seems to be softening up a bit. I think he's looking forward to the end of the band, but with more nostalgia and happiness than he's shown in the past. Most of the night's songs can be found on YouTube. I'm going to download them and try to create my own concert video by dubbing in the official audio download of the concert which will be available shortly. Ten bucks is a reasonable price, but it annoys me when bands charge more ($15) for lossless FLAC files. The Who Setlist - Austin 4/27/15:I Can't ExplainThe SeekerWho Are YouThe Kids Are AlrightI Can See for MilesPictures of LilyMy GenerationMagic BusBehind Blues EyesBargainJoin TogetherYou Better You BetI'm OneLove, Reign O' er MeEminence FrontA Quick One, While He's AwayAmazing JourneyIt's a BoySparksPinball WizardSee Me, Feel MeBaba O'RileyWon't Get Fooled Again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 A Quick One, While He's Away Nice! They haven't played that on tour in a LONGGGGGGGGGGGG time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Nice! They haven't played that on tour in a LONGGGGGGGGGGGG time.It was the highlight of the evening for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 That is a nice set list --- I always have been a sucker for Eminence Front. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KO11 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 People forget.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 There's a nice interview with Pete Townshend here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/whos-done-pete-townshends-ambivalent-farewell-20150507 Here's an excerpt that should probably have been posted in the Politics 2015 thread: While we're on the subject, when you look at ISIS and Boko Haram — and even what Putin has been up to, to some extent — do you worry about the state of the planet? Not as long as we remember. [Laughs] You know, I am not going to get fucking accused of being a neocon by Arianna Huffington again, that dimwitted woman. [Editor's note: Huffington herself didn't call Townshend a "neocon"; he was described as that in a 2012 piece on the Huffington Post.] But I do think it's very important that we keep our ammunition ready. I do feel there is nothing to worry about as long as we're willing to protect ourselves. Had America not interceded in World War II, Germany would have taken over the whole of Europe. I think the most important thing is that we remember that. But also remember that we don't need to act until this shit comes to our door. When that happens, whether it comes to our door in a Charlie Hebdo scenario or in a 9/11 scenario, we need to keep calm and to honor our own sense of values and justice and law and the way that we want to live. Are you able to understand why a young person in America or the U.K. would go join ISIS? I'm not particularly politically well-grounded, but from 1967 to the mid-Seventies, I was following Meher Baba and also considering joining a Sufi order. It's not exactly Islam, but it's very close. I kind of understand what they mean when they talk about what jihad is, but I don't see how it helps anybody. I don't see how it helps the people in the countries in which they live. They're getting to a point where the so-called caliphate will be run by a bunch of bullies, basically. But then, I've seen this before — in my lifetime, I grew up with bullies at school, I grew up with bullies in the Sea Scouts, I grew up with bullies in my band! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 He's talking about Roger of course. Old Pete always speaks his mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bcdoc Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Great show last night in Chicago. Eddie Vedder comes out and plays "The Real Me" with the band.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRe8lrGAx4 I will be going to the Pete-Vedder benefit show tonight. I fully expect my head to explode if they play "Sheraton Gibson." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 That's a great song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bcdoc Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I will take notes - unless my head explodes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 We'll expect a debriefing at 06:00. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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