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The who live4/2/2023 ![]() My Generation (Pete Townshend) (14:27)ī2. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart) (3:22)Ī4. Read more Who reviews Original LP VersionĪ1. You’ll probably need to buy both: the first because it’s one of the greatest, loudest live albums ever, the second because The Who were one of the greatest rock and roll bands, period. Despite the additional material, the expanded concert version is actually less impressive the original version distilled its power better. Townshend also does his best talking with a guitar in hands, conceding nothing to the top guitarists ( Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page) of the day. In fact, I would tell you that John Entwistle and Keith Moon achieve the impossible here, creaming the rhythm section of Cream in energy and ability. The second side features two extended medleys centered around “My Generation,” which features parts of Tommy, and “The Magic Bus.” They’re exponentially louder than the originals, with the guitar, bass, drums and vocals all in overdrive. A quick version of “Substitute” sweetens things up before the band launches into two more frontal sonic attacks, Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” and Johnny Kidd’s “Shakin’ All Over.” Townshend’s intent may have been to pay honor to the past or to revise it, I don’t know, but the whole thing smacks of revolution. If the original version of “My Generation” was a thrown gauntlet to the older generation, their live version of “Young Man Blues” was a live grenade. Once the needle hit those black grooves, however, listeners were blown away with explosive performances. At first glance, the album seemed silas stingy I imagine Lou Reed fans felt the same when they first viewed the track listing of Rock n Roll Animal. The original elpee was also one of the most creatively packaged live albums, being presented in a folder cover with no less than a dozen separate inserts including various letters and concert receipts. When The Who knocked Deep Purple out of the Guinness Book of World Records in the mid seventies for the title of the loudest band on earth, it affirmed what the listeners of Live At Leeds already knew. The concert also featured little of Tommy, but found time for a full staging of “A Quick One, While He’s Away.” Subsequent reissues of Live At Leeds presented the full concert, which gives a very different impression than the original, edited elpee version: a forty-minute blitzkrieg of maximum rock and roll that stood as one of the loudest, heaviest concerts on record. The setlist was surprising, including quite a few old R&B chestnuts. Recorded at the University of Leeds on Valentine’s Day, the original concert was a chatty affair, an evening with the auteur ( Pete Townshend) and his jester ( Keith Moon). Live At Leeds had a different purpose: to establish that The Who were also the loudest. ![]() The Who were the smartest rock & roll band in the world. “When I speak to him, he just goes, ‘I just wanna get out there and sing!'” Townshend said.One of the greatest, loudest live albums of its era, not to mention one of the most creatively packaged. He also said that Daltrey has grown very frustrated by this long break from the road. Last month, Pete Townshend told Rolling Stone that they hoped to resume their touring activities at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in October. ![]() The Who were supposed to spend 2020 on the road in support of their new LP Who, but the pandemic forced them to delay their plans after just a couple of warm-up gigs in London. So far, three dates have been announced with several more to follow.” “ and members of the Who touring band will be on the road late summer 2021,” reads an announcement on the Who’s official website, “performing some Who hits, a few rarities and some solo hits. Initial dates and presale tickets have been announced for the Live and Kicking Tour in Nevada and Washington, and more are coming. Roger Daltrey is coming to America in late August for a rare solo tour. ![]()
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