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The Best I've Ever Seen? It's def up there.........
I just saw this show at a Marcus Theatre in Addison, IL, just near my home. I had seen it on PBS a few mos ago, but not in HD and not Blu-Ray and NOT in Surround-Sound Stereo. But even when I saw it on regular TV, I was BLOWN away! So seeing it like this was even more amazing. Don't deprive yourself....... if you are a Who fan, you MUST buy this DVD. No questions asked. All 4 members of the band are in excellent form here, and perform very well together. Songs like My Wife, Summertime Blues, My Generation (including a sweet "Join Together" interlude), Fooled, etc, sound more raw and fierce than their album counterparts do (Summertime is just as good here as Leeds). My Wife is one of my personal favorite performances from this show. This is something I can see myself wanting to watch again and again for years to come.
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What A Show !!!
Wow.
Just watched the Kilburn show at a Marcus Theater in Columbus, OH. The sound is just incredible. I doubt there is another better sounding Who concert in their entire catalog.
The show was originally filmed to be part of The Who documentary, The Kids Are Alright. Shot in December of 1977, this was the first show The Who were to perform in over a year, and turned out to be Keith Moon's 2nd to last performace before his death the following year. Apparently the director of TKAA, Jeff Stein, thought the footage was not up to par, and had the boys play another show in May 1978, that would see two songs (Baba O'Reilly & Won't Get Fooled Again) later appear in the film. Prior to the release of this Kilburn show, only a five second clip of Townshend throwing out a challenge to the crowd, and the audio performance of My Wife, on the TKAA soundtrack were released.
While some of the visuals are not as crisp as I would have liked, probably due to the lighting, most of them are incredible. The camera's were right up in their faces like I have never seen. It's really a "one of a kind" style of filming. There are a lot of great Keith Moon close up shots - and he pounded the drums on this night. Keith doesn't look tired, he looks excited to be playing again. Many in close shots of Townshend's guitar playing, and a few good one's of John Entwistle. Little things too, like Townshend's cut up fingers, the set list written on one of Keith's toms, great interaction with the audience.
The set list is standard for them at the time, but has some of the best performances of the staples that I have seen them ever do - Dreaming From the Waist, I Can't Explain, Won't Get Fooled Again, Shakin' All Over, My Generation, Join Together jam, etc.. I only wish they played a few more.
** Worth noting is that this must be the first and last(?) time Keith Moon performed Who Are You live with the band. Nice raw, inspired, early version of the song with Pete working out the chorus and guitar. **
Can't comment on the rest of the DVD release yet, but this performance is worth the money by itself. Can't wait to get blown away over and over again with my surround sound system and screen setup.
The DVD release also includes the London Coliseum show from 1969 - reputed to be one of the band's personal favorites.
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Hey kids, it's the original Who
There is nothing greater than being a life long Who fan. Why? It's because you know in your heart that you're right, they really were the best band to ever walk the planet.
So now we finally get legitimate DVD releases of the original band...some of which actually goes back to the 1969 glory days. What do people do then? Complain of course. Why? It's just what the collectors do best.
I would suggest WAITING until the thing is released before complaining about what they didn't get right? After all, anything involving The Who will NEVER ever be 100% good enough......for the collectors.
Fans though will be overjoyed. I know I will be.
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Can't wait!
I saw the PBS broadcast and I do agree that it was an awkward performance in some parts of the set, but the band hadn't played in quiet some time so it seems that they're low on stamina. Still, a good performance especially from Roger and John (who is really OUTSTANDING). The extra Coliseum concert footage from December 1970 is what interests me. Hopefully, they sharpened it up a bit as some of the footage I've seen is pretty dark and grainy. The band is explosive and Keith Moon is playing with the power that made him legendary. His performance on Happy Jack is MINDBLOWING! Can't wait!
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Must see.
Hey Zebba 9, what film were YOU watching?? The opener Can't Explain is kind of a warmup, after which Townshend is absolutely ferocious on guitar. And as animated & glassy-eyedly immersed as at any time in his career--this is definitely the Pete that would've kicked Abbey Hoffman off the stage again had he showed up. This performance demonstrates everything that makes the Who great~ these guys hadn't performed in a year, and they find spaces that hearken back to Leeds & Isle of Wight. Moon may look a little bloated, but he's in tremendous form musically. They all are, individually and as the collective organism that was the 'Orrible 'Oo.
Perhaps I'm making too much of it, but this performance is a revelation, in my opinion. At a time when they're supposed to have been a spent force, they reclaim and amply display their power here; they turn in a vintage performance for the lucky audience. There is a moment during Who Are You (which gave me chills when they went into it~ WHO KNEW?) where the communication breaks down (honestly, I think Pete aborts too early)....but they recover in spades with Won't Get Fooled Again (watch the roadies banging their heads) and the only reason for the breakdown in the first place was the willingness & confidence to take the chance and journey into open-ended territory.....just like they were doing in '70 during My Generation. Great My Generation here, too, by the way.
I agree about the camera angles, but not to the point of it being relevant to the basic thrill of this film. (Maybe they could release a you-control-the-angles version someday, like you can do for Baba O'Riley & Won't Get Fooled Again on the Kids Are Alright dvd).
I'd recommend this to any Who fan without another thought. I only wonder how this stayed hidden for so long.
