# Saw The Who yesterday evening. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200 "2015-05-16T22:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/21 "2015-05-17T05:11:24Z")
I went to a The Who concert during their U.S. farewell tour. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/22 "2015-05-17T05:15:15Z")
John George and Paul are the Beatles and Ringo is the likeable sidekick. There could be a Beatles without him but it wouldnt be nearly as fun. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/23 "2015-05-17T05:18:09Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I went to a The Who concert during their U.S. farewell tour. Which one? I remember the first one, just a few years after Keith Moon died. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/24 "2015-05-17T05:20:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Which one? I remember the first one, just a few years after Keith Moon died. That one with Kenny Jones. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/25 "2015-05-18T00:41:26Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Another thing I did not like was the entourage of supporting musicians. Pete Townshend’s brother was playing rhythm guitar and singing (why??) and there were at least two keyboard players. In a sense, the “entourage” has been incorporated to make up for the sheer volume that Pete and John used to put out. They had to make some radical changes because of Pete’s tinnitus along with the desire to faithfully recreate the Tommy (on Roger’s tour) and Quadrophenia. Simon has been a fixture on Who tours since 1996 as a backing guitarist, plus he sort of took over the higher vocal parts that John just couldn’t sing anymore. I wish Rabbit Bundrick was still along for the ride…his playing on Love Reign O’er Me was always a highlight for me. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/26 "2015-05-19T16:44:59Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > That one with Kenny Jones. I saw that one too, 1982 I think, and seen them several times since. It’s been a long goodbye! Saw them the last time they came around a coupla years ago doing Quadrophenia and their big hits, and while a huge fan, hate to say it but yeah, maybe poor Roger oughta hang it up. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/27 "2015-05-19T17:02:19Z")
I have a ticket to see them in September. (Had to buy it all the way back in October, which is the furthest in advance I’ve ever seen a concert go on sale.) I’ve seen the Who a handful of times since I discovered their music in 2000 and fell in love with it, and I’ve never been disappointed. Most recently I saw Roger Daltrey’s solo tour in 2011 where he did Tommy all the way through, and I thought he sounded great at the time, so if his voice has really degraded since then I’ll be very sad about it. (If nothing else, Joan Jett is the opening act, and I’ve never seen her live before, so that oughta be good.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/28 "2015-05-19T19:14:40Z")
Actually, I could see McCartney and Starr playing with Townsend and Daltry and doing both Who and Beatles numbers. (Having seen the Who sing “Twist and Shout” it would work.) Heck, Pete and Mac could write some new tunes together. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/29 "2015-05-19T20:01:59Z")
Members of U2 and REM once performed as ‘Automatic Baby’. That was fun. The Who/Beatles mashup might work. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/30 "2015-05-20T00:33:00Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > But still, it wasn’t tight. Daltrey seemed to be spaced out (medication?), and accidently knocked over the mic stand at one point. I genuinely felt bad for him. Did Pete pressure him in to doing this? Townshend has been pretty open for years and years about not being particularly eager to do Who reunion tours, and that he’s agreed to do them largely for the sake of Daltrey and (while he was still alive) Entwistle. Id be very surprised if he were the one dragging Daltrey back on the road. As sole songwriter of most of the Who’s songs, Townshend makes good money from royalties alone and doesn’t really need to tour. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/31 "2015-05-20T01:10:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That’s right. > > Pete and Roger are The Who. > John and Paul are The Beatles. > Mick and Keith are The Stones. > > These guys (if still alive) could hire other musicians and still be the band. See, I disagree there. I’m not even much of a Who fan but, for me, the Who ceased being the Who for me with Moon’s death. The post-Moon stuff I hear on the radio just doesn’t sound right to me. I can’t even imagine them without Moon and Entwistle. To me, that was the backbone of the band. It’s like saying Page & Plant are Zeppelin. No, they aren’t. They are Page and Plant. Moon & Entwistle were fundamental to the Who sound, much as John Paul Jones and Bonham were to Zeppelin’s sound. These are two of rock’s greatest rhythm sections. Similarly, the Beatles wouldn’t be the Beatles for me without Ringo, and the Stones wouldn’t sound right without Watts. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/32 "2015-05-20T05:34:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That’s right. > > Pete and Roger are The Who. > John and Paul are The Beatles. > Mick and Keith are The Stones. > > These guys (if still alive) could hire other musicians and still be the band. > > Paul and Ringo ain’t The Beatles. For the record, and as it’s been worked out in court, no project is by The Byrds unless David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, AND Chris Hillman are ALL involved. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/33 "2015-05-20T12:56:19Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > For the record, and as it’s been worked out in court, no project is by The Byrds unless David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, AND Chris Hillman are ALL involved. Obviously that must mean from the time of the decision forward; otherwise fully half of the Byrds’ albums would have to be re-branded. ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/34 "2015-05-20T21:10:14Z")
His voice was better early in the tour. I saw them in Jacksonville. They sounded great, all in all. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/35 "2015-05-21T04:43:26Z")
Roger is allergic to smoke and tells audiences not to smoke or else his voice will shut down. Maybe that is the problem with the show ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/36 "2015-05-21T04:57:21Z")
If I had a daughter, I’d let Roger bang her. He is that cool. Hey! My mom is still alive! ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/37 "2015-05-26T17:07:37Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Yeah, I saw them 20 years ago - that tour where they played all of Tommy - and it was terrible. Townsend played an acoustic for most of the set and you could tell they were phoning it in then. I can only imagine what it’s like now. Really? I didn’t see them then, but please find the big MSG concert right after 9/11. They absolutely stole that concert, which I saw on tv, but which prompted me to see them in 2002. They were amazing at MSG in 2002–right after Entwistle’s death. I realize it’s 13 years later now, so perhaps they should’ve hung them up at some point between then and now. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/38 "2015-05-26T17:45:23Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Members of U2 and REM once performed as ‘Automatic Baby’. That was fun. Man, that confused the crap out of me. I was driving home listening to the radio, thinking, “Ah, REM. Wait…isn’t this a U2 song? But it _sounds_ like REM. No…it’s definitely U2.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/39 "2015-05-26T17:55:24Z")
I have tickets to see them when they come to Edmonton in the fall. I hope Daltry’s voice is a little better then. The last time I saw them was at BC Place in Vancouver on their Quadrophenia reunion tour with Zak Starkey, around 1996. They were fantastic! Starkey was awesome. Mind you, that’s now 19 years ago. Man, time flies. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200/40 "2015-05-27T21:49:12Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > I went to a The Who concert during their U.S. farewell tour. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Which one? > [@GreenElf](#): > > That one with Kenny Jones. Ah, yes, the Farewell To Kenney Jones Tour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-the-who-yesterday-evening/720200.md?page=3)