I went to a The Who concert during their U.S. farewell tour.
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.
Which one? I remember the first one, just a few years after Keith Moon died.
That one with Kenny Jones.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
Members of U2 and REM once performed as ‘Automatic Baby’. That was fun. The Who/Beatles mashup might work.
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.
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.
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.
His voice was better early in the tour. I saw them in Jacksonville. They sounded great, all in all.
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
If I had a daughter, I’d let Roger bang her. He is that cool.
Hey! My mom is still alive!
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.
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.”
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.
Ah, yes, the Farewell To Kenney Jones Tour.