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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah I'm a Who fan.
I got the Tommy / Quadrophenia DVD for Christmas. Good stuff. Tight, live music that is very exciting to watch. On top of that I found a DVD of their last tour (minus Entwistle) at of all places...Wal-Mart. It's also good. But they need to find a better bass player for the next tour.
After watching the Stones' sucky performance at the superbowl, it's nice to see that someone from that time can still rock in tune and on tempo.
The Quadrophenia concert features a horn section, back-up singers, and a smokin' hot percussion chick. There is a third disc that includes Who greatest hits.
The Tommy disc features Steve Winwood, Phil Collins, Patti LaBelle, and Billy Idol. You do have to get though Elton John singing Pinball Wizard in a key that's way to low for him.
There was a thread a while back that talked about somebody telling a legendary blues man that he was doing it wrong. I ran across this in a book about The Who. It happens when Townshend makes an appearance on the Letterman Show.
First was rehersal. It was something to watch up close as Townshend played the powerful opening riff from "Pinball Wizard". Bandleader Paul Shaffer interuped. "On the record there's a D in there somewhere," he said, and Pete politely nodded and said "Right...thanks." Oh...the hot percussion chick is on the Tommy disc also.
Quadrophenia came out at a time in my life where I knew "adulthood" was right around the corner. One peticular verse stuck with me.
"Why do I have to be different than I am just to earn the respect of a dancehall friend... And have the same old row again and again..
And why do I have to move with a crowd of kids that hardly notice I'm around. I work myself to death...just to fit in."
Good stuff...rent it you get a chance. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | For new paint on an old car...check out "Substitute" by Richard Thompson... |
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Location: south east Michigan | I'm very open to people doing covers of good music.
I like your expression "new paint on an old car". |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I sat 3rd row center for the Quadrophenia tour....best concert money I ever spent!
I have some great concert DVD's of the Who back in the Moonie days. Just recently got one where Moon passes out during the 1st or 2nd song and Townsend asks if anybody in the audience can play. Some kid comes up and plays the rest of the concert with the Who (now how cool would that be to have been that kid!) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I saw the Who back in 1979 or so for their (first) "farewell tour". The ticket were pretty pricey but I figured it was worth $15 to see the Who. |
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Location: closely held secret | ;) Yeah, I felt the same way about the $20 I put down to see Wings in '76. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I have the ticket stub from my first Who concert back in 1970.
$6.50 for main floor seats. |
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Location: Tennessee | Is Zak Starkey playing drums on the recent tour DVD? He is an amazing player. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yes....he fits right in. |
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Location: Germantown, MD | I saw the Who perform Tommy at the Fillmore East in '69. I don't remember what the tickets cost, but Albert King opened the bill, followed by Chuck Berry. After his third encore, Chuck Berry came back on stage and said "Who's supposed to be here." It wasn't a question, but the audience yelled back "Chuck Berry."
It was one incredible evening.
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Location: south east Michigan | Wow...the Fillmore is '69 was making history.
We had the Grande Ballroom here in Detroit but I was to young to go. |
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Location: ms | I saw dan fogelberg with (Fools Gold) open up for the Eagles in the early 70`s for 3.50$ in Mobile Al. Maybe 400 people,small crowd,small PA,great show! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I saw Fogelberg open for the Eagles in May 1975 at Hulman Center in Terre Haute, IN....I believe the tickets were $5!!!!
I just bought, but haven't had a chance to watch, a DVD of The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival from August 1970. I believe that's close timewise to when Brad saw them here at Cobo. Looking forward to watching it!!!! They play "Tommy" in its entirety.
My favorite music DVD I've gotten lately is Deep Purple at California Jam in April 1974. That was the first tour after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the group and were replaced with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. AMAZING show, climaxed by Richie Blackmore taking out an ABC-TV camera with the headstock of his Strat, which shatters the neck, him throwing the pieces to the audience, and then blowing up a Marshall stack (with a hidden tray of gasoline) and then throwing THOSE pieces to the audience!
Why do I think Richie was influenced by Pete Townshend????
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Location: south east Michigan | DVD of The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival from August 1970. I believe that's close timewise to when Brad saw them here at Cobo Yep...that is the show I saw a Cobo Hall. But I have to say that as "tight" as the Who's recent concert DVDs are....Isle of Wight is "loose" in the other extreme. Not that there is anything wrong with that. It's an excellent look at how things were at the time. Bookend the Isle of Wight disc with the recent "Live at the Albert Hall" DVD and you get a real sense of growth. "Albert Hall" was Entwistle's last live show. |
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Location: Braman, OK | Went to see Fleetwood Mac on their "Rhiannon" tour in K.C. at Royals stadium. Heart was supposed to be one of the opening acts (Dreamboat Annie tour), but Stevie Nicks reportedly thought Heart's act was too similar and wouldn't allow them onstage.
That kinda became a moot point, since Kansas (Song for America tour) stole the show. REO Speedwagon was there, too, with some of their early hits like Golden Country.
Don't recall ticket prices, but it was a helluva show :) Just wish Heart coulda played... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Back in the day The Who opened for Herman's Hermits on an extensive U.S. tour.
Peter Noone would complain that the lingering stench from the Who's pyrotechnics would bother his throat and that the stage was littered with debris. |
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Location: ms | Old Applause owner,Where did you find the Deep Purple DVD? I`v got to have a copy.I recall seeing that show on latenite TV,it was great.I am one of the few and proud that like Coverdale & Hughes best,but i like Sammy Haggar better than that gay guy.As much as i love Richie a good LP was just after he left called Come Taste The Band,can`t think of the guy that replaced Richie,he was good but no were close to Blackmore.He died soon after that LP,I`ll have to go dig up my record an find his name it`s too early for me to think that far back. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | That was Tommy Bolin in Deep Purple. They also had Joe Satriani for a while and Steve Morse has been with them for about 5 years now. Those guys can still rock. |
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Location: ms | Designzilla,Yes Tommy Bolin how could i forget.He was good just different than Riche.I`d love to see Cloverdale with them again.I think that big haired girlfriend he had when he was with Whitesnake did a number on him.She was his Yoko :( |
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Location: Orlando, FL | At least she was better looking than Yoko. |
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Location: SoCal | "At least she was better looking than Yoko."
Yeah, but who isn't? |
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Location: ms | I`m better looking than Yoko.Heck Waskel,who i`ve only see in pictures,looks better than Yoko :D Not that i want to go up on brokeback mountin with him :eek: |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | gulfcoast, the DVD is called "Deep Purple Live In California 74" from EagleVision; it was released in 2005. It is basically the ABC-TV footage that was shown on "In Concert", expanded to show the whole set. I had never seen it, in fact, had never even HEARD about Blackmore's antics until I bought the DVD. Turns out that the concert is very, very well known for what happened.
I bought it to see Blackmore's guitar playing, didn't realize there was more "entertainment".
Yes, Deep Purple still ROCKS. Their last two CDs, especially "Bananas", are top-flight. It would have been a top-5 album if it had been released in the 70s.
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Location: ms | Thanks Old Applause Owner,I`m on the hunt,and I`ll ck out the new stuff too. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I saw a whole bunch of big name acts back in the 60s and 70s, all for about $5 a pop, while sitting on the grass at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Art Center). The Who, Elton John, Association, Jefferson Starship, Heart, Allman Bros. etc. Great music. Great memories. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I've seen quite a few at SPAC as well, Rob. Rockers as well as numerous jazz fests.
Love that place. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | In 1971, Port Chester NY had the Capital Theater. I went there to see the late show of a Black Sabbath concert (I was in high school back then). This is what happened when they announced the opening band:
"Let's hear it for a new band from England, YES."
Many in the audience promptly yelled out "NO."
Yes went on, blew the place away with songs from the Yes Album and got called back for an encore-Starship Trooper. The second act was Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, who also did an encore song.
When Black Sabbath hit the stage at about 2:00 am, they got booed and played for only about 45 minutes.
I've been a Yes fan ever since. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Rob, weren't they Jefferson Airplane when you saw them? I always thought the name change was dumb. |
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| I thought the name change came from when they split with Jorma and Jack because J&J refused to come back from Holland where they were speed skating the winter away. They also claimed at least part ownership of the name, so Kantner, slick and co just upgraded themselves to Starship and hired replacements.
On the nights that the original Airplane actually got it together they were one of the absolute finest. It just didn't happen very often (just like The Dead, Quicksilver, etc., etc.,) |
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Location: NJ | kantner's first solo LP was called jefferson starship. it included a bunch of folks as guests CSN the dead etc.
after jorma and jack split to do hot tuna full time (origianally called hot sh*t until bill graham made them change) they decided to use starship to indicate they moved on. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Back when I saw them, they were the Jefferson Starship. About the time of Red Octopus in 1975, when Marty Balin was back with them. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | The 70's were a great time to see lots of bands on one bill for $4 to $7.
Here in Orlando we had an 1930's converted movie theater called the Great Southern Music Hall (there was one in Gainsville too, I think). I saw some great acts there. Roy Buchanan, John McLaughlin and Shakti, Sea Level, Arlo Guthrie, the Dixie Dregs, Elvin Bishop with Micky Thomas singing (pre-Starship), Todd Rungren, even Martin Mull and his fabulous furniture. And those are just the ones I remember. Great cheap entertainment! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I spent the second half of the 60s and the first part of the 70s in North Dakota and wester Kansas, so I didn't see a lot of concerts. After the Beatles played in Milwaukee in the early 60s (I didn't go), I remember thinking that this was a ridiculous fad that would pass soon.
$10 a ticket was a lot of money for me when I went to Kansas State in 73. I missed the Byrds when they played there. I didn't go to a $3 Kansas concert and remember telling my roommate that a band with a violin would never make it. |
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Location: Braman, OK | I've been to more concerts than I can remember, but I's have to say the most jaw-dropping, open-mouthed drool-in-your-lap show I've seen was Pink Floyd's "Pulse" tour in '94 at Oakland colliseum. Maybe the 'shrooms had something to do with it... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | College days in western NY in the 70s made for quite a bit of concert going. Springsteen, Leon Russell, Edgar Winter and White Trash, Buddy Guy, Jethro Tull, Billy Joel... And, for the most part, I somehow remember most of those events. |
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OT: The Who-Tommy/Quadrophena DVD