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It was the second try for The Kids Are Alright greatest hits collection in a one-off venue to get some recent live footage. The first flopped while they were decent in this one. The issue was The Who hadn't been touring recently and that Keith Moon was fading due to his alcohol and drug use. I love Townsend in this one and The Ox is great here as well. But yeah their live performances on tour cannot be touched and they are very canned and mimicky here, but it seems they never ProShot or recorded a show on the Who's Next Tour, which is a shame. There is a ProShot/soundboard bootleg from around 1973 in Texas, but not quite of that era...

I actually like their very underrated Live Aid set, but you have to settle for Kenny Jones on drums and while I like him and think he's a decent drummer, he very clearly ****'s up their set and they miss a verse on this song...
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I found out later that this was a second take designed to crank up the energy. I think my reaction was that I wasn't surprised. I went to see the movie twice when it came out. That was sometime between the release of Who Are You (I bought the day Moon died) and the first U.S.tour with Kenny Jones. I saw that concert the night after the tragic Cincinnati show.
I didn't know about the '73 show in Texas, I'll have to look for it.
Jones is a great guy, good drummer, but a poor fit with the Who. I never saw Ringo's boy play with them, as I'd sworn off their live shows after an abysmal concert in '89. I kinda wish I hadn't now. I did see a show in Cleveland around Christmas in '75. That was incredible, but the only time I saw them with Moon. None after were as good.
 
Early OMD is another favorite of mine. Saw them in ‘82 at the Country Club in Reseda and I was impressed. Like Devo, they weren’t afraid to include real instruments as well.
Wall of Voodoo at the US festival. I can’t say this video has the same impact as I felt being there but that bass drone sure was a good way to test out the largest sound system ever assembled at that time: 400,000 watts so they say.

 
Scuder said:
I found out later that this was a second take designed to crank up the energy. I think my reaction was that I wasn't surprised. I went to see the movie twice when it came out. That was sometime between the release of Who Are You (I bought the day Moon died) and the first U.S.tour with Kenny Jones. I saw that concert the night after the tragic Cincinnati show.
I didn't know about the '73 show in Texas, I'll have to look for it.
Jones is a great guy, good drummer, but a poor fit with the Who. I never saw Ringo's boy play with them, as I'd sworn off their live shows after an abysmal concert in '89. I kinda wish I hadn't now. I did see a show in Cleveland around Christmas in '75. That was incredible, but the only time I saw them with Moon. None after were as good.
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Zack Starky is a brilliant drummer. I saw them in '89 and recall it was quite a show but of course never near the stuff online from '68-71...

The Houston show was from 1975 but it was semi-proshot and is a decent soundboard:

 
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Zack Starky is a brilliant drummer. I saw them in '89 and recall it was quite a show but of course never near the stuff online from '68-71...

The Houston show was from 1975 but it was semi-proshot and is a decent soundboard:

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That's excellent, thanks! The Who website links to Amazon to purchase a CD of the show. It's probably very close to the show I saw in Cleveland. That was so long ago I don't have many distinct memories of it.

Did the Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Circus ever get released in it's entirety? All I've ever seen from that is A Quick One. In the background you can see Brian Jones and John Lennon. I'd like to see their sets someday.
 
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That's excellent, thanks! The Who website links to Amazon to purchase a CD of the show. It's probably very close to the show I saw in Cleveland. That was so long ago I don't have many distinct memories of it.

Did the Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Circus ever get released in it's entirety? All I've ever seen from that is A Quick One. In the background you can see Brian Jones and John Lennon. I'd like to see their sets someday.
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Yes, the Circus is out in DVD or CD form. The Rolling Stones performing Sympathy is their official video for the song..



And pretty good, even creepy rendition of the song. But The Who's energy and live synergy blew them out that night...
 
The Who's live version of "Can't Explain" on The Kids Are Alright soundtrack blows away the studio version on the My Generation lp. Love that version of the song!! Day and night difference!!(y)
 
Jackson_Slugger said:
Yes, the Circus is out in DVD or CD form. The Rolling Stones performing Sympathy is their official video for the song..



And pretty good, even creepy rendition of the song. But The Who's energy and live synergy blew them out that night...
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Thanks, seeing this reminded me I'd seen it before. The fact that they were upstaged by the youngsters may have been a reason this concert didn't really grow legs until much later.
 
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