I'm more envious of The Who in 68. Never got to see them with Keith.
Late 60's/early 70's they were the best live rock band ever to grace our fair planet.
Absolutely!!!
Quadrophrenia had tape loop problems (where have we heard this?
) but when it was good it was a great live show.
Tommy with the Jouhua Light Show images, and stuff at the Filmore East was amazing (JLS on the understated side but it balanced well) And during the
My Generation instrumental medely they played
"Naked Eye" for the first time!
It was "what the hell is
that?!!?!! In the *best way* possible way!
Unfortunately we were up in the part of the Balcony where the amplification was coming at us from the stage AND bouncing off the overhead ceiling down to us. My friend stuck tissue in her ear...I was all like "...I want to
experience it all!!!" (and "macho-like", too, like "peh, I don't need no tissue"!). Both ears throbbed for about 3 days, and I never lost the mid-high ?"whine" in one ear.
Luckily it's never been bad enough ( thank goodness) to drive me loco.
But the most glorious for me (and Tommy was damn glorious & so were parts of Quad) was the
Who's Next Tour! omg!
I hadn't heard anything about "Pure & Easy" being a full song in itself. Not from an interview done with Townshend in the NYTimes on him and the Life House film/shows/Project while it was being worked on, before Pete nearly lost it, and project fell apart. The only thing was, of course hearing, "...excepting one note pure & easy, playing so free like a breath rippling by..."at the end of The Song Is Over.
When they started
P&E (2nd song in) It was like hairs standing up on the back of my neck...omg that's !!! And I was at the very top row in the center the first night. 15th row for night 2.
Only regret was never hearing The Song Is Over- live.
I'm not sure they ever did it..... except I caught something years back about possibly Roger singing it at one of his Teenage Cancer Trust Benefits.
There was a MSG show they did in ?76 or 79....2 different part ( I have it on a casstte I snuck my tape player/recorder inside
)
2 songs -- one I think was called "Dance It Away" and then Pete ( whethter he was frustrated with someting OR inspired but he did a solo that was on of the most Jaw-Dropping I'd ever heard from him. I really have to get it into a CD/Tape Player and hook it up to Garage Band in order to get copies and preserve SUCH incredible music! I rememebrto pursue it ,then crappy situations happened ..so .back on the "back Shelf" again.
*THANKS*, Herwson! Been thinking of this for like 6 yrs!
I'm gonna FINALLY put a note/rmender on my cell phone to start asking around how to get this thing done. I have access to Garage Band....it's the CD/Tape Player I have to find out about!
[ Being open to falling in love with new music/bands - you get a chance of rockeing up to or floating up into the stratosphere at some points because anothor incredible performer(s)...has/have taken you back there again!
]
ETA >>>
Have any of you ever heard the full (expensive 6 CD set) "PsychoDerelict" Radio Live performance ?
It's what Pete ened up with tweeking Life House for decades.
One of my Fav free-form DJ's said at the time paraphrase "if this had been released ___ back...This would be on the front of covers of ___ & ___ .Pete would be lauded again as a genius! Instead he had to foot the bill and have it pressed by himself."
I have the small "Life House" Elements which is a small sample of what was from it.
They sell out the Ziggo dome quite quickly, lining them with acts like Pearl Jam or Muse. Great show and damn good music!
