Speaking as a
serious WHO fan from 1967 onward - one of my cousins introduced ne to "Happy Jack"{USA Abum}- seen them from March 1968 onward, { first gig was just BEFORE they grounded the fancy finery (Pete's spangled jacket/ Roger's red velvet jacket) it was gone in their later june & ?aug 68 NYC gigs} .....................
it was a *superb* docu , both in content; the music, what they were influenced by in music & Life itself, relationships with each other, and the visual styling - beyond all the COOL film footage.
Ooooooo good......I hope I'll have the $$ by Xmas to buy it!
I am SO GLAD I DIDN'T KNOW that Edge & Vedder were on- they were a *fabulous* surprise.
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one thing you can say about me as a R&R fan is that --with the Beatles being the FIRST Rock/Pop band i became a fan of--
while i remain devoted to my Uber Fav bands from over the Decades, and want to turn younger R&R fans onto them---
Beatles/ Who/ Patti Smith Band/ Telvision/ Springsteen/ U2 ---i've never stopped looking for and EXPECTING to keep finding Fabulous bands > both as recorded artisits and !LIVE! performers-- over the decades. {Midnight Oil-- almost makes that cut.....
wish they were STILL around}
Unfortunately i don't see anywhere near as many as in the past from 67 - 85 i'd seen nearly 175 (NOT counting about 55 more obscure/local bands from 73-81)....alot because of money isues.....
I fianally got to see Eddie Veder on the (vote for) Change tour.
I wouldn't be suprised if I'd seen Pearl Jam live they might be in my top pantheon, as well!
You
could say The Beatles are above anyone because of their Talent and TRUELY CHANGING the face of popular music...-it was as they say "a Sea-Change"-.......
i was there { at Shea Stadium 65/66}
.......BUT the fact is they
stopped touring before some of their greatest stuff was written/played live...........it was B/c Lennon's comments that htey got too many death threats from the USA.
......so without THAT ESSENTIAL {imho
} Ingridient.....I put all these bands I mentioned as equals......