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The Who - Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
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 The Who has their place in history now; if Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the last two founding members, never performed or recorded again it would not make a difference. Their legend is written and secure in the minds of those with an ounce of familiarity concerning the history of rock music.
Three DVDs is an enormous amount of footage but there is never a dull moment on this set. They cover a series of live performances from 1989-1997. Disc 1 covers the classic rock opera Tommy with a bevy of guest stars pitching in to make it extra special, similar to the film. Steve Winwood, Billy Idol, and other luminaries join the legendary British rockers on stage to give their audience a spirited performance. Pete Townshend is in particularly good form and interestingly enough performs every song on his acoustic, which was not disappointing in the least. He is still as powerful and magnetic without all the amplification, windmill gyrations (which he still does anyway) and smashing of guitars against the amps.
Disc 2 is Quadrophenia. While not as good as Tommy, it is very entertaining and stimulating visually as they combined the screen film especially made for this live presentation with the performance. The director made the point of how difficult it was to do that without taking anything away from the bands performance. As it turns out, everything works out fine. Townshend said he originally wrote both pieces for an opera only and that Quadrophenia was a flop on stage, which Roger Daltrey concurred, it was much too difficult to perform satisfactorily on stage. It took many years before they finally came to terms with it and finally found some middle ground to make this a filming to remember.
There are plenty of bonuses available as well. Interviews are ready at the touch of the enter button on your remote if you want to hear Pete or Roger talking about the projects. I decided to take in the entire musical presentation first then listen to what they had to say separate from the performances. It is all a bit time consuming but one hell of a grand time.
Now if those two classic rock operas are not enough you can put the icing on the cake with a full DVD of their greatest hits live on Disc 3, including some of Pete’s most popular solo material. This is quite a package from Rhino Records.
This was a very enjoyable experience for me. After all these years of enjoying The Who on CD, I finally had a marvelous opportunity to get some of the very best of their standout career all wrapped into one package. Yes sir, this one is real keeper. Get a copy for your resident rock fan; it will fit nicely in a stocking at Christmas.
Tracklist
Disc 1
TOMMY - LIVE AT UNIVERSAL AMPITHEATRE, LOS ANGELES 1989
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Gallery with Audio Commentary
1. Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend
1. OVERTURE
2. IT'S A BOY
3. 1921
4. AMAZING JOURNEY
5. SPARKS
6. EYESIGHT TO THE BLIND
7. CHRISTMAS
8. COUSIN KEVIN
9. THE ACID QUEEN
10. PINBALL WIZARD
11. DO YOU THINK IT'S ALRIGHT?
12. FIDDLE ABOUT
13. THERE'S A DOCTOR
14. GO TO THE MIRROR!
15. SMASH THE MIRROR
16. TOMMY CAN YOU HEAR ME?
17. I'M FREE
18. EXTRA EXTRA/MIRACLE CURE?
19. SALLY SIMPSON
20. SENSATION
21. TOMMY'S HOLIDAY CAMP
22. WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
Disc 2
QUADROPHENIA - LIVE 1996
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary -
1. Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend
Bonus Documentary -
1. THE QUADROPHENIA STORY
Track List:
1. I AM THE SEA
2. THE REAL ME
3. QUADROPHENIA
4. CUT MY HAIR
5. THE PUNK AND THE GODFATHER
6. I'M ONE
7. THE DIRTY JOBS
8. HELPLESS DANCER
9. IS IT IN MY HEAD?
10. I'VE HAD ENOUGH
11. 5:15
12. SEA AND SAND
13. DROWNED
14. BELL BOY
15. DOCTOR JIMMY
16. THE ROCK
17. LOVE REIGN O'ER ME
Disc 3
LIVE HITS
Additional Release Material:
Interviews -
1. Billy Idol
Track List:
Universal Ampitheatre, Los Angeles 1989
1. SUBSTITUTE
2. I CAN SEE FOR MILES
3. BABA O'RILEY
4. FACE THE FACE
5. LOVE REIGN O'ER ME
6. BORIS THE SPIDER
7. DIG
8. JOIN TOGETHER
9. ROUGH BOYS
10. YOU BETTER YOU BET
11. BEHIND BLUE EYES
12. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
13. WHO ARE YOU?
Quadrophenia Encore, 1996-1997 US Tour
14. WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
15. SUBSTITUTE
16. I CAN'T EXPLAIN
17. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
18. BEHIND BLUE EYES
19. WHO ARE YOU?
Giants Stadium, New Jersey 1989
20. THE ACID QUEEN
21. PINBALL WIZARD
22. A LITTLE IS ENOUGH
© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck |
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