skinink: So, general admission tickets for their Cincinnati show?

Funny, but unfortunately they're not playing here. I'm gonna have to take a minor road trip to see them, but luckily they're doing Columbus, Detroit, Chicago, Louisville, and Nashville, so one of those should work.

in the words of Kevin Coyne:

Z-z-z-z-z-z


/saw The Who's 'final' tour in 1989
//fark YHO

Mumblin bout My Generation.....

Pretty shiatty, since my first concert was the Who FAREWELL tour, 1980, Reunion Arena Dallas.

MisterLoki: No John Entwistle, no thanks.

really? But no Keith Moon is okay?

FTFA: " in addition to an end-to-end playing of Quadrophenia. "

So...what? They are going to play a couple tunes then pop in a CD and rush backstage to recover on respirators, oxygen tanks, and defibrillators?

Quadrophenia Tour announced by what's left of The Who
I thought Watts was with the Stones.

I saw The Who a few years ago, and they were really freaking good. For guys my age, they are in excellent shape physically. Daltrey is in excellent shape for a guy half his age, actually. Dude is ripped, as they say. If you like their music, you won't be disappointed if you go see them.

Side note for Zappa fans:
I also just saw Dweezil in his Zappa Plays Zappa show, and was pretty impressed with how much he has matured musically as well as his treatment of Frank's music. I was prepared to be irritated by some coat-tail riding punk, and ended up being very, very pleased with what I heard and how it was presented.

peewinkle: MisterLoki: No John Entwistle, no thanks.

really? But no Keith Moon is okay?

I would have agreed, but that Starkey kid does a great job.

No Entwistle bass solo on 5:15 is a serious letdown.

Which one of them is a woman?

Ah, Chicago 1968. I was there.


August 1, 1968 Electric Theater The Who

/my lawn
//get off

saw Roger and the Tommy tour last year, it was very enjoyable.
everyone sounded great and Pete's brother Simon did an outstanding job.
now Pete's back and there still going to have Simon, Zack, and Pino to round out what i'm sure is going to be awesome.

Saw The Who for the first time at Poplar Creek - 1978.

I saw them perform Quadrophenia - at the Marcus Amphitheatre in Milwaukee....it was July 23rd 1997.

Both times were AWESOME!


Long Live Rock!

douchebag/hater: Saw them in '76.

Once was enough. Good show. Still have the tour patch I bought, too.

Lots of respect for the guys and lots of enjoyment over the years but lots of their songs I never want to hear again.

Would "Magic Bus" be one of them?

Great that they can still crank it up and play live.

Saw them on their Farewell Tour.........in 1982. Schlitz Rocks America!

/old

first - i am listening to that album now and the production value is 20 years ahead of it's time.
second - seen them 4 times. all great.
third - saw daltrey last year and that dude still has it
fourth - not coming to atlanta. might have to travel to nashville.



/i am the one

jimpapa: saw Roger and the Tommy tour last year, it was very enjoyable.
everyone sounded great and Pete's brother Simon did an outstanding job.
now Pete's back and there still going to have Simon, Zack, and Pino to round out what i'm sure is going to be awesome.

zack starsky? next best drummer to moon.

Crewmannumber6: Half the Who is 10 times better than all of anyone else.Listened to Quadrophenia in its entirety last night. In 200 years it'll live as an example of musical genius along with Mozart, Bethoven and Rachmoninov (didn't even try to spell that last one right)

i will make a marked effort to see them if/when they come to the dfw metroplex. the who is one of my favorite bands ever (and "behind blue eyes" just happened to start playing on 92.5 as i type this), and they are a huge inspiration on my favorite band to have formed in my lifetime...pearl jam!

i don't know who they have on bass...can't truly replace entwistle, but i know son-of-ringo must be pretty good on the drums...of course you can't truly replace moon either, but then again most people that crazy couldn't function as well as he did on stage anyway

toddism: jimpapa: saw Roger and the Tommy tour last year, it was very enjoyable.
everyone sounded great and Pete's brother Simon did an outstanding job.
now Pete's back and there still going to have Simon, Zack, and Pino to round out what i'm sure is going to be awesome.

zack starsky? next best drummer to moon.

I didn't know Ringo was Polish? The accent fooled me all these years!

cleveoh: toddism: jimpapa: saw Roger and the Tommy tour last year, it was very enjoyable.
everyone sounded great and Pete's brother Simon did an outstanding job.
now Pete's back and there still going to have Simon, Zack, and Pino to round out what i'm sure is going to be awesome.

zack starsky? next best drummer to moon.

I didn't know Ringo was Polish? The accent fooled me all these years!

sorry. zak starkey

dang...closest they're coming to dallas is TULSA of all places...not a good enough reason to go to oklahoma.

bob dylan & mark knopfler are apparently coming around here soon to the verizon theater

toddism: cleveoh: toddism: jimpapa: saw Roger and the Tommy tour last year, it was very enjoyable.
everyone sounded great and Pete's brother Simon did an outstanding job.
now Pete's back and there still going to have Simon, Zack, and Pino to round out what i'm sure is going to be awesome.

zack starsky? next best drummer to moon.

I didn't know Ringo was Polish? The accent fooled me all these years!

sorry. zak starkey


I know, cheap shot. Plus, I couldn't figure out how to work an "& Hutch" in there.

Remember that hot girl you wanted in high school? Perfection in the flesh. Cool guys, stoners with crop haircuts, popular jocks, they all got to date her, and eventually get the goods from her. Time passes after high school and still no luck. You enjoy her from afar as older guys date it and run through it and though she's lost a little shine, she's still hot. More time passes, she's married, kids, aging, still a MILF but her husband is railing that. Still more time passes, finally you see her again in a bar. Past her prime, the face of a tired, aging woman. Teets sag towards her knees and still she wears a tank top. Cellulite and cheese on her thighs and ass, and still she wears a short skirt. You realize for a few natty lights you could finally pop her. And yet you can't. Not only is all the current appeal gone, but now you wont even be able to rub on out to the old memory because it is tarnished by what she has become; a faded, tired, worn out version of herself that needs to retire to a halfway house somewhere and relive the glory days in her mind, not for the world.

The Who is that girl. Seeing this band now jeopardizes every memory you have of them.

Big Beef Burrito: peewinkle: MisterLoki: No John Entwistle, no thanks.

really? But no Keith Moon is okay?

I would have agreed, but that Starkey kid does a great job.

No Entwistle bass solo on 5:15 is a serious letdown.

5:15 or The Real Me?

A friend of a friend was the drummer on Roger Daltrey's tour a few years ago. Got me to appreciate Daltrey as a solo act even if he was doing mostly Who stuff.

I remember an article about why the kept touring. Most of it centered on the fact that Pete had a great income from all the songs he wrote and Roger and John only made money when they toured. Very few people wanted to see their solo acts so they had to convince Pete to go out as the Who to make decent money to support their lifestyles. I think it was Roger joked that if they developed another CSI show and used a Who song that Pete might never be seen from again with all that money.

Love the Who but it irks me that Pete seems to spend a lot of his time nowadays remixing old Who albums.

TimSTP


Love the Who but it irks me that Pete seems to spend a lot of his time nowadays remixing old Who albums.


What?

Tanukis_Parachute: Big Beef Burrito: peewinkle: MisterLoki: No John Entwistle, no thanks.

really? But no Keith Moon is okay?

I would have agreed, but that Starkey kid does a great job.

No Entwistle bass solo on 5:15 is a serious letdown.

5:15 or The Real Me?

5:15

On both Quadrophenia tours I've been to, he busted out a long, amazing bass solo that brought down the house.

If I have to pay $300 and push Townshend's wheelchair to the stage. I'll be there.

What the eff? I saw the Quadrophenia tour years ago, before Pete was caught fiddling about at kiddie porn. Before Gary Glitter went to prison for buying up child prostitues in southeast Asia. Back before Enwhistle coked himself to death.

//Hell of a show.

Paraplegia?

foil helmet guy

If I have to pay $300 and push Townshend's wheelchair to the stage. I'll be there.


Yeah....This. Well, $300 is a bit much to see anyone but still.....

bojon: I guess now I would only lightly tread over you to see the "Who."

WINNAR! I've tried for so long to find that shirt. I would guess Stephen King is the only person left with one.

rudemix: Remember that hot girl you wanted in high school? Perfection in the flesh. Cool guys, stoners with crop haircuts, popular jocks, they all got to date her, and eventually get the goods from her. Time passes after high school and still no luck. You enjoy her from afar as older guys date it and run through it and though she's lost a little shine, she's still hot. More time passes, she's married, kids, aging, still a MILF but her husband is railing that. Still more time passes, finally you see her again in a bar. Past her prime, the face of a tired, aging woman. Teets sag towards her knees and still she wears a tank top. Cellulite and cheese on her thighs and ass, and still she wears a short skirt. You realize for a few natty lights you could finally pop her. And yet you can't. Not only is all the current appeal gone, but now you wont even be able to rub on out to the old memory because it is tarnished by what she has become; a faded, tired, worn out version of herself that needs to retire to a halfway house somewhere and relive the glory days in her mind, not for the world.

The Who is that girl. Seeing this band now jeopardizes every memory you have of them.

Excellent imagery and general analogy. Not sure if it fits this case, but I like it and will likely steal it as suits my needs.

FriarReb98: They sounded horrible in the halftime show two and a half years ago now. What makes anyone think they'll sound better on a long-term tour? And besides, half the band is dead, why would I want to pay twice as much as a regular rock show to see half the band?

\same theory goes for Queen and Skynyrd
\\and every other band who's missing important members of the band

skynyrd i can't fathom paying much money for...isn't there like 1 original member? no thanks, gimme the other van zant and 38 special instead ("opened" for them about 10 years ago...very very solid performance...by "opened for", i mean our band played on a different stage at a fest shortly before they played on the main stage)

if queen tours with someone like adam lambert on the mic, i WILL go see them. will it be the same as it would've been with freddie? no. will it be a great rock show with incredibly talented performers? yes!

after watching the rock & roll h.o.f. induction this year, i vowed that if the original g'n'r would tour with miles kennedy on the mic i'd most definitely pay good money to see that, no matter what name they'd call themselves (axl would murder someone if they tried to bill themselves as g'n'r)

For the sake of Townshend and Daltrey, I'll be staying away from this one.

The first time I saw them in concert was just after Keith Moon had died. The second time was literally days after John Entwistle had died.

If I buy tickets for this tour, I will be putting Pete or Roger in mortal danger.

♪ ♫ Can ya see these OAP's? Can ya? Can ya?!! ♪ ♫

Saw them touring for Endless Wire, cost me a beer. Saw Daltrey's solo theatre tour a few years ago gratis and met him. Friendly enough dude. Tix for his Tommy run were way below face come show time. Didnt bother. Not sure I'd drop the $ for this tour. Would rather see Neil Young with Crazy Horse or Bob Dylan with Mark Knopfler opening.
/32
//no lawn

I find interviews with Pete Townshend very interesting. Partially because he is a childhood hero of mine, but also because he is a very honest and intelligent man. Personally, I think Quadrophenia is the greatest rock album ever written, so I will bill inclined to see them. Even if it is the who minus two or whatever trendy/catchy/condescending name you apply to it. It's all about the music and the feelings they invoked once upon a time in my life.

I am a man, who reveals all he digs.

Stood in line all night in '75 to buy obstructed view tickets to their "Farewell (hah!) Tour" show in Toronto, then scored 7th row floors from a chick at school whose dad owned a local ticket agency. Townsend wore a Maple Leafs sweater, Moon was an absolute maniac and I couldn't hear properly for a few days afterwards. 2012's Half-a-Who can't be more than a pale echo so why bother?

/csb out
//lawn off

Won't Get Prunes Again

My son has my tour shirt from the '82 Farewell show at JFK in Philly hanging on his wall.

I doubt I'm in the mood to shell out the $$ to see them this time. I even passed on seeing Further this month once I saw the $60 a ticket price. Once you add in gas, tolls & parking, you've spent a lot more money before the show than what was spent in total back in "the day".

/that's for beer and misc
//get off my lawn, it's melting....

Already Disturbed: Saw them touring for Endless Wire, cost me a beer. Saw Daltrey's solo theatre tour a few years ago gratis and met him. Friendly enough dude. Tix for his Tommy run were way below face come show time. Didnt bother. Not sure I'd drop the $ for this tour. Would rather see Neil Young with Crazy Horse or Bob Dylan with Mark Knopfler opening.
/32
//no lawn

ding ding ding we have a winnah!

if you have the chance
GO TO THAT NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE SHOW!

about 10-12 years ago i saw, almost 1 year apart, neil young with crazy horse, and neil young with the booker t & the mgs band. 2 completely different shows, 2 INCREDIBLE shows! seriously worth every single penny i paid, plus the nearly passing out before the 2nd one was over

story of the 2nd show...it was at rock am ring, i do believe they were the headliner on the last night...? so, after spending all this time standing to see many many bands that weekend, i'm there with my friends watching neil young put on a great show. after a while i realize my legs will probably only hold me up long enough to get back to our campsite, so 2 or 3 of us went ahead an left. as we walked away with neil & co. still in full rockin' mode, i looked at my watch...they'd been playing for 2.5 hours and didn't seem close to stopping! usually even the headliner at these fests play 1.5 hours tops

I think they should have called it quits after this performance. Every time I've heard them since was lackluster.