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Summary: A FASCINATING STORY BEHIND A FASCINATING ALBUM!!!!
Review: If you love the Who, get this becuase it is an excellent look at the making of "Who's Next". Interview footage of Pete, Roger and John is fabulous. The best parts are the tear-jerking performance of "Pure and Easy" on piano and acoustic performance of "Won't Get Fooled Again" -both by Townshend solo- FLIPPIN' BEAUTUFUL!!!!
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Summary: Good Stuff - Could be even better
Review: If you love the Who, this is one of the best documents about them, even though we have to spent part of our dwindling lives listening to Dave Marsch's drivel instead of Pete's during the too-short duration of the video. For insight into the music itself, this tape showed me things I had heard for years, but never really grasped, like how Keith Moon would play riffs instead of drum patterns, and how much energy the Who had. Listening to the un-mixed tracks from "Goin' Mobile" are incredible. Pete Townshend is always generous when talking about his music, and no less here. For an avid Synth fan like me, who worships "Baba O'Riley," what a real treat to see Pete's ARPs at work, and how he created the groundbreaking, unique, and staggering synth backing that makes the songs on Who's Next the great works they are, despite what Roger Daltrey thinks. There is too much "Won't Get Fooled Again" in this documentary. They are always cutting back to it, and Pete does an acoustic version that while fun, is not really necessary. Other music on the record is slighted at the expense of the bigger hits. The whole Lifehouse disaster is dealt with; mainly Pete's inability to articulate his vision. Who's Next is one of the greatest, if not the greatest record in Rock history and this tape helps explain in.
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Summary: it ruled
Review: It was life changing in spirit and being
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Summary: Lifehouse(Who's Next)
Review: Just when you think a Who fan knows everything there is to know about there favorite group there is always more to the story. Who better than Pete to tell the story like no one else can. This DVD tells the tale of how Who's Next came to be and how it was supposed to be part of a much bigger and much misunderstood project called Lifehouse. The best songs were put onto Who's Next and are reviewed here very carefully by the band members. There is also a tribute to Keith Moon. A great finale is performed by Pete on his acoustic. The sound and picture on this DVD is incredible. I rate and recommend this DVD very highly and consider this to be a welcome addition to my collection to The Who as well as my DVD's.
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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: Poor HZLI from Pittsburgh, PA. You are funny. You don't read what is the DVD or video about before buying it? Stupid of you, sorry to say but true.
This is not a concert. You will just need to turn around the box and read what it's all about. Don't make the same mistake as the brainless hzli. Here, you will get an amazing journey with interviews and behind-the-recording-mixing-console, to know details and secrets about the recording of the album "WHO'S NEXT", and the reasons why it happened the way it did. It's absolutely interesting to see.
Includes some very rare footage of Pete Townshend at his home studio back in 1971 taping some demos for the Lifehouse project, and you will hear him explaining the way he got that incredible ORGAN background for "Won't Get Fooled Again".
Also you will have rare footage of The Who performing live some of the songs from this album in different moments of their career.
Plain and simple. It's a DOCUMENTARY on the recording of "Who's Next".
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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: Poor HZLI from Pittsburgh, PA. You are funny. You don't read what is the DVD or video about before buying it? Stupid of you, sorry to say but true.
This is not a concert. You will just need to turn around the box and read what it's all about. Don't make the same mistake as the brainless hzli. Here, you will get an amazing journey with interviews and behind-the-recording-mixing-console, to know details and secrets about the recording of the album "WHO'S NEXT", and the reasons why it happened the way it did. It's absolutely interesting to see.
Includes some very rare footage of Pete Townshend at his home studio back in 1971 taping some demos for the Lifehouse project, and you will hear him explaining the way he got that incredible ORGAN background for "Won't Get Fooled Again".
Also you will have rare footage of The Who performing live some of the songs from this album in different moments of their career.
Plain and simple. It's a DOCUMENTARY on the recording of "Who's Next".
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Summary: Rock Fan? Buy this DVD!
Review: There are many other reviews here that mention many great things about this documentary. I just want to say this: If you are a fan of rock and roll and you want to see the epitome of a rock guitar god, then feast your eyes on Pete Townsend throughout this DVD. For me, the full-length performance by Pete, alone in the studio with an acoustic guitar, jammin' on Won't Get Fooled Again, was by itself worth the price of this DVD. I saw the Who's Next tour in Rochester, NY in 1971 (maybe '72)and the concert footage in this DVD brought back such vivid memories! The comments (and the barbs) from all the interviewees shows it was no easy task to keep a great band together long enough to produce an album as good as this one. As I listened and watched this documentary the first time; all alone in my living room with the headphones on and the lights off, I know I had a big smile on my face as I relived my youth and reveled in the music that made a life-long music lover out of me. I already have two others from the "Classic Album" series and I can't wait to check out the rest.
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Summary: Nice album, shame about the documentary
Review: this documentary doesn not have a narrator, nor does it have any explainatory sequences at all. there are even interviews with people who'll the viewer never gets to the name of! who's next is one of the most complex and interesting rock albums of all time, don't waste you money on this half hearted attempt to cash in on the brilliance of the who.
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: This DVD gave me new appreciation for "Who's Next," a Classic Album if ever there was one. A friend recently told me the whole "Lighthouse" saga, and the discussion of it in this DVD has made me see these already-classic songs in a completely new and very interesting light. Highlights were Pete in his studio playing the synth parts to "Baba O'Reilly" and new solo performances of "Pure and Easy" and "Won't Get Fooled Again." BTW, I can also recommend the "Steely Dan - Aja" DVD from this series, which is also excellent.
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Summary: Required Viewing For Any Who Fan...
Review: This dvd provides many insights into the Who's classic album, "Who's Next", from it's genesis as Townshend's failed "Lifehouse" project to the finished product we know today.
The dvd includes several acoustic solo numbers performed by Townshend exclusively for this release (by far this dvd's strongpoint). My only fault with this title is the length and hence it being incomplete. It only runs an hour with no bonus material added. Only a handful of songs from the album are viewed in any depth, consequently the documentary seems incomplete. It leaves the fan wanting & expecting more. Obviously there is no commentary from Keith Moon presented here, but it would have been great to see more video footage showing Moon & his bandmates in the studio. All in all a very good dvd for the devoted Who fan. However, its not the best place to start for the novice. I would recommend the 5 star 2 dvd set of "The Kids Are Alright" as your first Who dvd purchase.
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