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Summary: CLASSIC WHO!!!!!
Review: The performance by The Who is absolutely amazing!With Zak Starkey
on drums and John Bundrick on keyboards,The Who prove once again
why they are still the greatest live band in rock history.Anybody who is a fan of live rock and roll will see the masters at work.The clarity of this DVD is outstanding as The Who
perform powerful versions of their greatest hits.Joined by Noel Gallagher of Oasis,Bryan Adams and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam,The Who show why they are the best.If you are a Who fan this DVD is a must...if not,your missing out. U2,Oasis,and Pearl Jam should all take note and see how it's done
Rating:
Summary: Best Live Performance DVD of The Who in years
Review: The guys gave a great performance, capturing a lot of their recent tour's sound and energy. The DVD has some extra rehearsal footage that could and should have been more extensive. The scene 2-3 second scene edits were a bit uncomfortable as well.
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Summary: The Who - Fans MUST buy this DVD
Review: Flaws - Brian Adams screws up "Behind Blue Eyes." Highlights - Some of the best work I have ever heard. Pete Townsend, I don't know how but he got even better on the guitar. 3 minute songs are turned into 6 minute epic guitar jams with solos galore. John on his base will blow you away on 5:51. Roger, what can I say his voice is still able to belt out the lyrics and whip the mike around his head. I have never heard or seen a better performence.
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Summary: The Who still lives long!
Review: Wow was I surprised how good these guys still sound, sure a few of the greatest tunes had to be altered a bit, so Roger could pass over some of the crazy high notes he used to hit. But over all the sound and quality of this band is still amazing. Pete is back at windmilling and jamming on electric axe, he took some time off in the last few years playing only acoustic, claiming his hands were too tired and bleeding. He even went so far as to have another electric player in concert over the last few years. This time its only pete at his finest! Almost all of the songs you want to hear are included. I can't say enough how this dvd made me feel I was at the Who in concert over again, I have seen them twice, once in 82 and once in 83. I can honestly say I enjoyed watching this dvd almost as much! The quality of the recording and camera work really was tops! If you like the who at all, you have to see this dvd!
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Summary: THE WHO IS STILL THE BENCHMARK FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE
Review: This review is on the VHS tape. DVD is avilable in Peru (South America) but the region 4 encoding permits a limited selection of DVD's available. Anyway, all my other music tapes are on VHS. I'll catch up with the DVD'S later on.
The show is great all around. The picture and sound are VERY GOOD. I have my Hi Fi Stereo VHS hooked up to my sound equipment with four speakers and a 29" Sony TV. Once you crank up the volume you can get an accurate and good feeling of the excitement and the power of The Who's live performance in the 2000 tour. I had heard that P.Townshend was suffering acute hearing problems, but he has clearly recovered because he and the band just BLAST AWAY at FULL POWER !! I can only imagine the sore eardrums of those who had the luck of seeing the band live on the 2000 tour.
The shots (filming)are good although I notice that the editing of the video was done by someone who does'nt know THE WHO'S repertoire very well. The editing misses out on some (few) important action shots and just switches the images to much. But it can pass, it's OK.
The song selection is one of the high points of the concert with the band turning out great versions of WHO jewels such as Relay, Bargain, The Real Me, Let's see action, I'm One, and a wide variety of songs that I had'nt heard or seen played live before. It's great to see the band in great musical shape turn out songs from what I consider their best albums "Who's Next" and "Quadrophenia". Zak Starkey's Moonish style of playing the drums really melts in great with The Who and "Rabbit" fits in perfectly with the band as always. They really give an accurate feeling of The Who in their best 70's moments (LOUD) accented with todays technology advances in sound and instrumentation. Pete plays very well with no worry about his or anyone's ears, Roger gets by OK+ on vocals and The OX is magnificent on bass (his solo on 5:15 is awesome).
Don't worry to much about the guests, they have an acceptable participation and generally don't interfere with what we all want to see which is THE WHO.
I DEFINITIVELY RECOMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE THIS TAPE / DVD YOU'LL GET PLENTY FOR YOUR INVESTMENT. AS A LAST THOUGHT I HOPE THE WHO REALIZES THAT THEY CAN STILL BLOW OFF THE STAGE WITH EASE ANY YOUNGER BAND AROUND TODAY. SO, I HOPE THEY MAKE THE MOST OF THE LEFTOVER ENERGY THEY HAVE AND TAKE TO THE ROAD SOON AGAIN. THEY MOST SURELY WILL PACK ARENAS WITH EASE. I HOPE THEY THINK ABOUT NEW AUDIENCES WHICH WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO RECIVE THEIR VISIT. HERE IN PERU THEY WOULD MEET A FULL HOUSE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
HAVE A GREAT TIME WATCHING THE "STILL" GREATEST ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD. AND HEY WATCH THE CONCERT AT FULL VOLUME !!! ¡¡LONG LIVE ROCK AND THE WHO!!
Rating:
Summary: controlled chaos at its best
Review: Like all the other reviewers state,these guys take no prisoners during this concert.Shear guts of a performance.Don't even bring up the Boring Stones.
The show starts out a little slow, but God does it take off after a couple of songs. They take two of my least favorite Who songs, Magic Bus and Who Are You, and made me absolutely love them.You just won't believe the energy these guys put out.Starkey is not just a fill-in on the drums.To my ears he is much better than Kenny Jones.
The DTS encoding for this concert is very hot.Hope you have a good surround system,because you are going to want to play it loud.There is no other way.
Hell, just buy it! If you are a 50ish old guy these guys will make you feel proud!
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Summary: The guys are alright
Review: What keeps me from giving this DVD/Concert an Excellent are:
1) The pace on PINBALL WIZARD is so frenetic one supposes the band didn't want to be bothered by it anymore. 2) Guest Bryan Adams commits the unpardonable sin of singing BEHIND BLUE EYES while a way-too-generous Daltrey is on backing vocals and guitar. 3) Townshend embraces too-long song intros throughout, which are only occasionally interesting. 4) As regards the extra features, such as backstage footage and rehearsal glimpses, one wishes there were more of them, but what's there favors the guest artist. Possibly because THE WHO, coming off a tour, didn't need to rehearse for their own sakes. But having said all that, that was the dross, and the gold of the performances outweigh it. With Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) on drums, he's given extensive camera time not alloted to the keyboardist, and he seems to fit right in. But there are extensive instrumental breaks throughout, including shots from a camera mount on Entwistle's bass. Amazingly, the power and virtuosity of Daltrey's vocals remain unmatched in rock/pop. One wonders how he still has vocal chords left after all these years. A real gem is the brilliance and vitality of BARGAIN and the affectionate teasing between Daltrey and Townshend. Great clarity on visuals and audio throughout. Only wish the guys felt like doing it more often.
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Summary: the who still rocks on
Review: I saw the who live on "the concert for new york city".They were by far the best act that night,blowing everybody off the stage.After seeing that concert and seeing this,I had to purchase it.It is a great concert and it is great to see that they can still rock out.Baba O'reilly is worth it alone.The special guests also add to the performance and the DTS sound really gets the speakers going.I am glad I bought it.
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Summary: Brilliant gig
Review: With the memory of the November 2000 concert in Manchester still fresh in my mind I bought this DVD. Immediatly the band seemed 'up for it.' Kicking into 'I can't Explain' I could almost close my eyes and imagine it was the early 70's at one of those football stadium concerts. Zak, on drums, seemed to compliment Pete, John and Roger superbly. Don't expect to see The Who trying to recapture what they once were, they just play a different way, almost cultured, but the same raw energy is still there.
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Summary: The Retirement Tour
Review: If you are a new fan, this will seem great. Perhaps for some of the old fans....there is enough here to still suffice.The Who have changed and this is a video that proves it. Pete can play faster now thanever before...w/riffs that he could play in his sleep. Roger cannot hit high notes like he used to. This is a greatest hits show...if this was another band I'd be impressed....but alas...its not. Townshend needs to continue w/ his musical journey and figure out what it is that he wants to say. The playing on this show...high speed boring-AND thats NOT ok for the worlds greatest band.
Listen to the version of Who are you from the LifeHouse box set to know how much is missing from this show.
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