Saw The Who Last Night

[Jeff Higgins]

My wife surprised me last night with a pair of tickets to The Who, who were playing Key Arena in Seattle. What a fantastic show. I must admit I went in not expecting much, with only Townshend and Daltry left, but boy was I surprised. The old guys can still rock'n'roll with the best of 'em. Granted, Peter doesn't jump quite as high or quite as often as in his younger days, Roger has slowed down a bit (and they are certainly a different band without Moon and Entwhistle), but they still put on a show. I guess they have a new album coming out soon; they played nine songs off of it that blended seamlessly with their older stuff. I would highly recommend catching these guys if you get a chance.

[Jim Richards]

One of the all time great bands.

[charleskieffner]

saw them just before moon died, in denver. moon was a flat out psychotic drummer par excellance! never seen anything quite like them!

[Rodeo]

Seen em' a bunch of times. I think I caught 2 or 3 of their "farewell" tours

Had "Tommy" in the car player yesterday.

[Dottore]

What happened to "Hope I die before I get old?"

[Big Ed]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
My wife surprised me last night with a pair of tickets to The Who, who were playing Key Arena in Seattle. What a fantastic show. I must admit I went in not expecting much, with only Townshend and Daltry left, but boy was I surprised. The old guys can still rock'n'roll with the best of 'em. Granted, Peter doesn't jump quite as high or quite as often as in his younger days, Roger has slowed down a bit (and they are certainly a different band without Moon and Entwhistle), but they still put on a show. I guess they have a new album coming out soon; they played nine songs off of it that blended seamlessly with their older stuff. I would highly recommend catching these guys if you get a chance.

+1.

Wife took me to the Boston show last month, was fantastic. Hard to believe those geezers are in their 60's.

Funny line from the show: Townsend says "I got a call from Mick Jagger before the show. He's in town getting ready for tomorrow's concert (Stones were playing the next night). He says he saw you guys coming over here tonight, and he wanted me to let you know that you all look like ****!"

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally posted by Rodeo
Seen em' a bunch of times. I think I caught 2 or 3 of their "farewell" tours

Had "Tommy" in the car player yesterday.

Me too, I saw two of the "farewell" shows; one (I think the first) "farewell tour" was only broadcast to Seattle, where we could watch it on a big screen at the Paramount. The next one was live, but they really seemed to be missing something, and it wasn't just Moon. I saw them a couple of times in the '70's and they were absolutely fantastic; that energy and enthusiasm was gone by the time the multiple "farewell tours" were on. Take my word for it as a lifelong fan of The Who; this time they are back. With a vengance. Who fans owe it to themselves to go back and check them out.

[kach22i]

Pontiac Silverdome, 1983?

Great show, for the encore they played some Beatle's tunes, it was awesome.