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Just got this, recommend it to others.Henry Irving said:Have the video of the 1974 gig at the Valley as a digital file. Available via WeTransfer for a donation to the museum
Does not include the full setlist but still worth watching ... plus you can donate to the museum
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Thanks @stonemusestonemuse said:
Just got this, recommend it to others.Henry Irving said:Have the video of the 1974 gig at the Valley as a digital file. Available via WeTransfer for a donation to the museum
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Found out yesterday that the support act for his show is a band consisting of Graham Coxon (Blur) Matt Bellamy (Muse) and others called Dr Pepper’s Jaded Hearts Club Band. Their set consists entirely of Beatles track, should be good.DaveMehmet said:
Also, Roger Daltrey's autobiography (Be Lucky) is due out later in the year.stonemuse said:Looking forward to this.
https://rollingstone.com/music/news/the-who-prep-live-at-the-fillmore-east-1968-album-w516907
TRACKLIST
Disc One / Side 1
Summertime Blues
Fortune Teller
Tattoo
Little Billy
Disc One / Side 2
I Can’t explain
Happy Jack
Relax
Disc Two / Side 3
I’m A Boy
A Quick One (While He’s Away)
Disc Two / Side 4
My Way
C’mon Everybody
Shakin’ All Over
Boris The Spider
Disc Three / Side 5
My Generation (Part One)
Disc Three / Side 5
My Generation (Part Two)
Can't wait until the 22nd when I'll see his RAH show.2 -
I'll be there, too.
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Last night instead of watching a load of dross from Blackpool, I watched something magical from the Valley. I refer of course to @Henry Irving 's video containing significant footage from the 1974 Who concert. I recommend it unreservedly. Even though you have to sit through too much of Melvyn Bragg interviewing Townshend. Just when I was thinking "I've been trolled by that bastard Henry" the scene switches to the Valley turnstiles.
For me the abiding memory of the concert is of the sun suddenly disappearing below the Valley just as the loop of Baba O'Reilly starts up. That is well captured on the film. It seems to be a BBC documentary from the time, with a couple of unrelated Who studio efforts before and after it.
If you are a fan, and especially if you were there, you have to own a copy of this. It's a video of a great day in your life.
And someone, somewhere is sitting on footage of the entire set....1 -
Video available via WeTransfer to anyone for a donation to the museum.
Thanks for the review @PragueAddick
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Fantastic night, the support were superb. Mainly Who tracks with a few solo hits thrown in from Daltrey.2
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Sat near the front and got one of the set lists off a roadie at the end:DaveMehmet said:Fantastic night, the support were superb. Mainly Who tracks with a few solo hits thrown in from Daltrey.
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Wicked!DaveMehmet said:
Sat near the front and got one of the set lists off a roadie at the end:DaveMehmet said:Fantastic night, the support were superb. Mainly Who tracks with a few solo hits thrown in from Daltrey.
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Just done a couple of ideas for a who image I am putting together, one based on the Tangelwood concert, and the Woodstock finale when Pete throws his guitar to the audience.4
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Just seen this thread. Great band. I'm a bit younger than some but did get to see them at Hyde park a couple of years ago. Still very good. Love who's next and the early singles such as can't explain.1
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That little run at the start includes 3 of my favourites........Who Are You, Behind Blue Eyes and Giving It All Away,DaveMehmet said:
Sat near the front and got one of the set lists off a roadie at the end:DaveMehmet said:Fantastic night, the support were superb. Mainly Who tracks with a few solo hits thrown in from Daltrey.
Would love to have gone, but had to go to my daughters parents evening (she taking music as one of her GCSE's & learning to play the keyboard) - will have to tell her to look for Baba O'Reilly on youtube
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Kenney Jones has an autobiography out at the end of May. Should be good considering his stints in the Small Faces/Faces and The Who.1
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cheersDaveMehmet said:Kenney Jones has an autobiography out at the end of May. Should be good considering his stints in the Small Faces/Faces and The Who.
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Have you never heard of Boney M?Alex Wright said:My favourite band of all time. Simply because they are the greatest band of all time.
Seen them a number of times but only once since Moony died.
So many great songs apart from the 'big hits'. As @PragueAddick already mentioned This song is over is sadly overlooked. Slip kid from By Numbers is a masterpiece of angst, disillusion and frustration.
Who I am by Pete is a good read for Who fans and, if you haven't seen it, check out the film Lambert and Stamp.
Keep on Rocking.0 -
Wonder if they'll do any more gigs - never seen them and would love to even though it's not the same without Moon and Entwistle. They've looked in good form in the recent live footage I've seen with Roger Daltrey in great voice.0
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Maybe the odd one off but very unlikely they’ll tour again unfortunately.CharltonMadrid said:Wonder if they'll do any more gigs - never seen them and would love to even though it's not the same without Moon and Entwistle. They've looked in good form in the recent live footage I've seen with Roger Daltrey in great voice.
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At The Valley on Sky Arts now.0
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Programme's still on but only the tiniest snippet at Charlton.0
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On Sky Arts tonight 21.00hrs. (23/4), classic albums .. The Who Sell Out .. a neglected masterpiece ? .. Sky Arts is one of the few Sky outlets that is free to view . record and enjoy5
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Made by my cousin Debby LeeLincsaddick said:On Sky Arts tonight 21.00hrs. (23/4), classic albums .. The Who Sell Out .. a neglected masterpiece ? .. Sky Arts is one of the few Sky outlets that is free to view . record and enjoy1 -
Great film...still makes me chuckle The Who touring with Hermans Hermits, pure pop followed by utter carnage.Henry Irving said:
Made by my cousin Debby LeeLincsaddick said:On Sky Arts tonight 21.00hrs. (23/4), classic albums .. The Who Sell Out .. a neglected masterpiece ? .. Sky Arts is one of the few Sky outlets that is free to view . record and enjoy1 -
Watched the programme tonight. Its not an album I know much about (apart from the cover) although 3 of the songs appear on the album Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy that I bought about 40 years ago.
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.0 -
Pop songs about sex, whatever next.golfaddick said:Watched the programme tonight. Its not an album I know much about (apart from the cover) although 3 of the songs appear on the album Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy that I bought about 40 years ago.
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
Turning Japanese?
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I think “Squeezebox” could possibly have a double meaning as well ::-)golfaddick said:
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
Agree with Henry, most pop songs are about love and sex, I think a lot of the time people wrote stuff to see what they could get away with, it was a small victory to get something on the charts that Mary Whitehouse etc didn’t realise was a bit rude.Going further back, the Goons used to slip in lots of quite risque old army jokes and phrases, Harry Secombe said they would get letters of complaint six months later from old Duchesses in Cheltenham who shouldn’t have known the joke in the first place.1 -
@golfaddick is obviously 'woke'. Shocking songs - should all be banned. I'm going to cancel The Who and go and find a safe space.1
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PS Fiddle About was written by John Entwistle.
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Big William said:
I think “Squeezebox” could possibly have a double meaning as well ::-)golfaddick said:
Is it me or does Pete Townsend have a strange obsession around sex. Songs like Pictures of Lily (porn) Fiddle About (pedophilia) and one tonight about Betty's shaking hands (masterbation ?). Wont even go near his previous run in with the law.....but I get the distinct impression he has (had) some issues in his life which he seems to address through songwriting.
Agree with Henry, most pop songs are about love and sex, I think a lot of the time people wrote stuff to see what they could get away with, it was a small victory to get something on the charts that Mary Whitehouse etc didn’t realise was a bit rude.Going further back, the Goons used to slip in lots of quite risque old army jokes and phrases, Harry Secombe said they would get letters of complaint six months later from old Duchesses in Cheltenham who shouldn’t have known the joke in the first place.
Going back even further, Max Miller told a joke on the radio, he was walking along a narrow mountain pass and a beautiful girl was walking towards him, he did not know weather to block her passage or toss himself off.3
