Amazing Journey and The Who Location Guide
Hello, and a very happy 2008 to all three of my readers. It's been a while since my last post, so what the hell, time to get cranking again.
Today I want to return to the origins of The Relay, that being The Who. For xmas I got the outstanding documentary on The Who (seen earlier by me on VH1) entitled, Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who. This is a really great documentary in its completeness and new tidbits. Not as charming as the fan-driven The Kid's Are Alright, which was made right when Keith Moon died, thirty years ago, but something that is deserving of merit and which benefits from the wisdom of old age. What wasn't seen on VH1 and is included in the retail version is an extra disc of stuff, including never-before seen film of a Who show in the old Railway Hotel in 1964, some intriguing retrospective comments by respective people about such things as the writing of "Won't Get Fooled Again," and the tragedy at Cincinatti, a nice documentary by D. A. Pennebaker of the Who's recording of "Real Good Looking Boy," which gives some idea of Pete's obsessive perfectionism in the studio, and best, four featurettes about each of the members of the band, breaking down their styles and what made them great (best moment: the feature on Moon where a drum expert talks about how Moon, a right-handed drummer who thus would use his right foot for the bass, would switch to a left-foot bass lead when he used double bass drums--almost impossible!).
It is a fantastic package, and for all Who fans (are you listening, Doug?) a must-have.
On a related note, I just found last night a most interesting Who-related website. It's called The Who Location Guide, and is a detailed list of where important moments of the Who's career were and are. It's interesting in that most of them seem to have been demolished or completely rebuilt. Anyways, this lands in the "Who-fanatic" category and if you aren't one, then this probably won't mean diddly-squat to you. But I foamed over it for hours.
Today I want to return to the origins of The Relay, that being The Who. For xmas I got the outstanding documentary on The Who (seen earlier by me on VH1) entitled, Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who. This is a really great documentary in its completeness and new tidbits. Not as charming as the fan-driven The Kid's Are Alright, which was made right when Keith Moon died, thirty years ago, but something that is deserving of merit and which benefits from the wisdom of old age. What wasn't seen on VH1 and is included in the retail version is an extra disc of stuff, including never-before seen film of a Who show in the old Railway Hotel in 1964, some intriguing retrospective comments by respective people about such things as the writing of "Won't Get Fooled Again," and the tragedy at Cincinatti, a nice documentary by D. A. Pennebaker of the Who's recording of "Real Good Looking Boy," which gives some idea of Pete's obsessive perfectionism in the studio, and best, four featurettes about each of the members of the band, breaking down their styles and what made them great (best moment: the feature on Moon where a drum expert talks about how Moon, a right-handed drummer who thus would use his right foot for the bass, would switch to a left-foot bass lead when he used double bass drums--almost impossible!).
It is a fantastic package, and for all Who fans (are you listening, Doug?) a must-have.
On a related note, I just found last night a most interesting Who-related website. It's called The Who Location Guide, and is a detailed list of where important moments of the Who's career were and are. It's interesting in that most of them seem to have been demolished or completely rebuilt. Anyways, this lands in the "Who-fanatic" category and if you aren't one, then this probably won't mean diddly-squat to you. But I foamed over it for hours.
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10:11 AM
4 Comments:
Steve, as a fan with many live who shows in my past, it is fun to see this post. While it would have been an experience to see the moon man, don't ever set aside the talents that Zak Starkey brings to the band in its present persona. One of the most amazing things i witnessed was the first concert after entwistle died; we all thought that there would be no way that the show would go on and that would be the end of the who - but no, Pino Palladino stepped in on 2 days notice and did an awesome job. the band remains the pete and roger show however, and they still can pound it out loud and proud. anyway, thanks for the post and happy new year.
kenai troller
Kenai, you have been to so many more cool concerts than I could ever dream of, that my jealousy holds no bounds. That you were there for the first post-Entwistle show only ups your coolness factor that began when you lived next door to me and had albums I didn't. I still burn that my deaf brother has seen the Who many more times than me (just joking Chris--but you have to admit it's ironic!) and the only time I got to see them my sight was blotted by the speaker columns! ARGHHH!
most poignant moment of the post-ox concert was during summertime blues, when it came time for the entwistle monologues (can't call it singing now can we), the stage was taken black except for a spotlight stage left showing his empty spot and the crown was left to chant the lines...
kenai
That is so fucking cool. You gotta see the documentary, Kenai! And Happy New Year to you and your family.
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