but...but...you're a Supermod :confused:

Anway, only Super's can give them. And I'm sure some don't even know you. So keep trying on The Who's behalf. It won't help that you are a notorious e criminal, but in some quarters that may actually be a plus...

gotta love the ad, amirite:

[url]http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9554/untitledbk6.jpg[/url]

and to give this post some meat you should know that Sirius is giving away free internet radio on the 24th and 25th which will include an apperance by PETE TOWNSHEND on the HOWARD STERN show. that ought to be wild. Pete has a good sense of humor, he is smart and qucik. Howard the same. Howards girl and Pete's girl are good friends somehow. thats how this all came about. should be good.

The Who station also play the previous nights gig in its entirety. the band is on break so no previous nights gig. but i'm sure they will have lots of good stuff from the tour, anyway...

[QUOTE=JXD;13478486]but...but...you're a Supermod :confused:

Anway, only Super's can give them. And I'm sure some don't even know you. So keep trying on The Who's behalf. It won't help that you are a notorious e criminal, but in some quarters that may actually be a plus...[/QUOTE]

well i think burt and i have sort of a love-hate relationship

ok I posted this at sputmik in the news comments section of a story someone posted. i thought it was worthy enough to report here, also:


I have heard samples from all songs on the album. Wire And Glass is included in its entirety. The record sounds great. Modern. The various internet low bandwidth streams do it no justice. Many of the songs are acoustic flavored. If you know The Who you know most of their records since Tommy were all different from one another yet ultimately still The Who. Expect no different from this album. Some of it sounds very familiar. Some of it striking in its simplicity and raw emotion. Lots of mid tempo stuff. There are experimental touches. Expect The Who, but also the unexpected. Meet the new boss, not quite the same as the old boss....

Sounds about right :)

When's it due out again?

The who is really good

Ahh..... The Who.

A young fellow, the Who is. He wanders about the forests of Teenage Wasteland ever so merrily. The days are always filled with bright hues and beautiful flowers. No, not one day with a cloud, no!

However, one fine evening the Who encountered a problem, "What am I going to wear to the annual Pumpkin Festival?!". He certainly not a clue! Soon enough, the grand old Pinball Wizard appeared in his doorway, with a gentle breeze and a stern look on his face. He spoke,

"Dear, dear Who, what are you to do?
You've got no clothes for the evening's ball
Will you ever go through?

Dear, dear who, how will we fix this soon?
A costume will be sewn with my magical magic
From the streets of Timbuktu"

And as you may expect, this made the Who [I]very [/I] joyous, and took the Pinball Wizard by the hand and did a merry dance around the room's table. After a quick tea and toast, the wizard had to make his way to a faroff city of Qurotjendur. At the foot of the door he conjured up the costume and set it in a box. This made the Who doubleplus merry!

He put the fresh outfit on, which was a bright sort of blue with many other colors and trims, realizing out loud that this bargain was, in fact, the best he ever had. Before the night's ceremonies, The Who made a point to show this recent acquired item to his favorite cat, Not Gandalf From Lord of the Rings, and equally pleasant cat who loved to purr and roll around. It was much amused by his outfit, slyly saying,

"Why, that outfit is fu[size=2]c[/size]king horrible. Did you steal it from a dead hooker?".

However odd this seemed, it did not prevent the Who from going to the night's Pumpkin Festival. He had much mead and bread, fruits and vegetables, and plenty of sweetening sweethings! Oh, how his tummy was plump and full. After stumbling home in a meading haze with some odd chunks of vomit, he finally realized..

"Didn't I read [I]The Lord of the Rings[/I] once?"

......okay. That was interesting.

I haven't listened to Bargain in a long time. Maybe I should put it on.

[QUOTE=fwqhgads ²;13484484]When's it due out again?[/QUOTE]
Oct. 30

I've listened to some samples again and I tihnk it sounds good. Advance word is good. Wire And Glass is included along with 3 songs in the middle that weren't included in the ealier release. Kind of disappointed that we won't get full versions of all those songs, although with the three new tunes thrown into the middle of the mini opera to complete it i think it'll be ok. We Got A Hit and the title cut (Endless Wire) will be included in full versions as bonus tracks, as they are to be singles. The band sounds mature. As if taking a final bow. Graceful, almost. Still explosive in places, tough in others, but thoughtful as well. I'm hoping for the best as the samples I've heard are extremely short and I know the entire songs go different places that I'm not hearing.
[QUOTE=Seafroggys;13485536]......okay. That was interesting.

I haven't listened to Bargain in a long time. Maybe I should put it on.[/QUOTE]
Thats a great song. I forget sometimes because its so common with Who fans, commercials, etc...

so The Who kick a.ss, amirite...

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgVoDHOCfio[/url]

lol

yeah, Bargain and WGFA are the best tracks of Who's NExt, not counting the Deluxe Edition (where Naked Eye and Water are pretty damn good).

EDIT: due wtf is up with that cymbal angle? That drummer is pathetic.

Anybody have a youtube account to link them to a tr00 version?

i don't have an account. i don't think? :confused:

more My Generation covers:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxzYDq2PCpY&mode=related&search=[/url]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxzYDq2PCpY&mode=related&search=[/url]

i think i actually prefer the second one more....

Keith Moon, actor :eek:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2xpT0w4pcQ[/url]

and wtf is Ringo up to in this thing?

also question for seafroggys: i hear some Buddy Rich style influence in Keith's playing? Big band/swing stuff, i mean?

one man Rock Opera:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbOcYCes6s[/url]

this is pretty amusing/good. i actually watched it twice....

I've heard sources that Keith Moon was hugely inspired to play by Louie Belleson, another top notch and great big band/swing drummer. Louie was also the first player to popularize double bass drums, and both Moon and Ginger were inspired by him to apply it to their own setups.

Yeah, his over the top fills and playing could be more jazz influenced then any other style of music at the time. Look at the rest of the rock/pop world at this time. This is pre-Paice, Bonham, Peart, etc.

ic. thanks for the info...

more Moon "acting":

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzjIgj0MITw[/url]

:smash:

[QUOTE=JXD;13480018] If you know The Who you know most of their records since Tommy were all different from one another yet ultimately still The Who.[/QUOTE]

I feel like this should include their three albums before Tommy as well, they were very different records (although I guess A Quick One and Sell Out have some similarities) but all them made the Who the band they were.

Yes you are correct. I often forget to mention the early ones. And I don't listen to them often enough anymore. Although I listened to a Quick One a couple weeks ago. Which isn't reviewed for sputnik yet so I might do a real simple one for it today.

The new one sounds like The Who if they had never went away and stuff, IMO. From what I can hear and if you know what I mean? Pete has a song where his vocal is so strange. It sounds like he just relaxed and let his voice fall into a very deep tenor. And the expanded mini opera sounds like, well, a mini opera now that the other three or four songs have been added. At least from what I can gather from poorly streamed 30 second clips :-\

I think that I'll wait for the album to be released before I listen to the recorded "Wire & Glass." I would just like to hear it in its entirety during my first listen. I have high hopes for it- when I heard what they played of it live I was really impressed. Of course, it was live, but still I was surprised of how good it was.

I also plan on waiting.

[QUOTE=robo2448;13486705]I also plan on waiting.[/QUOTE]

that's what they all say, until you get them drunk :naughty:

Ah

I couldn't help myself. I've started downloading a bunch of shows to burn to DVD. I'm watching one right now..

>_>

welll, I'm might as well post some pics from the gig. (this is in backwards order)

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010564.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010563.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010546.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010541.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010540.jpg[/IMG]

that's just about 1/3 of the encore pics :cool:

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010539.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010538.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010533.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010524.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010520.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010517.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010515.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010514.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010513.jpg[/IMG]

about 1/2 the rest

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010510.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010509.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010508.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010507.jpg[/IMG]

the opening act and the getting there

Did you have Rose Hill Drive as an opening act? I thought they weren't too bad.

yeah, I liked them actually.

:wave:

[QUOTE=fwqhgads ²;13491550]Ah

I couldn't help myself. I've started downloading a bunch of shows to burn to DVD. I'm watching one right now..

>_>[/QUOTE]
I need to get myself DVD a burner. I think I will look into that. I would love to do that stuff. I'm running out of space on both my HD's (especially C: ) so I can't really download loads of large content to store Somethings gotta give....
[QUOTE=Seafroggys;13492196]welll, I'm might as well post some pics from the gig. (this is in backwards order)

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010564.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010563.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010556.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010553.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010552.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010551.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010546.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010541.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010540.jpg[/IMG]

that's just about 1/3 of the encore pics :cool:

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010539.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010538.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010533.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010527.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010524.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010520.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010517.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010515.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010514.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010513.jpg[/IMG]

about 1/2 the rest

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[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010509.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010508.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/seafroggys/The%20Who/P1010507.jpg[/IMG]

the opening act and the getting there[/QUOTE]
those were great. if i could i'd rep you for all the effort but i can't since i recently have already. :-/

the show looks good. i hope the crowd is good. an older audience can often times be quite mellow. at least that is my experience going to see older artists. and some can be downright irritating, seemingly forgetting what a R&R gig is supposed to be about as they call the babysitters on their cell phones and keep running to the concession stands for another beer during "boring songs". we'll see....

[QUOTE=JXD;13485749]so The Who kick a.ss, amirite...

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgVoDHOCfio[/url]

lol[/QUOTE]omfg they rock

Nice pictures. Everyone around me seemed to be way older. Yay old people fest.

Yeah thats often times a thorn in my side when going to gigs by older artisits. Does this happen to all of us when we age? Hope not. Often times the crowd dosen't shout, scream, jump, or anything. No real excitement, I guess you couold say. Sort of understandable. But at least suit up and show up for the night...

...and then I've had the opposite problem (i've been to a lot of gigs) of the older folks trying to relive the glory of their f'd up youth for a couple of hours by getting too drunk or stupidly "wild" and disrupting the entire show with their moronic antics. I'm 26 so i'm sort of at an in between age. And the younger people can be stupid, too. But at least they are supposed to be. And more often then not they are really excited to be there and experience it right. So that's usually cool. Kids with their parents are usually cool to be around, as all parties seem to have a good time.

I'm going alone so I have my plans. I have an aisle seat. So if I get seated next to morons at least they will be to the right of me only and I won't be stuck between idiots. Plus I'm arriving a bit late because Nov 5th is my brother in laws birthday and we are getting together in the afternoon to celebrate with lunch, drinks, etc. So i'm literally racing to the Hollywood Bowl from Pasadena in the evening, rushing in, and taking my seat. Most likely just in time for The Who. And since I'm going alone moving down front may be an option, too. So that will be fun.

But I want no disruptions! This is THE WHO. Last time around. And I will not tolerate foolishness around me! :smash:


EDIT: yeah, those youtube vids are great. funny stuff. check out the Bell Boy one if you have time. When he goes into the Keith part its pretty amusing. And he actually does a good job with the song...

[url]http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/[/url]

You know the drill. Click on Towser TV when you get there for a very good Swiss gig the band did in mid July. Full encore included. So watch it when you have time if you're going to watch the whole thing. It's looped so you never know what part you'll be coming in on.