Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Who - Sparks (1969 Isle of Wight)
Another great version of The Who performing "Amazing Journey/Sparks." The video comes from the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival. I don't think I have seen this one on YouTube before, even though it says it was posted five years ago. "Sparks" begins around the 3:14 mark.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
The Who - Sparks
I have amassed a pretty solid collection of The Who performing "Sparks" here. The above comes from Woodstock in 1969 and opens with a commentary from Pete Townshend.
Guy That Most Sounds Like Freddie Mercury
There's been some controversy lately over the news that Adam Lambert is going to be joining Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor to headline the Sonisphere Festival this summer in Knebworth, U.K. I've also read that those reports are not true.
That news lead me to YouTube and an audition for The Queen Extravaganza by Marc Martel, who really does sound like Freddie Mercury.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Pete Townshend - Won't Get Fooled Again
Pete Townshend played a short set at the Prince's Trust Benefit Concert at the Royal Albert Hall on November 23. More from the concert at my other blog Who Zeppelin.
Mike Francesa Explains the Phrase "Jump the Shark"
Now if only WFAN's Mike Francesa would explain where "goodnight the lights" came from.
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Great video from October 2001 of The Who at Madison Square Garden for the Concert for New York City. This is the last time that John Entwistle (October 9, 1944-June 27, 2002) would be on stage with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend in America.
The Who - Pure and Easy
"Pure and Easy" is one of my favorite songs by The Who, if for nothing else but its great lyrics.
The song is Track 10 of the Who's album - Who's Next and is the original version recorded at the Record Plant in New York on March 17, 1971. Pete Townshend said that his one regret about Who's Next was that "Pure and Easy" was not included when the album was first released. The song, which was included on the 1995 reissue of the album, is the basis for the Lifehouse project.
The Civil Wars
I was watching the Americana Awards last week - mostly to see Alison Krauss open the show and Robert Plant sing "Monkey" with Patty Griffin - but I was pleasantly surprised by some of the other musicians on the show including The Civil Wars. Here they sing "Barton Hollow."
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Who's Next is 40 years old this month. The album opens with "Baba O'Riley," whose name is derived from Pete Townshend's primary spiritual influence Meher Baba and minimalist composer Terry Riley. Townshend's college roommate Richard Barnes claimed on the DVD, Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who, that Pete put Baba's birth information into a synthesizer and it produced the loop for the song.
More on The Who at my other blog here.
Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren sing "I Saw the Light" during an episode of Live From Daryl's House, which in this case is actually from Todd's house in Hawaii. I really enjoy these two together and I've seen them both in concert; Todd Rundgren solo at the Tarrytown Music Hall and Hall and Oates in Bethel, N.Y. on the grounds of the original Woodstock concert. Incidentally, Hall and Rundgren played a show in May in Atlantic City. I'm sure most people that like these guys would love to see them do a full tour.
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Oh, Atlanta
Alison Krauss and Union Station - New Favorite
Alison Krauss and Union Station sing "New Favorite" at the Louisville Palace in April 2002. This song would become part of a live album which would be released in November of that year.
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Top of the Pops 1971)
These words definitely apply to what is going on in the world today:
"There's nothing in the streets, Looks any different to me, And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye."
Alison Krauss and Heart - These Dreams
I've seen many concerts over the last few months - all good to great. Heart I saw at Mohegan Sun (along with Def Leppard) and Alison Krauss I saw at Foxwoods. Nice to see them both together on this Heart classic.
The Who - Best Cry Ever (YouTube Silliness)
I laughed a little bit at this video, but it's also kind of weird. Just some of the silliness that you can find on YouTube.
The Who - Concert for NYC Who Are You
It has almost been 10 years since this concert took place at Madison Square Garden. A different angle from what I have seen before of The Who performing "Who Are You," which is one of the four songs the band would play that night.
Concert for New York City Rehearsals
This video contains commentary by some of the stars that performed and spoke at the Concert for New York City. It also shows The Who rehearsing for the Madison Square Garden benefit concert.
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