Classic Albums - The Who: Who's Next
Starring:The Who, Classic Albums
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Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers, and musicians that created them. Their strong sonic debt makes their DVD issues problematic, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand on them. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late-20th-century pop, then this isn't the place to start. If you know the originals, however, these smartly written, well-produced documentaries can open up a richer understanding of the genesis for each album.
Who's Next proves a terrific candidate for this deep-focus approach: in songwriter and chief strategist Pete Townshend, we're presented with one of the most thoughtful, articulate rock gods extant. His own capacity for self-analysis, as well as an underlying empathy for the band's original Mod fans, translated directly into the band's songs. Townshend's sense of daring had already yielded a more conspicuous rock landmark with Tommy, the "rock opera" that preceded what eventually emerged as Who's Next, which seemed comparatively straightforward, an album of songs without an obvious narrative thread. In fact, Townshend had sought to carry the theatrical underpinnings of Tommy to a higher, interactive level by creating a sprawling stage piece, Lifehouse, that would use the theater space and the involvement of fans to expand on the studio conception that yielded his saga of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid.
Who's Next thus emerges as something of a mirror for the listener--for Townshend, the reductive but still potent remnant of a grand, white elephant, for the rest of the band simply their best album. Surviving members Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and vocalist Roger Daltrey provide generous comments on the history of the project, and interviews with managers, press agents, and writers, including biographer Dave Marsh, all reinforce the sense that, however chimerical Lifehouse itself proved, it produced a rich set of songs honed by the live performances they received during the project's chaotic development as a de facto theatrical laboratory. --Sam Sutherland
Description
The songs and story of the Who's classic album. Who's Next is viewed by many as the greatest testament to the songwriting talent of Pete Townshend and the musical power of the Who. When the album was released in 1971, it climbed to the Top 5 on the Billboard chart and remained in the Top 40 for five months. The story of how the Who came to record the album is told by group members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle, together with contributions by those who were close to the group during this recording, also providing insight into the importance of the late great Keith Moon to the success of the Who. The songs recorded for the Who's Next album are featured here, including such classics as "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Baba O'Riley," and "Behind Blue Eyes." Included in this documentary program are previously unseen performances of songs from the album that prove the longevity and lasting appeal of "Who's Next," a true classic album. 61 minutes.
Average customer rating:
- A "must have" for any Who fan.
- Good DVD
- Great album, good DVD
- Who's Next - One of my favorites
- Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!
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Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers, and musicians that created them. Their strong sonic debt makes their DVD issues problematic, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand on them. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late-20th-century pop, then this isn't the place to start. If you know the originals, however, these smartly written, well-produced documentaries can open up a richer understanding of the genesis for each album.
Who's Next proves a terrific candidate for this deep-focus approach: in songwriter and chief strategist Pete Townshend, we're presented with one of the most thoughtful, articulate rock gods extant. His own capacity for self-analysis, as well as an underlying empathy for the band's original Mod fans, translated directly into the band's songs. Townshend's sense of daring had already yielded a more conspicuous rock landmark with Tommy, the "rock opera" that preceded what eventually emerged as Who's Next, which seemed comparatively straightforward, an album of songs without an obvious narrative thread. In fact, Townshend had sought to carry the theatrical underpinnings of Tommy to a higher, interactive level by creating a sprawling stage piece, Lifehouse, that would use the theater space and the involvement of fans to expand on the studio conception that yielded his saga of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid.
Who's Next thus emerges as something of a mirror for the listener--for Townshend, the reductive but still potent remnant of a grand, white elephant, for the rest of the band simply their best album. Surviving members Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and vocalist Roger Daltrey provide generous comments on the history of the project, and interviews with managers, press agents, and writers, including biographer Dave Marsh, all reinforce the sense that, however chimerical Lifehouse itself proved, it produced a rich set of songs honed by the live performances they received during the project's chaotic development as a de facto theatrical laboratory. --Sam Sutherland
Description
The songs and story of the Who's classic album. Who's Next is viewed by many as the greatest testament to the songwriting talent of Pete Townshend and the musical power of the Who. When the album was released in 1971, it climbed to the Top 5 on the Billboard chart and remained in the Top 40 for five months. The story of how the Who came to record the album is told by group members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle, together with contributions by those who were close to the group during this recording, also providing insight into the importance of the late great Keith Moon to the success of the Who. The songs recorded for the Who's Next album are featured here, including such classics as "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Baba O'Riley," and "Behind Blue Eyes." Included in this documentary program are previously unseen performances of songs from the album that prove the longevity and lasting appeal of "Who's Next," a true classic album. 61 minutes.
Customer Reviews:
A "must have" for any Who fan........2007-02-19
This is a great DVD about one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The interviews with Townshend and Daltrey and even the engineers and producers are very insightful. Besides hearing about the making of "Who's Next" it is an interesting insight into how albums are produced. Or at least were produced when musicians played and singers sang by themselves!
Good DVD.......2006-11-04
A good DVD to see the behind the scenes look at the making of Who's Next.The "unplugged" scenes of Townsend doing songs from the album on his accoustic guitar are awesome.
Great album, good DVD.......2006-01-27
I've heard all the of Who's major albums many times, have read the Dave Marsh history of the band as well as biographies of Moon and Townshend, have a live concert bootleg, find the post-Moon albums disappointing, have seen plenty of concert footage (of which there is never enough), and saw the boys perform Quodrophenia in 1996. That said, this DVD contains something for just about every level of Who fan. What I would have wanted is more footage from 1971-2, when the Who recorded the album and went on tour. There's no footage of the band in the studio making the album. Perhaps no such footage exists. But we do get some scenes of Pete working on the synthesizer parts. It's amazing to see how far technology has come. What took up a whole room of equipment in the early 70s can now fit on a Casio keyboard. The concert footage of "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley," which is shown repeatedly, is from the late 70s film the Kids are Alright. Novice fans might not be able to tell. Entwhistle's concert performance of "My Wife" looks to be from 1972, perhaps the closest the DVD comes to showing the Who at their peak. Still, this making-of DVD contains many pleasures. I had never heard Pete's "Won't Get Fooled Again" demo, which demonstrates that he was a one-man band (as those who have heard "Who Came First" can attest). I've always wanted to see Pete playing piano, and here the DVD obliges by showing him perform some of "Pure and Easy." Also nice here is Pete's solo, acoustic rendition of "Won't Get Fooled Again" near the end of the disk. I also liked it when the album tracks were isolated to emphasize the voice, bass, drums, or guitar parts. It's almost touching to see Roger get giddy over Keith's drum playing on "Behind Blue Eyes." Anyone who is familiar with the Who will know a lot about the Lifehouse project, and one can read liner notes of the "Who's Next" reissues to learn even more. This DVD goes heavy on the blockbuster songs "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Behind Blue Eyes." "Bargain" and "Getting in Tune" are only played as background music clips, and "Love Ain't for Keeping" isn't mentioned at all. The commentary is good. Pete is the kind of guy incapable of giving a boring interview, and this DVD is no exception. It's particularly nice to see him talk without having to explain for the millionth time why the Who smashed their instruments--a question by the way, to which he has given various answers. The rivalry between Pete and Roger is also preserved when Pete jokingly refers to Roger as a "furry animal." In short, it's always great to see the Who, whether live or on tape. I would have liked this DVD to have been 2 hours or more, but it does give a good overview of perhaps the best rock album of the 1970s.
Who's Next - One of my favorites.......2004-09-30
I'd like to start by saying I really enjoy all the Classic Albums series documentaries. If you get the chance, check out some of the other titles, like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, etc.
Also, to point out, this is a documentary on the Making of an album, not a concert video...although there are some live concert clips and music videos, all found on The Kid's Are Alright.
On to the review: Overall, this makes an excellent companion to "The Kid's Are Alright" for Who Fans. If you're a fan of the Who's Next album, you'll get an inside view of how and why the songs were put together, told mostly from the viewpoint of Pete, Roger, and John themselves.
Hearing Pete's original demo for Won't Get Fooled Again is really cool, although it has a totally different feel than the end product, as Pete plays all the instuments on the demo, with a half-time beat...very interesting.
The introspect into the routing of the organ thru the synth shows how groundbreaking and essential the use of keyboards were to these songs. However, most of the time is spent on "Fooled Again", and I would have liked to have seen something on the organ track for Baba O' Riley (for those who would like more info on this, I found a cool link: http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equip-baba.htm) There also used to be a page with someone's recreations of these tracks, but it no longer exists :(
I also like Pete's candor with the interviewer (one of my favorite lines is when he's listening back to the organ solo on Fooled Again and kind of chuckles to himself and calls it "brilliant" -which it was, really), but most of all, I enjoyed hearing the individual tracks being solo'ed up to hear them isolated from the rest of the mix. As a musician myself, this is like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls! I think it's pure magic to hear the individual components, and how they all work together to form the classic music that we've all come to know and love for so many years now.
Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!.......2004-09-01
This is the most consistently brilliant Who album ever!!! Sure Tommy may have great songs, but many of them were filler and short little ditties. The Who's Next showed the true genious of Townshend and the boys. From start to finish, not a single throwaway track here. A must listen for any music fan!
To tell you all the truth, I haven't even seen the documentary (although i will purchase it within the next few minutes thanks to amazon). The real reason I write this little scrap is that I thought Ray Davies' review was ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!! The way he completely dissed Andrew from Switzerland was classic and it had me rolling on the floor for about 10 minutes! Props to Ray ( and Andrew's mom) for the comic relief and true understanding of what makes a good documentary.
And props to the Who for the inspiring music.
peace.
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- A "must have" for any Who fan.
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- Great album, good DVD
- Who's Next - One of my favorites
- Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!
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Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers, and musicians that created them. Their strong sonic debt makes their DVD issues problematic, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand on them. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late-20th-century pop, then this isn't the place to start. If you know the originals, however, these smartly written, well-produced documentaries can open up a richer understanding of the genesis for each album.
Who's Next proves a terrific candidate for this deep-focus approach: in songwriter and chief strategist Pete Townshend, we're presented with one of the most thoughtful, articulate rock gods extant. His own capacity for self-analysis, as well as an underlying empathy for the band's original Mod fans, translated directly into the band's songs. Townshend's sense of daring had already yielded a more conspicuous rock landmark with Tommy, the "rock opera" that preceded what eventually emerged as Who's Next, which seemed comparatively straightforward, an album of songs without an obvious narrative thread. In fact, Townshend had sought to carry the theatrical underpinnings of Tommy to a higher, interactive level by creating a sprawling stage piece, Lifehouse, that would use the theater space and the involvement of fans to expand on the studio conception that yielded his saga of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid.
Who's Next thus emerges as something of a mirror for the listener--for Townshend, the reductive but still potent remnant of a grand, white elephant, for the rest of the band simply their best album. Surviving members Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and vocalist Roger Daltrey provide generous comments on the history of the project, and interviews with managers, press agents, and writers, including biographer Dave Marsh, all reinforce the sense that, however chimerical Lifehouse itself proved, it produced a rich set of songs honed by the live performances they received during the project's chaotic development as a de facto theatrical laboratory. --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews:
A "must have" for any Who fan........2007-02-19
This is a great DVD about one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The interviews with Townshend and Daltrey and even the engineers and producers are very insightful. Besides hearing about the making of "Who's Next" it is an interesting insight into how albums are produced. Or at least were produced when musicians played and singers sang by themselves!
Good DVD.......2006-11-04
A good DVD to see the behind the scenes look at the making of Who's Next.The "unplugged" scenes of Townsend doing songs from the album on his accoustic guitar are awesome.
Great album, good DVD.......2006-01-27
I've heard all the of Who's major albums many times, have read the Dave Marsh history of the band as well as biographies of Moon and Townshend, have a live concert bootleg, find the post-Moon albums disappointing, have seen plenty of concert footage (of which there is never enough), and saw the boys perform Quodrophenia in 1996. That said, this DVD contains something for just about every level of Who fan. What I would have wanted is more footage from 1971-2, when the Who recorded the album and went on tour. There's no footage of the band in the studio making the album. Perhaps no such footage exists. But we do get some scenes of Pete working on the synthesizer parts. It's amazing to see how far technology has come. What took up a whole room of equipment in the early 70s can now fit on a Casio keyboard. The concert footage of "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley," which is shown repeatedly, is from the late 70s film the Kids are Alright. Novice fans might not be able to tell. Entwhistle's concert performance of "My Wife" looks to be from 1972, perhaps the closest the DVD comes to showing the Who at their peak. Still, this making-of DVD contains many pleasures. I had never heard Pete's "Won't Get Fooled Again" demo, which demonstrates that he was a one-man band (as those who have heard "Who Came First" can attest). I've always wanted to see Pete playing piano, and here the DVD obliges by showing him perform some of "Pure and Easy." Also nice here is Pete's solo, acoustic rendition of "Won't Get Fooled Again" near the end of the disk. I also liked it when the album tracks were isolated to emphasize the voice, bass, drums, or guitar parts. It's almost touching to see Roger get giddy over Keith's drum playing on "Behind Blue Eyes." Anyone who is familiar with the Who will know a lot about the Lifehouse project, and one can read liner notes of the "Who's Next" reissues to learn even more. This DVD goes heavy on the blockbuster songs "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Behind Blue Eyes." "Bargain" and "Getting in Tune" are only played as background music clips, and "Love Ain't for Keeping" isn't mentioned at all. The commentary is good. Pete is the kind of guy incapable of giving a boring interview, and this DVD is no exception. It's particularly nice to see him talk without having to explain for the millionth time why the Who smashed their instruments--a question by the way, to which he has given various answers. The rivalry between Pete and Roger is also preserved when Pete jokingly refers to Roger as a "furry animal." In short, it's always great to see the Who, whether live or on tape. I would have liked this DVD to have been 2 hours or more, but it does give a good overview of perhaps the best rock album of the 1970s.
Who's Next - One of my favorites.......2004-09-30
I'd like to start by saying I really enjoy all the Classic Albums series documentaries. If you get the chance, check out some of the other titles, like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, etc.
Also, to point out, this is a documentary on the Making of an album, not a concert video...although there are some live concert clips and music videos, all found on The Kid's Are Alright.
On to the review: Overall, this makes an excellent companion to "The Kid's Are Alright" for Who Fans. If you're a fan of the Who's Next album, you'll get an inside view of how and why the songs were put together, told mostly from the viewpoint of Pete, Roger, and John themselves.
Hearing Pete's original demo for Won't Get Fooled Again is really cool, although it has a totally different feel than the end product, as Pete plays all the instuments on the demo, with a half-time beat...very interesting.
The introspect into the routing of the organ thru the synth shows how groundbreaking and essential the use of keyboards were to these songs. However, most of the time is spent on "Fooled Again", and I would have liked to have seen something on the organ track for Baba O' Riley (for those who would like more info on this, I found a cool link: http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equip-baba.htm) There also used to be a page with someone's recreations of these tracks, but it no longer exists :(
I also like Pete's candor with the interviewer (one of my favorite lines is when he's listening back to the organ solo on Fooled Again and kind of chuckles to himself and calls it "brilliant" -which it was, really), but most of all, I enjoyed hearing the individual tracks being solo'ed up to hear them isolated from the rest of the mix. As a musician myself, this is like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls! I think it's pure magic to hear the individual components, and how they all work together to form the classic music that we've all come to know and love for so many years now.
Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!.......2004-09-01
This is the most consistently brilliant Who album ever!!! Sure Tommy may have great songs, but many of them were filler and short little ditties. The Who's Next showed the true genious of Townshend and the boys. From start to finish, not a single throwaway track here. A must listen for any music fan!
To tell you all the truth, I haven't even seen the documentary (although i will purchase it within the next few minutes thanks to amazon). The real reason I write this little scrap is that I thought Ray Davies' review was ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!! The way he completely dissed Andrew from Switzerland was classic and it had me rolling on the floor for about 10 minutes! Props to Ray ( and Andrew's mom) for the comic relief and true understanding of what makes a good documentary.
And props to the Who for the inspiring music.
peace.
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- A "must have" for any Who fan.
- Good DVD
- Great album, good DVD
- Who's Next - One of my favorites
- Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!
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Originally produced for cable and home video as a documentary project, the Classic Albums series offers in-depth profiles of enduring rock and pop albums built around first-person interviews with the artists, producers, and musicians that created them. Their strong sonic debt makes their DVD issues problematic, since the segments aren't intended to replace the original audio recordings, only to expand on them. If you haven't heard these albums, nearly all of them landmarks in late-20th-century pop, then this isn't the place to start. If you know the originals, however, these smartly written, well-produced documentaries can open up a richer understanding of the genesis for each album.
Who's Next proves a terrific candidate for this deep-focus approach: in songwriter and chief strategist Pete Townshend, we're presented with one of the most thoughtful, articulate rock gods extant. His own capacity for self-analysis, as well as an underlying empathy for the band's original Mod fans, translated directly into the band's songs. Townshend's sense of daring had already yielded a more conspicuous rock landmark with Tommy, the "rock opera" that preceded what eventually emerged as Who's Next, which seemed comparatively straightforward, an album of songs without an obvious narrative thread. In fact, Townshend had sought to carry the theatrical underpinnings of Tommy to a higher, interactive level by creating a sprawling stage piece, Lifehouse, that would use the theater space and the involvement of fans to expand on the studio conception that yielded his saga of that deaf, dumb, and blind kid.
Who's Next thus emerges as something of a mirror for the listener--for Townshend, the reductive but still potent remnant of a grand, white elephant, for the rest of the band simply their best album. Surviving members Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and vocalist Roger Daltrey provide generous comments on the history of the project, and interviews with managers, press agents, and writers, including biographer Dave Marsh, all reinforce the sense that, however chimerical Lifehouse itself proved, it produced a rich set of songs honed by the live performances they received during the project's chaotic development as a de facto theatrical laboratory. --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews:
A "must have" for any Who fan........2007-02-19
This is a great DVD about one of the greatest rock albums of all time. The interviews with Townshend and Daltrey and even the engineers and producers are very insightful. Besides hearing about the making of "Who's Next" it is an interesting insight into how albums are produced. Or at least were produced when musicians played and singers sang by themselves!
Good DVD.......2006-11-04
A good DVD to see the behind the scenes look at the making of Who's Next.The "unplugged" scenes of Townsend doing songs from the album on his accoustic guitar are awesome.
Great album, good DVD.......2006-01-27
I've heard all the of Who's major albums many times, have read the Dave Marsh history of the band as well as biographies of Moon and Townshend, have a live concert bootleg, find the post-Moon albums disappointing, have seen plenty of concert footage (of which there is never enough), and saw the boys perform Quodrophenia in 1996. That said, this DVD contains something for just about every level of Who fan. What I would have wanted is more footage from 1971-2, when the Who recorded the album and went on tour. There's no footage of the band in the studio making the album. Perhaps no such footage exists. But we do get some scenes of Pete working on the synthesizer parts. It's amazing to see how far technology has come. What took up a whole room of equipment in the early 70s can now fit on a Casio keyboard. The concert footage of "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley," which is shown repeatedly, is from the late 70s film the Kids are Alright. Novice fans might not be able to tell. Entwhistle's concert performance of "My Wife" looks to be from 1972, perhaps the closest the DVD comes to showing the Who at their peak. Still, this making-of DVD contains many pleasures. I had never heard Pete's "Won't Get Fooled Again" demo, which demonstrates that he was a one-man band (as those who have heard "Who Came First" can attest). I've always wanted to see Pete playing piano, and here the DVD obliges by showing him perform some of "Pure and Easy." Also nice here is Pete's solo, acoustic rendition of "Won't Get Fooled Again" near the end of the disk. I also liked it when the album tracks were isolated to emphasize the voice, bass, drums, or guitar parts. It's almost touching to see Roger get giddy over Keith's drum playing on "Behind Blue Eyes." Anyone who is familiar with the Who will know a lot about the Lifehouse project, and one can read liner notes of the "Who's Next" reissues to learn even more. This DVD goes heavy on the blockbuster songs "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Behind Blue Eyes." "Bargain" and "Getting in Tune" are only played as background music clips, and "Love Ain't for Keeping" isn't mentioned at all. The commentary is good. Pete is the kind of guy incapable of giving a boring interview, and this DVD is no exception. It's particularly nice to see him talk without having to explain for the millionth time why the Who smashed their instruments--a question by the way, to which he has given various answers. The rivalry between Pete and Roger is also preserved when Pete jokingly refers to Roger as a "furry animal." In short, it's always great to see the Who, whether live or on tape. I would have liked this DVD to have been 2 hours or more, but it does give a good overview of perhaps the best rock album of the 1970s.
Who's Next - One of my favorites.......2004-09-30
I'd like to start by saying I really enjoy all the Classic Albums series documentaries. If you get the chance, check out some of the other titles, like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, etc.
Also, to point out, this is a documentary on the Making of an album, not a concert video...although there are some live concert clips and music videos, all found on The Kid's Are Alright.
On to the review: Overall, this makes an excellent companion to "The Kid's Are Alright" for Who Fans. If you're a fan of the Who's Next album, you'll get an inside view of how and why the songs were put together, told mostly from the viewpoint of Pete, Roger, and John themselves.
Hearing Pete's original demo for Won't Get Fooled Again is really cool, although it has a totally different feel than the end product, as Pete plays all the instuments on the demo, with a half-time beat...very interesting.
The introspect into the routing of the organ thru the synth shows how groundbreaking and essential the use of keyboards were to these songs. However, most of the time is spent on "Fooled Again", and I would have liked to have seen something on the organ track for Baba O' Riley (for those who would like more info on this, I found a cool link: http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equip-baba.htm) There also used to be a page with someone's recreations of these tracks, but it no longer exists :(
I also like Pete's candor with the interviewer (one of my favorite lines is when he's listening back to the organ solo on Fooled Again and kind of chuckles to himself and calls it "brilliant" -which it was, really), but most of all, I enjoyed hearing the individual tracks being solo'ed up to hear them isolated from the rest of the mix. As a musician myself, this is like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls! I think it's pure magic to hear the individual components, and how they all work together to form the classic music that we've all come to know and love for so many years now.
Awesome Album & Hilarious Review by Ray Davies!!!.......2004-09-01
This is the most consistently brilliant Who album ever!!! Sure Tommy may have great songs, but many of them were filler and short little ditties. The Who's Next showed the true genious of Townshend and the boys. From start to finish, not a single throwaway track here. A must listen for any music fan!
To tell you all the truth, I haven't even seen the documentary (although i will purchase it within the next few minutes thanks to amazon). The real reason I write this little scrap is that I thought Ray Davies' review was ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!!! The way he completely dissed Andrew from Switzerland was classic and it had me rolling on the floor for about 10 minutes! Props to Ray ( and Andrew's mom) for the comic relief and true understanding of what makes a good documentary.
And props to the Who for the inspiring music.
peace.
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- Hullabaloo, Vols. 5-8
- Elton John - Live in Barcelona
- Chicago - Live by Request
- Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) / Cambreling, Ewing, Rawnsley, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Glass Spider Tour
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- The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza
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Pearl Harbor Payback/Appointment in Tokyo
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