With little fanfare, Geffen Records has released a deluxe 2-CD edition of The Who Sell Out, one of the group's most important albums and the precursor to Tommy.Released in 1967, it was Pete Townshend's first attempt at a concept record. Although not a totally successful experiment, it remains a critical hit from a music perspective along with a curiosity in some of the "extras" on the album. ...
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For UK and USA fans of The Who only. Upload a video of your best "windmill" and end up with a nice guitar, signed by Pete Townshend:The grand prize winner, selected by a panel of judges, will receive a Fender guitar, personally signed by Pete Townshend, with 25 runners-up winning a copy of Maximum R&B Live and other prizes.» windmill.thewho.com
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Roger Daltry, who is touring Australia with the Who, told the Courier Mail that Keith Moon would have dropped out of the group in a heartbeat if he could have drummed for the Beach Boys."He was a mad Beach Boys fan. He would have left the Who at the drop of a hat to join the Beach Boys. Even at our height, when the Beach Boys were on their way down and the Who were at the top of the world, if t...
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Co-founder of the legendary Woodstock Festival, Michael Lang was talking up quite the storm at this years 'SxSW Festival' where he spoke out about the possibility of a 40th Anniversary concert. Though Lang explained that at the moment he was seeking funding, he still laid down a lot of facts and names of what he would like to see and who he would want to play.
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The Who have announced that they will be giving $25 from every ticket sold for their March 29 Australian Grand Prix performance in Melbourne the the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.Michael Jackson is reportedly heading back into the studio to record additional new tracks before his London residency and he has called on will.i.am and Ne-Yo to give him a hand. Britain's News of the World also says tha...
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For some reason, we don't seem to get a ton of music DVD's here at the Ripple Office, but when they do come in, Pope and I salivate like Pavolian dogs. Within moments, the popcorn is popping, the lights are dimming and we're sitting back in front of our office theater, feet kicked up and waiting in anticipation.And on this particular day, we were not disappointed.more . . . http://ripplemusic.b...
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The Who are bringing their December 15, 1977 performance at the Gaumont State Theater in the Kilburn area of London to a DVD later this year. The concert film, chronicling the band's performance, is set for release November 18 and will be available as both a two-disc DVD and a single-disc Blu-ray. 'The Who: At Kilburn: 1977' will feature, in addition to the live performances, bonus live footage...
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Holy shit- who has seen the VH1 Honors for the Who? Foo Fighters TORE UP Young Man Blues to open the show....Incubus, Pearl Jam, all good...but goddamn I LOVE YOung Man Blues....best Who song ever...
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9:23 PM (PST)I'm watching The Who Rock Honors on VH1 now; it's about 20 minutes in and Incubus just covered "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain". Now I understand the whole premise of this concert and whatever, but there are definietly certain bands that shouldn't cover certain other bands. Incubus is one of them. to start, brandon boyd's vocals are already sub par, but jose antonio co...
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I love The Who. I love them like I’m far too young to, like a man twice my age. I don’t even remember them properly – Keith Moon died when I was six months old (almost to the day) and prior to the release of 2006’s ‘Endless Wire’, they’d only released three studio albums in my lifetime. In fact – and this is kind of my point here– ‘Endless Wire’ arguably wasn’t even The Who. It was The Who Minu...
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Despite the dodginess of continuing to bill themselves as The Who, Roger and Pete deserve credit for doing a little somethin' for the Motor City.
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A planned covers album by the Who, to be produced by T-Bone Burnett, is on hold but still on the British duo's radar, according to frontman Roger Daltrey.The vocalist tells Billboard.com that there's "no status" on the covers project at the moment because of Burnett's duties on the road with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. "It's an idea that's ticking away," Daltrey says. "It still probably wil...
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For those who won't - who can't - wave the white flag, this Last Man Standing has returned to The Main Stage! I was listening to The Who's "Magic Bus" the other day and it occurred to me that I first learned the word queue while grooving to this song. To this point, who knows how many British terms and slang I'd learned from The Beatles and The Stones, but I distinctly remember becoming awar...
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The Who are bringing their December 15, 1977 performance at the Gaumont State Theater in the Kilburn area of London to a DVD later this year. The concert film, chronicling the band's performance, is set for release November 18 and will be available as both a two-disc DVD and a single-disc Blu-ray. 'The Who: At Kilburn: 1977' will feature, in addition to the live performances, bonus live footage...
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| 2 Baba O'Riley [*] |
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| 3 Won't Get Fooled Again [Extended Version] |
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