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Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

  • AMG Review of Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

    Amg
    Richie Unterberger
    All Music Guide

    This double CD is pretty similar in sound and content to the expanded Live at Leeds album, except there's much more from Tommy, and a few semi-obscure numbers like "I Don't Even Know Myself," "Water," and "Naked Eye." Hardcore Who fanatics seem to prefer Live at Leeds, which was recorded only a few months before this material. That viewpoint is understandable: the performances are sharper on Leeds, and if you're not a big-league fan, that single-disc set is a more economical survey of the band in concert during this era. If you do like the Who a lot, though, Isle of Wight is worth having. The sound and performances are decent, although be aware that the band's on-stage version of Tommy omits some decent songs from the opera, such as "Sensation" and "Underture."

Should I go to the Who show in PA? This clip says yes.
over 3 years ago

A friend of mine got tickets to go see them on the 27th of this month. I shouldn't spend the money, but it's the Who!

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My review of my karaoke performance this friday night...
over 3 years ago

After somehow focusing long enough to fill out the little karaoke slip, I finally took the 'stage' at about 1:50AM on Friday night/Saturday morning...All eleven people in Mickey's pub clapped politely as I stumbled to the stage! I then proceeded to rock out the Who's 'My Generation'....threw the mic stand down Pete Townsend style and was politely asked to leave!! I rocked!!

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Young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days...
about 1 year ago
Those are some tight white pants, Pete
over 2 years ago

On those rare moments lately when I'm not listening to UNKLE I seem to be listening to The Who. I blame the documentary I saw last week. Enjoy.

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WHO Do You Think You Are...?
over 2 years ago

I've got to throw this up before I get to work and give some propers to jsguntzel who mentioned finding an Addam's Family pinball machine "*during a trip to Nashville*":http://mog.com/jsguntzel/blog_post/43509 on a post the other day...it brought back a ton of memories...back when I was a road dawg, whenever our band got to a new town we'd look high and low, hither and yon to find one of these...

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I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth...
over 2 years ago
Keith Moon Was F*%#ing Amazing
over 2 years ago

Heaven And Hell (Isle of Wight, 1970)It's Keith Moon's drumming that makes this song (a song that The Who themselves thought they never got right in the studio) a perfect kick start to any day and every day, as well as to the Who shows back in the day. Check out John Entwistle's skeleton suit. And try to watch Moon go berserk about 2:15 in without getting a big grin on your face.See Me Feel Me/...

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Lyrics to "Summertime Blues" performed by The Who
about 1 year ago

~NHxo4UuBpZb.mp3 ~Tis the season for this song. I am sure that many can relate to these lyrics. Enjoy.Summertime BluesWritten by Eddie Cochran; Jerry Capehart Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss I'm gonna raise a holler 'Bout workin' all summer Just to...

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Lyrics to "Substitute" by The Who
about 1 year ago

The version of the song posted here is from "Who's Better, Who's Best" but for some unknown reason MOG has tagged as "Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970". WHO lyrics

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Should I go to the Who show in PA? This clip says yes.
over 3 years ago

A friend of mine got tickets to go see them on the 27th of this month. I shouldn't spend the money, but it's the Who!

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More on Liner Notes - Squares trying to be hip
over 3 years ago

So here's a sample of the kind of kooky liner notes they just don't make any more: the liner notes from The Who's My Generation. Can you imagine if Radiohead or TV on the Radio had liner notes that read like this, and fans actually read them?:Original Liner Notes from The Who's My Generation----------------1965 will go down in musical annals as the year of THE WHO. It was in January of that yea...

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Welcome
over 3 years ago

Hello, my name is Taylor. I am a freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. My musical tastes are older than most kids my age. My favorite recording artist is The Who. I am very excited to see them in concert in Denver in November. I like most genres except Country. I don't listen to a lot of modern music, especially rap. I can get into some old school hip hop like Run ...

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Geriatric and Roll
over 3 years ago

I'm struggling here. I've got a miniaturized Pete Townshend circa 1966 on my right shoulder and a miniaturized Pete Townshend circa 2006 on my left. And they won't stop bickering. '66 Townshend is telling me to save my cash, go see a few smaller shows and forget all these old guys trying to relive the glory days. '06 Townshend is telling me "I'm still Pete Motherfuckin' Townshend" and we are ...

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