ALL MOD NO CONS – The Who & QUADROPHENIA (1973)
QUADROPHENIA (1973): No other songwriter has been able to express teenage angst as well as Pete Townshend – and there is no other album like ‘Quadrophenia.’
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NUMBER CRUNCHING – The Who & ‘THE WHO BY NUMBERS’
Townshend is not exactly reveling in his own misery, but on ‘The Who By Numbers’ addresses the problems facing him and The Who with brutal honesty.
JOHN ENTWISTLE – ‘AN OX’S TALE’ (documentary review):
John Entwistle stood as a musical flak-tower – firing off bass notes like tracer bullets.
YOUNG MAN DUES – THE WHO: Bingley Hall, Stafford 3/10/1975
The roar greeting The Who was the loudest thing I’d ever heard – until Townshend sent the opening chords of ‘Substitute’ searing through the hall.
FOR PETE’S SAKE – Townshend talks the talk (London: 6/11/19);
This being Pete Townshend, the most articulate rock musician of his generation, he was fascinating, funny and as one has come to expect, foul-mouthed.
PEOPLE ARE ON THE PITCH, THEY THINK THE WHO ARE ALL OVER: Wembley Stadium – August 1979
The Who – Wembley Stadium: August 1979: ‘With closed eyes, for a few seconds it was if nothing had changed. But opening them brought back the harsh reality that Keith was gone.’
BOYS ON FILM: The Who & ‘THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT’
With Moon’s last live performance captured for posterity, it emphasises the sense of finality forever attached to ‘The Kids Are Alright’
WHO’S THE SINGER? Roger Daltrey ‘Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite’ autobiography review
As The Who develop into the greatest live act rock has ever seen, Daltrey gives a fine account of what it feels like to connect with an audience at such times.
TALKING ON THE MOON – Keith Remembered.
‘The Song Is Over’ is propelled to a rousing conclusion by drumming from Keith Moon extraordinary even by his standards’.
MEMORIES THAT DON’T F-F-F-FADE AWAY – THE WHO triumph at Charlton
CHARLTON 31/5/76: The next day I awarded each song played a mark out of 10. ‘Amazing Journey’ must have been astounding; I gave it 12.
