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Concert review: Amid some silliness, the Who sounds great
from: dispatch.com
by Gary Budzak
To rock for a half-century is pretty impressive, and the Who took a full Nationwide Arena on a two-hour Amazing Journey on Friday night.
Video screens continually showed images of the classic Who quartet, but six other men joined the voices of the group - singer Roger Daltrey, 71, and singer-guitarist Pete Townshend, 69 - to carry on the tradition, and the sound was great.
However, things got started with them trudging on stage and Townshend yawning as if to mock the rock-star conventions. They launched into I Can't Explain, and Townshend did the first of many arm windmills to his various guitars.
The bellowing Townshend was in a silly mood all night, wiping his nose before introducing the band, and introducing Daltrey as JOAN JETT. He also talked about a former girlfriend from Columbus who worked at Structure, and told a funny story about former drummer Keith Moon discovering Super Glue and using it to trash a hotel room.
This concert did cover most of the band's highlights, including early classics such as The Seeker, a chiming The Kids Are Alright, My Generation and I Can See for Miles. However, one of the main highlights was the brilliant goof A Quick One (While He's Away). Townshend called it an attempt to fill the second album with 10 more minutes of music, and the first of many of what he said were mini-operas for the Who.
Speaking of operas, Townshend said that the band's last tour presented Quadrophenia in its entirety and "We still went home broke." On Friday, they reprised I'm One and the transcendent Love, Reign O'er Me from that album. There was also Sparks, Pinball Wizard and See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You from Tommy.
The Who did Behind Blue Eyes, Bargain, Baba O'Riley (Daltrey did a harmonica solo at its end) and the closing Won't Get Fooled Again from the classic album Who's Next. Also included: cool renditions of Who Are You, Join Together, You Better You Bet, and the Mazda commercial theme music Eminence Front.
After the last song, Daltrey told the audience to be happy, healthy and lucky. It sounded like goodbye.
"We're the BLACKHEARTS from New York City," said opening act JOAN JETT, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Thirty-three years removed from her biggest hit, I Love Rock 'n ' Roll, Jett can still bring it, putting on a sharp, no-nonsense 40-minute set of hook-filled, crunchy, glam/punk rock. Talk about full circle - Jett also opened for the Who on the 1982 "farewell tour."
Ever androgynous-looking, Jett enjoyed herself, getting the audience to sing along on Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah); reminiscing about playing the Agora (now the Newport); flashing back to the title song of a movie she made with Michael J. Fox called Light of Day; playing You Drive Me Wild, the first song she wrote with her first group, the RUNAWAYS; and showing she's strong yet Fragile.
Jett proved she's still the "wild girl" she sings of on Cherry Bomb; not caring about her Bad Reputation; admitting "we are not to blame" on Love Is Pain and "I know what I am" on The French Song; and just rocking out on Crimson & Clover and the closing I Hate Myself for Loving You. |
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