A celebration of fiteen years of The 'Orrible Who
Sheer pleasure from start to finish, this is a collection of songs and
interviews from the first fifteen years of The Who. It was originally intended to
commemorate fifteen years together but when Keith Moon died during production,
it became a tribute to the greatest drummer in rock history. He’s on wonderful
form here, whether going mad during “Baba O’Reilly” or taking his clothes off
on the Russell Harty show. The insight comes largely from the reliably eloquent
Pete Townshend seen in conversation with Melvyn Bragg and a young Jeremy
Paxman. But the songs are the thing and they’re quite wonderful. Pride of place
goes to the almighty diptych from “Who’s Next” – “Baba O’Reilly” and “Won’t Get
Fooled Again” but we’re also treated to clips from Woodstock and superb versions of “A Quick One While He’s Away”, and
“Magic Bus”.
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