Conference mr1pst::music

    
    Anyone know what's the name of the album that has the song 'Eminence
    Front' on it ?
    
    I gotta get that song !
    
    thanks,
    
    Peter
    
    

    It's the one with the kid and the video game on the cover.

    Wasn't it "It's Hard"?
    
    - Dave

    
    Yup.  And it is aq good song, one of my favorite Who tunes.
    
    DFW

Yea, I really like the STUDIO version;  the live version leaves a bit to be
desired, what with Daltry not paying attention and coming in late on several
vocal lines... 

Great to listen to, but a bit of a bore to play...

-- Sam

I read on the internet newsgroup rec.music.misc that Pete Townshend is 
touring in support of his latest release.  Can anybody provide me with the 
details?  
						hoping it's true,
						Mike

    re .6
    
    What I heard is that it's a theater tour stopping at only
    5 or 6 cities. Mentioned were Chicago, Berkley, San Diego,
    NYC, and a few others. No Boston date, yet.
    
    -Tom

Re: Note 248.7 by STAR::TPROULX 
    
>    What I heard is that it's a theater tour 

All the better!

>    stopping at only
>    5 or 6 cities. Mentioned were Chicago, Berkley, San Diego,
>    NYC, and a few others. No Boston date, yet.

Can you tell me where you found this information?  

I _have_ to see one of these shows -- I'm one of the world's biggest 
Townshend fans, and my guitar has the dents to prove it! ;^)

							Mike

    re .8
    
    Mike,
    
    I heard this on the radio (101.7, WFNX). Not sure what
    the shows will be like. Townshend did mention in a 
    Musician magazine interview that he would like to perform
    acoustic versions of "A Quick One," "Quadrophenia," and
    "Tommy" all in one performance. Please post here if you 
    hear anything else.
    
    _Tom

According to my contact in Indiana, Pete is playing on July 17 and the 
venue is the Arie Crown theatre in Chicago.

A desperate soul begs...gimme info...and a line on tickets!

							Mike

    Pete is doing a pay-per-view concert tomorrow night.  Is this being
    FM simulcast in the Boston area?
    
    Jamie

    I do believe it will be simulcast in Boston ($20.00+).  Does anyone
    know the song list?

Anyone else attend the Pete Townsend show at Great Woods last night? It was
at first great, then disappointing, the exhilirating! (With substantial reason 
for the disappointing part.... read on!)

The audience were the indirect winners last night, courtesy of several 
technical problems that plagued the show. First, this was the only arena-sized
show that Pete is playing on this tour (all the others have been theatres).
So they had to waste time until the sun went down before launching into 
the latest album ('Psychoderelict'), since the performance of 'Psychoderelict'
includes screen projections (and onstage actors). So while waiting for it
to get dark, Pete played a myriad of hit songs from both The Who and his
solo albums.

About 45 minutes into the show, it was appropriately dark, and they started
the 'Psychoderelict' portion of the show, intending to run through the story
from beginning to end. However, about 4-5 songs into it, they ran into 
problems with the on-screen projections, and Pete stopped the show (in 
mid-song!), apologized to the crowd, and said they would play some other
material while the problem got straightened out. (They then played a 
magnificent 15-minute version of "Magic Bus" that probably would have been
more at home at this past weekend's H.O.R.D.E. festival! Along with "You
Better You Bet" and brilliant, rocking "A Little Is Enough".)

In the meantime, Pete was getting obviously furious with the technical
problems; at one point you could see him yelling at the crew, and then 
stormed off the stage (I could swear that he came *this* close to smashing
a guitar - and it probably would have been over someone's head!).

After a few minutes of dead air onstage (with the poor band wondering, 
audibly, "what's going on?"), Pete came back and announced that they wouldn't 
be able to complete the full production, and would just play some selections
from the album; which they proceeded to do, sans projections and actors.
This was a shame, since I really love the 'Psychoderelict' album, and was
really getting into the presentation! (Luckily a friend of mine taped the
pay-per-view on Saturday night, so I'll still get to check it out on tape.)

Well, to make a long review a little shorter, here's a listing of some of
the non-'Psychoderelict' songs they played (in no particular order):

"Anyway, Anyhow, Anyway" (acoustic)
"My Generation" (acoustic)
"The Kids Are Alright" (acoustic)
"Pinball Wizard"
"See Me, Feel Me"
"Eminence Front"
"You Better You Bet"
"Who Are You"
"Magic Bus"
"Won't Get Fooled Again"  (acoustic opening)
"Behind Blue Eyes" (acoustic)
"Rough Boys"
"Let My Love Open The Door"
"Face To Face"
"Save It For Later" (acoustic opening)
"A Little Is Enough"
"Girl From The North Country"
"I Am An Animal"
"Heart To Hang On To"
"Until The Rivers Run Dry"

The show ran about three hours, and was truly amazing! Pete must have been
feeding off his anger, as he whipped around the stage (and whipped his
arm in that trademark guitar-playing move!), acting 20 years younger than
he looked! The band, taken from the cream of British-touring musicians,
included Phil Palmer and Andrew Fairweather-Low on guitar, Pino Palladino
on bass, Simon Phillips on drums, John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keys, and
Katie Kissoon on backup vocals (along with another vocalist and a harp
player, both of whose names escape me). While it was a shame that we didn't
get to see the full 'Psychoderelict' production, I don't think anyone
went home complaining!

alan

    Could anyone who has a tape of the PPV please send me mail? My address
    is GRANPA::DFAUST and I would like to work pout some sort of trade for
    a copy. I was out of town on vacation for the last week and a half and
    I missed it.
    
    Dennis Faust
    

    re .13
    
    Yes, I was there also.  The projector failure was straight out of
    Spinal Tap; you could see stagehands being hauled up and down the
    rigging behind him.  The system wasn't working right from the beginning
    of the show, so they had plenty of time to work on it before
    Psychoderelict.  It was a bit of a disappointment, I was dying to see
    how they'd dramatize the "witch's teats."
    
    I'm also looking for a hi-fi vhs copy of the pay-per-view special.  I
    have stuff to trade, if anyone can hook me up.
    
>"I Am An Animal"
>"Until The Rivers Run Dry"
    
    Are you sure about these two?  I don't remember hearing them.
    
    One surprise was that he ignored material from "All The Best Cowboys
    Have Chinese Eyes."  I wonder why.
    
    Jamie

    I caught the show too, and was reminded of Spinal Tap when the
    projector started having problems. You'd think they'd just shut
    it off. Pete did look like he wanted to splinter his guitar at
    that point.
    
    At any rate, he bounced back. Highlights for me were "Heart to
    Hang on To," "A Little is Enough," and "You Better You Bet," which
    I always thought sounded more like a Townshend solo song than a Who
    song. "Magic Bus" was interesting, too. I thought the songs from
    the new album sounded good. "Girl from the North Country" was a
    nice suprise too.
    
    Although he didn't play anything from "Chinese Eyes" or 
    "Quadrophenia" for that matter, but he did cover alot of ground. 
    I had heard he was doing "A Quick One" at some shows. Now that 
    would've been interesting.
    
    -Tom

    I was at the show, and there is a great story of how I got tickets, but
    to make it short, I did't have tickets until I got to GW, and when I
    did get there (15 MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTED), I was able to buy from
    the ticket booth 3RD ROW, SECTION 1 (to the right of the stage).  I
    couldn't believe how close I was!  I was able to see, up close, Pete's
    reaction to the technical problems.  It was GREAT!  He was absolutely
    Bull S___!  I bet 15 years ago, he would have not come back to perform. 
    As the other replys noted it was an excellent show.  I too was
    disappointed about the lack of Chineese Eyes material, but he
    definitely made up for it.  
    
    The only disappointing thing I caught, and this is purely a personal
    feeling, was that Pete has started drinking again!  He was sober for at
    least 10 years.  I read an article in Time Magazine a few weeks ago
    that said he fell off the wagon about 6-7 months ago, but has since
    stopped drinking.  It's too bad he went back off.  I hope he's alright
    with whatever he's going through.
    
    Mike
    
    PS:  I'm absolutely positive he didn't do "I am an Animal"

re: .15 (Jamie)
    
>> "I Am An Animal"
>> "Until The Rivers Run Dry"

>    Are you sure about these two?  I don't remember hearing them.

No, actually I'm not positive about them. There were four or five songs that
I didn't recognize, and I tried to match them up with a previous show's 
setlist that I pulled off the USENET. So I may have had a couple errors...

alan

    Alan,
    
    I'm interested in seeing the other setlist(s).  Do you think you'd be
    able to post them here?  
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

Setlists from the USENET:

From: [email protected] (Alan McKendree)
Subject: Re: Townshend in Berkeley
Organization: MCC, Austin, Texas
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 18:42:28 GMT

Thanks to Bill Shaw for compiling/correcting this

The corrections are in, once again I present what I believe to be the 
correct setlists for both shows. I don't think A Little is Enough followed
Naked Eye on Monday, as Paul has suggested, but what do I know? that was 
four days ago...!

Pete Townshend, August 2, 1993         Pete Townshend, August 3, 1993
Berkeley Community Theatre             Berkeley Community Theatre

Cobwebs and Strange                    Let My Love Open the Door
Save It For Later                      Rough Boys
I am an Animal                         Keep Me Turning
Rough Boys                             Pinball Wizard +
The Kids are Alright                   Who Are You
Drowned                                Until the Rivers Run Dry
Eminence Front                         Sheraton Gibson
                                       Sleeping Dog            
<<PSYCHODERELICT>>
                                       <<PSYCHODERELICT>>
Magic Bus 
Heart To Hang On To                    Girl From The North Country
A Little Is Enough                     A Little Is Enough
The Naked Eye                          Behind Blue Eyes
Face The Face                          Face The Face
You Better You Bet                     Won't Get Fooled Again ->
Won't Get Fooled Again                  Let's See Action ->
                                         Won't Get Fooled Again
My Generation ->                       Got Love If You Want It/I'm The Face
 Big Boss Man ->                       Save It For Later +
  My Generation
                                       +w/Michael Cerveris (actor currently
					 playing Tommy in "Tommy" on Broadway

Townsend's Anger Ignites Explosive Rock
---------------------------------------
by Steve Morse
Boston Globe

The tantrum may still be raging for all we know. The Who's Pete Townsend, 
peeved that some multi-media screen projections didn't work Monday night
(thus disrupting the largest show on his tour), promised the "definitive
artist's tantrum" once the show ended.

"I will kill people", Townsend said through gritted teeth to the 10,000 fans
at Great Woods. "We have this unbelievably expensive technology that won't
[expletive] work."

God only knows what tongue-lashing his technical crew received, especially
since the glitches forced Townsend to scrap most of his new rock opera,
'Psychoderelict'. But the screwup actually led to an incredibly free-form,
improvised rock show, as Townsend reeled explosively from Who songs to solo
tunes, from the flat-out mania of "Magic Bus" (a classic since the Woodstock
days) to a surprisingly tender cover of Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North
Country". Townsend did the Dylan ballad, he said, because it reminded him
of his family at home in England (he has three kids), far away from the
craziness of the road.

Although he suffered from a cold and was nearly ballistic at his stage crew,
Townsend used Monday night's show at rock therapy. He played for three hours
nonstop (nary a soul left the arena during that time) and ended up only adding 
to his legacy as one of rock's most tumultuous, most cantankerous figures.

His show started slowly. He tossed off some Who tunes (a great "Behind Blue
Eyes", a bad "Pinball Wizard", a drudgily acoustic "Kids Are Alright") some
solo tracks (a solid "Rough Boys") and an impressive emotional tune ("Heart
To Hang On To") from his collaborative 'Rough Mix' album with Ronnie Lane
in 1976.

The came the ill-fated 'Psychoderelict' songs. He did only a few tunes from
this pungent tale about a burned-out rocker who finds new life (with three
actors playing the roles of the rocker, his manager, and a nosy disc jockey) 
before the screen projections failed and Townsend blew up.

To his credit, he fought through it and used rock'n'roll as his escape valve.
Although a bit hoarse from his cold (and wiping his nose repeatedly), he 
blistered through "Magic Bus" (dual guitarists Phil Palmer and Andy 
Fairweather-Low also blazed behind him), then hit a transcendent level with
The Who's "You Better You Bet", which had the crowd waving fists in support,
knowing that Townsend had found a second wind.

The nirvana continued. Townsend, slamming out guitar chords with his patented 
windmill motions, roared through "Just A Little Is Enough", "English Boy" (a 
crunching, Who-like rocker from 'Psychoderelict'), the English Beat's "Save
It For Later", and Who tunes "Who Are You", "Face To Face", and "Won't Get
Fooled Again".

His band also rose to his intensity. Drummer Simon Phillips pounded out 
grooves with abandon, harp player Peter Hope-Evans ran around the stage like
a lunatic and backup singer Katie Kissoon (who has toured with Eric Clapton
and Van Morrison) pushed Townsend to even greater heights.

He finally let the crowd go with a sterling acoustic treatment of "My 
Generation", then a climatic "Eminence Front". By this time he was like a 
stick of dynamite, but the show proved once again that an agitated Townsend
may be the best Townsend of all.

    Here's my take at the Great Woods set, more or less in order:
    
    Rough Boys
    Let My Love Open the Door
    Heart to Hang on to
    Behind Blue Eyes
    Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere -|
    I'm a Boy                 | acoustic medley
    The Kids are Alright     _|
    Pinball Wizard
    See Me/Listening to You
    ----------------------
    Psychoderelict songs
    ----------------------
    Magic Bus
    You Better You Bet
    A Little is Enough
    Save it for Later
    ----------------------
    More Psychoderelict songs??
    ______________________
    Who are You
    Face the Face
    Won't Get Fooled Again/Let's See Action
    Girl From the North Country
    My Generation 
    Eminence Front
    
    -Tom

    re .22
    
    Nice job!
    
    >Psychoderelict songs
    
    English Boy up to Let's Get Pretentious
    
    >More Psychoderelict songs??
    
    Now and Then
    1 or 2 more
    English Boy reprise
    
    >My Generation 
    
    With a verse of Big Boss Man thrown in.
    
    I'd love to get a copy, if there were any stealth tapers there . . .
    
    The Who's movie, The Kids Are Alright, has been re-released after
    bbeing unavailable for years.  There's an added bonus track of the
    title song, but it's just a lip-synch promo tape, no big deal.  The
    movie itself is as powerful as the band.  My favorite scenes are:
    
    Their performance of "My Generation" on The Smothers Brothers show. 
    They plow through it, smash up the gear, and blow up the drum kit.  Then
    Pete (I think) grabs Tommy Smother's acoustic guitar out of his hands
    and smashs that too.
    
    An interview done for German TV.  The interviewer asks Pete a very
    long pretentious philosophical question.  Pete ponders this for a
    minute and replies "Uhhh . . . yah."   The German subtitles make it
    even funnier.
    
    Jamie

>    The Who's movie, The Kids Are Alright, has been re-released after
>    bbeing unavailable for years.  There's an added bonus track of the
>    title song, but it's just a lip-synch promo tape, no big deal.  

Do you know if the restored the complete version of "A Quick One"? I remember
when I saw the movie on its theatrical release, they had Brian Jones 
introducing the band. But the video release skips that part, and starts 
halfway into the song.

> The movie itself is as powerful as the band.  

I agree - I wasn't much of a Who fan until I saw the movie, then I began to
understand...

alan

    re .24
    
    I had to return my copy because of an audio problem, so I can't check
    this 'til a new one arrives.  I watched it through once, and I don't
    remember the intro . . . then again, I don't remember the song being
    cut either.
    
    It's interesting that this clip, from the never-to-be-seen Rolling
    Stone's Rock 'n' Roll Circus, is presented with a marquee-style border
    around it.  I imagine they had to go through a lot of legal hassles to
    include it at all, but I don't understand why it had to be shown with
    the border.
    
    Jamie

    Has the sound been cleaned up in the new version of "The Kids
    are Alright?" Great movie, but if I remember correctly some
    of the audio was not exactly high quality.
    
    -Tom

    
> I watched it through once, and I don't remember the intro . . . then again, 
> I don't remember the song being cut either.

The original version has Brian Jones (wearing a big top hat) introducing the
band, then they start the song acapella ("Her man's been gone..."). The 
VHS version I have skips the introduction, and starts partway into the song
(I forget exactly where, but not with the acapella opening).

alan

    re .26
    
    No, it hasn't.  I think this was a quickie re-release to capitalize on
    Tommy on Broadway.  To be fair, much of it was from 60s TV programs, and
    TV has never cared much about sound quality.
    
    Most of the Who's albums have sound or mix problems.  In fact, can
    anyone tell me if the MFSL version of Quadrophenia is better mixed than
    the original?  How about the re-mixed one CD version of Tommy?
    
    re .27
    
    I'll check when I get my new (and hopefully improved) copy in a week or
    two.
    
    Jamie

    Quadrophenia - now that brings back a LOT of memories - also one of my 
    all time top varourite films - great music - 
    
    
    					Stuart

    re .27
    
    The videotape has a cut version of "A Quick One" as you described. 
    There's no intro, it begins with the "clang, clang . . ." bridge.
    
    I've watched it twice and still can't spot Rick Danko in the film. 
    He's listed as appearing after Steve Martin, but I can't find him.
    
    There's a prescient scene in the film which shows Pete joking with
    Keith about a hearing test he's just had.  The punchline was that the
    doctor advised him to learn how to read lips.
    
    Jamie

re: -1

>    The videotape has a cut version of "A Quick One" as you described. 
>    There's no intro, it begins with the "clang, clang . . ." bridge.

Thanks Jamie. I was afraid of that.... I don't know why they didn't restore
the entire original footage. I guess there must have been some legal 
entanglement involved....

alan

    How is the sound on the "Who By Numbers" CD ??    I've been thinking
    about replacing my old vinyl/tape, which still sounds pretty good...
    
    Blue, Red & Grey   is a cool tune on that album

    re .-1
    
    It's very good.  One of their better produced albums.
    
    How's the sound quality on the remastered (1 cd) version of Tommy?  The
    original release (lp and cd) is horribly mixed.
    
    Jamie

    
    
    		Has anyone seen the musical TOMMY written by Pete
                Townshend? If so how was it and would you recommened it?
    
    		Liz
    		

  
  I saw this in New York about three weeks ago.  I guess
a recommendation depends on what you expect.  It has
great music which is well performed (in NY at least), 
good dancing, costumes, sets, and unbelievable special
effects. It is VERY entertaining.  However, the story is
absolutely impossible to follow, as are most of the 
lyrics (even for those of us who knew them beforehand).
The group I was in was split between those who cared
about the story and those who didn't and enjoyed it for
the entertainment's sake. 

 -Evan

    The pay-per-view concert mentioned a few replies back is out on
    videocassette.  The title is "Pete Townshend Live."  Unfortunately,
    Pete seemed to be suffering a cold that night and his vocals aren't as
    strong as I'd like.
    
    The Psychoderelict portion of that show is going to be shown on PBS's
    "Great Performances" series (tonight at 10 on ch. 2 in Boston).  The
    video includes teh rest of the show, about another hour of material.
    
    Also, a version of Psychoderelict with the music only is out on CD.
    
    Jamie

    I saw the Psychoderelict show last night and thought it was fantastic! 
    It brought back the memories of seeing him at Great Woods.  It's too
    bad we didn't get to see the projections, but I don't think it took too
    much from the music. 
    
    I heard 3 live cuts from Pete's new CD the other morning (PB Wizard,
    See Me...... and Let My Love Open the Door.  I've called some stores to
    see if they had the cd, but NO ONE seems to know about it.  Does anyone
    know when it will be released, and what tracks are on it.  I'd
    appreciate any response!
    
    Mike

    I get home last night from a flight, I'm surfing the cable, and
    whoa!, Psychoderelict is indeed on PBS!!  After fumbling to find a
    blank video cassette, all that I missed was the intro stuff from
    "Tommy".  Great stuff.  Almost makes me want to see Townshend live
    again, the last time was when Moon was still alive...
    
    -Ken
    

    just incase you WERE planning to go see the Tommy show tonite, it has
    been canceled....just heard it on the radio

    
    It was supposed to be the best production ever. Radio said that it
    was canceled due to "synchronization" problems.
    
    Lale
    

    In the Boston Globe this morning they said that they had "computer
    problems" incurred in transit from the last gig.
    
    Cheers,
    Ken
    

    the comment i heard on tommy cancellation was that
    there is a lot of computer and electronics involved with
    the show.  apparently, in setting up and tearing down
    the show, they 'broke' some of the equipment.
    
    better get a Digital packaging engineer on the case.
    
    blind willis

    Saw it in NYC several weeks ago and considered it a religious
    experience.  The production was superb.  Impossible to catch your
    breath during the entire first act.
    
    Mark.

    I saw "Tommy" in Boston last Friday night, and I have to agree with
    .44: a religious experience.  Just flat excellent - music, dancing,
    singing, sets, sound, everything.
    
    Dave

Saw Saturday's show in Boston...  The music was wonderful, the band was hot!!
Plus it was nice that they kept it as a rock band (plus french horn) and
didn't try to rewrite it all for an orchestra with a guitar tacked on.

But I would have liked it better as a concert than a play.  Some of the
dramatic action seemed kind of contrived to me.  And the singing and acting
was ok, but not nearly as exciting as the (instrumental) music.

The other thing that bothered me was that the "message" was completely
changed.  Originally Tommy discovers something mystical while deaf/dumb/blind
and tries to get people to look within themselves to find it.  In the play,
the lyrics of several songs were changed so that Tommy's discovery is the joy
of being able to experience everyday life.  Maybe if it had been written that
way in the first place...but it wasn't, and I found the new lyrics jarring. 
It kind of spoiled the second act for me...

-Lance-

    I heard on the radio yesterday that Pete was to be honored by Carnigie
    Hall at the end of the month.  I thought I heard that Roger was
    organizing it, and would include many of the rock and roll elite.
    Anyone else know of this and can provide more details.
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

    
    You got it pretty much right, actually.  Supposedly guest artits galore
    helping out with the tribute.
    
    - Sean

    Is there anyone out there that saw the PPV Event Saturday.  I ordered
    it, but didn't receive it.  I heard songs like "The Song is Over" and
    "A Man is a Man", were there any other surprises?
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

    It was OK. Not great. Entwistle came out for a couple songs, 5:15 then
    left? Towshend only did a copule too, then left. Alice Cooper was good.
    Not many guests. Spin Doctors were ok. The girl from 4 Non Blonds was
    on too much. Who else? 

    Alice Cooper???!! What the Hell was he doing there?
    Do you Remember what Song(s) he did??
    
                Crazy_Al
    

    Im a Boy....

    
    An aside - I was in a Strawberries a week or so ago, and heard The
    Who's "Substitute" come blasting over the store's sound system.  I
    listened for a moment, then realized it wasn't The Who doing it.  I
    asked the kids behind the counter who was playing, they said,
    simultaneously "The Naked Eaters"/"The Ramones", then  "Great song!".
    I said, old fart that I am, "the orginal's by The Who".  Blank stares.
    
    len.
    

That's "Acid Eaters" by the Ramones.  ;^)

	I remember that The Who did a live version of 'Substitute' -
	with Simon Phillips on drums, since Keith Moon was not able
	to play ;-)..
	Now, Simon is a GREAT drummer, with a particular more jazzy
	style than the one of Keith's, BUT: he destroyed this fabu-
	lous song completely, by using the closed high hat in a 'mo-
	dern rock' style, whereas Keith Moon banged away on the cym-
	bals through the whole song - which IMO is one of the key
	points in this song...

	Poul

BTW, Pete Townsend sings backup on the Ramones cover.

alan

    
    
    Disney channel, Sunday at 9pm -- "The Who's Tommy: The Amazing Journey"