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Re: ROYAL ALBERT HALL - UNCENSORED REVIEW



the intro to my wife was john saying "if i had a thousand pounds for every 
time i've introduced this song...."
and roger cut him off and said " you have !"

JC


>From: Bjørn Ciggaar <ciggaar@warande.net>
>To: thewho@igtc.com, oddsandsods@thewho.net
>Subject: ROYAL ALBERT HALL - UNCENSORED REVIEW
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:50:36 +0100
>
>Holy shit...
>
>This was the best concert I have ever seen. The stage was about as big as 
>my dorm room. The front row counted about 20 seats, and I was in seat 13 
>(actually ended up in seat 12), so I was almost dead center front row, a 
>bit off to John's side. Unbelievable.
>
>RAH is a great venue. I don't really care about the sound of it, because I 
>didn't really hear any of the acoustics that well (you never get a great 
>sound when you're front row).
>What surprised me was one thing that nobody else had mentioned in any 
>reviews; the jams and solo's! They where different! And I don't mean 
>different different, I mean totally different!
>And John was just onto it. Sometimes it seems like he's playing on his own, 
>but right now, he was with the band. Especially during WGFA, he went on for 
>just a bit longer into the synth solo. He played excellent. The night was 
>surprising; all the stuff they did; AND the special guests where just cool! 
>It was nice to see Pete play with other people then The Who. It was a sort 
>of tribute to The Who. Brian Adams was great! Some might not know what the 
>heck his connection with The Who is, but he wrote some songs for Roger on 
>"Under A Raging Moon".
>
>A surprising night. I was going out of my brain...
>
>And they came onstage, and I was going mad, jumping up and dancing along 
>untill someone from security told me to sit down... Oh well, so I sat down. 
>The stage was very low, so I didn't mind that much (when I was standing I 
>actually was the same height as Roger). I was spinning on my chair with my 
>fists in the air.
>
>Roger saw me, pointed at me, walked in my direction and said: "Welcome!".
>Pete was wearing a blue checked shirt, sunglasses and a black coat.
>* I Can't Explain
>* Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
>With an extended solo-bit; this one rocked!!! The solo was so in tune; 
>amazing...
>* Pinball Wizard
>I don't know what it is, but this song keeps getting better. And ofcourse 
>everybody knew this one!
>* Relay
>Pete's introduction "this is our first song this evening from Lifehouse" 
>(and a bit of an explanation)
>* My Wife
>I don't know if I'm correct on this, because according Kim + Lester John 
>said something different... I dunno... But I was standing in front of him, 
>and what I though he said was: "It feels like I anounced this song a 
>thousand times - actually I have though haven't I?"
>This was a great My Wife. Pete was jumping a lot (and so was I); during 
>this song (during the fast chord changes; DANG-DANG-DANG-DANG) I was 
>punching in the air and going crazy, Pete just looked at me and smiled.
>* The Kids Are Alright
>The usual TKAA.
>* Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
>Pete anounced this as a silly (sorta) song.
>* Bargain
>Pete explaining the meaning of this in Lifehouse; about something great 
>happening at a concert.
>* Magic Bus
>Pete was saying this was a small step "up" in the set list.
>Pete: "Sometimes this song is absolutely great... Sometimes... And 
>sometimes it's just great."
>Roger: "But that's because sometimes the audience doesn't sing along!"
>And the audience did sing along! The jam was amazing; Roger was totally 
>wearing the harmonica out. It sure was building up to a climax. I got in my 
>seizure (happens at times); this was unbelievable. At the end Pete said 
>that Roger must've been breathless!
>* Baba O'Riley
>With Nigel Kennedy. Very cool.
>
>Intermission (Roger: "we'll be back in a shake of a donkey's tail")
>I was just standing in the corridor with Paul (Majortom) with our jaws on 
>the floor... This was unbelievable...
>
>Phill Jupitus came on... I thought he was pretty cool actually. Some dumb 
>fuckers where interrupting him. I heard they actually gotten a comedian in 
>there on purpose, so it wouldn't be labeled as a concert, so that the 
>balcony boxes wouldn't be for the season ticket holders but could be sold 
>for the good cause.
>But Phill got back to them. I was feeling sorry for this guy, he was right 
>in front of me, and he was trembling and almost got tears in his eyes when 
>those buggers up there kept yelling and chanting.
>He introduced Roger as; "And here is; BTW a big Arsenal fan - but don't 
>hold this against him; ROGER DALTREY" (followed by a lot of booing)
>Roger came up saying; "And I'm not giving you any more WHO if you don't 
>show any more respect for Arsenal" (there was a half boo, half cheer) "No, 
>that's not it" (a bit more cheer) "Alright, and now a big hand of applause 
>for Phill." (and he got it)
>Roger handed a 1m pound cheque to the doctor that started all this. It was 
>touching; the doctor had brought along 2 gold medal athletes who suffered 
>from cancer as well. The crowd was still a bit rowdy, but I was glad they 
>settled down for this.
>Roger anounced that Paul weller was coming up, but he wasn't. Roger told 
>Pete: "Oh Pete, I fucked up!". Pete: "Oh? Did you Roger? Geeee...". :-)
>
>Pete had changed his shirt, he was wearing a yellow shirt.
>
>* Drowned (PT)
>Did a restart after saying "I forgot the words...". Very, very good 
>version.
>* Heart To Hang Onto
>Dedicated to Ronnie Lane. Amazing how good Pete pulleed this one of on his 
>own. I loved it. It had a full sound and Pete's voice was great!
>* So Sad About Us
>Accompanied by Paul Weller. Nice harmonies. Halfway Rabbit joined in too...
>
>Zak and John came up. Zak was all dressed in WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>* I'm One
>They introduced Eddie Vedder. It was pretty good. It just struck me that 
>Eddie had his eyes closed the entire song and didn't look into the 
>audience.
>* Getting' In Tune
>Eddie, Roger and Pete shared vocals. This was a great version; really 
>great.
>* Behind Blue Eyes
>Roger was about to introduce the next guest, but Pete told him it was a 
>surprise. I was yelling "SANTA! SANTA!", and Pete said; "Yeah, a surprise 
>guest; Father Christmas!". :-)
>Bryan Adams was very, very good. But he didn't really interact with the 
>audience the way Roger and Pete do.
>* You Better You Bet
>Usual... It rocked...
>* The Real Me
>John's bass playing was incredible on this one...
>* 5:15
>John got a buzzard with a camera on the end of his neck. His solo was 
>amazing, and got lots of cheers. At the end I was hailing him, and he just 
>posed in a way saying "I know I am the greatest!". :-) I was shouting out 
>"THUNDERFINGERS!". And Roger said "John Thunderfingers Entwistle".
>Roger: "And he was playing several notes at once! John; how many did you 
>actually intend to play?"
>John: "Just one." :-)
>* Won't Get Fooled Again
>Noel Gallagher played along. Very nice version. Sounds great with 2 
>guitars...
>* Substitute
>With a guy from the Stereo-Phonics. Roger commented on the guy being 
>smaller then him. Nice version (with 2 guitars). It just gives such a 
>different sound... And addition to The Who's sound...
>* Let's See Action
>Together with Eddie Vedder; who again closed his eyes for most of it.
>* My Generation
>BAM! BAM! BAM!!! This one just BANGED! Straight into the jam and, then it 
>got quiet... And Roger sang:
>* See Me Feel Me
>Bryan and Eddie came on up during "Listening to you" and later a bunch of 
>kids came up too. There went to stand in front of John. So they totally 
>blocked John. John was looking for a way to get through, but he couldn't 
>make it. He was totally lost. So he walked around and appeared at the far 
>left end and kinda popped out of the crowd and waved like "yooooohoooo! I'm 
>here!". :-)
>
>And thus ends it all... NOT!!! (more later)
>Cheers,
>Bjørn Ciggaar
>http://www.warande.net/~ciggaar
>
>"Is that your natural hair colour???"
>- John Entwistle after seeing my hair (7th of October)
>

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