Concert for NY- from someone who was there (Kevin Mc)

[Sroundtable@aol.com]

I spent nearly $1200 on a 27 hour visit to New York City (my first), but I 
only needed 30 minutes.  My seat wasn't great, but it was dead straight on to 
the stage so I could see it all.  As some of you may remember, this was also 
my first time seeing The Who live.  The cost of the weekend was the fucking 
bargain of my life.  I had no idea that Pete could still go all out like 
that, and Roger can still (almost) hit all the notes and whip the mike around 
like he was 21.  The magic fingers of the Ox, on loan from God, we in vintage 
form.  Rabbit and Zak did exactly what they should have done- play great and 
stay out of the way.  The most satisfying part of it all was that the Who 
performed with maybe the greatest single show line-up in music history and it 
was NO CONTEST.  And EVERYONE was saying it after the show.  The crowd stood 
the entire half hour and felt the shere power of the performance.  Roger's 
harmonica solo at the end of Baba O'Riley was god damn incredible, too.  I'll 
give a more detailed review of the show tomorrow, including McCartney's awful 
finale- right now it's almost 3am and I got to teach tomorrow.  In the end, 
when people reflect on this concert many years from now, it will be the Who 
they will have to mention first.  I'm only sorry that I didn't make to BB's 
in time to catch the end of the JEB show.  I don't think there can be any 
question now for anyone WHO the greatest rock n roll band of all time IS!!

Yours in Who-ness,

Kevin Mc