Re: RAH first night controversy

[magik <magik1@optonline.net>]

Kevin,

Just got in from London and I'd put it this way: Any WHO show is great. On
Thursday night, it was the first show for many of those who posted "great"
comments. And it was a good show, but out of the 5 shows, I would rank it 5th. As
far as John's voice, I thought he sounded fine, as fine as he's capable at this
point, but still better than in the recent past.

The order of greatness of the shows, IMHO:

1st- Portsmouth 1st show, the night Pete smashed his guitar!!!
2nd- 2nd RAH show, when Pete fell into the audience, and very likely injured
himself and one audience
member. Outside of the early days when they broke all their instruments, with
Keith contributing on the drum kit, it was the most unusual thing I've ever seen
at a Who show!
3rd- Watford, which had one of the greatest finishes of a Who show I've ever
seen!!! Especially the encore when after MG's extended jam, Pete broke into SB
and surprised us again when he broke into YMB!!!
4th- 2nd Portsmouth show, as the audience was not quite as into it as the first
night
5th- 1st RAH show, as Pete did appear bored. He hardly spoke at all, being the
1st show after putting his foot in his mouth with the marbles comment at Watford.
The most uninspiring version of Summertime Blues I've ever heard, and it's my
favorite Who song.

In general, 2 spectacular weeks overall and 5 times of hearing SB!!! Again, they
play too much of the greatest hits and do not include enough of the unplayed
stuff. But all in all: FANTASTIC!!!

Met with many listers and will soon be posting some of the better pix from the
4,000 I was able to take, almost all from the front row. Talk to you soon,

magik

Sroundtable@aol.com wrote:

> I can't get a read on how the show actually was on thursday night.  My friend
> tells me it fuckin rocked and was incredible, another report says it was the
> worst Who show he'd ever seen.  someone else loved it and said they cried
> during amaz journey/sparks.  the review i just read by that morrison guy
> praised it for its energy but said john's bass solo during 5.15 was
> "excruciating" , yet everyone on the list says it was awesome.  someone else
> was annoyed that pete kept saying he was bored and didn't have his usual
> banter w/the audience, but the review said he was doing it a lot.  does the
> truth lie somewhere in the middle?  one thing everyone seems to agree on:
> john's vocals during My Wife were terrible.  what's up with his voice?  does
> he sing lead in JEB? (i've never seen them).  is he off-key or is the voice
> just weak?
>
> Kevin mc