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Re: I Can See For Miles
> Now I'm confused. Are you talking about the video "The Who Rocks America"?
> If it's on that video, that would be cool. But, that's not even from the
> same tour as Join Together, so it has to be a different version, right?
Mark goofed. "I Can See For Miles" is *not* on the 1982 Who Rocks America
video. He knows that.
> So, is there really a video of ICSFM from the 1982 tour?
No.
> I'm amazed this song has been played maybe only 20 times other than the
> 1989 tour.
I'm not really surprised. Some songs don't translate well live - and that's one
of them. It's difficult to pull off. It doesn't have a constant tempo to cling to.
It just sort of ebbs & flows. Rises & falls. Swells & retreats. It's a very
"liquidy" song.
If they had wanted to make it a live staple they would've had to restructure
it, a' la "Magic Bus," in which case it would've lost much of its resemblance
to the studio version......a' la "Magic Bus."
- SCHRADE in Akron