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Quad at Earls Court, London
- Subject: Quad at Earls Court, London
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 17:53:37 -0800 (PST)
Two great shows on on Friday and Saturday, the latter winning out thanks to=
the two extra numbers, plus some superb electric lead by Pete.
=46riday extra's:
Won't Get Fooled
Behind Blue Eyes
Who Are You
Saturday extra's
Won't Get Fooled
Behind Blue Eyes
Substitute=20
Naked Eye
Who Are You
The whole production is a vast improvement on the Hyde Park debut (sorry,=
never made the US tour), the new video footage is really great and the=
actor (Alex?) is perfect as Jimmy - looks like a morph of Keith Moon and=
Phil Daniels and I would hope has a good acting career ahead of him. Nice=
to meet some old friends and listers backstage too.
Billy Idol was also good (despite his late entry tonight), while the only=
downer was the ludicrous casting of PJ Proby as Godfather - fat, American,=
can't sing, had to read lyrics on the floor, looked ridiculous - might as=
well have gone the whole hog and hired Marlon Brando! My choice would have=
been 70's UK glam rocker Alvin Stardust (formerly Shane Fenton) who has=
loads more style, a decent voice and does a nice line in self parody when=
he dons his super-size DA quiff.
The shows were great, but at the same time I can't help thinking they're a=
zillion miles from the original Quad performances at the Lyceum and Sundown=
Edmonton in December '73 - the days of real mega-volume, speakers=
collapsing, tapes going horribly out synch, missed cues, fights on stage,=
Moonie drumming like a complete demonic maniac, Pridden flying in from the=
wings trying to sort all the shit out, Townshend getting pissed (both=
meanings) out of his mind - now THAT was the REAL WHO...
Sorry, I'll wake up soon - back to '96 and at least Pete ended the London=
shows in style tonight, with some classic final words: "I'd like to fuck=
you all!"
That's our boy...