Re: MSG review from New York Post

["andrew wiechman" <Jovar1701v@email.msn.com>]

Thats a pretty harsh review, but this is the end of the tour every band, in
even ones in their prime dont have the energy they did at the beginning of
the tour.

were all
> bluster, relying on the greatness of the music to carry the night rather
> than on the quality of the performance.

Thats bullshit and its a cheap shot, when even in atlanta yes they seemed a
little tired but its not like they're performing the Mikado, A who show is
as physical as any olympic event,
so give them a break.
drew w


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Cady <cadyb@home.com>
To: Scott's list <oddsandsods@thewho.net>; Paul's Who List <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 7:32 AM
Subject: MSG review from New York Post


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>
> THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT BUT THE WHO AIN'T
> Wednesday,October 4,2000
>
> IN THE last gasps of The Who show at Madison Square Garden last night,
> during the encore rendition of "My Generation," Roger Daltrey stuttered
the
> classic line: "I hope I die before I get old." Too late.
>
> At the opening concert of the band's four-show series, which continues
> tonight, Friday and Saturday, the band, whose principals include singer
> Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend and bassist John Entwistle, were all
> bluster, relying on the greatness of the music to carry the night rather
> than on the quality of the performance. For most at the nearly sold-out
> show, that was good enough, but in comparison to the performance that The
> Who offered concertgoers at the PNC Bank Arts Center and at Jones Beach
this
> summer, the MSG performance was a pale reflection.
>
> Townshend struck his six-string electric with his customary windmill
strums;
> when Daltrey wasn't singing, he whipped his mike around like a lariat; and
> workman bassist Entwistle hammered at the bottom. But the only real signs
of
> life at this flat-line concert came from Zak Starkey - Ringo Starr's son -
> an inspired young drummer who carried the evening for these geezers.
>
> The evening wasn't with out its fun. Townshend actually whacked himself in
> the nose during one of the windmill maneuvers, which probably accounts for
> his between-song babbling, which often made little or no sense. Whenever
> Townshend would start to ramble, Daltrey seemed to cringe at what nonsense
> the man would utter next.
>
> Still, since Townshend's thick accent and clipped diction is nearly
> unintelligible, it hardly mattered.
>
> While the babbling patter was a major waste of time, what was at the
bottom
> of most of it was that the music of The Who is often about identity
crisis.
> Who? That's right. Still, the band hit all the notes, and the devoted fans
> loved the withered performance, but it all seemed so tired, as if no one
> except young Starkey cared.
>
> What was interesting about the show is how the band extended individual
> songs with jams that often did nothing to enhance the tune except make it
> longer. As the songs were longer, so was the show, which wound up after
> midnight.
>
> The best numbers of the opening performance were the encore of "The Kids
Are
> Alright," plus "Teenage Wasteland" and "Can't Explain." On that trio of
> tunes, the band seemed invigorated and ready to conquer Madison Square
> Garden - but in the end, The Who was too small for the job.
>
> If The Who was bad, the warm-up act, The Wallflowers, were worse. Jakob
> Dylan's band played like they were a last-minute addition to the bill
(which
> they were, since the Black Crowes, featuring Jimmy Page, ducked out of
this
> show).
>
> So down in the mouth was Dylan the younger that before he played his final
> song he uttered lifelessly, "The main event is on its way. You've all been
> very patient. We're going to do one more."
>
> The Wallflowers, though, were fun, even a little exciting, during songs
such
> as "One Headlight" and their cover of Bowie's "Heroes." It's when they
> worked material from their upcoming disc, "Breach," that they were a
snooze.
> By DAN AQUILANTE
> Copyright 2000 NYP Holdings, Inc.
>
>         -Brian in Atlanta
>          The Who This Month!
>         http://members.home.net/cadyb/who.htm
>
>
>