Re: review of last night's show

[Alec Richards <artar_2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Pilam76@aol.com wrote:
> here is a review of last night's show from the
> tweeter center by the boston 
> globe:

I thought Steve Morse was on tour with Deep Purple
right now?!   Well, he's a good critic too.  I think
he wanted to say he was impressed with Pino's playing
but just couldn't out of respect.













> 
> The Who knows why its rock lives longBy Steve Morse,
> Globe Staff, 7/27/2002
> ANSFIELD - And then there were two. The two
> remaining members of The Who - 
> Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend - were criticized
> last month for opting to 
> tour so soon after the sudden death of bassist John
> Entwistle, but tour they 
> did anyway. And last night's show definitely
> suffered from the absence of 
> Entwistle, but not as much as some Who purists
> predicted.  Bassist Pino 
> Palladino, who has played in Townshend's solo band,
> filled in competently, 
> though without the flash and power associated with
> Entwistle. Fortunately, 
> though, Daltrey and Townshend lifted their own
> efforts and made this a night 
> to remember despite the lingering squeamishness.
> The Who roared out of the gate with early classics
> ''I Can't Explain'' and 
> ''Substitute,'' before settling into a rewarding
> night that had some rough 
> spots, but ended on a fiery upsweep with such
> vintage chestnuts as ''The Kids 
> Are Alright'' (with Townshend, looking fit in a
> tight black T-shirt, jamming 
> on guitar like a man possessed), ''My Generation''
> (with the line ''hope I 
> die before I get old'' taking on an eerie meaning,
> as Daltrey even rolled his 
> eyes while singing it), and the crunching ''Won't
> Get Fooled Again,'' the 
> highlight of the band's appearance at the Concert
> for New York last fall.
> The capacity 19,900 fans wouldn't let The Who leave
> last night until the band 
> had come back (even after the 11 p.m. curfew) to
> perform such additional 
> songs as ''Pinball Wizard'' and ''See Me, Feel Me''
> from the rock opera 
> ''Tommy.''
> In other cities, Daltrey has commented on Who
> bandmate Entwistle, but this 
> time it was Townshend. With yesterday's news still
> fresh that Entwistle had 
> traces of cocaine in his system when he died,
> Townshend said, in somewhat 
> persnickety fashion: ''Some of us are still careful
> about what we eat and 
> what we drink. We might not have as much fun as John
> Entwistle was having in 
> Las Vegas; we're pretty sure he was enjoying himself
> - it's not to be 
> recommended.''
> Entwistle was remembered more fondly in a photo
> montage at the end of the 
> program. Pictures of ''The Ox,'' as he was known,
> were flashed on two side 
> video screens and the crowd got a chance to pour
> out, indeed scream out, its 
> emotion.
> The Who performed on a propless stage, with the
> accent on the music. Rounding 
> out the band was Simon Townshend (Pete's brother) on
> rhythm guitar, Zak 
> Starkey (Ringo's son) on drums (and what an
> excellent job he did of keeping 
> the songs together, even when Daltrey's voice
> occasionally went out of 
> control), and longtime associate Rabbit Bundrick on
> keyboards.
> The concert started with '60s tunes, but moved
> through every era after that. 
> The song ''Who Are You'' was capped with Townshend
> windmilling on guitar and 
> spitting on the stage like a wild man. ''Relay'' was
> a crunching outake from 
> the album ''Who's Next,'', then ''I Can See for
> Miles,'' ''Baba O'Riley,'' 
> and ''Eminence Front'' led to a few songs from
> ''Quadrophenia'' (with a 
> blood-curdling scream from Daltrey on ''Love Reign
> O'er Me''). And then came 
> more nirvana with ''Behind Blue Eyes'' and ''You
> Better You Bet,'' leading to 
> yet another string of classics. (The Who just
> announced it will return to the 
> Tweeter Center on Sept. 27. Tickets go on sale next
> Saturday.)
> Opener Robert Plant warmed up with a tasty set of
> '60s acid-psychedelic 
> covers from his new album, ''Dreamland'' (the
> Youngbloods' ''Darknesss, 
> Darkness'' stood out), before touching some of his
> Led Zeppelin bases, the 
> best being ''Going to California.''
> The Who
> With Robert Plant
> At: The Tweeter Center, last night
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