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The Who live in Leeds

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Saw The Who last night at the Leeds Arena. They were amazing. Great band, great stage show with montage footage running behind them throughout. Pino was on bass and bossed it then they did a really clever bit where there was a bass solo and the footage cut to Entwistle playing. The show went quiet with The Ox blasting it out. Really clever and made the night. That having been said, the block we were sat in was like a blooming library. Was the most soul less audience I've ever been a part of. Still an ace night though.

Deep Thought Collaborator

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'Live at Leeds', still rightly regarded as one of the best live albums ever-definitely the best version of 'Baba O'Reilly' IMHO. Good to hear they're still doing a good job live-I saw them at Wembley arena when Entwistle was still alive back in the early 90's-glad to be able to say that.

gapiro Rising Star

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[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1417680232' post='2622895']
Sorry - I misread the thread title as "Who lives in Leeds?" :blush:

And I don't even live in Leeds... :D
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I read it as
[b] "The Who live in Leeds"[/b]

As in, they live , in leeds.

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CamdenRob Mentor

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[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1417698015' post='2623139']
I read it as
[b] "The Who live in Leeds"[/b]

As in, they live , in leeds.
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I also did that... once I'd worked out it wasnt "who lives in leeds" this was my next logical step...

... think I've been workng too much.

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[quote name='Deep Thought' timestamp='1417677657' post='2622883']
'Live at Leeds', still rightly regarded as one of the best live albums ever-definitely the best version of 'Baba O'Reilly' IMHO.
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Baba O' Riley isn't on Live at Leeds!

peteb Grand Master

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[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1417730989' post='2623632']
They do, they've lived there for a very long time.
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Yea, you often see them down at the Duck & Drake...

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taunton-hobbit

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Saw them live at Dunstable Civic, they'd just released Tommy, (so that makes it early summer 1969, I think) and the bloody audience spent most of the night sitting down, like it was a John Peel revival night. At the end we got Magic Bus and Barbara Ann, amongst others as the Who proved that they were (probably) the best surfer band in the world.
I'd have paid the full admission price just to see the last fifteen minutes!
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Saw them last night in Liverpool, and it was indeed an amazing gig! Bass monkey is spot on - Baba O'Reilly and 5.15 were incredible, as was most of the set really. One of the few gigs I've been to where every song has been a belter - none of this "songs from our new/obscure experimental album" nonsense!

Pino Palladino made bass playing look absolutely effortless, but I was disappointed with how little he featured. Kind of understandable, but on the other hand Zak Starkey got plenty of time on the big HD screen behind the stage, and was overall incredible - even playing along in perfect time to the Jon Entwistle bass solo!

Loved the gig, hopefully I'll remember more of it than the last time some 14 years ago.

bassace Mentor

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Saw them at NIA last Sunday. Fantastic show - Pete in good humour, Rog in excellent voice all the way through and Zak was a real star playing Moon-like but seemingly effortlessly. Contrast that with the huffing and puffing that some of today's drummers put out. (that Coldplay clown eg)

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[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1418393517' post='2629860']
Saw them at NIA last Sunday. Fantastic show - Pete in good humour, Rog in excellent voice all the way through and Zak was a real star playing Moon-like but seemingly effortlessly. Contrast that with the huffing and puffing that some of today's drummers put out. (that Coldplay clown eg)
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Hugely off topic I know, but the guy from Coldplay is only the drummer because when their drummer didn't show for rehearsal back in the dark ages, he swapped from rhythm guitar to the sticks 'temporarily'. I understand he doesn't play drums, except with the band, and doesnt even own a kit.

bassace Mentor

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[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1418416248' post='2630131']


Hugely off topic I know, but the guy from Coldplay is only the drummer because when their drummer didn't show for rehearsal back in the dark ages, he swapped from rhythm guitar to the sticks 'temporarily'. I understand he doesn't play drums, except with the band, and doesnt even own a kit.
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That explains a lot.

kevvo66 Community Regular

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The who and boring Coldplay in the thread ,the who rock gods , Coldplay boring and make me want to throw myself into the local river ,I do hope they don't inflict any more albums on the world anytime soon ,just a thought

Mickeyboro Grand Master

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Just woken up in Cardiff after their show. Pino (local boy) played a 57 P bass ( looked like) all night. Daltrey lost his voice; don't know how he will do the O2 gigs on Weds/Thurs!

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