The Who; For the love of God ..... please stop!

[Botany]

And I love the Who.

Please stop ..... let me keep my memories.

Edit ....

That was like watching Ella Fitzgerald about 2 years before she died ....

I had seen her 3 times before ...... I wanted to cry. She was one of the best ever .... same
for the Who.

[MadBadger]

1. Its really just Roger that needs to stop. The rest of them Rock.

[Botany]

12. what rest of them?

2 are dead and Pete is not the Pete I remember.

[timeforpeace]

34. The Who ended when Keith passed.

[Donnachaidh]

44. no -- they REALLY ended with the loss of John.

Thunderfingers could still keep them going.

[PinkoDonkey]

62. No one played like the Ox.

Zach filled in nicely for Keith for a while in the 90s, but w/o John...there just isn't enough there to still be The Who.

I love The Who...but it sounds like I made the right decision not to watch tonight...

[Donnachaidh]

68. As a filler set it was okay, but they should have chosen different songs

Roger just cannot hit some of the notes that he used to.

[Donnachaidh]

43. Roger's chops went away a long time ago

I love the band -- but he needs to stop trying to be a rock star. It's painful to watch.

[MadBadger]

63. I actually think he sounded great in 2001

During the Concert for New York City. Today, he just didnt have it. Though I thought everybody clicked during Wont get Fooled Again.

[Donnachaidh]

67. fooled again was okay -- it didn't have the same difficult notes to hit

I've been a huge fan forever. Had nosebleed seats in 1971 at Forest Hills Stadium on the Who's Next tour. Roger's voice has always been incredible - but it's time to put aside the difficult pieces.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Ugh! How 'bout prize winning high school and college marching bands next time???

[SoCalDem]

7. Amen.. or maybe just a big ole "talk amongst yourselves & have a potty break"

:)

[BulletproofLandshark]

9. I would LOVE to see that.

I have CBS on mute as we speak.

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. Me too! That's what football halftimes are all about.

[AwakeAtLast]

52. This Music Teacher gives you a BIG +1

:thumbsup:

[Robb]

75. +1. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. thank you

for saying what needed to be said.

[Land Shark]

4. Same request in this house! n/t

[MiniMe]

5. I agree, this is awful.

I saw them in concert back in the 80's, and they were great. But their voices just can't make the notes anymore.

[dsc]

6. I am glad I am not the only one

I think this is just God Awful. I would imagine though that they have to be pushing 70 so they have to be given credit for not being in awful shape but still, this is a mess.

[Earth_First]

8. Horrible! n/t

[girl gone mad]

10. Kurt Cobain said it best..

"I hope I die before I become Pete Townshend"

[upi402]

45. Be careful what you ask for Kurdt, ya jusy might get it

Oops, you did! I wish he had become Pete Townshend, I still miss him a ton!!!

eom to the too cool for cynicism set.

[KonaKane]

57. He got his wish.

bang.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Next year: Blue Oyster Cult!

What's with these washed-up geriatric bands?

[Initech]

24. Needs more cowbell!

Personally I'd like to see a band like Queens Of The Stone or Muse age appearing. I know they're trying to go for mass appeal but come on, let the new guys have a shot every once in a while.

[DesertRat]

30. I love Don't Fear the Reaper!

But I wouldn't want to hear it at the Superbowl.

[Randall Flagg]

13. Guess who? The Who? Yes?

Those were great years of rock and roll.

[hfojvt]

14. is it half-time already?

maybe they will have a reason to smash their instruments?

[cbdo2007]

15. I thought The Who were all dead. Maybe this is just a bad cover band?

[fishwax]

16. I've been enjoying it

Especially hearing the entire crowd singing on Baba O'Riley

[MadBadger]

19. I actually think its just the fans they brought onto the sidelines.

[onenote]

36. there were no fans brought onto the sidelines this year

the nfl decided to stop that practice

[MadBadger]

40. I saw a shit ton of people congregating on the sidelines like a GA section at a concert.

[onenote]

50. if the 600 folks who set up the stage are a "shit ton" then you are right

But they were the only folks on the field. (I know this because my cousin in Miami is one of them and has been rehearsing the stage set up/take down for more than week, four hours a night)

[MadBadger]

60. It looked like more, but I stand corrected.

[onenote]

51. delete dupe

[Pennie109]

17. Who's the drummer?

I agree -- something is off - way off although I do love Pete

[begin_within]

25. Kenny Jones isn't it?

[Loge23]

35. Zac Starkey?

Ringo's son was working with them for awhile - don't know if that was him.
Kind of weird really - it's really just Roger and Pete, and I'm sorry but that's not The Who.
That was pretty sad, IMO - and I'm a long, long-time fan.

[benld74]

18. That means youve gotten older, live with it, enjoy, use your young ears to hear them

[Initech]

20. I'm officially nominating this for worst super bowl ever.

And even if the Saints win, which I'm pulling for, it still wont save it!

[DesertRat]

21. Watch for a CSI Miami commercial to follow

:eyes:

[PuraVidaDreamin]

22. I'm just thankful there were no wardrobe malfunctions

I don't need that!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

I thought there was.

Pete's paunch.

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. That was painful to watch.

Thanks for the pic!

[suffragette]

26. Still, it was fascinating hearing a stadium full of Superbowl fans

shout "We're all wasted" in unison.

:P

[MadBadger]

29. I dont think it was the entire stadium, just the Fans they brought onto the sidelines.

[onenote]

39. again -- no fans brought onto sidelines

sorry to burst your bubble

[MadBadger]

42. Again, there was a huge crowd on the sidelines.

[onenote]

47. there were the 600 people who set up and took down the stage. only them.

That would include my cousin who has been down in Miami rehearsing the set up and tear down of the stage for more than a week.

[winstars]

83. CROWD SINGING BULLSHIT!!!

It sounded too 'miked' to really be the crowd... And since there were not any actors pretending to be fans around the stage like there has been previously, it seems to be impossible to record the crowd singing along that CONSISTANTLY.... Probably backup vocalists under the stage or nearby. And maybe it was my DISH sat connection, but at one point, Daltrey's mouth did not match the sounds I was hearing. Miming to a track??? I have experienced the same thing watching Keith or Tweety at times... It seemed that after that the director stopped showing him in close up, as to not to bust him not really singing??? And if that was not live, the track that we heard was the BEST they could get out of him yesterday or whenever they recorded the track... Yikes, I don't really know but what I did see was only 50% of the band still alive and apparently for me I need like 75% to not say---- wait for it---- "Who is/was that???

[Canuckistanian]

59. LOL

:rofl:

[suffragette]

88. Gave me the giggles, too

:rofl:

[LaPera]

27. That fucking drummer is the worst! No rolls on the toms, no fills....Why in the fuck

is he there....cuz he "looks" a bit like the great Keith Moon? Man, he's fucking terrible....Moon used to lead the Who - pushing them hard, in all different directions he decided to take them, they've had decent drummers since Moon...Kenny Jones was fair....But this drummer (Starkey) is an insult to Moon's drumming on Who cuts Moon played & recorded on....

[Botany]

37. He was good

He was just playing along w/ some other group that was not there.


And Roger :cry:

[paranoid floyd]

38. The drummer is Zak Starkey

Son of Richard Starkey, also know as Ringo Star. He's been playing with The Who since 1994.

[MrMickeysMom]

71. Personally, I think it was great... but is Daltry a right winger now?

If so... I'll sing back to him... "Who the fuck are YOU?"

[DeadEyeDyck]

81. I was sure they dug

Richard Moon up. You popped my baloon!

[Skip Intro]

28. Have you all gone mad?! That shit was pretty damn cool! Unrec times 100. nt

[inna]

49. +1 - and i haven't even watched.

sounds like rampant ageism.

:thumbsdown:

[dana_b]

73. it is

you shoud read the shit that people wrote in the lounge too. Ageist idiots. If they don't like the music then fine, turn it down, but the comments are cold.

[Junkdrawer]

31. I can't watch...Teenage Wasteland sung by 60 yr. olds is just wrong...n/t

[dana_b]

72. the name of the song is NOT Teenage Wasteland (Baba O'Riley)

and they weren't singing about being teenagers themselves.

[timeforpeace]

32. I got out the Isle of Wight dvd to wipe that image from my eyes.

[endless october]

33. still enjoyed it.

i'm a singer. hope to still be doing it when i'm in my 60s.

so he isn't 25. honestly, i'm glad he's still out there rocking.

[Fire1]

41. I liked!!! n/t

[femmocrat]

64. I did too. Except I thought it was too short.

Oh well! :shrug:

[bklyncowgirl]

46. Good, I'm not the only one who thought they sucked.

At least they didn't play "My Generation". Hope I die before I get old, indeed.

Roger Daltrey can't hit the high notes any more and did Pete Townsend lipsynch the "Scream" when they did "Won't get fooled again"?

The 60s rockers who'll die with their reputations intact will be those who died before they lived long enough to become an embarrassment. Well maybe Clapton. He became a bluesman and bluesmen can age gracefully.

[cbdo2007]

48. and did anyone else notice they changed the lyrics in the My Generation commercial?

They changed the line that says, "Hope I die before I get old." to something else...

damn sellouts. How they hell do you change My Generation????????

[Scurrilous]

54. I noticed.

That was pretty lame.

[cbdo2007]

70. Changed to "Wanna die young and I wanna get old."

What the hell was the point of that? Doesn't even make sense now.

Changed from "Hope I die before I get old" to "Wanna die young and I wanna get old" - WTF

That just makes me mad. That's one of the most famous lyrics in rock history. Maybe I'm hearing it wrong but it's on the flo tv (useless product) website - http://www.flo.tv/#/MyGeneration

[Gregorian]

53. Iggy Pop is doing insurance ads in Europe.

But I love Iggy, and I know he barely made a dime over the years. He's got an excuse. Plus the ads are pretty sick.

Edit- The Who? I moved on around 1980, and never listened again. There's way too much music for repeating much of anything. I've been riding a wave of something most people don't know exists, for thirty years. Hip hop was fun.

[KonaKane]

77. Johnny Rotten sells real estate in L.A.

Weird world we live in.

[Gregorian]

84. Are you kidding!!!

I belong to a Porsche forum, and one of the guys took a picture of Johnny at a race. Teeth and all.

It's so weird because PIL and Sex Pistols were complete nonbands. They were almost combatant about how they were enterprises, or some such thing. Experiences? But not bands. Haha.

Yeah, I ended up doing real estate as well. Which is weird because I hated realtors with all of my heart most of my life. I still despise developers. And yet that's just what I'm doing right now. But one house on 100 acres is hardly considered shit development. Karma.

[Atman]

55. Bullshit...rough opening, but strong set overall.

The shitty part was the camera work. I wanted to see more of the show, not close-ups of the drummer.

.

[HughMoran]

58. Yeah, it wasn't that bad

Considering their age? Pretty damned good actually.

[Cartoonist]

56. One of my favorite bands

I saw them in the early seventies when Keith Moon was still alive. They're the only band who has stuck to their sound throughout the years. I enjoyed this little pastiche. My hats off to Pete and Roger. I think they acquitted themselves well.

[renate]

61. is it just our TV, or has CBS been having sound problems the whole time?

The crowd noise when the teams went out onto the field sounded more like a three-year-old trying to blow out birthday candles... sort of a whuuush noise but nothing more. The clips of the players saying... well, something, it was all inaudible... at the beginning didn't work either. Was that a local thing with our CBS channel, or did anybody else notice that?

To me, the music sounded thin, but not actually bad. I think there were problems with the sound engineering that made it sound wimpy.

[DawgHouse]

66. I thought they were good.

[Owl]

69. A little wobbly in the beginning, but the rest was great!

[PSzymeczek]

74. It's not The Who.

It's Who's Left.

[KonaKane]

76. They wouldn't let Michael Moore use "Wont Get Fooled Again" for F911

Not sure if there was anything behind it, but I was always wondering about that.

[ladjf]

78. Who hired them for the Super Bowl gig is the question? They were

worse than pitiful.

[comrade snarky]

79. No old man Who boob though right?

That's whats important.

[Missy Vixen]

80. I was begging them from our family room to smash their instruments

I can't BELIEVE they didn't sing "My Generation".

The power, anger and rebellion in their music is gone.

The best halftime show, bar none, and I'm a huge Springsteen fan: Prince. He owned that stage, he owned that audience. I don't think we'll ever see anything as good again.

[Binka]

82. I Barfed

Could have been the chili.

[Change Happens]

85. Was awefull.....nt

[mindfulNJ]

86. I liked it.

Lots of ageism in this thread. You should all look/sound like they did when you're pushing 70.

[BoWanZi]

87. Agreed. I liked it too

Considering their age and how long they have been performing, I thought they did pretty danged well.

[otohara]

89. Me Too - Free Live Music

I saw the Who when I was 17 and they did the entire rock opera of Tommy, then in 1999 they did Quadrophenia in it's entirety.

One of my favorite bands.