Who - Live In Texas '75
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:25 am
Picked this up the other day on a whim. The video and audio quality are awful, which I expected. (This is sub-SD video apparently rescued from a copy of Jumbotron footage or something similar, never intended for actual release.)
But since post-Who's Next Moon footage is somewhat rare, it's worth seeing for fans. It's a pretty good performance. The common narrative for shows from this period is that the Quad tour was a bust and they had to return to Tommy, which was a huge disappointment for Pete in particular. This is evident in the wry introduction to "Drowned," the only Quad song here. Regardless, the Tommy material is well-played, with Sparks in particular threatening to bring down the roof of the brand-new Houston Summit. (This was the first concert there. It's a megachurch now.) "Acid Queen" is sung by Roger, which is novel. "Listening To You" is a huge climactic moment, so much so that most of the stuff that follows seems surplus to requirements. The Tommy problem is palpable.
Moon seems in good form here. He's overplaying even more than usual, but I suspect that's par for the course with this era.
I was struck by how weird the By Numbers material was. Roger tries desperately to sing "Dreaming From The Waist" as a huge rock anthem, but the relentlessly bleak lyrics keep foiling him.
Good stuff for obsessives.
But since post-Who's Next Moon footage is somewhat rare, it's worth seeing for fans. It's a pretty good performance. The common narrative for shows from this period is that the Quad tour was a bust and they had to return to Tommy, which was a huge disappointment for Pete in particular. This is evident in the wry introduction to "Drowned," the only Quad song here. Regardless, the Tommy material is well-played, with Sparks in particular threatening to bring down the roof of the brand-new Houston Summit. (This was the first concert there. It's a megachurch now.) "Acid Queen" is sung by Roger, which is novel. "Listening To You" is a huge climactic moment, so much so that most of the stuff that follows seems surplus to requirements. The Tommy problem is palpable.
Moon seems in good form here. He's overplaying even more than usual, but I suspect that's par for the course with this era.
I was struck by how weird the By Numbers material was. Roger tries desperately to sing "Dreaming From The Waist" as a huge rock anthem, but the relentlessly bleak lyrics keep foiling him.
Good stuff for obsessives.