Thrilling! Like catching lightning in a bottle!
Crazy-Great concert recording from '89! While The Who's "Quadrophenia" has always been my favorite album - and I always liked bits of "Tommy" - I never cared for Tommy as a whole. Kudos for its rock opera themes & ambitions, of course - but, Tommy didn't seem to coalesce, as did Quad. Along some sort of... parallel lines - as much as I love The Who and Townsend - some of their early concerts, while many were stunningly great - they never quite seemed to capture the grandeur of what I heard when I saw them live in 1980. That show... Townsend's guitar was like hearing dinosaurs roar. Entwistle's bass thundered like the moment the Big... Banged. Daltry screamed out the sound of flaming stars racing through the cosmos at the speed of light. It was astounding - like witnessing the Gods of Olympus in the guise of a gangly garage band that had caught lightning in a bottle on a mountain top. They had wrangled it - but, they were still holding on for dear life. That show was simply too big for my flowery words - too big for mere mortals to comprehend. But, now? For me? These "Join Together" concerts from '89 - finally and fully capture that overwhelming, live sound I heard in 1980 - and I now, feel I've heard Tommy as it was meant to be - for the very first time. It all gels and feels like a single thesis here. It's crazy-good and I absolutely get it as a fully and sonically realized, operatic experience. I LOVE IT! This is The Who fused with Townsend's, tight "Deep End Live" band. And, I can't recommend this 2-disc set nearly enough!
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