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MAN oh MAN. . .
the who is hands down my favorite band EVER. They really are. Pete's solo stuff is all great in my book. . .as is John's. Keith's weird little projects were neat and Roger's solo stuff was acceptable.
At the risk of being stoned to death, I really have to say that their late '90s tours were some of the best stuff ever. I really think they were at the height of their games. When Kenny Jones took over after Keith Moon died, he really didn't fit the group. You can hear it in their last album. Great drummer though (get the small faces records. . .he's GREAT on those), but he really didn't fit the part. I saw them at MSG in '89 on their "reunion tour" and they were OK. . .but way too "produced."
Then in the mid '90s they were doing the Quadrophenia thing (AWESOME) with pete on acoustic and his BROTHER on electric (awesome). By this time they had grabbed Zack Starkey (Ringo Star's son) and he was amazing. He really sounds like the natural progression of Keith Moon. Not the same. . .not better. . .just (in my mind) what Keith would sound like 20 years later. By the time they stripped out the horn section and Pete got back on electric, they were the best they ever were. And then John Entwistle died. . .
. . .I really wanted to like Pino Paladino. He's a great bass player. . .great on clapton stuff. . .great on pete's solo stuff. . .great on the john mayer trio album. . .But he wasn't for the Who. Sure, nobody's John Entwistle. . .but he doesn't even play the same style. So that's when I started to get bummed.
Anyhow. . .still the best rock band ever. . .HANDS DOWN.
-James
the who is hands down my favorite band EVER. They really are. Pete's solo stuff is all great in my book. . .as is John's. Keith's weird little projects were neat and Roger's solo stuff was acceptable.
At the risk of being stoned to death, I really have to say that their late '90s tours were some of the best stuff ever. I really think they were at the height of their games. When Kenny Jones took over after Keith Moon died, he really didn't fit the group. You can hear it in their last album. Great drummer though (get the small faces records. . .he's GREAT on those), but he really didn't fit the part. I saw them at MSG in '89 on their "reunion tour" and they were OK. . .but way too "produced."
Then in the mid '90s they were doing the Quadrophenia thing (AWESOME) with pete on acoustic and his BROTHER on electric (awesome). By this time they had grabbed Zack Starkey (Ringo Star's son) and he was amazing. He really sounds like the natural progression of Keith Moon. Not the same. . .not better. . .just (in my mind) what Keith would sound like 20 years later. By the time they stripped out the horn section and Pete got back on electric, they were the best they ever were. And then John Entwistle died. . .
. . .I really wanted to like Pino Paladino. He's a great bass player. . .great on clapton stuff. . .great on pete's solo stuff. . .great on the john mayer trio album. . .But he wasn't for the Who. Sure, nobody's John Entwistle. . .but he doesn't even play the same style. So that's when I started to get bummed.
Anyhow. . .still the best rock band ever. . .HANDS DOWN.
-James
