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I've been a WHO fan since the mid-sixties, seen all the videos & movies, and read all the books. This double DVD set is a great companion to the new book by the band's founder, Roger Daltrey. It includes new interviews of the band members, their business partners, friends, and families. There is even some footage of the band performing when they were still known as The High Numbers.
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I really love this dvd set. It not only has excellent footage of the band in concert, but excellent and revealing interviews with Pete, and Roger, and shows just how good these guys really are, expecially John, and Keith who usually did not get the attention that they deserved. The guitar player for the baand Oasis said it best: "It was a competition on stage with the Who, there were 4 guys all playing lead." That is what makes this band so unique. The caveat was the footage of them in the studio recording a new song after an absense of 20+ years, and also of Zak Starkey on drums being treated as an equal, and with respect for his musical contributions. The kid can really play! Zak plays Keith Moon almost better than Keith.
I think they tried to cram so much information into one documentary that it resulted in a serious lacking of substance. Events such as Tommy, Quadrophenia, the abandoned Lifehouse project, the death of Keith Moon, and the riot in Cincinnati deserve more time for detail than what was alloted. It just felt cold. I wound up losing interest before the show was halfway through, and decided to watch The Golden Girls instead. There are some good points, including footage of the famous Cow Palace concert where Moonie passed out; I also enjoyed interviews with Kenney Jones, as well as Pete & Roger. But overall, it just didn't impress. Such a shame, as The Who have been my musical idols since around 1975, and I was really looking forward to this one...
This double DVD set, with booklet as well, is an absolute MUST for any Who fan! I've only watched the 1st DVD so far and it wowed me. It gives the band's history from the very beginning up until some years after 2000. I've been a Who fan since Woodstock (1969), mostly because of Roger Daltrey, but in this film I realized what incredible talent there was in every member of that band. Pete Townshend's lyrics and guitar work, John Entwhistle---too long unrecognized as one of the finest bass guitar players in the world, and Keith Moon, a maniac but an unbelievably talented drummer. He died much too soon, but his lifestyle almost guaranteed it. The rest of the band was and still is devastated by the death of John Entwhistle not that long ago; Pete T. says that to this day he looks to where John always stood---quiet, alone---and can't believe he's not there. I can't wait to see what's on the 2nd DVD, but based on the first any fan of The Who MUST have this set!Read full review
Packaged very well, early arrival.
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