There were some great shows and solos from this tour. The standouts I've found have been Florida, Seattle and New Jersey. Also way back on the old Long Live Rock forum someone posted some Toronto '82 footage with John's monitor feed and it was a way better mix, I'd love to see that again.
Man, they rock so hard here. So glad to hear these full live sets with Jones on drums, cause, shit, is he amazing! I’m a Moon-snob no more. As for the rest of the boys, peak form. A truly great show. Can’t wait to checkout part 2!
Kenney Jones was fantastic drummer. Let's not forget he had to follow Keith Moon, probably the best rock drummer the world has seen. To be fair, Zak Starkey also does a good job, but I never understood why they let Kenney go. I assume it was a clash of personalities, but musically he was great!
I love the interaction between Pete Townshend & John Entwistle during The Quiet One at 17:25. It is obvious John is straining to sing the song. Pete is smirking at him as if to say "I told you not to write it in that key!" John is laughing in agreement!
John was notorious for his on stage volume. Roger would always tell him to turn down and he wouldn't. Pete shot John that look because the latter sang, "I ain't quiet, everybody else is too loud!" John laughed his arse off because the opposite was true.
@laurarhodes9665 tu à de la chance je suis de Marseille ils passent rarement en France et c'est Paris avant Lyon ( Marseille) la dernière fois c'était en 1979 aux arènes de Fréjus le meilleur concert que j'ai vue et j'en ai vue ( Guy platteau Marseille)
@@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr Dear Sir, I don't dare to try to translate your reply. It's been many years since I spoke or read French. Too many years since I've been to Paris, Le Champs-Élysées, Les Jardin des Tuileries, Le Tour Eiffle and Versailles. And many more places. I'm sorry if my pronouns are wrong. Paris, the most beautiful city in the world! ❤️
This was on HBO when I was a kid and I watched it at least 30 times. Very influential on my life. Rumor has it that the Ox had beer in one water bottle and straight bourbon in the other. What a fuckin rock star!!! The greatest and he could kick anyone's ass
When he first had them affixed to the mike stand, one would have white wine, and the other with brandy. I've also heard that one had Coke, and the other had bourbon in it. I'm surprised more rockers haven't copied from him that since then!
Yep- I remember seeing this on HBO and Rolling Stones 1980/81 Tour - I was 9 - made me a big fan of both bands . I suddenly understood why Rock and music in general was such a prominent “thing”.
The guitar solo in the intro of Eminence Front is freaking awesome - Pete Townshend just ripping some great emotional Blues licks He really was a better player at this stage in their career than the years before , IMO
That was fantastic! Can't wait until you put part 2 out. I remember being at Maple Leaf Gardens like it was yesterday. I was only 15 at the time. Hard to believe it was 35 years ago.................There will never be another band like The Who !!!!!
Same here - I was 18 and supposed to be at the gig - but friends of friends who promised us tickets couldn't get them....I've now seem them LIVE 9 times - check out my channel - merseywhogirl :) LONG LIVE ROCK and THE WHO!!!
Pinballpete007 Yep - I also was 15 when I attended my first WHO concert Phila. Pa Sept.25th "1982" AWESOME sound and power The Who rained down on their fans on that tour - I also loved the way they arranged the songs on that tour in keeping the songs to the original intent and WHO sound - " To feel the power of The WHO " live" made me a lifetime fan and a addiction to their unique sound - The WHO "1982" tour GREAT MEMORIES."
The great thing about this show and at the same, the saddest parts are, that they did play songs, that the band never played again (The Quiet One, Its Hard, etc.). One can hear that the super "heavy" Live at Leeds sound was gone, due to Pete Townshend s guitar sound changed (and also John Entwistle s´). Tim Gorman was the keyboardist for this tour; he later went on to play with Jefferson Starship.
I remember this show watching it on HBO the summer of 1983 practically every single time it came on, I ended up buying this VHS and I'm truly in wonderment as to why this has not been released on DVD. This show is a classic along with the other show that was released from the same tor and is found here on UA-cam I would think both shows together in a 2 pack DVD would do pretty well. A real classic.
Yeah, there IS an unofficial DVD version. But it's not really great quality. I think the reason it hasn't had an "Official" DVD release is something to do with rights issues (it was originally released on home video by CBS Fox...a subsidiary of 20th-Century Fox). But I agree with you: this is a fantastic concert. It's probably NOT the best show from this tour (this was a REALLY under-rated Who tour)...but it was a big event. A TON of people watched this show live...and so many more watched it on its HBO broadcasts (and other re-broadcasts around the world). It would be great if they figured out the rights issues and gave it a proper DVD/Blu-Ray release. It was recorded on multi-track tape (a few songs from this were remixed and included with the IT'S HARD remaster years ago)...so they could do a proper 5.1 surround sound remix. AND...they could release it as a 2-disc set because the night before (December 16, 1982) was also filmed & recorded. THAT show is also circulating on UA-cam...though I have a better stereo version somewhere in my collection. The night before THIS show might be even better than this night.
This concert was a favorite of mine in the summer of 1983 when it aired on Home Box Office I really find it a shame that there was never an official DVD release of this show. I still have the VHS which I had transferred over to A compact Disk however I hope some day 20th century Fox sees it fit to release officially
I saw this tour at Shea stadium Schliits rocks America tour I was a senior in high school Clash opened.. one of my first introductions to Major epic rock shows.. I have seen Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead before this.. my ears rang for a week after this... Those were the days❤
I was robbed when I lived in Sunter, Jakarta. The robber/s took money, my Olympus camera gear and electronics. My biggest loss however was the 1982 Who Rocks America VHS in the video player stolen. The robber/s left the box.
Sadly, this is the broadcast version missing Behind Blue Eyes, Dr. Jimmy and Cry If You Want. Still it sounds better than the semi-legit release Live from Toronto.
This was the first thing I saw that introduced The Who to me. It was in the early days of Cable TV. My sister and I used to wait for what I now know is Baba O'Riley just to hear the harmonica lol. 37 years later and countless times seeing them live, I have stood by them as the greatest and my personal favorite band of all time. I distinctly remember watching John play and realizing that's what I wanted to do and he was my sole inspiration be a musician. It wasn't until a few years later that I picked up a guitar to learn. Ultimately I learned to play Guitar, Bass and Drums. 37 years later, this concert still has a special place with me. I also remember thinking how much I hated Keith at that time simply because I thought he was sloppy because as a young kid, I thought songs needed to have control. Only later while learning drums, did I learn to understand why he did what he did and how he had his own personal metronome inside of him. I know now, he is a legend! Sadly, the group is looking in the rearview mirror and approaching the end of the band, or at least running out of reunion tours lol. My modern day favorite song is Tea and Theater and my all time fav is stuck between two of them. Baba O'Riley and Dreaming from the Waist live from The Who by Numbers. John is RIDICULOUS on that one!
Vu aux arènes de Fréjus 2 jours durant , pendant cette tournée. La ville envahie par une nuée de Freaks made in 70" . Le maire et les flics sont devenus fous par ce spectacle devenu " hors contrôle " . Week end fabulous . Ciao
Cool to see this. I bought the Laser Disc a few years ago in desperation, but I don't have a Laser Disc player! The screen proportion is wrong though, surely? I looks dodgy and has to have been 4:3 given when it was released.
Kenney Jones was TOTALLY under-rated. People complain about his drumming in The Who, but I actually really love how this line-up sounded. While it wasn't really the same band anymore, they still totally blew the roof off any place they played...and they were more reliable. I really like Zak Starkey...but I have to admit that I actually like Kenney Jones in the band more than Zak.
Thé ox à composer un titre sûr un de ces albums solo qui ce nomme ( dancing master avec un solo de basse tout en slap ) ils devraient le jouer avec les who en concert comme bien d'autres ce titre est sur ( too l'atelier thé héro ) ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Je suis de Marseille ils n'e passent pas souvent dans le sud de la France la dernière fois c'était en ,1979 une éternité dommage ( Guy platteau Marseille)
3 titres dans la description de UA-cam sur un concert qui dure presque 2 heures UA-cam nul bidon 0 nul et des pubs au milieu de titres merci UA-cam ( Guy platteau Marseille)
@zoso73 toujours sur baba le public chante c'est fantastique interaction avec les who ils sont presque les seuls à avoir cette chance ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Les descriptions de UA-cam sont nulles bidons rien ne correspond au concert je pige pas trop les commentaires des gens sont plus pertinent que ceux de UA-cam ( Guy platteau Marseille)
I actually really like the band with Kenney. I'm a drummer myself and I think he was totally under-rated. It was a new sound...a little more polished and professional-sounding. But they still played some excellent concerts with Kenney. I really like Zak Starkey...but I have to admit that I actually prefer the line-up with Kenney.
Pete was never given the credit due for his soloing on this tour. Was brilliant!
No shit.
Flawless
There were some great shows and solos from this tour. The standouts I've found have been Florida, Seattle and New Jersey. Also way back on the old Long Live Rock forum someone posted some Toronto '82 footage with John's monitor feed and it was a way better mix, I'd love to see that again.
The wardrobe ruined it all 😮
Man, they rock so hard here. So glad to hear these full live sets with Jones on drums, cause, shit, is he amazing! I’m a Moon-snob no more. As for the rest of the boys, peak form. A truly great show. Can’t wait to checkout part 2!
At least they could rely on Kenney Jones.
Kenny was awesome
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Kenny à 2 grosse caisse et un gong il ne s'en sert jamais Keith ce servait de tout ( Guy platteau Marseille France 😂)
Kenney Jones was fantastic drummer. Let's not forget he had to follow Keith Moon, probably the best rock drummer the world has seen. To be fair, Zak Starkey also does a good job, but I never understood why they let Kenney go. I assume it was a clash of personalities, but musically he was great!
My favorite band ❤
Saw the Who at RFK stadium with Santana and The Clash in 1982 was almost 100,000 peeps!!
I love the interaction between Pete Townshend & John Entwistle during The Quiet One at 17:25. It is obvious John is straining to sing the song. Pete is smirking at him as if to say "I told you not to write it in that key!" John is laughing in agreement!
It was more of "John....WHERE THE FUCK,man?" and one of the rare few times Entwistle EVER laughed on stage!
John was notorious for his on stage volume. Roger would always tell him to turn down and he wouldn't. Pete shot John that look because the latter sang, "I ain't quiet, everybody else is too loud!" John laughed his arse off because the opposite was true.
I feel it was more of a smirk because John screamed "but I ain't quiet! everybody else is too loud!" Either way, it's a genuine moment
@@vincenttallarida6861 Nah - he was giving him shit because he totally couldn't hit that high note.
@humainbeing pourquoi de la merde ? ( Guy platteau Marseille France)
I was there! Flew from Boston to NYC, 20 years old and my first "stadium concert". Fantastic show! ❤️
@laurarhodes9665 tu à de la chance je suis de Marseille ils passent rarement en France et c'est Paris avant Lyon ( Marseille) la dernière fois c'était en 1979 aux arènes de Fréjus le meilleur concert que j'ai vue et j'en ai vue ( Guy platteau Marseille)
@@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr Dear Sir, I don't dare to try to translate your reply. It's been many years since I spoke or read French. Too many years since I've been to Paris, Le Champs-Élysées, Les Jardin des Tuileries, Le Tour Eiffle and Versailles. And many more places. I'm sorry if my pronouns are wrong. Paris, the most beautiful city in the world! ❤️
This was on HBO when I was a kid and I watched it at least 30 times. Very influential on my life. Rumor has it that the Ox had beer in one water bottle and straight bourbon in the other. What a fuckin rock star!!! The greatest and he could kick anyone's ass
When he first had them affixed to the mike stand, one would have white wine, and the other with brandy. I've also heard that one had Coke, and the other had bourbon in it. I'm surprised more rockers haven't copied from him that since then!
The Alcohol "Rumor" is TRUE! John could drink with the Best of them!
I remember watching this too !! I was 19 and recorded every bit of it but no longer have it.
Yep- I remember seeing this on HBO and Rolling Stones 1980/81 Tour - I was 9 - made me a big fan of both bands . I suddenly understood why Rock and music in general was such a prominent “thing”.
Love Entwhistle. nO OTHER ROCK Band of that era at least with a bass player that has so much presence. power, density, aura
The guitar solo in the intro of Eminence Front is freaking awesome - Pete Townshend just ripping some great emotional Blues licks
He really was a better player at this stage in their career than the years before , IMO
I had this on vhs tape for years the only live concert of the who you could get sounds great
That was fantastic! Can't wait until you put part 2 out. I remember being at Maple Leaf Gardens like it was yesterday. I was only 15 at the time. Hard to believe it was 35 years ago.................There will never be another band like The Who !!!!!
Same here - I was 18 and supposed to be at the gig - but friends of friends who promised us tickets couldn't get them....I've now seem them LIVE 9 times - check out my channel - merseywhogirl :) LONG LIVE ROCK and THE WHO!!!
Pinballpete007 Yep - I also was 15 when I attended my first WHO concert Phila. Pa Sept.25th "1982" AWESOME sound and power The Who rained down on their fans on that tour - I also loved the way they arranged the songs on that tour in keeping the songs to the original intent and WHO sound - " To feel the power of The WHO " live" made me a lifetime fan and a addiction to their unique sound - The WHO "1982" tour GREAT MEMORIES."
The only Band that ever mattered!
Le meilleur groupe rock au monde de tous les temps
Entièrement d'accord les meilleurs les stones sont des rigolos a côté des who surtout sur scène et pas que (Guy platteau Martigues)
The great thing about this show and at the same, the saddest parts are, that they did play songs, that the band never played again (The Quiet One, Its Hard, etc.). One can hear that the super "heavy" Live at Leeds sound was gone, due to Pete Townshend s guitar sound changed (and also John Entwistle s´). Tim Gorman was the keyboardist for this tour; he later went on to play with Jefferson Starship.
I saw this tour in 1982 in Birmingham,al. never forget it.
Pete looked like a completely different person from the '79 tour. He seemed refreshed and his playing was amazing. So confident.
I remember this show watching it on HBO the summer of 1983 practically every single time it came on, I ended up buying this VHS and I'm truly in wonderment as to why this has not been released on DVD. This show is a classic along with the other show that was released from the same tor and is found here on UA-cam I would think both shows together in a 2 pack DVD would do pretty well. A real classic.
I've seen an unauthorized DVD copy of it, titled *Live From Toronto*, and also as a 2-CD set with the same cover and title.
Yeah, there IS an unofficial DVD version. But it's not really great quality. I think the reason it hasn't had an "Official" DVD release is something to do with rights issues (it was originally released on home video by CBS Fox...a subsidiary of 20th-Century Fox). But I agree with you: this is a fantastic concert. It's probably NOT the best show from this tour (this was a REALLY under-rated Who tour)...but it was a big event. A TON of people watched this show live...and so many more watched it on its HBO broadcasts (and other re-broadcasts around the world). It would be great if they figured out the rights issues and gave it a proper DVD/Blu-Ray release. It was recorded on multi-track tape (a few songs from this were remixed and included with the IT'S HARD remaster years ago)...so they could do a proper 5.1 surround sound remix. AND...they could release it as a 2-disc set because the night before (December 16, 1982) was also filmed & recorded. THAT show is also circulating on UA-cam...though I have a better stereo version somewhere in my collection. The night before THIS show might be even better than this night.
Boring dinosaur rock!
@paulmarcelus ennuyeux toi même ha ha ha 😂( Guy platteau Marseille France)
Saw this tour 11th row in St. Louis about a week before this show. It was amazing.
Watched this as a kid on HBO...so blown away ...
Me too! Thats how I discovered The Who - this concert on HBO in 1983...thank God!
Quand on assiste à ça, difficile de ne pas mettre Pete Townshend et The Who dans la catégorie des plus grands génies musicaux de l'univers !
This concert was a favorite of mine in the summer of 1983 when it aired on Home Box Office I really find it a shame that there was never an official DVD release of this show. I still have the VHS which I had transferred over to A compact Disk however I hope some day 20th century Fox sees it fit to release officially
I saw this tour at Shea stadium Schliits rocks America tour I was a senior in high school Clash opened.. one of my first introductions to Major epic rock shows.. I have seen Frank Zappa and the Grateful Dead before this.. my ears rang for a week after this... Those were the days❤
Thé who and zappa total différents les 2 IS super good 🎸🎹🥁🥁⭕❌🕷️👍 rip John et Keith et Frank ( Guy platteau Marseille France 😎)
Damn a new appreciation for John Entwistle. The Ox! He just drove so much of their music!
This is so well done so well !!🙏🙏🎶👀❗🎸
Thank you for putting this show out. It was a great show.
The First "Farewell Tour"...
The only thing is, they NEVER STOPPED!
Tant mieux qu'ils n'est pas arrêté ( Guy platteau Marseille France)
A farewell tour every few years, needed or not! 😂
@@EditGuy6610 saw that farewell tour 3 yrs in a row
Townsend's on fuckin fire here.
Yeh. But nowhere near as good as he'd been or even would be again. Crazy shit being Pete Townshend. One of rock and roll's true geniuses.
the solo break on Naked Eye where they split the screen between Pete and John is incredible
Pete was on fire!!!
I saw them at shea., I was 13 years old great show, I taped this on the radio
I was robbed when I lived in Sunter, Jakarta. The robber/s took money, my Olympus camera gear and electronics. My biggest loss however was the 1982 Who Rocks America VHS in the video player stolen. The robber/s left the box.
VHS video ini bang di curi? Semoga bisa keganti sama versi bluray
Sadly, this is the broadcast version missing Behind Blue Eyes, Dr. Jimmy and Cry If You Want. Still it sounds better than the semi-legit release Live from Toronto.
This was the first thing I saw that introduced The Who to me. It was in the early days of Cable TV. My sister and I used to wait for what I now know is Baba O'Riley just to hear the harmonica lol. 37 years later and countless times seeing them live, I have stood by them as the greatest and my personal favorite band of all time. I distinctly remember watching John play and realizing that's what I wanted to do and he was my sole inspiration be a musician. It wasn't until a few years later that I picked up a guitar to learn. Ultimately I learned to play Guitar, Bass and Drums. 37 years later, this concert still has a special place with me. I also remember thinking how much I hated Keith at that time simply because I thought he was sloppy because as a young kid, I thought songs needed to have control. Only later while learning drums, did I learn to understand why he did what he did and how he had his own personal metronome inside of him. I know now, he is a legend!
Sadly, the group is looking in the rearview mirror and approaching the end of the band, or at least running out of reunion tours lol. My modern day favorite song is Tea and Theater and my all time fav is stuck between two of them. Baba O'Riley and Dreaming from the Waist live from The Who by Numbers. John is RIDICULOUS on that one!
The energy they had wow
Vu aux arènes de Fréjus 2 jours durant , pendant cette tournée. La ville envahie par une nuée de Freaks made in 70" .
Le maire et les flics sont devenus fous par ce spectacle devenu " hors contrôle " .
Week end fabulous .
Ciao
C'est vrai que des ces( con racistes dalots ) Guy platteau crs
J'y étais en 1979 bourrer de crs a Fréjus ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Best band ever!!❤️
Horrible concert
You are horrible @@timothycollins1968
I was at the 2nd show from Shea!
Le seul concert avec crs Fréjus 1979 who dangerous haha (guy Marseille)
To me, this is the best version of Sister Disco.
After having Simon Phillips in the band it’s hard seeing anybody else as great since Moon
Pretty sure this Kenny Jones.
Cool to see this. I bought the Laser Disc a few years ago in desperation, but I don't have a Laser Disc player! The screen proportion is wrong though, surely? I looks dodgy and has to have been 4:3 given when it was released.
GREAT!!!!
My Dad had this on Beta cassette. 😂
The Who at their prime ! 💪
incredible
Kenney Jones was TOTALLY under-rated. People complain about his drumming in The Who, but I actually really love how this line-up sounded. While it wasn't really the same band anymore, they still totally blew the roof off any place they played...and they were more reliable. I really like Zak Starkey...but I have to admit that I actually like Kenney Jones in the band more than Zak.
Simon Philips foi o melhor de todos....arrasador na turnê em 1989 e 1990...
6:00 Hello Toronto
Ils auraient dû filmer ce concert ( Fréjus 1979 / ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Missing on cd 1 Behind blue Eyes Doctor Jimmy Cry if you want.
Pete’s tone is terrible
Thé ox à composer un titre sûr un de ces albums solo qui ce nomme ( dancing master avec un solo de basse tout en slap ) ils devraient le jouer avec les who en concert comme bien d'autres ce titre est sur ( too l'atelier thé héro ) ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Je suis de Marseille ils n'e passent pas souvent dans le sud de la France la dernière fois c'était en ,1979 une éternité dommage ( Guy platteau Marseille)
J'ai eu la chance de les voir en 2006 à Monaco, JoAlb Marseille - France ;-)
25:28 - Anybody who claims Pete Townshend is not a brilliant lead guitarist needs to watch this!
"The Who rocks America".....filmed in Canada. 😂
The Stones? Give me a break. This is Rock and Roll.
Plus je regarde plus j'ai envie de regarder impossible de me me passer ( Guy platteau Marseille)
3 titres dans la description de UA-cam sur un concert qui dure presque 2 heures UA-cam nul bidon 0 nul et des pubs au milieu de titres merci UA-cam ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Traduction batars
Vous êtes nuls bidon cons et j'en passe a utube traduction en français svp merci (Guy Marseille)
J'ai les nerfs utube de mes deux traduction merde its hard in english
This could have been re-edited so much better. Seems like the director didn’t know half the songs.
Setlist?
Missing songs.
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Shoulder pad WHO
John ridicule ? ( Guy platteau Marseille France)
gj!!!!!!!!
24:49
18:33
32:53 listen to the crowd.
i've been amazed by that for over 40 years now!
@zoso73 toujours sur baba le public chante c'est fantastique interaction avec les who ils sont presque les seuls à avoir cette chance ( Guy platteau Marseille)
@@GuyPlatteau-xy2sr merci Guy! De la floride.
@zoso73 de rien pure vérité ( Guy platteau Marseille France)
I love the who, but wtf was that funky song 'Come and join our party'....that has to go ffs...😅
Emminence Front
UA-cam le dictionnaire des gros mots ne suffirait pas pour vous il faudrait en inventé Guy platteau Marseille
Les descriptions de UA-cam sont nulles bidons rien ne correspond au concert je pige pas trop les commentaires des gens sont plus pertinent que ceux de UA-cam ( Guy platteau Marseille)
Kenny Jones not a good fit.
At least they could rely on Kenney Jones to make it through a complete set.
Can anyone play the drums? Keith is on holiday.
I actually really like the band with Kenney. I'm a drummer myself and I think he was totally under-rated. It was a new sound...a little more polished and professional-sounding. But they still played some excellent concerts with Kenney. I really like Zak Starkey...but I have to admit that I actually prefer the line-up with Kenney.
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johns sippy cups
Traduction batars de UA-cam Tik tok Google ( Guy platteau Marseille)