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The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again – Thu, 25 May 1978: London, Shepperton Film Studios (Video)

Keith Moon May 1978 Shepperton Studios

This concert was Keith Moon‘s last show with The Who.

On the 25th, Who fans and the members of the bands Generation X, The Rich Kids, The Pretenders and The Sex Pistols assemble at Shepperton Studios in London for an impromptu Who concert. Jeff Stein films performances of “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again” for The Kids Are Alright movie but The Who give the audience an almost complete concert. At the end of “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” the performance reaches a dead stop and The Who walk off the stage. Stein, realizing this will make an awful ending to the movie, gets The Who to go back on stage and perform the song again. This time The Who put everything into the ending and the crowd is encouraged to go wild. This ending will be grafted onto the earlier take for the finished film.
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The Who 25 may 1978

Won’t Get Fooled Again:

Moon’s final performances

The film incidentally became a sort of “time capsule” for the band, after Keith Moon died only one week after he’d seen the rough cut of the film with Roger Daltrey. Moon, according to Daltrey, was deeply shocked by how much he’d changed physically in just 15 years, “from a young good-looking boy to a spitting image of Robert Newton”. After Moon’s death, the rough cut did not suffer a single change, since neither Jeff Stein nor the rest of the band wanted to turn the film into an homage to remember Moon’s passing, but to celebrate his life and career with The Who.

Moon’s last performances with the band were:

  • The clip for “Who Are You” — Last studio performance. Jeff Stein wanted to show The Who recording in the studio, even though the band had already finished recording the song. Stein planned to have the band mime over the original recording, but The Who played it live at the Ramport Studios, London, on 9 May 1978. The only playback tracks were Entwistle’s bass guitar, the acoustic guitar solo in the middle, the backing vocals and synthesizer track.
  • The show at Shepperton Studios, London, on 25 May 1978—Last live performance.

-wikipedia

Baba O’Riley:

-Egil

Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door & Hard Rain – Bologna, Italy 27 September 1997 (Video)

bob dylan bologna 1997Bologna 1997 (he threw (it all) away the hat before playing “Forever Young”)

Unidentified venue
Bologna, Italy
27 September 1997
World Eucharistic Congress

Broadcast live by Italian TV RAI Uno.

Setlist:

  1. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
  2. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
  3. Forever Young

Musicians:

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
  • Bucky Baxter (pedal steel guitar & backup vocal)
  • Larry Campbell (guitar & backup vocal)
  • Tony Garnier (bass)
  • David Kemper (drums & percussion)

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-Egil

Bob Dylan – I Threw It All Away – Johnny Cash Show – 1 May 1969

bob dylan johnny cash show 1969

I once held her in my arms
She said she would always stay
But I was cruel
I treated her like a fool
I threw it all away

Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand
And rivers that ran through ev’ry day
I must have been mad
I never knew what I had
Until I threw it all away

Love is all there is, it makes the world go ’round
Love and only love, it can’t be denied
No matter what you think about it
You just won’t be able to do without it
Take a tip from one who’s tried

 

Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
1 May 1969
Johnny Cash Show

Broadcast by ABC-TV, 7 June 1969.

Musicians:

  • Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal)
  • Norman Blake (guitar)
  • Charlie Daniels (guitar)
  • Peter Drake (steel guitar)
  • Bob Wilson (piano)
  • Charlie McCoy (bass)
  • Kenneth Buttrey (drums)

bob dylan & johnny cash show 1969

So if you find someone that gives you all of her love
Take it to your heart, don’t let it stray
For one thing that’s certain
You will surely be a-hurtin’
If you throw it all away

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-Egil

The Who – I Am One – Wed, 23 May 2007: Sheffield, Arena (Video)

pete townshend 2007 Sheffield

“We are not the Arctic Monkeys, .. I wouldn’t want to go through that… ”
~Pete Townshend

Lovely version of “I Am One” from the Sheffield (UK) concert of the “The Who Tour 2006–2007“.

pete townshend 2007 Sheffield

Every year is the same
And I feel it again,
I’m a loser – no chance to win.
Leaves start falling,
Come down is calling,
Loneliness starts sinking in.

But I’m one.
I am one.
And I can see
That this is me,
And I will be,
You’ll all see
I’m the one.

-Egil

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