Energetic: The Who get better? You bet!

I went to The Who Concert at the US AirWays Center in Phoenix last night! Thanks to my son Chris, who bought us the tickets. What a site to see my son jumping up and down, screaming his lungs out to The Who! Guess I raised him right! The crowd was mostly my age, 50 something..with lots of younger people mixed in. I cannot tell you how incredible it was to see Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend live! They just blew me away! The following is a pretty fair critique of what it was like. I can barely talk today from my own screaming, but , it is so worth it! They were Amazing, Incredible, Awesome, my God, Daltrey can still hit those notes!
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By Mark Brown,
It doesn't matter what name you put on it. It doesn't matter how much dazzling video and multimedia surrounds it all. In the end, fans of The Who simply want to be there when the spark happens - when Roger Daltrey sings Pete Townshend's song while Pete blasts through his singularly amazing guitar work that helped define the face of rock 'n' roll. But each time The Who comes around, you have to wonder: Can they still pull it off? And invariably they do. ." Combining new songs with jaw-dropping versions of Who classics, the band gave the crowd two solid hours of peak after peak. Perhaps it's the new music that -fueled the spark this time; Town-shend (windmilling early and often) and Daltrey delivered the new stuff with as much passion as anything else in the evening. But that seemed to spill over into the classics. Who Are You? Even the tired Behind Blue Eyes came off with more energy than expected . After a mini-opera mash-up of songs from the new album, The Who paid the crowd off with a spine-tingling version of Baba O'Riley. Baba O'Riley has always been a signature song for the band, but as the years go on it gets more dear, to the point where it has replaced Substitute or even Won't Get Fooled Again as the band's crowning achievement. Then again, much of the catalog has aged well. . Bassist Pino Palladino is a far more than adequate replacement for the late John Entwistle, but drummer Zak Starkey is, again, a wonder. He channels the late Keith Moon's manic drumming style, without being an imitator or a parody, and adapts it to the new material as well. It's not Moon, but easily the next best thing. The band played long into the night, with a reworked version of My Generation before finishing off the main set with a blistering take of Won't Get Fooled Again, yet another Who song that has taken on new cultural resonance in recent years. The crowd clapped along in giddy anticipation for the signature drum roll and Daltrey's scream. They weren't disappointed, with Daltrey nailing it. Townshend and Daltrey left the stage after wrapping their arms around each other, a moment that drew the biggest cheers of the night. That left the crowd frenzied for the encore -- a mini-set of songs that are the heart and soul of Tommy, which many still consider The Who's most defining and groundbreaking album. Pinball Wizard was a delight, but there's nothing quite like hearing the band doing the See Me Feel Me/Listening to You climax with the crowd singing along.

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