I was at this concert, my brother Brice bought my ticket, flew me to California, bought me dinner, took me to the show, then drove me back to the airport to fly back home. 🎉 I had just had a baby and was still nursing so I had told Brice I couldn’t go, but bless his heart he insisted I come! And I finally said ok yes I’ll come. We both love the Who, I’ll never ever forget that day and this show!
Townsend: the genius...Daltry: the soul and spirit....Entwistle: the depth and cool...Moon: the missing and also ever-present shining miraculous joy. The greatest rock band of all time.
HAAHAHAHA! I READ THESE WORDS AND WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT SOMEONE HAS EXPRESSED JUST EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE WHO AND THIS PERFORMANCE IN PARTICULAR...THEN...I NOTICED THAT IT WAS I WHO DID WRITE THIS....I GAVE MYSELF A GOOD LAUGH...
You are completely right...the presence on stage...the flow ..the songwriting...simply the best ever...especially Mooni...we love him...Harry and Benni...both drummers...
I was front row for this 1989- a most memorable experience. Pete and I locked eyes and he acknowledged me often. I threw up my sunglasses and he wore them. He told me I was cray cray. Because I knew every air guitar, drumroll and lyric. What a night
Simon Phillips! Many comments are for him and that's perfectly understood. He is one of the best of all time and yes he does not need to sound like KM because he has his own distinct sound. That's why the guys chose him without audition. They are very few in this business who can seat in KM's throne. He is one of them and he does it with his own style. His technical abilities and musicality are beyond words.
Let’s not forget Simon’s influential drumming on Judas Priest’s 1977 album Sin After Sin. He pretty much single-handedly invented the thrash metal blast beats on that record that heavily Dave Lombardo of Slayer.
Yes he's amazing he and Nancy Wilson are amazing and aggressive acoustic guitar rockers. I'm starting to realize why I've been obsessed with acoustic guitar since I can remember. It started when I was 4 years old and I'd listen to my older sister's Tommy the Who tape and quickly became obsessed.
@@generoswell8890 that makes no sense at all. Tommy the Who is a heavily acoustic guitar driven album. THAT is why he played the acoustic guitar the entire time. You see, anyone who plays guitar, and I mean truly is a guitarist knows that playing acoustic guitar takes way more strength to play and is harder on the hands than playing an electric guitar, especially as aggressively as Pete plays. It sucks if Pete cut his hand, but playing the acoustic is going to cause way more pain than playing electric. With an electric guitar all you have to do is breathe on the strings and you get a sound. Go listen to Tommy the Who album and if you have an ear for music you will hear that it is strongly acoustic guitar driven like I said. I first listened to Tommy The Who when I was four as my older sisters had the album. I know it like the back of my hand. Plus I started playing guitar around eleven years old, I play classic rock, classical etc. studied classical guitar in college. I've always played both acoustic and electric but I prefer acoustic guitar as I can play aggressively and percussively and I prefer heavy strings because I get a heavier sound. The guys I've played with would always want to play my acoustic and complain to me about how heavy my strings are and that it hurts their hands because they're so used to the gentle playing the electric needs. Hence why the post we are replying to says that Pete can play the acoustic more ferociously then most rock guitars players can play on electric.... because it is not easy to play "ferociously", aggressively etc on electric it takes strength and can make your hands hurt a lot faster than playing the touchy electric with uses lighter strings.
@@generoswell8890 There were two main reasons why he played acoustic during this tour. He wanted to get closer to the original sound of the studio versions which feature lots of acoustic work. Also, Pete was heavily struggling with his tinnitus in 1989 and coulnd't reproduce the loud electric guitar sounds. The reason why his hand is bandaged up is because he impaled his hand on his guitar's whammy bar a few shows prior.
Wow, totally agree 👍 who 😔 sorry about that 😅 can even ever figure out how in thee Hell how 2 play and figure out the intro and chords to play " Tommy ", watched a video awhile back, and it wasn't even close to what I'd been doing- Nxt. To Dylan and Lennon and McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete stands head and shoulders far and away the rest----
Absolutely chilling finale. This is 30 years old and we've heard Tommy hundreds of times, and still, this is chilling it's so brilliant. It's like Beethoven or Bach for the late 20th century. No other person in our lifetime could combine guitar mastery with composing genius like Pete. And Roger's pipes could be in the top 3 of vocalists in the rock era.
@@zombywoof1015 I rather doubt there are a list of others who were better as combined guitarists/composers. Not Waters, not Lennon. Not Trower. Not Rush/ACDC, etc.
Takes me back to listening to the national broadcast across the nation (us), from our Kahala towers condo in Honolulu. My bedroom window open. The breeze coming in. Damn! Great night! Memories…
Totally agree; such a top tier drummer Simon is. Honestly (although Zak was just 24 at the time), I think Simon was the perfect choice for this run of Tommy. Although I'm sure Simon wasn't trying to sound like Moonie, his double bass kicks, fills, and rolls are similar, IMO.
Patti Labelle absolutely destroyed it on acid queen. Her vovals were unbelievable. She was able to raise the roof on the place at the closing with her fill and give it a rock gospel swing.
Wow yes. I think even the Ox cracked a smile of recognition for her. Pete, Roger and everyone else did. I love Tina, but my God. Pattie IS the Acid Queen. Her voice puts all these modern, little clad songsters to their knees.
Simons drums were set up in an old Music Store outside of Philly right near Villanova in the early 80s. I don’t know why they were there but the drum salesman knew me and let me play them. It was so much fun and I bought my own set of Tama,s from that same store. Medley music.
Can you see any band today putting out something like this? Townsend will go down as one of the all time great composers and he was in his 20’s when he wrote this.
The Who were magic hard and cleaver London boys, they epitomised the Mod culture, they proved that quality was actually obtainable and within your own reach , like easy, if you were ready.
As magnificent this performance of the Rock Opera Tommy is, there is another... The Who's Quadrophenia. Not necessarily better, but lends credence to the genius of these '70s rockers who did it all!
If he hadn't been a coke addict an alcoholic and a heavy smoker he might still be with us today. What a waste of a great talent. I met him in 1999 at an art signing he had put on in Clayton, MO. I shook his hand and it felt like shaking hands with a corpse. He was very weak and much older looking at that time than he actually was. He did not look well and it was only a few years later that he passed.
Give Tash Sultana a listen - Tash is a full power rock band with a brass section and a vocal range of six octaves...in my 55+ years of concert-going, noting like them in terms of musical genius speaking their own truth...
26:46.............Pattie LaBelle..........this performance, I really have no words how cool that is....off the fucking charts !!. An ultimate Professional, right? What a performance.....
Tommy the album in my book is the greatest album ever released. This concert is better than a Broadway musical. This shows you the talent and genius ability of The Who.
I loved THE WHO but this is shit - so is your ridiculous statement that it's the greatest album ever released - it's not even the best album by THE WHO... You know nothing.
I never get tired of watching this video, the Who seem to be at their prime. Their vision of Tommy has filled out and matured a bit, it's just great stuff!
Anyone else remember when this was on live TV in ‘89? It was on whatever Fox channel was back then…and for us drummers, this was a veritable drum clinic from the great Simon Phillips. And I recorded this on, of course, VHS and wore it out playing and replaying this all the time…until this finally came out as a DVD box set (sans TV commercials…hallelujah!) and companion booklet. This never gets old…even 33 years later. Sadly we’re only missing one out of the entire cast…the great John Entwistle…whose lightning fast fingers on bass will never be duplicated. Don’t believe me? Go to 12:30 in the song The Amazing Journey and just watch his solo…especially his left hand all over the fret board. Are you kidding me??? Was lucky to have seen the last show of this tour at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas as part of Randy Quaid’s “Greatest Party Ever” promotion that ran all summer long in those Miller Light TV ads. They did Tommy and their hits…albeit with none of the guest singers…just The Who with the back-up singers, the percussionist, Simon Phillips, the keyboardist, the horn section, and the electric guitarist (filling in due to Pete’s hearing issues back then while Pete played acoustic guitar…but during their hits section, Pete played an electric). Phenomenal show.
I'm still crying in awe! Such magnificence!! I'm in a dunny in Brisbane testing out these new earphones I just bought, and am blown away! I opened the packet before entering the loos. I'm so blown away I'm not getting off the dunny anytime soon. How sick is that? Sick as in disgusting. A 55 year old rocking out on an Ozi dunny to Tommy live is probably not something these guys envisioned when Pete wrote this. Yes disgusting but I just couldn't take my eyes off the footage or pause the music. Oh fuck oh fuck!! The finale!!! Oh fuck Pattie!! (Sorry for the fks kids...) OK it ended and I'm in a public dunny with surrounding shops at a train station. Guess what was playing in the background when this clip ended and I finally came out of the cubicle? Behind Blue Eyes! How bizarre is that? Not Pete's original but just wow. I am one sick individual. RIP Mooney! RIP My Ox. I apologise to all the bassists on Earth who will never reach his skill. What a man. Roger, just wow as usual. Pete, Pete. A genius who in my little opinion was criticised despicably. The man deserves bows. He is a legend. My God!!
Hey my brother! I was 16 watching the sky turn pink my favorite band was the Who❤it was the reason I was there ( Woodstock) watching Townsend in that white jumpsuit, it was a seminal moment in my life. Peace to you …it’s March 11 2023 I’m 70 years old sober and drug free for 33 years 😂 it’s a miracle,I will always be grateful for the decision to get there ,be safe I’m glad for you having experienced that amazing time ✌️👍
This was the first of many amazing shows on 89 that i gotto see. Saw then in arrowhead stadium. The turned the place into a giant pinball machine. Watched yhe balll on the screen to have it shoot out of the left screen. Im sure it was 15 feet in diameter. The crowd almost got it out of the stadium. The coolest was when it would run back to the floor it would hit the sound guy, or two of the speaker pods on the floor. When it did they would blink blue, green, or orange and go "ching ching" just like a bally machine. We were blown away. It was an honor and something i will never forget. John Entwistle was beyone compare as were the rest. Live horns, strings, it was majic pure brilliance ... Thanks guys.....
I fucking love watching Simon Phillips play this music. I remember when I was 13 and this came on ABC on Prime Time TV. My parents refused to watch it but let me record it on our VHS. I wore this tape out watching it over and over and over. I remember being a little disappointed that Pete basically played none of the leads, but Entwistle and Simon Phillips made up for it. This was the first time I wanted to be a drummer, and I’m still play almost every day. Thanks Simon.
Simon is awesome - a monster drummer who never gets the credit he deserves. Moon is irreplaceable, but Phillips is so technically good. He's about as good as you're gonna get as a fill-in... I like Starky, but he's a bit lazy on the kit. He doesn't play half of the fills Moonie (and Simon) did, and it ruins some of the songs.
So many mixed comments about Keith Moon at this concert. Real sad that true Who fans do not remember that the greatest Rock drummer passe away in 1978 - he was there in spirit. RIP Keith
Absolutely love The Who and this is a classic performance. My first view of them aged 16, was in Woodstock singing Free Me, I was forever held in awe of them. To this day aged 72 I'm still a huge fan. The other performers in here I love too. Rock On The Who!!!! Love you bigtime all the way from Australia :)
Best version of Tommy they ever did live. Nice to hear it with horns, keyboards, background singers, etc. The guest stars are all pretty good, and Simon Phillips is outstanding on drums!
This is STELLAR performance of Tommy by WHO and supporting cast. Daltrey sounds unreal. Townshend on acoustic (like the studio) sounds amazing! Entwistle sounds amazing. Simon Phillips is fantastic, Steve Boltz Bolton's melodic leads are fabulous, background sings, horns, Rabbit..... This is a serious GEM!!! I love the 1989 tour!!!!
This is the concert that me a Who fan. The Vocals from Roger, windmills from Pete, and The Ox tearing it on bass and the incredible drumming from Simon as they tore it up. Add on the Rabbit and Steve Bolton, this is by far the best live performance I have ever seen.
Pete is incredible ! What energy ! So brillant even in more difficult play of acoustic guitar ! I can listen that all time…obviously, The Who will keep eternal 🎉
I was 12 when the Vh1 channel had a Who weekend to celebrate their 25th anniversary (if I'm remembering right). They showed nothing but Who videos for 3 days including the film version of Tommy, the Shea Stadium concert from 82 and this concert. I recorded as I much as I could to vhs tapes and watched them religiously for years. This takes me back to those times. Love it.
Une époque où les compositions ne reposaient pas que sur 3 accords, une voix véritable et sans sampler, de l'interprétation pure et véritable, c'est tellement devenu rare que ça manque!
Oh boy !!...Billy Idol absolutely mind blowing !..Like all the boys in the band !...Absolutely superb !!...Smashing !..and Simon Phillips devastating !
I love Tommy, I bought as soon as it was released. I had the great pleasure of seeing The Who, with Kieth Moon, in 1976, at the Oakland Stadium, I was right up front and Roger Daltry glistened like a Greek God. They played Tommy all the way through, then all of Who’s Next, and all their old hits, My Generation, Magic Bus, etc, and of course Kieth and Pete smashed the shit out of the stage at the end!! It was epic, will never forget ❤
I was born in 1995 and was raised on The WHO, absolutely love them. Thank you Dad for having the best taste in music and for passing it on to me to enjoy and appreciate. Keep rocking people of TH-cam! 🔥🙌🤘👍👏💖🎶🔥
Yep The Gen Y kids who found Dad’s stacks of LPs in cardboard boxes in the wardrobe and thumbed through them were the reinforcements of the 60s - 70s Baby Boomer Rock Army
I watch this over and over again. 🎶💞😎✌ With tears, smiles and goosebumps everywhere! Because I was there.. At 24 this masterpiece was the last concert I shared with just my 20yo sister. She passed away a year later. The shear power, energy, excitement, and every other emotion with so much incomparable talent on stage with one of the greatest bands of all time bring Tommy to life! I hold this so deep in my heart and soul... There are no words. Thank you so very much for posting this ❤ It was a night I'll NEVER forget.
Tommy is not my favorite Who album but this is outstanding! Truly Pete is a great rhythm and acoustic guitar player! I'm glad he brought horns from the Deep End too. I'm glad Simon Phillips is playing drums. I really like the guy.
This was pretty damned amazing, especially the Overture in the beginning where Townshend is just a machine. Between the releases of "The Joshua Tree" and "Nevermind" there was a brief period of very polished, guitar-driven, borderline-metal hard rock (see also Living Colour and Jane's Addiction). And while I'm sure some purists balked at the time, seeing the material from "Tommy" performed in line with that era's production values really DID fit it like a glove.
My wonderful sister bought the original vinyl of this. I spent hours and hours listening to it in absolute amazement sitting by my parents stereogram. It is very special to me and always will be. This concert is incredible, share it for others to enjoy!
It came out in '69 but I didn't know about it until '74 when my brother bought it second hand as back then we could only afford second hand albums in the record shop. Then the following year the film came out in cinemas though I only saw it on TV to begin with until it came to the local art centre four years ago.
The albim is my all time favorite! My 8th grade science teacher played it, explaining each sequence in relation to our studies on mental illness. I begged my mother for it.i still have that album, as well as cassette, CD, and electronic.
I absolutely love Keith Moon, but Simon Phillips is a monster. The music sounds much more tight with him, he gives it a completely different feel. Amazing.
If Simon did the drugs the alcohol that Keith Moon did when he was playing Simon would suck LOL. But you're right Simon is badass playing with The Who. No Doubt
Définitively '' Tommy'' is the best pop music opera since the year 1969 We have the opportunity to meet at this concert the composer Peter Townsen who play too the conductor and too the leader guitar That is the level of Leonard Bernstein with ' 'West Side Story' ' in the 50's This Who' s opera is becoming a classical one Congratulations Victor Kowalyk 03300 Cusset (, France)
Flat out amazing! The Isle of Wight show from 1970 is the best live performance I have ever seen by any band, but this is up there amongst my favorites. Simon Phillips is the best possible fill in for Keith in his prime except of course for Keith in his prime. Good gosh this is awesome.
At 59 something LaBelle brings America back in and I have to stop it to get air. There are no words to describe the Black American Genius. The notes are from above the clouds. My dad took me to a jazz club in Detroit when I was a kid and I just implode myself how she can channel it. Believe people.
utterly stunning in its power, beauty, lyricism and melodies. One of the greatest musical accomplishments in rock history! (BTW, Simon Phillips is one heck of a drummer!)
I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast. Great concert and Patti Labelle ate 'em ALIVE! I have it on dvd but part 2 where they perform their hits was great too
Was at that show too! Nice to meet you :) I sat in the very last row of the stadium, directly opposite the stage, and my ears were still ringing! Forever grateful to the musicians 🕯️
Roger Daltrey is one of the most sexiest men in rock and roll. I think he is still hot, even today, at age 72. Hubba, hubba! Anyway, I think THE WHO is the best band in the world. I even have their logo tattooed on my right forearm. I am a HUGE fan. I love this concert so much. Thanks to whomever uploaded this brilliant performance. I am going to see them in concert on May 15th, 2016, at Key Arena. I am so excited!
I am a classic rocker who never really cared for The Who. But in 1989, just a day or two before this concert, I got to see The Who. I won the tickets and a trip to New York City to see them perform Tommy in its entirety at Radio City Music Hall. For me, the trip was the better part. In fact, the night of the concert, I tried to sell my ticket for the face price. Well, I had second row seats and each ticket was $450. I had a few approach me and once they saw the price of the ticket, they said no way. So, I was stuck with the ticket and I went to the show. To this day, I am so glad that no one bought my ticket. This turned out to be the third best concert I ever saw, and I have seen many. The sound was so clean, the band so energized, and just everything about the show was top notch. When I got back home, I won tickets and a trip once again to see The Who at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. So a month after seeing them in NY, I saw them again in San Diego. Of course the stadium show was nowhere near as good as the show in NY, but I had a great time nonetheless.
How lucky must you be to win tickets to see the Who not just once, but twice! Hope you enjoyed and cherish your experience and the memories that come with them friend. Keep rocking!
@@ronnelson7283 Number one was Trans Siberian Orchestra at the Thomas and Mack Center ( 2002 ). Number two was Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in a small bar called Krackers also in Vegas ( 1989 ).
I love watching Billy during the finale running around like everybody in the audience would like to be doing. Up there among those living legends. When Pete waved billy over to to share his mic I had a total fangasm.
I was working for a local cable outlet in 1989 when this concert aired as a pay-per-view event. I was to monitor the feed and record for future airing. I was absolutely mesmerized by this show. As enthralling now as it was then!
The entire thing gave me chills. I bought the album when it was first released and seeing the entire thing done in concert, live was phenomenal. What a fantastic "Rock Opera". It's something that will never be duplicated.
This is what I have always been telling people. Am going to be 65 june 1 and I saw the WHO 5 TIME'S. I remember saying way way back in the middle 70s. That Pete Townsend is a musical genius. I would get laughed at. For a young man in his early 20s. To write the first rock opera. He wrote all the lyrics composed all the music. Shit and all those great songs before Tommy. I can see for miles. Quadrophenia after who's next and all but one song on whos next was Pete's. Who's next was going to be another rock opera but Pete had a break down. Life house was supposed to be the next one. Then to write and compost the lyrics and music to quadrophenia. All of this amazing amazing work in like 5 or 6 years and in his early 20s. IT'S WHAT IS CALLED A MUSICAL GENIUS. Like everyone else like pete the world will realize how truly great he is. But after he passes away. Is when people in the world are going to realize that he is one of the greatest at everything he did in rock and roll.
Saw them in Pittsburg, Roger came out and announced that they would not be performing anything from Tommy, but played five or six anyways!.....Never forget riding that boat shroomed to whip.................
I was at this concert, my brother Brice bought my ticket, flew me to California, bought me dinner, took me to the show, then drove me back to the airport to fly back home. 🎉 I had just had a baby and was still nursing so I had told Brice I couldn’t go, but bless his heart he insisted I come! And I finally said ok yes I’ll come. We both love the Who, I’ll never ever forget that day and this show!
Your brother is awesome!😊
And …did you name your child Tommy?!😝😝
Your brother Brice must be an awesome dude. 👍
I named my son Tommy. It took a lot of convincing my wife but I was persistent.
Brice rules 🤟
Townsend: the genius...Daltry: the soul and spirit....Entwistle: the depth and cool...Moon: the missing and also ever-present shining miraculous joy. The greatest rock band of all time.
HAAHAHAHA! I READ THESE WORDS AND WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT SOMEONE HAS EXPRESSED JUST EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE WHO AND THIS PERFORMANCE IN PARTICULAR...THEN...I NOTICED THAT IT WAS I WHO DID WRITE THIS....I GAVE MYSELF A GOOD LAUGH...
You are completely right...the presence on stage...the flow ..the songwriting...simply the best ever...especially Mooni...we love him...Harry and Benni...both drummers...
So true Pete Townshend is a musical genius. The who greatest rock band ever ever
Drummer is good. Nobody is Keith Moon.
I was front row for this 1989- a most memorable experience. Pete and I locked eyes and he acknowledged me often. I threw up my sunglasses and he wore them. He told me I was cray cray. Because I knew every air guitar, drumroll and lyric. What a night
Now THATS what I call a concert CONNECTION!!
🤘🤩🤘
Flexxx!!!
@@negtype13 haha. I always wanted to meet Pete, but only ended up meeting his brothers. Good concert experience tho
Saw the who 5 times. That's great you got to have a Moment or 2 with Pete Townshend. Pete Townshend is a musical genius.
Mid South Coliseum Memphis 1971 . Sat behind Keith Moon
WOW... 34 YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE, this appears and I see it for the first time. Brilliant!
Simon Phillips! Many comments are for him and that's perfectly understood. He is one of the best of all time and yes he does not need to sound like KM because he has his own distinct sound. That's why the guys chose him without audition. They are very few in this business who can seat in KM's throne. He is one of them and he does it with his own style. His technical abilities and musicality are beyond words.
Let’s not forget Simon’s influential drumming on Judas Priest’s 1977 album Sin After Sin. He pretty much single-handedly invented the thrash metal blast beats on that record that heavily Dave Lombardo of Slayer.
Pete Townshend can play acoustic guitar more ferociously than most rockers can play electric.
Yes he's amazing he and Nancy Wilson are amazing and aggressive acoustic guitar rockers. I'm starting to realize why I've been obsessed with acoustic guitar since I can remember. It started when I was 4 years old and I'd listen to my older sister's Tommy the Who tape and quickly became obsessed.
He played acoustic caused he sliced open his hand on a cymbal
@@generoswell8890 that makes no sense at all. Tommy the Who is a heavily acoustic guitar driven album. THAT is why he played the acoustic guitar the entire time. You see, anyone who plays guitar, and I mean truly is a guitarist knows that playing acoustic guitar takes way more strength to play and is harder on the hands than playing an electric guitar, especially as aggressively as Pete plays. It sucks if Pete cut his hand, but playing the acoustic is going to cause way more pain than playing electric. With an electric guitar all you have to do is breathe on the strings and you get a sound. Go listen to Tommy the Who album and if you have an ear for music you will hear that it is strongly acoustic guitar driven like I said. I first listened to Tommy The Who when I was four as my older sisters had the album. I know it like the back of my hand. Plus I started playing guitar around eleven years old, I play classic rock, classical etc. studied classical guitar in college. I've always played both acoustic and electric but I prefer acoustic guitar as I can play aggressively and percussively and I prefer heavy strings because I get a heavier sound. The guys I've played with would always want to play my acoustic and complain to me about how heavy my strings are and that it hurts their hands because they're so used to the gentle playing the electric needs. Hence why the post we are replying to says that Pete can play the acoustic more ferociously then most rock guitars players can play on electric.... because it is not easy to play "ferociously", aggressively etc on electric it takes strength and can make your hands hurt a lot faster than playing the touchy electric with uses lighter strings.
@@generoswell8890 There were two main reasons why he played acoustic during this tour. He wanted to get closer to the original sound of the studio versions which feature lots of acoustic work. Also, Pete was heavily struggling with his tinnitus in 1989 and coulnd't reproduce the loud electric guitar sounds.
The reason why his hand is bandaged up is because he impaled his hand on his guitar's whammy bar a few shows prior.
Wow, totally agree 👍 who 😔 sorry about that 😅 can even ever figure out how in thee Hell how 2 play and figure out the intro and chords to play " Tommy ", watched a video awhile back, and it wasn't even close to what I'd been doing- Nxt. To Dylan and Lennon and McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Pete stands head and shoulders far and away the rest----
Absolutely chilling finale. This is 30 years old and we've heard Tommy hundreds of times, and still, this is chilling it's so brilliant. It's like Beethoven or Bach for the late 20th century. No other person in our lifetime could combine guitar mastery with composing genius like Pete. And Roger's pipes could be in the top 3 of vocalists in the rock era.
Simply the best
Roger one of the best, yes.
Pete? Far better guitarists and composers. I could compile you a list if you'd like. LOL
@@zombywoof1015 I rather doubt there are a list of others who were better as combined guitarists/composers. Not Waters, not Lennon. Not Trower. Not Rush/ACDC, etc.
Patti Labelle outright owned the last song!
The acid was good too.
This remains one of the finest performances ever in the history of rock and roll.
Скорее всего да. Лучшее!
Agreed.
Oh my!! They are sooo good !
Takes me back to listening to the national broadcast across the nation (us), from our Kahala towers condo in Honolulu.
My bedroom window open. The breeze coming in. Damn! Great night! Memories…
Takes exactly one line of Daltry singing "See me........." to give me chills.
Amazing bass playing. Seems like he's not making any effort and it comes so easy for him.
Watching Simon Phillips is such a delight; what a drummer!
Totally agree; such a top tier drummer Simon is. Honestly (although Zak was just 24 at the time), I think Simon was the perfect choice for this run of Tommy. Although I'm sure Simon wasn't trying to sound like Moonie, his double bass kicks, fills, and rolls are similar, IMO.
@@Revolution1117 Absolutely agree!
He is one of my favorites. Love him. He plays all styles you name it.
The brasses section is also spectacular
He was a fucking octopus on the kit. Awesome as was his sidekick on percussion Jody Linscott.
I feel like crying with emotion whenever I hear this work of art. It's a lot of emotion in a single rock band.
It's the magic of LSD.
Vote for Pedro good comment I feel the exact way and barely get it
THE BEST OVERTURE EVER IN ROCK HISTORY ! A SUPER CONCERT , GREAT TALENTS .
Patti Labelle absolutely destroyed it on acid queen. Her vovals were unbelievable. She was able to raise the roof on the place at the closing with her fill and give it a rock gospel swing.
Wow yes. I think even the Ox cracked a smile of recognition for her. Pete, Roger and everyone else did. I love Tina, but my God. Pattie IS the Acid Queen. Her voice puts all these modern, little clad songsters to their knees.
The acid Queen was performed by TINA TURNER.
@@joaovilaca4204 Tina did originally. But in this one it's Patty.
@@joaovilaca4204 So you did not just watch this concert clip???
Best Acid Queen ever!!!
Simon Phillips, the most under-rated drummer of all time. My God does he kill it here.
And the fantastic stuff he's doing with his Protocol 5 band...back to the Who , legends forever...
Simons drums were set up in an old Music Store outside of Philly right near Villanova in the early 80s. I don’t know why they were there but the drum salesman knew me and let me play them. It was so much fun and I bought my own set of Tama,s from that same store. Medley music.
I miss Keith moon
I wish he would've stayed on w/the band.
Phillips is one of the best and most respected in the business.
Can you see any band today putting out something like this? Townsend will go down as one of the all time great composers and he was in his 20’s when he wrote this.
No band can play like this today's band make all their sounds from computers and recording
He set a precedence for other bands such as Genesis, Pink Floyd, Rick Wakeman and Emerson, Lake and Palmer to follow with their concept albums.
Incapable
The Who were magic hard and cleaver London boys, they epitomised the Mod culture, they proved that quality was actually obtainable and within your own reach , like easy, if you were ready.
Only ABBA and partly Queen
My God. Mr Simon Phillips on drums, I salute you. What a work out and what massive boots to fill!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Agreed. To date the best fill in. Sorry Kenny J and Zach Starkey
@@kennyh558 Agreed!
Looked like kenny jones
@@generoswell8890 How? I think you need SpecSavers! 👓
absolutely masterful
Throughout Thunderfingers never missed a beat. Best bassist ever.
My brother took me to see them the day after i got out of of boot camp. Drafted! My momma raised no dummies!!!!! I was crying with my shaved head!!;;
Without any doubts the Who are certainly one of the Best band in the world !
As magnificent this performance of the Rock Opera Tommy is, there is another... The Who's Quadrophenia.
Not necessarily better, but lends credence to the genius of these '70s rockers who did it all!
Listening this demonstrates how essential Entwistle was to the whole SONIC sound...he is so missed.
If he hadn't been a coke addict an alcoholic and a heavy smoker he might still be with us today. What a waste of a great talent. I met him in 1999 at an art signing he had put on in Clayton, MO. I shook his hand and it felt like shaking hands with a corpse. He was very weak and much older looking at that time than he actually was. He did not look well and it was only a few years later that he passed.
@@goodwilj What a sad and terrible loss. No one can fill his shoes with The Who. As I understand, he knew that he had a bad heart.
@@goodwilj I agree!!!!!
Totally
Like having a 747 on full throttle the whole flight
The epitome of inconspicuous presence - and all the powerful because of it
For me, The Who is the best Rock Band Ever.
Townshend-Daltrey-Entwistle + Moon - best Rock Band ever. No other Band ever reached that level of musical power and energy.
that band was wielded like a weapon
led zeppelin did but i get your point
Give Tash Sultana a listen - Tash is a full power rock band with a brass section and a vocal range of six octaves...in my 55+ years of concert-going, noting like them in terms of musical genius speaking their own truth...
@@richardcolton1009love that
Zeppelin more than matched them they surpassed them
26:46.............Pattie LaBelle..........this performance, I really have no words how cool that is....off the fucking charts !!. An ultimate Professional, right? What a performance.....
ELTON JOHN. PHIL COLLINS. PATTI LABELLE.
THIS CONCERT KICKS ASS!! 😃😃😃
pete townsed is the mozart of our time
I am 53 and I love this.
Phil Collins was just great as Wicked Uncle Ernie!!
He was feeling the part, and he was almost as good as The Moon
Tommy the album in my book is the greatest album ever released. This concert is better than a Broadway musical. This shows you the talent and genius ability of The Who.
I loved THE WHO but this is shit - so is your ridiculous statement that it's the greatest album ever released - it's not even the best album by THE WHO... You know nothing.
Are you joking?
@@EPA18 why would he be joking lmfao
Well, it’s certainly one of them.
I saw Tommy on Broadway, actors singing and creating the scenes, big orchestra.
I never get tired of watching this video, the Who seem to be at their prime. Their vision of Tommy has filled out and matured a bit, it's just great stuff!
Anyone else remember when this was on live TV in ‘89? It was on whatever Fox channel was back then…and for us drummers, this was a veritable drum clinic from the great Simon Phillips. And I recorded this on, of course, VHS and wore it out playing and replaying this all the time…until this finally came out as a DVD box set (sans TV commercials…hallelujah!) and companion booklet. This never gets old…even 33 years later. Sadly we’re only missing one out of the entire cast…the great John Entwistle…whose lightning fast fingers on bass will never be duplicated. Don’t believe me? Go to 12:30 in the song The Amazing Journey and just watch his solo…especially his left hand all over the fret board. Are you kidding me??? Was lucky to have seen the last show of this tour at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas as part of Randy Quaid’s “Greatest Party Ever” promotion that ran all summer long in those Miller Light TV ads. They did Tommy and their hits…albeit with none of the guest singers…just The Who with the back-up singers, the percussionist, Simon Phillips, the keyboardist, the horn section, and the electric guitarist (filling in due to Pete’s hearing issues back then while Pete played acoustic guitar…but during their hits section, Pete played an electric). Phenomenal show.
I do remember exactly where I was when I watched this. It just blew my mind. Simon is such a beast!
I was at this concert; it remains my absolutely favorite concert experience...
so lucky bro
I saw it from the 5th row in Dallas.
Hey no way that's not something to be joking about basement boy
Billy Idol was so perfect for this gig.
He was perrrrfect
Watching Simon Phillips in this performance inspired me to be a drummer. Probably hundreds of others as well.
One of my favourite versions of Tommy. It sounds so much more robust and alive than the original AND STILL INCREDIBLE album.
I'm still crying in awe! Such magnificence!!
I'm in a dunny in Brisbane testing out these new earphones I just bought, and am blown away! I opened the packet before entering the loos. I'm so blown away I'm not getting off the dunny anytime soon. How sick is that? Sick as in disgusting.
A 55 year old rocking out on an Ozi dunny to Tommy live is probably not something these guys envisioned when Pete wrote this. Yes disgusting but I just couldn't take my eyes off the footage or pause the music.
Oh fuck oh fuck!! The finale!!! Oh fuck Pattie!! (Sorry for the fks kids...)
OK it ended and I'm in a public dunny with surrounding shops at a train station.
Guess what was playing in the background when this clip ended and I finally came out of the cubicle?
Behind Blue Eyes! How bizarre is that?
Not Pete's original but just wow.
I am one sick individual.
RIP Mooney! RIP My Ox. I apologise to all the bassists on Earth who will never reach his skill. What a man.
Roger, just wow as usual. Pete, Pete. A genius who in my little opinion was criticised despicably. The man deserves bows. He is a legend.
My God!!
Even on the acoustic, Townsend is absolutely amazing. Punk Rock.
TOWNSHEND. The uploader got it wrong and so did you. That is so disrespectful!
Ladies and gentlemen the best rock ‘n’ roll band in the world .
The ending is triumphant.
Hey my brother! I was 16 watching the sky turn pink my favorite band was the Who❤it was the reason I was there ( Woodstock) watching Townsend in that white jumpsuit, it was a seminal moment in my life. Peace to you …it’s March 11 2023 I’m 70 years old sober and drug free for 33 years 😂 it’s a miracle,I will always be grateful for the decision to get there ,be safe I’m glad for you having experienced that amazing time ✌️👍
This was the first of many amazing shows on 89 that i gotto see. Saw then in arrowhead stadium. The turned the place into a giant pinball machine. Watched yhe balll on the screen to have it shoot out of the left screen. Im sure it was 15 feet in diameter. The crowd almost got it out of the stadium. The coolest was when it would run back to the floor it would hit the sound guy, or two of the speaker pods on the floor. When it did they would blink blue, green, or orange and go "ching ching" just like a bally machine. We were blown away. It was an honor and something i will never forget. John Entwistle was beyone compare as were the rest. Live horns, strings, it was majic pure brilliance
... Thanks guys.....
I fucking love watching Simon Phillips play this music. I remember when I was 13 and this came on ABC on Prime Time TV. My parents refused to watch it but let me record it on our VHS. I wore this tape out watching it over and over and over. I remember being a little disappointed that Pete basically played none of the leads, but Entwistle and Simon Phillips made up for it. This was the first time I wanted to be a drummer, and I’m still play almost every day. Thanks Simon.
Simon is awesome - a monster drummer who never gets the credit he deserves. Moon is irreplaceable, but Phillips is so technically good. He's about as good as you're gonna get as a fill-in... I like Starky, but he's a bit lazy on the kit. He doesn't play half of the fills Moonie (and Simon) did, and it ruins some of the songs.
I too recorded this on VHS and watched it one day I stayed home sick from school. It’s a masterpiece!
Great concert! Patti LaBelle killed that song and totally destroyed the stage! A true vocal powerhouse!!!🔥🔥🔥
even though she couldn't be bothered to really learn the song?
@@weedywet She sang the heck out of the song and didn't miss a beat. Pure talent!
@@KD-yh8gg missed words. Screwed up the rhymes. Couldn’t be bothered to know it.
So many mixed comments about Keith Moon at this concert. Real sad that true Who fans do not remember that the greatest Rock drummer passe away in 1978 - he was there in spirit. RIP Keith
Absolutely love The Who and this is a classic performance. My first view of them aged 16, was in Woodstock singing Free Me, I was forever held in awe of them. To this day aged 72 I'm still a huge fan. The other performers in here I love too. Rock On The Who!!!! Love you bigtime all the way from Australia :)
Hi Hun. I'm rewatching this too. You went to Woodstock?? I'm envious.🇦🇺
I was 15 and my big brother would'nt take me along with his girlfriend. totally understandable.
You were at Woodstock? I thought that I knew you!!
Love THE WHO, and The Who lovers, DEAR Margaret ♥️🎀🌹.
I'm born în '53 and i' m young😅😂👍LONG live to THE WHO lovers🏆
Best version of Tommy they ever did live. Nice to hear it with horns, keyboards, background singers, etc. The guest stars are all pretty good, and Simon Phillips is outstanding on drums!
Jhensy2012 die hard who fans call this tour, " the who on ice" personally I think Tommy needs horns, keys, etc
Check out the live version from Tanglewood in 1970. Video is vintage 1970 (not great) but the band (including Keith Moon) was tight and awesome.
Aaahhh ...dear Simon Philips 🙏!!!
There was no better replacement for Moonie than Simon..
Indeed
It just doesn't get any better than this !!!!
This is STELLAR performance of Tommy by WHO and supporting cast. Daltrey sounds unreal. Townshend on acoustic (like the studio) sounds amazing! Entwistle sounds amazing. Simon Phillips is fantastic, Steve Boltz Bolton's melodic leads are fabulous, background sings, horns, Rabbit..... This is a serious GEM!!! I love the 1989 tour!!!!
Rock geniuses, especially 'Simon Phillips' behind the drums paying total respect to the late great 'Keith Moon'.
It was Entwhistle's bass which made me a WHO fan for life. Standing virtually STILL and churning out those bass heavy numbers was a treat.
This is the concert that me a Who fan. The Vocals from Roger, windmills from Pete, and The Ox tearing it on bass and the incredible drumming from Simon as they tore it up. Add on the Rabbit and Steve Bolton, this is by far the best live performance I have ever seen.
Pete is incredible ! What energy ! So brillant even in more difficult play of acoustic guitar ! I can listen that all time…obviously, The Who will keep eternal 🎉
Simon Phillips on drums is soooo awesome‼️
I was at this show at Universal in Los Angeles. Incredible experience and beyond belief performance. I still have the gifts from being back stage.
Rock at it's very best. A masterpiece.
INCREDIBLE! I really feel Simon brings so much to this concert, wish he had carried on with them more over the years...
Entwistle at roughly 12:54 is so much fun! The Ox is unique and other bass players are often in awe.
I was 12 when the Vh1 channel had a Who weekend to celebrate their 25th anniversary (if I'm remembering right).
They showed nothing but Who videos for 3 days including the film version of Tommy, the Shea Stadium concert from 82 and this concert.
I recorded as I much as I could to vhs tapes and watched them religiously for years. This takes me back to those times. Love it.
We need a time machine so we can see this in person
Une époque où les compositions ne reposaient pas que sur 3 accords, une voix véritable et sans sampler, de l'interprétation pure et véritable, c'est tellement devenu rare que ça manque!
Pati LaBelle is the Real Acid Queen!
What a voice
All the guests were great, with the exception of one I need not name who tried way, way, way too hard.
billyyyyy
Oh boy !!...Billy Idol absolutely mind blowing !..Like all the boys in the band !...Absolutely superb !!...Smashing !..and Simon Phillips devastating !
These times need an Anthemic Band like the who!
I love Tommy, I bought as soon as it was released. I had the great pleasure of seeing The Who, with Kieth Moon, in 1976, at the Oakland Stadium, I was right up front and Roger Daltry glistened like a Greek God. They played Tommy all the way through, then all of Who’s Next, and all their old hits, My Generation, Magic Bus, etc, and of course Kieth and Pete smashed the shit out of the stage at the end!! It was epic, will never forget ❤
Whoever put this up, made a lot of us Boomers proud beyond measure!! Boundless appreciation
I was born in 1995 and was raised on The WHO, absolutely love them. Thank you Dad for having the best taste in music and for passing it on to me to enjoy and appreciate. Keep rocking people of TH-cam! 🔥🙌🤘👍👏💖🎶🔥
Yep
The Gen Y kids who found Dad’s stacks of LPs in cardboard boxes in the wardrobe and thumbed through them were the reinforcements of the 60s - 70s Baby Boomer Rock Army
Very very very good, one of the best albums, ever 😎😎😎
I watch this over and over again. 🎶💞😎✌
With tears, smiles and goosebumps everywhere!
Because I was there..
At 24 this masterpiece was the last concert I shared with just my 20yo sister. She passed away a year later.
The shear power, energy, excitement, and every other emotion with so much incomparable talent on stage with one of the greatest bands of all time bring Tommy to life!
I hold this so deep in my heart and soul...
There are no words.
Thank you so very much for posting this ❤
It was a night I'll NEVER forget.
Patti LaBelle kills it! Fuckin' fantastic!
A tour de force.
This kicks ass... would've loved to see Simon stay on with The Who. 🥁🎼
Tommy is not my favorite Who album but this is outstanding! Truly Pete is a great rhythm and acoustic guitar player! I'm glad he brought horns from the Deep End too. I'm glad Simon Phillips is playing drums. I really like the guy.
This was pretty damned amazing, especially the Overture in the beginning where Townshend is just a machine. Between the releases of "The Joshua Tree" and "Nevermind" there was a brief period of very polished, guitar-driven, borderline-metal hard rock (see also Living Colour and Jane's Addiction). And while I'm sure some purists balked at the time, seeing the material from "Tommy" performed in line with that era's production values really DID fit it like a glove.
My wonderful sister bought the original vinyl of this. I spent hours and hours listening to it in absolute amazement sitting by my parents stereogram. It is very special to me and always will be. This concert is incredible, share it for others to enjoy!
It came out in '69 but I didn't know about it until '74 when my brother bought it second hand as back then we could only afford second hand albums in the record shop. Then the following year the film came out in cinemas though I only saw it on TV to begin with until it came to the local art centre four years ago.
The albim is my all time favorite! My 8th grade science teacher played it, explaining each sequence in relation to our studies on mental illness. I begged my mother for it.i still have that album, as well as cassette, CD, and electronic.
I bought the vynil, the tape, the CD ... and I am watching this video ! Autrement dit, j’aime !
SIMON PHILIPS SUPERBO ON DRUMS.A MASTER!
I absolutely love Keith Moon, but Simon Phillips is a monster. The music sounds much more tight with him, he gives it a completely different feel. Amazing.
If Simon did the drugs the alcohol that Keith Moon did when he was playing Simon would suck LOL. But you're right Simon is badass playing with The Who. No Doubt
Simon is one of my favourite drummers....saw him in a Mick Jagger concert.........
Définitively '' Tommy'' is the best pop music opera since the year 1969
We have the opportunity to meet at this concert the composer Peter Townsen who play too the conductor and too the leader guitar
That is the level of Leonard Bernstein with
' 'West Side Story' ' in the 50's This Who' s opera is becoming a classical one
Congratulations
Victor Kowalyk 03300 Cusset (, France)
Wow! My only regret is that this wasn't recorded in 4K but considering it was performed in 1989 it's understandable. But the music was BRILIANT!!
Flat out amazing! The Isle of Wight show from 1970 is the best live performance I have ever seen by any band, but this is up there amongst my favorites. Simon Phillips is the best possible fill in for Keith in his prime except of course for Keith in his prime. Good gosh this is awesome.
Cool I will look that up. I just saw this for first time can't believe I didn't 'get' the band when I was 22 or so
John Entwistle, one of the best.. RIP!!
Loving this star studded live version of Tommy. Have just seen The Who live in Durham, 2023 and they still do a superb set list. ❤
It's my understanding that the band is only touring in the UK-?🤔
At 59 something LaBelle brings America back in and I have to stop it to get air. There are no words to describe the Black American Genius. The notes are from above the clouds. My dad took me to a jazz club in Detroit when I was a kid and I just implode myself how she can channel it. Believe people.
This concert is a masterpiece of rock ! The Who are a masterpiece !
The overture blows me away every time! I actually get emotional listening to it!
"Amazing Journey" too!
utterly stunning in its power, beauty, lyricism and melodies. One of the greatest musical accomplishments in rock history! (BTW, Simon Phillips is one heck of a drummer!)
I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast. Great concert and Patti Labelle ate 'em ALIVE! I have it on dvd but part 2 where they perform their hits was great too
Patti Labelle ruined it with her screeching vocals that were more about her than performing the song properly.
Patti LaBelle
Move over Tina!
I still have my vhs copy I recorded from my bootleg cable box, and bought the DVD when it came out. The show live sounds better than the dvd.
I saw them do this in Philly. It was a religious experience. One of the best nights of my life.
Was at that show too! Nice to meet you :) I sat in the very last row of the stadium, directly opposite the stage, and my ears were still ringing! Forever grateful to the musicians 🕯️
Roger Daltrey is one of the most sexiest men in rock and roll. I think he is still hot, even today, at age 72. Hubba, hubba! Anyway, I think THE WHO is the best band in the world. I even have their logo tattooed on my right forearm. I am a HUGE fan. I love this concert so much. Thanks to whomever uploaded this brilliant performance. I am going to see them in concert on May 15th, 2016, at Key Arena. I am so excited!
Pete's masterpiece of all time. There will never be another album like this. Absolutely awesome🎸💯👍
I saw this tour back in '89 at Tampa Stadium. The next day my friends and I realized our faces hurt from smiling so much at the show.
I am a classic rocker who never really cared for The Who. But in 1989, just a day or two before this concert, I got to see The Who. I won the tickets and a trip to New York City to see them perform Tommy in its entirety at Radio City Music Hall. For me, the trip was the better part. In fact, the night of the concert, I tried to sell my ticket for the face price. Well, I had second row seats and each ticket was $450. I had a few approach me and once they saw the price of the ticket, they said no way. So, I was stuck with the ticket and I went to the show. To this day, I am so glad that no one bought my ticket. This turned out to be the third best concert I ever saw, and I have seen many. The sound was so clean, the band so energized, and just everything about the show was top notch. When I got back home, I won tickets and a trip once again to see The Who at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. So a month after seeing them in NY, I saw them again in San Diego. Of course the stadium show was nowhere near as good as the show in NY, but I had a great time nonetheless.
How lucky must you be to win tickets to see the Who not just once, but twice! Hope you enjoyed and cherish your experience and the memories that come with them friend. Keep rocking!
Makes me have to ask what were the 2 shows that bested this?
@@ronnelson7283 Number one was Trans Siberian Orchestra at the Thomas and Mack Center ( 2002 ). Number two was Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in a small bar called Krackers also in Vegas ( 1989 ).
I love watching Billy during the finale running around like everybody in the audience would like to be doing. Up there among those living legends. When Pete waved billy over to to share his mic I had a total fangasm.
A fangasm !,... is that pissing your pants ??
Great concert, The who are without doubt one of the greatest rock bands ever
My favourite concert of all time. This is what got me into music from the age of 3 I was singing this into plastic bottles pretending I was roger
I was working for a local cable outlet in 1989 when this concert aired as a pay-per-view event. I was to monitor the feed and record for future airing. I was absolutely mesmerized by this show. As enthralling now as it was then!
I bought this concert on PPV live on my 24th birthday (8/24/89) It was my birthday present to myself.
This show is probably the best case of a rock opera.
Great drumming and that's the most powerful ending to show EVER!
The entire thing gave me chills. I bought the album when it was first released and seeing the entire thing done in concert, live was phenomenal. What a fantastic "Rock Opera". It's something that will never be duplicated.
OMG Pete was 21 yrs old when he created this
This is what I have always been telling people. Am going to be 65 june 1 and I saw the WHO 5 TIME'S. I remember saying way way back in the middle 70s. That Pete Townsend is a musical genius. I would get laughed at. For a young man in his early 20s. To write the first rock opera. He wrote all the lyrics composed all the music. Shit and all those great songs before Tommy. I can see for miles. Quadrophenia after who's next and all but one song on whos next was Pete's. Who's next was going to be another rock opera but Pete had a break down. Life house was supposed to be the next one. Then to write and compost the lyrics and music to quadrophenia. All of this amazing amazing work in like 5 or 6 years and in his early 20s. IT'S WHAT IS CALLED A MUSICAL GENIUS. Like everyone else like pete the world will realize how truly great he is. But after he passes away. Is when people in the world are going to realize that he is one of the greatest at everything he did in rock and roll.
JUST FUCKING INCREDIBLE! No words for this genius of a band. Just overwhelmed after all these years by this performance.
Saw them in Pittsburg, Roger came out and announced that they would not be performing anything from Tommy, but played five or six anyways!.....Never forget riding that boat shroomed to whip.................