And where ever they played it was first story on local news , from 1972 to 1982 they( and The Rolling Stones Led zep til 1979 ) were the biggest , most anticipated live band , not many bands could sell out the silver dome in 1975 ,A Who concert was an event , it was a really big deal
Robert thanks. Have got over 20 bass and lead guitars here.aĺong with another will give young kids the chance to learn that i never had. 1or2 will earn a magneto or bass plus amp.ps been on a vc 10
the only man talented and courageous enough to play his bass guitar as the lead guitar in the song 'Can You See the Real Me'. My favorite song from the band.
@vincenttallarida6861 Keith passes away while I`m in H.S., so my teacher starts takin crap like: FINALLY! I wish all those rockers just go away. I wanted to tear her head off.
I was at this concert. Ticket cost $8.00. Front row in front of Townsend. I was 17 and had just joined the USAF. It was the very concert at the Silverdome, drove there in my buddies 1960 Chevrolet Impala.
Maybe. But once Pete, Jim Marshall, and lest we forget, John Entwistle, collaborated together and created and pioneered the Marshall Stack sound and unleashed them upon the world in 1965, f****n eardrums were never the same again. Long live Rock N Roll.
The Who had four vocalists and could harmonize. A great band can crank it ferociously while singing falalala as the Who. Zep couldn't do any of this and couldn't compete the Who as a live act.
DAMN! Just imagine in 1975, The Who were touring behind Quadrophenia and still doing the best of Tommy, Led Zeppelin had Physical Graffiti, Pink Floyd was performing Wish You Were Here AND DSOTM live, Ronnie Wood was doing his first tour with The Rolling Stones and still in The Faces, Dylan was touring with The Band, The Allman Brothers played stadiums with The Grateful Dead and you could see newer bands like Rush, Aerosmith, T. Rex, Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles. There was this British kid named Elton John too. I was born in the wrong era!
They were the first band I ever saw, I was right up front it was so loud you couldn't here as loud as it was you couldn't hear yourself scream. At first a swore they were playing off of who's next until I new anyone that good was the greatest thing in my life.
@@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957 Sure. Looking at the total package makes it more obvious. It seems Pete and The Who have had a resurgence of late, as more people , even young folk, are hearing the greatness in their music. Pete is a genius.
To this day, it is still acknowledged that The Mighty Who was the only band to fill the Silverdome with sound all the way to the opposite end with those speakers stacked a 100 ft. tall.
@@trajan6927 Pink Floyd was awesome at the Silverdome I think it was 1989 they had that quadraphonic thing going PA on the other end like all four corners Us and Them bouncing all around I was at the last game for the Lions LOL field goal Extravaganza by both teams Jason Hanson kick five field goals play beat the Cowboys 15 to 12 and pissed on the toilet seat for the last time LOL
Love the Who and Zep but Deep Purple Made in Japan tells a different story as to who the best live band in the early to mid 70's was. Not good enough? How about Live at the Cal jam 74?
They didn't start to ascend until 68 in America . They first got well know at the Montery festival and then an amazing show at Woodstock 1969, followed by the Isle of Wite in 1970 and 1971, 600, 000 people were at those shows, and quadraphinia came after that, so to be picky 68 is to early for a peak. They are still great today. Real musicians and singers no auto pro
A friend of mine was at this show and said it was the loudest concert he ever went to. Stated the speakers were 6 stories tall and the Who had stompped his brain 😂 Best live band ever.
Nary a Keith Moon sighting, sadly, as the editing focuses on Pete and Roger. Film of the Who performing should always be full frontal wide angle, to get everyone. It was a combination of sight, sound, and fury, unmatched by any band. No one put it all together, the whole package, on stage in the history of rock and roll like the Who did in their prime. They are untouchable.
I was there in 1980. 30 feet from the stage. There was the Who, Eddie Money and the Clash. By chance, got to meet Eddie Money. Nicest guy ever. I was only 12 in 1975. Did not attend this concert.
The Who were probably the only hard rock band without a lead guitarist. Saw them 4 times - 3 with Keith. The first was ‘71 about a month after Whos Next came out and they totally blew me away. I think it was only my 4th concert. Unforgettable and unregretable !
40:50. How on earth is Moon still hammering away with such force, speed and control by the end without so much as huffing and puffing? And he did this night after night! The more I play drums the more I'm in awe of not just Moon's talent and originality, but his raw physical stamina.
Watch his cymbals... they're not flying all over. He's playing real controlled and dynamically. Which proves how great he really was. His style is so wild and out of control sounding people assume he's pounding the hell out of the kit, but he's not. A true master, he was.
Anyone seeing this for the first time , what you are witnessing is the greatest band ever , live they were light years ahead of any band and they'll never will be surpassed
For the record, this was Michigan Pontiac Stadiums, first concert. It was general admission, you could sit anywhere you wanted to, there were no designated seats, we were right in front of the stage, I still have the ticket stubs from this show. I'm from Detroit and fortunate enough to have at least 40 to 50 other original ticket stubbs from Pine Knob, Pontiac Stadium, Olympia Stadium, The Palace of Auburn Heights, the Michigan Palace and the Legendary Cobo Hall, thank you all!
Lost my ticket stubs. I hated that they ripped my beautiful 1976 KISS ticket with the glitter in the KISS. Cobo was great venue..saw Nugent, KISS, Alice Cooper, Santana, Cars, Billy Joel, Boston, Foghat, Sabbath/Van Halen, AC/DC. Rockets, John Cougar, The Babies, etc…
I saw the Who at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on December 15th, 1975. It was the greatest concert that I ever attended. They blew the roof off the building that night. Won't Get Fooled Again was incredible. They were showing red,green and blue laser lights on the ceiling when the synthesizer was being played. Then,the brightest white light that I ever have seen lights up the stage when Daltrey screams. They ended the concert with Pete smashing his guitar and Keith kicking over his bass drum. What energy! They are the best!!!
Yes. Yes. The greatest rock band of all time. Mind-blowing drummer, virtuoso bassist, greatest rhythm guitarist of all time, etc etc. But can I just have a round of applause for that amazing duck walk.
The WHO makes me happy. PT expresses life statements of Freedom Love and Truth. What a teacher for us! and future humans kids who need Soul awareness classes! Peace-Shanti. The Kids Are All Right!
Pete Townshend is probably my favourite guitarist to ever listen to & watch. Might not be as skillful as some of his peers but in terms of roaring intensity, sheer power, and yet delicate control over his extreme volume.. also the way he keeps his manic lead drummer in check with his rhythm. It's a pleasure to listen to. 41:06 just defines his presence on the stage.
Pete's live chops. combined with genius songwriting, made THE WHO the only band that personally ever truly mattered, (to me, of course). The side 4 of The Kids Are Alright that was recorded here has become iconic. I think Pete's playing during "Join Together" is so powerful that I sit back in awe of this band still, at age 57. I agree with Ned Newh about Pete's melancholia. I can hear it too. By 1975 the band had completed and toured Quadrophenia. Pete was burnt out and looking to disengage from the "business" by that point.
@@nednewh8913 I can hear the melancholy now that you point it out. Good call on that one. I don't think Pete was a happy rock star at this point. He was (is) a serious artist with a depressive personality. In spite of Pete's philosophy of pop music being ephemeral and it's existence should end in auto-destruction, you can tell that these guys CARED about what they were doing. The Who were real and authentic.
The Who at the Pontiac Silverdome were the only band to fill that massive stadium up with sound. It is well known, established and still talked about to this day.
I was there too. Incredible to think of it. I was Treasurer for Showco, the sound and lighting company for the Who. It was a cold day in Pontiac and I was along to keep our bank President Jim Clark from walking into the wrong room and getting scandalized. Little did we know. We arrived early in the day as the setup was complicated. Temp was around 10 degrees and the heating system had failed. The Air supported flexible roof required big blowers to keep pumping air and the inside temperature was near freezing. The announced sale was 70,000 and we proceeded. The Who were spectacular and the crowd was well behaved with a few crushed in the rush to the stage but no serious injury. How did we survive the crazy 70's?
Back in the 70's, The Who used a massive curtain of speakers from Clair Brothers and would get levels of around 130dB. These days, there are decibel regulations in just about every venue. It's usually 104db max. And PA systems are flown in line arrays and are way more focused. I'd love to go back and see a Who show when nobody gave a shit about our hearing.
"Road Runner / My Generation Blues" is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in rock and roll - whether Pete was tired of touring at this point or not, he must have really felt like blowing the Silverdome apart that night.
Some of the best Who concert footage and the band was at their prime. As a drummer, I practiced everything Keith did to the tee. Our band did Tommy. Excellent job whoever did this!
22:24 begins the great medley, so good they pressed it into vinyl. Entwistle's playing here rivals Moon's anarchy yet maintains the foundation unperturbed.
Hello Barcoswill. Yeah man...they pressed the almighty medley starting in the middle of "Join Together"...but I wish they would have included the actual beginning of the song where they played it slow. I bought "The Kids Are Alright" when I was 12 years old around 1978. Musical history for us listeners would have been much more complete if they would have included just 3-4 minutes more for what ended up on that record for the medley...
Listening to you, picks up speed as the song chugs along. That’s got to be difficult without fucking up. This band no words can describe how great they were. None!
26:08----26:30 That's the Who live in one big organized chaos nutshell. That's why they're still revered as a great live band. Not many bands have the ability of the drummer going on the same journey as the guitarist when he's playing a solo. Unique is an understatement.
The Who dominated the stage from 1967 to 1975. Top live band for 60 years. After that they still put on great concerts but not the powerhouse of 67 to 75.
For me this is a time machine. I was there, in Greensboro, on November 28, 1975. They wore the exact same outfits; definitely Pete, Roger and Keith wore the same and Pete played Les Paul 2 most of that night, and I remember John wore black, and it was probably what you see here. In his book, Pete said these late 1975 shows might be the best he ever played. And I scored my ticket late the night before! I didn't even know about the concert. It was hundreds of miles from where I lived. Some kind college students, one being the older brother of a guy on my soccer team, gave me a ride with them, and one of them sold me his extra seven dollar ticket for only ten bucks! It was a miracle for a boy of fifteen seeing his heroes, his favorite rock band then and still today. I saw other great shows after this, including Elton, Zep, Pink Floyd, Bruce at Winterland in 1978. I suppose if I had to choose second place, it goes to Bruce, and yet, as Pete explains, Bruce's biggest vocal influence is Roger. And all these other great shows from other bands combined were, with all due reverence and respect, barely a spark compared to the Bonfire of The Who in November 1975. I was thirty feet from the stage! It looked and sounded exactly like this! But it was louder . . .
I was there. First concert. Love watching it but my big sis who took me is no longer here, as is with my children gone, no one to share this event with, but brings back 75 so lovely and joyful.
I saw these guys in the Summer of '89 (or maybe it was '90), at RFK Stadium in Washington DC. Their concert was in two sets. The first set was the Rock Opera "Tommy" and the second set was basically their greatest hits. Never forget that night. It was a fantastic show!
I saw them 11 days before in Murfreesboro Tennessee. The absolute best live band I've ever seen. Honorable mentions for best live bands. The Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor in 1973 and the Dixie Dregs in 1977.
Craig Miller i was there on the main floor 50 yard line.... damn cold day in detroit(pontiac) that evening... the place just opened... might have been the second/third event held there... no heat in the place.....warm-up band was a raggie band... they were out of place..LOL... we had wine bags to stay warm...good to see the film footage was not lost.....
I saw Pete and Roger in 2015 as well, the one time I ever had the pleasure. Loudest Concert I've ever been to, and I mean that in the best possible way. I can only imagine what seeing them live at their peak with all four members would've been like! ❤
3key Those Alembic basses he was playing from about this period for at least ten years or so were just fantastic instruments. That's what Stanley Clarke was playing for most of his career.
I was there and if I remember correctly, this was the very first concert ever at the brand new Pontiac Silverdome. Massive echo in that dome, in short time it proved to be a terrible place for concerts, especially for us that saw the Who play the entire Tommy Lp for the first time ever in front of a “live” audience. That was at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit two nights in a row in 1969. The Who loved playing Detroit’s Grande Ballroom. Now look here, Pete Townsend playing a brand new gold top Les Paul Deluxe with mini Humbuckers!
Definitely was the first rock concert at the Silverdome. No reserved seating, so we spent the night before partying in our cars in line by the entrance. Cold winter night was worth it. Fantastic live performance! So glad to see someone recorded it.
They actually sound great. I got spoiled seeing all the best bands of the 60s at the Grande Ballroom or other great venues in Detroit. I refused to go to The Dome for a concert. Once Moon was gone the band was over. IMHO.
I must agree they are the best live rock n roll band and I have been luck enough to see most of the greats. I saw the Who 3 times and never felt that they didn't give it there all.
As a Who fan I will grant that the Stones and Zeppelin have a bigger popular following and they are way cooler than the Who. The Who nonetheless telling them, ACDC and all the rest, “Hold our beers, we’ll play Roadrunner”.
The Who greatest live band! Led Zep band of the 70's. Stones probably deserve title greatest rock n roll band, although my favorite is The Who. Beatles most successful and influential, also band of the 60's. But rock n roll is all about live performances and that is where The Who shined.
Ladies and Gentlemen may I present for your listening pleasure: The Who! Jesus, what power these cats wielded on stage, I caught them in Houston and Pete was in a Piss and Vinegar mood and almost incited a riot by inviting the kids ( his words ) onto the stage, [ laughing ] ! The Ox and Keith Loved and never forgotten
I saw them during the same tour in early 1976 at Madison Square Garden. Just the four of them, no brass section, no keyboards, no backup singers, pure rock and roll. The best concert I've ever been to. I also saw the Tommy performance at Radio City Music Hall in 1989. The audience stood through the entire opera, amazing.
Now I can go to Sleep tonight after Again Listening & Seeing The Who once again...Rocking the City & Me to Sleep.....as Pete said ...and Good Night....
I was lucky enough to see them at the Charlotte Coliseum in 1970 while they were in prime form. The were powerful and mesmerizing. Who plays the tambourine by smashing two together. Daltry does....that's who.
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A Who concert wasn't just a show, IT WAS AN EVENT.
And where ever they played it was first story on local news , from 1972 to 1982 they( and The Rolling Stones Led zep til 1979 ) were the biggest , most anticipated live band , not many bands could sell out the silver dome in 1975 ,A Who concert was an event , it was a really big deal
It was a GREAT show. I was there, about 30 feet in front of Pete. This was probably the best rock concert I ever attended.
Probably ?
Lovingly..
I hate you.
Signed;
Grumpy Old Punk Rocker.
You saw the band at their peak. After that Moonie self destructed and Entwistle and Pete followed.
Only Roger did not self-destruct.
Lot of crowd crushing at the front of the floor. And Toots and the Maytals got a rough time.
As Roger Daltrey said, lead vocalist, lead guitarist, lead bass guitarist, lead drummer. Bloody brilliant.
A worldwide force to be reckoned with. Never posers. Always COMposers!
So bloody right i stood next to concords engines under test. Enough said .john rolls royce in charlton.aussie spitfire mk14 from york xxx
Robert thanks. Have got over 20 bass and lead guitars here.aĺong with another will give young kids the chance to learn that i never had. 1or2 will earn a magneto or bass plus amp.ps been on a vc 10
Come on guys im aussie combat medic ex jermz bassist
The God Father's of Punk Rock
Pete unstoppable when he decides he wants to be there.
yes lol. He doesn't like performing but he is the greatest at it.
even at 50% , he crushes anyone
Sounds like Pete!
#2 was one of my favorites of his, that and the SG.
Outstanding comment. Spot on.
That kiddies is without question the greatest live rock & roll band the world has ever known.
Love the Who but Led Zeppelin was the greatest!
I never heard of "That Kiddies.' Interesting band name. Did they ever record any of their performance?
@@gatoryak7332 smart ass
@@TheJackflash85 Zeppelin? They were awful live. Awful!
those kids were alright
The Silverdoom opened in 1975 and The Who were the first band to play there.
nice tidbit of info..!!! I never knew that..!!! Thanks. :)
I think they were the first band to play The Summit in Houston too (that's available on DVD).
Man how i miss that thunderous bass!!! RIP John!!
the only man talented and courageous enough to play his bass guitar as the lead guitar in the song 'Can You See the Real Me'. My favorite song from the band.
John was great.
Pete , a one band band
John as a real nice guy. I met him in 2001
Met him in 83 in Buffalo. Got my ticket autographed and still have it...
RUclips must be one of the greatest inventions ever??? Being able to see this gem!!!
It’s great , and old stuff just keeps being discovered and popping up ,
I was 14 years old and rode my bicycle to the movie theater at 8 mile, and Greenfield in Detroit to see "Tommy" when it was first released...
Saw it at the irving on grand river
Northland mall. 8 mile and Greenfield. Yes sir.
That place was alright back then.
Forgot about that theater..
Best live band ever. Period. Wish I could've seen them with Moonie and miss The Ox like mad.
@vincenttallarida6861 Keith passes away while I`m in H.S., so my teacher starts takin crap like: FINALLY! I wish all those rockers just go away. I wanted to tear her head off.
They REALLY were SPECTACULAR live! I'm so glad I got to see them with my own eyes at least once.!!!! One of my favorite concerts ever.
I was at this concert. Ticket cost $8.00. Front row in front of Townsend. I was 17 and had just joined the USAF. It was the very concert at the Silverdome, drove there in my buddies 1960 Chevrolet Impala.
Love you, brother. I'm glad you're still here.
Are your ears still ringing?
The Who's Energy and Power didn't just come from the amplifiers, like so many bands today. It came from within!
Underrated comment
Maximum R&B!!!
Maybe. But once Pete, Jim Marshall, and lest we forget, John Entwistle, collaborated together and created and pioneered the Marshall Stack sound and unleashed them upon the world in 1965, f****n eardrums were never the same again. Long live Rock N Roll.
@@larrylawson2912 Yes. Amen to the Who's Marshall stack!
.. lol ... but the amplifiers helped a bit.
My word. The sound is massive. They always sounded huge though. But this is colossal
I concur; listen to the roar of that les Paul/hiwatt rig! It’s no wonder Pete’s ears are so fucked
This is was their greatest tour..
The Who had four vocalists and could harmonize. A great band can crank it ferociously while singing falalala as the Who. Zep couldn't do any of this and couldn't compete the Who as a live act.
Minus Keith = 3 vocalists. Lol
AND, Led Zep was nothing more than Pages' underwhelming copy of The Who. F- Zep!
I was present at this concert !!!
DAMN! Just imagine in 1975, The Who were touring behind Quadrophenia and still doing the best of Tommy, Led Zeppelin had Physical Graffiti, Pink Floyd was performing Wish You Were Here AND DSOTM live, Ronnie Wood was doing his first tour with The Rolling Stones and still in The Faces, Dylan was touring with The Band, The Allman Brothers played stadiums with The Grateful Dead and you could see newer bands like Rush, Aerosmith, T. Rex, Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles. There was this British kid named Elton John too. I was born in the wrong era!
Their set-list had zero songs from Quadrophinia. We were surprised.
@@frankalbin8547 probably because the setlist caused problems when they toured for Quadrophenia, due to equipment malfunction
@@luishernndez8367 sounds reasonable.
They were touring in support of who by numbers in 1975..
1975 was the last classic year for Rock Music
This epic show was once entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as one the loudest concerts ever recorded.
I was at this show..my left ear is still ringing...😄
Charlton athletic 76 was the concert youre talking about
They were the first band I ever saw, I was right up front it was so loud you couldn't here as loud as it was you couldn't hear yourself scream. At first a swore they were playing off of who's next until I new anyone that good was the greatest thing in my life.
Also largest indoor concert and fastest selling concert at that time, plus first concert at the great Pontiac Silverdome.
Speakers stacked 4 stories high!
One of the greatest of all time. Goddamn, they kicked ass!
No need to swear Hurts others & God
Pete Townshend is undoubtedly one of the Top 10 greatest guitarists of all time. Only now truly appreciating his greatness and virtuoso nature.
It`s his writing that puts him up there with the very best
@@asdfghjklkjhvbvcvjhvlyhb9957 Sure. Looking at the total package makes it more obvious. It seems Pete and The Who have had a resurgence of late, as more people , even young folk, are hearing the greatness in their music. Pete is a genius.
Hell yes. God bless.
True, and John Entwhistle must be one of the Top 10 bassists of all-time?
@@simonpearn479’ He’s number #1 Keith Moon #3-4Pete #10
The Who was the first band to ever play the Pontiac Silverdome I saw Led Zeppelin there August 30th 77
To this day, it is still acknowledged that The Mighty Who was the only band to fill the Silverdome with sound all the way to the opposite end with those speakers stacked a 100 ft. tall.
@@trajan6927 Pink Floyd was awesome at the Silverdome I think it was 1989 they had that quadraphonic thing going PA on the other end like all four corners Us and Them bouncing all around I was at the last game for the Lions LOL field goal Extravaganza by both teams Jason Hanson kick five field goals play beat the Cowboys 15 to 12 and pissed on the toilet seat for the last time LOL
@@rcjr.7725 nice memories
The greatest live rock band ever, no one comes close, the who at their peak were THE band. POW
I agree but I think their peak was about 1968.
Love the Who! But Zeppelin was the best!
@@kevinkelly9956 '68 to '72 but that's me. won't even listen to post MOON WHO. nothing against Kenny Jones who I saw w/the FACES, and was always good.
Love the Who and Zep but Deep Purple Made in Japan tells a different story as to who the best live band in the early to mid 70's was. Not good enough? How about Live at the Cal jam 74?
They didn't start to ascend until 68 in America . They first got well know at the Montery festival and then an amazing show at Woodstock 1969, followed by the Isle of Wite in 1970 and 1971, 600, 000 people were at those shows, and quadraphinia came after that, so to be picky 68 is to early for a peak. They are still great today. Real musicians and singers no auto pro
A friend of mine was at this show and said it was the loudest concert he ever went to. Stated the speakers were 6 stories tall and the Who had stompped his brain 😂
Best live band ever.
Nary a Keith Moon sighting, sadly, as the editing focuses on Pete and Roger. Film of the Who performing should always be full frontal wide angle, to get everyone. It was a combination of sight, sound, and fury, unmatched by any band. No one put it all together, the whole package, on stage in the history of rock and roll like the Who did in their prime. They are untouchable.
pretty fucking special
I was there in 1980. 30 feet from the stage. There was the Who, Eddie Money and the Clash. By chance, got to meet Eddie Money. Nicest guy ever. I was only 12 in 1975. Did not attend this concert.
The Who were probably the only hard rock band without a lead guitarist. Saw them 4 times - 3 with Keith. The first was ‘71 about a month after Whos Next came out and they totally blew me away. I think it was only my 4th concert. Unforgettable and unregretable !
Hi Raddman. Check out "Live at Leeds". It proves that Pete was a great lead guitarist. He soloed all night...
@@jimmylorang995 No shit Leeds is wicked ass guitar playing POWER TRIO 👑👑👑🇬🇧 good call ⚡⚡⚡
40:50. How on earth is Moon still hammering away with such force, speed and control by the end without so much as huffing and puffing? And he did this night after night! The more I play drums the more I'm in awe of not just Moon's talent and originality, but his raw physical stamina.
He doesnt pound them as hard as I thought, but he is all over them, all the time.
Stimulants!
Hi, If you're playing drums and find yourself huffing/ puffing.. expending too much energy.. Your technique is all wrong. Many ways to fix that.
There was some cocaine in the mix but whatever, he went down because of booze
Watch his cymbals... they're not flying all over. He's playing real controlled and dynamically. Which proves how great he really was. His style is so wild and out of control sounding people assume he's pounding the hell out of the kit, but he's not. A true master, he was.
Anyone seeing this for the first time , what you are witnessing is the greatest band ever , live they were light years ahead of any band and they'll never will be surpassed
For the record, this was Michigan Pontiac Stadiums, first concert. It was general admission, you could sit anywhere you wanted to, there were no designated seats, we were right in front of the stage, I still have the ticket stubs from this show. I'm from Detroit and fortunate enough to have at least 40 to 50 other original ticket stubbs from Pine Knob, Pontiac Stadium, Olympia Stadium, The Palace of Auburn Heights, the Michigan Palace and the Legendary Cobo Hall, thank you all!
Me to brother
Cool info.
Lost my ticket stubs. I hated that they ripped my beautiful 1976 KISS ticket with the glitter in the KISS. Cobo was great venue..saw Nugent, KISS, Alice Cooper, Santana, Cars, Billy Joel, Boston, Foghat, Sabbath/Van Halen, AC/DC. Rockets, John Cougar, The Babies, etc…
I saw the Who at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on December 15th, 1975. It was the greatest concert that I ever attended. They blew the roof off the building that night. Won't Get Fooled Again was incredible. They were showing red,green and blue laser lights on the ceiling when the synthesizer was being played. Then,the brightest white light that I ever have seen lights up the stage when Daltrey screams. They ended the concert with Pete smashing his guitar and Keith kicking over his bass drum. What energy! They are the best!!!
I was there mark also 13 yrs old toots and maytalls came on first
Moonie's stamina was incredible.
There was a run on hearing aids in that town for months after this show
The sound is terrific. John is a monster on that bass!!!
I love watching John play that bass!! ❤️🤍💙⬆️
Yes. Yes. The greatest rock band of all time. Mind-blowing drummer, virtuoso bassist, greatest rhythm guitarist of all time, etc etc. But can I just have a round of applause for that amazing duck walk.
Best rock band of all time.
Fucking hell, The Who are on fire here.....the best live band ever by a MILE - exciting, loose but tight as hell.
What’s funny is we talk about Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath as the Big-3 in the ‘70s, but The Who were outselling then all, at least when touring.
When Pete is locked in, you know you're in good shape.
he's not leaping thru the air, and is using his Les Paul to good effect.
The WHO makes me happy.
PT expresses life statements of Freedom Love and Truth.
What a teacher for us! and future humans kids who need Soul awareness classes! Peace-Shanti.
The Kids Are All Right!
One of the craziest and wild fucking bands in the history of Rock and Roll 💥🥁🎤🎸
Pete Townshend is probably my favourite guitarist to ever listen to & watch. Might not be as skillful as some of his peers but in terms of roaring intensity, sheer power, and yet delicate control over his extreme volume.. also the way he keeps his manic lead drummer in check with his rhythm. It's a pleasure to listen to.
41:06 just defines his presence on the stage.
Absolutely. Wish he had some of his voice left. He had such melancholy.
He mine. For 51 year’s
Not well said, PERFECTLY said. 😎
Pete's live chops. combined with genius songwriting, made THE WHO the only band that personally ever truly mattered, (to me, of course).
The side 4 of The Kids Are Alright that was recorded here has become iconic. I think Pete's playing during "Join Together" is so powerful
that I sit back in awe of this band still, at age 57. I agree with Ned Newh about Pete's melancholia. I can hear it too.
By 1975 the band had completed and toured Quadrophenia. Pete was burnt out and looking to disengage from the "business" by that point.
@@nednewh8913 I can hear the melancholy now that you point it out. Good call on that one. I don't think Pete was a happy
rock star at this point. He was (is) a serious artist with a depressive personality. In spite of Pete's philosophy of pop music being
ephemeral and it's existence should end in auto-destruction, you can tell that these guys CARED about what they were doing.
The Who were real and authentic.
The start of "Road Runner" @26:43 seems like the most rock and roll thing ever.
The Boys were on point this night!
They were probably on point every night this tour, but yep.
The Who at the Pontiac Silverdome were the only band to fill that massive stadium up with sound. It is well known, established and still talked about to this day.
Before the fighting started between Roger and Pete! mob🎸🔥🎸
One of the loudest concerts ever performed
I was there too. Incredible to think of it. I was Treasurer for Showco, the sound and lighting company for the Who. It was a cold day in Pontiac and I was along to keep our bank President Jim Clark from walking into the wrong room and getting scandalized. Little did we know. We arrived early in the day as the setup was complicated. Temp was around 10 degrees and the heating system had failed. The Air supported flexible roof required big blowers to keep pumping air and the inside temperature was near freezing. The announced sale was 70,000 and we proceeded. The Who were spectacular and the crowd was well behaved with a few crushed in the rush to the stage but no serious injury. How did we survive the crazy 70's?
If I remember correctly the Silverdome show proceeded directly after the infamous Cincinnati show?
Nope. Cincinnati was in 79.
seeing the m in their prime was unbelievable, a mix of sports, sex, anger, art and emotion--then they smashed everything--nothing better than the Who!
Was there. John's bass was so loud, some notes would blur my vision.
Back in the 70's, The Who used a massive curtain of speakers from Clair Brothers and would get levels of around 130dB.
These days, there are decibel regulations in just about every venue. It's usually 104db max. And PA systems are flown in line arrays and are way more focused.
I'd love to go back and see a Who show when nobody gave a shit about our hearing.
Untouchable
Saw them line in 75. Still blown away by their power!
"Road Runner / My Generation Blues" is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in rock and roll - whether Pete was tired of touring at this point or not, he must have really felt like blowing the Silverdome apart that night.
Pete Higgins Agreed......Pete is off the hook almost every second of this ...
Some of the best Who concert footage and the band was at their prime. As a drummer, I practiced everything Keith did to the tee. Our band did Tommy. Excellent job whoever did this!
Not Belljar? Used to gig at the Green Apple in GR?
22:24 begins the great medley, so good they pressed it into vinyl. Entwistle's playing here rivals Moon's anarchy yet maintains the foundation unperturbed.
Hello Barcoswill. Yeah man...they pressed the almighty medley starting in the middle of "Join Together"...but I wish they would have included the actual beginning of the song where they played it slow. I bought "The Kids Are Alright" when I was 12 years old around 1978. Musical history for us listeners would have been much more complete if they would have included just 3-4 minutes more for what ended up on that record for the medley...
Greatest... Band... Ever....
Summer time blues from live at Leeds still makes my Bang and Olerson speakers cyt out for self preservation .
Roger's vocals were particularly good that night.
Listening to you, picks up speed as the song chugs along. That’s got to be difficult without fucking up. This band no words can describe how great they were. None!
Nobody else could be that loud and still remain in tune! Each one epic in their performance. No better live band ever!
26:08----26:30 That's the Who live in one big organized chaos nutshell. That's why they're still revered as a great live band. Not many bands have the ability of the drummer going on the same journey as the guitarist when he's playing a solo. Unique is an understatement.
Pete has said that Moonie had a "sixth sense" and could follow him wherever he went.
That’s the heaviest shit of all time.
The Who dominated the stage from 1967 to 1975. Top live band for 60 years. After that they still put on great concerts but not the powerhouse of 67 to 75.
Of course not pete and Roger are neary 80 still can put on a good show
I’d include 1976, but after that the magic was diminished.
@@straightpipec6099 correct
Live At Leeds 1969. The Who at The Rolling Stones, Rock n Roll Circus, mini opera A Quick One, 1967, Pontiac Silverdome 1975, nuff said!
Had the pleasure of seeing them twice. My ears are still ringing.
So glad to see this tonight! This is Peak Who!
For me this is a time machine. I was there, in Greensboro, on November 28, 1975. They wore the exact same outfits; definitely Pete, Roger and Keith wore the same and Pete played Les Paul 2 most of that night, and I remember John wore black, and it was probably what you see here. In his book, Pete said these late 1975 shows might be the best he ever played.
And I scored my ticket late the night before! I didn't even know about the concert. It was hundreds of miles from where I lived. Some kind college students, one being the older brother of a guy on my soccer team, gave me a ride with them, and one of them sold me his extra seven dollar ticket for only ten bucks!
It was a miracle for a boy of fifteen seeing his heroes, his favorite rock band then and still today.
I saw other great shows after this, including Elton, Zep, Pink Floyd, Bruce at Winterland in 1978. I suppose if I had to choose second place, it goes to Bruce, and yet, as Pete explains, Bruce's biggest vocal influence is Roger. And all these other great shows from other bands combined were, with all due reverence and respect, barely a spark compared to the Bonfire of The Who in November 1975. I was thirty feet from the stage! It looked and sounded exactly like this! But it was louder . . .
Ive seen them 18 times, nothing better
I was there. First concert. Love watching it but my big sis who took me is no longer here, as is with my children gone, no one to share this event with, but brings back 75 so lovely and joyful.
I saw these guys in the Summer of '89 (or maybe it was '90), at RFK Stadium in Washington DC. Their concert was in two sets. The first set was the Rock Opera "Tommy" and the second set was basically their greatest hits. Never forget that night. It was a fantastic show!
I saw them on that tour consecutive beautiful summer nights in Oakland,Ca. Awesome concert !
December 5, 1975, 23rd row center, Chicago stadium, the night before the SAT and
ooooh, my ears were still ringing.
Greatest Band of all time. I’m a big fan of many but The Who is the shit in a good way.
Amazing, a producer and camera team able to film John Entwistle in concert! Now I can rest peacefully.
He moves around a lot. it's hard to catch him standing STILL?
I saw them 11 days before in Murfreesboro Tennessee. The absolute best live band I've ever seen. Honorable mentions for best live bands. The Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor in 1973 and the Dixie Dregs in 1977.
IMHO the best rock band EVER.
Concur
When the Ox's bass kicks in BOOM!
Holy shit, imagine being at this monumental show! Awesome!
AWESOME! Thank you for your response! I envy you! You saw the real WHO! In one of their greatest moments.
bareknuckles2u I was there-A Friend ordered 4 tickets and they sent 36 So he sold them all at $4.00-- It was colder than the north pole that night
Craig Miller I was a little older than 21----25
Craig Miller
i was there on the main floor 50 yard line.... damn cold day in detroit(pontiac) that evening... the place just opened... might have been the second/third event held there... no heat in the place.....warm-up band was a raggie band... they were out of place..LOL... we had wine bags to stay warm...good to see the film footage was not lost.....
Richard Twigg The warm-up band was Toots & The Maytals-- And it was so cold That the buzz would wear off in 10 minutes.
Staggering power.
Clearly, they were having fun, with each other and with the music, and that's what it's about.
The Who in a Stadium in Detroit in the 70's, Loud as Fuck! Epic, never to be repeated.
Their complete prime
at their peak as the premier live rock band
What I would give to be alive during their era. I was fortunate enough to see them live in 2015. One of the few and best shows that i've been to.
Seen them over 20x they never disappoint 👍🎸
I saw Pete and Roger in 2015 as well, the one time I ever had the pleasure. Loudest Concert I've ever been to, and I mean that in the best possible way. I can only imagine what seeing them live at their peak with all four members would've been like! ❤
In Pinball Wizard, John's Guitar Sounds Like A Bomb At The Start!
3key Those Alembic basses he was playing from about this period for at least ten years or so were just fantastic instruments. That's what Stanley Clarke was playing for most of his career.
I was there and if I remember correctly, this was the very first concert ever at the brand new Pontiac Silverdome. Massive echo in that dome, in short time it proved to be a terrible place for concerts, especially for us that saw the Who play the entire Tommy Lp for the first time ever in front of a “live” audience. That was at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit two nights in a row in 1969. The Who loved playing Detroit’s Grande Ballroom.
Now look here, Pete Townsend playing a brand new gold top Les Paul Deluxe with mini Humbuckers!
YEAH I WAS YOUNG BUT REMEMBER THE GRANDE BALLROOM..AND MICHIGAN PALACE...LOL...
Eastown theater. Best acoustics.
Definitely was the first rock concert at the Silverdome. No reserved seating, so we spent the night before partying in our cars in line by the entrance. Cold winter night was worth it. Fantastic live performance! So glad to see someone recorded it.
Does anyone remember if they did "Slip Kids?" That's still a top five Who song for me.
They actually sound great. I got spoiled seeing all the best bands of the 60s at the Grande Ballroom or other great venues in Detroit. I refused to go to The Dome for a concert. Once Moon was gone the band was over. IMHO.
One simple comment: How great is Keith Moon here!
I must agree they are the best live rock n roll band and I have been luck enough to see most of the greats. I saw the Who 3 times and never felt that they didn't give it there all.
The guitar section before WGFA was brilliant.
Saturday, December 6, 1975.
I love how the horizontal lines keep popping up on the video from the sheer volume of the music vibrating the cameras
Every time I watch a WHO concert I’m in my happy place!!
They always put me in a good mood !! 😊
Hard to believe this was 47 years ago.
This show does make 2022 seem kinda fuddy-duddy
Phenomenal performance ‼️😎🔥🎸
As a Who fan I will grant that the Stones and Zeppelin have a bigger popular following and they are way cooler than the Who. The Who nonetheless telling them, ACDC and all the rest, “Hold our beers, we’ll play Roadrunner”.
The Who greatest live band! Led Zep band of the 70's. Stones probably deserve title greatest rock n roll band, although my favorite is The Who. Beatles most successful and influential, also band of the 60's. But rock n roll is all about live performances and that is where The Who shined.
Even the way they exit the stage is awesome.
Ladies and Gentlemen may I present for your listening pleasure: The Who!
Jesus, what power these cats wielded on stage, I caught them in Houston and Pete was in a Piss and Vinegar mood and almost incited a riot by inviting the kids ( his words ) onto the stage, [ laughing ] !
The Ox and Keith
Loved and never forgotten
It only took me some 50 odd years to realize how great the bass is in their songs
This video helped, thanks for uploading it
I saw them during the same tour in early 1976 at Madison Square Garden. Just the four of them, no brass section, no keyboards, no backup singers, pure rock and roll. The best concert I've ever been to. I also saw the Tommy performance at Radio City Music Hall in 1989. The audience stood through the entire opera, amazing.
Now I can go to Sleep tonight after Again Listening & Seeing The Who once again...Rocking the City & Me to Sleep.....as Pete said ...and Good Night....
Join Together Blues / Roadrunner / My Generation Blues ended up on "The Kids Are Alright" soundtrack.
This was a really great show and 1975! I saw them at the Fillmore East in May of 1969 and it changed my life
I was lucky enough to see them at the Charlotte Coliseum in 1970 while they were in prime form. The were powerful and mesmerizing. Who plays the tambourine by smashing two together. Daltry does....that's who.