![]() Overall, I have to say it was much better than I thought. I only found out about the orchestra after I had gotten my ticket, which is kind of crazy.Īdmittedly, I was concerned the band would get drowned out by the orchestra, so I kind of lowered my expectations prior to the show. When I saw them last time in May 2019 at Madison Square Garden, they did the same thing. I didn’t realize The Who did still tour with local symphony orchestras. How about Pete still windmilling like a mad man – that’s true rock & roll to me! It’s impressive how Roger can still hit high notes like in “Love Reign O’er Me” and “Baba O’Riley.” He’s just amazing. (That said, the old windmill is still in good shape as Pete did dozens of them.)īut there were definitely times, like during the Tommy overture when it was nice to have the strings and French horns. All I could see was his fingers moving around the fretboard. And so I found that when the orchestra was on stage it felt sometimes like I was listening more to “The Orchestrated Who” as opposed to a great rock and roll band.ĭuring those sections, Pete’s guitar volume was lowered to the point where I just couldn’t hear it. When the Who have done those albums on stage before, they did it with just the four of them and it always sounded great, didn’t need strings or anything. ![]() What’s interesting is that they have an orchestra comprised of local musicians and we have more than a few of those in Boston. The setlist for the show was a mix of stuff from Tommy, Quadrophenia, and a random selection of hits. (Essentially, it’s a sports arena and in fact, the Celtics were playing there just a few nights ago.) Puzzling, as there were plenty of people up in the cheap seats. But on either side of that and going back maybe twenty feet was plenty of empty floor space where they could have easily put more chairs. Weirdly, not too far behind us was the soundboard and all that stuff. We had pretty good seats, maybe twenty rows back. Moon and Entwistle are long gone of course (almost twenty years since the Ox died believe it or not, and forty-four since Moon passed.) Townshend’s brother Simon was there as always on guitar and backing vocals. The Who were playing at Boston’s TD Garden with a cast of (seemingly) thousands. This time we had the setlist which, of course, they modified. The first time he knew some of their stuff but there were a fair number he didn’t know. The boy and I went to see the Who for the second time last night.
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