Saturday, August 24, 2019

Young man blues (The Who) (LP 330)

The Who Live At Hull 1970 (CD, 2012) ****

Genre: English pop/rock 

Places I remember: Fopp (London)


Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Young Man Blues





Gear costume:  Tattoo

Active compensatory factors: Roger Daltrey hails this as a better set than Live At Leeds, because he says his singing is better.


He would know but I struggle to tell the difference. He's in awesome form on both sets. 

For me the technical rawness of a lot of Hull makes it come in second to Leeds: the bass cuts out at times or lacks power and Pete's vocal mic is underpowered throughout.

On the plus side he's in amazing form on guitar and Moonie steals the show as usual with his idiosyncratic drum patterns.

The Tommy songs are actually a highlight here but it's the oldies that really sting!


Where do they all belong? Sits alongside Live At Leeds and the Isle of Wight sets as peak power Who!

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