The Who at its best is the equal of any live band ever, so the new double CD Greatest Hits Live has plenty of potential. On the other hand, cherry-picking from concerts over a 42-year period (1965 to 2007) is unlikely to offer the coherence or adrenalin rush of a single concert – get the sublime Live At Leeds in the unlikely event you have not heard it yet – and much of this material has appeared before, especially if you snagged the fanclub-only release View from a Backstage Pass.<\/p>\n
The first CD here covers the original band including the late, great Keith Moon. Not a bad track here, though personally even by 1976 there was some decline in the band’s live performance in my opinion. <\/p>\n
The CD does not present the songs chronological order which seems odd to me. I’ve sorted them for the list below. Great to have the songs from Hull, the day after the famous Leeds gig. In detail:<\/p>\n
BBC Session 1965 Leeds 14 Feb 1970<\/strong> Hull 15 Feb 1970<\/strong> San Francisco 12 Dec 1971<\/strong> Largo 6 Dec 1973<\/strong> Charlton Athletic FC, 18 May 1974<\/strong> Swansea, 12 June 1976<\/strong> CD2 on the other hand starts 15 years later. The first part is a good chunk of a 1989 concert from a tour which honestly was not one of The Who’s best. But it is still The Who and worth hearing. Then we get a scattering of tracks from more recent concerts, including a fine Real Me from Watford in 2002 and Eminence Front from Brisbane last year. Overall though, it’s not a particularly good representation of the best latter-day Who. In fact, I’d rather have had the entire Watford concert. In detail: <\/p>\n Los Angeles, 24 August 1989<\/strong> Watford 31 Jan 2002<\/strong> Royal Albert Hall, London, 7 Feb 2002<\/strong> New York, 11 March 2007<\/strong> Brisbane, 24 March 2009<\/strong> Overall, enjoyable but not a very satisfactory release. I’d recommend the At Kilburn 1977 [DVD] [2008, which also includes a concert at Coliseum 1969, ahead of this – the Coliseum concert on that is just fantastic. Greatest Hits Live on the other hand is mainly for Who enthusiasts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Who at its best is the equal of any live band ever, so the new double CD Greatest Hits Live has plenty of potential. On the other hand, cherry-picking from concerts over a 42-year period (1965 to 2007) is unlikely to offer the coherence or adrenalin rush of a single concert – get the … Continue reading Review: The Who \u2013 Greatest Hits Live<\/span>
<\/strong>My Generation<\/p>\n
Magic Bus <\/p>\n
Happy Jack
I’m a Boy<\/p>\n
I Can’t Explain
Substitute
Behind Blue Eyes <\/p>\n
5.15
Won’t Get Fooled Again<\/p>\n
Naked Eye\/Let’s See Action\/My Generation<\/p>\n
Pinball Wizard
I’m Free
Squeezebox<\/p>\n
I can see for miles
Join Together
Love Reign O’er Me
Baba O’Riley
Who Are You<\/p>\n
The Real Me <\/p>\n
The Kids are Alright <\/p>\n
A man in a purple dress <\/p>\n
Eminence Front <\/p>\n