02-11-2013, 07:35 PM
So my co-worker was a member of some club that gave its members advance purchase privilege for Oracle Arena tickets. She knew Dee Dee liked the who so gave me her option for Who tickets. Section 105, row 10 for 20% off face-value. Nice.
We had seen Muse there Monday and were prepared for the horrible food, $12 beers and BART walk through no-mans land. The thing is, once seated the sound and view are fantastic.
The band w...as great. Ringo Starr's son on drums knocked it out of the park. He never tried to be the Keith Moon crazy man but nailed every song. Simon Townshend on guitar was similarly fantastic without trying to grab the limelight.
The Who worked Keith Moon and John Entwistle into the show via vintage video footage of Keith doing "Bellboy" vocals (perfectly synched) and and John doing a scorching Bass solo during "5:15".
Roger was the consummate professional. He seemed to fade towards the end but pulled the perfect scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again" revealing a borderline-creepy perfect set of 67-year old six-pack abs.
The final song was something called "Tea and Theater". A gorgeous acoustic bit between Roger and Pete. My interweb searches found no studio version (plenty of YouTube copies) Here are the lyrics:
Will you have some tea
After theatre with me?
We did it all - didn't we?
Jumped every wall - instinctively
Unravelled codes - ingeniously
Wired all the roads - so seamlessly
We made it work
But one of us failed
That makes it so sad
A great dream derailed
One of us gone
One of us mad
One of us, me
All of us sad
All of us sad - lean on my shoulder now
The story is done - 's getting colder now
A thousand songs - still smoulder now
We played them as one - we're older now
All of us sad
All of us free
Before we walk from the stage
Two of us
Will you have some tea?
Will you have some tea
At the theatre with me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Awesome show. Would see again.
We had seen Muse there Monday and were prepared for the horrible food, $12 beers and BART walk through no-mans land. The thing is, once seated the sound and view are fantastic.
The band w...as great. Ringo Starr's son on drums knocked it out of the park. He never tried to be the Keith Moon crazy man but nailed every song. Simon Townshend on guitar was similarly fantastic without trying to grab the limelight.
The Who worked Keith Moon and John Entwistle into the show via vintage video footage of Keith doing "Bellboy" vocals (perfectly synched) and and John doing a scorching Bass solo during "5:15".
Roger was the consummate professional. He seemed to fade towards the end but pulled the perfect scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again" revealing a borderline-creepy perfect set of 67-year old six-pack abs.
The final song was something called "Tea and Theater". A gorgeous acoustic bit between Roger and Pete. My interweb searches found no studio version (plenty of YouTube copies) Here are the lyrics:
Will you have some tea
After theatre with me?
We did it all - didn't we?
Jumped every wall - instinctively
Unravelled codes - ingeniously
Wired all the roads - so seamlessly
We made it work
But one of us failed
That makes it so sad
A great dream derailed
One of us gone
One of us mad
One of us, me
All of us sad
All of us sad - lean on my shoulder now
The story is done - 's getting colder now
A thousand songs - still smoulder now
We played them as one - we're older now
All of us sad
All of us free
Before we walk from the stage
Two of us
Will you have some tea?
Will you have some tea
At the theatre with me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Awesome show. Would see again.
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