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one of the best rock films ever
this dvd contains some great preformances of who songs, this also has some hilarious interviews and rare tv show appearences, i really like the shepperton studio preformances of wont get fooled again and baba o' reilly

Gimme more
Having never seen this film before, I was in no position to be impressed by the improved sound or video quality. And having read many of the reviews I was in a sweat of anticipation to finally see this film. Sometimes reading such positive reviews can create over-expectation, and this is what I was most concerned about. I've had that with Roger Waters' In the Flesh and also Pink Floyd's Pulse. This expectation was all the greater as I rate Who's Next as the single greatest album of all time. There is not a note in the wrong place. How can you better that?

So it was with some trepidation I shoved in disk 1. This was made even worse by my 9-year old daughter occasionally coming into the room to laugh at the 'gay guy' singing. This standing joke began with them seeing Mick Jagger in Rock 'n Roll Circus and my kids now routinely mock every 60s band I watch - but it doesn't stop them watching in fascination.

In the end I wasn't disappointed. Quite the contrary. Usually, no matter how good a performance is I rarely watch it all the way through at one sitting - there's just too much else to do. This time I did, and even more rarely it left me wanting much more by The Who.

I've always been very selective about The Who - I don't have much of their pre-Tommy stuff, except a compilation, or their post-Quadrophenia.

But this film demonstrated that they are not a by-numbers band. I hadn't expected them to be an improvisational band, but this DVD has several renditions of the same song and each was worth watching, and were better than the studio version. I've already seen 30 Years of Maximum R&B, and was really divided as to which one to buy. Now I see I need both, as well as Live at the Isle of Wight and maybe even the Royal Albert Hall.

My philosophy with other bands is just to have one DVD to see what they're like live. But The Kids Are Alright shows the evolution of the band - as only 60s bands seemed to evolve. Their early 60s music is quite different to late 60s, and their early 70s music is similarly quite different. Only the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Traffic and Pink Floyd evolved quite as much.

The film also clarified another thing for me - the praise heaped on John Entwhistle. You cannot appreciate his talent unless you see him play.





the definitive "who" collection, but where is the live version of "My Wife"
This dvd is fantastic; it shows the who throughout their entire years with Keith Moon. The dvd contains many live performances, interviews, and special features. I understand that on this new deluxe version they added "A Quick One." That's definitely a plus, but I already had seen it as it's available on the rolling stones "rock n' roll circus," which I already had. What angers me is that the live version of "my wife" included on the soundtrack is not included in the film. This song is easily Enthwistle's best song; why they would include it on the audio soundtrack and not the movie itself is beyond me. Other than that absolutely no gripes except that there could have been more material from who's next, quadrophenia, and By numbers

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