I saw The Who...

 by pb on 29. Jun, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Who is my favorite band – and even though the true Who expired in 1978, I still have interest in paying respect, and I get caught up in all the retrospective nonsense… documentaries, tributes, influence shout outs ‘n shit. This was a wank fest, for 2 old rich Brits who’ve been busy selling off their legacy to car commercials and TV themes for the past 20 years – filmed for VH1 in a basketball gym with the acoustic qualities of a prison toilet – and I loved every minute of it.

Observations:

-David Duchovny opened the show [why?] and had a cold, one week later he would check into rehab for sex addiction.

-Dave Grohl had a cold, or at least a blown voice, but still foo fighters tore into ‘Young Man Blues’ – ballsy even to attempt as the ‘oo’s version is the greatest live rock song on vinyl.

-Mila Kunis is hot – dumb as a soup spoon – but hot.

-The singer from Incubus wore wayfarers.

-I am a flaming lips fan – but they kind of blew

-standing around in front of the venue before doors open, Eddie Vedder was wheeled past us in golf cart. He was wearing white pants, and holding a beer.

-it’s the first time in my life where I was amongst the better looking men in the crowd – that includes the times I’ve gone to minor league hockey games. The Whooligans [american branch] are among the butt-fugliest collection of yobos ever to wear t-shirts with targets on them.

-Jeremy Piven had better seats than we did.

Tags: Dave Grohl, David Duchovny, Eddie Vedder, Entourage, featured, Foo Fighters, HBO, Incubus, Jeremy Piven, Los Angeles, Mila Kunis, Pearl Jam, Pete Townsend, Roger Daltry, The Flaming Lips, VH1, Who