Here's my thing by postaldog

Last night I caught a little bit of the VH1 Rock Honors show on The Who. I'm hoping to catch the whole thing on one of the many rebroadcasts they do, but here are my thoughts on what I did see:

Adam Sandler gave one of the effin' best intros I've ever heard while riffin' the Magic Bus lick. Made me forget all the infantile, stupid movies he's ever made.

Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam -- man, if those guys could ever get their heads out of their asses and quit whining about stuff and just play music. The talent there is amazing, they could be the American version of U2.

I don't know who that kid Pete and Roger have playing drums for them is, but he was playing his ass off back there. His name might have been in the credits, but they went by at warp speed and were basically unreadable to these old eyes.

And the lads themselves, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, in their mid-sixties, showing they could rock harder than guys 4 decades their junior. Effin' amazing! I think Pete's actually a better guitarist now than he was back in the day.

It's funny to think back on those days in the late 60s and early 70s, the Who and Zep making kick ass music that had a brain. Two brilliant guitarists and songwriters, and two charasmatic lead singers, similar yet different. Plant was sex incarnate, Daltrey looked like he could wade out into the audience and start kicking asses all over the arena. Yet both with powerful, dramatic voices.

I was lucky enough to see the Who on their original farewell tour at the Orange Bowl in Orlando. When they started to play Squeeze box all 60,000 fans started singing. Daltrey never had to open his mouth. It was one of the coolest things I've ever been a part of.

The Who, Led Zeppelin, and to a lesser extent the Stones (they never rocked hard like the other guys), I wonder if we'll ever see anything like that again.

edit: Oops! That should have been the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. Sorry. Back then we used to measure drives by how much beer we would drink on the way. Orlando was a one case drive for my best friend and I, so we weren't in the best shape when we got there.

Guess we won't see much of that anymore either. Probably for the best, though.