The Who - I Can See for Miles

Rare UK TV appearance [can't say where from here, in case the 'Thought Police' get me] of the 'expanded' line-up: A, then, 'volume-phobic' Townsend on acoustic, Daltrey & Entwistle, with Steve Bolton on lead guitar and the ever-wonderful Simon Phillips on drums. Amazing

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[k5steel]

whos the other duche on the guitar???

[mooseontheloose]

Steve Bolton [Atomic Rooster, Paul Young etc]

[saguaroboy]

perfect

[mooseontheloose]

Strangely, this period is totally overlooked on the recent Amazing Journey DVD

[saguaroboy]

Yeah, I remember seeing the drummer on some video for a Pete solo song on USA MTV and thinking yeah! no more Kenney- fine for the Faces, but always seemed flummoxed by the Who style. I really don't remember much of the eighties- and I never saw this line up- did they tour?

[mooseontheloose]

They toured UK, not sure where else. I saw them at Wembley Arena

[Cokain3]

the Who is Forever .. the Rock!,... never die!

[stevedrums]

Entwisle with Simon was an amazing and scary combination. I saw 6 shows of the '89 tour and I would just look through the binoculars at the two of them and want to cry. It was that good.

[Spartan54232]

@117Lovergirl lol you yelled at your poor sister for me telling her to go fuck herself cause helter skelters better than this song lol? Tell her sorry for me hahaha

[Jackupnow]

Reading some of the comments on this I reckon just to be up there doin it is a buzz getting money chicks and having fun how cool is that

[117Lovergirl]

@Spartan54232 I'm sorry but I do not remember commenting that, I think my sister wrote that I had to yell at her for going on my site I'm sorry if i caused you any trouble, and I don't want to argue with you!

[Spartan54232]

@117Lovergirl go fuck yourself

[OlaNaTungee6]

very nice :)

[harnois75]

@saguaroboy Toured the US and the UK in 89. Simon Phillips was the drummer and he'd worked with Pete since 1979 and toured with his Deep End band (along with Dave Gilmour) in 1985 and 86.

[whiskeyman510]

urgh! Probably the worst era The Who had. Compared to their heyday, this is pretty pathetic. Having seen them both in '79 and 2006, I can attest that the '06 show was better in terms of sheer energy. Keith Moon was the best, but Phillips or Jones make a pretty poor replacement. At least Zak comes at it from the same POV. Thanks for posting as we (somewhat thankfully) don't get a lot from this era.

[bloggaloggs]

@k5steel Notice how the camera makes a conscious effort to frame him out...

[SeattleLA]

My favorite of all the many outstanding Who tracks.The lack of fast drumming during the chorus is noticeable, but I have to conclude that with any classic band, it is better to see them than to stay home. They still are great, maybe not like the original, but great still.

[117Lovergirl]

@Spartan54232 do u kno how stupid u sound at this moment??!!!