{"id":44190,"date":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/live-at-shea-stadium-1982-dvd\/"},"modified":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"live-at-shea-stadium-1982-dvd","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/live-at-shea-stadium-1982-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Live At Shea Stadium 1982 (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Who was on tour in North America when they arrived at Shea Stadium for two sold out shows on October 12th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup> 1982. They would not tour again for seven years and it was their last tour with drummer Kenny Jones. Keyboardist Tom Gorman was also on hand for these shows.<\/p>\n

The entire second show has now been released with five bonus tracks from the first performance. The sound and video are both excellent and have a crispness that belies their age. Many times in a live recording, an instrument is lost in the mix but here everything is in sync, including John Entwistle\u2019s thumbing bass, which provides the foundation for the sound. The only minor issue is the sound of the crowd, which is either turned down or they were not very loud or invested.<\/p>\n

The Who in 1982 had settled into a mature groove. Much of their frenetic approach in concert dissipated with the death of Keith Moon. Jones has not fared very well in the band\u2019s history, as Keith Moon was an impossible act to follow, but he provided a steadying if not spectacular hand. This is very apparent in this concert as Townshend, Daltry, and Entwistle are connected and involved. It all adds up to one of the better Who concerts on film.<\/p>\n

Their Shea Stadium show was a combination of big hits, well-known songs, and a number of obscurities that were rarely played live. \u201cDangerous,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Hard,\u201d \u201cNaked Eye,\u201d \u201cDrowned,\u201d and \u201cCry If You Want\u201d have disappeared into Who history, so it is interesting to hear and see them performed on stage.<\/p>\n

Only two songs, \u201cPinball Wizard\u201d and \u201cSee Me Feel Me,\u201d are from Tommy<\/i>, which is a relief, as material from the rock opera has appeared on numerous live recordings.<\/p>\n

It is their middle career material that forms the foundation for the concert. \u201cBehind Blue Eyes,\u201d \u201cBaba O\u2019Riley,\u201d \u201cWon\u2019t Get Fooled Again,\u201d \u201cEminence Front,\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s Hard\u201d all benefit from Gorman\u2019s keyboards and show a sophisticated approach to their live material.<\/p>\n

The concert came to a rocking end with \u201cI Saw Her Standing There,\u201d \u201cSummertime Blues,\u201d and \u201cTwist And Shout.\u201d <\/p>\n

Of the five bonus tracks, \u201c5:15\u201d and \u201cMy Generation\u201d were inexplicably left out of the second show, so it is nice to have both as extra tracks as the energy just flows from one to the other.<\/p>\n

Live At Shea Stadium 1982 <\/i>is a nice time capsule of The Who. It is a very different live performance than any with Keith Moon as their music was getting more complex and they were in transition as a band. This release fills in some gaps in their career and is a must for any of their fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":32431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5649],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44190","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-who","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44190"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}