Live at Leeds

There are some live versions.

I think the most powerful version of this and the best version is Live at Leeds.

Live at Leeds is just absolutely amazing.

Best live band in history, in my opinion.

Really, when you get into the lyrics about this, the song tells the story of a boy whose mother, hey, she wanted daughters.

It's really interesting because I never knew that about this song I've heard it a lot and I really love Tommy and I really love Quadrophenia that's probably my favorite Who album so knowing that this is kind of a part of a project like that it's really interesting I would love to hear the rest

Well, yeah, and it's like I said, a quick one was kind of his early little concept, which obviously this was, too.

Quads, which never became anything but Tommy, which I'm not a huge Tommy fan of the album, but when you hear Tommy live like you can on the extended live at Leeds or live at Hole, I think Tommy live is absolutely amazing.

Okay, cool.

Well, I also know that The Who did that on Live at Leeds.

And so in this band, the minute there's a power chord, it's just the slight tip of the hat towards Townsend.

There's one job to do.

You know, you weren't separate tracking stuff.

And it means, I guess, that the John Entwistle bass lines he plays on the record, and then if you listen to something like Live at Leeds, they're all slightly different.

100%.

Yes, very much so.

Did you try and come up with a way of making your bass cut through?

To an extent.

I mean, as far as I know, I think live at Leeds was a P bass.

He played a P bass for a while.

bought this on vinyl i thought like well okay like i'll probably listen to the third lp once you know just to hear it through but i find like there's something about it's it's almost like a noise bath like you're just sort of like you know you it's it's like has the same effect to me uh as like miles davis in a silent way where it's just like it takes you someplace and uh yeah it's it's amazing

i think my my problem with that i've never actually loved the extended who my generation i'd say that cautiously because there are moments and I would have been introduced to it through Live at Leeds, and there were certainly moments I love what it can do.

I've been present a couple of times when it's wandered.

I think that's part of the bravery of doing it.

And, and live this was always paired with Sparks, Amazing Journey and Sparks together.

The Live at Leeds version is about eight minutes long.

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Wow.

Mm.

Learnt a bit of all the great basslines on that, and then, and a few Elvis Coter- Costello tracks, and then, and then eventually ended up with Live at Leeds, and that was it for me.

I sort of suddenly became interested in it and, and, you know, gave a shit.

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And so, but once I worked that out, I was, I was off.

I was just like, "Well, that, I mean, that's pretty much what I still, still use," and it, it's a lot of fun, and, and without it I kind of, um, um, yeah, get bored quite quickly.

That's just the way that I learned to, I learned to play, and it's basically the, the Live at Leeds sound essentially-

Yeah