The BBC Sessions Music Cd

Who, The - The BBC Sessions

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The BBC Sessions      Artist : The Who      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $13.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-02-15      Studio : Mca      Label : Mca      Avg. Customer Rating : (47 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The BBC Sessions      Please disregard any negative reviews      Rating:      Anybody that would give this CD anything less than 5 stars is a complete idiot. Here is The Who, at the height of their creative genius mostly cuts recorded for the BBC radio in the 1960's. Why wouldn't anyone who loves The Who want to have this historical collection of music to increase or complement their collection from one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever? Maybe it's not their favorite CD of Who music, but it certainly adds to the collection of their repertoire. What I loved about this band from this particular moment in time is that they, along with the Rolling Stones, were the anti-Beatles, not a bunch of adorable identically dressed cute mop-tops that made girls swoon, or their later incarnation of commercially accessible pseudo-psychedelic posers, but a hard-edged British blues-oriented band, in all their sneering and anti-social glory, that rocked the house and brought it down everytime they played in a live venue. Yeah, maybe it's a bit toned-down for BBC radio, but so what? It's still great.     Customer Reviews for The BBC Sessions Cd      Not the Best BBC Collection Out There, But It's Still The Who      Rating:      I've listened to this straight through about 30 times in my car, so I have a pretty good understanding of this release. First off, it's not the best BBC live collection by any means, Led Zep and Bowie being two examples of mind-blowing, revelatory live performances recently released in the BBC archive series. Second, it's an incomplete document of live Who, as they mostly appeared on the BBC early in their career, and then only a few times thereafter, the last performance being 1973. All that said, it's still the Who, and they still rock. The "orderly disorder" Pete was striving for comes through loud and clear, in early performances in which the boys mash up some old James Brown, Martha and the Vandells, and even the Rascals. Boy those mid-period songs were great -- "Boris the Spider," "The Seeker," "Pictures of Lilly," "Happy Jack," all sound marvelous, with propulsive drumming by Moon and clever harmonies by the band. I've been listening to this so many times because, despite its limitations, this is a very fun record. I love the BBC announcer doing the intros to the Who songs, the cheeky interviews with the band, the great performances and great songs. I even like Pete's off-key flubbing of "Long Live Rock." Sure it's incomplete and only documents a limited slice of this band's live, but it's a fun and very enjoyable trip back to merry old England.