Magic Bus(The Who Live at Leeds 1970)

youtube ^ | 1970 | Pete Townsend

[DallasBiff]

The Who at their best. I know I will get some gruff for this, but Keith Moon was the best drummer of that era.

[DallasBiff]

Flame away.

[FreedomPoster]

That album is the proto-punk album for me. The extended version is great stuff, too.

[dfwgator]

I agree about Moonie, but as Pete said, not the easiest drummer to play live with.

[gunsequalfreedom]

This video of the Who performing Magic Bus also very good.

https://youtu.be/sGOUuWBFca8

[Fester Chugabrew]

Keith Moon and John Bonham. Parallel icons with tragic demise.

[equaviator]

Even though it was a “Magics” bus, it was not an autonomous vehicle!

[Jim W N]

Yup, The Who were one heck of a talented group. There’s an argument that each member was a superstar. Keith Moon on drums had no equal. Neither did Pete Townsend on lead guitar or John Entwistle on bass. All lead players which might be why they had a hard time getting along.

I was getting The Who albums in 1966 when at least people in Washington state had no clue who they were. They kept saying, “Who are you?”

[dfwgator]

What happened at 1:18:

Back in the studio, they set about editing the material for an album to be made available as quickly as possible.“We tried to overdub some lost vocals, but it didn’t work,” said John Entwistle later. The only thing we added was a bit of tape delay. It sounded too clean for a live recording. Once we added the delay and cut the audience out it sounded fine. There was a bit in Magic Bus where we couldn’t get it to flow properly. So Pete just edited the tape, cut a bit out and turned it backwards.”

[rktman]

I want it I want it——You CAN’T HAVE IT!

[dfwgator]

The Definitive Version of Young Man Blues

Isle of Wight 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9boFzhUVG4

[dainbramaged]

The best live concert I ever attended was The Who - early 70's, Seattle Coliseum right down in front. No big intro, they just walked out, picked up their gear and kicked ass.
Moon was a fine drummer, but not in the league of Ginger Baker IMHO.

[sauropod]

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[j.argese]

You’re forgetting Bernard Purdie.

[Huskrrrr]

The Who at their finest IMHO.

[Vaquero]

You can buy the magic bus for 100 english pounds.

[nuconvert]

If I never hear another Who song it will be soon

[SixIron]

Agreed- Ginger Baker had no equal back then.

[DoodleBob]

The entire unedited, soundboard recording of Magic Bus from Leeds can be found here,. This shows how the song was played, without cutaways, including the unreleased parts, and 'fixes.'

Indeed, the best uncovered edit, IMHO, is at the very end of the song, where Moon, John, and Pete can't quite all land at the same time....it's a wonderful mistake, and epitomizes Daltrey's "gimme a bum note and a bead of sweat" approach to live shows.

btw, this was their stage setup that night...no lasers, no smoke bombs...

[Bob434]

You try to put us d-down (Talkin’ ‘bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin’ ‘bout my generation)

[rktman]

As it should be. Like I tell my buddies at jam sessions, it all ended on the same stage. 😂🎸🙌