We were the first band to vomit in the bar / And find the distance to the stage too far
In Dave Marsh’s book “Before I Get Old” he posits that if The Who continued in the Live At Leeds (and arguably Isle of Wight) direction versus the Lifehouse/Who’s Next “arty” direction they took, they may have indeed surpassed Zeppelin in popularity and “heavy metal”/hard rock lore.
It’s a fair point. Zeppelin sold more albums in the end.
But The Who was a better live band.