Project #5 - The Songs of The Who

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Due to the overwhelming positive feedback that Tremors, Myra, and I have received for our last four projects, we have decided to get started on our next one. The three of us, many fellow Ten Club members, and even our great band are big fans of The Who. Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder often cover their songs in concert and cite The Who as a major influence. I am aware that other Who compilations have been made and I definitely appreciate the hard work and effort put into those compilations, but I have not been satisfied with them due to various issues. Tremors and Myra have also expressed the same thoughts about wanting to create a new compilation of Who covers, one that we can all listen to and be totally happy with.

This new project will be called "Pearl Jam: The Kids Are Alright: The Songs of The Who" and it will be a one disc compilation comprised of live Soundboard and/or excellent Audience recordings that span Pearl Jam's entire career. We are also open to include Eddie's solo Who covers.

Here are some parameters that we would like to go by for this project:

-All songs must be Who songs, not PT solo songs. (I am still open to include "Leaving Here" even though it was on our last compilation and it is a song that the Who covered)
-We would like to keep the Track List to about 10-15 Songs (one disc).
-Soundboard, FM, or excellent audience recordings.
-All songs performed by PJ or Ed. (I say Ed because I would like to include the version of "A Quick One" that he did with My Morning Jacket)
-No songs w/ Ed and The Who or members of The Who covering a Pearl Jam song.

Please feel free to use this thread to make suggestions and give us feedback as to what would be good to include on this new compilation (and what wouldn't be good). I will be updating the working track list for this project on the front page of this thread (right here). Our plan is to slowly start putting this together on Monday (December 6th) and have it completed and ready for download by or before next Saturday (December 11th).

Please feel free to check out our other projects as well:

Ten Live: Then and Now
Disc 1: http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... isc-1.html
Disc 2: http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... isc-2.html

Turpentine & Nepotism: Vs. Live
http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... -live.html

Mixed Metaphor: Backspacer Live
http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... pacer.html

Pearl Jam: The Theory of Vitalogy
http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... alogy.html

"Pearl Jam: The Kids Are Alright: The Songs of The Who"

Track List:

Leaving Here - Columbia, Maryland (9/4/00)
I Can't Explain - San Diego, California (11/7/95)
My Generation - New York City, New York (2/24/94)
The Kids Are Alright - Sacramento, California (10/30/00)
A Quick One, While He’s Away - Torino, Italy (9/19/06)
The Seeker - St. Louis, Missouri (10/5/04)
Let's See Action - The Birdman Sessions - Miami, Florida (Spring 2000)
Baba O'Riley - George, Washington (9/1/05)
Naked Eye - New York City, New York (2/24/94)
I'm One - Chicago, Illinois (8/22/08)
Love Reign O'er Me - Mansfield, Massachusetts (6/28/08)
The Real Me - Seattle, Washington (9/22/09)
Squeeze Box - New York City, New York (2/24/94)
Blue, Red and Grey - San Diego, California (6/5/03)

http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... f-who.html

Pap · December 2010

Cameron4President wrote:

Not PT solo songs.

Why?! :shock: In my humble opinion, you should include Love Reign O'er Me and Let My Love Open The Door.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Pap wrote:

Cameron4President wrote:

Not PT solo songs.

Why?! :shock: In my humble opinion, you should include Love Reign O'er Me and Let My Love Open The Door.

Love Reign O'er Me will be included because it is a song performed by The Who.

Let My Love Open The Door will not be included because it is a Pete solo song. I agree that it is a great song, off of a great album, but it does not belong with a collection of Who songs. Besides we included this on our last compilation (See Link Below).

Pearl Jam: The Theory of Vitalogy
http://dp-rearviewmirror.blogspot.com/2 ... alogy.html

tremors · December 2010

Sounds good Cameron4President. I am on board and will do what I can over the coming week, whilst fitting it in around work. I am not an encyclopaedic expert on the different bootlegs, so am not usually that much use in the early stages where we try to come up with a menu of possible tracks to choose from. I will listen to suggestions that people post here though, and from them start thinking about a possible running order - which is obviously open to discussion as well!

Empty Glass · December 2010

This will be great!! Only suggestion I'd like to add is (and yes, I know the rules and it's against the rules but Pete is the best)

Pete / Ed: Heart to Hang on To

a Who compilation with maybe two bonus tracks :-D

ed243421 · December 2010

a quick one
naked eye
young man blues
behind blue eyes
blue, red and grey
the real me
the kids are alright
the seeker
i can't explain
love reign o'er me
magic bus
i'm one
my generation

that's my 2 cents
in that order
at least the first 3

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

ed243421 wrote:

a quick one
naked eye
young man blues
behind blue eyes
blue, red and grey
the real me
the kids are alright
the seeker
i can't explain
love reign o'er me
magic bus
i'm one
my generation

that's my 2 cents
in that order
at least the first 3

Thank you. Good job and nice list. Any suggestions on what versions to use?

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Empty Glass wrote:

This will be great!! Only suggestion I'd like to add is (and yes, I know the rules and it's against the rules but Pete is the best)

Pete / Ed: Heart to Hang on To

a Who compilation with maybe two bonus tracks :-D

Thank you for your suggestions.

Parksy · December 2010

pardon my francais... but..

this looks FUCKING SWEET! Can't wait.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Parksy wrote:

pardon my francais... but..

this looks FUCKING SWEET! Can't wait.

I can't wait either!!

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

"Behind Blue Eyes" To my knowledge PJ has never played this live, is that correct? Has Eddie ever performed this song solo?

myra · December 2010

The Real Me from Seattle 2009/09/21 ?

myra · December 2010

Cameron4President wrote:

"Behind Blue Eyes" To my knowledge PJ has never played this live, is that correct? Has Eddie ever performed this song solo?

As a Daughter tag in 2000 (Rock Am Ring). Don't know if it's been performed solo though.

ed243421 · December 2010

just do not use 2010 boston for love reign o'er me

i love boom
but he just wasn't right on this version

Pap · December 2010

Love Reign O'er Me from Mansfield 28-06-08?

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Magic Bus full version by the band or Ed? I do not think a full version exists. Am I right/wrong?

thefixer9 · December 2010

I love the love reign o'er me from Philly last year!

Empty Glass · December 2010

thefixer9 wrote:

I love the love reign o'er me from Philly last year!

MSG 1 '10 pretty damn good version as well

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Naked Eye and Girl's Eyes only performance that I can find is Ed w/ The Fastbacks. Am I correct? If memory serves me correctly the sound quality is shitty. Comments on the SQ of two songs?

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

ed243421 wrote:

just do not use 2010 boston for love reign o'er me

i love boom
but he just wasn't right on this version

No love for Boom, huh?

I know what you mean though, sometimes he can ruin a song.

Don't get me I love the guy, but I get what you are saying. Beantown '10 is off the list.

myra · December 2010

Cameron4President wrote:

Naked Eye and Girl's Eyes only performance that I can find is Ed w/ The Fastbacks. Am I correct? If memory serves me correctly the sound quality is shitty. Comments on the SQ of two songs?

Possibly, I couldn't find any myself :oops:

Really like Blue, Red and Grey from San Diego 2003. So sweet !!

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Empty Glass wrote:

thefixer9 wrote:

I love the love reign o'er me from Philly last year!

MSG 1 '10 pretty damn good version as well

Both are great, and are definitely worthy of consideration. Thanks.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

myra wrote:

Cameron4President wrote:

Naked Eye and Girl's Eyes only performance that I can find is Ed w/ The Fastbacks. Am I correct? If memory serves me correctly the sound quality is shitty. Comments on the SQ of two songs?

Possibly, I couldn't find any myself :oops:

Really like Blue, Red and Grey from San Diego 2003. So sweet !!

Great minds think a like, San Diego is what I was thinking too.

myra · December 2010

Cameron4President wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

just do not use 2010 boston for love reign o'er me

i love boom
but he just wasn't right on this version

No love for Boom, huh? I know what you mean though, sometimes he can ruin a song. Don't get me I love the guy, but I get what you are saying. Beantown '10 is off the list.

I assume he's playing the piano on the Copenhagen 2007 early version as well ? The wrong notes at the beginning made me shiver. So this one is also definitely a 'no' ! But I reckon there are a couple of suggestions for this track already.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

I'm One - St. Louis, Missouri (3/15/94)

Does an Ed solo version of this song exist?

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

myra wrote:

Cameron4President wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

just do not use 2010 boston for love reign o'er me

i love boom
but he just wasn't right on this version

No love for Boom, huh? I know what you mean though, sometimes he can ruin a song. Don't get me I love the guy, but I get what you are saying. Beantown '10 is off the list.

I assume he's playing the piano on the Copenhagen 2007 early version as well ? The wrong notes at the beginning made me shiver. So this one is also definitely a 'no' ! But I reckon there are a couple of suggestions for this track already.

I 'reckon' that Boom needs to step his game up when coverin' The Who or either the band needs to limit his solos. :twisted:

myra · December 2010

The Springfield, MA 1992 version of My generation sounds ok, I guess. Yet there's gotta be other 'full' (not tags or tease or whatever) versions I don't know of around somewhere.
I'm not so keen on the 2 1994 Carnegie Hall solo versions.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

Does anybody have an opinion on which live version of "My Generation is the best?

EDIT: Cool Myra, you and I were thinking about the samething.

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

myra wrote:

The Springfield, MA 1992 version of My generation sounds ok, I guess. Yet there's gotta be other 'full' (not tags or tease or whatever) versions I don't know of around somewhere.
I'm not so keen on the 2 1994 Carnegie Hall solo versions.

I think that we will have to lower our SQ expectations (just a little) for this project. This will be hard for me, but in order to make this a great compilation we may have to except some lower quality SQ. Maybe we will arrange the tracks by putting lower quality tracks up front.

myra · December 2010

Cameron4President wrote:

myra wrote:

The Springfield, MA 1992 version of My generation sounds ok, I guess. Yet there's gotta be other 'full' (not tags or tease or whatever) versions I don't know of around somewhere.
I'm not so keen on the 2 1994 Carnegie Hall solo versions.

I think that we will have to lower our SQ expectations (just a little) for this project. This will be hard for me, but in order to make this a great compilation we may have to except some lower quality SQ. Maybe we will arrange the tracks by putting lower quality tracks up front.

Well, it's not as if we had so many different versions to choose from anyway...

Can't find just any full version of Young Man Blues and Behind Blue Eyes. Isn't Young Man Blues already a cover anyway ?

I might move on to The Kids are alright, unless you have picked one yet ?

TheRealDanPatch · December 2010

myra wrote:

Cameron4President wrote:

myra wrote:

The Springfield, MA 1992 version of My generation sounds ok, I guess. Yet there's gotta be other 'full' (not tags or tease or whatever) versions I don't know of around somewhere.
I'm not so keen on the 2 1994 Carnegie Hall solo versions.

I think that we will have to lower our SQ expectations (just a little) for this project. This will be hard for me, but in order to make this a great compilation we may have to except some lower quality SQ. Maybe we will arrange the tracks by putting lower quality tracks up front.

Well, it's not as if we had so many different versions to choose from anyway...

Can't find just any full version of Young Man Blues and Behind Blue Eyes. Isn't Young Man Blues already a cover anyway ?

I might move on to The Kids are alright, unless you have picked one yet ?

We are definitely limited with some of our choices. I think there is a version of YMB from Hungary 1996, but I don't know anything about it's SQ or it is any good (and it is actually a cover

)

As for my favorite version of "The Kids Are Alright", I am partial to the 2000 Seattle version. I definitely like the versions of that song from 2000, better than 2003.