The Who - Naked Eye/Let's See Action/My Generation Blues

The Who in 1974 playing at the Charlton Athletic Field start off the concert's finale slow with "Naked Eye" before stepping things up and getting into "Let's See Action" and then capping things off with a blues version of "My Generation." This comes off a CD offered a couple of years ago as a perk to joining TheWho.com.

The Great Led Zeppelin Countdown Results

Q104.3's Carol Miller asked fans for their top three Led Zeppelin songs. So here's what the fans said are their favorites; #1 may surprise you. I'm not a big fan of lists for a couple of reasons. For one, people usually get pretty nasty when you have a debate over such things and secondly, lists have have a tendency to diminish. For example, you don't see "The Rover" on this list, so does that mean that it's a bad song? Of course not.

I must admit I voted a few times. I can't remember exactly, but it was some variation of "Achilles Last Stand," "Ten Years Gone," "Stairway," "Hey Hey What Can I Do," and there may have been another song or two. For me, when it comes to The Who and Led Zeppelin there are just too many great songs to narrow it down. By the way, Carol Miller "Gets the Led Out" every weeknight at 8 during her show and during the Jim Kerr Morning Show at 8.

#15 - Tangerine
#14 - Immigrant Song
#13 - Black Dog
#12 - The Ocean
#11 - The Rain Song
#10 - Over the Hills and Far Away
#9 - Ramble On
#8 - Dazed and Confused
#7 - Since I've Been Loving You
#6 - Whole Lotta Love
#5 - When the Levee Breaks
#4 - Ten Years Gone
#3 - Achilles Last Stand
#2 - Stairway to Heaven
#1 - Kashmir

Roger Daltrey vs. Simon Cowell

Looks like Roger Daltrey had a few things to say about Simon Cowell. Here are a few of the quotes courtesy of The Sun.

"He's made a good industry out of it, but it's belittled the power of music. He wouldn't know what the "X Factor" was if it bit him on the b******s."

Incidentally, Simon Cowell is the "brains" behind America's Got Talent, as well. Contractually he is not allowed to appear on the show because it is on a different network than America Idol.

Robert Plant Joining The Who for Benefit

I wrote in a prior post that The Who, Jeff Beck, Blondie’s Debbie Harry and former Verve singer Richard Ashcroft will be playing a charity concert at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London on January 13, 2011. I wondered if Robert Plant would join the lineup and in fact he has. It seemed likely that this would happen as it comes on the eve of Plant bringing his Band of Joy to the northeast of the U.S. Those tour dates are here.

Robert Plant and Band of Joy Touring The Northeast

I'm very much interested in this tour and I'm almost certain I will be in attendance at one of these shows:

Tuesday, Jan. 18: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, N.C.
Wednesday, Jan. 19: Peterson Events Center (University of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, Pa.
Friday, Jan. 21: Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Saturday, Jan. 22: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ont.
Tuesday, Jan. 25: House of Blues, Boston, Mass.
Wednesday, Jan. 26: Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pa.
Friday, Jan. 28: MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.
Saturday, Jan. 29: Beacon Theatre, New York, N.Y.
Tuesday, Feb. 1: D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Feb. 2: Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh, N.C.
Friday, Feb. 4: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston, S.C.
Saturday, Feb. 5: Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga.
Monday, Feb. 7: Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, N.C.
Tuesday, Feb. 8: War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
Wednesday, Feb. 9: War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.

Jimmy Page Touring?

Jimmy Page said here that he will be doing some shows next year and he is desperate to be doing something. I can only imagine someone as talented as Page needs to be and should be out there. I'm very curious to see who he teams up with. Although, I've heard things from Page before that have never come to fruition so this may be just talk.

Pete Townshend & Rachel Fuller - Sunrise

I recently auditioned for America's Got Talent and sang the song, "Sunrise," which is off of The Who's 1967 concept album, The Who Sell Out. This version is a bit different, but I still like it, although I prefer Pete singing the song on his own. The above performance took place in 2007 at the annual South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas where Townshend was the keynote speaker.