Rating  - Story of The Who
This DVD starts from the begining when Roger and Peter were in High School and takes you on their journey of building the band and their successes and failures. Their shakey ride to the top of the billboards. Keith Moon with his insane lifestyle and untimely death. John Entwistle's death in Vegas while "The Who" toured the U.S.. At last solidifying the friendship between Roger Daltry and Peter Townsend to a higher spiritual level of love for each other, from the memories of the past. Never before seen interviews and concert clips galore. A must have for all "Who" fans out there. ***** 5 stars
Rating - Great video
If you love the Who you will love this video. It really shows how Keith Moon was the powerhouse of the band in their early days. It also has a great clip of the Who doing "A quick one while he is away" on the Rolling Stones Circus show in the late 60's or early 70's. It is an great video.
Rating - The Who bigger than life
This 1979 movie film really put the Who on the map - after it came out everybody was a Who fan - Keith Moon just died a year before and many kids I knew never even heard of the Who even till The Kids Are Alright came out - This led to feverish ticket sales with the 1979 tour a month or two later that eventually developed into the tradgity a the Ohio gig where many kids were killed because time magizine said this might be thier last tour etc.. So in a way this film made the Who even bigger than they were - Many Who fans never saw Kieth Moon play but in this film including myself - I would guess at least two thirds of Who fans never saw Keith live except this film - When kieth played with the band The Who played generally 2000 to 4000 seat venues except for special larger gigs like New Castle England gig which had over 100,000 kids there - and other famous super gigs - They played at the 3000 seat Capital Theater in Washington DC in 1973 during the Quadraphina Tour - it is the example of a smaller 3000 seat venue etc.. - the oval roof cement building is still there next to the DC Union Station yard - The Greatful Dead were the last band to play there in 1973 before it closed down then - the Beatles played thier first gig in America there after the TV show in 1964 after riding down on a train from New York City - The Who did do many big shows with Kieth but more people saw Kenny Jones play with them than any other drummer before or since - every show they did with him sold out in a hour or less - the gigs were at least the Arena size from 1979 to 1982 - I know it sounds stupid now but when Pete - Roger - John and Kenny hit the stage at the spectrum in 1979 the place went crazy with applause and screaming - It was like seeing the Beatles or something - Pete plugged in the Les Paul and made some tune up sounds - people went nuts etc,.. I know it was all because of this film they became superstars to kids that where only like 9 to 12 years old when Who's Next came out - definitely a new Who generation so to speak - so this is a important part of Who history for me - They sold more records than ever after Kieth died and I know this film did that for them - 20 year old kids were yelling out song names to play at the band that were already ten to 6 years old then long after they off the charts - kids would yell at John to play Whisky Man and stuff like that you know he never did it was crazy - So thats what this film means to me and when you see it again or never saw it before you'll see why they went crazy I guess - It is a pretty good Rock film even now a must have for any Hooligan at any age
Rating - The best rock movie ever, has gotten better
"The Kids Are Alright," starring John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend, aka The Who, came out just after I finished 11th grade, the Summer of 1979, when everyone was still kind of raw over the loss of Keith Moon, but it was still several years before I got to see it. It played on the big screen in Pittsburgh's Stanley Theater, in a double feature, the opening film being George Harrison's "Concert For Bangla Desh," another really fine film.
This version of the release returns it to its original theatrical release, several segments long missing are restored, and the sound and picture quality are refurbished as well. For years, it was only available on VHS, and with no other option, it had to suffice. But, seeing it in this version again, it is astonishing, how much the video tape suffers in comarison. The picture is now razor sharp, the sound is once again full, and the experience is what it should've been all along.
Even if Keith Moon had lived longer, the main point to properly enjoying this movie, is to ALWAYS watch him; never take your eyes off him. Of course, the whole band is in fine form all the way through, but truthfully, Moon is the undisputed star of the film. Along with Pete Townshend, he is up there with any of the great comedians in TV and movie history. Of course, he is a drummer first and foremost, and especially in the older concert clips, he is just astonishing to watch. He wasn't often very technical, but when he cuts loose, you'll never see anyone like him. Of course, the whole band is is in top form throughout, don't put anything past them. Townshend, John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey are often at their best here as well.
And somehow, even the material that is flawed, is still priceless to watch. There is a clip of them playing "Barbara Ann," the old Beach Boys song, Moon doing the falsetto, and yes, it is atrocious. But somehow, this doesn't matter, it is a perfect picture of the camaraderie they had with one another. Four aggressive men who were often at one another's throats, still managed to pull off a career unlike any other, I feel they were unique here. But despite all the infighting, especially in the Russel Harty interview segments, you see a true brotherhood among them. They genuinely loved one another, and this becomes obvious in the earliest post-Moon years, when Townshend's anger at Moon dying manifested itself in a series of unflattering haircuts, public socio-political rants which nobody really wanted to hear, and the abuse of very dangerous, hard drugs. He began using cocaine, and even experimented with heroin. He nearly joined Moon one night when he was found passed out in a public men's room, and by the time he was placed in the back seat of his car, he had turned blue. Rehab followed, and virtually every essay he composed after this included some reference to Keith Moon, one of his dearest friends, being dead. He wrote what some call an "arrogant" introduction in the "30 Years Of Maximun R&B" box set, but this many years later, he is obviously still sad, and very angry at Moon for leaving us so soon.
In 2002, just before a new tour, John Entwistle joined Moon as well, found dead in a hotel room on the eve of the tour's first date. And as talented as they are, Pino Palladino and Zak Starkey are not Entwistle and Moon. To see them now, it is still a great band, worth going to see, but seeing "The Kids Are Alright," or the current line-up of The Who fills one with great sadness, not only at a world without Entwistle or Moon, but the entertainment today in general. Watch the Shepperton clips of The Who, circa 1978, playing "Baba O'Riley," and "Won't Get Fooled Again." Here you have four thirty-something, grown men, putting on an excellent rock show, and doing it with such aplomb, no fan wanted it to end. Now, cut to today. Turn on your TV, and you see the latest exploits of people like Brittany Spears, headed for a brick wall quicker than Moon ever did, and not very gracefully, at that. And even in his final days, Elvis Presley could wow an audience. This is what makes "The Kids Are Alright" such a treasure. It is the epitome of the heyday of rock.
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