Music Review: The Who - Live At Leeds - Page 2

“Magic Bus” was a Who career concert staple for years. Townshend and Entwistle show superb interplay on this track. Now that Entwhistle is gone, I can’t help but think that he was the rock upon which The Who built their sound.

“Young Man Blues” and “Substitute” are the other two songs contained on the original release and actually are the first two songs on the album. They are my least favorite tracks but are still better than average. They serve as vehicles for Pete Townshend. The sound is a little poorer, at least to my ear, than the rest of the record.

Live At Leeds is raw and energetic rock ‘n’ roll. I learned early on to play it with my head phones on. I still listen to it on a somewhat regular basis as it never grows old.

Rolling Stone Magazine named it to their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. I can’t argue.   

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