i may have mentioned this before, but The Who performing “A Quick One While He’s Away” on the Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus dvd is one of my favorite recorded performances ever. i like bands where most of the members take turns singing lead and writing songs and i can’t think of one popular band that does that now?

they wanted a string arrangement for the “You are Forgiven” part but couldn’t afford it, so they just ended up singing the word “cello” over and over. i used to wonder all the time “what the hell are they singing?” i thought it was just gibberish and when i found out what and why, i started to appreciate their sense of humor more. such a fun song, and i loved how it was used in Rushmore. the Stones didn’t air the TV special because they were upstaged by them. Can you imagine putting together this big expensive production to showcase yourself with stuff like a big circus set, costumes, and a whole bunch of famous “guest” musicians (john lennon, marianne faithfull, clapton, etc) and then not releasing it because the band before outperformed you? supersonned