The Who work
out their 1978 classic “Who Are You” in a clip from their career-spanning
documentary, Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who, which is now available to
stream for the first time on the Coda Collection.
The clip
features some raw footage of the Who performing an energetic, albeit somewhat
shaky version of “Who Are You” while filming their 1979 documentary, The Kids
Are Alright. The performance marked the band’s first time together in more than
a year, and as Pete Townshend quips in the clip, “Unfortunately the band didn’t
play as well, but I think all of us had such a good time together. But we were
all wrecks!”
The live
performance is followed up by a much more meticulous and precise rendition of
“Who Are You,” captured during the studio sessions for the band’s album of the
same name. The album, however, would end up being the band’s last with drummer
Keith Moon, whose death and struggles with addiction are also discussed in the
final moments of the clip.
Amazing
Journey was directed by Murray Lerner and Paul Crowder and first released in
2007. Anchored by interviews with Townshend and Roger Daltrey, the film tracks
the band’s rise and career, and features a trove of previously unseen footage
and performance clips.
“It’s not
easy to capture in film the power and energy of any rock band, especially the
four characters that made up the Who, the brilliance of Pete Townshend’s music,
and the magic that happened between Pete, John, Keith and myself,” Daltrey said
in a statement. “But Who fans tell me Amazing Journey does just that. From the
moment that Keith joined us in the Railway Hotel back in 1964, it was like a
bottle of champagne being uncorked. We just clicked. And here we are, all these
years later — we’ve lost our dear bandmates Keith and John, and Pete and I
continue to play together and carry this story forward. Thanks to Coda for
putting this show up, and enjoy this film about our journey. I’m still living
it!”
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