VH1 Tribute To The Who

Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Tenacious D, and Incubus are among the artists set to play tribute to one of the greatest rock'n'roll bands of all time, The Who.

Set for July 17th on VH1, the tribute will include performances from all the bands as well as an exclusive set from The Who. Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam commented on the band:

"From the first note, it was like, "Wow, this is f*cking incredible." In terms of that punk rock energy, they still had it, and the Clash had lost it. I made my way through the crowd and watched the show in the midst of 10,000 people. They won me back."

Wayne Coyne also spoke about the band:

"In 1986, when we were waiting for "Here It Is" to come out, we'd be on this endless tour doing a medley of "Tommy" playing to these punk rock kids. They'd have no idea what we're playing and tell us to record them. Here we are and we're asked by VH1 to do a medley of "Tommy." It's like, "Yeah, we kinda did that back in 1986!" Hopefully it will be a lot better now."

You can find some more comments from performers via Billboard.

Thanks for the info to Punknews.org.

Comments

[The_String_Man]

YEAH!!! what a great lineup.cant wait what songs they will be covering. who do you guys think will play my generation?

[rockon1824]

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

[Sad But False]

sounds like the maiden tribute thing...

[ThatGuy177]

The Who equals awesome. I can't wait for this!

[CullenT]

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

where's wont get fooled again? bummer

[connorlawhorne]

sounds like the maiden tribute thing...

It is...it's like an ongoing series VH1 has.

[keithmoon15]

YYYYYEEEEESSSSS

the who is the greatest band of all time i cant wait for this

[the_who]

The Who rocks! So glad Zak joined as their drummer...!

[ClassicRock1169]

WTF no Won't Get Fooled again. In my opinion that is the greatest rock song of all time.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oUbGLVvfB7Y

[Hazardous Lites]

OMG THE WHO! finally, something decent to watch on TV!

[CrabShrapnel]

wow, not a fan of The Who at all, but I like the bands. Maybe they can make it interesting for me. I'm a hige fan of the VH1 tributes because you can either see good bands do decent covers or you can see bands like Avril Lavigne cover Fuel lol

[forsaknazrael]

CullenT wrote:

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

where's wont get fooled again? bummer

+1. That's a great song.

[conman5895]

this is old news

[Spaceace1994]

I think The Who play Wont Get Fooled again, they showed it on the commercials.

[Oxendoobie]

VH1 always does a great Rock Honors, Can't wait to see whats next year. (Hopefully Megadeth or Metallica)

[darkfire_storm]

conman5895 wrote:

this is old news

that may be so, but since the show is coming on tv this thursday, i assume they're doing the story to raise awareness and get people to actually see it, sort of put it into the public's eye.

i'm not a huge fan of the who, but this should still be pretty awesome.

[acdclandon]

Oxendoobie wrote:

VH1 always does a great Rock Honors, Can't wait to see whats next year. (Hopefully Megadeth or Metallica)

they did metallica earlier

[TDKshorty]

Incubus!

[Aplanken]

acdclandon wrote:

Oxendoobie wrote:

VH1 always does a great Rock Honors, Can't wait to see whats next year. (Hopefully Megadeth or Metallica)

they did metallica earlier

that was MTV Icon.....

[The Frayed Ends]

Lmao @ Tenacious D doing Squeeze Box. That's going to be epic.

[iksero]

great bands honoring a greater band. everyone better mark their calendars!

[nscar]

Correction:

"Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Tenacious D, and Incubus are among the artists set to play tribute to THE greatest rock'n'roll band of all time, The Who"

[Shaharz]

omfg
that's gonna be so awesome

[master]

The Who Rock. Too bad there's only two members left.

[americanmovie23]

won't get fooled again was played and taped.

don't worry. it will be there on thursday night.

[Sp00nman94]

this is gonna be an awesome show...finally something good on VH1

[FooCards]

The Foo is gonna rock out the Who, I just wish I got to see Taylor play one of Moon's more challenging pieces like "The Real Me" or "Won't Get Fooled Again." I wonder if they'll have G.W. Bush announce that one. I bet Hawkins wipes the floor with Cameron, Taylor can play any 70's drummer, I mean hell he played with Rush!!!

[jarroddowalter]

awesome, this should be quite an event

[=Rock n Roll=]

I would like to see Tenacious D do "Pinball Wizard".

[Bonscott4ever]

I have to work that night, but luckily for me I have DVR. hahahahaha. screw you pizza hut I'll watch this when I get home. I'm just getting into the who and I love em.

[Beakwithteeth]

I ****in' HATE Pearl Jam's version of "Love Reign O'er Me". They massacre that song. I love both bands but that is one of the worst covers I have ever heard.

Checked.

[WhoAreYou22]

FooCards wrote:

The Foo is gonna rock out the Who, I just wish I got to see Taylor play one of Moon's more challenging pieces like "The Real Me" or "Won't Get Fooled Again." I wonder if they'll have G.W. Bush announce that one. I bet Hawkins wipes the floor with Cameron, Taylor can play any 70's drummer, I mean hell he played with Rush!!!

Nah, Foo Fighters will NEVER out-play the Who. Foo Fighters are only up there because there aren't any other good bands out there, and they only won so many awards for that Echoes album because WHAT ELSE WOULD!?!?

Compare "Silence, Echoes, Patience and Grace" to Quadraphenia. Then Laugh

[Wiegraf]

This is gonna be pretty awesome.

[ryanph2421]

ah someone should have done eminence front

[urdad]

WhoAreYou22 wrote:

FooCards wrote:

The Foo is gonna rock out the Who, I just wish I got to see Taylor play one of Moon's more challenging pieces like "The Real Me" or "Won't Get Fooled Again." I wonder if they'll have G.W. Bush announce that one. I bet Hawkins wipes the floor with Cameron, Taylor can play any 70's drummer, I mean hell he played with Rush!!!


Nah, Foo Fighters will NEVER out-play the Who. Foo Fighters are only up there because there aren't any other good bands out there, and they only won so many awards for that Echoes album because WHAT ELSE WOULD!?!?

Compare "Silence, Echoes, Patience and Grace" to Quadraphenia. Then Laugh

i think theres a misunderstanding. he ment he'd wish to see the foos play a harder who song on drums and that taylor is a really good drummer

[TheIceCreamMan]

I like The Who, but I HAVE to see this, just to see Tenacious D perform Squeeze Box. Perfect song choice for them.

[Mattylightning]

CullenT wrote:

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"


where's wont get fooled again? bummer

maybe they're gonna suprise us with it.

[Mythmaster30]

Oxendoobie wrote:

VH1 always does a great Rock Honors, Can't wait to see whats next year. (Hopefully Megadeth or Metallica)

Metallica deserves one all to themselves like the who, and imo, they deserve it alot more than Megadeth.

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

meh, i'm not a big fan of this vh1 series, the last installments were pretty pathetic, imo.

[slpknt21]

cool. i'll definitely be watching this.

[Fireballz 1077]

The Who kicks ass! Awesome they're doing a tribute to them.

[Fireballz 1077]

Mythmaster30 wrote:

Oxendoobie wrote:

VH1 always does a great Rock Honors, Can't wait to see whats next year. (Hopefully Megadeth or Metallica)


Metallica deserves one all to themselves like the who, and imo, they deserve it alot more than Megadeth.

Actually MTV did a tribute to Metallica once. It was pretty cool. As for Megadeth, idk if they did something like that for them.

[metalishreddr13]

do one for nirvana, kurt cobain deserves it.

[HardRockKid]

Nirvana does deserve one and ac/dc and metallica and ratm and black sabbath i kno ozzy was last year but sabbath was the band that molded/created metal!!!

checked.

[emr_steelmech]

CullenT wrote:

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

where's wont get fooled again? bummer

i know, right?

[jv_music]

what about "Young Man"!!! and damnit...i don't have cable no more. nooooo! i'm gonna miss it!

[jv_music]

HardRockKid wrote:

Nirvana does deserve one and ac/dc and metallica and ratm and black sabbath i kno ozzy was last year but sabbath was the band that molded/created metal!!!

Hey according to wiki, sabbath is back with ozzy?

[pdq13]

Yawn!More interested in local bands and their original works than buying Roger and Pete another castle.I want to hear The Who perform their songs and no one else!I'm doing all I can to keep gas in my ride so I can go to my real job for ten hours of legalized slavery each day so the thought of spending one hard earned nickel on an imitation is highly unlikely!Thank you in advance for allowing me to whine like a little bitch!I find that this site works quite well!The writers for UG do as well!

[DanteLord]

pdq13 wrote:

Yawn!More interested in local bands and their original works than buying Roger and Pete another castle.I want to hear The Who perform their songs and no one else!I'm doing all I can to keep gas in my ride so I can go to my real job for ten hours of legalized slavery each day so the thought of spending one hard earned nickel on an imitation is highly unlikely!Thank you in advance for allowing me to whine like a little bitch!I find that this site works quite well!The writers for UG do as well!

jesus, calm down.

[FiveStarMotel]

CullenT wrote:

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

where's wont get fooled again? bummer

As Pres. George Bush once said, "Fool me once shame on...shame on you
Uh fool me ya can't get fooled again!"

This will be awesome. I'd love to see them all unite for the last ten minutes and do "Won't Get Fooled Again" All these bands are immensely talented.

[FiveStarMotel]

Why aren't Tenacious D being honored for being way too awesome?

[original=punk]

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

i've seen commercials. and I knew it was goign to be awesome.

now I read this, and I know it'll be one of the best things ever.

[FooCards]

urdad wrote:

WhoAreYou22 wrote:

FooCards wrote:

The Foo is gonna rock out the Who, I just wish I got to see Taylor play one of Moon's more challenging pieces like "The Real Me" or "Won't Get Fooled Again." I wonder if they'll have G.W. Bush announce that one. I bet Hawkins wipes the floor with Cameron, Taylor can play any 70's drummer, I mean hell he played with Rush!!!


Nah, Foo Fighters will NEVER out-play the Who. Foo Fighters are only up there because there aren't any other good bands out there, and they only won so many awards for that Echoes album because WHAT ELSE WOULD!?!?

Compare "Silence, Echoes, Patience and Grace" to Quadraphenia. Then Laugh

i think theres a misunderstanding. he ment he'd wish to see the foos play a harder who song on drums and that taylor is a really good drummer

Thank you for being competent enough to understand what I was saying. I wasn't comparing The Who and the Foo Fighters. I've been playing drums for 16 years and can play both Quadrophenia and ESPG, I know they're diffucult and I respect Taylor a lot as a player. By the way, ESPG should of won album of the year if it wsan't for that crack ***** Amy "Gutterball" Winehouse. That was a crock of shit.

[nds711d]

rockon1824 wrote:

Here's the line up: Foo Fighters - "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain" (with guest vocals by Gaz Coombs of Supergrass),
Incubus - "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain,"
Tenacious D - "Squeeze Box,"
Pearl Jam- "Love Reign O'er Me" and "The Real Me,"
the Flaming Lips - Tommy medley,
The Who - "Baba O'Riley", "Who Are You", "Behind Blue Eyes", "My Generation" and "Tea & Theatre"

usually Tenacious D does the tommy melody i think he got the flaming lips and the D backwards..

[leafy]

god dammit
its times like these i hate living in australia =P
the who are simply the greatest

[druz15_UG]

that would be sweet

[rockfan7]

WhoAreYou22 wrote:
Compare "Silence, Echoes, Patience and Grace" to Quadraphenia. Then Laugh

I beleive it is Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace thank you verry much!

[FooCards]

rockfan7 wrote:

WhoAreYou22 wrote:
Compare "Silence, Echoes, Patience and Grace" to Quadraphenia. Then Laugh


I beleive it is Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace thank you verry much!

hahaha yeah it looks like that retard really studied ESPG really hard with Quadrophenia. Epic Failure! He's another tool for your toolbag WhoAreYou22

[dustyoffski]

Back from watching the WHO vh1 honors. It was really fantastic show, best ive seen in many years. Im not a Foo fan, im a Who fan, so i cant say if they played well but they really went at the who songs. Incubus and Pearl jam were the main performances for me, and dear god they were really good. They were so good, i hope i can purchase this whole show or their songs sometime. The WHO deserve every drop of adulation and honors they get, theres something amazing on most every album the WHO ever made. Theres no one that will ever have the same stage presense or intensity of playing in quite the same manner ever again as Pete Townsend. Nobody with the vocal strength of Roger Daltrey. IF it hurts you to sing Roger we forgive you, put down the microphone. The Who set themselves was better than very good. See i'm different maybe i enjoy it when the who is off a little or Pete goes all different on us on stage on guitar. I dont mind it a bit, it keeps it fresh for me, keeps it live and enjoyable. Then you get people writing negative reviews that think they have a musical ear, but really don't. Thats the age we live in right now, people that aren't really qualified to have an accurate opinion are letting the rudeness come out of them. Thats what we see on amazon, and other sites. I was guilty of this myself once in a while, but at least i can see that. Anyway a great Who tribute Who show it was, one for the ages.

[dustyoffski]

pdq13 wrote:

Yawn!More interested in local bands and their original works than buying Roger and Pete another castle.I want to hear The Who perform their songs and no one else!
I'm doing all I can to keep gas in my ride so I can go to my real job for ten hours of legalized slavery each day so the thought of spending one hard earned nickel on an imitation is highly unlikely!Thank you in advance for allowing me to whine like a little bitch!I find that this site works quite well!The writers for UG do as well!

nice! honesty and loyalty of good taste

[dustyoffski]

to pdq13 :Sorry the Who is much better than your local bands will ever dream of being. And if we buy them another castle, when they pass on, we can live where rock royalty lived. Your right on about the gas an slavery though.