Naked Eye by The Who: MMJ 1972

[rincon2]

    Prior to enlightenment around 2010, The Who was seriously my favorite band since High School in the 70's. Quadrophenia and Live at Leeds solidified that, not to mention everything they did before. I have about 10 live DVD's of them. As a former member of their fan forum, I know that the White Whale was the Texas 1975 bootleg video. I was at Amoeba records in LA yesterday. I found it on legit DVD, released in 2012. Picked it up for $8. I read reviews that primarily complained about quality, but stated how great the performance was. The quality was far better than the best performance ever filmed, Tanglewood 1970. As far as performance goes, most was pretty great, not quite Tanglewood, but it is Real Who. But when it came to the greatest B side song ever, Naked Eye, you guys know about the B sides, it was an awful performance. Sleep walked through it.
       That inspired me to take out my old vinyl of Odds and Sods and listen to the original version of Naked Eye. MMJ is often compared to Neil, The Band, Radiohead, etc. The studio version of Naked Eye is pure MMJ. It really freaked me out. War Begun shit......
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSZhCKbQZc

[Stevie]

Very cool song but the association between it and MMJ is lost on me.

[johnnYYac]

First time hearing that song. Excellent!

Imagine Jim and Carl trading vocals. I'm thinking Carl doing Daltrey and Jim doing Townsend. Near the end would be an opportunity for Carl to set down his geetah and take a seat at the pedal steel, then that final solo has Jim written all over it.

In fact, we need to see some dual vocals in future MMJ performances. How great would that be?

[rincon2]

Very cool song but the association between it and MMJ is lost on me.

Really? That jam at the end? Sounds like an OBH cover to me.

[APR]

MMJ can cover anything.  This is a must if any Who/MMJ or PJ fan never saw this cover(probably my favorite video in the history of videos)....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpF8Dw_YmL8

Vedder has covered Naked Eye solo a few times over the years.

[rincon2]

MMJ can cover anything.  This is a must if any Who/MMJ or PJ fan never saw this cover(probably my favorite video in the history of videos)....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpF8Dw_YmL8

Vedder has covered Naked Eye solo a few times over the years.

The Who is rarely covered, as their style is so defined by the musicians. A Quick One by MMJ is remarkable, as they NAIL the Who's live version with perfection.

[oistheone]

Great track!!

Not the first time I've heard style similarities between MMJ and the Who. When I first heard "Circuital", my initial thought was 'this is the best Who track in decades'.

[rincon2]

Never noticed the Circuital thing. Maybe a bit of Eminence Front? I have read several reviews that state Gideon takes a lot from the Who.

[oistheone]

Not to say it sounds like a specific Who track, I just found the build in Circuital very Who-esque. The layered acoustics, powerful strums and eventually the bursting electrics definitely heighten that effect.

[justbcuzido]

Not to say it sounds like a specific Who track, I just found the build in Circuital very Who-esque. The layered acoustics, powerful strums and eventually the bursting electrics definitely heighten that effect.

I agree completely. For me it's mainly about the strumming patterns which remind me of Pete's playing completely.

[slappymoe]

lifelong townshend worshipper here.

i always hear late-60's who when i hear "what a wonderful man."  imo it sounds like it could have fit perfectly on "the who sell out."

the cover of "a quick one" with EV was the light bulb moment for me. managed to ignore my hometown greats for almost a decade. borrowed the PJ "cornice" dvd from a friend. after seeing that video, i thought, "you fool, what on earth have you been missing out on for all these years?"

[rincon2]

As wonderful as Odds and Sods is on vinyl, the CD release almost doubled the track list. And it was truly great never before released stuff. If there is ever a third band that could enter the realm of The Who and MMJ for me, I think my head would pop.