Overheard@E3: The Who said what?

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 17th 2008 at 12:30AM }

"We're a Who cover band, we're not nearly as good as all the others." -- The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

The Who, the freakin' WHO, are on stage right now and this is the event of E3 2008. We probably won't be able to liveblog this while we're rockin' out, but check back later for pics of some industry folks off the clock. OK, we're missing the concert ... gotta run. Update: Check out our full gallery here.

Gallery: Joystiq @ The Who Rock Band concert

Tags: harmonix, mtv, rock-band, rock-band-2, the-who

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dylanking @ Jul 17th 2008 12:35AM

Holy shit what

Huey2k2 @ Jul 17th 2008 12:36AM

So jealous :(

eldee @ Jul 17th 2008 12:39AM

The Who?

Huey2k2 @ Jul 17th 2008 12:40AM

I see what you did there.

FSK405K @ Jul 17th 2008 12:47AM

Who's on stage?

Jomolungma @ Jul 17th 2008 12:47AM

and on first. two places at once that who.

Tim The Enchanter @ Jul 17th 2008 1:15PM

What?

Jomolungma @ Jul 17th 2008 12:47AM

Ah, the challenges of working in the gaming industry - you get to stay up for 48 hours straight playing some of the best, and worst, the industry has to offer, and then they really turn the screws by giving you a Who concert at the end, right when you have a major conflict between life-sustaining sleep and The Who. Now that's a tough choice.

ApolloIV @ Jul 17th 2008 12:51AM

Epic jealously

Aegis @ Jul 17th 2008 12:54AM

Joystiq crew, have you heard of the word "envy"? Let me use it in a sentence for you.

"I envy you with every bone of my body"

:p

El Capitaine @ Jul 17th 2008 1:22AM

may i have the language of origin please?

Aegis @ Jul 17th 2008 1:28AM

The word "envy" originated from "Murple".

Young_Nastyman @ Jul 17th 2008 8:32AM

Potent Potables for $500

Frojo @ Jul 17th 2008 12:58AM

Wow. Whoever can book the who at an expo really has some cash.

FSK405K @ Jul 17th 2008 1:10AM

ActiBlizzard: bigger than EA

blah @ Jul 17th 2008 12:21PM

I thought this was a Rock band concert, therefore ActBilizzard would have nothing to do with it...the complete opposite in fact, as Activision makes Guitar Hero...

Xav de Matos @ Jul 17th 2008 1:20AM

Blogging from home = Fail.

mezzanine @ Jul 17th 2008 1:24AM

The highlight of E3 is a concert.

Extra Cheese @ Jul 17th 2008 1:29AM

"Who is on stage?"
"Yes."
"Who is?"
"Yes."
"Oh. So the name of the band is Yes?"
"No, Aunt Slappy, Yes is not even AT this concert!"

capt_carl @ Jul 17th 2008 8:24AM

Classic. Love live Slappy and Skippy.

Derek Rudolph @ Jul 17th 2008 1:30AM

I wonder how they got that gig..

Alex @ Jul 17th 2008 2:13AM

*cries in agony*

I was THIS CLOSE || to see them live... I really want to be Gaming press now.

WOO!!!! WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!!! BABA O'RILEY!!! M-M-M-M-M-MY GENERATION!!!

whymog @ Jul 17th 2008 2:15AM

Life's not fair.

dark_inchworm @ Jul 17th 2008 2:24AM

Oh, come on. Who's next?

;)

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 17th 2008 2:47AM

speaking of Music, i was watching the new Hannah Montana music video (fuck you that's why) and at 1:19 I swear I saw the drummer from Nintendo's conference.

David @ Jul 17th 2008 2:53AM

I'm sorry, but every time I see Pete Townshend, I see a huge nose. That's all I see. I respect the Who with every fiber of my being, but that nose...

Young_Nastyman @ Jul 17th 2008 8:35AM

I think it happened when he got into a fight with Roger in the early days of The Who. Roger punched him in the back of the head or something :P

Ridgecity @ Jul 17th 2008 3:04AM

That's better than Microsoft's Duffy on Monday...

Jomolungma @ Jul 17th 2008 8:29AM

I appreciate the final photo count. A little too coincidental fellas.

capt_carl @ Jul 17th 2008 8:30AM

I'll have to agree with Pete's statement, on a somewhat more serious note.

Since Moon died, the Who pretty much died as well. As good of a drummer Zak Starkey is, he can't fill the goldfish-filled shoes of Keith Moon. Pino Pallidino does a fine job emulating John Entwistle, but again, without Thunderfingers, the Who just aren't the same anymore.

If Paul and Ringo got back together, could we still call them The Beatles?

David @ Jul 17th 2008 12:16PM

What if the Who got together with the Beatles to fill in the missing spots? I think the Whotles would be a good band.

Belgand @ Jul 17th 2008 4:01PM

@David

I can't believe that I've never considered that idea. That idea is genius. It just... it synchs up so perfectly. If that were to happen it would probably be the ultimate supergroup, bar none. We'd have to stop using the word "supergroup" simply because nothing else would be capable of meriting it from that point forward.