Roger Daltrey recently made a fairly big, controversial statement. Rock is dead, long live Hip-Hop.
The Who were playing the second weekend of the Desert Trip Festival in Indio, CA when Roger sat down to talk with The Times of London.
He stated “The sadness for me is that rock has reached a dead end. The only people saying things that matter are the rappers and most pop is meaningless and forgettable. You watch these people and you can’t remember a bloody thing.”
Roger went on to talk about the fact that the Who have been stuck in a rut for forty years, referencing the 1976 Day on the Green Festival which he considers his career high point. “Since then it seems we’ve been stuck in a cycle. Day on the Green happened 40 years ago yesterday. At Desert Trip we played the same set.”
We got curious as to whether Roger’s recollection of the forty-year-old set was correct or not, so we compared the two set lists:
The Who @ Day on the Green, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA (October 9, 1976)
I Can’t Explain
Substitute
My Wife
Baba O’Riley
Squeeze Box
Behind Blue Eyes
Dreaming From the Waist
Magic Bus
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Acid Queen
Fiddle About
Pinball Wizard
I’m Free
Tommy’s Holiday Camp
We’re Not Gonna Take It
See Me, Feel Me
Summertime Blues
My Generation
Join Together
My Generation Blues
Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Who @ Desert Trip, Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA (October 9, 2016)
I Can’t Explain
The Seeker
Who Are You
The Kids Are Alright
I Can See for Miles
My Generation
Behind Blue Eyes
Bargain
Join Together
You Better You Bet
5:15
I’m One
The Rock
Love, Reign O’er Me
Eminence Front
Amazing Journey
Sparks
The Acid Queen
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Baba O’Riley
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Same length (22 songs), same opener (I Can’t Explain), same closer (Won’t Get Fooled Again) but, overall, only half of the songs played in 1976 were also played in 2016.
