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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (1979). Sprawling and chaotic like most of their best music is this fan documentary of The Who, with lots of TV appearances, videos, Concert appearances (Highlights being from Woodstock and Monterey Pop), interviews and general mayhem, mostly from Keith Moon who would be dead several months before the film opened.
Moon was an absolutely amazing drummer (Check him out on "I Can't Explain","Sparks", "Young Man Blues") whose frantic lifestyle aged him. "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" show him giving it his all, but clearly struggling and looking much older than the young 30 He was at the time, May 1978, a few months before his passing. But one can say, He truly lived like everyday would be his last and some hilarious moments involving him . Overloaded flash powder in his drum in the first song, his manic behavior on the Russell Harty show, clips with Ringo Starr, playing "Barbara Ann" at a group rehearsal and his reaction involving Pete Townshend's story of seeing his Doctor.
Loaded with music with "Roadrunner/My Generation Blues", "See Me, Feel Me", "Success Story", "Shout and Shimmy" and the astounding "A Quick One While He's Away" standing out. ****
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