Without question, The Who was at its creative peak in 1970. Barely a year removed from the debut of Tommy, the band had already stormed the stages at Woodstock and Leeds, cementing its reputation as an electrifying live act. The footage from the Isle of Wight evidences every component of the Who's greatness: power chording and howling feedback, aggressive vocals, strafing drum beats, and of course, deafening bass rumble. Even the visual image of the band is classic; who doesn't associate Townshend with his white boiler suit and cherry Gibson SG guitar, or Daltrey with flowing fringe? And who can forget Entwistle clad in his skeleton stage suit, or an exuberant Moon flailing away behind his kit? The sequences are riveting, as the world's greatest band is caught at, or close to its zenith. Popmatters
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