Who's Who? Vids! Foos, Lips, Pearl Jam

Foo Fighters, PJ, Flaming  Lips and the ‘oo themselves sweatin’ to the oldies.

By Fred Mills

Shameless Fanboy Gushing Dept.: Okay, we’ll admit it: we turn to little babies when you mention the words “The Who” in our presence. Something about those formative teenage (wasteland) experiences… Anyway, while the recent “VH1 Rock Honors” broadcast paying tribute to The Who was a mixed bag — anytime you get a bunch of disparate performers together for a concert or album paying tribute to some elder statesman, it’s guaranteed to have its dubious moments — when it was good, it was pretty amazing.

To wit: Foo Fighters baring fangs with Live At Leeds’ “Young Man Blues,” Pearl Jam blazing through Quadrophenia’s “The Real Me,” The Flaming Lips’ hilarious, reverent and utterly cool Tommy medley (check Wayne’s “mic twirls” and Michael’s skeleton costume), and The ‘oo’s own peerless version of “Baba O’Riley,” from Who’s Next. VH1 has all the songs from the program posted online now HERE.

Meanwhile, if ya wanna check out the aforementioned BLURT-approved faves by themselves, we got ‘em for ya below…