Some random thoughts....

while watching VH1's Rock Honors for The Who.

• Weirdly enough, the best (non-Who) performance of the night was Tenacious D's cover of "Squeeze Box"


• The Foo Fighters were a close second, covering "Young Man's Blues" and "Bargain"


• The Flaming Lips and Incubus sucked. They couldn't find anyone else to fill those slots? I don't think I can listen to Tommy without some serious therapy after seeing what those two sets of talentless assholes did to their selections.


• Pearl Jam did two songs from the greatest Who album, more or less note-for-note. How...boring.


• Zak Starkey is a passable replacement for Keith Moon. Pino Palladino isn't able to pull of filling in for Entwhistle.


• Townshend and Daltry can still bring it.

After watching this, I think it's official. All my idols are dead or have sold out. Quite often both.