ges . ▁ ▁The ▁song ' s ▁introduction ▁includes ▁high - p itch ed ▁guitar ▁ch ords ▁that ▁P ete ▁Town sh end ▁found ▁tricky ▁to ▁play . ▁The ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁includes ▁a ▁bass ▁guitar ▁solo ▁for ▁John ▁Ent w ist le . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Record ▁Mir ror ▁regarded ▁" D ream ing ▁from ▁the ▁Wa ist " ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highlight s ▁of ▁The ▁Who ▁by ▁Num bers . ▁ ▁Crit ic ▁Chris ▁Charles worth ▁regards ▁it ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Who ' s ▁best ▁songs . ▁Auth ors ▁Steve ▁Grant ley ▁and ▁Alan ▁G . ▁Parker ▁pra ise ▁Keith ▁Moon ' s ▁drum ming ▁and ▁especially ▁John ▁Ent w ist le ' s ▁" nim ble - f inger ed " ▁bass ▁guitar ▁playing . ▁Charles worth ▁conc urs ▁that ▁Ent w ist le ' s ▁bass ▁solo ▁is ▁" a ▁st unning ▁display ▁of ▁virt u os ity ". ▁ ▁Live ▁history ▁" D ream ing ▁from ▁the ▁Wa ist " ▁deb uted ▁on stage ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁remained ▁a ▁st ap le ▁in ▁the ▁band ' s ▁act ▁through ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁the ▁band ' s ▁one - off ▁show ▁at ▁Kil burn ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁( l ater ▁issued ▁as ▁The ▁Who ▁at ▁Kil burn : ▁ 1 9 7 7 ). ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁two ▁songs ▁from ▁The ▁Who ▁By ▁Num bers ▁that ▁appeared ▁regularly ▁in ▁the ▁set