Pete Townsend is and absolute musical genius! Nice to David Gilmore doing what he does best. All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyesis one of my favorite albums!!!
@@jimwelsh997 Thank you Jim. Well, after reading your comment, I had to watch this performance again. My mind and senses have been enhanced for about an hour now and my first statement still stands. I think that there must be many, many more people who think that Pete Townsend is an amazing song writer and lyricist. It was a while back that I commented here and I sure did not proof read my words, I was not even stoned then. I am 75 now, I started getting high at 24, I stopped getting high when I was 39, but my daughter turned me back on a year ago. I have thanked her for that.
Saw both of these Deep End shows, semester abroad in the Fall of 1985. I thought to myself, well maybe I should just skip going back tot the states.... I've seen some crazy concerts in my day, but Gilmour and Townshend together on stage is about as great as you could ask for.
I had this LP when it came out and thought it was one of the best live albums I had ever heard. Thanks for posting this. Brings back great memories. I gotta stop drinking I gotta stop thinking I gotta stop smoking
This album came out when I was in my late teens. I loved this song then, now in my mid 50s I understand the longing that remains after the fire. Townshend captures emotion and the human condition like very few.
Roger Daltrey's version is good. Pete Townsend's version is great. Love the brass and the extra percussion, but I LOVE the fact that Pete sings the song with everything he's got. I appreciate his effort at singing more than Roger's exercise of his natural talent. Bottom line - singing this song was easy for Roger, not so much for Pete.
PETE is a Great Singer....his expressiveness and phrasing in Tommy and Quadrophenia is incredible...some of the greatest British singers are instrumentalists...Frampton, Phil Collins, Clapton, Jack Bruce, Steve Marriott, Gilmour and PETE...
I worked for a Rock FM Station that played Roger Daltrey's delivered a great version to this song. With Pete, it is also great, but different. Thanks for posting.
When "Under The Raging Moon" was released, Roger Daltrey was interviewed on MTV. He said that Pete Townshend had written "After The Fire" and decided that Roger could sing it better so Pete walked into Roger's favorite pub and handed him the demo and snapped,"You do this one" and then abruptly left. Pete wrote a good song and sang it good here but Roger owns it. Roger's version was closer to a Who song.
This is So Beautiful…I First heard this off of Daltrys solo Album…not knowing that Pete wrote this…I’m too used to Liking Rogers Version…but I Still Love This version too…& Gilmore playing guitar on it is just Icing on the Cake ! Pete’s Solo stuff is Awesome🦾
This song means so much more to me now that im 41 than it did when i was 21 ... I gotta stop thinking, i gotta stop drinking, i gotta stop smoking... Yes, the fire STILL BLOODY WELL BURNS!
I've remember listening to this song when Roger Daltrey came out with it in the mid 1980s. Over the years I had forgotten the name of it and who sung until yesterday when it came out of nowhere to me. I Google the title and I happened to come across this version of it by Peter Townsend. Both versions are great to listen too. What I didn't know is it was written by Townsend, but Daltrey recorded it first.
It was me that asked you "What happens after the fire?" Thanks for proveing telepathy is real. PS Pete, I'm still burning. Oh yeah, Awesome bro. But I'm still wondering if you remember our telepathic conversation?
If you hope that people from a record company die for not releasing a DVD, you not only don't understand how life works, and you certainly are missing the point of this song and why it was written about conditions in other parts of the world -- where, by the way, things like DVDs don't mean a fuckin' thing.
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I love Townshend's singing. He's so raw and vulnerable with something wild just barely kept in check.
Fine assessment.
The Who should have been a trio.
i agree and feel the same way about rick danko
Very well said.
if i could write a song 1/4 as good as this id be a genius
Pete Townshend, David Gilmour and Simon Phillips? Live? My goodness... hard to imagine anything much better than that. Wow.
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Pete Townsend is and absolute musical genius! Nice to David Gilmore doing what he does best. All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyesis one of my favorite albums!!!
Yes you are the first person besides me that believes Pete Townshend is a musical genius. This man wrote some of the greatest rock anthems.
@@jimwelsh997 Thank you Jim. Well, after reading your comment, I had to watch this performance again. My mind and senses have been enhanced for about an hour now and my first statement still stands. I think that there must be many, many more people who think that Pete Townsend is an amazing song writer and lyricist. It was a while back that I commented here and I sure did not proof read my words, I was not even stoned then. I am 75 now, I started getting high at 24, I stopped getting high when I was 39, but my daughter turned me back on a year ago. I have thanked her for that.
Am glad you enjoyed it again. Stay safe out there.
Saw both of these Deep End shows, semester abroad in the Fall of 1985. I thought to myself, well maybe I should just skip going back tot the states.... I've seen some crazy concerts in my day, but Gilmour and Townshend together on stage is about as great as you could ask for.
The soul grows older but it never ever learns...........
thank god for musicians like pete townhend and david gilmour.
Deep End Live is one of my FAVORITE albums of all time. Gilmour comports himself well here. Tasteful as always.
Russ Clark one of my favorite Lps as well
Gilmour awesome as always , but that shirt is diabolical lol.
I had this LP when it came out and thought it was one of the best live albums I had ever heard. Thanks for posting this. Brings back great memories.
I gotta stop drinking
I gotta stop thinking
I gotta stop smoking
This album came out when I was in my late teens. I loved this song then, now in my mid 50s I understand the longing that remains after the fire. Townshend captures emotion and the human condition like very few.
Definitely one of the finest songs ever. Love the moments when the brass and the harmony vox are kicking in. Thanks for uploading.
i was there. brilliant shows.
"Laserdisc.....now that is a name I have not heard in a long time. LONG time."
This dude is a musical treasure
I can hear the fire in his heart
I had this concert on an old VHS video tape back in the late 80s. Great to see it again.
The best rock and roll concert I’ve ever seen.
Thank you thank you whomever dug this up. Love it love it love it
Needed this last week. Thanks, Pete.
I Needed this today.
respect mate.X.
Terrific song, killer band, and a great mix.
This sounds good played on my old tablet.
I love the horns!!!
Pete Thownsehend is a Creative Genius!
Simon Philips an den Drums und David Gilmor an der E - Gitarre! .....Hammer. .....🕪🔊👍
Roger Daltrey's version is good. Pete Townsend's version is great. Love the brass and the extra percussion, but I LOVE the fact that Pete sings the song with everything he's got. I appreciate his effort at singing more than Roger's exercise of his natural talent. Bottom line - singing this song was easy for Roger, not so much for Pete.
Never a truer word has been spoken
PETE is a Great Singer....his expressiveness and phrasing in Tommy and Quadrophenia is incredible...some of the greatest British singers are instrumentalists...Frampton, Phil Collins, Clapton, Jack Bruce, Steve Marriott, Gilmour and PETE...
what?
no. Pete Townsend's version is crap.
I worked for a Rock FM Station that played Roger Daltrey's delivered a great version to this song. With Pete, it is also great, but different. Thanks for posting.
When "Under The Raging Moon" was released, Roger Daltrey was interviewed on MTV. He said that Pete Townshend had written "After The Fire" and decided that Roger could sing it better so Pete walked into Roger's favorite pub and handed him the demo and snapped,"You do this one" and then abruptly left.
Pete wrote a good song and sang it good here but Roger owns it. Roger's version was closer to a Who song.
Great song. Very sentimental.
For years I just assumed Roger wrote this wonderful song. Didn't learn until years later it was Pete s creation. Brilliant!
With Gilmour on lead solo !!!
Great song..
awesome song...thanks for sharing !
This is So Beautiful…I First heard this off of Daltrys solo Album…not knowing that Pete wrote this…I’m too used to Liking Rogers Version…but I Still Love This version too…& Gilmore playing guitar on it is just Icing on the Cake ! Pete’s Solo stuff is Awesome🦾
This song means so much more to me now that im 41 than it did when i was 21
... I gotta stop thinking, i gotta stop drinking, i gotta stop smoking...
Yes, the fire STILL BLOODY WELL BURNS!
PETE TOWNSHEND MUSICAL GENIUS
Good song I didn't forget Pete
Townsend is actually UNDERRATED. His output is as good as the Beatles and the Stones. If he was a solo artist one millimeter below Dylan.
I suppose the Who are so underrated. 😂😂😂
You’re an idiot.
Long live true R R
Wow wow 👌
May God Bless the Great Native British Peoples !!
l just love you
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great song (musically) ... but even more so for what it addresses ...
(saw Roger's version too)
I've remember listening to this song when Roger Daltrey came out with it in the mid 1980s. Over the years I had forgotten the name of it and who sung until yesterday when it came out of nowhere to me. I Google the title and I happened to come across this version of it by Peter Townsend. Both versions are great to listen too. What I didn't know is it was written by Townsend, but Daltrey recorded it first.
I think Pete wrote this.
This is my God....
Jai Baba!
he is an awesome singer. Roger can sing is music pete will make you understand why you’re going home.
Shud have been a hit..
That's David Gilmour on Lead Guitar.
nah...that's Dim from Clockwork Orange
@@peterlambert2176 lmao
Awesome song. But is it me or doesn't he look like he and Nicolas Cage could be brothers ?
begood4000 it's just you
The instruments in the song blend together tighter then a virgin ! Pete Townshend fucking rocks . . . .
*preteen
@BrokenHalo5 You missed one that's a logical continuity to the chain. "I gotta stop enjoying life".
It was me that asked you "What happens after the fire?" Thanks for proveing telepathy is real.
PS Pete, I'm still burning.
Oh yeah, Awesome bro.
But I'm still wondering if you remember our telepathic conversation?
@fatpidgeon10 I had Rogers version awhile back but "youtube" or someone pulled it! I hate that! I agree this is a good version though! : )
What a baby - David Gilmour!
roger did a cover!
Roger did the original.
Roger recorded it first, but Pete wrote it.
Is there really a better song?
No.
Gilmore n Jody
If you hope that people from a record company die for not releasing a DVD, you not only don't understand how life works, and you certainly are missing the point of this song and why it was written about conditions in other parts of the world -- where, by the way, things like DVDs don't mean a fuckin' thing.
Someone heard you. Two hours ago, Rolling Stone dot com announced the release of the DVD on September 16th, 2016.
Did The Who record this..
The Who had two singers. Not one.
What was Simon Phillips thinking wearing a 49's outfit? What a dope.
Pete did this song so Simon could take a bit of the break....
this is/was good, but "greatest concert ever"?!?! survey sez....NO!!!
thanks for posting though
Daltry did it much better.
weak.