About time! Live in the Raw was the first "cassette tape" I ever bought back in I think 85. Funny thing was, my mother had to buy it for me, at least she was open minded considering the new explicit lyric label on the front. Oh the good P.M.R.C. days. Thanks for posting!
Out of all of these comments no one mentions the major bass riffs, John Entwhistle was a monster bass player and Johnny Rod did a great job covering it...
I thought the same thing about Banali’s drums when this was released (not ‘dropped’).Then I read a review of the album in some magazine (I can’t remember if it was GFTPM or Circus) panning Banali’s drumming. I disagreed.
garry savage I will give you a classic. My good friend loves WASP as much as me and he hates The Headless Children album. I cant get him to listen to it. Goin on over thirty years now.
@@SvenTviking No shit. This doesn’t change anything about whether Banali was a excellent drummer or not. Keith Moon was Keith Moon, and Banali did this song well.
Another great cover of The Who.....Van Halen with Sammy Hagar doing a cover of Won't Get Fooled Again. There is the live album version on youtube and also in the studio footage doing the same song for a tc special back in the 90s.
alan freeman It is pretty damn good. I prefer the original, but this is a pretty powerful interpretation of a song from a classic album that IMO never got the attention it deserved.
Not being funny but go re listen to some of their stuff, like when the level breaks . it is not all i fuck like a beast even though i personally love that song. Think you might find it worth having more of a listen to their work :) If it still sounds shit no worries music is all about personal taste :)
No one ever betters the original but W.A.S.P got close with this absolute belter. The whole band are on fire. Frankie on drums #RIP what a performance.
Lawless is simply the best metal vocal of all times (along with Mike Patton of Faith no More). Before I fucked up my voice, I could recreate every metal voice except for Blackie's gargle. He has it all, the highs, the lows, the power, the depth, all while singing in perfect tune..His voice is just scary, the monster voices of modern metal bands look like nuns singing next to this guy, that can make any lullaby sound terrifying. They had stage scenes that make Marylin Manson look like a cry baby. Headless Children is their best album and this is their best cover. Not many bands can play with this powerful feeling. Most underrated band, with lots of amazing song writing hits, and very original musical notes register. They really raised the bar of what really good metal bands are meant to be. Dumb asses think that defining good music is all about taste, the brains of the world know that everything is measurable and quantifiable.
Though I liked everything from WASP during the 80s, their debut was easily their best. Most fans say it's The Crimson Idol, but their debut is my favorite cd of time. Sleeping in the Fire is the greatest ballad not very many people have heard...and the message of that song is so fucking true! When you're drunk on love....you're sleeping in the fire. And to top it off, the best damn guitar solo ever. Chris Holmes makes that guitar cry. A fucking bad ass, amazing ballad....
@@rawnbadillo9886 you like more that kind of metal, personally I liked more what they did with Headless Children, way more brutal and with more meanigful lyrics
I was never a big fan of wasp But this video I can’t stop watching it. It’s perfect. They do it just as good as The Who and I realize that is sacrilegious to say that, but they do.
Another great cover by Blackie and the boys! Check out their versions of Purple's "Burn", Tull's "Locomotive Breath", Heap's "Easy Livin" and others. The most underrated hard rock/metal band ever!
This is good!! Saw the who 3x , late 70s, 80s, of course they were unbeatable, on the t.v now is 2021 music festival show, and I can't believe the nosedive in performances. I miss real rock so much.
Heard this for first time in 2020 on old re-run of Top of the Pops from 1989 and thought it was great. I already liked the Who version, but this is even better, the big rocking sound really suits it.
Right on blackie for still taking metal and hard rock to the people and showing how it’s done. An ever rare species the true rockers such bands as this.new found respect for wasp in Dallas Texas! Blind in Texas fo sho!
Give me WASP or give me death! Simple, no regrets. Love your awsome heart wrenched bliss Blackie! Can't get enough. 80s, 90s, ...never ends! Love to jam with you, WASP!
In ' 89 I remember buying this cd (among other things) with my new Best Buy credit card for my drive back home to Mercedes, TX from Fargo, ND. I played it over and over again. I was a fan of the band since their debut. I especially liked this song cuz the bass lines after Blackie singing sounded cool. Forever Free and Mean Man were great songs too. It was a great CD. I always kept rewinding the title track often though...it was a lyrical masterpiece! My apologies to Best Buy....cuz I never payed my store credit card😂.
Won't be any bands like this again!..Wasp,Maiden,skid row,scorpions,Ozzy,whitesnake,magnum,i could go on and on...70's,80's and 90's rock and metal was best
Much kudos to these fellows - this cover is done with much faith and the energy required to make it "work" as the who did so many years ago. I certainly did not expect this upon hearing of this cover. Very well done.
LOVED GROWIN UP TOO WASP SAW METALICA AT 13 MASTER OF PUPPETS OZZY OSBOURNE ULTIMATE SIN TOUR.JUST SAYN THANK GOD FOR OLD SKOOL METAL!!HEAD BANGERS BALL MADE MTV!!!!
Two different things here: the basslines on this song is awesome. This cover from WASP is incredible. The Crimson Idol is a masterpiece of Rock'n''roll/Heavy Metal, but The Headless Children is nearly there. WASP, and mainly Blackie Lawless, is insanely good. But the way John Entwistle plays, the original version from the 70's, Keith Moon and The Who itself are way, way above this...
Was livin in Texas listening to Willie, Waylon and the boys at this time and of course ZZ but did not even here of this band?Nice sound and a good test of your speaker quality.
There are only two-Who covers that I can say the bands performing them, killed it. 1. Is this cover, of course, AND 2. The Scorps with " I Can't Explain."
What an incredibly good heavy-metal interpretation of a classic hard rock masterpiece, completely different interpretation. Blackie was so talented. Great songwriter in himself call bringing great melody to black/heavy metal. You can see the influence of him being a Beatles and who fan, before he transitioned into the metal scene.
To further run my mouth, the Who were not the most happenin' band with the young crowd in...what was it, '89? WASP's performance of a Who song was a great way to reintroduce a band to the masses, as well as dishing out a classic for young kids of the time who might not have been all that familiar with the Who. And Johnny Rod is truly copping the Entwistle vibe, here. Rod was pretty much a supporting bassist, so it's nice to see him let off the chain to rock that 4-string Ironbird... LOVE IT!!!
this version is so faithful to the original... so good!!! as a big fan of The Who, I have to say that this is a great great great version!! The Who hair metal!!!
Both versions of this are awesome. I was trying to decide which was better, and i can't say either is. Both great bands with their strengths, and obviously Blackie had enough respect for the Who to see this was done right
1 million+ views!!!
About time! Live in the Raw was the first "cassette tape" I ever bought back in I think 85. Funny thing was, my mother had to buy it for me, at least she was open minded considering the new explicit lyric label on the front. Oh the good P.M.R.C. days. Thanks for posting!
PmC Live In The Raw came out in ‘87
Truly better than the original!!! Sorry Who!!!
@@juniordaddyman instrumental is so f’ing killer...straight up 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻this type shit. So good.. Just feels right in every way
@@juniordaddyman it’s a good representation I’ll give you that ..but better than Than The Who is delusional
Out of all of these comments no one mentions the major bass riffs, John Entwhistle was a monster bass player and Johnny Rod did a great job covering it...
I agree and I am a big Who fan!
Johny Rod was a great addition to WASP
Dude!! You're not wrong and after 9 years only 51 fuckin likes. C'mon people. I'm gonna make it 52 cuz I love The Who and WASP too 🤘🏼
@@Wayne_155 It's 86 now and I'm using this as inspiration for learning the bass.
@@TallDocK keep me posted on your progress 🤘🏼
Frankie Banali on the drums is a key reason that this kills like it does.
"The Headless Children" is a must own masterpiece.
The1WhoKnowsTheTruth agreed fantastic album
I thought the same thing about Banali’s drums when this was released (not ‘dropped’).Then I read a review of the album in some magazine (I can’t remember if it was GFTPM or Circus) panning Banali’s drumming. I disagreed.
Joel really !!!?!?! His drumming is superb on the album. Some of these music critics do my head in.
garry savage I will give you a classic. My good friend loves WASP as much as me and he hates The Headless Children album. I cant get him to listen to it. Goin on over thirty years now.
The1WhoKnowsTheTruth ah well if he doesn’t like it now he never will. Each to their own. I think it’s excellent !
RIP Frankie Banali, such a monster drummer.
Who could not keep up with Keith Moon.
@@SvenTviking No shit. This doesn’t change anything about whether Banali was a excellent drummer or not. Keith Moon was Keith Moon, and Banali did this song well.
Damn I never noticed that before. I dug him for sure though. I remember that deal they did on VH1 or whatever looking for new singer. Kinda riveting.
Question...does anyone else remember the Tipper Gore line in the intro to Harder... Faster on W.A.S.P. Live in the Raw ?
Oh yeah Blackie told them where to plant they're lips @@jasonpillow1768
2024 and here watching and remembering good old times
Have to admit WASP do a killer cover of a WHO classic.
They sure f****** did
As a huge fan of The Who and not a WASP fan in the least I gotta say this is probably the best Who cover ever. Nice job guys.
tabbygail7 Check out Fastballs cover of this song on the album Substitute- songs of the who
This, and Elton's "pinball wizard". (BTW- check out the Sex Pistol's rehersal demo of "substitute...)
Another great cover of The Who.....Van Halen with Sammy Hagar doing a cover of Won't Get Fooled Again. There is the live album version on youtube and also in the studio footage doing the same song for a tc special back in the 90s.
are you fucking serious, absolute dogshit !
alan freeman It is pretty damn good. I prefer the original, but this is a pretty powerful interpretation of a song from a classic album that IMO never got the attention it deserved.
I'm 67 years old I LOVE THIS VERSION OF THE SONG! BAD TO THE BONE!!!
One of the greatest covers WASP has made! The bass sounds outstanding here! It's usually mixed quite low on WASP songs.
As a Who fan of 50 yrs. This is superb 🙏🏼
This is an insanely awesome cover version and I'm not exactly a huge WASP fan. They kill this !!
Not being funny but go re listen to some of their stuff, like when the level breaks . it is not all i fuck like a beast even though i personally love that song. Think you might find it worth having more of a listen to their work :) If it still sounds shit no worries music is all about personal taste :)
Finn MaCool when the level breaks? What the fuck are you smoking?
they also kill somebody to love of jefferson airplane, locomotive breath of jethro tull, and some others like easy living and I don't need no doctor
Finn MaCool And some people have no fucking taste whatsoever
I did not no that THANKS. I can hear doing humble pie alreadyz
I gotta give these guys some massive credit. A very worthy tribute. Outstanding in every way.
RIP Frankie Banali...This was your finest effort. Thanks for all of the great music you shared with us
No one ever betters the original but W.A.S.P got close with this absolute belter. The whole band are on fire. Frankie on drums #RIP what a performance.
right dude 😁👍
It's not better, it is just different. It is very good though as an Interpretation
Lawless is simply the best metal vocal of all times (along with Mike Patton of Faith no More). Before I fucked up my voice, I could recreate every metal voice except for Blackie's gargle. He has it all, the highs, the lows, the power, the depth, all while singing in perfect tune..His voice is just scary, the monster voices of modern metal bands look like nuns singing next to this guy, that can make any lullaby sound terrifying. They had stage scenes that make Marylin Manson look like a cry baby. Headless Children is their best album and this is their best cover. Not many bands can play with this powerful feeling. Most underrated band, with lots of amazing song writing hits, and very original musical notes register. They really raised the bar of what really good metal bands are meant to be. Dumb asses think that defining good music is all about taste, the brains of the world know that everything is measurable and quantifiable.
Though I liked everything from WASP during the 80s, their debut was easily their best. Most fans say it's The Crimson Idol, but their debut is my favorite cd of time. Sleeping in the Fire is the greatest ballad not very many people have heard...and the message of that song is so fucking true! When you're drunk on love....you're sleeping in the fire. And to top it off, the best damn guitar solo ever. Chris Holmes makes that guitar cry. A fucking bad ass, amazing ballad....
Effen right!
Rob Halford and Blackie Lawless stand unchallenged in my eyes, tremendous pipes 👌
@@rawnbadillo9886 you like more that kind of metal, personally I liked more what they did with Headless Children, way more brutal and with more meanigful lyrics
@@Hummagavoola Rob is good, but Blackie's voice is truly unique, while you had some guys who could sing Rob's style, no one can even resemble Blackie
3:15 Frankie is just a freaking machine and is just crushing that drum part!!
Still one of my all time favorite covers!!
R.I.P. FRANKIE BANALI
Blasting this in a military ambulance going to a scene in '92. Awesome!
RIP Frankie you will be missed. Most awesome drumming on this track! \m/
The bass in this one is just sick. Damn!
Scott Rempfer thank John Entwistle.
Johnny Fucking Rod!!!
If you never knew, this could be a WASP song. Fucking magic. Done justice.
JackDaniels267 but the original was written before W.A.S.P formed?
Fully aware of that my friend my point is they cover it so well it could easily be taken for one of their own songs.
The original was released in 1972 on Quadrophenia.
Jangle2007 1973.
I thought it was wasp !
Frankie Banali and Johnny Rod totally nailed this one to the wall! Good job boys. Blackie's scream is perfect for it.
One of those bands that just age like wine. Their records sound nostalgic and fresh at the same time.
Frankie Banali is a monster of a drummer!
OJ Laranjo Keith Moon was much better.
Agreed superb on this song and the album !
Frankie Banali is awesome!!!! Such a down to earth guy!!!!
TheThirdMan such a shame Keith moon went spiralling out of control with very heavy drinking such a great drummer
Benali’s drumming is to this version what Entwhistle’s bass is to the original. Real signature performance. Awesome.
I was never a big fan of wasp
But this video I can’t stop watching it. It’s perfect. They do it just as good as The Who and I realize that is sacrilegious to say that, but they do.
tyat actor used to be in northern exposure , great song
Back when men where men, and weren't afraid to look like ladies. Frickin' love Blackie.
Music has been in the shitter for years.
*Momma loves this song original by The Who but perfectly covered by Wasp.. Yeah!*
Another great cover by Blackie and the boys! Check out their versions of Purple's "Burn", Tull's "Locomotive Breath", Heap's "Easy Livin" and others. The most underrated hard rock/metal band ever!
This is good!! Saw the who 3x , late 70s, 80s, of course they were unbeatable, on the t.v now is 2021 music festival show, and I can't believe the nosedive in performances. I miss real rock so much.
'I'm crazy mom help me!'
'I know how you feel son, cos it runs in the family!'
Fuckhole shit what a great line!!!!!!!
Kim Cornell Thank the Who.
+mike112769 indeed a good cover also.
+Kim Cornell Iam sure a lot of people can relate to that line, me included.
***** I'll bet Freud would agree with that, lol
+Kim Cornell SOUNDS LIKE MY X GIRL FRIEND,,,SHE WAS NUTS
Chris Holmes and Johnny Rod the good old days.
Who's still jamming 2019
🤘
Never stopped and never will!!!
Heard this for first time in 2020 on old re-run of Top of the Pops from 1989 and thought it was great. I already liked the Who version, but this is even better, the big rocking sound really suits it.
2020
2020 sucks
I came here from Black Sabbath
Rest easy Frankie Banali. Gone way to early... 😒🙏
Fantastic song and amazing performance by Blackie and the band. So energised!!
I remembered when this video first came out. Just thinking amazing drums.
RIP Frankie Banali 🥁
Same here blown away
What a amazing bass and drums playing in this song! Listen to the whole album, IMHO the best from WASP.
Right on blackie for still taking metal and hard rock to the people and showing how it’s done. An ever rare species the true rockers such bands as this.new found respect for wasp in Dallas Texas! Blind in Texas fo sho!
This is the best cover I heard of this song.
1989
You obviously haven't heard Fastball's version. Its great!
Check out Pearl Jam’s cover. I think it hewed closer to the original
W.A.S.P. did such a great cover of this tune by The Who. ROCK ON!!!!!!
Nice work made by Frankie Banali on the drums as well!
Raúl Díaz de Arkaia Estébanez Nice? Awesome.
You are right!
Back when MTV was worth watching. Wow, the metal memories! Anyone know the Wasp tune playing on the radio at the beginning?
"The headless children", the title track from the very same album "The real me" comes from.
Great album, by the way.
Steve Sullivan Wasp is awesome!!! I love Blackie! There music they play now is great too!
+mrtomlovin Yup, "The Headless Children" might be the best song from that album.
I agree
+mrtomlovin the album the original song comes from is also incredible.
One my favourite wasp songs
Listen to this music from 1994 till now 2023. I love it.
There's so much power and fury in this version that even The Who would be proud.
mrtomlovin Over produced by comparison with the original.
@@thethirdman225 holy shit shut the fuck up, 80s production is peak
@@sirquacksalot6463 Have you fucked yourself today?
@@thethirdman225 yes, it was very pleasant as I am in love with myself due to my enormous ego
@@sirquacksalot6463 God knows why.
Best cover of all time, great band!!
Heard this live in april 2023. Never been better, never felt better
Give me WASP or give me death! Simple, no regrets. Love your awsome heart wrenched bliss Blackie! Can't get enough. 80s, 90s, ...never ends! Love to jam with you, WASP!
One of the best ever covers of a WHO song !!
I always sing this song in my head, The lyrics and the Bass performance are incredible.
Such an awesome cover! I cant decide whether to play air guitar or air drums
mark moser AIR BASS!!!
W.A.S.P. still 1 of my favorite bands from the 80's. I love everything about this song
The Bass is outstanding !! The tempo is perfect.....it's the best work ever from these very talented people........
Always loved Frankie's insanely heavy drumming on this 🥁 RIP 🙏
blackie lawless scared the shit out of me as a kid....he still does....
Godzilladeathmatch He's a Born Again Christian now and won't sing many of the old songs.
so I've heard...
Motor City Man What a waste.
Why is it a waste he can still sing can't he?
omg ... senior year of high school ... i'd get home and this video would be on Dial Mtv ... 'preee-cha, pree-cha!!'
2021 piesa favorita....
In ' 89 I remember buying this cd (among other things) with my new Best Buy credit card for my drive back home to Mercedes, TX from Fargo, ND. I played it over and over again. I was a fan of the band since their debut. I especially liked this song cuz the bass lines after Blackie singing sounded cool. Forever Free and Mean Man were great songs too. It was a great CD. I always kept rewinding the title track often though...it was a lyrical masterpiece! My apologies to Best Buy....cuz I never payed my store credit card😂.
That has to be the best cover Ive ever heard of the real me. Great match for Daltrey too.
Fantastic cover of a great song. If you want to hear the best (and most powerful) version of this check out The Who live at the Albert hall in 2000.
Love W.A.S.P. .hell Yeah
Won't be any bands like this again!..Wasp,Maiden,skid row,scorpions,Ozzy,whitesnake,magnum,i could go on and on...70's,80's and 90's rock and metal was best
Why doesn't this comment have more freaking likes.
It was an epic era!
Damn straight it was!
Don’t forget Led Zeppelin also guns and roses
Check out Sabire. Theres still hope friends!
Much kudos to these fellows - this cover is done with much faith and the energy required to make it "work" as the who did so many years ago. I certainly did not expect this upon hearing of this cover. Very well done.
One of the best covers and the video really visualized the lyrics being written.
LOVED GROWIN UP TOO WASP SAW METALICA AT 13 MASTER OF PUPPETS OZZY OSBOURNE ULTIMATE SIN TOUR.JUST SAYN THANK GOD FOR OLD SKOOL METAL!!HEAD BANGERS BALL MADE MTV!!!!
This was always so great.....and still is
I love this song big-time it makes alot of since
Goin' to the concert tonight!!!
Good music never gets old.
One of the greatest cover songs!
Sick Lovely Lady 🔥
Frankie is levels above in this video and this song
Such a kick ass cover!! Love how they refocused on this album..
sick bass, almost as good as the original,
R.i.P the OX
I wish it was just a bit louder as it sounds like the guy really knows his stuff.
Not even close.
But overall a pretty good cover.
Here's the real deal:
ruclips.net/video/7dlN55SoF4Q/видео.html
Two different things here: the basslines on this song is awesome. This cover from WASP is incredible. The Crimson Idol is a masterpiece of Rock'n''roll/Heavy Metal, but The Headless Children is nearly there. WASP, and mainly Blackie Lawless, is insanely good. But the way John Entwistle plays, the original version from the 70's, Keith Moon and The Who itself are way, way above this...
when this was first released i didn't know it was a who song, but loved it. looking back, wow what a great cover. great job all around
HOLY FUCK - WASP -- 30 YEARS on the road and still getting to your Town-- !
What a great cover!
Was livin in Texas listening to Willie, Waylon and the boys at this time and of course ZZ but did not even here of this band?Nice sound and a good test of your speaker quality.
There are only two-Who covers that I can say the bands performing them, killed it.
1. Is this cover, of course, AND
2. The Scorps with " I Can't Explain."
I agree!
Van Halen's "Wont Get Fooled Again" is pretty amazing
What an incredibly good heavy-metal interpretation of a classic hard rock masterpiece, completely different interpretation. Blackie was so talented. Great songwriter in himself call bringing great melody to black/heavy metal. You can see the influence of him being a Beatles and who fan, before he transitioned into the metal scene.
The drums at the end!!!!
Love that bass line!!!
excelente banda!!!!!!!
To further run my mouth, the Who were not the most happenin' band with the young crowd in...what was it, '89? WASP's performance of a Who song was a great way to reintroduce a band to the masses, as well as dishing out a classic for young kids of the time who might not have been all that familiar with the Who.
And Johnny Rod is truly copping the Entwistle vibe, here. Rod was pretty much a supporting bassist, so it's nice to see him let off the chain to rock that 4-string Ironbird...
LOVE IT!!!
F'N AWESOME!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸
one of my fav WASP songs though this is a kickass cover song!
Chris is totally underrated!
30 years of W,A,S,P is a good thing.
Nice cover!
I'm new to this band and I've been looking for this song for 2 years to find out the name. Thanks!
I think not only Frankie do this song, but Johnny Rod too. It was a really nice work!
RIP #Frankie Banali Drums on this whole album is great
this version is so faithful to the original... so good!!! as a big fan of The Who, I have to say that this is a great great great version!!
The Who hair metal!!!
Great song. Never seen the Who's, but I love the song here. turn it up.
Fantastic cover.
Never heard this before. Surprisingly solid cover. Heavier and glossier than the original, but still holds the original vibe of the song.
Wow... Very beautiful song
Grandes Wasp y los The Who!!!
Cool video,great cover.I like the double bass drum that Frankie Banali throws in at the end.
Both versions of this are awesome. I was trying to decide which was better, and i can't say either is. Both great bands with their strengths, and obviously Blackie had enough respect for the Who to see this was done right
Great cover!
Powerful kickass