I loved Alice Cooper's quip that half of the stories you hear about him, Jim Morrison, Ozzy, etc. are true while everything you've heard about Moon is true, and you haven't heard half of it.
Zak Starkey is up there with my Top 10 Best Live Drummers, he's incredible. On the other hand, I'd have to say that Moon is up there with my Top 10 Best Dead Drummers. Oh c'mon...... he would have said the same thing !
@@moondawg3693 - after Moon died, lots of people pestered Townsend about being the replacement for Moon, and he said people would start by saying that "I heard you are looking for a drummer," and he would reply to them, "Naa-ah, we just got rid of one, Thanks."
Not only did the Godfather inspire him, he literally ascended Moon's throne, both literally & stylistically...much to the chagrin of his more famous percussionist, father.
The funniest off-the-cuff thing I heard him say was when Russel Harty asked them 'You're all married are you?', and Moon replied 'God, no. Wouldn't marry this lot'. That's actually genuine wit.
@Ethernaut Really? Reading YT comments about Moon, Lou Reed, Cobain, etc and seeing terms like “genius” “brilliant” “greatest” used so loosely is comical. I’ll bet you’re brilliant, too!
The Beatles were doing an interview and they were asked if they thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world. I believe it was John that replied "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles". Ringo has great charisma and all but out of the 4 of them he was by far the most expendable.
I love when he looks to Ringo for some sort of acknowledgement and Ringo promptly points him back toward the adoring fans watching captivated thru the camera as if to say, "No, no, don't look at me, this isn't about me. This is about you."
not a titch of competition l ever saw betwixt any combination of brit bands at the time. they shared early influencers, grew up together, all splendidly happy for each other's success. l learned about that when the Stones showed up for that sgt pepper thing.
@@daskritterhaus5491 yes & many British musicians turned up to support the Stone's" Rock n Roll Circus", which had Lennon, Pete Townsend, Keith Moon & others in attendance. At the time, the film was held back & not released as the Stones didn't think their performance was up to scratch? The word on the street was because The Who totally out-shone them on their own show. Many years later it was released (limited I think?) & we also bought it on video at the very beginning of the 1980's. We were & still are, big fans of the Stones & the Who👍
Keith 'borrowed' the accent from one of the Who's managers -- Kit Lambert. He was the son of the composer Constant Lambert, read history at Oxford and served as an officer in the British Army. Bit posh, he was. His nickname was 'The Baron'. Moon had a lot of fun fooling naive interviewers into believing he was to the manor born. Recordings of Lambert speaking are not common on YT. A short example: ruclips.net/video/wQasU6pU2Jw/видео.html
One of the funniest things I hear Keith say... Interviewer: "I've heard that you guys are pretty f'd up when you get on stage." Keith: "That's ridiculous! That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Of course we're not f'd up when we get on stage. We're f'd up when we're off stage as well!"
There is no drummer like him before or after him... unpredictable, loved his drumming and double bass not locking with bass guitar like all the rest of bands..always stood out..
Moon was outrageous to compensate for being a mediocre drummer. A non-musician would surely think it cool, a sign of individual style, but his drumwork was antithetical to the idea of a band, to not form a dependable rhythm unit with bass player and rhythm guitarist. He sucked.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 agree about the rules and such, I do respect the way u think.... however The Who was the one and the only band who thought that they could stand out being antithetical...cause there are no such rules or walls as long as they are accepted by at least some , .all such rules are made up by musicians....Tommy Rock Opera...played by just 4 of them sounds too organic and natural than the music played by academically trained musicians and robotic timed drummers who play drums reading notes trying to be as perfect as they can, which sounds so dead to my ears...just my opinion..thinking that there are " rules" we need to follow when playing an instrument limits the possibilities for progress or improvisation.,. I still think there are no such rules to follow, The Who fans think the same way I think...Again, I respect ur opinion and I am sure u r not a who fan but there are many Neal Peart fans, who is the professor of drummers, but too robotic to me...he plays the same way that we hear on the record,.... playing by the seat of the pants is the organic way, of course with all the imperfections., Those imperfections are so organic and do not sound synthetic at all..love Moonie to death..I bet Moonies way of drumming or thinking would put all drum teachers on the planet to starve, I know. ...Charlie Watts had feel, , Peart had Technique, Bonham had feel as well as technique,...however Moonie was different from all of them....always a treat to ears and eyes...Kenney Jones sucked to follow Moonie, of course Kenney is a good drummer just like all others, but not fit for Moonies type of drumming..no wonder Daltrey fired him.
@@archstanton4365 Despite today’s leftists and most youth drowning in identity politics and political correctness, adult minded people know that critique and dissent are necessary to balance vacuum-brained hypersensitivity and agreement w/ every group. Moon is over-rated, but he can still be your he-ro!
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 No, I don’t care about this need to say “I tell ya I knew this one guy in a small band that was much better.” Great, show me their music and contributions to music. Not much. We all know very good, unique players that never go on to do anything special. There’s still a next step that separates the two drumming contributors. He’s not a genius, but this metric of certain music critics/players that skews the reality of the music...I don’t care. Nothing about some garage band player has anything to do with how much of a drummer he was and what he contributed. It’s a way to undercut and project. Relax. Music is far more open that you’re making it out to be. The reality is at least half of this topic and comment thread has nothing to do with his drumming, but his personality. What he’s a genius drummer, or a LOON drummer? Huh. Who’s a loon drummer? It’s not a common saying. He’s a loon, personality-wise too. So you took a skewed take that this was just the subject of drumming. Look at the video you’re watching again. There’s more going on.
If this man lived longer. Oh boy. The world would have been such a better place at least in my eyes. The best part about Keith to me was he taught us all to be ourselves and live life to the fullest. Obviously he made mistakes which gives us something to learn from. Love you Keith
Everyone needs a little Mooney in their life. Keith was the absolutely necessary gratuitous supreme shenanigan of rock. Never forget him. Never forget the 'orrible 'Ooh.🇬🇧
Keith Moon was insane but is an all-time great drummer. He was once doing an interview in a restaurant in Ohio that overlooked the Ohio River. Without a word of warning Keith got up, ran across the room and jumped out of a window into the river. He then clamored up the bank, came back into the restaurant, sat down and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
I mean, i can see him wanting to, and not being fazed by the prospect of having to pay for the damage. what "tools" did he muster up for this bit of insanity?
One of the funniest things.... and one of the last things Keith ever said. He taught Ringo what happens to addicts. Ringo was smart enough to quit and live a long healthy life.
Yes Ringo was a big partied at one time and maybe Moons death put him on the straight and narrow. Now Ringo at 81 looks and sounds great while poor old Keith has been gone for almost 43 years. Moon died at 32 but looked 55 at least.
Seeing Ringo point Keith to the camera like he is his big brother, such a generous thing to do. Just like in a clip, where George Harrison is helping Ringo out with something, perhaps octopuses garden in the Peter Jackson film, but open to correction, zero ego.
It's interesting to see Keith Moon and Ringo together. Probably the two greatest rock drummers ever, but with totally different styles. Ringo always played what was necessary for the song -- no more, no less -- and very seldom called attention to himself. Keith Moon, on the other hand, played drums like a lead instrument, always in your face musically. Ringo was the perfect drummer for The Beatles, and Keith Moon was the perfect drummer for the controlled-chaos that was The Who.
In 1963 a reporter asked Paul McCartney if he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and Paul retorted with "he is not even the best drummer in The Beatles"
@@christopherfletcher5384 Yes, EMI had a contract to produce "Life of Brain," but reneged at the last moment. Python eventually won a settlement from them, but still needed financing. So George mortgaged his house, formed Handmade Films and produced the movie. His reason? He want to see the picture. Eric Idle called it the most expensive cinema ticket ever. All the Beatles loved Python, but there were opinions on the Idle and Innes's side project, the Rutles. George participated in it; Ringo liked it, except for moments that echoed the sadder times; supposedly Paul initially didn't like it, but Linda did; and John reputedly refused to return the copies of the film and soundtrack they were given to preview.
Keith and Ringo were in '200 motels', the Frank Zappa movie. That one has some rather pythonesque elements. The perverse aspects were cranked up for it, but otherwise the same bizarre and surreal humor
I just thought of someone that would have been perfect to play Keith. Dudley Moore! Of course he's gone now, but if they had made a movie of Moon's life years ago, Moore would have been perfect for the part! Anyone agree?
Remember hearing an interview with Entwistle years later talking about taking tapes of Moon's crazy chaotic drumming digitizing, anylizing them when they realized that he was sometimes playing two time signatures at the same time. Mad genius.
I had a piece of jewellery made by Paul Ravn who was Emerson, Lake & Palmer's personal jeweller. His workshop was in the same building as the studio where The Who and Led Zeppelin used to practice. He told me that one morning he was in early working and wasn't expecting anyone. The doorbell rang and Paul asked "Who is it?" Ringing the doorbell was Keith Moon who answered with "Who." Once again, Paul, "who is it?" Keith - "Who." This went on until he finally opened the door and saw it was The Who. They'd been at the pub across the street and came over to mess with Paul. 😂 He called Paul, "The Engravy" because he was working on engraving the drum kit for Carl Palmer.
i think he was obsessed on entertaining everyone around him, so they wouldn't hate him or something as convoluted in his own mind. we all know that person that has to be the life of the party maybe because, who else is going to do it.
I still believe had Moon survived, he and Starr would have formed the greatest comedy duo since Crosby and Hope, since Cook and Moore. Maybe regulars on Blackadder. I'm telling you they would've been bigger than the Beatles.
@@jamesb.9472 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a British comedy team, sort of the precursors to Monty Python. There is a movie with them called “Bedazzled”.
I remember many years ago I was watching a show with mom,it may have been Mike Douglas and Keith was a guest.My mother had no clue who he was but she was very impressed especially by his wit,that "English wit"as she called it.So Moonie always reminds me of dear ol' mom.
Moonie was notorious for his bad timekeeping. It used to drive the others crazy. I saw him in action and couldn't take my eyes off him, but perfect rhythm? Not according to his bandmates.
So much talent... gone far too soon.. Ringo finally gets some much deeper credit now thanks to Peter jacksons beatles series . There are no great bands without a great drummer
That movie didn't change Ringo's status he was always known as a great drummer just because you just saw that movie . Doesn't mean it just happened. Millennials are so self centered you think the Beatles are just getting recognition now. Because your alive to see it . Gtfo.
@@tinpanally51_36 also stop trolling here, you were reported by others and myself on this site for bullying .. nothing says share the music and "love is all you need" like trolling..
Keith was one of the best and most unique drummers ever in R&R. If anyone else tried to play with his style, they would sound terrible and would feel like they're way overpaying every song. But when Keith did it, every beat and combo fit perfectly. The Who was the only R&R band (imo) where the lead instruments where drums and bass. Keith made his drums the forefront of that band. Never again will their be anyone like him. Sadly he died way too early and was humble to the point of never really understanding his own greatness.
You are right on about Keith and his style, he really was a tremendously talented drummer.I was very fortunate to have seen the band at least four or five times and that rhythm section was untouchable in its greatness.There will never be anything like them again, both men left us way too soon.Moonie the loonie and John the Spider Entwhistle may you both be at peace!
I had the same opinion as you where Moon was concerned basically no one could get anywhere near him……until by chance I saw a clip of a American tribute band called Live The Who not only does he look like Moonie he’s very very close style wise check them out you will be astounded trust me 👍
Keith really shows tact with this comment. When asked about John& Pete he says something nice about them both. Keith & Rodger were definitely not close ,but they certainly respected one another quite a bit.
Apparantly Roger "decked" Keith a time or two. Until The Management informed him theat Assaulting the Drummer was "couterproductive" to group unity and creativity! This is true (apparantly.)
There was an interview (I think it was in Fantastic Journey - if you're a Who fan it's a must see) where Keith was sat in the canteen at Shepperton studio with an axe (not a guitar, an actual axe) on the table. When asked what it was for, Keith's reply was "It's for Roger, have you seen him?". From a camaraderie perspective The Who was a band of two parts with Roger in one and everyone else in the other.
Roger was a physical bully and literally used to beat them up to get his way. They a l m o s t kicked him out of the band in the late 60’s because they were sick of it.
Roger was all about the music. He didn't do drugs and the shenanigans of the others particularly Moon wore him down. Roger said he didn't care what they did in their own time but nothing that affected them performing. Roger did say their drug consumption got that bad they played faster and faster and became so erratic he couldn't sing. That led to the arguments and fights.
@Greg Moonen if u see other parts of that show The Smothers brothers didn't realize who they invited on.. same with Russell Harty which was more hilarious! The Who would always destroy lipsync if shows demanded them to do it .. moon would drum in the air and stare at camera
@@scottgarrison1457 The Who did "Long Live Rock" on "The Old Grey Whistle Test," where they mimed playing, but the vocals were live. You could tell because Pete botched the lyrics.
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Moon and Starr, cosmic alignment.
Where's Freddie Mercury and Mick Mars?
Just beautiful....
Great comment amigo!
That's clever!
@@patrickcostello4146 Out having a Mars Bonfire.
Kudos
Joe Walsh "the scariest day of my life was the day Keith Moon decided he liked me"
I loved Alice Cooper's quip that half of the stories you hear about him, Jim Morrison, Ozzy, etc. are true while everything you've heard about Moon is true, and you haven't heard half of it.
"Yeah,we partied for two weeks that night..."
Lol😂
Interestingly enough, Keith was the Godfather to Ringo's son Zak and now Zak plays drums for the Who all these years later.
Zak Starkey is up there with my Top 10 Best Live Drummers, he's incredible.
On the other hand, I'd have to say that Moon is up there with my Top 10 Best Dead Drummers.
Oh c'mon...... he would have said the same thing !
And Zak plays drums because of Moon, not Ringo. Ringo bought his son a guitar, but Moon bought him a drum kit and Zak took to the drums instead.
@@moondawg3693 - after Moon died, lots of people pestered Townsend about being the replacement for Moon, and he said people would start by saying that "I heard you are looking for a drummer," and he would reply to them, "Naa-ah, we just got rid of one, Thanks."
Not only did the Godfather inspire him, he literally ascended Moon's throne, both literally & stylistically...much to the chagrin of his more famous percussionist, father.
@@electricglove
Please enlighten us...he certainly plays in a much more busy, Moon-like style, than his legendary father.
If only Keith had ended his nights with salad.
He did - Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Well said mate
Or started with them
He did...only it was Tossed
Then he wouldn’t have been Keith
The funniest off-the-cuff thing I heard him say was when Russel Harty asked them 'You're all married are you?', and Moon replied 'God, no. Wouldn't marry this lot'. That's actually genuine wit.
@Ethernaut Really? Reading YT comments about Moon, Lou Reed, Cobain, etc and seeing terms like “genius” “brilliant” “greatest” used so loosely is comical.
I’ll bet you’re brilliant, too!
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Not sure what part of the world you are from but in the UK 'brilliant' is not always meant in an exceptional way.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 aye, calm down my guy
@@ryanhughes8653 You must have stumbled into the wrong conversation. We’re as calm as morticians at work. How about you?
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 You're not nearly as brilliant as you think, Doc.
That's some deep cymbalism
Take my thumbs up and get outta here! :-)
@jason
crashing alacrity.
Have a thumbs up.
Very punny, dude.👍
*slow clap
🤣🤣
Crazy. Brilliant. Moon the Loon, you were one of a kind.
A movie should be made- cause one of kind clips just 'highlight' his loved humoristic side.
Two of the best drummers we will ever see in our lifetimes. Thanks for all the fantastic music you have provided for us over the decades.
Maybe your lifetime, I was born in 94. Way after he was dead.
Ringo was not a great drummer.he was rather mediocre but he was good with the Beatles music.
Who was dead?Ringo id still alive and kicking
John and George have passed.
@@leeallred1337 great band = great drummer.
The Beatles were doing an interview and they were asked if they thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world. I believe it was John that replied "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles". Ringo has great charisma and all but out of the 4 of them he was by far the most expendable.
A drummer's salad fixings, I call that a bargain, best I ever had.
Not bad...
Out here in the fields, I drum for my meals...
nice!
Play the tape machine make the toast and salad when i'm mobile.
We won't get croutons again
I love when he looks to Ringo for some sort of acknowledgement and Ringo promptly points him back toward the adoring fans watching captivated thru the camera as if to say, "No, no, don't look at me, this isn't about me. This is about you."
not a titch of competition l ever saw betwixt any combination of brit bands at the time.
they shared early influencers, grew up together, all splendidly happy for each other's success. l learned about that when the Stones showed up for that sgt pepper thing.
@@daskritterhaus5491 yes & many British musicians turned up to support the Stone's" Rock n Roll Circus", which had Lennon, Pete Townsend, Keith Moon & others in attendance. At the time, the film was held back & not released as the Stones didn't think their performance was up to scratch? The word on the street was because The Who totally out-shone them on their own show. Many years later it was released (limited I think?) & we also bought it on video at the very beginning of the 1980's. We were & still are, big fans of the Stones & the Who👍
Jimmy Page "Hey Keith, I'm making a new band.
It's called The New Yardbirds"
Keith: "That'll go over like a Led Zeppelin"
“That will go down like a lead balloon”….
That reply was needed.🎈😂🎈
It wasn't a new band. He was actually the last guitarist of Yardbirds, after Clapton and Beck
I heard it was actually John Entwistle who said that.
You notice Keith's accent sounded an income level or two higher with the beard?
He reportedly had several wildly different sides to his personality, abd would also get super in character if he put on a costume.
I'm quite sure that Keith's income level was much higher than the beard's
He's putting it on. Keith was from a working class family from Wembley in London.
Keith 'borrowed' the accent from one of the Who's managers -- Kit Lambert. He was the son of the composer Constant Lambert, read history at Oxford and served as an officer in the British Army. Bit posh, he was. His nickname was 'The Baron'. Moon had a lot of fun fooling naive interviewers into believing he was to the manor born.
Recordings of Lambert speaking are not common on YT. A short example:
ruclips.net/video/wQasU6pU2Jw/видео.html
@youztube99 Thaaank you!!
One of the funniest things I hear Keith say... Interviewer: "I've heard that you guys are pretty f'd up when you get on stage." Keith: "That's ridiculous! That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Of course we're not f'd up when we get on stage. We're f'd up when we're off stage as well!"
That was said by Pete
Saw the Who Dec. '75, the night before my SAT test.
Ooh, and my ears were still ringing.
Breathtaking show.
There is no drummer like him before or after him... unpredictable, loved his drumming and double bass not locking with bass guitar like all the rest of bands..always stood out..
Definitely no drummer like moony. His drumming was one continuous drum solo throughout every song he ever accompanied.
Moon was outrageous to compensate for being a mediocre drummer. A non-musician would surely think it cool, a sign of individual style, but his drumwork was antithetical to the idea of a band, to not form a dependable rhythm unit with bass player and rhythm guitarist. He sucked.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 agree about the rules and such, I do respect the way u think.... however The Who was the one and the only band who thought that they could stand out being antithetical...cause there are no such rules or walls as long as they are accepted by at least some , .all such rules are made up by musicians....Tommy Rock Opera...played by just 4 of them sounds too organic and natural than the music played by academically trained musicians and robotic timed drummers who play drums reading notes trying to be as perfect as they can, which sounds so dead to my ears...just my opinion..thinking that there are " rules" we need to follow when playing an instrument limits the possibilities for progress or improvisation.,. I still think there are no such rules to follow, The Who fans think the same way I think...Again, I respect ur opinion and I am sure u r not a who fan but there are many Neal Peart fans, who is the professor of drummers, but too robotic to me...he plays the same way that we hear on the record,.... playing by the seat of the pants is the organic way, of course with all the imperfections., Those imperfections are so organic and do not sound synthetic at all..love Moonie to death..I bet Moonies way of drumming or thinking would put all drum teachers on the planet to starve, I know. ...Charlie Watts had feel, , Peart had Technique, Bonham had feel as well as technique,...however Moonie was different from all of them....always a treat to ears and eyes...Kenney Jones sucked to follow Moonie, of course Kenney is a good drummer just like all others, but not fit for Moonies type of drumming..no wonder Daltrey fired him.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Why did you even come here? Just trying to spread the misery?
@@archstanton4365 Despite today’s leftists and most youth drowning in identity politics and political correctness, adult minded people know that critique and dissent are necessary to balance vacuum-brained hypersensitivity and agreement w/ every group. Moon is over-rated, but he can still be your he-ro!
Desiccated eggs. 😂 Keith was always on fire, and a great drummer. 🇬🇧👍🤠🍺
Two famous drunks. One sobered up and got his carrer back on track.. one died. Both lovely people.
Keith really was a genius. He lived 32 years,.. but each day was a week long,. So in reality he died at 224 for you and me.
Good point
So it's like "dog years", only it's "Keith years"....yep, I can accept that.🤔👍
yeah 2 x 3 = 33 . . ..same as jesus and alexander the Great . . . ..-do you think he really died ? !!!! lol ...
Besides being damned good drummers, Keith & Ringo have the best of sense of humor, very important!! RIP Kieth Moon, love you Ringo!!🥰
Keith was proof that there’s a close line between a genius and a loon.
Genius? That’s a stretch. He was lacking in technique, so headed a different direction. I’ve known better drummers in late 60’s garage bands.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Your looser name says it all, grow up punk.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 Stand back everyone, we got a critic.
@@nick-dq1hh So Nick, you’re uncomfortable when folks disagree with you. Good luck in life.
@@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426 No, I don’t care about this need to say “I tell ya I knew this one guy in a small band that was much better.” Great, show me their music and contributions to music. Not much. We all know very good, unique players that never go on to do anything special. There’s still a next step that separates the two drumming contributors. He’s not a genius, but this metric of certain music critics/players that skews the reality of the music...I don’t care. Nothing about some garage band player has anything to do with how much of a drummer he was and what he contributed. It’s a way to undercut and project. Relax. Music is far more open that you’re making it out to be.
The reality is at least half of this topic and comment thread has nothing to do with his drumming, but his personality. What he’s a genius drummer, or a LOON drummer? Huh. Who’s a loon drummer? It’s not a common saying. He’s a loon, personality-wise too. So you took a skewed take that this was just the subject of drumming. Look at the video you’re watching again. There’s more going on.
Keith was brilliant with accents. I think he could have made a superb comedic actor.
To me The Who would have all been perfect for a British version of The Monkees.
I agree, he could have pursued acting.
@@railwaymaster1163 The Who were waaayy better than The Monkees.
I think he was in character pretty much the entire time he was in the band
Indeed Foster. Keith was due to fly out (mid September 1978) to Tunisia to film several roles in Monty Python’s Life Of Brian but …
2 great drummers. 2 totally different styles.
Ringo's unique style was largely a byproduct of his playing a right-handed drum kit despite being left-handed.
Ah Keith..he was entertainment personified, a fantastic, unique and irreplaceable human being. Still sorely missed.
ah Keith, we miss you so
+905Alive The Crazy "Rolls-Royce Smash-the-drums-up Desecrated-egg-salad Psychedelic nutter."
the RR was actually a suicide attempt into a mud pond
“Not to be Taken Away”
To much epicness in one room
@Dr. Bombay I say epicness!!
Sadly true...
To much or not to much...
Wait... how do I much anyway?
Fuck Yeah
@Steve Stone and brandy. Still, it is most epic!
If this man lived longer. Oh boy. The world would have been such a better place at least in my eyes. The best part about Keith to me was he taught us all to be ourselves and live life to the fullest. Obviously he made mistakes which gives us something to learn from. Love you Keith
Very well said!
@@railwaymaster1163 I appreciate that.
There should be No biopic EVAU!!!!
@@eveglead1913 well there will be. Production starts this summer!
Very good thing to say.
Everyone needs a little Mooney in their life. Keith was the absolutely necessary gratuitous supreme shenanigan of rock. Never forget him. Never forget the 'orrible 'Ooh.🇬🇧
Keith Moon is the ultimate English Rock star. Gone too soon.
I like his voice. Very beautiful voice
It wasn’t genuine. His entire life was an act. He was from Acton where literally nobody spoke like that. 😂
Keith Moon was insane but is an all-time great drummer.
He was once doing an interview in a restaurant in Ohio that overlooked the Ohio River.
Without a word of warning Keith got up, ran across the room and jumped out of a window into the river.
He then clamored up the bank, came back into the restaurant, sat down and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
😎
@the walkin dude And you knew him well, didn't you? Or maybe you're just full of shit.
True or not the skit with Steve Martin may have been representative of his behaviour.
the walkin dude
how did he ever rip through those walls?
I mean, i can see him wanting to, and not being fazed by the prospect of having to pay for the damage.
what "tools" did he muster up for this bit of insanity?
"No, no, no, no, no. I don't do that no more. I'm tired of waking up on the floor." Ringo's song.
Love the No No Song
hoyt axton's song
No thankyou please, it only makes me sneeze
It's a cover.
And then he finds it hard to find the door.
One of the funniest things.... and one of the last things Keith ever said. He taught Ringo what happens to addicts. Ringo was smart enough to quit and live a long healthy life.
Ringo didn’t sober up until a good 15 years later.
He and his wife both A A 'ers I believe I read decades ago....
@@HankFinkle11 it’s never not funny how people just say whatever on RUclips without any thought or research just to type something
Lived to make many bad movies and half-baked albums.
Yes Ringo was a big partied at one time and maybe Moons death put him on the straight and narrow. Now Ringo at 81 looks and sounds great while poor old Keith has been gone for almost 43 years. Moon died at 32 but looked 55 at least.
Maybe the greatest rock drummer ever. Certainly a model and a pioneer for all those who came after.
These two legends walked to the beat of a different drum 🥁
Seeing Ringo point Keith to the camera like he is his big brother, such a generous thing to do. Just like in a clip, where George Harrison is helping Ringo out with something, perhaps octopuses garden in the Peter Jackson film, but open to correction, zero ego.
One of the craziest musicians we know of
Truly embodied the lifestyle of a rockstar
And he's an amazing drummer as well
Moon a zany madman - saw him 4 times live spectacular drummer !! 🌟
When Plant and Page told Moon they were forming a band Moon said it’ll go down like a lead zeppelin.
comma
Lead balloon.
The Kids Are Alright movie is a forgotten legend. I wore out my VHS.
it's on Amazon Prime if you have it.
Saw it on the big screen when it came out. 1979. Amazing.
I have it on DVD
Saw it. Can't remember much about it other than Moon buzzing about like a keystone bobby. However I do have the double vinyl with booklet.
The DVD was even better because of isolated tracks and camera angles u could watch..
Wont Get Filmed Again !
Truly love and miss you Keith! RIP!❤
The Beatles were a tight group of mates, the Who the chaos of four estranged relatives. Both great.
Very true!
You're talking "pre Yoko." Fact...
@@bobhoffman5581 At least it wasn't permanent.
@@railwaymaster1163 ???
Yet the Beatles lasted 7 years and the Who lasted 60+. :)
It's interesting to see Keith Moon and Ringo together. Probably the two greatest rock drummers ever, but with totally different styles. Ringo always played what was necessary for the song -- no more, no less -- and very seldom called attention to himself. Keith Moon, on the other hand, played drums like a lead instrument, always in your face musically. Ringo was the perfect drummer for The Beatles, and Keith Moon was the perfect drummer for the controlled-chaos that was The Who.
not that surprising seeing as They were both freemasons and blood relatives . .
In 1963 a reporter asked Paul McCartney if he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and Paul retorted with "he is not even the best drummer in The Beatles"
You should see them in the Frank Zappa movie 200 Motels.
Throw Bonham & Peart in there and there's a ton more after them also. Moonie is my favorite and Ringo was no slouch either. RIP Charlie Watts.
Please get your fake quotes right, it wasn't Paul, it was supposed to be John, but really neither of them ever said it. @@butler-macdonald8351
Watched Keith as Uncle Ernie in the show "Tommy". Not only a brilliant drummer but an actor of the same proportions!
Best drummer ever.......period.
They belonged on Monty Pythons Flying Circus.
Or Caddyshack
Ringo was on Monty Python briefly , with Lulu on the talk show parody , "It's".
George was in one of their movies. The one that financed with the help from his house!
@@christopherfletcher5384 Yes, EMI had a contract to produce "Life of Brain," but reneged at the last moment. Python eventually won a settlement from them, but still needed financing. So George mortgaged his house, formed Handmade Films and produced the movie. His reason? He want to see the picture. Eric Idle called it the most expensive cinema ticket ever.
All the Beatles loved Python, but there were opinions on the Idle and Innes's side project, the Rutles. George participated in it; Ringo liked it, except for moments that echoed the sadder times; supposedly Paul initially didn't like it, but Linda did; and John reputedly refused to return the copies of the film and soundtrack they were given to preview.
Keith and Ringo were in '200 motels', the Frank Zappa movie. That one has some rather pythonesque elements. The perverse aspects were cranked up for it, but otherwise the same bizarre and surreal humor
Alice called him a "Walking Insane Asylum".
If a young Alice Cooper called someone else insane then yes they were truly way way out there
I enjoyed his stories of Keith...Alice is a fascinating guy who was there and survived.
Keith, certainly one of a kind, love people like him
EPIC Keith Moon being TOTALLY irreverent. Often imitated BUT NEVER duplicated!
Listen to Tommy live with no addl musicians, just Roger, Pete, John and Enwhisle... brilliant...no gimmicks..
"John and Enwhistle"? .....They are the same guy?
@@oilburner9989 oops I meant Keith...thanks
@@TheRollingStoness Any time!👍
Two completely different drummers and personalities. Both super cool.
God bless Keith I remember seeing him at Chalton years. RIP.
Keith and Oliver Reed were best friends and of course drinking buddies. I would love to been able to watch that silliness
Two of my favorite drummers.
They should make a movie about Keith Moon..that would be a movie....
Now that is a movie I would go see for sure!
Actually, that would be a great movie! Trying to figure out who could possibly play Moon? I haven't a clue who could pull it off.
I'm kinda surprised it's never been done yet --- it would be such a funny movie (and sad at the end)
I just thought of someone that would have been perfect to play Keith. Dudley Moore! Of course he's gone now, but if they had made a movie of Moon's life years ago, Moore would have been perfect for the part! Anyone agree?
I've always thought that, he looks so free when playing the drums
Peter Sellers, Cook and Dudley all rolled into one 👍😂
Remember hearing an interview with Entwistle years later talking about taking tapes of Moon's crazy chaotic drumming digitizing, anylizing them when they realized that he was sometimes playing two time signatures at the same time. Mad genius.
Yep Moon wasn't a sloppy drummer, he just heard a different song in each ear.
That's...
Polyrhythms are not THAT crazy and kindof a staple of math rock and some branches of metal.
I have a copy of an old Sony ad for tape equipment hanging over my piano. It says "It's like having Keith Moon in the room. Only safer".
I had a piece of jewellery made by Paul Ravn who was Emerson, Lake & Palmer's personal jeweller. His workshop was in the same building as the studio where The Who and Led Zeppelin used to practice. He told me that one morning he was in early working and wasn't expecting anyone. The doorbell rang and Paul asked "Who is it?" Ringing the doorbell was Keith Moon who answered with "Who." Once again, Paul, "who is it?" Keith - "Who." This went on until he finally opened the door and saw it was The Who. They'd been at the pub across the street and came over to mess with Paul. 😂 He called Paul, "The Engravy" because he was working on engraving the drum kit for Carl Palmer.
What's sad about this in retrospect is that now John Entwistle has been dead longer than Keith Moon was the drummer for the band.
Genius isn't always pretty, but sure as hell entertaining
GREETINGS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF ARKANSAS WHAT WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY THESE TWO MEN WE'RE NOT UGLY
This dude PARTIED.
I'll drink to that
i think he was obsessed on entertaining everyone around him, so they wouldn't hate him or something as convoluted in his own mind. we all know that person that has to be the life of the party maybe because, who else is going to do it.
the world still mourns you Keith
Long live Keith’s memory.
xoxo The Clarences
The whole thing is absolutely fucking hilarious, but somehow Ringos 'aha, you see, listen and learn kids' finger point just makes it so much better.
I still believe had Moon survived, he and Starr would have formed the greatest comedy duo since Crosby and Hope, since Cook and Moore. Maybe regulars on Blackadder. I'm telling you they would've been bigger than the Beatles.
@@jamesb.9472 yup...and Peter Cook.
"Not Only . . . But Also" was hilarious. :-)
@@jamesb.9472 “dirty uncle Bertie , they call him at school” 🤣🤣
@@jamesb.9472 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were a British comedy team, sort of the precursors to Monty Python. There is a movie with them called “Bedazzled”.
The two greatest drummers of all time.
Clyde Stubblefield is the GREATEST drummer ever
Well one maybe. Ringo was the luckiest mediocre drummer ever!
@@namder1 He was a quota forced upon the other 3.
Keith and John .....the greatest
Rhythm section in rock and roll history....others came close but never matched these 2
I remember many years ago I was watching a show with mom,it may have been Mike Douglas and Keith was a guest.My mother had no clue who he was but she was very impressed especially by his wit,that "English wit"as she called it.So Moonie always reminds me of dear ol' mom.
The Moon and the Starr aligned that night....
Those two guys could hit things with sticks real good! 🥁
Keith made every song sound like a drum solo, while maintaining perfect rhythm. A true percussive genius.
Moonie was notorious for his bad timekeeping. It used to drive the others crazy. I saw him in action and couldn't take my eyes off him, but perfect rhythm? Not according to his bandmates.
That's what Entwistle was for.@@bobikdylan
Best drummer of all time
Nice morning pick up for me. I dont think I could ever watch moon without smiling.
He was lead drummer alright.
two of the greats!
Funny as hell!!! What a great personality Keith was. The world still misses him so much...
Yes, Keith could be funny as hell. I love seeing concert clips of the Who with Moon and Townshend busting each other's chops in between songs.
Don't you guys remember the bar inside his floor tom? Mixing drinks between songs, priceless.
I think that Keith Moon took on a fair amount of Oliver Reed’s personality during this time
Feel like Keith was a voice in Robin hood the Disney movie
So much talent... gone far too soon.. Ringo finally gets some much deeper credit now thanks to Peter jacksons beatles series . There are no great bands without a great drummer
That movie didn't change Ringo's status he was always known as a great drummer just because you just saw that movie . Doesn't mean it just happened. Millennials are so self centered you think the Beatles are just getting recognition now. Because your alive to see it . Gtfo.
@@tinpanally51_36 also stop trolling here, you were reported by others and myself on this site for bullying .. nothing says share the music and "love is all you need" like trolling..
@@tinpanally51_36 You sound like a horrible person. And millennials are all adults. Some of them are 40 years old. You're thinking of Gen Z, you dolt.
@@tinpanally51_36 you know what? I agree with you 1110%. Ringo did some great fills and him drumming on Rain is probably one of my favorites.
@@tinpanally51_36 ps ive never seen that movie.
Absolutely Brilliant ...R.I.P.
If only rock stars realized that they are rock stars and not pharmacists.
"That Ends Up My Evening" That's the part I like.
Moon the Loon. You have to love him!
Keith was one of the best and most unique drummers ever in R&R.
If anyone else tried to play with his style, they would sound terrible and would feel like they're way overpaying every song.
But when Keith did it, every beat and combo fit perfectly.
The Who was the only R&R band (imo) where the lead instruments where drums and bass.
Keith made his drums the forefront of that band.
Never again will their be anyone like him.
Sadly he died way too early and was humble to the point of never really understanding his own greatness.
You are right on about Keith and his style, he really was a tremendously talented drummer.I was very fortunate to have seen the band at least four or five times and that rhythm section was untouchable in its greatness.There will never be anything like them again, both men left us way too soon.Moonie the loonie and John the Spider Entwhistle may you both be at peace!
I had the same opinion as you where Moon was concerned basically no one could get anywhere near him……until by chance I saw a clip of a American tribute band called Live The Who not only does he look like Moonie he’s very very close style wise check them out you will be astounded trust me 👍
“Most unique”. He’s either unique or not. Do you know what it means ?
@@Mod-rw9cw I'll ask your mom in the morning
@@sylvesterbestertester1013 How old are you? 3.
Yep, Noah, Moon encouraged us to laugh, at oneself or ourselves! What a world it will have been!
As these keep popping up on my recommendations page, it occurs to me that I keep getting older, but Keith stays the same age.
Keith drove his rolls into his pool, just to see what it would do. I always get a chuckle out of that
I believe he left the house and sold it, with the Rolls still in the pool.
He was always doing something crazy like that. His antics used to have me in stitches. 😂
He also drove over his chauffeur trying to avoid paparazzi.
Seems like that is a made up story, never actually happened.
@@kpax45 cause you weren't there, nice
Keith Moon once drove a Cadillac into a swimming pool because it was his birthday! 🎂🥳
"-And that's my evening, B'yes." -Keith Moon.
One of a kind!
Keith really shows tact with this comment. When asked about John& Pete he says something nice about them both. Keith & Rodger were definitely not close ,but they certainly respected one another quite a bit.
Apparantly Roger "decked" Keith a time or two. Until The Management informed him theat Assaulting the Drummer was "couterproductive" to group unity and creativity! This is true (apparantly.)
There was an interview (I think it was in Fantastic Journey - if you're a Who fan it's a must see) where Keith was sat in the canteen at Shepperton studio with an axe (not a guitar, an actual axe) on the table. When asked what it was for, Keith's reply was "It's for Roger, have you seen him?". From a camaraderie perspective The Who was a band of two parts with Roger in one and everyone else in the other.
Roger was a physical bully and literally used to beat them up to get his way. They a l m o s t kicked him out of the band in the late 60’s because they were sick of it.
Roger was all about the music. He didn't do drugs and the shenanigans of the others particularly Moon wore him down. Roger said he didn't care what they did in their own time but nothing that affected them performing. Roger did say their drug consumption got that bad they played faster and faster and became so erratic he couldn't sing. That led to the arguments and fights.
Ringo is 7 years older than Keith, amazing Ringo is still with us!
6*
Keith Moon's world-famous Cymbal Salad!!
Not a particularly big WHO fan however the drumming on who’s next is next level stellar .
You a fan yet?
The drumming, the bass, the singing, the guitar, the songwriting - every bit of that album is perfection!!!!
Yes God bless Keith Moon. A true genius who didn't give a shit about anyone. A truly wonderful person. Yes, God bless him.
still mourning the loss of Moonie and Ox
The blow back then was pure.
Keith has such an upper class British accent. It's so great!
The Kids Are Alright was a pretty cool rockdoc. I think the opening scene was from an appearance on the Smothers Brothers show and it was hilarious
Blew out Pete's eardrum and caught some of his hair on fire 😄
@Greg Moonen if u see other parts of that show The Smothers brothers didn't realize who they invited on.. same with Russell Harty which was more hilarious! The Who would always destroy lipsync if shows demanded them to do it .. moon would drum in the air and stare at camera
@@scottgarrison1457 The Who did "Long Live Rock" on "The Old Grey Whistle Test," where they mimed playing, but the vocals were live. You could tell because Pete botched the lyrics.
Townshend almost died during that explosion!
I love the way he says ta-mot-toe...truely hilarious! 😆