I can't thank you enough for this. People way overuse "underrated" but Townshend's keyboard playing/arrangement must qualify, no? I never hear or read anyone praising it, and it's just so beautiful, and on huge hits that everybody has heard a million times (Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, etc. All those arpeggio ones)
The high pitch part is just so addictive. Might be because I have A.D.D and it does something to my mind, but damn does it just hit the spot in my mind.
Any one can noodle on a synth very happily...nothing wrong with that at all, I do it almost every day!... but to create, incorporate, and play synth into a great song like Pete is a whole other level. Amazing the control he has...I create synth patches and even if I save them I can never really get it organized or synch'd to a beat! Pete is a master!
And Pete found such a unique way to add the synth, you know it's the who right away by that sound, it doesn't invade a song like a synth often does, it enhances the song like few can really do. And all the while you're not even sure you're hearing a synth or moog or whatever. To this day people hear Won't Get Fooled Again and they say "what is that?" 50 years later and it still sounds like it comes from the future.
Most of this recording was performed by Townsend on his beloved Yamaha E70 (Electone 70) organ (which I believe he still owns today). There were many models of Electone organs starting from the early 60's through today. Although the newer Electones are more like synthesizers. The E70 appeared in the late 70's like maybe 1978. Yamaha put a lot of work and creativity into the Electone family of organs. They were probably the most "synthesizer sounding" organ on the market at the time. But you could easily set it up to sound like a classic Hammond tone wheel type organ. For a basic home organ, the E70 was a real tech marvel. I got to play one quite often when one of the clubs our band played at in the 80's had one permanently installed in the ballroom Eventually technology started shifting toward the synthesizer market and the Electone organs for a time went out of vogue and were mostly considered to be big heavy synthesizers. The E70 had digital technology built in and I believe that the repetitive track you hear starting off this recording is not an after-market effects device but the organ's native built-in arpeggiator.
Late response, but yup--the arpeggiator is set to "Random" and he has it synced to the drum machine which is on the Samba pattern. Super fun instrument, and the arpeggiator is -this sound-.
Swear crowd control for the Russian this on loop for weeks with really bright bold off and on Christmas lights . They'd hafta put on ear muffs and really dark frames
I have a ton of stems from various sources. Some came from the Rock Band and Garage Band video games. Some were just given to me by friends and producers. Some were just some i found by luck on the internet.
One of the coolest keyboard riffs ever.
Saw them in 1982 Maple Leaf Gardens. Tim Gorman nailed it.
Thank you very much for posing this isolated track from the greatest Rock band of all time.
I can't thank you enough for this. People way overuse "underrated" but Townshend's keyboard playing/arrangement must qualify, no? I never hear or read anyone praising it, and it's just so beautiful, and on huge hits that everybody has heard a million times (Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again, etc. All those arpeggio ones)
The high pitch part is just so addictive. Might be because I have A.D.D and it does something to my mind, but damn does it just hit the spot in my mind.
Any one can noodle on a synth very happily...nothing wrong with that at all, I do it almost every day!... but to create, incorporate, and play synth into a great song like Pete is a whole other level. Amazing the control he has...I create synth patches and even if I save them I can never really get it organized or synch'd to a beat! Pete is a master!
The moog was an instrument not a computer.
That is why he is the star that he is. After all these years, the more you listen, the more you appeciate.
@@Glidescube Pointless statement.
And Pete found such a unique way to add the synth, you know it's the who right away by that sound, it doesn't invade a song like a synth often does, it enhances the song like few can really do. And all the while you're not even sure you're hearing a synth or moog or whatever. To this day people hear Won't Get Fooled Again and they say "what is that?" 50 years later and it still sounds like it comes from the future.
Reminds me of the sound of a flowing river of synth funk...love it !
gotta play this next weekend.... you saved me hours and hours ... and hours. Thank you!
What an amazing journey. thank you so much for sharing.
I love this isolated bit! For some reason, after all of the sounds come together toward the middle, it makes me think of autumn and Halloween...
It has a perfect rhythm.
Most of this recording was performed by Townsend on his beloved Yamaha E70 (Electone 70) organ (which I believe he still owns today). There were many models of Electone organs starting from the early 60's through today. Although the newer Electones are more like synthesizers. The E70 appeared in the late 70's like maybe 1978. Yamaha put a lot of work and creativity into the Electone family of organs. They were probably the most "synthesizer sounding" organ on the market at the time. But you could easily set it up to sound like a classic Hammond tone wheel type organ. For a basic home organ, the E70 was a real tech marvel. I got to play one quite often when one of the clubs our band played at in the 80's had one permanently installed in the ballroom Eventually technology started shifting toward the synthesizer market and the Electone organs for a time went out of vogue and were mostly considered to be big heavy synthesizers. The E70 had digital technology built in and I believe that the repetitive track you hear starting off this recording is not an after-market effects device but the organ's native built-in arpeggiator.
Late response, but yup--the arpeggiator is set to "Random" and he has it synced to the drum machine which is on the Samba pattern.
Super fun instrument, and the arpeggiator is -this sound-.
@@mphtowerI can just barely comprehend but I understand.
Gosh, this is great!
Absolutely incredible
The Synth King
awesome thanks
This to me is like a Baba O Reilly, but a little more grown-up and danceable...wicked musicality Pete
Swear crowd control for the Russian this on loop for weeks with really bright bold off and on Christmas lights . They'd hafta put on ear muffs and really dark frames
How did you get isolated tracks ? do you have access to the multitrack tapes ?
I have a ton of stems from various sources. Some came from the Rock Band and Garage Band video games. Some were just given to me by friends and producers. Some were just some i found by luck on the internet.
What's the drum machine? CR78?
Hell yea it is! You know it is.
Doubt it. Most likely just the built in rhythm machine in the Yamaha E70 organ he's playing.
was the sequenced part a memory moog??
The arpeggiator of a Yamaha E70 organ. Nothing sequenced and no synth.