I remember getting several phone calls that night from high school friends since I play keyboards and my name is also Tim Gorman. I guess they thought because the concert was in Toronto and I reside in Ontario that it may have been me. Made me smile. :) It was surreal to see my name appear on the credits at the end of the broadcast.
Same, watched the concert at my friend's house He got his step-dad to get ON TV so we could watch it. Sadly he passed away in 2005, but we had a great time watching and staying up all night watching movies afterwards. Great times.
I hope they re-release the full version of this concert on 4DK or Blu Ray, because it's was really a great. Everyone was on fire that, even the keyboard player Tom Gorman who replaced John "Rabbit" Brundrick on the tour was great.
Oh, this is great. I had the VHS of this show and it was edited and whatnot. It's interesting to see different angles and the between the song banter that was edited in the one I had. My VCR always used to eat the tape up and the first two songs were so pasted and re-edited that I still see in my mind's eye the streaks and edits my local tape place did to save the tape. this was around 1985-86 and I watched this show literally hundreds of times. Very cool! Nice to re-live.
@stevedrums This concert footage is the original camera angles from the satellite broadcast 📡 to all concert venues across North America the night of Dec 17th!🇬🇧🎸
Saw the opening night of this (It's Hard) tour at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. You can bet your ass I was listening to the FM radio broadcast of this show as well. The best rock band ever!!!
I wasn't at this show but saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens on May 5, 1980. The thing about this concert is that scalpers took a beating. No kidding. I remember there was a write-up in one of the Toronto newspapers reviewing the concert. In it they mentioned that ticket scalpers ended up getting stuck and eating a lot of money. Apparently no one showed up looking for tickets. I assume that's because people would have thought they'd be too expensive or something. If I remember correctly some scalpers literally could not _give_ their tickets away. People would be walking down the sidewalk and the scalper would ask them, "Do you want to see The Who? For free?" The scalper might be standing there with ticket in hand, ready to give it to them, and they'd just keep on walking by. The fact that it was being broadcast likely had something to do with it, i suppose. But still, it still brings a smile to my face and makes me chuckle when I think of it. I'll bet the scalpers were sure crying in their beer that night.
Special thing about this tour was the heart of it was the "It's Hard" material that they only played on this one. Somewhat parallel to "Who's Next" in melody/harmony mixed into the hard rock. Did anybody ever do it like this? Nobody has ever exceeded their use of synthesizers since "Who's Next" and that was over 50 years ago!
Very well put Chuck. Pete wanted Kenney. Kenney was a real Mod and an amazing drummer. No one will ever be Keith Moon but Kenney’s Drumming on Face Dances and It’s Hard was more than respectable. I love him.
Jones was an excellent drummer, more technically sound that Moon. But that's what made Moon great. His mad cap drumming was what the Who needed and nobody else could drum that way. At least until Zak was ready.
Kenny is a great drummer in his own right! Moon's drumming was unconventional and a extension of his own personality with the volume turned all the way up. Kenney without question got a raw deal with they way he was treated and remembered with The Who!
Remember watching this live with the FM simulcast stereo cranked (was back in the before stereo TV days) Great great time! So happy to have found this video. Saw them live in Toronto 2019 when they toured with a concert band backing them... added another dimension to their music. A side comment... watch at 1hr 14 minute mark as Roger *runs* in time with the music, and still manages to belt out the lyrics to Who Are You.
Cool, I recorded this off the radio at the time, C100 or 92 CJCH in Halifax before Q104. I was in grade 9, my teacher heard me talking about it and asked if he could borrow my tapes (it took two) so he could record them. Cool teacher 🤘😎
Thanks so, so much for uploading this. As us Who fanatics know, 3-4 songs were missing from the official release of this show, so to see this concert unedited in really decent quality is truly fantastic.
I`ve heard them live with Keith and Kenny...both great obviously but I don`t know why anyone would have a problem with Ken in the band..he was great when I heard him ...totally on it start to finish
Roger sounds like he smokes 3 packs a day. Can someone turn up Pete’s guitar? Pete was so uninterested in this tour, he canceled the European tour after the American tour.
Like many others, I recorded this when it was broadcast on TV. Such a great concert. I had forgotten that John sang here. Two highlights for me: Dangerous and Love Reign O'er Me.
I remember watching this live with my cousin. R.I.P. Roger. 🙏 We actually at the time believed it was their last show…silly us. Lol I do know this, the camera man must’ve been drunk. Lol So many times Pete would be jumping and they’d pan out and so many other terrible shots. Lol But it was a great show. Good grief it’s been 41 years…
This is amazing! I asked someone to tape it for me but they didn't program their BETAMAX and I got a blank tape. I have the version released many years later, but it doesn't have the same feeling as this. @Mickey's VHS is there a way I can get a digital copy of this for myself?
Saw this live at my friend's house. It was a great concert, but Pete was phoning it in here. It looked liked he rather be anywhere else but there. He still played great, but Kenny Jones was on fire that night.
Watched this live on TV. Was crushed this might be the end of The Who. By this time, Kenny was totally in the groove, an intrinsic part of the band. Too bad they let him go. Moon and Townsend could not be beat, but Kenny was in the pocket by this concert. A unique sound. Far better than Kampuchia or Rockpalast. Anyway, glad that Pete and Roger are still going strong.
I saw this tour, LA Coliseum. Took B-I-L & his wife to their 1st Who concert. Kenny Jones did not impress (nor Simon Phillips). Ringo's son, Zak Starkey, however, is very good replacement. But there's only 1 Keith Moon 😢.
Didn't realize how big a following they had in North Americas. You wish that Moon had got into the 80s when the 70s mayhem stopped & he'd settle down with wife & moon-kids. Kenny doesn't do too bad in creating that Moon drum hitting & sound & it's hard too do his drumming style a complete one off. Moon wasn't a technical drummer. He, Moon couldn't do a basic drum roll but sound only he done his idiosyncratic version. Moon could only be a Who drummer, marriage made in Heaven & Hell.
I kinda thought this show was a bit weak. Townshend seemed to be anywhere but here. The Shea Stadium gig was a much better representation of them live on this “last” tour. Maybe being sponsored by Schlitz is the reason for sounding so sluggish.
Why so much talk? Because that is what boring presenters with nothing important to say did in the early days of satellite broadcasts of rock shows. Look at any live MTV event from the 1980’s-1990’s…. They were littered with unnecessary commentary.
Just could not go without making a comment... This is a prime example of sloppy directing of a live concert... Director has no idea of what's going on... cutting away during solos?! Cutting away to roger with his back to us while Pete's singing, Pete goes into a windmill and cut to a wide audience shot... Roger starts swinging his mic and cut to Kenny drumming the beat... talk about Deaf, Dumb and Blind !
I was introduced to this show the summer of eighty three on h b o. I audio Recorded it then and it Became one of my favorite concerts of all time. I ended up getting the VHS of this show and I noticed one extra song on this particular bro cast which was from the same show Release On v h s. Truly a shame they never released a d v d of this. Nowadays, 4K wood look And sound amazing
My parents let me stay up late to watch it on tv until the end. Very exciting!
I remember recording this off the radio, and I was so glad I did. Incredible concert!!!!
Same here I used (2) TDK SA 90 cassette tapes
Yup! Did the same thing!
I remember getting several phone calls that night from high school friends since I play keyboards and my name is also Tim Gorman. I guess they thought because the concert was in Toronto and I reside in Ontario that it may have been me. Made me smile. :) It was surreal to see my name appear on the credits at the end of the broadcast.
Watched this in Chicago on ON TV the precursor to cable…
Same, watched the concert at my friend's house He got his step-dad to get ON TV so we could watch it. Sadly he passed away in 2005, but we had a great time watching and staying up all night watching movies afterwards. Great times.
You have the ONTV box or were you watching through scramble mode on WSNS 44?
@@RichardNixonsHippieRemoval ontv
I hope they re-release the full version of this concert on 4DK or Blu Ray, because it's was really a great. Everyone was on fire that, even the keyboard player Tom Gorman who replaced John "Rabbit" Brundrick on the tour was great.
I sure hope so as well.
Tim Gorman. And, hopefully any audio re-release will include the 3 songs missing from the official CD version.
The first I ever saw of them, never been equaled.
The night after this concert I saw Phil Collins play The Roxy in Hollywood and John Entwistle was in the audience.
I never saw any concert as great as this last show in Toronto Canada!!!! Omg every note every thing about this show is incredibly off the wall .
Such energy from the band and audience! Today, with all of us much older, it's a little less fervent, ha. LONG LIVE ROCK LONG LIVE THE WHO
Oh, this is great. I had the VHS of this show and it was edited and whatnot. It's interesting to see different angles and the between the song banter that was edited in the one I had. My VCR always used to eat the tape up and the first two songs were so pasted and re-edited that I still see in my mind's eye the streaks and edits my local tape place did to save the tape. this was around 1985-86 and I watched this show literally hundreds of times. Very cool! Nice to re-live.
@stevedrums This concert footage is the original camera angles from the satellite broadcast 📡 to all concert venues across North America the night of Dec 17th!🇬🇧🎸
Saw the opening night of this (It's Hard) tour at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. You can bet your ass I was listening to the FM radio broadcast of this show as well. The best rock band ever!!!
Naked eye is awesome , particularly the solo 💖
J'adore les woo je les écoute depuis toujours j'ai grandi avec eux
I wasn't at this show but saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens on May 5, 1980. The thing about this concert is that scalpers took a beating. No kidding. I remember there was a write-up in one of the Toronto newspapers reviewing the concert. In it they mentioned that ticket scalpers ended up getting stuck and eating a lot of money. Apparently no one showed up looking for tickets. I assume that's because people would have thought they'd be too expensive or something. If I remember correctly some scalpers literally could not _give_ their tickets away. People would be walking down the sidewalk and the scalper would ask them, "Do you want to see The Who? For free?" The scalper might be standing there with ticket in hand, ready to give it to them, and they'd just keep on walking by. The fact that it was being broadcast likely had something to do with it, i suppose. But still, it still brings a smile to my face and makes me chuckle when I think of it. I'll bet the scalpers were sure crying in their beer that night.
THE WHO ROCKS!!!!! PEACE ✌️🕊️ and LOVE 💗😘☮️
Special thing about this tour was the heart of it was the "It's Hard" material that they only played on this one. Somewhat parallel to "Who's Next" in melody/harmony mixed into the hard rock. Did anybody ever do it like this? Nobody has ever exceeded their use of synthesizers since "Who's Next" and that was over 50 years ago!
Every time I watch this whole show
I get thrilled for life. This is the best of the who you will ever see!!!!
OMG What a Night!!! I was front row center!!! Thanks to the dude who filmed it!!!
The Who Rocks America, all the way from Canada.
Was a riff on the slogan from the tour sponsor, Schlitz.
North America.
I always thought Kenny Jones was a decent fit after Moon died. I think he got a raw deal. Moon was a legend, and Jones did a more than admirable job !
Kenny jones was in the small faces and a good friend of Keith Moon
Totally agree. Tough shoes to fill, and I like the fact that Jones didn't try to be Moon.
Very well put Chuck. Pete wanted Kenney. Kenney was a real Mod and an amazing drummer. No one will ever be Keith Moon but Kenney’s Drumming on Face Dances and It’s Hard was more than respectable. I love him.
Jones was an excellent drummer, more technically sound that Moon. But that's what made Moon great. His mad cap drumming was what the Who needed and nobody else could drum that way. At least until Zak was ready.
Kenny is a great drummer in his own right! Moon's drumming was unconventional and a extension of his own personality with the volume turned all the way up. Kenney without question got a raw deal with they way he was treated and remembered with The Who!
Wow, thanks for posting this incredible show. Thanks God it was not the last show/tour of The Who 👍👍
Remember watching this live with the FM simulcast stereo cranked (was back in the before stereo TV days)
Great great time!
So happy to have found this video.
Saw them live in Toronto 2019 when they toured with a concert band backing them... added another dimension to their music.
A side comment... watch at 1hr 14 minute mark as Roger *runs* in time with the music, and still manages to belt out the lyrics to Who Are You.
I know, right? That's so cute.
Cool, I recorded this off the radio at the time, C100 or 92 CJCH in Halifax before Q104. I was in grade 9, my teacher heard me talking about it and asked if he could borrow my tapes (it took two) so he could record them. Cool teacher 🤘😎
So much better, this original version, vs. what they released after editing!!
This shows it wasn't in the mainstream yet after all that time how great of a player Ox was. Stein got some of it with the Shepperton gig.
I remember being there! Amazing show.
Thanks so much for the whole gig. Superb!
Wow lots of different angles in this!!!! Brilliant
Watched the simulcast in Boston after seeing them in Boulder = Rocking Times! Hard to believe it's been 40 years, party on dudes!
I have this on VHS and DVD as well. But thanks for posting this. It is greatly appreciated !
Love reign on me gave me chills nothing can top that!
Thanks so, so much for uploading this. As us Who fanatics know, 3-4 songs were missing from the official release of this show, so to see this concert unedited in really decent quality is truly fantastic.
Do you happen to know which songs are exclusive to this unedited version?
Cry if you want and Mr Jimmy were definitely not on the original VHS. I don't think that Behind Blue Eyes was either.
The Who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great band!
WOW!!! DYNAMITE 🧨 BAND EVER!! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 😁😎👍 PEACE ✌️🕊️✌️ and LOVE 💗😘☮️
I was at this show. Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.....the Gardens was alive and on fire that night
Listen to what Kenny Jones was playing on "Naked Eye"; fabulous !!!
I`ve heard them live with Keith and Kenny...both great obviously but I don`t know why anyone would have a problem with Ken in the band..he was great when I heard him ...totally on it start to finish
2:03:30 you are welcome. 😊
I remember renting this when it came out. I was 11 or 12. I was a bit too young to go to the show but this sufficed nicely
Cool to see this. Just went to their real last concert in Toronto a few days ago!! Was great!!
Roger sounds like he smokes 3 packs a day. Can someone turn up Pete’s guitar? Pete was so uninterested in this tour, he canceled the European tour after the American tour.
@@timothycollins1968 He quit smoking sometime in the late 70s or so, cos he became allergic.
40th Anniversary tonight
Best version of Naked Eye ever. Mooney, or not.
I agree. Think they meant it for Keith this time. It appears fine to the naked eye, but it don't really happen that way at all.
Been 41 years since i saw this
better sound than the VHS !!
Love John 🖤🕷
I was there too!
YEAH THE WHO YOU WERE THE BEST
This looks unedited. Very cool.
Like many others, I recorded this when it was broadcast on TV. Such a great concert. I had forgotten that John sang here. Two highlights for me: Dangerous and Love Reign O'er Me.
There were a lot of good songs on IT'S HARD - "Dangerous" among them.
Wow thank you love reign on me was incredible Roger still got it!!!❤❤❤. He is hot on.
The second solo of Naked Eye is my favorite guitar solo of all time. It starts @2:09:00
I remember watching this live with my cousin. R.I.P. Roger. 🙏 We actually at the time believed it was their last show…silly us. Lol I do know this, the camera man must’ve been drunk. Lol So many times Pete would be jumping and they’d pan out and so many other terrible shots. Lol But it was a great show. Good grief it’s been 41 years…
This is amazing! I asked someone to tape it for me but they didn't program their BETAMAX and I got a blank tape. I have the version released many years later, but it doesn't have the same feeling as this. @Mickey's VHS is there a way I can get a digital copy of this for myself?
Sure! Here's a Google Drive link to the raw file: drive.google.com/file/d/15yWZzc2rmf45QxqY7antOmRt3cg26Bke/view?usp=sharing
@@Mickeys-Media Thanks! This is great!
Saw this live at my friend's house. It was a great concert, but Pete was phoning it in here. It looked liked he rather be anywhere else but there. He still played great, but Kenny Jones was on fire that night.
This was a PPV event in Upstate NY. A bunch of us chipped in and ordered it, I think it was around $50.
Dangerous is great
Watched this live on TV. Was crushed this might be the end of The Who. By this time, Kenny was totally in the groove, an intrinsic part of the band. Too bad they let him go. Moon and Townsend could not be beat, but Kenny was in the pocket by this concert. A unique sound. Far better than Kampuchia or Rockpalast. Anyway, glad that Pete and Roger are still going strong.
They played in my city last night.
Kenny quit on his own cos he thought Pete was holding back better songs for his solo projects.
TOWNSHEND. Duh!
IMHO the March 1981 Rockpalast concert was truly fabulous and could easily hold a candle up to this one.
The first of 4 FAREWELL TOURS.. lol.. was there for this one
Me too!
Keep them coming!
I was at three of them !
I wonder how many more farewell tours they got left. Pete and Rodger will be there 80s in a few years.
I saw this tour, LA Coliseum. Took B-I-L & his wife to their 1st Who concert. Kenny Jones did not impress (nor Simon Phillips). Ringo's son, Zak Starkey, however, is very good replacement. But there's only 1 Keith Moon 😢.
Kenny JONES monster on DRUMS.
MONSTER
104.5 Chum fm. Still have this on a maxell cassette.
Simulcast on FM before TVs had stereo signals!
Setlist?
Didn't realize how big a following they had in North Americas. You wish that Moon had got into the 80s when the 70s mayhem stopped & he'd settle down with wife & moon-kids. Kenny doesn't do too bad in creating that Moon drum hitting & sound & it's hard too do his drumming style a complete one off. Moon wasn't a technical drummer. He, Moon couldn't do a basic drum roll but sound only he done his idiosyncratic version. Moon could only be a Who drummer, marriage made in Heaven & Hell.
I can never hear any double bass playing from Kenny Jones so I don’t know if his drum kit is just show
I kinda thought this show was a bit weak. Townshend seemed to be anywhere but here.
The Shea Stadium gig was a much better representation of them live on this “last” tour.
Maybe being sponsored by Schlitz is the reason for sounding so sluggish.
Why? So much talking at the start
Why so much talk? Because that is what boring presenters with nothing important to say did in the early days of satellite broadcasts of rock shows. Look at any live MTV event from the 1980’s-1990’s…. They were littered with unnecessary commentary.
Have a couple of Schlitz beers, Annie
the first concert where PT don t use the tambourine for Baba o Riley
Just could not go without making a comment... This is a prime example of sloppy directing of a live concert... Director has no idea of what's going on... cutting away during solos?! Cutting away to roger with his back to us while Pete's singing, Pete goes into a windmill and cut to a wide audience shot... Roger starts swinging his mic and cut to Kenny drumming the beat... talk about Deaf, Dumb and Blind !
Yeah, the videography on this is hot garbage. I like the music, but the video is basically useless
@vidiot9006 Maybe the Director’s name was Tommy!😂
@@phillyghost1256Deaf, dumb, and blind?
Talking ends 04:55.
How boo-tiful does my sweet babboo look?
Any one who? Don't like the who ain't to smart!
Back when Canada wasn't a communist country.
I was introduced to this show the summer of eighty three on h b o. I audio Recorded it then and it Became one of my favorite concerts of all time. I ended up getting the VHS of this show and I noticed one extra song on this particular bro cast which was from the same show Release On v h s. Truly a shame they never released a d v d of this. Nowadays, 4K wood look And sound amazing
I saw this tour live when it came to NY. I was 14. Who knew it wasn't even the midpoint of the band's career.
Never rated that Kenny Jones.
The sound is really 💩 👎👎👎
Strepitosi the who forever