Drum Teacher Reacts: KEITH MOON! | The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios 1978)
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Non trovo to go up, "Moon in june" by The Soft Machine, with Robert Wyat on drums bifore incident in wich he loose use of his legs
Here's the other Who classic, Baba O'Riley, from the same recording session ruclips.net/video/-jON9roP2Hs/видео.html
Where is the original video?
I've watched the isolated bass clip from this song many times. Entwistle had insane levels of talent.
6 cameras and I can’t stop looking at him shredding that bass
I have seen a few interviews and other bass players. Say he basically redinvented the playing of the bass. Sorry if my spelling is bad I suck at spelling.
@@jimwelsh997 The early rock bassists tended to play root and fifth notes. Entwistle changed all that.
Entwitsle is one of the best bassists ever. #1 or 2.
So true:John was underrated by the public at large cozza his still stage persona🎩
No Band ever had this kind of excitement, tension and musicianship... No band ever could touch The Who on a good day.. no stones, No led zep..no Band ever had this guts and blood in yer face attitude
I met Roger and he described the Who as Sweat, Bollocks and Guts! I met my hero. He was all that. Bill Curbishley too.
This is the only Rock band that has a lead singer, a lead guitarist, a lead bassist and a lead drummer.
Total magical chaos.
Led Zeppelin? Tool? The Mars Volta?
Not really the closest would be led zep with john on the drums but thats it @SpeedOfThought1111
Entwistle cracks me up. Just standing there, holding it down, rock solid, with a just-another-day-at-the-office look on his face.
Pretty much the same with John Deacon who also always looked like he'd be more comfortable with a short back and sides.
Keith wasn't the most technical of drummers but, man, he was the most fun to watch! Saw him many times and I never saw a drummer get through so many sticks - losing them, failing to catch them, throwing them away, breaking them (frequently). He didn't care if he accidentally whacked a rim or knocked over a cymbal, he just carried on like a demented rhythm monster.
Keith Moon was in my opinion the greatest drummer ever and John Entwistle the greatest bass player ever....
That's a valid opinion many would agree with!
That's the greatest opinion of them all.
Indeed
Not sure if you did it, but my favorite Keith performance is A Quick One from the rolling stones rock n roll circus
Moon needed the headphones because they had to match the synthesizer and keep time with that recording.
The moment from Moon's drums kicking in after the break through to Roger's awesome (extended) scream is just peak rock and roll. Not much I've ever seen is better than those few moments.
Keith wore the headphones so he could hear the keyboard parts on Baba and Fooled........The Who is the greatest band ever. Great week.
Roger explains it here... ruclips.net/video/pGEsPQF_1t8/видео.html
The Who's line-up: Pete Townsend, lead guitar, Roger Daltrey, lead vocals, John Entwhistle, lead bass, Keith Moon, lead drums.
This song is from the album "Who's Next" which is arguably their greatest album and one of the greatest rock albums of all time. There's no fillers in there and the arrangements are energizing and still much more controlled than this really wild and chaotic live version.
The isolated bass on this performance is a master class in "more is more". It's just brilliant. How he weaves his bassline around the melody and really drives the song is incredbile.
Entwistle didn't get called Thunderfingers for nothing...
Top 3 bass man in history in my opinion.
RIP The Ox.
Keith was such a epic drummer yet made it look effortless.
Entwistle was a giant on bass. The combo of him & Moon is extraordinary… such a majestic band.
I. Actually. Got better. Than I. Quit
I. Out. Did. Moon. Then. Quit
I. STARTED. ADDING. MY. Own pArts
Entwistle was my favorite member of the band...and I'm a drummer. 😅
TRUTH. I'm a MASSIVE Zep Fan - love The Who as well - BUT "The Ox" was something else! Played it like a LEAD INSTRUMENT all while lookin' all Stoic and serious... his Basslines are INSTANTLY recognizable..."The Real Me" blows the doors off.
You naield it! Keith Moon was a natural musician, one whose only and transcendetal purpose was to serve to the music that was been be played!
You got it!
Pete Townsend looks like he's dead center of a 3 day speed/coke binge.
Yeah…pretty much 😂
Andrew, your comment that Roger nearly lost control of the mic while swinging it, He was/is the master of that mic he could hit somebody 30 feet away from him and did, I think the guy threw a bottle at the band Roger saw who did it and wound the mic up and hit him with it and recovered the mic to carry on with the song.
I'm sure I heard this story or something very similar years ago, but I didn't really believe it at the time. It's a good story and I'd like to think it's true.
@justinchetham-strode5234 I was only listening to an interview with Roger a couple of days ago and it did actually happen. I'm sure you'll be able to find the same interview.
I saw another reaction video on here from a classical singer and of course she loved all this, but the mic stuff scared her. She was not familiar with the antics, but he'd been doing that for so long, and they obviously have the cord wrapped up and down the mic and then covered in gaffer's tape to keep it all together, but it was really fun watching someone who's never seen them perform have this as the intro.
Someone said on the chat that they _knew_ how to put on a show. I saw them six days ago, and I can tell you they _still_ know how to put on a show. Obviously the physical energy isn't as high as on this clip, but they still give 100% of what they've got, and what they've got is little short of miraculous for a 79-year-old and a 78-year-old.
I can't believe how good Roger still sounds. I don't think ANY other rocker's voice has aged that well. He needs to give lessons on keeping your voice healthy.
They’ve always been great live.
Same thing when I saw them do Quadrophenia 10 years ago. Great show. Plus I get a kick out of Zach Starkey on the drums.
To quote a fellow musician from that period, The Who didn't perform - they waged war
Agreed - saw them this week and Roger can still do the high notes and screams.
Your comments, especially toward the end of your reaction were really cool, and as a lifelong fan of Moon's it was fun to hear your breakdown. I think Moon was using the headphones primarily to hear the keyboard/synth bits as his solo was needing to be timed carefully to the end of that passage. It's one of the few solos he ever did, but his fills were legend. My suggestion is to listen to the version of Amazing Journey/Sparks from Live At Leeds album.
Is there a bad live version of that song, anywhere?
Moon was listening to a CLICK TRACK, basically a musical metronone that live shows. Kept him on beat. Nowadays if needed, they earplug click tracks. Watch Baba O Reilly, Moon uses the headphones on this and WHO R U
@@abqbatmobile Neil Peart used a light as a click.
Moon hated having those headphone taped to his head, but they were necessary.
The Who. Maximum R &B. Anyone else remember that? 😊
Andrew you should have watched A Quick One While He’s Away from The Rolling Stones Circus. Ridiculous Moon. 🔥
Yes, "A Quick One" is beyond wild. Moon at his creative and manic best. And the performance was well filmed too. A lot of live Who shows have Moon hidden in the shadows at the back of the stage, or the one camera is mostly focused on Daltrey and Townshend.
Keith's drums were nailed down. If you look closely near the end, Keith tried to destroy the drums. That is why he was able to stand on his drums. Damn things would not budge.
Oh wow. GREAT info
Wow! What a fantastic week this has been here on your channel Andrew! I thank you for covering one of my favorite drummers who I've loved since even before I even knew that I wanted to play myself!
🤘🏼🥁🤘🏼
I gotta also add that you know you've got an epic musician on your hands when you leave with more questions than you went into a performance with! 🤣🤷🏻♂️
John Entwistle was the only member of The Who to have had formal musical training. His parents were musicians. John began taking piano lessons at age 7, switching later to Trumpet, then to the French Horn, and finally Bass when he co-founded a rock band with Pete Townshend in High School.
Roger Daltrey played Franz Liszt in Lisztomania. What I did not know, when I watched it, was Roger Calgary apparently played each selection live while being filmed. That is impressive.
Pete's parents were professional musicians
You have not just been missing out on moon, but quite a catalog of music and talented musicians. I know this is a drum channel; however, you should really checkout the isolated bass video from this same gig. Even if on your own time, its worth your time, Entwistle was voted bass player of the millennium for a reason. I believe he was the only one with musical training in the band... I believe piano and French horn!
This was filmed at their Shepperton Studio (UK) where the Who based themselves for kit & rehearsal space etc. They wanted to capture a live performance under controlled circumstances, so they set up everything as if a regular show and invited fans in see them perform. Keith's kit expanded over the years to be 2 kicks, 2 floor toms, 3 regular mounted toms and an extra row of concert toms on stands positioned in front to the 3 regular toms. Keith wore headphones so that he could hear the pre-recorded synth track and play to it as a click track for this particular song. Classic video of Keith with the headphones is the studio video of Who Are You song where the headphones are gaffer tapped to him on his forehead. Have you see this ? Probably worth a reaction video too
I’ve heard Alien was being filmed on the soundstage next door. They stopped to watch The Who!
The people at this show were from the who’s Fanclub
The organ (pretty sure it was an organ, not a synth) is on stage behind Pete, you can see the keyboardist here and there if you look carefully. I think "live" (meaning a normal tour) the keyboard was recorded, but this was a special performance for "The Kids are Alright".
Moonie had gained a lot of weight and slowed down with each pound he gained. Not in his prime. Sad to see him like this. The spark was still there but not nearly as bright. I think from 1968 to 1973 found Keith at his best.
This is not Moon at his best obviously -- overweight and the toll of years of bad habits have caught up. But to your point, Moon unlike say Bonham, was never a pound the drums as hard as you can player. He had a surprisingly light and fluid touch.
Andrew, you commented that Moon "played two solos on Won't Get Fooled Again". Not exactly. It's more accurate to say the "solo" was really Moon playing drums with the synthesizer track. Moon liked to react and respond. Live, he was almost always watching Townshend, following the melody and hitting the accents. His studio playing sometimes followed the vocals, hitting the phrazing word-for-word. Keith said that "Drum solos are boring, play your solos during the song!" With the studio version, listen to the drum and synth interplay.
One a two superlative drummers,from the two greatest rock bands of all time, gone suddenly, and far to young.
When I saw the who in St Louis in a big arena the electricity went out and we were under emergency lights and they did an acoustic set that was freaking incredible. I've seen a lot of singers Rodger Daltrey can project his voice like none other😊
WOW!
Keith Moon...a metronome like no other. Perfect with Entwistle, the Ox!
💯👌
I believe the current touring drummer for The Who is still Zach Starkey- Ringo Starr’s son. Keith was very close friends with Ringo.
Keith Moon is the godfather of Zak Starkey drummer for the Who since 1996.
Key background - Pete no longer wanted to tour by 1977. So they did this film (Kilburn 1977/Shepperton 1978 shots) as a substitute.
One reason PT decision - Moon's psychological emotional and physical decline from 1975-78. (Much now come to light about group's efforts to help from pre-1975 tour thru 1978). Pete deliberately overcompensating on stage (no drugs) here. This is the second version of this song that day. The director said first cut "wasn't as definitive" as band's historic performances. So there is a bit of deliberate sarcastic caricature here in this clip during PT's initial postings. But PT also tried through exaggerated stances to mask Moon's struggle to recapture his earlier, effortless kinetic explosiveness. The band managment, doctors and entire world then did not understand the physical impact and side effects of the medication Moon was taking to cure his alcohol and other issues. He was not choosing to be "controlled". The audience here was a private, invite only group including Chrissie Hyde of the Pretenders, etc.
As I remember, they recorded this performance for inclusion in the "Kids Are Alright" movie, at the request of the director. The first one wasn't up to their standards so they repeated the show some time later, and the second performance is the one that closes the movie... that's my recollection... I mean, it wasn't done because Pete didn't want to tour (but it's true the Who couldn't tour because of Moon's conditions)...
@@Moonie804 Pete announced his decision to no longer tour to the band right before the Kilburn gig. (Maybe not best timing).
This Shepparton version the second of that day.
Details of PT decision not to tour first broached on Rolling Stone 1978 why who won’t tour cover story.
@@AmaterasuHeika true, I just said that the purpose for this gig was the inclusion in the movie, so the movie was something to offer to the fans since a tour was not going to happen.
The Ox is on FIRE! Love him!
the performance energy is insane. this also proves that townends slide across the stage was not staged as some say
I've seen this song before but only as a single-camera view, I really enjoyed this one, thanks a bunch for showing it. The keyboards in this were an organ passed thru one of the very first synthesizers that Pete was experimenting with. Keith often wore headphones held on with electrical tape, never sure why. I still don't know how he could have played a high-hat with 2 bass drums? The mic swinging by Roger was also very common, he always looped back the flex and taped it to the mic handle so it wouldn't pull out when it was swung.
How were those HUGE bass chords that Entwistle was playing at in the "meet the new boss..." section. What a sound.
As a kid learning how to play by listening to albums, there were three drum gods. Neil Peart, John bonzo, and Keith Moon. These 3 played for the sake of the song. They knew how to please the music gods. The Who was rowdy rock and roll. And the legendary scream was epic. Thank you for a bad ass week.
Name 3 who don't play for the song?
Brilliant Observation! LONG LIVE KEITH MOON...RIP Brother! ...Newk from Kentucky
hey Andrew. Haha yes that's my name, I started playing drums in 1964 and retired a few years back as arthritis and creeping deafness made it really painful to play more than an hour at a time. I am from Texas. I saw The Who twice in Houston - in 1968 and 1972. The 72 concert still ranks as THE best I have ever seen. I was 5th row center stage and I remember my ears rang for 2 days afterwards..( yeah I wear hearing aids these days too, from many concerts and my own performances.) Anyway to answer a couple of your questions about this song.
Moonie had to wear headphones because of the underlying synth pattern that he was mimicing at the beginning. If you listen to the studio version it continues through the whole song and marks major segments in it. Moonie was not concerned about keeping a steady tempo, or even counting measures on stage, and it was always a challenge for the band to figure out where he was bouncing off to. To hear what I am talking about give "Live at Leeds" a listen for a full (nearly complete) live performance from 1970. That was why Entwhistle was the rock and pillar of timekeeping. Oh and yes John Ent grew up playing French Horn and trumpet as a lad. He plays those horns and others on many songs throughout the Who discography.
That entire Who's Next album and the follow up, Quadrophenia, used that synth pattern and variations as a musical click track to make sure Keith would enter and exit and pick up the changes as he should. The music was evolving in complexity and Keith's drinking was affecting his timekeeping more and more.
Keith played "lead drums" often keying his fills and phrasing off the lead guitar. He would use the high hat in the studio but not on stage beginning in 71 or 72. The Tommy Medley required it a bit, but again, he played it with his stage persona, like the Bell Boy of Quadrophenia- "All gilt and flash".
BTW, early on I played Ludwig and Zildjian. Mid career I switched to Premier and Paiste, then Tama and Yamaha. I just gave my 7-piece Tama StarClassic Bubinga kit to my oldest son who also plays, and I have hung on to my Yamaha kit with a variety of Yamaha (2), Gretsch(2) and Pearl (1) snares. I sold my Ludwig 6 1/2" Black Beauty ( recent manufacture) and my 1976 vintage 15" Sound Edge Paiste 2002 high hats online.
"A Quick One While He's Away" Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus ruclips.net/video/RJv2-_--EY4/видео.html
This video links 2 of my graet passions, the WHO, and the film
A L I E N
A L I E N was shot at Shepperton Studios, which the WHO had a part share in
The film was being shot in an adjoining studio - the WHO were making so much noise it interrupted filming- its said some of the cast popped round to see. The lasers you see at the end of the WHO video were borrowed by Ridley Scott and used in the "egg chamber" scene, where Kane finds the Alien egss covered in the layer of mist
That’s awesome. I didn’t know that, and it is so cool!
Moonie the loonie.
Don't do the normal.
My take on this is, Keith Moon could never be able to play like Buddy Rich nor could Buddy Rich be able to play like Keith Moon.
Not in a thousand years.
Rest in peace my friend.
You've done enough to inspire us all.
Entwistle just a mad great talent. Crazy crazy good!
This performance is essentially a warm up for a concert tour that never happened. Moon died.
OK, I'm glad that you will react to this performance of "Won't Get Fooled Again". Most of the band is performing at their mature peak. Townshend, Daltrey, and especially Entwistle are really impressive. Sadly, Moon is playing at about 30%, and would die soon after this final performance. It was rough to watch this Film when it first came out (1979?) I have since learned to be happy that Moon seemed to be enjoying himself with a final "drum bash". To hear the REAL Moon, please react to "Won't Get Fooled Again" from "Who's Next".
Great comment and good news is, he will be reacting to the studio version as well.
30% is about right. I think he's not restrained, he just can't do any more.
I wondered why Keith seemed so subdued, now I understand. It's so long ago now that I'd forgotten / not realised how near to the end of his life this show took place. At his energetic best, he was incredible to watch and a real showman.
@@finessemuse2123is he really?
@@finessemuse2123 Hi Finessemuse, glad to hear that Andrew will be doing the studio version too. It's my favorite of all Moons drumming. Although the song's structure is the same throughout, Moon keeps changing the drum patterns, so each section feels different. Then the drums go totally wild leading up to the synth break near the end. The "drum solo" after the break is more famous, but it's that drum madness before the break that really needs to be commented on.
I always felt that Townshend’s guitar destruction was an exclamation point, as if to say that this specific performance can no longer be repeated.
I saw him destroy a Telecaster in Oakland on their 1982 "Farewell Tour." Mid-song it cut out, and Pete hit the head on the amp, then went full 60's Pete.
Entwhistle's isolated bass of this performance - ruclips.net/video/80dsyo2Ox-0/видео.html
Keith was listening to a click track, because this song has those recorded synth sections. Pete had Moon working with a click track starting with this album. In this video, you can see Keith's assistant Dougal Butler (blond guy with beard and a red shirt) putting on the gaffer tape. He's probably the one who set off the gong. Dougal Butler's biography of Keith is a short, VERY funny, very affectionate recounting of his time with Keith. Dougal's job was to keep Keith alive and out of prison/hospital/insane asylum. This was a daily and endlessly entertaining struggle. The book is called Full Moon in some countries, it has an alternative title I can't remember. Keith was wild and destructive, but also a warm and kind soul, with a massively infectious sense of fun. He was no Ginger Baker, personality wise. He didn't have rivalries, wasn't competing with anyone, and had absolutely zero sense of malice. It's hard not to like him.
I would be surprised if it were Dougal: we was no longer in Keith’s or the band’s employment by this point. It’s just a roadie.
@@martyhopkirk6826 oh, you're right. thank you so much!
My theory is Keith was super extreme ADHD, which nobody really knew much about at that time. Untreated ADHD can look a lot like... well, Keith - thrill-seeking, abusing drugs (partly as self-medication), prone to physical accidents, all that stuff. Add an unlimited drug budget and the pressure to maintain commercial success and it's hard to see him surviving.
Pete Townshend - EMS VCS 3, Lowrey organ
It's on a tape
To elaborate: The organ is running through the synth; the filter is being modulated slowly; the VCA is gated by a square wave.
Good God it does not get any better than The Who. They don't make bands like this anymore.
This mix is so good. With decent earbuds, I feel like I could easily focus on any one of them.
The Who’s destruction of their kit started early in their career. The band was playing in a small venue and Townsend accidentally put his guitar neck through the ceiling. Mad at damaging his guitar, he then smashed it on the floor. The crowd thought it was part of the act, and went wild. So they got a reputation for doing something like that at the end of shows. When they went on TV for a performance, they decided to put some explosives in Moon’s kit. It’s believed that the idea was to have a kind of primitive light show to end the performance, but Moon put too much inside his drum, and the explosion actually singed Townsend’s hair and caused some permanent hearing loss.
They did tone down the gear destruction part of the act, limiting it to kicking over cymbal stands and tossing Daltry’s Mike into the drum kit as they walked off stage.
Because Townsend and Entwistle often played other instruments as part of the studio albums (keys for Townsend and horns for Entwistle), they resorted to backing tracks to add in the parts that they couldn’t play onstage.
Exactly! The destruction started accidentally, but they felt compelled to keep it part of the show.
One of the greatest rock performances of all time, from the whole band but also from [very distant] cousin Keith. At this point he was newly sober after a lifetime of debauchery, and was "all there" for this concert. It's amazing to me to see modern rock drummers posing in the gym before big concerts and running and all that; in my day, if they needed a bit more energy to get through a tour they just popped more pills, etc. lol.
Keith didn't adhere to any rules of drumming, as you mentioned. Keith did Keith, and it's interesting to note that he didn't necessarily hit very hard. As for the hi-hat, I seem to recall that he never used one, but I can't remember where I heard it haha. He would have got his start around trad jazz drummers back in the early 60s, although by the time he hit the scene it was a bit more straight ahead rock.
The headphone thing was probably as much to do with the fact that, like most rockers of this era, he had been exposed to insanely loud stage sound for many years and was stone deaf. You have to remember that, before effective stage monitors and decent quality sound systems, the huge amps had to project out to the audience. This is an innovation from Jim Marshall amongst others (Pete used Hiwatts). They'd stack and bridge the amp heads until they got loud enough to reach the back of the venue. The speakers would be placed behind the drummer so he could hear them, but I'm sure in many cases he probably couldn't hear his own drums.
And as for the destruction of instruments, I grew up almost expecting it. It's just how you express the passion of the music and... it's fun if you've got the dosh to buy new ones after each show lol.
The synth you hear was programmed by Pete. He was very much an innovator, and was experimenting with
There can’t be two more different drumming styles than Keith Moon and Neil Peart but both brilliant
moon was pearts inspiration
A fantastic video to react to would be A Quick One (While He’s Away) from Rock and Roll Circus. You’ll see a bit of Moon the Loon, but as you say, the music is king & it’s one of the greatest live performances ever.It’s a mini opera that’s fun & shows each one at their best.
The isolated Entwiatle bass is just fantastic. It's been up awhile--the six split camera is cool.
Entwistle said once he developed part of his technique in response to a pre-Moon drummer who didn’t use his kick drum well. The bass provided that sound from the way he attacked the string. Add Moon on top of that and we get a sound never heard before.
Put some time aside. Put your headphones on and listen to Tommy, Who’s next and Quadrophenia and listen to how the music production and structure changes over the for years.
Tommy was recorded on an 8 track desk through to Quadrophenia recorded on a purpose built multi channel quadrophonic desk.
Keith was such a weird (in a good way) drummer. He was a lead drummer and didn't focus on timekeeping. Timekeeping was mostly done by John Entwistle.
Moon provided the color and energy
Keith was a shell of himself by '78, with declining health. Earlier renditions are more dynamic and show him in his prime. High hat needed to play a lot of the material on Who Are You.
There is a reason why Entwistle was called The Ox
Lots of background for this clip, 1, the director of movie, Jeff Stein had the movie finished and was missing the signature version of this and baba O'Reilly, put concert and it flopped, then he set this show up in the studio and they nailed it, that's Jeff Stein running on stage at the end because he knew he had the shot to make the movie 2, the movie "alien" was filming next door, the was invited to the show, they were so impressed by the laser show that the used them in the movie
Andrew you need to listen to Bargain on Who’s next.
So, it's kind of interesting, and sad, but he was certainly in bad health and out of shape for playing on this gig, but he still did really well. It's just that physically he wasn't up to where he had been.
His work starting at 13:53 is a thing of beauty. Most musical drummer I think there has ever been.
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Bit of The Who geekdom I am sure someone else has told you. The LEGEND Keith Moon is the inspiration behind The Muppets character Animal. A super chill & polite & loving guy to just be around. At a party a total Animal. & on stage... Able to flip from that party Animal style of almost organised chaos, to 100% total control in the blink of an eye. Jim Henson confirmed
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If you don't throw your guitar at a cymbal at the end of a gig, then you're just not trying.
BAHAHAHA
Yeah, it's not a straightforward click track he's listening to. It's the organ part, which is pre-recorded (indeed, it's the part from the studio recording). By this stage, he did, as you mention, have a hi-hat on the kit, but it was clamped shut. As for Entwistle's musical background: he was a trained brass player who played in the Middlesex Youth Orchestra.
I think he was the only musically trained band member.
Kenny Jones has a video out where he discusses the need to hear the Synths when playing in The Who, but back in those days it was all tape, that would often slow down. Digital changed all of that.
Keith is playing so 'lightly' because he was so ill. this is one of his final, if not the final performance, before his death. his addictions had really caught up to him by this time.
That’s really sad
I belive his sober here and therefore had more control too. But yes he was realy ill. I remember in a video the rest of the band talked about this video and all noticed that Keith lacked in energy. He was on sedatives and pills trying to quit his adiction at the time. He laso had gained lots in weight. Thoese pills acually were the cause of his death because he OD on them.
Moonie had his kits made to order by Premier, his preferred brand, and whose specs included all tom supports/brackets made of solid steel given his habitual mistreatment of his instruments - which explains how he was able to climb over the kit without it collapsing at the end of the show.
Haha! Awesome
Hi Andrew, I would recommend Overture on the Tommy album. His playing sounds like a symphony!! Also check out A Quick One While He's Away from the Rolling Stones Rock'n'Roll Circus and finally check out the track Cobwebs & Strange for some drum lunacy. Cheers, enjoy your channel.
The Who.... best classic rock band.
The Who , Who's Next ...best classic rock studio album.
The Who ...Live At Leeds...Best
classic rock live album.
All just my opinions. Plus....Townshend's song writing
Great breakdown of a great song.
Thanks Andrew
Entwistle was known as "Thunderfingers" and "The Ox" !!
Moon's drum kit was nailed to the floor.
Entwhistle and Townsend grew up with music. Entwhistle playing trumpet . They played no rock influenced music .
Moon is keeping the band in time with the synthesiser track.
Open ended for Pete's improv and close, but the track always lasted 8'32" to then...
"Young mans blues" by the Who live is epic !! Moony is awesome his stage interactions with Townsend are quite entertaining to say the least
So, so good. Thanks for this. I'd never seen it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Moon was having trouble towards the end, gained a lot of weight, and the alcohol had really taken it’s toll on his once wild and chaotic drumming. A very sad ending to his great drumming career. Unfortunately he died after recording Who are You. How ironic his back album cover picture, “not to be taken away”.
John Entwistle was the only band member with Musical training, starting as a brass horn player at school. He reportedly played trad jazz in one gig with Pete Townsend then moved on to playing Rock on guitar and bass, before joining the Detours, who became the Who. Probably the most musically competent in the group. He and Pete swap Rhythm and lead between them. He was a very influential bassist.
I found out that Keith Moon was buddies with Alice Cooper. Alice had to leave the house for a couple weeks. When Alice came back Moon greeted him at the door in a French maid outfit. lmfao. Keith had to be carried off the stage as a result of some non prescription drugs he was on. Pete asked the crowd if anybody played the drums. This was at the Cow Palace in San Fran. Yea, Keith had a few demons to deal with.
That there's about as rock 'n roll as rock 'n roll gets.
That was incredible!! Was Keith possibly wearing noise-canceling headphones? I didnt see a wire, and wireless was pretty rare back then.
Neither wireless nor noise cancelling technology existed in 78. I was studying physics then and the concept was only just being researched. I think the first ones were released in 89 or early 90’s. Computing power in 78 couldn’t handle noise cancelling.
This was a one-off gig in front of an invited audience, live footage was needed to enhance the “Kids are alright” movie…..they were under rehearsed and Pete didn’t want it to go ahead.
Keith is a shadow of himself here, near the end of his life, the drugs had taken their toll.
To see Keith at his best, consider watching the Isle of Wight video, particularly “Young man blues”.
Moon at this point we all know was a shadow of his former self. Check out 1970 or 72. Not the same guy. Still my favorite and grew up wanting to be him. ❤
Keith Moon,when this was recorded was so out of shape and had not played that they overdubbed his playing afterwards.
This was filmed for the film 'the kids are alright'
Amazing bass playing by Entwistle..as usual.
To see Keith Moon's genius you should react to amazing journey/sparks live 1969-70, his performance is truly god like......
The Ox (Entwistle), the quietest guy in person but the loudest guy on stage. I have heard that John got bigger amps to hear himself over Moonie and Pete got bigger amps to hear himself over The Ox. I have also heard that when Roger would ask John to turn it down he would turn it up further. The Ox: Stoic but plays very loud - so much so that I understand towards the end of his life John was reading lips because his hearing was so trashed. Of course we all know Pete and Roger's hearing is also completely trashed.
If you play rock, please wear hearing protection. Being cool when you are younger is not worth being deaf when you are older
Keith famously didn't use a hi-hat. Obviously he did on "Who Are You". But I don't think he even had one in his kit until the early seventies.
I would argue that Entwistle was the most creative bass player in the history of rock.
Hi Andrew, I liked your comment "he always put the music first". Wild Moon was a drum artist. Watch hundreds of live videos, Keith was always "in the music" and "for the music". His crash and ride cymbals were constant, yet he would silence them with his hands when the music needed quiet. He talked about not hitting the bass pedal while hitting a crash, to emphasise the "high" of the crash. He had the most inventive technique in his early playing, true artistry in Tommy, and mature rhythmic playing on Who's Next and Quadrophenia.
I. Am. His. Biggest fan
I've. Watched. All videos. I've. Only. Seen. Him. Screw. Up 2. Times
I seen. The. Who at. The. Silverdale. Keith. Showed. Up. 4. Half. A song. I. K own. What. I. Seen
That. Was. 40. Years. Ago
I was. Unhappy. With. Kenny. Jones the. 1. So g. He. Nails was. Sister. Disco
He’s playing to a click track. He’s not playing them as hard because he can’t anymore. He’s washed at this point. But together they’re amazing.
The keyboard and acoustic guitar tracks were pre-recorded and were pumped into Moon's headphones so that the band was in sync. And Daltrey prefigures Robert Plant by several years; he certainly did not follow - let alone emulate - Plant.
The greatest live band in Rock history. Next question…..
That's not control - he lacked the natural energy, stamina, and expressive imagination by this point, as the drugs and booze took their toll. Hell, look at his stomach! He was only 32 years old!