The Who at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA on 20 November 1973

(**alt aud. edit) The Punk and the Godfather
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You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you
Your axe belongs to a dying nation
They don't know that we own you
You're watching movies trying to find the feelers
You only see what we show you
We're the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach
And yet I've lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown
And on the dance floor broken glass
And bloody faces slowly pass
The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me, you know (okay!)
You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation
My, my, my, my, my generation

[@marcbolan1818]

Greatest rock band of all time. Mic drop

[@PercyHepworthMusic]

Great to hear John so high in the mix, can't believe some of the lines he's playing, loved it, thanks for posting.

[@donbreton]

Great comment about Entwistle and the mix level......Quadrophenia was possibly his peak bass playing

[@golf4ubacknine768]

Great footage ❤️🎸

[@TheWhoVault]

BASS

[@donbreton]

I was there. Keith passed out halfway through the show, and this is the opening night of the Quadrophenia tour, first time playing to pre recorded synthesizer tapes for Quadrophenia. Finally after the Townsend announcement, that Keith was finished for the night, Townsend asked the audience If anyone knew how to play drums, and Scott H came up and jammed with The Who to finish the show!!!!!

[@TheWhoVault]

he made it near the end of the show.. I have it all on tape

[@donbreton]

@@TheWhoVault I my recollection accurate?

[@TheWhoVault]

@@donbreton Scott played 2 songs

[@TeijoKhanfan]

Can anybody play the drums? 🥁 I mean somebody good.

[@donbreton]

The guy that came up after Keith passed out was Scott H. I was there!

[@toxic_badasss9656]

Do you have anymore Cow Palace gig footage????

[@TheWhoVault]

all

[@toxic_badasss9656]

@@TheWhoVault That's great to know, I would love to see that, especially Scott getting in the hot seat :)

[@toxic_badasss9656]

I actually just watched the Cow Palace gig, B/W (which I really don't mind) but pretty poor audio, Keith's drums are not loud enough which actually sounds bizarre, if there's a cleaned up audio version of this imo I think it could be one of their greatest live performances and Keith bless him almost made it to the end.
The audio in your vid is real good.

[@TheWhoVault]

@@toxic_badasss9656 flown in

[@MackeyWilliams]

@@TheWhoVault tease

[@chrissnape9537]

Is this in the San Francisco area where the California Golden Seals NHL team played

[@TheWhoVault]

and then moved to Oakland Arena

[@chrissnape9537]

@The Who Vault cool thanks

[@trishjohn6050]

The Sharks played there originally too.