The Who IS rock and roll, in my opinion. Like there is no other band that more purely embodies the concept of rock and roll in the culture's mind. The rawness, the energy, the improvisation, the rebellion, the spectacle, the volume.
In '75, I turned 18, graduated HS, and could buy beer. I saw Jaws in the theater and the "Frampton Comes Alive" tour in the summer, but the absolute highlight of the year was seeing The Who with Mooney in November. I've seen The Stones twice and Zep once, but that is still my favorite concert memory. I saw the Tommy tour twice in '89 and saw them once again in the early 2000s, before John passed. Greatest live band ever. I liked Tommy and Who's Next, but Quadrophenia and the tune, "Naked Eye", is what turned me into a Who fan. Another 10 from Pete. Genius lyrics.
The reason why the quality of this footage is so good is that it was created specifically to add some live performances to the rockumentary film, 'The Kids Are Alright'. Produced by Jeff Stein, the movie documents the career of the Who on record and on stage. Stein set up a 'gig' at the Shepperton Film Studios just outside of London (Brit Hollywood) in front of a full film production team - so the 'gig' is essentially a film set with the action caught on movie quality 35mm film. So good. Probably the last time the Who sounded 'peak' as Keith became ill and died soon after.
I agree. Great movie Stacey if you can find it. Great look into the band and comedic relief provided by Keith. Congrats BTW. 116,000 subs. Rock on young Lady!
Ill, as in full blown alcoholism. Died from overdose on anti-withdrawal drugs he should probably not have had unsupervised. Assumed to be accidental overdose.
When this rockumentary came out in 1979 it was on Showtime which demonstrates the quality of the production. I think I watched it five or six times. I also have the album.
Daltrey does a fine job on the harmonica at the end. What he plays is actually sufficiently reminiscent of the guest-artist violin solo that's on the studio album, Who's Next, one of the greatest in rock.
This was filmed in the same hangar built specifically for the Rebel Base in the original Star Wars movie. The largest sound stage in Europe at the time. They shipped in busloads of Who fans for it. They only wanted to film Baba O'Riley" & "Won't Get Fooled Again" for "The Kids are Alright" film about the band, but the band came back on and did a short set afterwards.
I don't do too many recommendations but "The real Me" is one of the best bass/ lead songs in history! John did it tongue in cheek in the studio alone but the band loved it and used his version on the album. Plus it's some of Pete's most rebellious songs. Roger's vocals are haunting in it. Please react to it🤗
Agree. As a progressive rock fan, the best double-length concept album isn't The Wall or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or Tales from Topographic Oceans but Quadrophenia. From (I Am The Sea)The Real Me to Love Reign O'er Me, it holds your attention from start to finish. Pete doesn't have one Magnum Opus but rather many several.
Great reaction. I have a true story about The Who. In the early 60's they were called The High Numbers, and played a gig in Southampton, about 70 miles from London, in a very small local pub called The Cliff, which had a back room for bands, albeit on a very small scale. A few years later,when I was old enough to go in pubs, it bacame my local, and all the regulars used to point out to a small hole in the ceiling where Pete Townsend smashed the neck of his guitar..I bet the pub landlord went crazy,..they were'nt famous then. Pete was obviously honing his act for later years.
Fantastic reaction! The recorded this for their documentary, The Kids Are Alright. Hence it's on film they use for movies. They have the Ox cam on this video where you only see John!
Over 40years of watching this and I still get goosebumps…..got extra goosebumps watching you react to the band who have helped me through my life….thank you…
I think that of all the great rock bands, The Who had the most dynamics in their songs and live show. They could write and play great songs, and the shifts between heavy chords and quiet, or even moments of silence between, and their incredible musicianship, made them a unique sound and band.
John pioneered this sound that other bass greats would later use, like Chris Squire! He split the frequencies between pickups (I believe). He could toggle between or blend high and low frequencies. He would approach six string guitar frequencies. This actually made him the who's secret weapon. While pete was dancing around, ripping power chords with occasional solos, or smashing a guitar with no lead plugged in, you'd be hearing a whole lot of john and thinking its Pete. You seem to pick up on his playing a lot, which is cool. Check out the isolated bass track (ox cam) from wont get fooled again from this concert. Or check out 5:15 with bass solo from royal Albert hall... understand why he was voted bassist of the millennium! 😊
Always proud to say I'm old enough to have seen all the cool bands, including The Who, both with and after Moonie. The energy they put out live is utterly amazing. Cheers....
The Who is one of my favorite groups, all time. Their songs not only rock, but Pete Townsend's songwriting is also complex and intelligent, both musically and often lyrically. It was such a great combination of a great songwriter (Townsend), one of the great rock vocalists in Daltry, and a Top 5 Bassist and Drummer. To really appreciate Entwhistle's Bass performances and incredible performances you should totally look up isolated videos of his bass lines. My dad has always espoused this as one of the great album openers of all time, and I have to say I agree with him.
Entwistle (commonly referred to as Johnny Twinklefingers!) told a story years ago about recording the song MY GENERATION-in it, he has a bass ‘solo’ ( really just a long bass fill-several, actually) that he played on a Danelectro Bass. It had a very crunchy sound and you couldn’t get the strings separately from the bass guitar; they were only sold together. He kept breaking strings and had to buy a whole new Danelectro Bass (which weren’t cheap)! He ended up buying 4 of them in order to finish recording the song! But the result was phenomenal! He and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) are only now getting the recognition they deserve as two of the Best bass guitarists to ever walk the planet
I feel lucky to have seen Roger and John play this in the early 2000's, They also had Ringo's son on drums, and I think the guitarist was a relation to Pete. They also Played the entire album of Quadrophenia with a 39-piece orchestra. The part where Roger played the harmonica, they had a 21yo musician from Julliard play on violin, totally nailed it. And Roger had one of the most powerful voices I have heard. My ears rang for 3 days after this concert.
Dec 5th 1975 Chicago. Song #4 was Baba O Reilly. My favorite song of theirs at the time. When Pete brought the power chords in i was a most happy teenager. Thanks Stacey! Always enjoy your reactions. Rock on!
Thanks for reacting to them. I seen them live at the Anaheim stadium at an all day music festival lots of great bands, the Who came on at twilight and it was the best show I've been to. It was also the loudest performance I ever heard, you could feel the bass going through your seat and body.
It’s been great watching you go down the rabbit hole with the Who. They were arguably the first rock band I ever liked, and Pete’s writing and playing were both huge musical influences to me. :)
These performances were used in the theatrical documentary "The Kids Are Alright" which i saw as a teen. I'm thinking the footage was filmed with movie equipment is the best guess for the amazing quality.
This is probably one of the best recordings of this song, imo. The story of this movie is pretty incredible. It was made by a super fan, with the help of the band. I'm old and I never get sick of it.
The Quality of this footage is so good, because it was recorded on film not on video and it was remastered in the early 2000's for the dvd release of the Who's movie ' The Kids are alright '.🙂
John's 3-finger right hand style, he said came from when he played the trumpet & french horn as a youth. John's overdriven guitar like distorted sound was the first and defined rock bass till this day. Chris Squire of Yes and of coarse Geddy Lee of Rush are disciples of this tone. Other bassist that use a 3 finger style but not in quite the same manner are Steve Harris-Iron Maiden and Billy Sheehan-David Lee Roth, Mr. Big & Winery Dogs.
Fun fact: Baba O'Riley was the very first song that WKLS (96 Rock) in Atlanta played when they changed formats from easy listening back in 1974! 96 Rock along with KROK in LA defined the Album Oriented Rock format and had a large influence on bands that wanted to get their songs played on the air! It's one of the great classics and your video is great as always!
The comments you make about the who is similar to what I say about you. You give your all every time and you always make me smile. Thank you for another awesome reaction!!
Thanks for this analysis. The Who has been my favorite band since 1977. To appreciate and see more of John Entwistle's talent, there are several tracks such as "The real me" from the album Quadrophenia in 1973 (with a Keith Moon in superb form), "amazing journey/sparks" from Tommy live in 1989 or "5.15" live at the RAH in London in 2000 with an extraordinary bass solo and finally we can add "Dreaming from the Waist" from 1975, "Heaven and Hell" Live 1970, "Eminence front" Live in 1982,...
You deserve to Listen to the Studio cuts of these Live sessions (Baba ..., Won't Get Fooled..., Who Are You...), they are just musically engineered PERFECTION! The end of this is not done with a harmonica, rather the crescendo is built using a fiddle! Those vinyl records are over 50 years old.
this song was used as the theme tune for CSI New York and their song Won,t Get Fooled Again/and parts of Who Are You was used as the theme tune for CSI Miami
Loved your reaction, Stacey. This track opened their epic 1971 album "Who's Next," though instead of Roger playing harmonica, a guest artist plays violin. Very, very cool. The album -- track for track -- is considered amongst the greatest of all time. 😊
I’ve seen the Who several times including the first time for their “farewell” tour in 1980 (😀)and at the Hollywood Bowl a couple days after Entwistle died. More recently with just the two and Ringo’s son Zack drumming they continue to put on an amazing show. I hear Daltry says touring is finally winding down but if you have a chance to see them don’t hesitate.
This song is my phone's morning alarm clock. Also, not always the case but more often than not, bass players are usually the most chill members of any band.
This track is regarded as a WHO top 5 song and was meant to feature in Pete’s second rock musical “THE LIGHTHOUSE, but unfortunately it never happened and the songs already written became the 1971 WHOS NEXT album.
Good reaction . . . You nailed it! 1978 . . . Those were "discovery" years in music . . . And in life. Everything went . . . And there were no anomosities towards each other . . . Just discovering life and enjoying what it had to bring
“Keith actually looks toned down for this performance” 2 seconds later Keith absolutely destroys his drums on the most impossible scheme ever while synchronizing perfectly with that epic harmonica. Seriously listen to his drums during that. It’s insane.
Yah, The Who are an avalanche of exuberance. It's a jack-n-the-box of fun every time, whenever you need them. The Who may not be perfect for every mood, but everyone has a mood sometimes when The Who are the perfect answer.
One thing to remember about these older vids/concerts was that there were no video monitors yet. They played big, cause they wanted the guy and girl in the back row to have an awesome experience too. You’ll see 70s &80s they often had exaggerated movements. But yeah. A lot was just from pure energy. It wasn’t faked.
On the deluxe version of the dvd of "The Kids Are Alright" in the extras there are a couple of songs where you can select a member of the band and you can watch unbroken angles of that performer through the entire song.
The bass is so important in The Who, that I think John just can't give it the same energy as the others, as his fingers are constantly going at 100mph.❤
Saw them a bunch of times myself and included a couple times in the 70s, they blew me away every single time, the first time they destroyed the stage at the end as Entwhistle tried to blow the PA System!
Not sure about that - it would be very unprofessional when they are shooting a feature film. My interpretation is that the cameras had an effect on him.
@@ViscountVile um... you realize at this point in the music scene (and really in general) everyone and their brother was coked out of their mind right? Lol I'm just sayin. Like Zeppelin did the whole film "The Song Remains the Same coked out of their minds in this same era
Apparently the windmill arms and jumping around the Peter Townsend does is that he discovered early on that he actually played guitar better if he was paying attention to anything but what his fingers are doing, hence the wild theatrics.
As others have stated, this was originally filmed for a documentary on the band and since it was going to run in theaters 35mm film was used(standard for movies at the time). And years ago a anniversary edition of the documentary was offered so the entire film was cleaned up digitally, and that is what you are seeing here. The original VHS tapes looked good, but nothing like it does here. And The Who's management weren't typical music guys, and they saw the band as a "product" to be sold, so most of their career was filmed and there is tons of great footage out there(and most is of great quality. Sadly, not all bands had this approach and a group like Van Halen has very little decent footage of them in there best years. Eddie also developed a "protective" stance on his early playing, as to not be ripped off, and that is another reason they done have much footage. Which is a shame, as they were such an amazing band, and unless you lived it at the time, your not likely to ever see those great performances. Stuff like this from The Who is why I became such a HUGE fan, as they have such great archival footage that you feel like you were right there at the time.
This performance and Won't Get Fooled Again were filmed for a documentary movie called The Kids Are Alright. That's why you have such high film quality.
The audience here is largely the film crew for “Alien” which, by coincidence, is being made in the studio next door. The film crew gave The Who the idea to pioneer laser light effects in a rock act.
La musique peut te faire rire, sourire ou pleurer. Pleurer parce que la musique te prend aux tripes ou parce qu'elle fait référence à un souvenir personnel douloureux. La musique est quelque chose de puissant. Il faut à tout prix la préserver.
I was absolutely mad for The Who in ‘78-‘79. The world received “Who Are You”, and 2 films, “ The Kids Are Alright” & “Quadrophenia”. Unfortunately we also tragically lost the great Keith Moon just four months after this performance of Baba O’Riley. 46 years later I’m still saddened and Moonie is missed by every drummer on the planet!
Jeff Stein needed more footage of The Who's concert favorites for the film this came from. He was standing just out of shot and the band (Pete in particular) were becoming very annoyed with him for making them do multiple takes. This was late summer of 1978 at Shepperton Studios (which The Who co-owned) It's been rumored that at one point the headphones on Keith's head CAUGHT FIRE! 🤣🤣 Roger's harmonica part was played by a fiddle on the original studio version some years prior to this.
@OnTe_legrem-StaceyRpg01 Ok, Pete & Rog have said in various interviews over the years that Keith's Headphone began to smoke near the end of the day filming. Sadly it occurred when the camera's were shut off. they said he laughed it off and went and had a large brandy 🥃🥃
More Who recommendations: From Quadrophenia: Helpless Dancer (Roger’s Theme), Bell Boy (Keith’s Theme), Doctor Jimmy (includes Is It Me?, which is John’s Theme), Love, Reign O’er Me (Pete’s Theme). From the early days: Boris the Spider For viewing: The Kids Are Alright as it pretty much gives you a full-on overview/crash course of classic Who. My dad, when he was in college, saw this in the theatre and he and his friend kept pestering the projectionist to raise the volume. =]
I agree, I don't know how Pete Townsend plays being so animated. When I'm playing my Les Paul, it's exhausting. The guitar is super heavy. Just standing there after like a half hour my shoulders start to hurt
Awesome reaction again. This song brings back some great memories. It was a landslide write in for our class song for the Class of 1983, Grayling High School, Grayling Michigan.
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN; MAGIC BUS (Live At Leeds); MY GENERATION; THE SEEKER; SQUEEZE BOX; SLIP KID; EMINENCE FRONT; BORIS THE SPIDER and too many more to mention here.
Hey, Stacey. LONG LIVE ROCK, THE REAL ME, BEHIND BLUE EYES, and SQUEEZE BOX are loaded up for listening pleasure. Just pull the trigger on the Who and blow out you ears with their music. I believe at one time, the Who was known as the Loudest Band in the World. Keep going and enjoy the music.
I was so glad to be a teenager is the mid 60's when The Who appeared on the scene. They were simply fantastic. Keith Moon one of the greatest drummers IMO.
One of my favourite Who songs and a brilliant performance here. As you say Stacey, there's an amusing contrast between the hyperactive performances from Roger, Pete & Keith in contrast to John playing his bass in such a chilled manner. Sadly Keith died shortly after this performance.
The Who produced a feature film based on their Quadrophenia album. Based on Pete's youth, great music (natch), and even has Sting in his first on-screen appearance. Very much worth your time. And, although I wasn't around in 1964, I knew a Steph..in 1979. Good days. God, please send me back!
So damn fun. It's a party with my therapy dog of 14 years & myself. I need to get off here make some breakfast I am just hooked on your reactions & how real you are about it. Awesome sauce for the ears. Plus you are definitely easy on the eyes. Lol love it. I support a lot of people that do this on here but you might be the best.
The Who IS rock and roll, in my opinion. Like there is no other band that more purely embodies the concept of rock and roll in the culture's mind. The rawness, the energy, the improvisation, the rebellion, the spectacle, the volume.
The only band in the history of music with a lead singer, lead guitarist, lead bass player, and a lead drummer.🤯
Hmmm what about Zeppelin???? I would say they were 4 individual GOAT.
Entwistle's bass tone in this performance is powerful enough to level small towns. Great job and great choice!
The only creatures on God's Green Earth that get more pleasure from John Entwistle's Bass than us mere mortals are Whales at the bottom of the Sea.
Lolllllll, graet comment 😂😊✌️
There is isolated bass video for Won't Get Fooled Again, certainly. Not sure about Baba O'Riley, though.
John Entwhistle is certainly missed RIP THUNDER FINGERS
Big influence on my playing early on. TOWNSENDS OFF BEAT CRAP IS A NOSE FULL COKE
In '75, I turned 18, graduated HS, and could buy beer. I saw Jaws in the theater and the "Frampton Comes Alive" tour in the summer, but the absolute highlight of the year was seeing The Who with Mooney in November. I've seen The Stones twice and Zep once, but that is still my favorite concert memory. I saw the Tommy tour twice in '89 and saw them once again in the early 2000s, before John passed. Greatest live band ever.
I liked Tommy and Who's Next, but Quadrophenia and the tune, "Naked Eye", is what turned me into a Who fan. Another 10 from Pete. Genius lyrics.
The reason why the quality of this footage is so good is that it was created specifically to add some live performances to the rockumentary film, 'The Kids Are Alright'. Produced by Jeff Stein, the movie documents the career of the Who on record and on stage. Stein set up a 'gig' at the Shepperton Film Studios just outside of London (Brit Hollywood) in front of a full film production team - so the 'gig' is essentially a film set with the action caught on movie quality 35mm film. So good. Probably the last time the Who sounded 'peak' as Keith became ill and died soon after.
I agree. Great movie Stacey if you can find it. Great look into the band and comedic relief provided by Keith. Congrats BTW. 116,000 subs. Rock on young Lady!
Ill, as in full blown alcoholism. Died from overdose on anti-withdrawal drugs he should probably not have had unsupervised. Assumed to be accidental overdose.
@shegocrazy Yes, ill as in alcoholism. It's a disease.
When this rockumentary came out in 1979 it was on Showtime which demonstrates the quality of the production. I think I watched it five or six times. I also have the album.
@@shegocrazynot an overdose he had anaphylactic reaction to that drug and died from that
John hangs back like a Dad observing his crazy kids. He was a powerhouse. He didn't need to move around much run around the stage.
Bill Wyman did the same thing. He watched the three of them carrying on and he and Charlie calmly held everything down.
That is the perfect analogy, I never heard it put that way before
Daltrey does a fine job on the harmonica at the end. What he plays is actually sufficiently reminiscent of the guest-artist violin solo that's on the studio album, Who's Next, one of the greatest in rock.
The Who at Woodstock is one to watch. Totally iconic performance. Townshend had his drink spiked with acid but still plays like a beast!
This was filmed in the same hangar built specifically for the Rebel Base in the original Star Wars movie. The largest sound stage in Europe at the time. They shipped in busloads of Who fans for it. They only wanted to film Baba O'Riley" & "Won't Get Fooled Again" for "The Kids are Alright" film about the band, but the band came back on and did a short set afterwards.
I don't do too many recommendations but "The real Me" is one of the best bass/ lead songs in history! John did it tongue in cheek in the studio alone but the band loved it and used his version on the album. Plus it's some of Pete's most rebellious songs. Roger's vocals are haunting in it. Please react to it🤗
Agree!!! Some of the best bass playing!!
Agree. As a progressive rock fan, the best double-length concept album isn't The Wall or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or Tales from Topographic Oceans but Quadrophenia. From (I Am The Sea)The Real Me to Love Reign O'er Me, it holds your attention from start to finish. Pete doesn't have one Magnum Opus but rather many several.
@@Bob-yy5wn Quadrophenia is an awesome album!
Great reaction. I have a true story about The Who. In the early 60's they were called The High Numbers, and played a gig in Southampton, about 70 miles from London, in a very small local pub called The Cliff, which had a back room for bands, albeit on a very small scale. A few years later,when I was old enough to go in pubs, it bacame my local, and all the regulars used to point out to a small hole in the ceiling where Pete Townsend smashed the neck of his guitar..I bet the pub landlord went crazy,..they were'nt famous then. Pete was obviously honing his act for later years.
Stop it bot!😡@OnTe_legrem-StaceyRpg01
Fantastic reaction!
The recorded this for their documentary, The Kids Are Alright. Hence it's on film they use for movies. They have the Ox cam on this video where you only see John!
Over 40years of watching this and I still get goosebumps…..got extra goosebumps watching you react to the band who have helped me through my life….thank you…
Yes. This.
Great reaction, Stacey! Saw this live in Pittsburgh back in the mid 70s. Best concert I've attended! The entire Who's Next LP is fantastic.
Yes, live 70s WHO was as good as it gets, Springfield MA & Boston. Pete & Keith destroyed the stage the first time I saw them. They were Rock n Roll!
This is the epic tone of Alembic basses.
I think that of all the great rock bands, The Who had the most dynamics in their songs and live show. They could write and play great songs, and the shifts between heavy chords and quiet, or even moments of silence between, and their incredible musicianship, made them a unique sound and band.
Saw them twice, and the crowds received all that energy and sent it right back at them. Easily one of the best bands ever!! Rock On Stacey!! ❤
John's Bass alone is an arena filling force
They shot this on a sound stage at Shepperton Studios in London!
The Ox was the glue that held all that chaos together.
@@chuckwhite3176 I'd argue he was the greatest rock bassist of all time.
@@joegillam1497 Arguably he's in the top 3 at least.
Teenage Wasteland is what Woodstock festival looked like after everyone had left. Awesome reaction to one of my favs ❤🤙
John pioneered this sound that other bass greats would later use, like Chris Squire! He split the frequencies between pickups (I believe). He could toggle between or blend high and low frequencies. He would approach six string guitar frequencies. This actually made him the who's secret weapon. While pete was dancing around, ripping power chords with occasional solos, or smashing a guitar with no lead plugged in, you'd be hearing a whole lot of john and thinking its Pete. You seem to pick up on his playing a lot, which is cool. Check out the isolated bass track (ox cam) from wont get fooled again from this concert. Or check out 5:15 with bass solo from royal Albert hall... understand why he was voted bassist of the millennium! 😊
Always proud to say I'm old enough to have seen all the cool bands, including The Who, both with and after Moonie. The energy they put out live is utterly amazing. Cheers....
The studio (album) version is very similar except they use a violin at the end instead of the harmonica. I love both versions.
The Who is one of my favorite groups, all time. Their songs not only rock, but Pete Townsend's songwriting is also complex and intelligent, both musically and often lyrically. It was such a great combination of a great songwriter (Townsend), one of the great rock vocalists in Daltry, and a Top 5 Bassist and Drummer. To really appreciate Entwhistle's Bass performances and incredible performances you should totally look up isolated videos of his bass lines. My dad has always espoused this as one of the great album openers of all time, and I have to say I agree with him.
What no video can ever show is just how f**king LOUD they were 🤘👽
They were deafening !!!
I had just returned from Vietnam when this song came out. Brings back memories. Great song great band.
Entwistle (commonly referred to as Johnny Twinklefingers!) told a story years ago about recording the song MY GENERATION-in it, he has a bass ‘solo’ ( really just a long bass fill-several, actually) that he played on a Danelectro Bass. It had a very crunchy sound and you couldn’t get the strings separately from the bass guitar; they were only sold together. He kept breaking strings and had to buy a whole new Danelectro Bass (which weren’t cheap)! He ended up buying 4 of them in order to finish recording the song!
But the result was phenomenal!
He and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) are only now getting the recognition they deserve as two of the Best bass guitarists to ever walk the planet
I feel lucky to have seen Roger and John play this in the early 2000's, They also had Ringo's son on drums, and I think the guitarist was a relation to Pete. They also Played the entire album of Quadrophenia with a 39-piece orchestra. The part where Roger played the harmonica, they had a 21yo musician from Julliard play on violin, totally nailed it. And Roger had one of the most powerful voices I have heard. My ears rang for 3 days after this concert.
Dec 5th 1975 Chicago. Song #4 was Baba O Reilly. My favorite song of theirs at the time. When Pete brought the power chords in i was a most happy teenager. Thanks Stacey! Always enjoy your reactions. Rock on!
Sailing and watching your channel, what more could we ask for? Greetings from Sant Andreu de LLavaneres, Spain!!
Jealous! Have an amazing time!
@@StaceyRPGReactsQueen tribute for Freddie, with Tony Iomi, Roger Daltrey, song I Want It All.
Thanks for reacting to them. I seen them live at the Anaheim stadium at an all day music festival lots of great bands, the Who came on at twilight and it was the best show I've been to. It was also the loudest performance I ever heard, you could feel the bass going through your seat and body.
Yep. Was feeling sorry for the tambourine.
I was so excited to see you react to this one! Knew you would love it. Peak The Who right there!
It’s been great watching you go down the rabbit hole with the Who. They were arguably the first rock band I ever liked, and Pete’s writing and playing were both huge musical influences to me. :)
These performances were used in the theatrical documentary "The Kids Are Alright" which i saw as a teen. I'm thinking the footage was filmed with movie equipment is the best guess for the amazing quality.
just saying from Aussie- Absolute Gold!!!!!!!!!
This is probably one of the best recordings of this song, imo. The story of this movie is pretty incredible. It was made by a super fan, with the help of the band. I'm old and I never get sick of it.
The Quality of this footage is so good, because it was recorded on film not on video and it was remastered in the early 2000's for the dvd release of the Who's movie ' The Kids are alright '.🙂
Keith's final show in 1978 before his untimely demise.
John's 3-finger right hand style, he said came from when he played the trumpet & french horn as a youth. John's overdriven guitar like distorted sound was the first and defined rock bass till this day. Chris Squire of Yes and of coarse Geddy Lee of Rush are disciples of this tone. Other bassist that use a 3 finger style but not in quite the same manner are Steve Harris-Iron Maiden and Billy Sheehan-David Lee Roth, Mr. Big & Winery Dogs.
Steve Harris claims he only uses two fingers. Personally, I don't believe him! His bass runs are insane.
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Johns bass tone could level a city! Just love thunder fingers! 👊🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻😈
Baba O'Riley,is one of may favorite Who songs.
Fun fact: Baba O'Riley was the very first song that WKLS (96 Rock) in Atlanta played when they changed formats from easy listening back in 1974! 96 Rock along with KROK in LA defined the Album Oriented Rock format and had a large influence on bands that wanted to get their songs played on the air!
It's one of the great classics and your video is great as always!
The comments you make about the who is similar to what I say about you. You give your all every time and you always make me smile. Thank you for another awesome reaction!!
"Join Together" please you are gonna love it 😊
Thanks for this analysis. The Who has been my favorite band since 1977. To appreciate and see more of John Entwistle's talent, there are several tracks such as "The real me" from the album Quadrophenia in 1973 (with a Keith Moon in superb form), "amazing journey/sparks" from Tommy live in 1989 or "5.15" live at the RAH in London in 2000 with an extraordinary bass solo and finally we can add "Dreaming from the Waist" from 1975, "Heaven and Hell" Live 1970, "Eminence front" Live in 1982,...
You deserve to Listen to the Studio cuts of these Live sessions (Baba ..., Won't Get Fooled..., Who Are You...), they are just musically engineered PERFECTION! The end of this is not done with a harmonica, rather the crescendo is built using a fiddle! Those vinyl records are over 50 years old.
It's always good to hear you and the songs posted on the channel. ❤
While cool, calm and collected on stage, in real life John was a true madman. His wild exploits offstage are legendary!!!
this song was used as the theme tune for CSI New York and their song Won,t Get Fooled Again/and parts of Who Are You was used as the theme tune for CSI Miami
Loved your reaction, Stacey. This track opened their epic 1971 album "Who's Next," though instead of Roger playing harmonica, a guest artist plays violin. Very, very cool. The album -- track for track -- is considered amongst the greatest of all time. 😊
Glad you enjoy them saw them live in concert in their 70’s. They where still loud and entertaining 😊
I’ve seen the Who several times including the first time for their “farewell” tour in 1980 (😀)and at the Hollywood Bowl a couple days after Entwistle died. More recently with just the two and Ringo’s son Zack drumming they continue to put on an amazing show. I hear Daltry says touring is finally winding down but if you have a chance to see them don’t hesitate.
Drummer Keith Moon was on his last legs here. Legend.
This song is my phone's morning alarm clock.
Also, not always the case but more often than not, bass players are usually the most chill members of any band.
This track is regarded as a WHO top 5 song and was meant to feature in Pete’s second rock musical “THE LIGHTHOUSE, but unfortunately it never happened and the songs already written became the 1971 WHOS NEXT album.
John looks like the quiet one, but was the one right up to the end that had his bags packed, ready to take the party back on the road!
Good reaction . . . You nailed it! 1978 . . . Those were "discovery" years in music . . . And in life. Everything went . . . And there were no anomosities towards each other . . . Just discovering life and enjoying what it had to bring
Oh the Who, pure and great. Love your reaction Stacey.
“Keith actually looks toned down for this performance”
2 seconds later Keith absolutely destroys his drums on the most impossible scheme ever while synchronizing perfectly with that epic harmonica.
Seriously listen to his drums during that. It’s insane.
Yah, The Who are an avalanche of exuberance. It's a jack-n-the-box of fun every time, whenever you need them. The Who may not be perfect for every mood, but everyone has a mood sometimes when The Who are the perfect answer.
One thing to remember about these older vids/concerts was that there were no video monitors yet. They played big, cause they wanted the guy and girl in the back row to have an awesome experience too. You’ll see 70s &80s they often had exaggerated movements. But yeah. A lot was just from pure energy. It wasn’t faked.
On the deluxe version of the dvd of "The Kids Are Alright" in the extras there are a couple of songs where you can select a member of the band and you can watch unbroken angles of that performer through the entire song.
The bass is so important in The Who, that I think John just can't give it the same energy as the others, as his fingers are constantly going at 100mph.❤
Check out their appearance in the 60s on the Smothers Brothers TV Show. Funny and very entertaining performance!
The quality of the video is so good because the performance was recorded for the film "The Kids Are Alright".
I saw The Who in concert in 1970,1980 and 2019. They are my favorite live band.
Saw them a bunch of times myself and included a couple times in the 70s, they blew me away every single time, the first time they destroyed the stage at the end as Entwhistle tried to blow the PA System!
Pete must've been coked up out of his mind during this performance.
Was thinking exactly that
^^Cocaine is one hell of a drug^^ :)
Not sure about that - it would be very unprofessional when they are shooting a feature film. My interpretation is that the cameras had an effect on him.
@@ViscountVile um... you realize at this point in the music scene (and really in general) everyone and their brother was coked out of their mind right? Lol I'm just sayin. Like Zeppelin did the whole film "The Song Remains the Same coked out of their minds in this same era
I think Roger was the only member that didn't have addiction issues...
Apparently the windmill arms and jumping around the Peter Townsend does is that he discovered early on that he actually played guitar better if he was paying attention to anything but what his fingers are doing, hence the wild theatrics.
As others have stated, this was originally filmed for a documentary on the band and since it was going to run in theaters 35mm film was used(standard for movies at the time). And years ago a anniversary edition of the documentary was offered so the entire film was cleaned up digitally, and that is what you are seeing here. The original VHS tapes looked good, but nothing like it does here. And The Who's management weren't typical music guys, and they saw the band as a "product" to be sold, so most of their career was filmed and there is tons of great footage out there(and most is of great quality.
Sadly, not all bands had this approach and a group like Van Halen has very little decent footage of them in there best years. Eddie also developed a "protective" stance on his early playing, as to not be ripped off, and that is another reason they done have much footage. Which is a shame, as they were such an amazing band, and unless you lived it at the time, your not likely to ever see those great performances. Stuff like this from The Who is why I became such a HUGE fan, as they have such great archival footage that you feel like you were right there at the time.
Baba o riley , belongs to the album:
Who's next. The who.
Excellent album, excellent song.
A masterpiece..💯👌
This performance and Won't Get Fooled Again were filmed for a documentary movie called The Kids Are Alright. That's why you have such high film quality.
The audience here is largely the film crew for “Alien” which, by coincidence, is being made in the studio next door. The film crew gave The Who the idea to pioneer laser light effects in a rock act.
Actually, The Who had the lasers already, and Ridley Scott borrowed them to use in Alien.
They used the lasers well before this show. It was the last performance with Moonie.
La musique peut te faire rire, sourire ou pleurer. Pleurer parce que la musique te prend aux tripes ou parce qu'elle fait référence à un souvenir personnel douloureux.
La musique est quelque chose de puissant.
Il faut à tout prix la préserver.
They were such a fun band❤
It always amazed me how the band had a lot of friction between some members but they still managed to produce amazing music.
I was absolutely mad for The Who in ‘78-‘79. The world received “Who Are You”, and 2 films, “ The Kids Are Alright” & “Quadrophenia”. Unfortunately we also tragically lost the great Keith Moon just four months after this performance of Baba O’Riley. 46 years later I’m still saddened and Moonie is missed by every drummer on the planet!
@OnTe_legrem-StaceyRpg01 👍
@OnTe_legrem-StaceyRpg01 Absolutely, love to.
One of the best rock bands of all time 😁. Seen them a few times 😄. I had Kieth moons poster right were I could see it.
Jeff Stein needed more footage of The Who's concert favorites for the film this came from. He was standing just out of shot and the band (Pete in particular) were becoming very annoyed with him for making them do multiple takes. This was late summer of 1978 at Shepperton Studios (which The Who co-owned) It's been rumored that at one point the headphones on Keith's head CAUGHT FIRE! 🤣🤣 Roger's harmonica part was played by a fiddle on the original studio version some years prior to this.
@OnTe_legrem-StaceyRpg01 Ok, Pete & Rog have said in various interviews over the years that Keith's Headphone began to smoke near the end of the day filming. Sadly it occurred when the camera's were shut off. they said he laughed it off and went and had a large brandy 🥃🥃
More Who recommendations:
From Quadrophenia: Helpless Dancer (Roger’s Theme), Bell Boy (Keith’s Theme), Doctor Jimmy (includes Is It Me?, which is John’s Theme), Love, Reign O’er Me (Pete’s Theme).
From the early days: Boris the Spider
For viewing: The Kids Are Alright as it pretty much gives you a full-on overview/crash course of classic Who. My dad, when he was in college, saw this in the theatre and he and his friend kept pestering the projectionist to raise the volume. =]
The greatest live rock band, I reckon. Also, you should watch The Kids are Alright. Hilarious as well as great music.
I play drums & can assure you that Bass Players are a different breed.
I was 13 when I first heard this back in 1980. Thank goodness we have them on film like this. Thank you for your reaction.
I agree, I don't know how Pete Townsend plays being so animated. When I'm playing my Les Paul, it's exhausting. The guitar is super heavy. Just standing there after like a half hour my shoulders start to hurt
If you want enjoy them perform on stage .you should to see Woodstock , Isle of Wight , Live at Leeds and TangleWood that all the best.
Awesome reaction again. This song brings back some great memories. It was a landslide write in for our class song for the Class of 1983, Grayling High School, Grayling Michigan.
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN; MAGIC BUS (Live At Leeds); MY GENERATION; THE SEEKER; SQUEEZE BOX; SLIP KID; EMINENCE FRONT; BORIS THE SPIDER and too many more to mention here.
Definitely check out "Love Reign O'er Me," probably one of their most emotionally satisfying songs (not the only one, of course)!
the rabbit hole baby!!! real love...beauty!!! Roger (the singer)was on Highlander the tv show!!!
Hello Awesome 😁 baba o'riley was used for CSI:NY 😊
Love this whole doc. Even the video of them loosely rehearsing that Beach Boys cover "Barbara Ann" is worth checking out.
Hey, Stacey.
LONG LIVE ROCK,
THE REAL ME,
BEHIND BLUE EYES,
and SQUEEZE BOX are loaded up for listening pleasure. Just pull the trigger on the Who and blow out you ears with their music. I believe at one time, the Who was known as the Loudest Band in the World.
Keep going and enjoy the music.
I was so glad to be a teenager is the mid 60's when The Who appeared on the scene. They were simply fantastic. Keith Moon one of the greatest drummers IMO.
One of my favourite Who songs and a brilliant performance here. As you say Stacey, there's an amusing contrast between the hyperactive performances from Roger, Pete & Keith in contrast to John playing his bass in such a chilled manner. Sadly Keith died shortly after this performance.
I love The Who! One song that still gives me chills is We’re Not Gonna Take It. Great scene from the movie Tommy as well.
I believe the Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again performances appeared in The Who's motion picture documentary 'The Kids Are Alright'.
There is no band similar to The Who! There are only those that wish they were the greatest rock band in the world.
The Who produced a feature film based on their Quadrophenia album. Based on Pete's youth, great music (natch), and even has Sting in his first on-screen appearance. Very much worth your time. And, although I wasn't around in 1964, I knew a Steph..in 1979. Good days. God, please send me back!
So damn fun. It's a party with my therapy dog of 14 years & myself. I need to get off here make some breakfast I am just hooked on your reactions & how real you are about it. Awesome sauce for the ears. Plus you are definitely easy on the eyes. Lol love it. I support a lot of people that do this on here but you might be the best.