The Who, Woodstock 1969 - Pete's closing solo
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2008
- The Who's closing performance at Woodstock 1969, which includes Townshend's classic stage performance at the end. This embodies all that is rock, and is the best example of how Townshend in his prime was a no-bull guitar player raging with energy and absolute dominance on stage. This is one of the earliest flourishes of punk in my opinion.
"Ladies and gentleman....The Who.........." Nothing else to say
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👍. And the distortion in the background.
Who?
@@alfieburns9019 The Who! 😀
Bloody amazing forever 👍🏆🇬🇧🎸🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🇬🇧🎸
I was 14 when I saw this and it changed my life forever.
Everytime I see him hold up that SG and let that C chord ring out...it still sends shivers through me.
Same here.. I think I was 13 when I saw this, 1983
Haha I’m 14 now
Entwistle adds punch with his distorted bass at :36. Then jumps in at each interval as Pete smashes his guitar from :55 on. Man, he was so vital to this band. Between all the studio arrangements and little things like this, The Who didn't work without him.
One of the greatest closing acts of all time.........
Agreed.... probably best ending to a rock show ever. The white boiler suit get-up that Townshend has on is brilliant. A bit of a middle finger to the hippies and sort of the beginning of punk. Thanks for posting this bit.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN...... THE WHO. The ending scene of the crowd is incredible. That audience is completely swept away, they were blown out of the water.
I like how there isn't anyone in the crowd saying anything as hes doing this. No screaming chanting, nothing. Epic.
Pete picks up that guitar tossing it up in the air..,then throws it in the audience like a BOSS!! Now that is the DEFINITION of Rock and Roll.
It was thrown in the pit and later retrieved.
I love that space between "Ladies and gentlemen.......... The Who."
Yeah man it was a hell of an experience.I was there for the whole 3 day event just below the main stage.At the tender age of 16 my father was a carpenter/stage-hand for the festival and I was allowed to hang out close to the stage so my father could keep a close eye on me.Most my time was spent in the photo-pit and at the end of every set I was allowed to come up on the stage as my father worked to prepare for the next act.Amazing, I'll never forget it. Hoffman incident,haha funny as hell.
Not wrecking his guitar as usual, just gave it to the audience! The spirit of Woodstock!
i think that is other end.. look the entire concert .. maybe i'm wrong, but i saw that a Who personal bring the SG back to the stage
@@fernandobarros9117 A Who roadie got it back. I read it in Pete Townshend's bio.
Yeah the roadies had fight to get it back and it's now in a London museum
starting with the 1969 release of Tommy, the who ended its repitiore of smashing there instruments most notably Pete's guitars, it was. getting to expensive
sandalssuck I’m sure they had the money. They got paid a lot for this show
I'm glad I'm not alone...you just don't get that spontanious energy anymore when watching a performance.
Glad we're lucky to experience it in this lifetime.
Incredible... I literally get awe struck every single time I hear and see this. It gave me the same feeling when I watched the video when I was 17 and I’m 24 now. The Who were the perfect set for this festival and give me a feeling of amazement every time I see this.
Same man watched this back in 2013 and blew my mind, I’m 22 now and still blows my mind.....
This is great!
Pete Townshend rocks!
Only Pete can make a guitar cry out in pain like that!!!
Hendrix - hello?
Brilliant . One of the Best Guitar Closings Ever in Rock 'n Roll .
Perhaps the band couldn't do it, but this clip certainly never gets old. Classic.
he was playing My Generation, but the chords thing is from "Naked Eye"
Actually I own that guitar! I keep it in the attic with the pen that Shakespeare used to write Hamlet and some moon rocks that Superman brought for me. The alien called Roger (who also lives in the attic) cleans them every Tuesday
Does Roger have other personas?
I found a 1969 SG special in a pawn shop in San Francisco around the late 80s for 400 bucks that is pristine. My main guitar as of yet and is so awesome... Got it because of Pete and a few other SG users LOL
"This embodies all that is rock, and is the best example of how Townshend in his prime was a no-bull guitar player raging with energy and absolute dominance on stage."
Well said, I could'nt agree with you more!
Absolutely legendary. That Gibson SG special guitar was later retrieved by a roadie. It's on display now.
Where is it? I must go to see it in the rest of my life time.
@@kikuchiyo555 I think it was on display at the Hard Rock in London 2009. Not sure where now.
Thanks. I should be there once this COVID-19 pandemic is gone.
I'm going to ignore all the BS comments and say that this one moment in Woodstock history is monumental! I've watched so many videos of this epic music festival and this is the ONE moment I always come back to. When Townshend puts his foot up on Moons drum kit and strums those clean F,C,&G chords after all that distortion and HIWATT mayhem, that just says it all! Every year around AUG. 17th in the early morning hours, I listen to hear those chords echoing across these upstate NY hills, hopefully
HIWATT and Superfuzz mayhem!
especially that final word: ladies and gentlemen .......... the who. that's classic.
The older I get the more I like 'em, and the more I appreciate them.
More than an aimless blast of feedback. It’s a song ending and seems at tempo, very musical.
It took me years to notice, but the
the last four beats, and listen carefully, Townshend, Moon and Entwistle are locked in and play in unison. Incredible. Another day at work. I only wish Pete had launched his SG higher into the air ;^)
Just wow. The power. It truly was the biggest middle finger in music history.
This still gets every time I watch it
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The power. U can feel it when he lowers down then turns it up again. Those Hiwatt amps in series are incredibly Loud!
Wonder how many people died fighting for that guitar... Pete just throws his guitar into the crowd land walks away... That's why he is one if the greatest
Jesus christ can you imagine being there? Pitch black and you're watching this absolutely fantastic moment play out before you? Those clean chords that just ring out so beautifully... being there must have been an almost spiritual experience.
When he lifted the guitar up over his head for that final wack, the guitar screamed bloody murder like in one of those old Godzilla movies. Listen... 0:56
B.o.c
A proper sacrificial rite...
One of a long line.
i love the phaser on the snare :D
imagine catching that guitar in the audience and having to fight a crowd of groupies so you can hand it down to your future generation
Couldn't agree more with that description. Pete Townshend was extraordinary. His Stage performance was one of the greatest of all time. I love that guy's guitar playing. And Who else throws their guitar in the audience? Not Many. He Didn't even give a damn.
R I P Gibson SG Special, you will be missed
This is why I constantly watch this video....It brings back unbelievably awesome memories...
oh my god. my uncle just passed recently and he left me THIS EXACT GUITAR. as part of his estate. it was the best guitar we recovered from his estate. I'm ecstatic right now watching this video. I have to show this to My dad (HIs brother ) tomorrow*Edit* its a 1969 Gibson Cherry SG Special
i would kill for that guitar ok
Brilliant
Thank You so much for that! I am now melting in my bed playing that progression over and over
I just worked something out after all these years...........John Entwistle is playing too. I just couldn't understand how Pete Townsend got that complete sound out of his guitar :-)
''And That Me Friends...........''Is Rock And Roll''
One day i'm going to put the Woodstock Doc/Movie on a home theater surround sound and blare it on a warm night in August. As i am stoned off my ass this part will come on and I will begin to weep knowing that i will never be able to be there no matter what i do, and then thank god that i was able to hear it.
Good news!
The complete version of this is now featured in the bonus disc of the 40th. Anniversary of Woodstock.
There's some great footage with newly discovered angles from the stage and you finally get to see what Pete actually does before he kneals down to the stage.
Well that chord progression just was everything in the 70s, it is the best description for the 70s ha.
I love how he gave away that SG at the end!
When I see Pete Townshend play live I couldn't play guitar so I became a painter 🎸🤣
6:05 in the morning
Wish I had that Gibson SG!!!!
+Ricky Parker well it's dead now so it's only gonna be good as a decoration
That will work for me!
Such a legend .
"Ladies and gentlemen,...The Who."
What a gig ! Must have been amazing
@nursesteve2004 ..yes. You can see the whole version of My Generation/Naked Eye on the 40th. Anniversary edition of Woodstock.
It's on the second DVD disc.
You can tell that maybe a couple of frames may have been damaged so they did a segment of him using a stop and go technique that films him from behind before he throws the SG up in the air and gets down on one knee. Very well worth the watch because this clip has him shot from many multiple angles not used in the final print of the film.
hey unclealbert72! thanx for the good news man! i send to buy the dvd on amazon idont when it will arrive but it will thanx.... and to all of you i remember when i saw this when i was 5 years old it changed my life completely they are the gods of the olimpus! cheers!
I wish I had been there to get that guitar! What a treasure!
I’ve never seen any guitarist look as lethal as this bit.
I have been to the Woodstock site a few times and if you listen real close, shut your eyes and feel the place, you can still hear the music.
George Vreeland Hill
fantastic !!!!!
truly amazing
The sounds.
The post-Beatles pre-Led Zep era (before they went huge) is in my opinion the greatest in rock`s history. It was the time when The Stones and The Who reigned the music and some best albums were created (Who`s Next, Let It Bleed)
The first punkrock on a hippie festival,they blew everyone away,,,,,,,,,
...THE BEST ENDING TO A SET EVER.........
i wouldn't be surprised if the guitar he threw teleported to a different part of the universe. that shit was awesome!
I remember when I was there, when I heard this. Of course, I wasn't born yet, but it was so loud and powerful it echoed up to the high heavens.
Guys! Chill, spirit of rock and all that
Chip Monck: The best voice for festivals announcements.
wrong thar would be wavy gravy
Nothing to say after this set that : Brilliant
djhj (2)My father was a stagehand at Woodstock, he immediately called me up to the stage n put the guitar away for safe keeping.I was 16 y.o @ the time n being that my father was a stagehand n wanted to keep n eye on me, I was allowed to watch the festival from the photographers pit which was fenced off from every 1 else. The guitar was NOT retrieved by some roadie n NO the guitar does not stand n a glass case n a Woodstock N.Y. museum.This is why I always watch this video.Brings back memories
Wow...and I thought I was the only one to make it out of Woodstock with a souvenir from the Who. No really...walked right out with three Hi-Watt heads and double stacks strapped to my Irish back. They now are in my living room and still work! Really! I play them every day and open the windows, causing multi-car wrecks and premature births from expectant mothers who spawn little townsends that I keep in my kennel to tame my three pit-bulls...yeah...that's the ticket. :)
this is very therapeutical!
40 years ago to the day.
Amen to that...it still raises the hair on the back of my neck when that C chord rings out the way it does.
ive said it before and i'll say it again. i was born at the wrong time. im not supposed to miss this.
Why is everybody saying that Pete destroyed his guitar at Woodstock, he bounced it a couple of time but in a way not to break it and then simply tossed it away.
That. Was. Rock. and. Roll.
Never would I beat my Gibson and Epiphones like that even though pete Townshend makes it entertaining
It was I who caught the guitar.I will never ever forget what happened n how I became the owner of the 65 SG Gibson Standard.I tried n successfully made eye contact with Pete as he walked to the edge of the stage right n front of me as he raised the guitar over his head @0:40..At that point I thought he was going to destroy it which he normally does, but he didn't.He did his bit which u saw, walked back to the edge of the stage, made eye contact with me n gently tossed it into my outstretch arms
Jesus, the best ending of ANY rock concert EVER!
A roadie hunted it down after the performance and returned it to the crew.
meh woulda been a better story if the person who caught it kept and and passed it down to their children
the who are the best ever. pete kicks ass
To the guitar players out there -,try playing these chords (all open chords): (chord)"Gsus7" [played as]:(1)G (2)C (3)F (4)G (5)D (6)G ; (chord)"C9" [played as]: (1)G (2)C (3)E (4)G (5)D (6)G ; and finally (chord)"Gmajor" [played as]: (1)G (2)B (3)D (4)G (5)D (6)G . It is also the chord progression that is played during the "My Generation" [jam] from the "Live at Leeds" album, right after the "See Me, Feel Me" segment.
The note at 0:40 is still rining out in the universe.
One of their roadies actually went to go scavenge Pete's guitar
Most probably millions.
The "Dresden Amen" of Rock Classical for all time!
Pete is awesome.
....And That Me' Friends...............................''is Rock and Roll...''
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LOL!! Yes, I'm serious.
It's really well worth the whole box set.
You can tell they've given The Who's slot extra attention because none of the extras that were thrown in really didn't get much makeover.
It gives you goosebumps.
Funny thing, I'm surprised no one has posted it yet.
Maybe you can be the first to do it.
It's on the "extras" DVD disc and it's under "My Generation".
I wish I was there
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I'm surprised and shocked by the fact that those who do The Who reaction clips on UA-cam haven't covered this iconic moment by Pete Townshend at the 1969 Woodstock event.
Just a thought eh.
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Doing the toggle-switch killswitch waaaaay before Tom Morello
A lot of guitar players did everything Tom Morello does it before him and much better.
hell yeah.
Man do those P90s scream!
i love when pete throws the guitar into the crowd and everyone just goes "OOOOOOH", the person who got that guitar is one lucky man or woman
GOD N THE SUN WAS RISING WHAT A TRIP!! WOW TO BE THERE UNREAL!
The guitar is in the rock and roll hall of fame I think. If not it would be the best place for it.
@lestmbly Son, the guitar is owned by Hard Rock International. I have a friend who works for them. The guitar is kept in one of their vaults. They occasionally loan it out to museums or show it at various Hard Rock locations. So go one with your fantasy life! You might want to seek mental health before it's too late.