I'm 54. First time I saw The Who I was 8! My older cousin took me in 1976 to see them at the Boston Garden. I had no idea who they were or anything about their music, so my memory of that concert is tragically vague -- EXCEPT for three things. One, how unbelievably LOUD it was. I was terrified because most of the car ride home I couldn't hear very well. Second, I remember quite well Roger's mic swings and Pete's acrobatic leaps and windmilling. But third, and perhaps the strongest memory was when those opening synth notes hit the sound system and I thought the roof of the ancient Boston Garden was going to blow off. The audience went nuts. Remember, I'm 8 years old. Never heard this song before, knew nothing about it but I was HOOKED. The energy in the place during that song was all I needed to know. I begged my parent for a record player that Christmas and for a copy of Who's Next (my first EVER rock album). I got both!!!
The synth parts were all on tape. Sometimes the tapes would break and Pete would become furious. This occurred often when they tried to tour "Quadrophenia." Unfortunately, this camera angle doesn't show John on bass. There's another video from Shepperton that shows the whole band. Check out "Won't Get Fooled Again" to see why The Who, at their peak, were the greatest rock and roll band in the world.
The synth parts actually weren't synths at all. They were recorded & engineered in the studio using a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 Organ with its marimba repeat feature to generate the repeating set of notes (known technically as Ostinato). Using the organ was done after earlier attempts to create something similar with a synthesizer had failed. Townsend had wanted the synthesizer programmed with data derived from the vital signs of Meher Baba who was an Indian spiritual master that Townsend studied. (Meher Baba is the guy who originally coined the phrase 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' later used in the 1988 Bobby McFarrin hit by the same name).
I don’t know what video this is, but there is a MUCH better version of it where the camera actually shows all of them. Here, John is off camera to the left on bass. Pete plays the guitar and the synth heard on tape. In their prime they were the best of any band live. Watch the documentary “The Kids Are Alright” to see amazing footage, especially from the Isle of Wight. And, of course, the great live album, “Live At Leeds”.
Bill Wyman of the Stones was like Entwistle. a statue riveted to the floor. Thank goodness you could hear him. He was one of the best with the Bass and you could always hear him and those magic fingers. He was good with other instruments too. I've seen most all of their videos and yes, there are some better ones. They have tons of remakes, Pete is a perfectionist. I saw them live at Boston Garden, a great show. I could have been across the street eating pizza and still heard them play. You know I didn't do that! I have bad ears now, but I was a crane operator too! I saw most of my favorites over the years live and the Who had to be best show! I saw Tull and Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers, at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Stones half dozen times , Eagles, Expensive Winos, Roy Orbison in 1962 before he opened for the Beatles in England and others.
This was Keith Moon's last live performance. He was dying. They had to take breaks because he couldn't do it, and they had to dub drums later. The BEST film of Keith is Isle of Wight festival. Young Masn Blues or my favorite I Don't Even Know Myself. The latter is the best film I have ever seen of him in flow. He was like the love child of a ballet dancer and a jackhammer.
Well, I'm not sure if you could say he was dying. He was in bad shape and overweight, but dying is a bit of a stretch. He died in September of that year of a heart attack due to him taking an overdose of the drug that was helping to cure his alcoholism. And the drums were not dubbed on later. They were recorded live along with the bass, the guitar and the vocals. Wherever you got that information is completely wrong.
The Who live at Isle of Wight is, for me, the apex of live rock music. They are almost supernatural in their ability to respond to each other musically.
This was shot at Shepperton for the documentary The Kids Are Alright. They wanted to shoot a regular concert but the London City Council wouldn't let them use their lasers, so they went to a soundstage. Big party, band and crowd pretty well served.
Saw them in late '76 in Philadelphia. Great show! Great live band. They were on their tour promoting the movie "Tommy". They destroyed their equipment at the end of each show. I felt fortunate to see them before the passing of Keith Moon just a couple of years later.
John Entwisle played piano, horns and bass. He was a master at bass and Moon followed his bass lines to keep time. He's been gone for 20 years now. All the Live videos at Shepperton were intence and not to be missed. This may have been the mildest one. I liked "Love Reign O'er Me" about the best. Pete & Moon were destroying the tools of their trade again when the show ended. It was an Intense show! Amelas One
I was born in the early 70's and I remember coming home with my first Who album when I was like 13. My mom wasn't happy, she said they were a violent band who destroyed their instruments, and she didn't want me to listen to them. It wasn't her fault; she was a flower child hippy who missed the rock era, but man I loved that band. Of course, I never stopped jamming to them.
I would now highly recommend Young Man Blues (the Isle of Wight version from 1970) for a live performance reaction. That takes the intensity and power of this performance and raises it up even higher. The Who was a force of nature live. I saw them in 1975 and it was absolutely amazing.
Townsend plays the synths. They are a prerecorded tape. Moon's wearing earphones to match time to the tape. It's really too bad that the angle of the camera doesn't show what amazing stuff Entwhistle is doing on the bass.
They used to be in the Guiness Book of World Records as Loudest Concert for a show they did in England in the mid-70s. I've even read somewhere that it was said that if you were in a certain radius of the stage, you suffered permanent hearing damage. Who (HA!) knows if that's true...
They were confirmed to be the loudest band of all time. They had the best sound system of any band in the world. Massive festivals had to borrow it. They could scale it up or down.
Trey Whitehead - Yes the loudest Concert ever at that time, 31May 1976 Charlton Football Stadium London England and I was there with friends. I recently bought the double Album on vinyl, will never forget I can see the stage even now Won't get fooled again Daltry' scream, not THE Best ever just the best Rock concert/ band ever😊😲💥
I remember post tributes after 9/11 they played for a audience of firemen and port authority police and New York City police and when this song came on and then went into we don’t get fooled again the audience that previously had just sat there went nuts they sang and stomped their feet I cried cuz yea this was so personal for them and they sounded great
As great as The Who are in the studio, it is live on stage where Who Heaven exists! 2 live performances I highly recommend: "Won't Get Fooled Again" from the Shepperton Studios gig and "Young Man Blues" live at the Isle of Wight in 1970! Something cool about the live version of Won't Get Fooled Again. In the studio next to where The Who were performing at Shepperton Studios, the movie "Alien" was being filmed. The cast and crew of Alien went over to watch The Who's performance and they like the laser show during Won't Get Fooled Again so much, they ended up borrowing the laser gear from The Who and used it in the movie. So next time you watch Alien, be sure to keep an eye out for the lasers, courtesy of The Who!
This is Keith Moon's last show before his death. At this point he is battling alcoholism and has put on considerable weight. You really need to see him in his prime to understand what a fantastic show drummer he was. If you haven't seen it already, I recommend "Young Man Blues" from the Isle of Wight Festival.
Old enough and Damn Lucky enough to see The Who LIVE 3 times back in the early to mid 70's. ALL with Moonie. Couldn't hear a thing for days afterwards.
Have had a fantastic lucy night... this song, the live version was probably watched like 20 times. Every time something new, some new note and detail was discovered
I saw The Who for the first time in about 1980 (their “farewell” tour - ha ha). I’ve seen them about 5 times since. Including an arena show a few years ago where they blew the roof off. Put simply they remain an amazing live band. Ringo’s son now drums. And Pete has changed his playing to account for the loss of Entwhistle.
Best live band to ever mount a stage you need to watch Wont Get Fooled Again from this performance. For an early performance it`s got to be "A Quick One" from the Rock n Roll Circus 1968 and for their prime it has to be "Young Man Blues" from the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 although you cant go wront with Woodstock 1969 either.
The Who crackle with energy when they're live, don't they. Worth checking out is Who live at the US west coast Montery festival 1967 .. the Who (first arrived in usa in 1967 so mainly unknown) finish up My Generation in a kit destroying frenzy completely baffling the flower power, peace loving, hippy crowd.
The Who were at their best live. In fact, throughout most of their early career they were known for sounding much better live on stage than anything they recorded in studio. Their early albums suffered greatly because of this. Who's Next was their first album that was able to convey that energy from the stage onto vinyl. If you listen to any of the songs from their "Live at Leeds" album vs their studio versions from that period, you'll get a better picture as to how much better they sounded live than on those early records.
Saw them in 1980 LA Sports Arena with Kenney Jones. The demand in LA was so high they played 8 nights and had to break down their gear and move 7 miles up the road from the Forum to the Sports Arena.
They were filming the movie Alien next door to the WHO, the movie makers heard that the Who had lasers, even movie studios didnt have lasers then, they borrowed them, it is the scene where the guy is near the alien eggs, you can see the same lasers in the video from the same concert as this near the end of We Wont Get Fooled Again.
Glad you liked it man. Peter Townshend, the lead guitarist wrote the song - so I guess if he wants to sing a little verse! Synths are off stage, behind Pete. We didn't get to see John E much from this view, as he was off to Roger's Right.
Watching the movie “The Kids Are Alright” gives you an excellent insight into The Who as a rock and roll band. It’s an all time great rock and roll documentary. You also get an excellent look at what a character and force Keith Moon was. Talk about living life too it’s fullest Keith Moon did that.
Saw them live 6 times--twice at the Hollywood Bowl--the synth part was always done live. If my memory serves me Pete's brother Simon covered that part in one of the concerts. Roger's harmonica part was done once by an electric violin. It was great and had a kind of beautiful Middle Eastern quality to it. Pete would do extended guitar solos. He took Magic Bus out to about 12 minutes one time that was just amazing.
As people have said, the synths were programmed. That's why if you notice Keith Moon is wearing headphones. So he can hear the beat directly and follow along without losing beat since he probably couldn't hear that synth loop because he beat the drums so hard.......
One of my favorite live performances of any band, any genre ever! Roger Daltry is brilliant on the harmonica. On the record the part is played on violin. I like the live version with the harmonica way better. More punch. If I were to decribe this performaince in one word "punch" would be it for me. In your face! Also there at least 2 other versions of this performance with better camera angles, the best one being featured in the film, "The Kids Are Alright". Cheers
Went to see them 5 years after this was recorded. I experienced 3+ hours of some of the best live music I've ever been exposed to. When Baba O'Reilly was played it was like having the music physically rail you. Keith Moon had passed by the time I saw them tho.
You should check out the official video for "Who Ae You" - it's not only a brilliant song, but it captures the fun they shared in the studio beautifully.,
Rabbit Bundrick was a keyboard player and Unofficial member of the Who from 79 to 2012.Although, in this case, Rabbit isn’t there yet, it’s a sequencer that is started offstage, which is why Moon is wearing headphones so he stays in time.
As per usual, no video of one of the greatest base players ever. They usually had some nobody hidden and playing the synth. Few bands played with such incredible raw power as The Who. Check out something from their LIVE at LEEDS album - one of the greatest live albums ever. Young Man Blues, Amazing Journey/ Sparks, Magic Bus or my favorite My Generation are all EPIC. Can't understand why so few have reacted to them???
No one was hiding and playing the synth. Always on a tape. A great musical part for the songs it was used in but also served as a click-track. Their timing would always be perfect on Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again.
Entwistle is usually to Roger's right, so he can't be seen in this video. It was processed Lowery Organ on the studio recording. Live they it was tape.
They are such a great band, especially live, Keith was on a cocktail of pretty much everything but mainly Cocaine Ketamine. The synths were pre recorded by Pete Townsend and played back by a roadie for the gigs. Won't Get Fooled Again live from the same gig is awesome, but also Young Mans Blues from the Isle of White is so good.
Damn, they were phenomenal. When you can write such amazing music and the musicians can play it that well live, you're at the top. Daltry was one of the great front men in rock history. He and Plant were special, and I'd throw in Ian Gillan, too.
This was the last time the four of them played live together. A short time after this was film Keith died at the young age of 32. To see how really great he was live check out the live concert video I told you about in my earlier post.
It's funny, I have been a fan of the who since grade school but somehow I have never seen that footage before. I've seen other footage and I saw them once in concert so I know what they look like and what you really have to reference here is that all four of them put so much energy into it and yet they're still able to play their instruments. They're still able to sing and this is just one song out of an entire set. It's pretty mind-blowing. There aren't many people that could do what Roger Daltrey was doing and not be out of breath when they attempted to sing and he never lets up. Same with Pete Townshend over there just bouncing all over the place almost like he's doing calisthenics and then he does his stylish windmill guitar strikes that he's famous for. And of course Keith Moon is a nut and John Entwistle is always just providing that glue in the middle and it's never easy what he's doing but he makes it sound easy. These guys were basically top-level athletes at the time and also just a top-level band that resonated with so many people.
It's not a Synth - Keith samplef and looped and organ at home, building this entire sequence (that plays through the track, from start to finnish) he brought it to the studio and then got the rest of the band (and lead guitar) to play on top of it.
the best performance they ever did was "The Who 1978 shepperton 'won't get fooled again'", townsend comes accross as a violent genius too. entwhistle as cool and laconic and keith moon as brillant. the blue laser used on stage was borrowed by the next door studio by sir ridley scott as the blue laser mist that covers the egg chamber in Alien
if you like Keith Moon on drums - find the Who's performance, on video, of the song "Young Man Blues" at the Isle of Wight in 1970. Moon pulverizes his drum kit! The other guys are as 'on' as Moon is as well - just an unbelievable Jam by The Who.
When Pete Townshend whips his arm around it's called the windmill. I saw a meme on FB after President Trump said that windmills caused cancer. (yes he really said that) the meme had Pete with he's arm in the air. With the caption "Been causing cancer since 1964". I burst out laughing when I saw it.
To see them live - you have never been covered in wet sweat like you would then Dancing with strangers - coming home hoarse as hell shoulders sore from pumping your fist in the air.
The Beatles transcended rock but The Who were rock. Their a different animal live and I think the best live band of all time. There is a UA-cam video title proof the who is the greatest band ever. It's there closing 15 or so minutes of their London Coliseum show. Video quality is poor, video freezes for almost a minute, at one point I think they blow out a microphone, and it may be proof that the Who is the greatest band ever.
Look for a video titled /The Who live at Woodstock ‘69, all officially released tape/ for a fantastic live set, more than on the album nor movie. My favorite Rock band of all time, espeialle live!
If you want to see the Who live, you are in the wrong decade. LIVE AT LEEDS, was one of the first great live albums. "Magic Bus", " My Generation", are epic.
This original lineup of the Who is just stupidly great.👍
Prodigious ability combined with unique character and just being very interesting to watch.
I'm 54. First time I saw The Who I was 8! My older cousin took me in 1976 to see them at the Boston Garden. I had no idea who they were or anything about their music, so my memory of that concert is tragically vague -- EXCEPT for three things. One, how unbelievably LOUD it was. I was terrified because most of the car ride home I couldn't hear very well. Second, I remember quite well Roger's mic swings and Pete's acrobatic leaps and windmilling. But third, and perhaps the strongest memory was when those opening synth notes hit the sound system and I thought the roof of the ancient Boston Garden was going to blow off. The audience went nuts. Remember, I'm 8 years old. Never heard this song before, knew nothing about it but I was HOOKED. The energy in the place during that song was all I needed to know. I begged my parent for a record player that Christmas and for a copy of Who's Next (my first EVER rock album). I got both!!!
The synth parts were all on tape. Sometimes the tapes would break and Pete would become furious. This occurred often when they tried to tour "Quadrophenia." Unfortunately, this camera angle doesn't show John on bass. There's another video from Shepperton that shows the whole band. Check out "Won't Get Fooled Again" to see why The Who, at their peak, were the greatest rock and roll band in the world.
and hunt down some of Jon's tracks isolated - there are at least ones for "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Dreaming from the Waist". Impossibly good.
Pete and Roger are 77 and they still are the greatest band. In case you are a newcomer, John and Moonie are long gone...shit.
The synth parts actually weren't synths at all. They were recorded & engineered in the studio using a Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 Organ with its marimba repeat feature to generate the repeating set of notes (known technically as Ostinato). Using the organ was done after earlier attempts to create something similar with a synthesizer had failed. Townsend had wanted the synthesizer programmed with data derived from the vital signs of Meher Baba who was an Indian spiritual master that Townsend studied. (Meher Baba is the guy who originally coined the phrase 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' later used in the 1988 Bobby McFarrin hit by the same name).
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The Real Me is Entwistle’s masterpiece live. Boris is probably his studios.
I don’t know what video this is, but there is a MUCH better version of it where the camera actually shows all of them. Here, John is off camera to the left on bass. Pete plays the guitar and the synth heard on tape. In their prime they were the best of any band live. Watch the documentary “The Kids Are Alright” to see amazing footage, especially from the Isle of Wight. And, of course, the great live album, “Live At Leeds”.
On the special edition DVD of TKAA there are multiple camera angles you can select for Baba and WGFA.
Bill Wyman of the Stones was like Entwistle. a statue riveted to the floor. Thank goodness you could hear him. He was one of the best with the Bass and you could always hear him and those magic fingers. He was good with other instruments too.
I've seen most all of their videos and yes, there are some better ones. They have tons of remakes, Pete is a perfectionist.
I saw them live at Boston Garden, a great show. I could have been across the street eating pizza and still heard them play. You know I didn't do that! I have bad ears now, but I was a crane operator too!
I saw most of my favorites over the years live and the Who had to be best show! I saw Tull and Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers, at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Stones half dozen times , Eagles, Expensive Winos, Roy Orbison in 1962 before he opened for the Beatles in England and others.
The sound mix is also different to the usual recording performance of this. The problem with this one is that you don't get to see Entwistle
This was Keith Moon's last live performance. He was dying. They had to take breaks because he couldn't do it, and they had to dub drums later. The BEST film of Keith is Isle of Wight festival. Young Masn Blues or my favorite I Don't Even Know Myself. The latter is the best film I have ever seen of him in flow. He was like the love child of a ballet dancer and a jackhammer.
Also A Quick One While He’s Away from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. The Who at their best.
Definitely another vote for I Don't Even Know Myself here. Keith doesn't so much play drums, he conducts them.
Well, I'm not sure if you could say he was dying. He was in bad shape and overweight, but dying is a bit of a stretch. He died in September of that year of a heart attack due to him taking an overdose of the drug that was helping to cure his alcoholism.
And the drums were not dubbed on later. They were recorded live along with the bass, the guitar and the vocals. Wherever you got that information is completely wrong.
@@davescurry69 Dave, I've also heard that the drums had to be dubbed in later.
@@jimd7260 Never happened.
The Who live at Isle of Wight is, for me, the apex of live rock music. They are almost supernatural in their ability to respond to each other musically.
You beat me to it. Was gonna say the same thing. In the 70’s, there was NO ONE better live than The Who.
@@maggieshevelew7579 and the "Free" set was very special
Live at Filmore East bootleg for me
In the other Shepperton Studio video of this same song, Entwistle’s fingers are going crazy on the Bass.
Saw them in Pittsburgh PA about 5 years before this performance. Fantastic!
The Who were my 1st concert in 71 touring this album, Who's Next. For me they will always be *the* band. Thanks for this reaction. 😎👍
You need to watch them from the Isle of White 1970. Most people think it was their best live performance.
I LOVE that one, and me as a HUGE Who geek, thinks that Tanglewood was better. But the film doesn't have the quality.
@@loosilu that's a good one too. I saw them live in 1970 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, they did Tommy from start to finish, incredible.
@@chitownlee I have no words to describe my jealousy!
This was shot at Shepperton for the documentary The Kids Are Alright. They wanted to shoot a regular concert but the London City Council wouldn't let them use their lasers, so they went to a soundstage. Big party, band and crowd pretty well served.
Check out the DVD "Live in Texas 1975". Great stuff.
AMAZING!! I grew up listening to them. Peace and Love from Canada
Saw them in late '76 in Philadelphia. Great show! Great live band. They were on their tour promoting the movie "Tommy". They destroyed their equipment at the end of each show. I felt fortunate to see them before the passing of Keith Moon just a couple of years later.
Ha! I just wrote a comment saying that I saw them in late 76. They did nothing from Quadrophenia, but they killed it! Will never forget that show!
John Entwisle played piano, horns and bass. He was a master at bass and Moon followed his bass lines to keep time. He's been gone for 20 years now. All the Live videos at Shepperton were intence and not to be missed. This may have been the mildest one. I liked "Love Reign O'er Me" about the best. Pete & Moon were destroying the tools of their trade again when the show ended. It was an Intense show!
Amelas One
I was born in the early 70's and I remember coming home with my first Who album when I was like 13. My mom wasn't happy, she said they were a violent band who destroyed their instruments, and she didn't want me to listen to them. It wasn't her fault; she was a flower child hippy who missed the rock era, but man I loved that band. Of course, I never stopped jamming to them.
how ironic that they blew away all of the famous hippy festivals at the time!
I would now highly recommend Young Man Blues (the Isle of Wight version from 1970) for a live performance reaction. That takes the intensity and power of this performance and raises it up even higher. The Who was a force of nature live. I saw them in 1975 and it was absolutely amazing.
They were magnificent. Hands down. Even if this is not the greatest version of this song, it’s still great.
Townsend plays the synths. They are a prerecorded tape. Moon's wearing earphones to match time to the tape. It's really too bad that the angle of the camera doesn't show what amazing stuff Entwhistle is doing on the bass.
ive heard people say they were the loudest band in the world in that era :)
They don’t call them power chords for nothing!
They used to be in the Guiness Book of World Records as Loudest Concert for a show they did in England in the mid-70s. I've even read somewhere that it was said that if you were in a certain radius of the stage, you suffered permanent hearing damage. Who (HA!) knows if that's true...
@@ArmandoMPR looked like he was wearing jeans ;) to me
They were confirmed to be the loudest band of all time. They had the best sound system of any band in the world. Massive festivals had to borrow it. They could scale it up or down.
Trey Whitehead - Yes the loudest Concert ever at that time, 31May 1976 Charlton Football Stadium London England and I was there with friends. I recently bought the double Album on vinyl, will never forget I can see the stage even now Won't get fooled again Daltry' scream, not THE Best ever just the best Rock concert/ band ever😊😲💥
I remember post tributes after 9/11 they played for a audience of firemen and port authority police and New York City police and when this song came on and then went into we don’t get fooled again the audience that previously had just sat there went nuts they sang and stomped their feet I cried cuz yea this was so personal for them and they sounded great
There is a video with Entwistle's isolated bass. You might want to check it out. Saw them perform this in late1976. Wow!
I was at two who concerts pre and post Moon. they rock the house like no other.
As great as The Who are in the studio, it is live on stage where Who Heaven exists! 2 live performances I highly recommend: "Won't Get Fooled Again" from the Shepperton Studios gig and "Young Man Blues" live at the Isle of Wight in 1970! Something cool about the live version of Won't Get Fooled Again. In the studio next to where The Who were performing at Shepperton Studios, the movie "Alien" was being filmed. The cast and crew of Alien went over to watch The Who's performance and they like the laser show during Won't Get Fooled Again so much, they ended up borrowing the laser gear from The Who and used it in the movie. So next time you watch Alien, be sure to keep an eye out for the lasers, courtesy of The Who!
This is Keith Moon's last show before his death. At this point he is battling alcoholism and has put on considerable weight. You really need to see him in his prime to understand what a fantastic show drummer he was. If you haven't seen it already, I recommend "Young Man Blues" from the Isle of Wight Festival.
The most thunderous bass guitar in rock history. Entwistle is such a monster of a player.
Old enough and Damn Lucky enough to see The Who LIVE 3 times back in the early to mid 70's. ALL with Moonie.
Couldn't hear a thing for days afterwards.
Best live band ever! It;s my first time sitting in with you, thank you for allowing me to do that! great reaction!
Have had a fantastic lucy night... this song, the live version was probably watched like 20 times. Every time something new, some new note and detail was discovered
I saw The Who for the first time in about 1980 (their “farewell” tour - ha ha). I’ve seen them about 5 times since. Including an arena show a few years ago where they blew the roof off. Put simply they remain an amazing live band. Ringo’s son now drums. And Pete has changed his playing to account for the loss of Entwhistle.
Greatest live rock band ever
The synth is a 1968 Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe Organ TBO-1 organ, saw one in a resale so many years ago I should have bought it.
Townshed literally invented using synths in rock. He taught the best sound engineers in the world, as well as the top rock musicians, how to use it.
@@loosilu the Monkees used a Moog in 67 and the beatles in 69 for the abbey road album,
@@hifijohn Moogs are a different thing. Mr. Moog himself came to Abbey Road to set it up for them. Townshend really understood how the synths worked.
Best live band to ever mount a stage you need to watch Wont Get Fooled Again from this performance. For an early performance it`s got to be "A Quick One" from the Rock n Roll Circus 1968 and for their prime it has to be "Young Man Blues" from the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 although you cant go wront with Woodstock 1969 either.
This performance was in the documentary "The Kids Are Alright" which is a fantastic film on The Who.
Thank you, great performance and analysis.
The Who crackle with energy when they're live, don't they.
Worth checking out is Who live at the US west coast Montery festival 1967 .. the Who (first arrived in usa in 1967 so mainly unknown) finish up My Generation in a kit destroying frenzy completely baffling the flower power, peace loving, hippy crowd.
My Generation was a big hit before Monterey.
And they dominated Woodstock
I have seen The Who live three times - 1970, 1980, and 2019. They are my favorite live band.
The Who were at their best live. In fact, throughout most of their early career they were known for sounding much better live on stage than anything they recorded in studio. Their early albums suffered greatly because of this. Who's Next was their first album that was able to convey that energy from the stage onto vinyl. If you listen to any of the songs from their "Live at Leeds" album vs their studio versions from that period, you'll get a better picture as to how much better they sounded live than on those early records.
Won’t Get Fooled Again from the same session is an even better video
You MUST do Won't Get Fooled Again from the same gig. Also even better than the brilliant studio original
Agreed. One of their best performances!
The best live performance after Live at Leeds was on 3-28-81 Rockpalast Festival Grugahalle Essen Germany.
There are spectacular short professional films of them doing Who Are You and Won’t Get Fooled Again. A must watch!
Saw them in '79 at the now-demolished Pontiac Silverdome. Great memory!
can't wait for you to hear "Who Are You" you'll love it!
Saw them in 1980 LA Sports Arena with Kenney Jones. The demand in LA was so high they played 8 nights and had to break down their gear and move 7 miles up the road from the Forum to the Sports Arena.
They were filming the movie Alien next door to the WHO, the movie makers heard that the Who had lasers, even movie studios didnt have lasers then, they borrowed them, it is the scene where the guy is near the alien eggs, you can see the same lasers in the video from the same concert as this near the end of We Wont Get Fooled Again.
Phenomenal!! Thanks never seen that performance.
It certainly was epic to watch live
I've seen this performance many times but not from this fixed camera position.... very strange. No matter... this is a great live performance.
Glad you liked it man. Peter Townshend, the lead guitarist wrote the song - so I guess if he wants to sing a little verse! Synths are off stage, behind Pete. We didn't get to see John E much from this view, as he was off to Roger's Right.
Watching the movie “The Kids Are Alright” gives you an excellent insight into The Who as a rock and roll band. It’s an all time great rock and roll documentary. You also get an excellent look at what a character and force Keith Moon was. Talk about living life too it’s fullest Keith Moon did that.
THE GREATEST LIVE BAND EVER AND EVER WILL BE THE WHO LEGENDS OF ROCK'
Saw them live 6 times--twice at the Hollywood Bowl--the synth part was always done live. If my memory serves me Pete's brother Simon covered that part in one of the concerts. Roger's harmonica part was done once by an electric violin. It was great and had a kind of beautiful Middle Eastern quality to it. Pete would do extended guitar solos. He took Magic Bus out to about 12 minutes one time that was just amazing.
As people have said, the synths were programmed. That's why if you notice Keith Moon is wearing headphones. So he can hear the beat directly and follow along without losing beat since he probably couldn't hear that synth loop because he beat the drums so hard.......
Keith was one of the first drummers to use a click track.
One of my favorite live performances of any band, any genre ever! Roger Daltry is brilliant on the harmonica. On the record the part is played on violin. I like the live version with the harmonica way better. More punch. If I were to decribe this performaince in one word "punch" would be it for me. In your face! Also there at least 2 other versions of this performance with better camera angles, the best one being featured in the film, "The Kids Are Alright". Cheers
Went to see them 5 years after this was recorded. I experienced 3+ hours of some of the best live music I've ever been exposed to. When Baba O'Reilly was played it was like having the music physically rail you.
Keith Moon had passed by the time I saw them tho.
Great debates on which is the greatest rock band, but to me The Who is unparalleled when it comes to live performances
You should check out the official video for "Who Ae You" - it's not only a brilliant song, but it captures the fun they shared in the studio beautifully.,
Rabbit Bundrick was a keyboard player and Unofficial member of the Who from 79 to 2012.Although, in this case, Rabbit isn’t there yet, it’s a sequencer that is started offstage, which is why Moon is wearing headphones so he stays in time.
They put on a great show.
As per usual, no video of one of the greatest base players ever. They usually had some nobody hidden and playing the synth.
Few bands played with such incredible raw power as The Who. Check out something from their LIVE at LEEDS album - one of the greatest live albums ever. Young Man Blues, Amazing Journey/ Sparks, Magic Bus or my favorite My Generation are all EPIC. Can't understand why so few have reacted to them???
There's actually a better video of this performance that focuses on each member rather than this one vantage point at Daltrey's feet.
Same with recordings of Zep - very little JPJ.
No one was hiding and playing the synth. Always on a tape. A great musical part for the songs it was used in but also served as a click-track. Their timing would always be perfect on Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again.
Entwistle is usually to Roger's right, so he can't be seen in this video. It was processed Lowery Organ on the studio recording. Live they it was tape.
They are such a great band, especially live, Keith was on a cocktail of pretty much everything but mainly Cocaine Ketamine. The synths were pre recorded by Pete Townsend and played back by a roadie for the gigs. Won't Get Fooled Again live from the same gig is awesome, but also Young Mans Blues from the Isle of White is so good.
It's easy to see why they were reknowned as being one of the greatest live acts of all time. Keep up the good work mate 🙂
Damn, they were phenomenal. When you can write such amazing music and the musicians can play it that well live, you're at the top. Daltry was one of the great front men in rock history. He and Plant were special, and I'd throw in Ian Gillan, too.
John "The Ox" and his bass is what you are hearing, especially at the beginning as Pete waits yet John is not shown.
the synths are backing tapes. Entwistle is on Daltrey's right.
This was the last time the four of them played live together. A short time after this was film Keith died at the young age of 32. To see how really great he was live check out the live concert video I told you about in my earlier post.
I don't have to ask. ISLE OF WIGHT
@@loosilu good guess! 😆
@@chitownlee which song is your favorite? I have two Wight songs that showcase Keith. Young Man Blues and I Don't Even Know Myself
@@loosilu those two and Water.
@@chitownlee He does an EPIC stick bounce in Water.
There is other footage of that same track which shows the performance from a different angle and allows you to see more of the band.
Entwistle would be on the left on bass. The synths are recorded
It's funny, I have been a fan of the who since grade school but somehow I have never seen that footage before. I've seen other footage and I saw them once in concert so I know what they look like and what you really have to reference here is that all four of them put so much energy into it and yet they're still able to play their instruments. They're still able to sing and this is just one song out of an entire set. It's pretty mind-blowing. There aren't many people that could do what Roger Daltrey was doing and not be out of breath when they attempted to sing and he never lets up. Same with Pete Townshend over there just bouncing all over the place almost like he's doing calisthenics and then he does his stylish windmill guitar strikes that he's famous for. And of course Keith Moon is a nut and John Entwistle is always just providing that glue in the middle and it's never easy what he's doing but he makes it sound easy. These guys were basically top-level athletes at the time and also just a top-level band that resonated with so many people.
It's not a Synth - Keith samplef and looped and organ at home, building this entire sequence (that plays through the track, from start to finnish) he brought it to the studio and then got the rest of the band (and lead guitar) to play on top of it.
What an awesome performance.
Keith Moon died in September, 1978. Entwistel played bass. I've seen them 4x and they have never acknowledged who played synth.
3:45 - "Keith Moon, I wanna know what he was on."
Everything, my friend. Moon was on everything.
the best performance they ever did was "The Who 1978 shepperton 'won't get fooled again'", townsend comes accross as a violent genius too. entwhistle as cool and laconic and keith moon as brillant. the blue laser used on stage was borrowed by the next door studio by sir ridley scott as the blue laser mist that covers the egg chamber in Alien
John Entwhistle was off camera to the left standing stoically as was his style.
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Synth sequence is programmed. Pretty sure they just pushed a button to play the sequence. Entwistle is on bass.
Greatest rock band on Earth with The best album ever.
Daltry sure is in good physical shape
if you like Keith Moon on drums - find the Who's performance, on video, of the song "Young Man Blues" at the Isle of Wight in 1970. Moon pulverizes his drum kit! The other guys are as 'on' as Moon is as well - just an unbelievable Jam by The Who.
And that isn't even The Who at their peak... but it's still awesome.
The "synth" is actually a Lowrey organ on the marimba repeat setting.
When Pete Townshend whips his arm around it's called the windmill. I saw a meme on FB after President Trump said that windmills caused cancer. (yes he really said that) the meme had Pete with he's arm in the air. With the caption "Been causing cancer since 1964". I burst out laughing when I saw it.
To see them live - you have never been covered in wet sweat like you would then Dancing with strangers - coming home hoarse as hell shoulders sore from pumping your fist in the air.
Find the live Quick One While He’s Away performance
They have someone else doing a synthesizer John atmosillas playing the bass that hard throbbing base you hear when it first starts
The things we do for "Rock n Roll"
The synth was an automatic program, done by Pete Townsend.
Gigantic bass from Entwistle out of the shot!!!
The Beatles transcended rock but The Who were rock. Their a different animal live and I think the best live band of all time. There is a UA-cam video title proof the who is the greatest band ever. It's there closing 15 or so minutes of their London Coliseum show. Video quality is poor, video freezes for almost a minute, at one point I think they blow out a microphone, and it may be proof that the Who is the greatest band ever.
That vido of the LondonColiseum show is bad quality, but holy everything. The music quality is out of this world.
Watch the same concert for ....Won't Get Fooled Again .... You will see a live performance you will never forget
Look for a video titled /The Who live at Woodstock ‘69, all officially released tape/ for a fantastic live set, more than on the album nor movie. My favorite Rock band of all time, espeialle live!
If you want to see the Who live, you are in the wrong decade. LIVE AT LEEDS, was one of the first great live albums. "Magic Bus", " My Generation", are epic.
Townsend does his Chuck Berry across the stage at the end
There's another video out there of this same performance but that focuses more on Pete.
Townsend sets the sythn up to repeat over and over at the beginning and then just walks aways from it and they keep in time with it.
I haven't checked, but have you done Black Sabbath War Pigs Live 1970? It's AMAZING!!!!