"Eminence Front" by The Who: Pete Townshend's midlife crisis

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2025

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  • @bigchief8493
    @bigchief8493 2 роки тому +13

    i accidentally found this channel by trying to find a rumored version of Eminence Front with Roger Daltrey on lead vocals, but i ended up binging hours worth of content!
    you’re massively deserving of so many more subscribers, great work!

    • @behindthesongpodcast
      @behindthesongpodcast  2 роки тому

      So glad you found us, and thank you so much!

    • @straightpipec6099
      @straightpipec6099 Місяць тому

      Roger and Pete sing on an alternate version that is on the half speed remastered version of It’s Hard. It’s good but the song seems to work better with Pete taking the lead.

  • @TheWorldofGood79
    @TheWorldofGood79 Рік тому +9

    Really pleased to have come across this, you explain The Who & Eminence Front so well. Pete is an extraordinary songwriter, & guitar player & The Who are an extraordinary band. For me the music of The Who is more relatable than anything ever by The Beatles The Stones, or any other band.

  • @TimmyJoePCTech
    @TimmyJoePCTech Рік тому +3

    I can't thank you enough for this video essay. I recently found Eminence Front in a spotify wormhole and it is such a song of the era, very Peter Gabriel. It's so good and i knew fhere had to be a story behind it. Good show!

  • @davidscottsandoval68
    @davidscottsandoval68 Рік тому +8

    My favorite Who song. Love love love this song

    • @tomscott3
      @tomscott3 Рік тому

      I played it every day on the way to school, and then later, to work. My theme song. I've even quoted it in legal filings against the syndicate.
      Very Best Regards,
      Tom Scott
      Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
      _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
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  • @mrupert22
    @mrupert22 2 роки тому +2

    You found your channel.
    Love it! Thank you!!!!

  • @plasticoflamingo2952
    @plasticoflamingo2952 Рік тому +3

    Nice take. I've been a Who fan for 50 years. When Moon died, everyone had to grow up, a little. Even us kids. To me, there are no bad Who albums, no bad Who songs. The point of the post-Moon songs, I believe, is to find the meaning of your individual life, and figure out how to fit that into larger society, while maintaining your true self. In other words, find your inner Keith. Hopefully, without working so hard to destroy yourself. Fitting in, while being your true self, seems to be what Keith Moon was all about. Unfortunately, that's one of the hardest things to do. If Pete Townsend has a core message, I think that is it.

  • @PatrickMontgomeryAyreWolf
    @PatrickMontgomeryAyreWolf Рік тому +1

    I rediscovered this song while watching an old GMC truck TV commercial. Found out what it was after talking to a trade publication, and have since run the long version as the intro on My Radio show AyreWolf FM.

  • @Dabgram34
    @Dabgram34 6 місяців тому +2

    Great video

  • @thomascostello2651
    @thomascostello2651 3 роки тому +12

    This song goes to 11 every time.

  • @saint.vitus.7775
    @saint.vitus.7775 10 місяців тому

    Strong Miami Vice vibes with this song. I think it's more popular now than when it first came out.

  • @mnavrrojr
    @mnavrrojr Рік тому +1

    Gawd-damn!! Great review! The Who ROCK!

  • @iainholmes2735
    @iainholmes2735 9 місяців тому

    Enjoyed the analysis. It's an amazing song: 42 years old yet still as fresh as a daisy. Cheers from London.

  • @freddiespinoza
    @freddiespinoza 10 місяців тому +1

    Well written, congratulations!

  • @seanhayes1965
    @seanhayes1965 3 роки тому +4

    One of my favorites!

  • @richardkorpel3251
    @richardkorpel3251 3 роки тому +2

    Townsend marriage was pretty Rocky from the beginning. In his own autobiography, he says they were not a happy couple.

    • @behindthesongpodcast
      @behindthesongpodcast  3 роки тому +1

      The remarkable thing was the longevity they had through the ascent of the band and so on. Not many couples stay together that long under those circumstances, which is different from saying that they were happy.

  • @michaelkneringer3194
    @michaelkneringer3194 3 місяці тому

    Wrong perspective, a rebirth of a nation/ the world. rising from the ashes of the 60's, 70's.

  • @georgeprice4212
    @georgeprice4212 Місяць тому

    I have both of the Studio albums with Kenny Jones, and they are actually better than people let on. If you DON’T compare those with the albums with the original lineup, they’re both great albums in their own way. (And they’re both way better than Endless Wire, but with still coping with The Ox’s passing, that’s understandable.)

  • @peteanderson4395
    @peteanderson4395 8 місяців тому

    An excellent piece on my favourite song from it's hard... which to me is a better album than face dances...better sounding and also features cry if you want...a close to eminence front..... thank you

  • @merlinidlehands3302
    @merlinidlehands3302 3 місяці тому

    Hey kids.... take it from a OLD DJ. IM almost 70 I was a DJ for 9 years and had a Rock and Roll TV show for 17 YEARS and in the 70s we PARTIED HARD so the kids that were not there JUST dont get it sorry Janda BUT you HAD to BE THERE to explane it!!!! IF Anyone of insterested in what Im doing NOW Im at Soundcloud under the name "MERLIN OFFICIAL" still going strong BUT Thumbs UP anyway lol

  • @joelabriola2493
    @joelabriola2493 2 місяці тому

    Who's the Narrator? She's cute!🎉❤😮

  • @williampaul8556
    @williampaul8556 Рік тому +1

    There is a whole lot of pretending going on. Authentic people is in rare supply....................................................=

  • @hayleylastella8491
    @hayleylastella8491 3 місяці тому

    January 6 th !!!!

  • @BrianLopez-dv7ep
    @BrianLopez-dv7ep 9 місяців тому

    Talk about a swan song.

  • @BillPeschel
    @BillPeschel Місяць тому

    "The decadent decade" : How to talk about the '80s without knowing anything about the '80s. And reading from a script on camera? This is cringe.

  • @kayakuprising5914
    @kayakuprising5914 Рік тому

    Hottie!!!