Music video by Pete Townshend performing Rough Boys. (C) 1980 Eel-Pie Recording Productions Ltd., under exclusive licence to UMC, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd vevo.ly/9tYMMq
Wow. I remember seeing this on TV late one night when it was first released. Seeing it again is like a strange time warp. All kinds of thoughts, feelings, memories flood back.
An amazing piece of music that is surely the equal of any Who song from that era. A brilliant performance from Pete. I'm not wild about the lyrics, sadly.
It's just about the youth culture and it passing him by. "Gonna get inside you" isn't sexual. The next line is "get inside your bitter mind". Bite and kiss you is his sympathies to who they are, as he relates. Love/Hate, the story of Pete's relationships with...everything.
kiddie porn on his computer. rough boys. but pete aint gay. ALRIGHT. danny fields from the doors and 1970 may say a little different. either way, great song and album
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Loved this track when I was 17 …I’ve just turned 60 and still love it…
Same here mate,loved the who as a teenager,thought Pete was amazing,61 this year,still feel 16 haha.....
don't you find this captured a very fleeting part of UK youth history? It was mine but I have never seen it since
Pete's solo stuff is amazing
Great song, Great album. Trust Townshend to deliver one of the classic albums of the 1980's.
Never knew Townsend was also a great singer
Used as intro for Nazareth's concerts for years, an extremely exciting teaser!
Wow. I remember seeing this on TV late one night when it was first released. Seeing it again is like a strange time warp. All kinds of thoughts, feelings, memories flood back.
Brilliant song.
An amazing piece of music that is surely the equal of any Who song from that era. A brilliant performance from Pete.
I'm not wild about the lyrics, sadly.
Im a little lost, is he singing about boys being in a gang or something?
Best guitar solo album ever
Pete you are amazing!!!!! :)
This was shortly after they filmed Quadrophenia, I love the Mod and Rockers in this too
think it was 8 years later.
@ this song was released in 1980, the Quadrophenia film was 1979 so it was a year later not 8
Fantastic song so good
Great song
Thanks for posting!
superb
"Rough toys, under the sheets..."
it's obvious yet fans still deny the truth...
'I want to get inside you'!?????
Unlike Billy Squire, the rumors didn’t sink Pere’s career back then. Fortunately, having a decent video helps.
Yes!
Soon after this Nazareth started using this as their stage-intro music which they continued to do for many years. Would've been a great Who song.
Yeah, 'snaz album!
They only wanted a quiet few frames of snooker Pete.
See how Pete Townshend had been interfered ordinary gentlemens’ playing pool for 4 minutes
the homoeroticism of it all
He got mods and rockers to play pool againts each other but Pete only annoys the rocker because he is an ex old mod
How to compose a killer-song:-)
And then appears "·Footlose"....
Gary Crowley in the Parka ??
19 dislikes from rockers
best of the best .
The Empty Glass album would of made a classic Who record. I like The Who's Face Dances but it's not as potent or as strong as the Empty Glass album.
empty glass blows away every who album since quadrophenia
Why don't they pinch him on his face, continuing pool game?
Well, that's one way to come out of the closet
Well done you - nothing wrong with being a fruit 😊
One guess what this song's about...;)
It's just about the youth culture and it passing him by. "Gonna get inside you" isn't sexual. The next line is "get inside your bitter mind". Bite and kiss you is his sympathies to who they are, as he relates. Love/Hate, the story of Pete's relationships with...everything.
I want to buy you leather, we can't be seen together.
Its obvious what it's about... 🙄
@@buzzcrushtrendkill it's homoerotic in the way 80s action movies are homoerotic - "so straight it's gay".
@@DLBMOS it's a rorschach test
@@buzzcrushtrendkill when's the book coming out? you know, the one he was researching?
kiddie porn on his computer. rough boys. but pete aint gay. ALRIGHT. danny fields from the doors and 1970 may say a little different. either way, great song and album