Drum Teacher Reacts: KEITH MOON! | The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios 1978)
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Non trovo to go up, "Moon in june" by The Soft Machine, with Robert Wyat on drums bifore incident in wich he loose use of his legs
Here's the other Who classic, Baba O'Riley, from the same recording session ua-cam.com/video/-jON9roP2Hs/v-deo.html
Where is the original video?
No Band ever had this kind of excitement, tension and musicianship... No band ever could touch The Who on a good day.. no stones, No led zep..no Band ever had this guts and blood in yer face attitude
I met Roger and he described the Who as Sweat, Bollocks and Guts! I met my hero. He was all that. Bill Curbishley too.
This is the only Rock band that has a lead singer, a lead guitarist, a lead bassist and a lead drummer.
Total magical chaos.
Led Zeppelin? Tool? The Mars Volta?
I've watched the isolated bass clip from this song many times. Entwistle had insane levels of talent.
6 cameras and I can’t stop looking at him shredding that bass
I have seen a few interviews and other bass players. Say he basically redinvented the playing of the bass. Sorry if my spelling is bad I suck at spelling.
@@jimwelsh997 The early rock bassists tended to play root and fifth notes. Entwistle changed all that.
Entwitsle is one of the best bassists ever. #1 or 2.
So true:John was underrated by the public at large cozza his still stage persona🎩
Entwistle cracks me up. Just standing there, holding it down, rock solid, with a just-another-day-at-the-office look on his face.
Pretty much the same with John Deacon who also always looked like he'd be more comfortable with a short back and sides.
Keith wasn't the most technical of drummers but, man, he was the most fun to watch! Saw him many times and I never saw a drummer get through so many sticks - losing them, failing to catch them, throwing them away, breaking them (frequently). He didn't care if he accidentally whacked a rim or knocked over a cymbal, he just carried on like a demented rhythm monster.
Keith was such a epic drummer yet made it look effortless.
Keith wore the headphones so he could hear the keyboard parts on Baba and Fooled........The Who is the greatest band ever. Great week.
Roger explains it here... ua-cam.com/video/pGEsPQF_1t8/v-deo.html
The Who's line-up: Pete Townsend, lead guitar, Roger Daltrey, lead vocals, John Entwhistle, lead bass, Keith Moon, lead drums.
Moon needed the headphones because they had to match the synthesizer and keep time with that recording.
You naield it! Keith Moon was a natural musician, one whose only and transcendetal purpose was to serve to the music that was been be played!
You got it!
Entwistle was a giant on bass. The combo of him & Moon is extraordinary… such a majestic band.
I. Actually. Got better. Than I. Quit
I. Out. Did. Moon. Then. Quit
I. STARTED. ADDING. MY. Own pArts
Entwistle was my favorite member of the band...and I'm a drummer. 😅
TRUTH. I'm a MASSIVE Zep Fan - love The Who as well - BUT "The Ox" was something else! Played it like a LEAD INSTRUMENT all while lookin' all Stoic and serious... his Basslines are INSTANTLY recognizable..."The Real Me" blows the doors off.
This song is from the album "Who's Next" which is arguably their greatest album and one of the greatest rock albums of all time. There's no fillers in there and the arrangements are energizing and still much more controlled than this really wild and chaotic live version.
The moment from Moon's drums kicking in after the break through to Roger's awesome (extended) scream is just peak rock and roll. Not much I've ever seen is better than those few moments.
The isolated bass on this performance is a master class in "more is more". It's just brilliant. How he weaves his bassline around the melody and really drives the song is incredbile.
Entwistle didn't get called Thunderfingers for nothing...
Top 3 bass man in history in my opinion.
RIP The Ox.
John Entwistle was the only member of The Who to have had formal musical training. His parents were musicians. John began taking piano lessons at age 7, switching later to Trumpet, then to the French Horn, and finally Bass when he co-founded a rock band with Pete Townshend in High School.
Roger Daltrey played Franz Liszt in Lisztomania. What I did not know, when I watched it, was Roger Calgary apparently played each selection live while being filmed. That is impressive.
Pete's parents were professional musicians
Not sure if you did it, but my favorite Keith performance is A Quick One from the rolling stones rock n roll circus
Keith Moon...a metronome like no other. Perfect with Entwistle, the Ox!
💯👌
This was filmed at their Shepperton Studio (UK) where the Who based themselves for kit & rehearsal space etc. They wanted to capture a live performance under controlled circumstances, so they set up everything as if a regular show and invited fans in see them perform. Keith's kit expanded over the years to be 2 kicks, 2 floor toms, 3 regular mounted toms and an extra row of concert toms on stands positioned in front to the 3 regular toms. Keith wore headphones so that he could hear the pre-recorded synth track and play to it as a click track for this particular song. Classic video of Keith with the headphones is the studio video of Who Are You song where the headphones are gaffer tapped to him on his forehead. Have you see this ? Probably worth a reaction video too
I’ve heard Alien was being filmed on the soundstage next door. They stopped to watch The Who!
The people at this show were from the who’s Fanclub
Someone said on the chat that they _knew_ how to put on a show. I saw them six days ago, and I can tell you they _still_ know how to put on a show. Obviously the physical energy isn't as high as on this clip, but they still give 100% of what they've got, and what they've got is little short of miraculous for a 79-year-old and a 78-year-old.
I can't believe how good Roger still sounds. I don't think ANY other rocker's voice has aged that well. He needs to give lessons on keeping your voice healthy.
They’ve always been great live.
Same thing when I saw them do Quadrophenia 10 years ago. Great show. Plus I get a kick out of Zach Starkey on the drums.
To quote a fellow musician from that period, The Who didn't perform - they waged war
Agreed - saw them this week and Roger can still do the high notes and screams.
As a kid learning how to play by listening to albums, there were three drum gods. Neil Peart, John bonzo, and Keith Moon. These 3 played for the sake of the song. They knew how to please the music gods. The Who was rowdy rock and roll. And the legendary scream was epic. Thank you for a bad ass week.
Name 3 who don't play for the song?
Entwistle just a mad great talent. Crazy crazy good!
Brilliant Observation! LONG LIVE KEITH MOON...RIP Brother! ...Newk from Kentucky
The Ox is on FIRE! Love him!
The Who. Maximum R &B. Anyone else remember that? 😊
Keith Moon was in my opinion the greatest drummer ever and John Entwistle the greatest bass player ever....
That's a valid opinion many would agree with!
That's the greatest opinion of them all.
How were those HUGE bass chords that Entwistle was playing at in the "meet the new boss..." section. What a sound.
I've seen this song before but only as a single-camera view, I really enjoyed this one, thanks a bunch for showing it. The keyboards in this were an organ passed thru one of the very first synthesizers that Pete was experimenting with. Keith often wore headphones held on with electrical tape, never sure why. I still don't know how he could have played a high-hat with 2 bass drums? The mic swinging by Roger was also very common, he always looped back the flex and taped it to the mic handle so it wouldn't pull out when it was swung.
One a two superlative drummers,from the two greatest rock bands of all time, gone suddenly, and far to young.
When I saw the who in St Louis in a big arena the electricity went out and we were under emergency lights and they did an acoustic set that was freaking incredible. I've seen a lot of singers Rodger Daltrey can project his voice like none other😊
WOW!
Andrew, your comment that Roger nearly lost control of the mic while swinging it, He was/is the master of that mic he could hit somebody 30 feet away from him and did, I think the guy threw a bottle at the band Roger saw who did it and wound the mic up and hit him with it and recovered the mic to carry on with the song.
I'm sure I heard this story or something very similar years ago, but I didn't really believe it at the time. It's a good story and I'd like to think it's true.
@justinchetham-strode5234 I was only listening to an interview with Roger a couple of days ago and it did actually happen. I'm sure you'll be able to find the same interview.
I have seen the "official video" many times, but never seen the pieces of raw footage all together. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Entwistle said once he developed part of his technique in response to a pre-Moon drummer who didn’t use his kick drum well. The bass provided that sound from the way he attacked the string. Add Moon on top of that and we get a sound never heard before.
Moon's drum kit was nailed to the floor.
Andrew you should have watched A Quick One While He’s Away from The Rolling Stones Circus. Ridiculous Moon. 🔥
Yes, "A Quick One" is beyond wild. Moon at his creative and manic best. And the performance was well filmed too. A lot of live Who shows have Moon hidden in the shadows at the back of the stage, or the one camera is mostly focused on Daltrey and Townshend.
His work starting at 13:53 is a thing of beauty. Most musical drummer I think there has ever been.
Pert
I always felt that Townshend’s guitar destruction was an exclamation point, as if to say that this specific performance can no longer be repeated.
I saw him destroy a Telecaster in Oakland on their 1982 "Farewell Tour." Mid-song it cut out, and Pete hit the head on the amp, then went full 60's Pete.
Pete Townsend looks like he's dead center of a 3 day speed/coke binge.
Yeah…pretty much 😂
Your comments, especially toward the end of your reaction were really cool, and as a lifelong fan of Moon's it was fun to hear your breakdown. I think Moon was using the headphones primarily to hear the keyboard/synth bits as his solo was needing to be timed carefully to the end of that passage. It's one of the few solos he ever did, but his fills were legend. My suggestion is to listen to the version of Amazing Journey/Sparks from Live At Leeds album.
Is there a bad live version of that song, anywhere?
Moon was listening to a CLICK TRACK, basically a musical metronone that live shows. Kept him on beat. Nowadays if needed, they earplug click tracks. Watch Baba O Reilly, Moon uses the headphones on this and WHO R U
@@abqbatmobile Neil Peart used a light as a click.
Moon hated having those headphone taped to his head, but they were necessary.
Such an awesome example of building a crescendo. The energy just builds and builds. Then.... BOOM!
So, so good. Thanks for this. I'd never seen it.
Glad you enjoyed it
This mix is so good. With decent earbuds, I feel like I could easily focus on any one of them.
I believe the current touring drummer for The Who is still Zach Starkey- Ringo Starr’s son. Keith was very close friends with Ringo.
Keith Moon is the godfather of Zak Starkey drummer for the Who since 1996.
Wow! What a fantastic week this has been here on your channel Andrew! I thank you for covering one of my favorite drummers who I've loved since even before I even knew that I wanted to play myself!
🤘🏼🥁🤘🏼
I gotta also add that you know you've got an epic musician on your hands when you leave with more questions than you went into a performance with! 🤣🤷🏻♂️
The isolated Entwiatle bass is just fantastic. It's been up awhile--the six split camera is cool.
That there's about as rock 'n roll as rock 'n roll gets.
Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'reily were recorded here. for the Kids Are Alright movie. That is why the picture quality is better than usual most live performances and why the 6 camera angles
So good we have this time capsule
Bit of The Who geekdom I am sure someone else has told you. The LEGEND Keith Moon is the inspiration behind The Muppets character Animal. A super chill & polite & loving guy to just be around. At a party a total Animal. & on stage... Able to flip from that party Animal style of almost organised chaos, to 100% total control in the blink of an eye. Jim Henson confirmed
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That was amazing to see all those camera angles. The destruction started as an accident on an early performance in a club with a low ceiling and the audience gasped and thought it was part of the show. They loved it and grew to expect it. Pete got tired of it fast, as well as having to put it back together after, but he tried to please the fans.
Greater than the sum of their parts which is extraordinary as the individual parts are so very incredible on their own
I saw the Who in 67or 68. Might have been their first US tour. Their new song at the time was Magic Bus. Great show and I was lucky enough to get one of Moons broken drumsticks. To a new teenager that was something to cherish. Lost him too soon. rip.
Lots of background for this clip, 1, the director of movie, Jeff Stein had the movie finished and was missing the signature version of this and baba O'Reilly, put concert and it flopped, then he set this show up in the studio and they nailed it, that's Jeff Stein running on stage at the end because he knew he had the shot to make the movie 2, the movie "alien" was filming next door, the was invited to the show, they were so impressed by the laser show that the used them in the movie
I just discovered your station. Fascinating to hear a drum teacher react to Keith. I had the privilege to see them twice in 1969 & 70' . It seems to me Keith is in another dimension discovering the living rhythms and channeling them into the moment. He is more controlled at this stage. I think his health was becoming an issue by 78. I'm going to listen to your previous Who's
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15:41 starts one of the best Rock scenes ever! That drumming, The Yell, Pete jumping/sliding across the stage while the bassist steps slightly back while it does its nasty thing from the side like it's business as usual. CLASSIC!
the performance energy is insane. this also proves that townends slide across the stage was not staged as some say
He has a row of concert toms above a row of closed toms here, so basically two kits in one 😀
This video links 2 of my graet passions, the WHO, and the film
A L I E N
A L I E N was shot at Shepperton Studios, which the WHO had a part share in
The film was being shot in an adjoining studio - the WHO were making so much noise it interrupted filming- its said some of the cast popped round to see. The lasers you see at the end of the WHO video were borrowed by Ridley Scott and used in the "egg chamber" scene, where Kane finds the Alien egss covered in the layer of mist
That’s awesome. I didn’t know that, and it is so cool!
As a teen, I attended a KISS concert in Nov '79. The mad rush and tons of compacted kids trying to make it inside the venue was scarey; I was holding my head straight up, trying to breathe, feeling myself being suffocated! Then, about ten days later, Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, The Who concert, 11 kids were killed(suffocated)in the on-rush, trying to get into the venue before the doors were open. Dec '79
Kiss concert was at the Cow Palace, SF, California
That tragic event occurred in Cincinnati.
@@timmiller5913 oh thanks, I'll edit that!
Here's what's incredible. It was the dynasty tour, and I had the same experience in Phoenix at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Only it was about a month later from your from your show experience, because we were yellin It felt like my feet left the ground. General admission concerts were banned after that in Phoenix. for about the next couple of years.
@@HeelsHoseandskirt yes, you get sweep up as if in a tsunami. It happens so fast. Another concert, before the gates were 'open', in the mosh, I felt my left arm going one way and the rest of my body pulled another way!
But after the kiss show, we learned to stay on the outside area of the lined-up, excited fans, and watch for any unexpected stampedes
You have not just been missing out on moon, but quite a catalog of music and talented musicians. I know this is a drum channel; however, you should really checkout the isolated bass video from this same gig. Even if on your own time, its worth your time, Entwistle was voted bass player of the millennium for a reason. I believe he was the only one with musical training in the band... I believe piano and French horn!
Keith was listening to a click track, because this song has those recorded synth sections. Pete had Moon working with a click track starting with this album. In this video, you can see Keith's assistant Dougal Butler (blond guy with beard and a red shirt) putting on the gaffer tape. He's probably the one who set off the gong. Dougal Butler's biography of Keith is a short, VERY funny, very affectionate recounting of his time with Keith. Dougal's job was to keep Keith alive and out of prison/hospital/insane asylum. This was a daily and endlessly entertaining struggle. The book is called Full Moon in some countries, it has an alternative title I can't remember. Keith was wild and destructive, but also a warm and kind soul, with a massively infectious sense of fun. He was no Ginger Baker, personality wise. He didn't have rivalries, wasn't competing with anyone, and had absolutely zero sense of malice. It's hard not to like him.
I would be surprised if it were Dougal: we was no longer in Keith’s or the band’s employment by this point. It’s just a roadie.
@@martyhopkirk6826 oh, you're right. thank you so much!
The greatest rock song of all-time by the greatest rock band of all-time!!!
This is my favorite recording of this song.
A great visual spectacle too.
Hi Andrew, I liked your comment "he always put the music first". Wild Moon was a drum artist. Watch hundreds of live videos, Keith was always "in the music" and "for the music". His crash and ride cymbals were constant, yet he would silence them with his hands when the music needed quiet. He talked about not hitting the bass pedal while hitting a crash, to emphasise the "high" of the crash. He had the most inventive technique in his early playing, true artistry in Tommy, and mature rhythmic playing on Who's Next and Quadrophenia.
I. Am. His. Biggest fan
I've. Watched. All videos. I've. Only. Seen. Him. Screw. Up 2. Times
I seen. The. Who at. The. Silverdale. Keith. Showed. Up. 4. Half. A song. I. K own. What. I. Seen
That. Was. 40. Years. Ago
I was. Unhappy. With. Kenny. Jones the. 1. So g. He. Nails was. Sister. Disco
This was Keith's last performance with THE WHO, on my bday, 1978, May 25th. (His final actual concert was Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens, 21 October 1976.) Sad story, but less than 3 months after this performance in 78' he passed away in Sept:( Great breakdown as always!!
The Who always played an the edge of chaos and sometimes beyond but always within the framework of a meticulously constructed song.
Moonie had his kits made to order by Premier, his preferred brand, and whose specs included all tom supports/brackets made of solid steel given his habitual mistreatment of his instruments - which explains how he was able to climb over the kit without it collapsing at the end of the show.
Haha! Awesome
Put some time aside. Put your headphones on and listen to Tommy, Who’s next and Quadrophenia and listen to how the music production and structure changes over the for years.
Tommy was recorded on an 8 track desk through to Quadrophenia recorded on a purpose built multi channel quadrophonic desk.
Thank you Patreons, great pick. 👍
The Ox (Entwistle), the quietest guy in person but the loudest guy on stage. I have heard that John got bigger amps to hear himself over Moonie and Pete got bigger amps to hear himself over The Ox. I have also heard that when Roger would ask John to turn it down he would turn it up further. The Ox: Stoic but plays very loud - so much so that I understand towards the end of his life John was reading lips because his hearing was so trashed. Of course we all know Pete and Roger's hearing is also completely trashed.
If you play rock, please wear hearing protection. Being cool when you are younger is not worth being deaf when you are older
Recently on British TV i watched an edition of Great Albums on Whos Next. The sound engineer was breaking down Won't Get Fooled Again and when Moonie came on he said and here is Moonie arriving like a herd of Buffalo
hey Andrew. Haha yes that's my name, I started playing drums in 1964 and retired a few years back as arthritis and creeping deafness made it really painful to play more than an hour at a time. I am from Texas. I saw The Who twice in Houston - in 1968 and 1972. The 72 concert still ranks as THE best I have ever seen. I was 5th row center stage and I remember my ears rang for 2 days afterwards..( yeah I wear hearing aids these days too, from many concerts and my own performances.) Anyway to answer a couple of your questions about this song.
Moonie had to wear headphones because of the underlying synth pattern that he was mimicing at the beginning. If you listen to the studio version it continues through the whole song and marks major segments in it. Moonie was not concerned about keeping a steady tempo, or even counting measures on stage, and it was always a challenge for the band to figure out where he was bouncing off to. To hear what I am talking about give "Live at Leeds" a listen for a full (nearly complete) live performance from 1970. That was why Entwhistle was the rock and pillar of timekeeping. Oh and yes John Ent grew up playing French Horn and trumpet as a lad. He plays those horns and others on many songs throughout the Who discography.
That entire Who's Next album and the follow up, Quadrophenia, used that synth pattern and variations as a musical click track to make sure Keith would enter and exit and pick up the changes as he should. The music was evolving in complexity and Keith's drinking was affecting his timekeeping more and more.
Keith played "lead drums" often keying his fills and phrasing off the lead guitar. He would use the high hat in the studio but not on stage beginning in 71 or 72. The Tommy Medley required it a bit, but again, he played it with his stage persona, like the Bell Boy of Quadrophenia- "All gilt and flash".
BTW, early on I played Ludwig and Zildjian. Mid career I switched to Premier and Paiste, then Tama and Yamaha. I just gave my 7-piece Tama StarClassic Bubinga kit to my oldest son who also plays, and I have hung on to my Yamaha kit with a variety of Yamaha (2), Gretsch(2) and Pearl (1) snares. I sold my Ludwig 6 1/2" Black Beauty ( recent manufacture) and my 1976 vintage 15" Sound Edge Paiste 2002 high hats online.
I've seen this song repeatedly since the film was released, but this is the first time I got to see the six cameras running at the same time. Your commentary was interesting to me as a non-drummer (and wish I had pursued my interest), and only wish for more.
I was especially heartened to see that the laser show and Townsend's leap happened in real time (although I see they sweetened the laser show a bit, which is understandable).
I heartily recommend the documentary this was taken from, "The Kids Are Alright," to learn more about why the Who did what they did.
this is one of the great performances OF ALL TIME
The Who.... best classic rock band.
The Who , Who's Next ...best classic rock studio album.
The Who ...Live At Leeds...Best
classic rock live album.
All just my opinions. Plus....Townshend's song writing
Great breakdown of a great song.
Thanks Andrew
John Entwistle was the only band member with Musical training, starting as a brass horn player at school. He reportedly played trad jazz in one gig with Pete Townsend then moved on to playing Rock on guitar and bass, before joining the Detours, who became the Who. Probably the most musically competent in the group. He and Pete swap Rhythm and lead between them. He was a very influential bassist.
Moon at this point we all know was a shadow of his former self. Check out 1970 or 72. Not the same guy. Still my favorite and grew up wanting to be him. ❤
"Young mans blues" by the Who live is epic !! Moony is awesome his stage interactions with Townsend are quite entertaining to say the least
That was so badass. Saw them 3 times in the 70s. This was a great flashback.
Keith's drums were nailed down. If you look closely near the end, Keith tried to destroy the drums. That is why he was able to stand on his drums. Damn things would not budge.
Oh wow. GREAT info
There is a reason why Entwistle was called The Ox
Loved this reaction....and footage. 1st time seeing this. Awesome!
Amazing bass playing by Entwistle..as usual.
The shuffling shakers🪇 backing soundtrack comes in when Roger starts swinging his🎤, and at 5:32 left middle screen, Keith's hi-hat, and double row of mounted toms. Pete has Three stacks, but doesn't mean all the cabs have speakers lol.
Great🎧Performance!!!!
This is the song. A perfect song.
"The Kids Are Alright' documentary on the Who is probably my favorite rock artist documentary ever!
They used to say the Who had a lead guitarist, lead vocalist, lead bass, and lead drummer
I like it!
bass players being stoic and laid back is part of the personality of bass players
The Who’s destruction of their kit started early in their career. The band was playing in a small venue and Townsend accidentally put his guitar neck through the ceiling. Mad at damaging his guitar, he then smashed it on the floor. The crowd thought it was part of the act, and went wild. So they got a reputation for doing something like that at the end of shows. When they went on TV for a performance, they decided to put some explosives in Moon’s kit. It’s believed that the idea was to have a kind of primitive light show to end the performance, but Moon put too much inside his drum, and the explosion actually singed Townsend’s hair and caused some permanent hearing loss.
They did tone down the gear destruction part of the act, limiting it to kicking over cymbal stands and tossing Daltry’s Mike into the drum kit as they walked off stage.
Because Townsend and Entwistle often played other instruments as part of the studio albums (keys for Townsend and horns for Entwistle), they resorted to backing tracks to add in the parts that they couldn’t play onstage.
Exactly! The destruction started accidentally, but they felt compelled to keep it part of the show.
4 geniuses right there, at the top of their game 😊
Entwistle was known as "Thunderfingers" and "The Ox" !!
Andrew, you commented that Moon "played two solos on Won't Get Fooled Again". Not exactly. It's more accurate to say the "solo" was really Moon playing drums with the synthesizer track. Moon liked to react and respond. Live, he was almost always watching Townshend, following the melody and hitting the accents. His studio playing sometimes followed the vocals, hitting the phrazing word-for-word. Keith said that "Drum solos are boring, play your solos during the song!" With the studio version, listen to the drum and synth interplay.
There can’t be two more different drumming styles than Keith Moon and Neil Peart but both brilliant
moon was pearts inspiration
Amusing tidbit: The first Alien movie was filming at shepperton at the same time. Some of them watched this and had a great time.
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What a performance....just perfect rock n roll!! Moon the loon never looks like he knows what he's doing ( in a regular rhythm sense) but always smashes it, Entwistle all over the fingerboard, Townshend being a rock god and Daltrey showing the whole world what a rock singer should sound like....just stunning. You should check out the rest of the gig, it's truly amazing.
This was Moon in his decline phase, sadly, recorded about a year before his death. The guys in the band had noticed his skills starting to fade a bit in the Quadrophenia sessions (per Dave Marsh's biography of the band), and hoped he'd eventually get sober and snap back. Alas.
The sound in this video is pretty incredible… I can hear every time Pete hits those strings. Surely a combination of both the quality of sound, as well as how hard Pete beats up his strings lol
You see where he hurt his pointer finger. He’s talked many times about how many times he’s effed up his hands and fingers from those windmills.
Yup what a brilliant capture of this show
A fantastic video to react to would be A Quick One (While He’s Away) from Rock and Roll Circus. You’ll see a bit of Moon the Loon, but as you say, the music is king & it’s one of the greatest live performances ever.It’s a mini opera that’s fun & shows each one at their best.
When this performance was being filmed at Shepperton Studios, the movie "Alien" was being filmed in the studio next door. The cast and crew of "Alien" went over to see the performance by The Who. They liked the laser show at the end of Won't Get Fooled Again so much, they borrowed the laser equipment from The Who and used it in the movie. So the next time you watch Alien, keep an eye out for The Who's lasers.
This was Keith Moon,s last gig he ever did and was ill doing this concert
This was a one-off gig in front of an invited audience, live footage was needed to enhance the “Kids are alright” movie…..they were under rehearsed and Pete didn’t want it to go ahead.
Keith is a shadow of himself here, near the end of his life, the drugs had taken their toll.
To see Keith at his best, consider watching the Isle of Wight video, particularly “Young man blues”.