"My experience working with THE WHO!" by Rod Argent
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2023
- Rod Argent is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as founder member of The Zombies. He also created another group in the 70's called Argent, who went on to have hits with songs like "Hold Your Head Up" and "God Gave Rock & Roll To You". He's also worked with other legends like Phil Collins, Gary Moore and The Who! In this short video, Rod details his experience working with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, which included playing on their classic hit "Who Are You", and tells a story of sneaking to the pub with Keith Moon!
"Hold Your Head Up" was one of the greatest songs of the early 70's. I was 10 yrs old when it was released. It was a collaberation of Rod Argent and Chris White and defined that era of music as much as any other song of its time. It was so good in fact, that it charted all the way up to #5 here in the U.S. I still LOVE it and still get chills whenever I listen to it.
Great story told by Rod about that song here 😀 ua-cam.com/video/_KqYxA3OkJw/v-deo.html
I had that 45'
Rod Argent is a legend. Thank you for this interview.
yes he can hold his head up.
@@josephhewes3923 NHS
Loved 'Hold Your Head Up' in the summer of '72. Great stuff!
Great story told by Rod about that song here 😀 ua-cam.com/video/_KqYxA3OkJw/v-deo.html
Hold your head up, hold your head high!…
"Hold your head up" is one of THE great songs
Yes, they were well-known for working fast in the studio, but Townshend's writing took long, and he worked really hard on the synthesizer parts. In fact, much of what you hear on the song 'Who Are You' , is actually Pete playing his guitar through a synthesizer. And when the song crashes down halfway through, and it becomes quiet, what you think is John Entwistle playing bass, is actually Pete on acoustic guitar. Nothing is what it seems on that song.
Also, Pete did most of the recording of the song in 1976, two years before the rest of The Who recorded their parts.
It remains one of Pete's proudest moments of his career.
Rod Argent is one of the great keyboardists of rock, as well as a fine songwriter, with The Zombies, his band Argent, and contributing to The Who on several songs. He certainly should receive more recognition for his accomplishments, in my humble opinion.
100% agree!
I've seen Argent at the Town Hall in Birmingham many, many times & they were great
I think i met Rod back in the mid eighties as he was a friend of a musician songwriter that lived upstairs in our communal house ! I remember him telling me all the stories on the Who that i listened to with all ears as i was a mod and they were my favourite all time band ! He was having a hard time and it did seem sad that somebody that had played on so many legendary songs for so many amazing groups was clearly struggling to make ends meet ! But he clearly was more artist than buisiness man and he was definately struggling, seeing as he was crashing in my friends kitchen as i recall ! One night he got so drunk he ended up puking in the kitchen and that was when my friend asked him to leave !
The Zombies- so incredible. One of the bands that I took for granted back when they were putting out masterpieces.
Then, just a couple of years ago, I stumbled onto a video of She's Not There, and was mesmerized.
Rod and the Zombies still Kicking Azz after 60 Years in the Business!… Long live the Zombies!
I saw Rod play on the Zombies tour around 2001 in a small club in Seattle. I was giddy to stand so close to him. I remember how surprised he looked when the entire club of mostly young people erupted when they heard him begin "Hold You Head Up." Everyone sang along. It was magic.
Saw The Who in Greenboro, NC, and about got run over while walking in the parking lot by a blacked out limo. Instintively, someone in our group shot the bird. The limo slowed, the window came down, and Roger shot us the bird back. Best memory.
Saw Argent circa 1972 with 3,000 others at The Croydon Greyhound opposite The Royal Fairfield Halls.
Great Night:)
I just saw the Zombies about 6 months ago or so in Kent, Ohio.....AWESOME show. Argent is so underrated. Move OVER Wakeman.....Argent is in town!
The Zombies are brilliant. Colin Blunstone is a brilliant singer.
I grew up with their music in the 1970's (Australia) but didn't realise their influence until I saw 'Quadrophenia' -
It's a privilege to hear people like Rod ,share his insight's.I never forget that photo of Roger at Woodstock
Rod is more than a legend. Argent's Hold your Head Up is the acme of all of rock. Thank you forever Rod.
Rod Argent. He would be a legend just for his contributions ( along with his fellow members of The Zombies!) to Odyssey And Oracle alone, but he's done so much else, from the hit group Argent, to stage productions!
Odessey and Oracle
Correct! Someone there couldn't spell!@@olliebeak131
Argent is a keyboard god in my humble opinion, his work is always first cabin.
Great to see Rod. What a talent he is. Often far more so than those he sessioned for!
You got THE Rod Argent on your show? Instant sub!
I love the subtitles misreading Daltrey's name as "Roger Adultery"!
😂😂
How apropos 😉
I don't like Daltrey's negative treatment of Kenney Jones. No one was ever going to 'replace' Keith Moon. I saw the Who in '67 and '68 and I saw the Faces a few times in the early '70s. I thought that Jones was a great drummer particularly in his soloing. The Faces were a great 'let's party!' band and Jones more than held up his end of the music.
I agree, Kenney is a top drummer and nice guy too! Fun little video here where he talks about joining The Who ua-cam.com/video/IDCc_lBozSg/v-deo.html
Their precursor, the Small Faces were even wilder, and with the incomparable Steve
Marriott up front were far better imo.
Daltrey didn’t want KJ as a permanent member of the band. Townshend did want to keep him. Entwistle didn’t concern himself with such matters, so it had to be unanimous between Daltrey and Pete. It wasn’t unanimous and KJ was out.
He wasn't the right choice to replace keith moon just as he wouldn't be right to replace John Bonham in led zeppelin. Infact Roger I saw interview years ago his list would have been. Cozy Powell. Anysley Dunbar. Carl palmer. Clive bunker. Among many others and even Pete said in hindsight Roger was right and he was. people get so butt hurt but it's not nothing personal it's about getting the right person for the job.
I've seen interviews with both Roger cbd Kenney where they both state that they are friends but the fact is that Roger didn't think that Ken was a good fit for the band. How many of us have had jobs that we've been invited to leave when we didn't think we'd done anything wrong? It's nothing personal. They have both said that.
Great to hear this, I loved some of The Zombies stuff and The Who are one of my favourite bands.
Great stories
Rod has contributed with oh' so' many amazing projects it baffles me just how much he has done.
I played one of my favourite argent albums entitled nexus on my turntable last night.
Ive only just bought that 1978 andrew lloyd webbers variations record.
Over here in the uk the television arts & topics itv program the south bank show used the theme from
paganini caprice in A Minor No. 24 from the variations album which has always stayed with me but without
knowing it was taken from this album.
I didn't know who was on it until i received it in the post.
Rod argent and gary moore let alone others i hold great admiration for😍 Gosh'' im in for a real treat.
I must of played it at least 4 times so far.
How on earth did this album escape me for so long???
Interesting! The Who are my favorite band and I never knew about any of this. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it Motley Hoople!
Rod and the Hold Your Head Up solo were one big reason I got a Hammond and along with Emerson and such masters propelled me to a long and completely invisible career.
HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH
Rod is one of my favorite keyboardists. Right up there with Emerson.
Bollocks
@@timcoakley5498 I am afraid you can't speak from experience there.
Sorry Ken that was very rude and disrespectful of me.
I myself am a pianist and completed all my grades in classical piano, but when you see someone like Keith Emerson playing and others you soon realise that grades mean absolutely nothing.
I knew a old jazz pianist who was barking mad, he could play anything,he couldn’t read a note of music but somehow knew what key he was in and what chords he was playing.
I have watched him play ELP at his house and it is absolutely incredible and he himself always used to say that it’s one thing playing it and something on a whole different level to be able to write it.
Hi Ken, hope you are well. I have been listening to Argent and the long version of hold your head up.
I stand corrected,you were right and I was wrong, very wrong, please accept my apologies.
@@timcoakley5678 LOL! Accepted. The organ solo in HYHU was my introduction to prog musc back in the 70s. Argent was awesome. From there I graduated to Brain Salad Surgery by ELP and was a proggy ever since.
Great! I saw Argent and the Who in Dayton, Ohio shows.
I love The Who. Been to many gigs . Great interview.
Thanks Jimmy!
@@VRPRocks Saw Argent circa 1972 with 3,000 others at The Croydon Greyhound opposite The Royal Fairfield Halls.
Great Night:)
Thanks for this and Rod’s funny Keith Moon story. I did get to see The Who with Keith a few times over the years. Isle of Wight, Charlton, The Oval Cricket Ground etc. They were always top notch. I even got a bucket of water thrown over me ( Liverpool 1971) by Moon. We were sitting in the front near the stage when the crowd were shouting out for The Who to play ‘ Water’. I think he had a bucket ready by his drum kit to do this .. l hope it was water! If you read this Rod, thanks for the great show with The Zombies in Llandudno a few years ago.
You was at Charlton mate!?
@@helmutsecke3529 Hi, this was Charlton 1974. As usual The Who were great, but far too many kids packed into that football ground. Glass bottles being thrown through the air, so it was a bit dodgy. The Who at The Oval 1971. This was better, but again bottles being thrown during the day with cut heads . Didn’t make sense really! Keith Moon at one stage playing the drums with two cricket bats. Isle of Wight 1970 was great. Liverpool 1971 was out of this world. Sitting just a few few feet from the stage as they played most of ‘ Who’s Next’ before it was released. They were trying out new material before going on a major tour . This was in a small hall. As you can imagine, ears took a right blasting. Couldn’t hear for days😀
@@lthompson7625Humble Pie were much better that day.!
@@vespadavidson2315 They were great Vespa, but it’s still The Who for me. Steve Marriott was some singer wasn’t he! Love to have seen them with Peter Frampton. I think he had departed the scene by the time Charlton came along. Maggie Bell was another standout as well . Saw her a few years back, she’s still got the voice..l’ve got memories of Lou Reed prancing around the stage early on in the day with his hair dyed red..
Brandy and Water...
Besides the Beatles The Who were my favorite band I think. For pure rock nobody beats The Who, especially with the loon on the skins.
Interesting! He tells a good story, with humility and humour.
Nice!
This is a nice man
Wow…lovely…love is coming down.
I get to listen to them for free in August as craven Park is right near my house. Get in 👍🏻
Legend
I remember Rod , Cafe in kilburn next to the Music shop 1974.
On the elite level of Rick wakeman, rod argent is magic on keyboards
Great musician
Lovely guy, great musician. I wouldn't trust him to watch my back if a fight started though.
😂😂
I love Rod but would not want him in the trenches but then,equally, he would not want me either:)
Interesting clip, thanks! I wouldn't want him to be my backup in a bar fight, lol.
😂
Rod is a very likeable gentlemen. Unlike all the Beatle bands in the 60s, Rod and the Zombies had a style all their own, quite separate from the rest.
After reading his 600-page biography, I am touched by Keith. He tried so hard to get sober. He knew there were monsters inside of him he couldn't control, but he tried his very best to control them. There was no support system. Only Money, pills, booze, and people that wanted him to be a wild man. Rodger Daltrey says he would have wished he would have done more in his autobiography. Pete's autobiography with cold on the subject. Claiming that no one would have made any difference in Keith life. Very sad they didn't try.
Pete was in trouble himself at that time. He couldn't save anyone else. And fuck Pete or anyone else who says Keith wasn't up to snuff for that album. His drumming is great on that album. I think Had Enough is close to his greatest drumming ever.
RIP dear boy!
@@BubbaZen10 Agreed. Pete lived in his own world.
@@richardbullwood5941 Just saw them last Oct for that last tour. They really sounded great. And there was Pete, bitching about the sound. Its like "Shut up Pete, you're fkn deaf, it sounds great!" 🤣
Very sad your garbled nearly unintelligible writing.
@@helmutsecke3529 huh?
All of The Who’s songs are good. There are no clunkers
Mindjobmusic…..905 on WHO ARE YOU is awful.
Guess you've never heard the "It's Hard" album!
Tic Toc Melody…..oh God, please don’t remind me. They should have never recorded that album. The title of the album is horrible. It’s Hard is an awful song. The beginning solo in eminence front is very good, but after that, the song gets very boring. I do like Cry if you want. Other than that, the album is not good. That tour was awful. Pete’s guitar tone on that tour was brutal. Roger’s voice was shot. Pete didn’t even want to tour anymore, and you could tell by his stage demeanor. Whole tour was a joke.
@@timothycollins1968 The Who without Moon ain't The Who. We'll give them an E for effort with "Face Dances", a last little gasp. I'll never forget when I got the single for "Athena", took it home and stared in disbelief as this record went 'round and 'round on my record player! "What the f**k is this s**t?!!!!"
@@TTM9691 "The Who without Moon ain't The Who." Yep, I'm 100% with you there. For me The Who was not a trademark. It was THOSE four guys, locked in and LOUD. I saw them three times. Hammersmith Odeon '75. Charlton '76, (yeah the loudest-ever gig) and around 1980 at Wembley Arena. No disrespect to Kenny Jones but I really only saw "The Who" twice. Oh, and they were AMAZING!
Hold Your 🗣️UP!
Rod's a great all round guy! Getting credits from superstars can be hard work! Too many fragile egos & cash involved.
When I read articles about Rodger Daltrey yelling at concertgoers for smoking pot and ending shows early to protect his voice, it blows my mind to think this is the guy who sang, "Hope I die before I get old".
Yeah he sang it but didn’t write it. He’s just a voice.
Still doing it now.
@@doriangray2020 trust me, Pete Townsend is just as much an irascible old man.
@@kennethraymondmoore true…point made.
Old in attitude rather than age O
3:05 3 words I'm pretty sure were never said (and will never BE said) in America: " Do you fancy popping around the road" ...? etc.
Pete Townshend almost got me killed at a Who concert at Shea Stadium.
😮 Woah! What happened?!?
This was not long after all those people were killed at a who concert. I was right in front of the stage and people were pressing in and we were literally being crushed so Daltry asks the crowd to "shuffle back" because people were getting hurt. The Townshend steps up to the mic and said could everyone please "shuffle forward" and seemed to be quiet pleased with himself. I eventually was able to get over the waist high barrier separating the audience from the stage. The next morning my legs were covered in bruises.
Well, New Yorkers have never been really intelligent, especially Jets fans
@@pulsarlights2825 or Mets fans for that matter
@@ernestschultz5065 DALTREY!
Always though he (or Nicky Hopkins) were perfect to be in that band
I seem to remember Rod playing with Roger Chapman. Was it Family or Streetwalkers?
Rock musicians have a lot of hang ups.
Random comment, but everyone should give Rod Argent's 1988 album "Red House" a listen
I will never buy anything advertised on a video before the video is shown ....~~~
It was nothing personal from roger regarding kenney. If anyone thought a drummer wasnt suitable for the who, then who is anyone to argue with roger. We shud all respect his opinion.
It didn't matter who they got in on drums. The Who were done by '79
Which other songs did he play on?
Guitar and Pen.
@@JoJo-yp7kw right on man, thanks!
@@JoJo-yp7kw my favorite song by him. One of the greatest songs ever imo
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I was not aware Keith Moon was able to sneak anywhere...
Dance in the smoke
The Zombies were psychedelic before the Beatles. They had to be considered at the Van Guard of of the new FM music change
Trying not to blame him here for taking Keith down to a pub- what if he’d said no
fascinating how brits are. they criticise, clearly miffed by being not credited x playing (cause it s money dude), then they say oh i m not criticising. i live in london…this is how they are
Rod is looking like he’ll soon need his big hit as a daily affirmation.
🤔
Of course he threw his sticks at you! I would've!
Moon was not great from a technical point of view,was very sloppy live. I actually thought they were a lot better live when Jones joined
Great teeth !
Loved the who when I was a teenager 60s but couldn't stand moon
Three Dog Night covered a song By Argent.Dont know if its this guy .The song was called Chained.. Ay way Pete Townsend was trouble but the who was the beast rock band ever.In my opinion.i
TOWNSHEND! Duh!
Good story but too close to the camera Rod
😂 He was holding the phone in his hand... and getting pretty animated at times too 😂
Alcoholics are sad people and hard to relate to. I knew someone from high school who died at 29. He was already alcoholic by age 19, maybe earlier. Never knew for sure what caused his death. He looked bloated from the lower neck through his face in the casket. Maybe he shot himself through the mouth?
When is Pete releasing his book? 😂
One rule for them...
A different rule for Jimmy Page….
@@JohnSmith-vk8cm Thats because the FBI never found his credit card number on an illegal website they hacked. If it was, I daresay the plod would have given him a knock too. Then he too could have explained how vital it is to cruise CP websites in order to write a book that has fuck all to do with it, was never started, intended or ever going to be written. Old Pete is probably mates with John Deacon.
His teeth are more British than his accent.
You mean real and not fake?? 😂
If he would have gotten credit for that 3rd song, he could have afforded to fix his teeth.
Never liked the Who "Happy Jack" was a clever, well constructed song though.
How astonishingly uninteresting.
And yet it's infinitely more interesting than your comment. Bravo 👏
Someone should ask whos job it was to get male children for Pete Townsend.
Someone should ask who’s job it is to get female children for Jimmy Page.
And Ted Nugent
TOWNSHEND! #spellingpolice
He is very charitable, they sound deeply unpleasant. Why did Moon have a minder ? Why was Rod Argent only credited on two tracks ? They insisted on being paid before going on at Woodstock. Essentially a business not a band. ' Tommy ' is one of the worst things ever committed to vinyl and ' Quadrophrenia ' is utter rubbish.
Y O U R M U S I C A L A N A L y S I S I S B. S. 👎
Agreed about Quadrophenia and elements of Tommy also; which were quite self indulgent. However the latter was quite influential.
Lots of bands were ripped off in those days. Chuck Berry would only play if he was paid in cash up front. He would also play for a set amount of time and if that happened mid-song he'd just stop playing and leave the stage.
@@steffanhoffmann Are you guys LISTENING to Tommy? Because you realize it is a Movie right? Which includes Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Elton John. It is Cult Classic and 100% the reason for its extended influence. Perhaps the best of the Psychedelic Rock Operas. And unlike the average 60's/70's Rock Opera it has top level dumb humor almost like South Park or something. When I realized what Pinball Wizard TRULY IS ABOUT. A deaf, dumb and blind Kid being the best Pinball player ever. I heard the song dozens of times. Amazing Guitar. Never REALLY listened to the lyrics till I saw Daltrey as the Deaf, Dumb and Blind kid battling Elton John in a Pinball Showdown.
I pride myself on my Powers Of Observation and,on balance,I would say you weren't a fan...