That's what years of excess(drugs, alcoholism,24/7 partying)can do-I remember the news item on tv announcing he was found dead in his flat,age 32 and thinking they got his age wrong because he looked much older Auckland New Zealand 2024
@@peteranserin3708 My reasonable side would like to entertain the abstraction that none of us above ground knows when the end is coming. The interviewer's remark seems now dark in its foreshadowing. But considering your abrasive question, I'll say I wrote my comment because I felt like it.
Dude was a drunken buffoon , ignorant , obnoxious, insecure. Good drummer bad person. Rock and roll isn’t just partying hard . It s8xy, compassionate, charming, rebellious…
@@DtotheK88 Sweet and hilarious when in a good mood/relatively sober and dangerously violent when trashed. He broke his wife’s nose three times. It was tragic for all concerned that he wasn’t ever able to get clean.
Also the interviewer wasn't over the top and had some well thought through questions. Nowadays many interviewers only thonk about creating some gotcha moment, or tickling it done scandal, to hype up the audience.
It does turn into a good interview, but you can see at the beginning a sort of malevolent sneer on Pete's face. But Hartmann? asks a few gentle questions about the film and that nostalgia puts the boys at ease. The opening moments can make or break a good interview, and he does a good job at that moment, and then they're off to the races, so to speak.
I saw The Who in the 70's in Seattle. Keith was on fire, as usual and the whole show was fantastic. I caught Roger Daltrey's Tamborine. Now, all these years later, it is a memory that has cemented my love for music. Keith, flailing away on his drum kit and John Entwistle's hands moving so fast on that bass as he stood still like a statue, and Pete, keeping it all going with his amazing guitar licks which all made them one of the best rock and roll bands to ever exist. Ever.
@@mitchb2305 exactly, you and others describe Moons style in ways that prove his genius was so effortless the optics made it look like he didn't know how to play or was any good. Just listen to the songs and you will have no doubt he was the greatest ever to play the drum set.
My family and I went to see a movie that ended up being sold out. So we went to see The Kids Are Alright. I can honestly say that it changed the course of my life. I started buying Who albums and I eventually became a drummer. The who influenced my sound, energy and stage presence. When I discovered Punk Rock, and later Progressive Rock and Fusion I still sounded more like Kieth than anyone else. It was actually after I saw the film that I found out that Kieth had already passed away. He served as both inspiration and a cautionary tale. Much love to you brother. With great sincerity and from the bottom of my heart.
@@HesTNTonPMS Actually before I moved away, I sounded almost identical to David Mello of Operation Ivy. So I used my time alone to develop my new own style. Whenever I heard a drummer that used their cymbals particularly well (like Aaron Cometbus, at that time of Crimpshrine) then I would focus on putting a little more nuance and intricacy into my cymbal work. My friend Shaun McFadden of Guano did some amazing things with his kick drum, so I started dancing a lot more with my feet. I had learned linear drum technique from Jeff Campitelli, Joe Satriani’s drummer. So if I played a lot with my feet then I would ease up with my hands. When I got my Gretsch kit from Jeff, it had six toms, so I started playing a lot more fills, just because they were there. Ha ha! When I heard the Nomeansno and the Downsiders their drummer played a lot of floor toms. So I started leaning towards the low end. But I noticed that I never touched my 10 inch tom, so I started using that on occasion to cut through with a little high end, which does actually seem to have a mild resemblance to drummers like Stuart Copeland and, yes, Neil Pert. But I never really studied his playing. I respect him a lot as a musician but I really am not a Rush fan. I did however play a ton of Who songs. I do keep the feel of the dominant parts of Keith’s rhythms, but even then, I try not to sound like any of them. Which isn’t too hard because I think all of them are better drummers than I am.
From what I have learned Melissa, Keith was actually sober until a party he went to. But, ironically, what killed him wasn't drink but the drugs taken to try to stop him drinking?
The thing that haunts me the most about Keith Moon is the fact that he completely changed rock drumming forever, and I don’t even think he was trying or even knew he was doing that
I agree. And I think what makes him unique in that way-even apart from drummers like Ginger Baker and Michael Shrieve, is that Moon was a ROCK drummer, first and foremost. Baker considered himself to be a Jazz drummer (he was quite explicit about this), and Shrieve was a jack-of-all trades guy who played with lots of different folks, from Pat Travers, to Steve Reich, to Freddie Hubberd, and, of course, Santana. In other words, an all-round studio cat, like a Liberty Devitto or Steve Gadd. Moon, however, poured all of his musical talent into pretty much ONE area: Rock. Specifically, The Who. He knew no other world. So instead of changing the style by doing what Jazz and studio players do: adding on a lot of outside influences, he changed it from within. He reinvented Rock drumming by creating his own vision of it completely from scratch. It really was a triumph of blind, naive intuition. And I really love his style! He may not have been the absolute greatest to ever pick up a pair of sticks, but he was certainly one of the most exciting and unique!
I wish that were true but this is a case of four guys absolutely necessary together. You can't remove ANY one member and have the same group. Unlike the stones and so many other bands.
Really, the heart of the band? I think you're overstepping this insipid drunks value. Pete Townsend was an incredible guitarist and Rodger Daltrey had an amazing voice, his range was phenomenal, sadly they decided to kill the band after Keith died from his stupid and out of control drinking killed him. It was selfish and stupid, Keith had a family to take care of who loved him yet the stupid booze was more important than them. Keith was a drunk buffoon who could play drums well, his death screwed up his family and caused the band to end.
I remember walking past a newspaper box in Long Beach, Ca, and I just glimpsed the words "Keith Moon" across the headline and my heart sank. I knew there'd be no reason for his name to be there if it wasn't something bad. 24 years later I had a ticket to see the Who in two days at the Hollywood Bowl. I was getting ready to go to work in the morning with the radio playing in the next room. I heard the announcer say the name "John Entwistle" and my heart sank again.When they came onstage after canceling the original show, Pete said, "Sorry about the delay. We had a problem with our bass player. Typical."
yeah I remember my heart sinking the day I heard that John had passed. If I remember correctly I think he was with a woman in a hotel in Las Vegas? Just checked. It was in Paradise, NV, a mile east of the strip at a Hard Rock Hotel. Room 658. It's no longer Hard Rock Hotel but another hotel now. John apparently had previous heart problems, with three blocked arteries while smoking 20 cigs a day. Good gosh!
@@shootfirst2097 When you're addicted to a substance it's hard to have a straight mind. Some people are so addicted to nicotine that it alters their judgement. And you're right, I forgot about the cocaine. Some people just can't survive themselves. Addiction is a sad thing. I've seen it eat people alive.
His foot stench was... He was nasty, never washed his feet... It was so bad Lynrd Skynrd wrote a song about it - "That Smell" TRUE STORY... EDIT: Joshua is WRONG... Needs to Shut his mouth.
It's so sad to hear Keith saying what he thinks they would be doing together in 10 or 15 years from that moment; all those projects on mind and he just couldn't do them... Great drummer; the best! We all love you and will remember you.
I was lucky enough to see The Who in August of 1968 at Fillmore West. Best rock band I have ever seen to this day. Moon was absolutely incredible. He appeared to be drunk when he came on stage, but who knows. In any case, he played the Hell out of the drums.
@@user-kg2fz4xo2x Funny thing about seeing them that night: my high school girlfriend wanted to see them but I thought they were too "pop" because of some of their songs and was reluctant. . But, I said, sure, let's go. OMG, was I glad I did. My ears rang for two days after but I don't care. What a band, what a band.
I remember seeing this interview live. I was ten years old and had just discovered rock and roll. It displaced Star War Wars in my mind's imaginarium. I stopped using my whiffle bat as a light sabre and switched to windmilling whiffle bat air guitar, and these guys were the One.
It says something about both The Who and that era of rock and roll creativity / cultural power that both you and I got into The Who when we were elementary school kids, and the band was 15-20 years into it's career and already becoming a "heritage act" (as they say now). For me, it was the "It's Hard" LP in 1982. I wonder if I were 10 years old today if there was any rock or pop band that I would put down my video game controller / smart phone and listen with that kind of intensity and awe. Particularly a band that had been around as long as The Who in the late 1970s/early 1980s. It wasn't "the perfect time to grow up" or anything like that (I wish I'd been old enough to see all the great boomer rock and soul musical acts of the 1960s and 1970s live), but I'm glad I know what it was like living in that world where music (and the radio) was still at the center of popular culture in a way that it just isn't today.
@@jimdixon3470 That was it exactly! Music back then became everything to me. I read Rolling Stone religiously and more than anything in life wanted to grow up to be a part of that world of musicians and musical thinkers. Pete Townsend became my idol the moment I snuck into a screening of "the Kids Are Alright" at the local art-house. I don't think that experience is really available anymore. I remember hearing Baba O'Riley for the first time and being stunned by the power and urgency of that music. For an entire summer I listened to nothing but "Who Are You" and tried to express to my friends how fantastic this thing I'd found was.
I absolutely loved that Keith NEVER looked like he was actually playing! He was so good it looked like he was just farting around on the drums. A true rock legend.
His album-tracks were excellent flukes, his live tracks were train wrecks. I can't call someone great at what they do when they have no clue what they are doing.
@@johnbeckwith1361 can tell you are a Zepplin fan. Moon was so good, he was bored. He was so bored he drank and played the fool smashing up hotels. You called him a train wreck, another person said he didn't even look like he was drumming, I agree ! effortless genius.
Very interesting and great interview-also vary vary sad to think Keith was gone just a short time after this. He seemed to be doing well here, again just so sad. We really are all just footprints in the sand with the tide coming in !
Thanks bc he is intoxicated here… after years of abuse/use that’s how you get along….. Once they had an intervention and took his booze and drugs away(unsupervised) that’s when a person like him sadly passes away! If a guy like him gets off the substances he needed to be in the hospital or rehab for 6months-1yr You just just don’t tell Keith Moon to keep away from the drink and hand over a bottle of pills to relax…..
I vividly remember getting into The Who upon the release of “ Who are You. “ Then suddenly it was all over for Keith. It was so shocking, I just didn’t want to believe it. One of the greatest losses ever to rock world.
It amazes me how the u.k 🇬🇧 England, produces the best bands ever. The who, the beatles, rolling stones, Queen and the list goes on , its land size and population is small compared to most other countries. Its and advanced superior nation for sure
Well, Rock music started in the USA, specifically by African Americans. White kids got hold of the sound, did their thing from Elvis to the Doors to CCR, but once it bounced over to England it must have really awoke a fire in those post WW2 British Boomers who grew up working class, poor, in a regimented society that promoted the stiff upper lip and obedience to the royalty.
@thereisnosanctuary6184 Rock is a 100% an American art form, without a doubt. But the meme that it was started by African-Americans is a myth. Listen to the music of George Beauchamp, the man who invented the electric guitar in the early '30s along with Adolph Rickenbacker. Two white men, one of Swiss origin. They invented and were playing Rock music before Little Richard was even born.
@@Danimal77 "You're projecting emotions onto another person without actually knowing how they are/were feelings." If you read accounts from the people around him about his life and himself then this seems pretty spot on.
Keith was a unique drummer but not one of the best because he couldn’t even keep time! Townshend didn’t think he was good either and loved the chance to have Kenny Jones in the band.
@@polishrocker93 Good comment.If you had put Moon against Clem Burke it would be obvious.Moon played behind the bass guitar where as the band plays behind a good drummer normally.Exception being Motorhead which is fucked up all the rules.
@@polishrocker93 What song is out of time? How did he tour with headphones on playing Quadrophenia? How did he keep perfect time? Townshend said he was a genius.
It was probably Keith and Pete's idea to have the "graphics mix-up" at the beginning. They probably switched seats at the last minute to make sure the graphics were wrong.
I love Keith, was my favorite drummer growing up and still is one of my top favorites. Sad to see what he looks like at only 32 here due to drugs. I mean, he had good genes. He literally looked like a little kid late 60s early 70s. Here he looks like a middle aged man whose becoming a grandfather. The drugs got to him, bad.
I agree, i think who are you is the last who album he was on, if you have it, on the cover you'll notice Keith was sitting in a chair (back to front) he was using the back rest to hide his bloated stomach, after that he did clean up his act, stopped drinking lost weight etc, and party he went to where he took his fateful overdose, he didnt even want to go to, his girlfriend pressured him
This interview says plenty about the Whos greatness. The attitude towards their work and legacy is so up front. Its life. Not some celebrity bullshit or glamour trip. It's entirely real. The songs reflect that too.
Keith Moon was just plain insane but somehow made it to that day. I am sure the reality was that drummers like Moon or Bonham just metaphorically exploded from their own turbulent inner fireworks. It must have have been difficult to re-direct all their energies after the business of drumming was done- and all their debauchery was ultimately unsustainable. We were lucky for their music, and that they lasted as long as they did.
If this is Keith's last interview of his fun, crazy and fulfilling life, his final appearance on stage in the US was with Led Zeppelin on June 23rd, 1977 at the LA Forum. It was a great and fun night at the LA Forum. Keith and John Bonham spent the day together !
It's amazing how he seemed conscious somehow of the state he was in, and yet couldn't control it, or perhaps got used to enjoying not controlling it. Quite a magical and also maybe devastating thing ~ Edit: The utmost respect to my my musical hero, and what he brought to us KM forever 💓
He actually was trying to stop drinking when he died. He overdosed on medication that was helping him stop. He should've been under medical supervision while taking the meds.
@@leetarrant5630 doing loads of drugs all the time can be magical in it's own way, I certainly enjoyed it a lot, but yes it's not a good thing at all and I had to stop so I wouldn't die
I'm always impressed with the English. No matter how crazy they are or how hard they party they always sound educated and proper. We as Americans never seem to match up with them.
Dear old Keith put that accent on most of the time. Especially when with his drinking buddies Ringo and Vivian Stanshall and Oliver Reed (who he worshipped).
What is interesting to me is that two of my favorite jazz drummers, certainly the best of their era, Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, from Keith's era loved his playing. I saw a doc in which Tony said, "I would see him playing and I would think to myself, 'he is playing with absolute freedom." None of the drummers interviewed came close to this essence of Moon. I think it took someone with great technique and lyricism to hear it.
He looks so old compared to the other members yet he was the youngest. Too much drugs and booze made him bloated. When he was younger he looked like a teen for years
Keith Moon never looked so composed in his last interview, just when it looked like he was getting his life together, only to sadly discover it ended a couple of months later!
It hard to contextualise this. A band lasting 15 years at THAT point in time, was pretty rare, not many made it that far. But incredibly sad about Keith, there really was nothing that could’ve saved him except hindsight.
Yes, it was rare. In my childhood (70s), media went on and on in periods about the Rolling Stones, "They're passed 30 and still playing!" In the 80s, that didn't happen much any longer.
You have to admire Keith's self awareness, even if he never managed to reign himself in (sadly). Pete always comes off as pretty grounded in interviews, but he was definitely dealing with his own set of demons at this time. He managed to beat them and overcome.
Huh? What demons? He didn't have any demons, he was selfish and drank because he was irresponsible. He was married to a wonderful girl, had a young boy yet he drank like a stupid freshman at a frat party. Keith was weak, the bottle was bigger than him and he threw away his life disregarding how it would affect his wife, child and eventually destroying the band with is insipid drinking. Keith was a great drummer but aside from that he was a stupid stupid man.
