I’ve always loved this song.. being an amateur drummer myself you can’t imagine how much stamina it took to play this song!! Special shout out to the bass player who was thumping that shit from start to finish.. and let’s not forget the trombone player who jazzy solo was spot on…
Veterans stadium, field B. Mid floor seating. Thank you Dad for the tickets and my first rock experience! They played for three and a half hours! I remember felling John's base in my lower back. After the show my ears were ringing!
"It may not look like the old Who, it may not sound like the old Who. But, we have the cheek, the unmitigated gall to call it.... The Who! Thank you." - Pete Townshend at the end of this show.
At 2;40 I just recalled how the wife of the drummer I worked with for 24 years said she was hypnotized by watching my fingers. Yeah, I know I sound like an asshole. I played most of my life on bass and sometimes keys for rock, country, funk, blues, pop. And Bach and Beethoven as a little kid on piano. Just a egoistic (not egotistic) qualifier. My super influences in order: Entwistle, Bogert, Bruce. And I did their solos or styles when I was a kid at battle of the bands. Of course I put my own thing in, and for part of that time, I did it with a (hidden) famous drummer. Now to biz, for this vid: Entwistle: Known for his style. For his fans, they knew he could blend in when he worked with that American country band. I regret I never saw his own band playing in New England. Townsend: White City was one of the last vinyls I ever bought. The sound was totally dynamite. After that I was a studio engineer and producer for several years, and to this day, think this was a wonderful sounding album. It looks like in the live versions, they leave out the huge stand up bass intro. To me personally, this was a real breakout for Townsend, even though he was leading up to it with albums just before. I loved how both Daltrey and Entwistle were there to support him. I loved how Entwistle proved he could go beyond being himself and serve the music by COVERING the original bass, which he did not do on the album, I'm pretty sure of that. It was done by another guy and Entwistle had to cop the feel, which though was a bit different when he did it, was totally fine. Note how he ditched his trademark sound and was much closer to the album sound, as much as you could do live at that time. I was bugged by the insert saying "Awkward dance steps". It wasn't supposed to be dance steps, it was a combo by Pete of stomp and strut, and I liked seeing it because it's different and heartfelt from him, I'm pretty sure. The whole groove is about American stomping swing, which the Brits really loved, and this groove was his tribute to that for the musical aspect. We can go into another thing about the lyrics, but I'm done for tonight, thanks. I will apologize if I come off as a twit, but I'm trying to be sincere. I at least managed to get two bands on the radio in a small market when I was an engineer/producer. I'm only a little drunk now, so that's why I'm willing to type this. Otherwise I'd be embarrassed. I'm just going stream of consciousness.
I enjoyed reading your late night confession. I'm assuming it's night since you're drunk. Anyway where do you live? I wonder if I've ever heard anything you've done. Thanks to the original poster, this was enlightening. I just saw the anniversary concert on Showtime and I'm seeking out all things Who.
+Susan Hudak-Scherer Thanks much! I worked New England in the States, mostly eastern Massachusetts. If this matches up with you, I'll go further. Yeah, it was late night when I did this! The original thing that started it was simply that even with sound turned off, watching Entwistle's fingers and how they work compared with most bass players is interesting to me, at least since I'm a player.
I'm a Detroit gal. I just watched the 50 year anniversary concert on Showtime and now I'm watching everything I haven't seen on RU-vid. They sounded great that day. Pino did a fine job. I was fortunate to have seen John Entwisle with his own band at a small club in Ohio. My boyfriend opened for him. We chatted I took some good photos he was charming. I need to find them actually.
+Susan Hudak-Scherer I like all of those players. Envy you that you saw John's band. I missed him when he played Boston, didn't know until later. My big influences when I started in this order: Entwistle, Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge, and Jack Bruce. I understand that Entwistle was a nice guy in person, saw that as well in an interview conducted at his home as he showed the guy around. Somewhere here on RU-vid. The other known nice Englishmen include Jon Lord of Deep Purple and from someone I talked to, who ate dinner with him, MIck Fleetwood when he toured with his own band.
This was another great version of "The Who". They had like 20 people on the stage ,and did a great job of music that is also wonderful with just the three piece version, -way to go Pete!
Damn your right on the money mate!! Give Blood is one of my fav!! Simon Phillips playing is awesome. This song will let you know if you got stamina as a drummer!! The shuffle-swing feel is one of the hardest to play!!
I remember the first time I heard the 12" vinyl remix of this song on the radio...it was great. Even an older fellow from the neighborhood that I was driving to do some errands liked it!
This is actually taken from The Who's 1989 reunion tour which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of Tommy(which they performed in its entirety at each concert). If you look closely at Pete's right hand, its bandaged because he had cut it open on his guitar strings while doing The Windmill a few nights before.
damn.... thx for that..... the dude is a genius... no one will copy that stuff what he came up with and the fact he was part of the who was prime example besides keith Moon, ... they had the chemistry.
Exactly!! I don't speak Spanish but I think you said the Who is the greatest band in the world and Pete is a musical genius!! or something to that effect...
I saw this entire concert live on Pay per View, and wonder if it is out on DVD? I used to have the videotape... Fantastic Show. Elton. Idol. Simon Phillips. Phil Collins. No Tina Turner though, but what's her name was amazing too.
I recall Pete during this time od his life. He thought he was over the hill. He said his tinnitus had taken it's toll and he could no longer hear some frequencies. He couldn't hear a little girl's voice. He also said he was done with the ''windmill.'' Thumbnail ripped off too many times.
@TWizRippin Roger was the founder of The Detours. It was his band to begin with, in fact he played lead guitar to start. He hired John Entwistle off the street, who recommended Pete Townshend as a good rhythm guitarist. Roger fired Colin Dawson and took over as lead singer, letting Pete pickup lead guitar. The band fired Doug Sandom and picked up Keith Moon on drums, and that's how it stayed t'ill Keith died (more or less). Pete never picked Roger as "the" singer. However, he was a good fit.
@giguchan Me too! Ever since I heard this song for the first time, jumping out of my skin, I've wanted to put together a horn section that includes a squallin' harp player!
@playidd76 each was important in their own way... the who were just one of those bands in which all 4 members were required to keep the band going... without any one of them, they would have just fallen apart and that's what happened after keith moon's death...
@playidd76 not really, they pretty much lost everything after keith moon's death and no one would could belt out those divine rock-god vocals other than daltrey, hence, just in my opinion, they were all equally important... the who along with zeppelin are just some of those bands where each and every original member is required to keep the band what it is...
GOTTA' BE THE BEST VERSION BY FAR WITH THE "OX" - MY GOD HE WAS SOMETHING ELSE FOR SURE... PROBABLY THE BEST BASS PLAYER IN R&R - SORRY JAKO, THEN THEY SNAGGED PINO FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, PINO WAS A GREAT CHOICE IN KEEPING THE BAND TOGETHER...
poor Roger, is that him? just holding his yank on stage... he should of had roger sing this... Has Pete ever thought he comes close to Daltrey as a vocalist??????
@Sredderdude01 first learn to spell and write proper english!!!!!! and secondly, the other 3 members played as important as a role as pete, espeically john entwistle and keith moon, without keith moon's amazing drum fills, we wouldn't have that classic who sound we know today and that wouldn't have happened either without thunderfingers' amazing bass licks and roger daltrey's screaming rock god vocals!!!!!! so pete is not the only important member here!!!!!!
