Pete Townshend performs 'Drowned', India, 1976 

He's 30 years old here, playing 3-year old material. His genius only becomes more apparent the older you get. I always thought that had he been born in France rather than the UK his genius would have been sung to every wide open space available. Far more of a true artist than either McCartney and Lennon.

He's also a nonce, who needs to stay away from children

@@noodles9371 Pete was never an inmate charged with being a pedophile. He told the police what he was doing and was recorded telling them, If I could do this, so could my son. By no means do I think it was right but Pete Townshed has paid hid debt. And as much bitching Pete Townshend did about how the banks raking in the cash from those sites yet nothing was ever said... Both he & Roger Daltry still donate to their charity to help Teens with Cancer. What gets me is the British media never looked at how Big Banks, still today take in the cash for internet porn sites and they could care less how old the women are, if they're even old enough to be considered women..... They should have been the real target in that mess. Even the BBC has a half dozen or so of the stone statues that depict men with young boys but it's perfectly fine if it's the BBC... even with the public in an uproar over it, the statues still remain.... Check em out, they're sick......

I'm 20 and I appreciate his music

@@user-mz9yx3dk9b I'm in my 60's and always have.. Now when it comes to ''Hard Rock'' Led Zeppelin rule that position but for a British Rock & Roll, all the way over to Pop Music, it's The Who, all the way, Hands Down.

A masterpiece

I Don't think I would have survived my youth without quadrophenia!

‘73 was a lot of bands’ peak, including The Who.

Also a highly emotional movie

I would have to say John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album has the most emotional depth. If you haven't heard the whole album, don't respond.

dynamics are the key to truly great, moving music

@@rickallen6378 also read the background as to why there is to numbnuts.

My aunt introduced me to The Who. I always found his writing very compelling. One of my earliest influences.

Me too friend, and I'm 75 ✌😎

Ditto.

Sounds like a really good night to me. I need to do that more often, listen to music i distracted, like I did when I was a kid. I used to take my parents 3 ft tall speakers and put them on either side of me, a foot away and just completely get absorbed into the music & it did set me free.

Good lord. ‘Undistracted’ I don’t know what’s up with my autocorrect

Underrated? Most people I talk to list him in the top 10, even 5. He’s top 5 for me easily!

I liked what John Entwistle once said: "The Beatles made better records than we did, but we could have blown them off the stage."

CLC 311.I saw both bands in their prime.Led Zeppelin were the best in the world but The Who were out of this world!

Amen brother...

@@clc-gl4jn Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

TheSanityInspector The best artists don’t steal

Dynamicism! That’s what it is!

Well said I agree

Nigel Ormsvik He does transport you...when I hear Pete’s songs from over the years they always take me back. There’s a certain emotional element in each one the I’ve identified with from the beginning...I can’t say exactly what it is but it’s a deep chord his music strikes in me...in us ALL.

Amen

I was born in 1964, then around 1974 my brothers always playing the who. I was right into them 2 weeks before Moon passed away that really hit me hard.

For me Quadrophenia is the receipt how to live with mental desease

Recalling all the names I'm rippling over canyons And boiling in the drains. Let me flow in to the ocean Let me get back to the sea Let me be stormy Let me calm Let the tide in Let the tide in Let the tide in Set me free!

Also, I was lucky enough to see the Who live last year. Roger and Pete did an acoustic version of WGFA, it was a very powerful performance.

Me too. He's one of tge very few who has the power to pick you up by the heartstrings ( feels like the scruff of the neck!) and drag you down the raging tide with him.❤️

What about the Lamb lies down on Broadway or Deloused in the Comatorium? Quadrophenia is great, but i think those have the edge

@Benjamin Pickett I have to agree bro

@@juanluisgalvezghiggo6618 OK my friend I love Genesis especially The Gabriel years, but The Lamb is not as good as Quadrophenia and neither is Deloused but Deloused is for sure the greatest shortest concept album of all time .

Great singer indeed. His vocals here really impressed me.

...and Keith taught Joe how to party.

I like your comment.

Who are the rest of the lineup in your supergroup?

George George And release them as a live album “ Yardwork “ , he already did the pool thing with Deep End Live!

George George And release them on an album “Yardwork”. He already did the pool thing with Deep End Live !

@@quad5186 ha! Good one!

George George Well , I try . Didn’t try to post repeatedly though. The first one didn’t show, COVID related, I’m sure. Let me know if you’re hiring for the Yardgigs 👍

He also played Pinball Wizard, but I haven't been able to find it yet.

IMO if you can strip a song down to one person and it still sounds great, you have a great song

I'm sure you've already seen them, but if you haven't look out for the Secret Policeman's Ball version of this plus Pinball Wizard and Won't Get Fooled Again. Roughly the same era. They're astonishing.

Dan Welch That was what I was thinking. But I thought that was later 70’s and then Rough Mix came out . I need to go back through all of this 😃.

@@danwelch I never saw SPB, thanks for the heads up!

Mine too...Daltrey, Entwistle and Moon too!

did you read the description of the video that's exactly what it says 🤔🙄

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist whoops, didn't see it on my phone. For the extended description I have to press the app to open it up. The part about the vision was not in the description so it was not a completely irrelevant post. Thanks for the info.

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist Didn't say anything about the Meher Baba vision in the description