MothmanGhost yes! I thought the same thing the first time I saw this clip. He figuratively and literally sat in his corner and grooved the hell out of his bass guitar!
@@mywhimsylifed.3055 I think serious musicians by this time were fed up with having to use canned or lip synced performances. His behavior reflects that.
@@TexTom1981 When part of the kit explodes, a piece hits Keith in the arm, that is why he got up quickly and walked off. You can even see him grab his arm.
@bikersoncall that explosion at the end from Keith packing his drums with extra explosives wasn't planned!! He surprised them, and as a result, Pete Townsend lost a huge amount of his hearing that night!!
Yeah I’ve been playing the base for... ever since I can remember! I love shredding, i think I can almost play this base line. It’s a tricky one, too fast!
@Wenyi108 in the rehearsal , it didn't go off, so the prop guy added a higher "dose" unbeknownst to Moon and another person, who I don't recall, so there were three explosives.
Wenyi108 yes, watch Pete ruffling his singed hair and rubbing his ear , Moon going ouch , he had shrapnel in his arm and Tommy Smothers genuine look of surprise 🤣
The funniest was once Roger realized no one was seriously injured he started cracking up laughing. He probably couldn't believe that just happened nationally across America on live TV! Not sure if it's a rumor, but I heard Betty White was a guest on the show that night and she passed out when the drumkit exploded.
The Who incident The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series. As the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece ended with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it did not go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[14] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. The blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[15]
RIP Tom Smothers (February 2, 1937 - December 26, 2023), aged 86 And RIP the two members of The Who John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002), aged 57 Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 - September 7, 1978), aged 32 You will be remembered as legends.
I had no problem liking all three plus the Animals, the KINKS, early Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, well you get the point!
I heard that Entwistle had light brown hair. He began dying it so Roger would stand out. He dyed his hair and beard until around 1980 or 81. Then went grey and left it.
At 5:20 you can hear Keith scream "Oww, pull it out!!!!". A piece of cymbals shrapnel was stuck in his left arm. They were lucky to get out of there with minimal damage!!
John at 4:32 "They can't blame me if I ignore the rest of the group. Look only at me." Also, imagine having his talent & being that nonchalant over that badass bass solo. Incredible.
@@KlosekRBIsFuckingRetardedsorry, but no. It would be like stating that Vicious was the best musician outta S3x Pist0ls just because he got all the camera...
@@matiasmoulin2126 He smashed Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers... not cheap guitars. The band sometimes went into debt because of the cost of replacing smashed gear.
@@shycordova6286 Keith is implying to him to not call him Keith because his friends call him it. He can call him John since he is not his friend lol. Basically his way of saying “go f yourself, you’re not my friend”
The story behind this...the band was angry they had to pre-record songs instead of playing live...so Moon and a stagehand decided it was a good idea to put 3X the explosive in the kick drum then they usually used..they didn't warn the rest of the band either...and Moon set it off right when Pete was in the line of fire...has massive hearing problems to this day
@@JaraArtist I think that ou are correct. If you watch closely the drumming is off but the vocals are not. As noted above they had to pre-record but that's better than just playing the record and lip-synching.
@@TheWorld_2099 yeah if you also look closely his voice gets more faint when the mic goes further away from his face that'd also be hard to pull off if he was lip syncing
Such a kick ass way to start a kick ass movie!!! That was the essence of The Who when I first discovered them as a kid. And all these years later I still love that moment on The Smothers Brothers. RIP Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Tommy Smothers.
I liked this sound better than anything else he ever had. It had deep lows and blistering, clean highs. I'm not sure how exactly he got that sound, but I've been striving for it for years. You don't need all kinds of crazy effects for good sound, just the right equipment. I feel bad about Tom Smothers' passing, too. I'm not sure how angry he was when Keith said there's sloppy stagehands, but either that struck a bad nerve, or he was putting on a great act. He seemed much more serious when going straight to the song, so I'm guessing he was upset, but as a professional, he kept it going.
@@pcallas66 I'm sure Tommy wasn't *that* upset, just caught off-guard and improvised. I think John's tone on this recording could have been his Precision Bass (possibly with a pick, after listening to it closer)? Not sure what amp he might have used.
That steady Ox bass though. Aside from the meaning of the song, I’ll always come back to this song to hear one of the best fingerpicking bassists in rock
The Who in '67 (or any other year) were so good, so unique. And being on the Smothers Brothers show was such a treat. I loved that show. Everything was totally politically incorrect. Great sense of humor. They never took anything seriously.
Grant Schinto different years, man. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, 3 years earlier, paved the way for bands like The Who... and by 1967 the Beatles were already releasing strawberry fields forever and sgt peppers
@Michael H. and everyone else who has replied to my comment so far, I said it was more INTERESTING to me. That's a totally subjective opinion. Of COURSE the Beatles paved the way for The Who and countless others. There's no reason to see my comment as any kind of detraction. I find the banter between Tommy Smothers and the band, and the smashing of their instruments and the exploding amp MORE INTERESTING than the Beatles' appearance on Ed Sullivan. Translation: you're not telling me anything I don't already know and acknowledge.
Besides Pete loss of hearing, Keith injured his arm at the end, you can tell that because roger was checking to see if he’s ok, and you can hear Keith screaming.
@@rayjohnson2387 Was working with WNEW-FM at the time. Saw many 60's-70's Rock groups. The Who by far were awful. Pink Floyd did a Midnight concert at Carnegie Hall later that year. Now that was their (as per Gilmore) the best concert they ever did. Little Stevie Wonder, as he was billed at the time, did one of his 1st gig at The Apollo in Harlem, NY. Now that was a concert.. A pure talent. Santana, just after their Summer performance at Woodstock was by far the very best concert ever. Plus Double Trouble with Stevie Ray Vaughn at a small venue in Poughkeepsie, NY smashed the house. Nobody knew who he was at the time. They opened for Edgar Winter and stayed on the stage for three encores. Pure professional. That was with WEOK-AM (now WPDH-FM) then. That's why I was there Ray...got paid to see these Who babies. Wanna know about their Hollywood Bowl gigs KLOS covered? Don't have time...maybe later. THE WHO SUCK and Townsend is a pervert. Daltry is a runt and Moon was so whacked out he couldn't keep time. Simply the worst Rock group. The Tommy film was God awful.
I 😂 along with The Who as they endured Smothers Brothers comedy! I loved watching this weekly show that always brought the latest music to my family room.
I preserve my copy of "The Kids Are Alright" like it were a relic! Btw this version of My Generation is always a blast...a real bomb! Ask it to Pete's hearing...💣💥🤯😁
"The Who" - A slap in the face to the world, to wake up and open their eyes to a whole generation of people who were sick and tired of the corrupt leaders of the world leading them to destruction. We could use such a slap today.
Love Tommy Smothers... after Townshend destroys his acoustic guitar. ....."Hey Dick....let me borrow your bass for a minute"......A piece of timeless tv history. .....Freaking Awesome.
The Who, Rock N' Roll's Loudest Band! The above was originally broadcast via the television Variety Show _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ on Sun, Sep 17, 1967 @ 9pm [CBS; S2E2]. Reportedly, drummer Keith Moon put like ten times more cherry bombs into his bass drum than the band had planned on. Guitarist Pete Townsend's hair was singed and blown to the side like in a cartoon. It's been claimed that Moon's kaboom caused like 50% hearing-loss in Townsend's right ear. However that could've also been caused by Townsend's long-term playing too close to the stacked amplifiers standard for their live-stage performances.
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It was probably nice to have a guy like Kieth behind you in those rather tense moments, like your first live Television appearance in America. Fearless. Absolutely did not give two sh!ts.
