Not at all, I agree with that to extent. All of the songs he wrote for The Who have a flavor of Roger or Pete in the vocals, which I think is to match the bands “sounds”. He sounds much more unique within his solo work, my favorite album by him is too late the hero. Joe Walsh is guitar on that one. Maybe check it out if you like
Very good analytical conclusion! His voice was ultimately unique.. i loved this song since it came out too wore out the vinyl LP...and yes this song mirrored my life.....freshly married in 1983.....the lyrics described those 1st couple years spot on! MATES!
@Patrick McKenna True but in his case who(pun alert) cares. Same with moon. The Who still works as a band on a high level without it. Not every nand gets a Bruce, Maca, Lee, Brian Wilson, Citera, or (pun alert 2) an Orr.
Here is a funny story from this '79 tour concerning My Wife: As The Ox says, "we are changing it up from Boris this night". In New Haven, my friend had front seats right in front of Pete. According to him, "his brother kept asking for My Wife and they played it" "Yeah, right, whatever (lol). So, I get a copy of the concert on CD and I'm listening on headphones at work one day and sure enough, right before My Wife, Pete quietly goes to the mic and says, "we have a request from the front row for My Wife, so we're going to play it" Too funny - and impossible to hear without the headphones as we'd missed it for years.
I saw John play demo's at several NAMM shows out in Anaheim, CA! He was a terrific player and a hell of a nice guy! There was nothing "Rock Star" about him! RIP John! 😣🙏🙏🙏🙏
I think Pete missed every single chord change, yet he still manages to recover immediately without completely losing it. That's the difference between Pete and John. John could play seamlessly through anything, because he was not only the best bass guitarist in rock history, he was also the most intuitive. Intuition is so very important during live performances.
Pete was at the height of his cocaine and boozing. The bags under his eyes say it all. He's absolutely blotto in this. Then again.. Keith was still fresh in the ground.
Love how The Ox kept looking over at Pete saying with his eyes "You think you lost me there???? NIce try. At one point, he almost looks bored. He knew where Pete was going probably before Pete did. THE WHO LONG LIVE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was at this show - at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, was sent closed circuit to area movie theaters. Pete was extremely drunk but still knocked it out of the park.
I saw them in Detroit at the Masonic temple 11/29/1979 just before they went on the national stadium tour. they wanted to play a small theater before playing the sold out stadiums. Roger apologized about the sound because the equipment was meant for stadiums not a 4,000 seat theater. I was 17 years old an was in complete awe sitting 10 rows away. i found the audio of the concert on youtube and was amazed at the quality. i now understand why they wanted to do a small test concert before they hit the big stage. either way, what an experience for a young teenager!
I saw them at Masonic that night too! I was center, row 2 in the balcony. Opened with "Substitute". What a great show! I was 20. Could see the crew pouring cognac in between songs and setting them on the Hiwatt amps.
OMG, I never knew that John sang lead on this song! I had thought that Roger sang this one, but I wondered why he had sounded a little different. This guy may be my favorite...
June 13, 1970, I saw the Who perform in the basement of the San Diego Community Concourse (Golden Hall), no seating, you just sat on the floor, price was something like $5, bad acoustics just a concrete room. As they finished their last song Peter Townshend set fire to his guitar.
I saw The Who play @ MSG on 09/17/1979 and yes I still have the ticket stub to prove it, LOL ! Pete Townsend was smashing and bouncing his Les Paul off the stage floor and catching it in mid air windmilling it and cut open his arm and bled all over the place while preforming the song Who Are You. He was brought backstage for stiches & repair LOL ! During that time Roger Daltrey picked up a guitar & jammed with the recently deceased Keith Moons replacement on drums Kenny Jones along with basset John Entwistle until Pete the giant praying mantis came back out and the show went on. They were awesome !!!
but bro he said about the stub lol. i had mine from the spectrum in philly but it got tossed when i was in jail. talk about cruel, unusual punishment. yo do you guys remember right at that time the eleven people got killed trying to get in in ohio?
@@macbird-lt8de Wow, I didn't know about the Ohio insadent. I was going back to my seat @ MSG after hitting the head during Pinball Wizard and I almost got into a fight with some bikers. I almost knock one on his ass standing next to his drunken Byatch and they backed off and I got back to my seat.. Those Were The Days ! 👿 🎸LOL !
@@BFVK I never thought about it like that, because you always assume Ringo got the crap end of the stick. George was under appreciated in a different way. He was as talented as McCartney and Lennon but never took the spotlight because he was reserved.
@@brantisonfire Ok, I though you talked about the fact that George Harrison was allowed to publish only one song per Beatles album while he wrote much more. It sounds similar as John Entwistle's situation.
@@BFVK Lennon and McCartney had that attitude and persona of being band leaders in a way that their personalities took up so much space, there wasn’t much anyone else could do to stand out.
I always loved this song since I first heard when I was 13! I also always was positive it was Townsend singing! I had no idea that Entwhistle belted like he does! You learn shit every day, right?!?
Listen to Entwistle's solo albums and his backing vocals on Live at Leeds. He's a good singer too. He usually has a very high nasally voice but here it's more gritty.
Some frontmen/singers would have thrown a hissy fit if another band member had their own thing going on like that, but it seems like Daltrey was a pretty good sport about it.
This just doesn't sound right at all without Keith Moon behind the drum kit. As indeed is the case with all of their songs but some just highlight how much Keith Moon made The Who so damn brilliant. Still the original and still the best.
To be fair John was the one to make the song He probably wouldn't really want keith to play drums but there's a video of them playing with Keith in Cleveland!
Always loved this on "Who's Next", great lyrics, great voice, great song! There's no replacing "Moonie" though. Drums are too straight forward on this. Keith never played beats like that, he was all over the place, very orchestral in his approach.
I was at this show. First row BEHIND the band. The sound in the old Chicago stadium was horrible but the energy from the band was incredible. Townsend was drunk but very animated. Definitely the best Who show i saw post Moon. And the only show i have ever been to that i have a video of which makes it priceless to me. And i still have my ticket stub...$8...back when a concert cost about the same as a new album. Amazing what's happened to concert prices.
Perhaps Pete was in true form as he was earlier in 70, 71’. But the man was very dedicated to this band, still love his brilliant guitar work, ol’ boy could play awesome stuff... Just curious if anyone knows that guitar model?
So that's why they never focused the cameras on John. Switching between Pete and Roger's dancing and John's constant look of disappointment really makes it all very awkward.
@@LaughingStock_ I could be wrong, but I think Moon had said that if anything ever happened to him that Jones should replace him. Doesn't mean your opinion is wrong, just saying that Moon thought well of him. Apparently Daltrey didn't think Jones was the right person to replace Moon.
Kenny Jones does a great job drumming on this song. He stated in interviews that although he would use some of Keith Moon's fills on the older Who songs, he never tried to exactly copy his style and the other members encouraged him to be is own person.
