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Townshend is supposedly working on a new musical. Still amazes he wrote Tommy at 19 years old. Just the history and emotions on it you'd think it be written by somebody 60 years old.
Hey the vast majority of new who releases have stunk aside from a song called real good looking boy which was after 2000...
But this band meant so much to me growing up, even though I hadn't discovered them till after Keith moon died and they recorded face dances
I saw them at Sun Devil Stadium, Halloween 1982, my only concert. John Cougar opened, followed by Loverboy, then The Who. They were great. To this day, I never understood the animosity toward Kenney Jones. The Who died because Pete's muse faded, not because of Keith. Empty Glass was his final great statement.
That was the concert where Cougar got hit on the head with a bottle and was taken backstage. He came back with a bandage around his forehead, unleashing a torrent of profanity that was like the first ten minutes of Full Metal Jacket, just nowhere near as funny.
Was Pete 19 when he wrote Tommy? I think he was 24 when it was released in 69. The RS interview where he articulated the story was 68, as I recall. It was a tremendous leap for Pete, going from Magic Bus to Tommy.
Playing the Overture to a cute as hell young lady impressed her quite a bit. We married two years later.
I have a Decca fold-out LP of Tommy with the libretto, from 69. A Marquee Club Can't Explain poster from the UK Live at Leeds on the wall in one of my studies. The UK Live at Leeds was a prize amongst my stoner friends in the early 80s. It came with all that cool memorabilia. You can't get that kind of stuff with a download.
Ahh...Grey hair and reminiscing go together like Marxists and mansions...
Ps Mister Magic Mushroom won the costume contest at that concert. It should been the guy in the outfit from the cover of Quadrophenia.
I saw them at Sun Devil Stadium, Halloween 1982, my only concert. John Cougar opened, followed by Loverboy, then The Who. They were great. To this day, I never understood the animosity toward Kenney Jones. The Who died because Pete's muse faded, not because of Keith. Empty Glass was his final great statement.
That was the concert where Cougar got hit on the head with a bottle and was taken backstage. He came back with a bandage around his forehead, unleashing a torrent of profanity that was like the first ten minutes of Full Metal Jacket, just nowhere near as funny.
Was Pete 19 when he wrote Tommy? I think he was 24 when it was released in 69. The RS interview where he articulated the story was 68, as I recall. It was a tremendous leap for Pete, going from Magic Bus to Tommy.
Playing the Overture to a cute as hell young lady impressed her quite a bit. We married two years later.
I have a Decca fold-out LP of Tommy with the libretto, from 69. A Marquee Club Can't Explain poster from the UK Live at Leeds on the wall in one of my studies. The UK Live at Leeds was a prize amongst my stoner friends in the early 80s. It came with all that cool memorabilia. You can't get that kind of stuff with a download.
Ahh...Grey hair and reminiscing go together like Marxists and mansions...
Ps Mister Magic Mushroom won the costume contest at that concert. It should been the guy in the outfit from the cover of Quadrophenia.
When I saw your name I'm thinking what's this reply gonna be like, he can't possibly not like one of the greatest albums of all time. Haha
Great that you met your wife that way, a few people have proposed at Bruce concerts btw.
Well if Pete's anything like most composers I'm sure he had stuff gestating before it all came at once. Very possible some songs came much earlier I think I read something about 19.
24 would still be astonishing, alot of 24 year olds can't even tell you who's in office. He was writing about post war England on the 60's.
Empty glass was great but I also love All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.
Songs like somebody saved me, slit skirts, stardom in acton, and of course the single face dances.
No I agree I think Kenny Jones played some great great drums on you better you bet, probably steadier than moon could, moon was a beast, but replacing him had to be something like replacing Mickey Mantle in centerfield .
You better you bet was still THE song that got me started, still think it's one of their best, great pop song
Wow cougar opening for The Who, interesting.
I saw them for one of their many farewells, I think in 89 Entwistle did an incredible 15 minute bass solo, and they had all kinds of energy.
I'd listen to Cowboys, there's some great songs on there.
But yeah, he even admitted he can't write any more .
For a teenager or younger like me when I first became aware, Pete and this band blew my doors off. God, how can I do that? ..still wondering
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