custom55 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) I've been a HUGE PT fan since I saw The Who's appearance on The Smothers Brothers Show, bought the Tommy LP, bought the Live at Leeds LP and sat front row at the Woodstock movie in LBI NJ the first week it's release, where Peter became my Rock God back in 1970. Pete is a musical genius and :finbar: deserves his own thread.http://youtu.be/FYkGimCrcRg http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/PeteT_sg_zpseced142d.jpg Edited October 13, 2015 by custom55 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Rough boys don't walk awayI wanna buy you leather 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 He is a musical genius. I get the impression Pete even baffles himself. Good idea for a thread, Custom, and long overdue. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 One of my favorite musicians, I should really listen to The Who more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I would say that he used to be a musical genius but he really hasn't done a whole lot in the last 20 or 30 years. I was one of the biggest Who fans out there back in the day and I think Tommy, Quadrophenia and Who's Next were the highlight of their studio albums. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Brilliant http://youtu.be/7wK2icsz_n0 Edited October 13, 2015 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geezer Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 He didn't drive himself mad in the last three decades, but with Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia he conquered his place in Olympus. What a composer!Wolfgang Amadeus WHO?..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Common sense 'd tell me not to try and continueBut I'm after a piece of that diamond in you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Pete has said something to the effect that he would love to write another Quadrophenia, but how do you top it? Every band has their apex. Where do you go from there? Sting said that at the end of the Synchronicity tour when the Police were doing the Shea Stadium show, he looked out at 70,000 fans and then knew there was only one way for the Police to go from there - on the way down, so they bailed out on top. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 In my opinion, it's a shame that musicians like Pete get overshadowed by upstarts in the business. I say this because it is musicians like Pete who paved the way for them. Pete and others deserve more respect and recognition than they get nowadays. Once again, in my opinion. :) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushCanuck Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) I LOVE PETE!!! GREAT THREAD!! Here is one of my favorite interviews with him. Edited October 13, 2015 by RushCanuck 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Who Are You, Permanent Waves, and Empty Glass ushered me from junior high into high school. The latter is the greatest album that belongs on all of those lists it's probably not on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Great album !!! Pete & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix http://youtu.be/PaTDIw7SMX8 Edited October 13, 2015 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_World_Man Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 As far as his solo material goes the only thing I've heard is his "iron man" album. It has nothing to do with the movie. ;) It's an ok album but nothing too special imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) The Who at Tanglewood, MA. 1970. Pete is in full command of the guitar, fully animated and the entire band is giving 100%. If you haven't seen it, look no further. http://youtu.be/_kXSzVK3Nko Edited October 13, 2015 by custom55 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Custom, what do they do from Tommy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushCanuck Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Who at Tanglewood, MA. 1970. Pete is in full command of the guitar, fully animated and the entire band is giving 100%. If you haven't seen it, look no further. http://youtu.be/_kXSzVK3NkoWow, what a great piece of history this concert is. Thanks so much for posting. This is the Who during the years they were at their peak for me.... I love Pete in his white jumpsuit days.... Often Pete would face Keith and they would feed off each other.. Magical. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Who at Tanglewood, MA. 1970. Pete is in full command of the guitar, fully animated and the entire band is giving 100%. If you haven't seen it, look no further. http://youtu.be/_kXSzVK3NkoWow, what a great piece of history this concert is. Thanks so much for posting. This is the Who during the years they were at their peak for me.... I love Pete in his white jumpsuit days.... Often Pete would face Keith and they would feed off each other.. Magical. Me too. The white jumpsuit and Doc Martens... PRICELESS I had to buy a pair of Doc Martens after I saw Pete at Woodstock. Year's before that...I also bought Beatle Boots and had them outfitted with metal plates... in 5th grade 1965. The shop teacher yanked those metal plates ( cleats ) right off my boots day one. When it came to rock music, I was such an impressionable kid. :codger: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I've been a HUGE PT fan since I saw The Who's appearance on The Smothers Brothers Show, bought the Tommy LP, bought the Live at Leeds LP and sat front row at the Woodstock movie in LBI NJ the first week it's release, where Peter became my Rock God back in 1970. Pete is a musical genius and :finbar: deserves his own thread. http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/PeteT_sg_zpseced142d.jpg Are you kidding me?I'm a Pete Townshend ADDICT!!!!I love The Who dearly but nothing touches Pete's solo material. The Perfect Trilogy: "Empty Glass""All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes""White City" I love "Iron Man" and "Psychoderelic" as well. If Pete Townshend is God then Simon Phillips is Jesus Christ!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 The Who at Tanglewood, MA. 1970. Pete is in full command of the guitar, fully animated and the entire band is giving 100%. If you haven't seen it, look no further. http://youtu.be/_kXSzVK3NkoWow, what a great piece of history this concert is. Thanks so much for posting. This is the Who during the years they were at their peak for me.... I love Pete in his white jumpsuit days.... Often Pete would face Keith and they would feed off each other.. Magical. Me too. The white jumpsuit and Doc Martens... PRICELESS I had to buy a pair of Doc Martens after I saw Pete at Woodstock. Year's before that...I also bought Beatle Boots and had them outfitted with metal plates... in 5th grade 1965. The shop teacher yanked those metal plates ( cleats ) right off my boots day one. When it came to rock music, I was such an impressionable kid. :codger: The boots with the high water pants jumpsuit, and Keith with a jumpsuit too. I had a friend in high school that would wear jumpsuits like he wore to school, her nickname was Moonie. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Lent's sis Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 As far as his solo material goes the only thing I've heard is his "iron man" album. It has nothing to do with the movie. ;) It's an ok album but nothing too special imo. All I can tell you is that, yes the The Who albums are what we might call indispensable. Still, with Empty Glass as a debut solo, Pete set himself atop a form of art...vvv ...and what RH666 says about Simon Phillips applies, as well. Are you kidding me?I'm a Pete Townshend ADDICT!!!!I love The Who dearly but nothing touches Pete's solo material. The Perfect Trilogy:"Empty Glass""All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes""White City" I love "Iron Man" and "Psychoderelic" as well. If Pete Townshend is God then Simon Phillips is Jesus Christ!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghorn-leghorn Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Saw the band around 79 at Wembley Stadium in London. I believe there is footage of this concert on YOUTUBE. Great energy driven concert. Kenny Jones did a sterling job on drums, but of course he had none of the manic dramatics Keith Moon brought to the band. Support acts? Stranglers, Nils Lofgren and Bon Scott era AC/DC. Only bummer was a tube strike that left thousand stranded. I had to call my Aunt who lived in London to come pick me up. Instead she sent a taxi Fortunately he would only take a passenger with the right name which was Mactaggert, so I got the cab. I felt like a rock star myself being driven through the thousands of fans roaming the streets. :Alex: AHH, the good old days. http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/wembley-79-who-poster.jpg Edited October 14, 2015 by foghorn-leghorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) Edited October 15, 2015 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 only I am disappointed that he sold a lot of his catalog, and songs I have previously loved I now hear in commercials. :sigh: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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