Fun fact. It’s not “Jerrald”, it’s “Cello”. Townshend wanted cellos playing at that part but producer and Kit Lambert ( manager ) said they couldn’t afford it, so he put the word cello in to the tune they would’ve played.

It's always a pleasure watching Keith Moon going berserk on the drums. I saw The Who back in the '70's at an outdoor concert and it was still one of the loudest concerts that I have ever attended in my 65 years. 🤘✌️

Nice to hear someone extolling the virtues and importance of John Entwistle's vocals on The Who's sound. And what about his playing on this? His bass is literally driving the song and is a big reason why they had such a enormous live sound. And in case it hasn't been mentioned, that performance pretty much blew the Stones off the stage on their own special.

I admit i had never heard of this one and ive been a Who fan for 50+ years. Found this a year ago or so and was blown away. One of my favorite rock performances ever. The Who are electric , and this performance pushes it to the edge for me, glorious!

When young people ask me who are The Who I just reply "just watch the CSI intro". If they ask me which one, I say "all of them".

Let him hear Entwistle sing on "Boris the Spider" and "My Wife"

A Quick One!! FINALLY...:) Ethan gets to witness another fine example of what made The Who rock and roll legends. (Their pre-1978 live act.) I’m always looking for another excuse to watch this one again- thanks guys👍✌️

What they’re singing at 15:37 is “cello, cello, cello, cello…” because on they wanted to have cellos for that segment on the recording but they couldn’t afford paying for the musicians.

You know what, as someone who grew up without my father and whose relationship with my stepdad mostly revolves on a shared love of music, stuff like this always gets me right in the feels. And a great song to boot. I will be following you guys with great interest. 😊

funny look subtitles "Jerrald". They sing "cello, cello, cello"

This was featured on the live compilation album, "The Kids are Alright".

Or... the live version of Won’t Get Fooled Again filmed in May 1978 at Shepperton film studios. Keith’s final ever performance with the band- it’s earth shattering, ear splitting and absolutely breathtaking.., especially knowing now that it was Keith’s final encore.

This is from “The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus”. It was filmed in December of 1968 and was supposed to be shown on television, but for various reasons it never was. This was Brian Jones last time performing in public with the Stones, he drowned in his swimming pool in July of 1969. The Stones felt their performance wasn’t that good (some songs they did well, others not as good) because they were all exhausted. The Who were fantastic as always. As far as the title of the song, I have English relatives, and the term “A quick one” is considered to be quite dirty, because it means a quick....well, let’s just say “sexual act” so I don’t get banned from KZfaq.

This is my favorite Who performance!

Hello there! Not familiar with this either but I like it. I love just watching the energy they put into the performance and the vocals are really unique. It's The Who!

The Rolling Stones were great and their Rck'n Roll Circus performance was certainly not poor, but they did not release it because they were outshone by the Who who were truly memorable..

Father and son. Very cool! I took my family to see them live back in 2002. It was on the 4th of July which was even cooler. We got to see an original British Invasion group on American Independence day. Unfortunately, it was a little over a week after John died.

Besides this obviously being one of the best rock performances ever and absolute legend, I do love you're guys' dynamic. I love how Dad, obviously very familiar with this masterpiece, keeps checking for son's reaction just at the crucial parts and nodding with satisfaction when the part hits home. Really lovely reaction. Keep it up! Also, great T-Shirt, son!

Don't forget your Channel's opening song from the WHO "Face Dances" Another Tricky Day.

Great thanks, never seen it, was too young. The title track of the second album 1966, a song in 6 parts, Petes first attempt at a small rock opera. Roger starts very subdued and deep, but the whole band increases totally and ends on a high live level. 👍

Dear The Who... . For blowing The Stones out of the water on their own show - you are forgiven!!! Love this performance

Hi Larry and Ethan! Hope all is going well. I first heard and saw this performance probably a bit over a year ago now. This is certainly one of my favorite performances from the band. It's one of those performances that get better and better each time you have watch and have a listen. They all put on one hell of a performance, but Keith Moon is just an animal back there. Still have no idea if that's water or his sweat towards the end. Also I'm pretty sure Larry is right. I think during the Leeds performance Pete talks about the song, and mentions that girl and the engine driver were indeed caught in the act.

Greatest Rock Band Ever

A cello player was supposed to play in this performance but management wouldn't allow it due to costs. So at about 6.10 they are actually singing cello, cello, cello 😂

How about doing live Who, such as songs from Isle of Wight? Young Man Blues is a fantastic version.

"Youre all forgiven!"

this film was shelved because the blew every band of the stage thats why it was shelved but realest eventually the who are the best live band evern

Ok you’re asking for ass-kicking deep cuts from The Who..., how about ‘However Much I Booze’ from the ‘By Numbers’ album... (aka The Who By Numbers). An absolute drumming tour de force by Moon, not to mention wicked guitar picking from Pete..., and of course John as well. With ‘standing naked in front of the entire world’ vicious self deprecating lyrics from Pete.

Any Who song is good and those albums are worth listening all the way through )

Go for it. I love deep tracks.

The first punk band.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Oh, Mr. Moon, bestill my ❤️. This performance handed the Rolling Stones their ass at their own Rock n Roll Circus, poor lads. There's NOBODY more entertaining to watch than The 'Oo. Period.

Entwistle, written and sang Boris the Spider, Google how he can up with it: after a few drinks in a pub with another bassists discussing names for animals

Great reaction to a lesser known song to many but rated very highly by others. But, like you say, all bands do have 'obscure' tracks that are known and loved by their diehard fans to a lesser or greater degree.

"This is from the "Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus" Special! The Who were guests and were invited to the show. They said "Sure" and stopped by from a tour they were doing at the time. It was banned and never put out in syndication cuz the Rolling Stones were embarrassed about how good the Who played that night. It underwhelmed them and there performance that night so they never released it!"

Hi guys, hope you're both doing well!

Keith Moon was something else no doubt. you have to watch the documentary Final 24 hours on Keith Moon.

This is their first attempt at an opera, or in this case, and operetta.. Was on their second album... This lead to Quadrophenia and Tommy.

Doing any of the songs from Odds & Sods would be great, especia;;y Long Live Rock

That was kind of fun, mixing rock with country, folk, music hall, opera influences. BTW, Jon Anderson and "The Band of Geeks' are playing in Collingwood NJ April 28 & 29. The Band of Geeks are an online supergroup of A-list musicians who cover lots of classic and progressive rock. They play Yes tracks better than the current official lineup, which is why Jon has chosen to tour with them and perform some classic material. Just thought you (well Ethan mostly) might like a headsup.

This is from the Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus. It was obviously shelved because the Who kicked their asses.

LOL. Jerald. they are saying Cello. when they recorded this song, they were kinda cash poor and couldn't afford to bring in any classical musicians to play the string parts behind them, so they sing the cello harmonies as Cello Cello Cello. etc.... edit also the libretto of this opera is the same story that tommy starts with a woman husband/boyfriend goes off to war and is presumed dead she is s ad and its well known around her street, town, city, etc of her story why shes sad. one day ivor convinces her that he can take her mind off things and she can spend time with him. obviously "took a nap" is not sleeping her husband/boyfriend makes it back from the war and surprises her . she confesses that she has been consoling herself after time in the arms of Ivor. her beau forgives her. end of story. some takeaways.... listen to the band play at the part of "My name is Ivor, Im an engine driver" the music is supposed to simulate a train starting up the drum rolls are the sound of the engine pistons turning the wheels. "soon be home" is traveling music. the snare rimshots are mimicking horse hooves. as mentioned above they are singing Cello at the beginning of you are forgiven. It was rumored that this special (rolling stones RnR circus) was never shown after its premiere because of The Who's performance stealing the show from the stones. IDK folklore.

This was filmed about 2 weeks before the Get Back documentary was filmed, with the exact same director. John Lennon was there and MLH made him do multiple takes of band intros. That's why in Get Back, we see John Lennon doing sendups of his band introductions. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bottles!"

Lol, Pete himself never analyzed the story this much. You’ve got the basics.., Guy is gone ‘nigh on (almost) a year.., she cries, she cheats, he returns, she confesses..... she is forgiven. It’s that simple. The song was written more as an ‘operatic’ exercise for Pete..., more than anything else.

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please react to another great song of the who called "baby don't you do it" (deluxe version) from the album Who's Next, believe me, you are gonna get crazy man!!!

He’s been away in a war

A quick one while he's gone ? i was thinking Ethan left the door open and Larry made a video. let's see , i must know this. 1:31 monty python cameo ? back to the show > 8:42 i didn't know it , i'll go ahead - i won't be cynical. or critical. they blended a musical , a rock performance and a love ? story into a stage show. i doubt many people were doing this then. good for you-hoo. they put out a great sound , that's the Who. peace.

KZfaq ate my homework - not an excuse I would advise trying on any of your teachers at school, although it does frequently happen to me! In protest, I'm not going to write it all out again - I'm just going to be a bit moody and sulk for a while...

Still no reactions to The Monkees. Try out The Porpoise Song (Theme From Head) by The Monkees. You should watch the movie Head.

Spark live plssss

A new one to me. But Rolling Stone has raked it the fourth best Who song. Not sure I agree.

Ivor the engine driver. Not Oliver.

You have a bad echo on your mics, sound very distant.

Tommy evolved from this song.

English foke music Oliver twist

Kind of The Who's Bohemian Rhapsody but weaker.