2.09 - 2.12 The look and laughter between Entwhistle and Townshend is beautiful

Pete's such a badass.There never will be another band like The Who in full flight again.

Great tune. John was an underrated songwriter. Pete gives everything for John's song.

The anthem of introverts everywhere. Rock on, John!

One of my absolute favorite Who songs. It’s hard as hell and the bass is brutal. 👊🏻

Let's be thankful for the miracle of video that allows us to see the best doing their best at one time, as we experience the sadness knowing that we will never see such talent again. What a difference compared to what passes for music today.

Pete in the ZONE. Stunning!! Power and VOLUME!!!!

My favorite Entwistle tune (along with, oddly enough, "You"). Watching Kenney Jones in this video reminds me of how outstanding a drummer he was. Was he Keith Moon? Nobody ever pretended that. But he was absolutely great, live or in the studio.

Woohoo! I always loved Entwistle's rock voice. One of my favorite of his songs, and a great version. Thanks for posting!

The Best Rock and Roll Band on the planet.

I just discovered these lyrics after hearing this song for 35 years. Blown away. PS - NOBODY rocked harder in 1981. Not AC/DC, and not Metallica when they hit the scene a few years later.

Best song the Post Moon Who ever did... This is a brutal song and great performance.

Happy Birthday in Heaven, my dear John. I have faith we will meet again someday. We're not quiet; everybody else is too loud!

I saw them in Worcester Mass, just before or after this show. These guys were so good it was ridiculous. Best live band ever.

Indeed! This "Farewell Tour" show in Toronto has so many great moments. So glad they stuck around another 30 years.

1982's tour is totally great!! I definitely love "It's hard" album and this tour

John says " still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you." This song was a Punch to gut on the "82" tour. THE WHO.

Bass is a city block long.. Love you Ox, rock on

John started getting 2 or 3 songs on the last few albums and they were usually some of the best. Definitely the most rocking.

still my fav who show,played my cassette so many times it barely plays,still have it 30 years later! long live the horrible who.

I used to watch this on a vcr recording and daydream about being Townshend. Even now I get goosebumps watching this performance.

The Ox! The Bruce Lee/Jimi Hendrix of the Bass!

October 9, 1982 CNE Stadium I remember before the show an airplane flying over the stadium pulling an advertisement stating: "Happy Birthday John Entwhistle..."

gotta give some props to kenney here, definitely a challenging drum part, especially to play without rushing

Freekin' love this! Townshend is truly on fire here. I used to have this on VHS (Who Rocks America) and I'd watch this particular performance as a teenager 10 times a day! Long Live the Who!!

I never knew Pete and (The Who as a whole) were this tight in the 80s, my favorite period for them still has to be the 60s! They’re still one of my favorite, and in my opinion, one of the best live acts of all time! Long live The Who!

カッコ良すぎる ジョン John cool

Saw them on "First farewell tour" at Shea Stadium, NY great performance and they played that song. Great memories.

2:05.....Pete has this "Where the fuck did that come from?" look on his face....and in a good way.

Despite John being the most calm, he could sometimes be as vicious as his bandmates.

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i still watch this...and i was at this show

It's because of the line" I aint Quiet, everybody else is too loud" Everybody in the band was constantly trying to outdo each other volume wise. He was laughing, look at Entwhistle laugh back right after. That line is one of the greatest lines describing the band ever.

always among the top!

Saw this show at the Pontiac silverdome in 82 incredible show .

Pete kicked ass here!

Why can't we have eternal life And never die Never die. RIP Thunderfingers

incredible. just wow. that power chord just resonates. townshend was the penultimate showman.

The media nicknamed "my" favorite bassist, John Entwisle "The Quiet One/The Silent Ox", well, never believe the media! ✌️🕷🕸✌️

Saw them live a few months before at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto & had a Who party the night of this televised event. The Who has always been one of my favorite bands to this date. Thanks for sharing some fantastic memories.

O maior baixista da história do rock'n'roll

A bunch of us went to see The Who in Buffalo on the same tour (opening show of the tour, I think, with The Clash as the warm-up band!!)... We had hash brownies but started to chicken out as we neared the border. Everyone ate one and we had three left, so one of the girls with us, not wanting to waste any, ate them. By the second number she was on the tarpaulin and missed the whole show. She was very cute, and we had to encircle her to keep her safe, and even then, the vultures were circling.

I WAS AT BOTH SHOWS....JOHN WAS GREAT ON BASS...GREAT MEMORIES DEC.17 AND 18, 1982 THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAF GARDEN

MY HERO ON BASS!

nice job kenney jones !

Entwistle @ 1:58 just turned it up a few notches and went to a dark place! PT said to himself whoa, wtf -what was that? PT impressed, looks over to him, and in his smile says it all: ur kidding me right?,that was awesome, what r u thinkin, haha? a sincere smile amongst brothers, and Entwistle caught himself they share the laugh. I loved the way PT coaxes the smile out of JE... brilliant

Entwistle...the man,the myth,the legend,and,the master of looking completely casual,whilst playing riffs most of us could never hope to achieve.

0:50 Roger hides himself behind John at the beginning of backing vocals, the stage is John's.

man, the night and day difference between Pete here and on the Dallas performance the same year... he didnt seem to enjoy himself at all there, but here he's on fire

A much underestimated major part of the band RIP John

John kicks ass here!

pete townsend is the champ

What a great smash mouth performance!

i love this....

20 years ago today... rest in peace Ox...

Everybody calls me the quiet one You can see but you can't hear me Everybody calls me the quiet one You can try but you can't get near me I ain't never had the gift of gab But I can't talk with my eyes When words fail me you won't nail me My eyes can tell you lies Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say Sticks and stones may break your bones But names can never down you It only takes two words to blow you away Everybody calls me the quiet one But you just don't understand You can't listen you won't hear me With your head stuck in the sand I ain't never had time for words that don't rhyme My head is in a cloud I ain't quiet - everybody else is too loud Still waters run deep so be careful I don't drown you You've got nothing to hear I've got nothing to say Sticks and stones may break my bones But names can never down you It only takes two words to blow you away.

That was amazing.

Their best performance with Kenney Jones

I LOVE HIM.

Awesome

1:20 - what makes pete the incredibly enjoyable, fantastic and creative guitarist he is.

@speedbird49 Thunderous version indeed. Been waiting to see this again for years! Thanx wgfa!

Kenney kills it on this song!

virtuoso instrumentals. Nobody played the way those guys did.

Epic.....Legends the lot of em

God bless, Pete and to think he almost died a year earlier from drugs and alcohol! John always supported Pete and he gave it right back!!

Love the who 14 years a 48 years

The heart of a songsmith and conceptual artist prowess you might like both Alexander Pushkin and Russian poet ethereal and evocative Aleksander Blok The Artist poem. Cheers Sir Peter, Sir Rodger Sir Kenny.

thanks so much for posting...I was at this show!!

This is the best song of that show. Pete is engaged, Kenny is playing something that suits him and the Ox is on fire!!! Once John left The Who, they ceased existed being the Who in my opinion.

Schlitz rocks America.

I first began liking Pete Townshend, & the Who a long time ago. There was a program explaining that Pete Townshend was def, etc. I was too young to relate only that he was unable to hear. I, for some reason thought that there was another Brittish or English born rock star with more or less the same problem. I think I was thinking of a member of the Kinks, etc. Also, it seemed to be possible to keep track of him, Maybe because of the # of the members of the band. I think during the interview, he was out-going, etc. which seemed wierd because the band was already world famous. Also, I assumed he couldn't hear anything at all. This was was or seemed , if not impossible, verry hard to comprehend, because of my young age, + what I knew or didn't know about the term deaf. During the brief interview, he was outgoing,etc. so it was asa if somthing was cancelling somthing (out). At the time I also thought he must be the only one. I didn't even know any of the Who's material. So the band didn't serface in my world for another times' woth (of Time).

Thunderfingers was a god!

3:06 It cannot be stated enough. When Pete windmills, he's literally ripping his fingernails off. Everyone else who windmills on stage doesn't come close to touching the strings. It's a stage gimmick. For Pete, striking the strings with such blunt force was a part of his unique playing style that broadened the band's sound. The windmilling he does during "Young Man Blues" on the "Isle of Wight" DVD is unreal.

Killer tune. With some nasty lyrics. Love Face Dances.

Powerful statement

Please tell me, what are those two words, to blow me away????

0:03 Pancada de baixo doida massa demais o som do the who é único

A controlled explosion. The only way I can describe The Who..

The Who, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, The Quiet One, Toronto, NY Post, Robert Justich

Nicely said. He is one of the more exciting players to watch. Keith Moon as well. I can sit down to a Who record and just focus on the drumming and be thrilled. Jeff Beck is also a very exciting player to listen to, not so much to watch.

Ditto, except my copy was on Betamax! I can still do a pretty mean air guitar to this one!

................The Ox, thunderfingers, Enwistle brilliant and underated.

Look at Pete! So into Entwistle's music! Pete always had to work hard to keep up with his harder style of writing.

Yep!

At 2:03 John ran out of steam in his vocal volume and kind of squeaked out "..everybody else is too loud" after he just screamed .."I ain't quiet!". I believe Townshend thought that to be funny, which it was, especially when both of their eyes meet!

That Telecaster!!

Written by John to take the place of My Wife

I ain't quiet, everybody else is too loud. True dat

My air guitar is still pretty good, too - better than my actually guitar playing! When I've tried doing the windmill on my actual guitar, I drew blood... Leave the windmills to "the professional" - unless their air windmills!

Funny, I never thought about that line in the context of the band itself. I thought it was just about other people talking too much, not him talking too little - which of course is also what he meant. Thanks for that one.

when giants roamed the Earth

J Damiano,....thats what mean he was underrated by media, its all talk about The Who, Pete Townsend, who are brilliant, but generally people dont think of how great John Entwistle was, you have got me all wrong J Damiano.

Ah! From the "last" concert.

Yep, Pete uses chord voicings that Joe Perry has never heard of. Playing an exciting solo is about a lot more than how quickly you wiggle your fingers. It's like saying that the guy who can pound the hardest and fastest is the world's best fuck.

...and then john glanced back and then they looked at each other longer - there was some shared joke there... but for the life of me I can't hear anything that may have brought it on... I was at that show, as it happens... two nights in a row and I went to both - i think it was the other night that I was on acid.

i was at the pink floyd toronto xibition stadium sept. '87 shows on acid. i had a sheet of white blodder,I wrote phone #s on it n put it in my wallet. the customs agent looked right at it ,n let us right across the border! good ol' days.

That was a rip stompin` performance by Townshend. That`s why The Who is such a great live act. Still there has been no guitarist who can windmill like Pete. Anyone who plays guitar knows that is very difficult to do. If you miss and miss badly off go your fingers....

pete looks much younger in this than he did in the early days of the who.

He says he wrote this to give Kenny Jones a showcase, but it sounds to me like Pete's stealing the show here.