1979: Return of THE WHO | Nationwide | Classic Music | BBC Archive

[@robschachter-rj2uo]

Huge credit to Kenney Jones for stepping into an impossible situation and handling it with class depite all the critics.

[@michaelcavallacci2945]

I totally agree. Nobody on the planet- not John Bonham or Ringo or Ginger Baker or anybody could have filled Keith Moons shoes in the Who. I don’t care what anyone says he was the greatest drummer in rock history. Kenney was a great guy and did the best job possible under impossible circumstances.

[@robschachter-rj2uo]

Kenney was also well accomplished with the small faces and faces. Him and moon had the same drum tech and were friends from the late 60s. He was the natural choice. Wasn’t about style but what Pete wanted after moon passed.

[@cc352]

@@michaelcavallacci2945All the great drummers have a uniqueness to their respective bands that cannot be simply replaced by another great drummer. I remember when Bonham passed away and rumors were floating that Ginger Baker may fill in. I love Cream but can't see Baker playing for Zep.

[@benmalone6139]

I do think he solidified the sound which was good for that time. No Keith Moon for sure but hey who is...

[@TheBircat]

He helped the transition of the band into the 80's sound of rock music that was less chaotic (more formulaic?) You can hear John's bass explore more interesting lines on the Face Dances album probably because of Kenny's style.

[@CricketEngland]

Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall once walked into a London department store and had an argument at the counter ripping the leg off a pair of trousers, only for a one legged amputee (who they had paid in advance) walked up to the counter and said “Great I’ll take them”

[@pod9538]

Very good 👍 😊

[@CricketEngland]

@@pod9538it’s true

[@octaviussludberry9016]

He actually said, " Just the job. Wrap them separately."

[@CricketEngland]

@@octaviussludberry9016not in the version I heard

[@sandgrownun66]

Normally amputees would fold the leg and put a pin in it. Assuming that they didn't have a false leg.

[@_Ben4810]

The Who never really got the praise they deserved for keeping Shepperton Studios going through a fallow time in the film-making business...

[@gregorylumpkin2128]

R.I.P. Keith Moon. Some of the best drumming I've ever heard in my life.

[@carljohnson3747]

Townshend said Moon was a virtual metronome. They almost never needed a "click track" unless they were doing a ton of overdubs.

[@sexobscura]

[@FrozenHero2010]

I saw them at the Rainbow on Kenney's debut with the band! Great show!

[@spango1]

3 great films that i still enjoy watching....kids are alright . Mcvicar and the widely regarded classic Quad

[@peterjonas4971]

The son of the director of Quad came to the states to spend one year in my high school in 1985 - 1986. I hope he's well. We both loved the Jesus and Mary Chain.

[@angelicupstart1977]

The kids are alright, very timely 😂

[@spango1]

​@@angelicupstart1977 The punk band with David Cassidy haircuts 😂

[@Mrsilenciobackgammon]

0:55 - Dreaming From The Waist is such a great song it's in the setlist twice!

[@Glimmertwin32]

I saw them at Wembley in 79. Mind blowing for a 14 year old lad

[@srirahulpremkumar1600]

How big were the who in the late 70s in the uk?? Were they as big as queen and pink flyod?? I heard their popularity dropped off a bit.

[@Supremor-tj9dv]

John was asked if Pete was difficult on tour. He said “No. What’s difficult is getting him TO tour. Once he’s on the road, he’s fine.”

[@SteveHogarth-tx5kw]

Huge Who fan. Had never seen this footage.

[@rizzleroodoo]

yah, what the hell? why did it take them so long to release it?

[@knownpleasures]

Roger Daltrey was brilliant in mcvicar

[@mrlotusmic]

Off to see them tonight at the Albert Hall in London…

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Load of shite nowadays.

[@bid84]

Any good?

[@mrlotusmic]

@@bid84 Fantastic. Rogers’s 80 years old and was the Teenage Cancer Trust. I hope I’m as good as that at 80 👍

[@petems3283]

Any good?

[@petems3283]

​@@lucasoheyze4597Why?

[@PeterMayer]

My wife and I were there that fateful night in Cincinnati, December 03, 1979. They finally came back about 2 years ago All of us, including them, had to face our demons, once and for all.

[@petems3283]

What were you your demons?

[@JJONNYREPP]

1979: Return of THE WHO | Nationwide | Classic Music | BBC Archive 0955am 21.8.24 probably twiddy's fav band...

[@chrissilvester5663]

One of me fave bands The Who. Typifies the mod era alongside The Jam. They're the essence of Rock & Roll

[@drewcampbell8555]

Touring when they're 60?!?! MADMEN!!! (Saw them in Edinbrugh last year, and the two remaining septuagenarians were magnificent).

[@billwang5462]

Amazing footage. My first concert ever was the WHO & the CLASH October 1982 Oakland California.

[@JF-kv1gm]

Saw them at Brighton, later that year having spent the night queuing underneath the promenade with other fans to get to the box office the moment it opened. I think it was November, I might be wrong. 16 yrs old and fearless. My mum, bless her, let me go!

[@Freffs]

It's nice they were trying to touch and enlarge their audience

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

🍌🥜😂👍🏼🇬🇧

[@jasonayres]

I'll never forget 🤔 Quidrophenia. Oh, and then.. ah, Talking about Income Generation. And that fella's guitar playing.. Absolutely smashing!

[@leokimvideo]

This is just prior to the time when Pete released a string of incredible solo albums. Some of his best songs were done. His songwriting for The Who was the throwaway material. Maybe with Moon's death Pete saw the light and kept the good material for himself, smart move

[@robschachter-rj2uo]

Spot on. Kenney Jones played drums on Rough Boys and told Pete that it should be a Who song and Pete dismissed it.

[@AltCtrlFreak]

Absolutely fantastic footage

[@williamgriffin-zk6ob]

THIS IS SO COOL!! I've never seen this before. I'm really loving it.

[@boba2783]

Jesus I wish we could all go back to those times again

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

And give up my internet and Tesla Model S? No thanks.

[@dhalsim-1]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH You're the embodiment of everything wrong with humanity

[@curragh4635]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH your shot buddy

[@robertlyman2278]

I saw these guys on their 79 tour in Nuremberg Germany. Fantastic!!!

[@stevebrewer2556]

I was there too, lol. I was stationed at Darby Kaserne in Furth. Alot of groups including AC/DC, Scorpions, Cheap Trick and The Who closed. Best festival show I ever went to.

[@robertlyman2278]

@stevebrewer2556 I was stationed at a small base called Wildflecken. Great rock and roll show, great memories 👍

[@laurencelevene4333]

The album ," Who are you ". Is such a brilliant, underated album. One of the who's best ever

[@Jimbo-rt3lu]

Who said it was underrated?

[@laurencelevene4333]

@@Jimbo-rt3lu I have heard lots of people dismissing it as , not as good as who's next, Tommy or quadrophenia but I think it is as good as those albums. It's got exceptional songs and playing and variety

[@deanmatthews]

Snuck in to see Quadrophenia when I was 12, totally hooked on the mod life after that, devoured everything to do with the scene, had been listening to the Jam and others pre Quadrophenia, it helped my older sister was right into it. Got my first Lambretta when I was 14 and developed into a scooter boy. Saw The Who, Kinks, Jam and all the other revival bands and 60’s musicians back in the early 80’s. Owned a Lambretta most of my life, even since moving to Australia in 1990

[@CrueLoaf]

Never quite got the labels people put on The Who. After the sixties they played out and out rock music which has more in common with rockers.

[@pjr5913]

Rather be a rocker than a mod. Mod doesnt have enough music too restricted. Mods were usually poseurs anyways.

[@wk4max263]

I never got it either ,they were .a..mod band for a short amount of time and then moved on,Quadrophenia was.a..concept album !!😁

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Saw them around 81/82, and the thumbnail pic, the Jam , if thats Portsmouth (like the symphony orchestra) definitely saw them on every tour from 79 till Wembley in 82.at Portsmouth or Southampton.

[@108grog]

Wow. They still look stunned by Keith's death. I guess these interviews were probably less than 1 year afterwards. Really such a huge force he was, and SO much of the character of their sound and music. I saw them in Michigan, in '79 I think, or was it '80. After the deaths at another concert in the Midwest .

[@barbaracaroll]

God bless the Who they were the greatest band

[@colingeddes2172]

Along with The Jam.💯

[@pacochuquiure5459]

Great piece. Thank you bbc!

[@ledzepandhabs]

Daltrey predicted lasers would be part of movies knowing that the Who's lasers would feature prominently in the movie Aliens later that year.

[@philmus1]

Townshend had a love/hate relationship with Moon. Loved him as a friend, incredibly frustrated with his drinking and substance abuse. Just about drove Townshend to a nervous breakdown and at the time the Who often only toured because Moon had spent all his money (and also quite a bit of the Who's)

[@djavidianmx1832]

Came back later because Entwistle spent all his money 💰

[@artlover1477]

​@@djavidianmx1832To be bloody honest, PT wrote the songs which kept him wealthy. The rest of the lot were just bad with their money.

[@paulmartin4971]

And it was Keith who had a big part in ruining petes hearing by blowing up his drum 🥁 kit live on TV and perforating his ear drums lol 😂

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

Remember seeing Tommy in movie 🎥 theaters as a little kid. Older sister took me with the Big Kids😂. Remember it like it was yesterday at 63 years now. That was a Big Deal back in the day. Getting to hang out with the Big Kids 😂

[@alanlittle3941]

Wow..support by The Jam. What a gig

[@colingeddes2172]

Thats exactly what i was thinking. 2 greatest bands ever!

[@petems3283]

With Paul Weller?

[@colingeddes2172]

@@petems3283 of course!

[@livingtribunal4110]

​@@petems3283 😅🤯

[@SongsOfPeteDonovan]

The Who and their younger punk rock-meets-The Beatles counterparts The Jam on the same bill… what a show that must have been! 😎

[@dreammachine2013]

"I also had a lot of friends who robbed banks - I'm sure you too" (Daltrey) Priceless😂🎉

[@Piwork69]

Interesting to see them in this transition period. I think Keith passing but changing times in music was hard to keep up their glory days.

[@MarkConran]

They played at a school my 3 older sisters went to .St Joseph's 6th June 1965.Any audio visual out there? I've been searching for years.

[@rainblaze.]

You have to say Daultry was incredibly photogenic

[@jeshkam]

That CS-80 was massive.

[@daz4627]

And probably (relatively) cheap as chips compared to today's price!!

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

Weighed 200lbs. Set you back about 60k now.

[@jeremythornton433]

And that's how it sounds, too! I'd love one but it's way too far out of my budget.

[@analogueman123456787]

@@daz4627 - They were hideously expensive at the time.

[@daz4627]

@@analogueman123456787 The tyranny of distance.... Everything seemed cheaper way back then... I recently found some old music magazines from the 80s which had ads for all the latest gear... I converted the old prices to today's prices and all of the gear was as expensive if not more so than today's gear... I remember being barely able to afford to buy the magazines let alone the actual gear (!!)... Oh well 😕👍👍

[@mickeydodds1]

Great find!

[@brianfergus839]

Saw them in Pittsburgh a couple of days before the tragedy in Cincinnati. Sure missed Keith 😥

[@JoseMartinezcampos-c5f]

Mi gran the who nunca me aburren me alucinan me trae recuerdos nunca los dejaré de escuchar

[@joefoster2012]

Yeh mi gran bloody loved the who too

[@Chris-jq1qb]

Oh gosh imagine being able to say that 15 pounds is a lot for tickets. You’d be lucky to find parking for that price at a show

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Why are people still so amazed by inflation?

[@dhalsim-1]

The weekly wage was about £40 back then

[@livingtribunal4110]

Gosh. Imagine thinking and wondering how much £15 in 1979, is worth in 2024. 🤯

[@guillermo3564]

I don't think I really ever got over Roger's hair cut. Him and Keith Emerson.

[@markfoster1493]

This is 1979 and Roger is talking about Holography becoming the big thing, i think you would now agree, given that ABBA and Elvis are being immortalised with these kind of Holographic events, but like me who wouldn't want to see The Who at their absolute peak albeit as holograms, IMO around 1971.

[@straightpipec6099]

Great video

[@parksmush]

McVicar - amazing film.

[@chrisoffer3074]

The soundtrack is amazing got it on vinyl

[@shkyrbty]

Wow!!! Awesome!!! Thank you!

[@dean6816]

The Who! Best band in the FKN world!!! EVER!!!

[@CrueLoaf]

Best band in Britain. You can keep The Stones and Led Zep!

[@HanginInSF]

That night they weren't even the best band on stage. That honor belonged to Van Halen!

[@CrueLoaf]

@@HanginInSF saw them in ‘84. Absolute mess! A 20 minute bass solo at a festival?

[@WilliamHerlihy-p4g]

I'm happy to say I love The Who, the Stones and Zep. And the Beatles too! I don't feel the need to choose between them anymore. Van Halen is still overrated though.

[@Ruda-n4h]

The Who p*&£$d on Zeppelin and the Stones basically because they had better songs and ideas - they weren't rooted in the Blues. I think they should have packed up after Quadrophenia though as the last four albums could have been by any old rock group and that is what the Who were most certainly not.

[@massapower]

Now there's a LOUD "MF" BAND !!😜👍🏻👍🏻

[@Jiggs2u2]

First year I got to see The Who.. 30 some odd concert since 🎉

[@dayanidhi9391]

What does John Entwhistle say at 9:38? ...is is "Weeks are cheap nowadays" ?

[@RollrightKnights]

Wigs (Hairpieces) 👍

[@McRocking]

"Wigs are cheap" The wig is a toupée or hairpiece.

[@CricketEngland]

Maybe your as deaf as Townsend

[@dayanidhi9391]

Of course! Thanks both of you, it's obvious now you tell me.

[@richardelson3261]

I remember this! RIP Ox.

[@Zootallures100]

Great stuff ❤

[@splintercast8092]

I bet their roadies loved them for taking a CS80 on tour with them.

[@teddnagurski5583]

This was the 1979 tour where the tragedy in Cincinnati happened.

[@kyleroy912]

They played the next night here in buffalo ny

[@20thCB]

@8:07 Did Roger Daltrey just predict 3D Avatars at concerts?!

[@matthewscarr543]

Kenny Jones "widely regarded as a musician". Honestly drummers get it tough sometimes.

[@thelastdetail1]

And not a second-hand car salesman as was previously thought..

[@MrJakeTucker]

That part at the end, asking Townshend about touring, Roger and John happy to do it when they are 60. Townshend says they're barmy. Townshend reached 60 in 2005. Wikipedia has the group as playing live last in 2021. Townshend would of been 75/6 in 2021. Barmy!

[@steverosbotham6403]

Saw them last year. That was the mentioned tour which had to be put back because of Covid.

[@apollomemories7399]

and you needed Wiki to inform you of that?

[@jeremythornton433]

And Roger just turned 80 this year.

[@MrJakeTucker]

@@apollomemories7399 I've been into the group since the 1970s. I used wiki to double check as I vaguely remembered hearing they were playing live around 2019. I was not sure of Townshend's year of birth exactly either. If I'd taken a guess somebody would of corrected me, so I thought I might as well get it right before commenting. Is that OK with you?

[@dee_seejay]

03:16 😆 Kenny Jones: "I'm me, y'know? And _that's_ Keith". Haha good timing Keith.

[@dee_seejay]

Impressed by The Ox's honesty there, admitting he felt "a lot freer" playing with Jones as a rhythm section. Keith Moon may have been a genius but without a bass player with the genius of Entwistle it never would have worked. They played together in _spite_ of each other, those two...and yes it was brilliant...but John must've been relieved to have the train on the rails for these later tours.

[@markbrown4039]

This was the tour that led them to that fateful December night in Cincinnati.

[@laurencelevene4333]

What happened

[@markbrown4039]

@@laurencelevene4333 On December 3, 11 people were crushed to death when fans rushed to get into Riverfront Coliseum for a Who concert. Thousands were already outside in the cold when the band did a soundcheck. Some people thought the show was starting and they pushed forward, bringing disaster.

[@laurencelevene4333]

​@@markbrown4039 oh that's a tragedy. I didn't know about that. Very sad to learn about that. Must have affected the who badly. Surprised they carried on after that.

[@markbrown4039]

@@laurencelevene4333 The show did go on as scheduled, but the band wasn't told what happened until afterwards.

[@laurencelevene4333]

@@markbrown4039 I think nowadays the whole event would have been cancelled and the band informed straight away out of respect for the victims families.

[@ChrisLawton66]

8:07 Who would've guessed that ABBA would beat them to the punch.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 19 in 1979 and loved the who for years, it was kinda weird when Kieth died, they slipped in Kenny and kept going, zeps John died and they ended the band, it's their choice, on one hand it was commendable that Zep quit, but I didn't blame the who for keeping it going. Great music back then, so many rock bands, songs

[@chavruta2000]

It does seem that Pete had resigned himself to the idea, long before it happened, that Keith's behavior would lead to an early death.

[@RubyJack-z8q]

8:40 They couldnt stop Jack and they won"t stop ME! 😊

[@simplesecretof]

So there is a possibility the Rainbow concert was filmed?🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@rEdf196]

In the spring of 1980. in the recent wake of the tragic Cincinnati incident, The Who announced a live concert in Vancouver Canada. Unfortunately you had to submit your name in a lottery raffle. If your name was selected, the you were eligible to buy the tickets. There were 900,000 entries for a 16000 seat concert. My Name wasn't selected. Unlike other missed shows, I felt duped. I don't think the lottery system was ever used again.

[@dawnyWestScotland]

“Trying to play a lot quieter on stage now” 😆

[@apollomemories7399]

From 11 down to 10.

[@CricketEngland]

Well Pete Townsend is pretty much deaf now

[@wylier]

What did u say? Sorry, you'll have to speak up. Lol

[@boataxe4605]

John “I’m going to keep playing until I have one too many nights of strippers and cocaine”.

[@CricketEngland]

Never had a UK No.1 you know.

[@nigden1]

Townshend wrote a number one single for Thunderclap Newman.

[@pod9538]

Wow at least they are OK in the US.

[@apollomemories7399]

So what!

[@DocRobertable]

@@nigden1 John "Speedy" Keen wrote Something in the Air but Townshend did produce it.

[@ChrisJKing-se4dp]

no , it was written by Speedy keen , pete produced it Keen also wrote Armenia in the Sky from The Who Sell Out

[@R_Jackson]

"Useful bugger, wa'n't he?"

[@JMoruzzi]

I don't know if 'Abba - Voyage' counts as what '79 Daltry would have considered the foreseeable future, but he was sort of right!

[@indieshack4476]

"we're very heavily involved in holography". RIP Nick Phillips.

[@JoseMartinezcampos-c5f]

Keith moon se extraña mucho

[@rizzleroodoo]

why was this just released?

[@paulmcgrath3248]

Me earholles are still ringinĝ

[@CricketEngland]

0:22 what a joke 1972 Deep Purple was recognised by The Guinness Book of World Records as the "globe's loudest band" for a concert at the London Rainbow Theatre, during which the sound reached 117 dB and three members of the audience fell unconscious

[@3rdmm]

By '79, the Who were the actual GBOWR record holder with 129dB.

[@CricketEngland]

@@3rdmmand Manowar did 129.5 in 94

[@DazzleMonroe]

@@CricketEngland Slade 144db

[@apollomemories7399]

@@CricketEngland For a proper like for like, the tests have to be carried out in the same venue, with mics placed as the same distances and with the same environmental conditions, such as temperature.

[@chewk]

Chatlton 1976 The Who 120 db 50 yards away from the stage out side.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Wow The Ox speaks 😂

[@lptomtom]

The loudest bass in rock history played by the man with the softest voice, it's almost hard to understand him !

[@MortenEng]

THE WHO ROCKS AND RUUUULES!

[@mooghead]

Is that Daltrey's house!?

[@D13fs]

I think it is the original house on the estate, Littleton Park, that became Shepperton Studios.

[@mooghead]

@@D13fs I was going to say... I read his book and he was always bemoaning that he should be living in a rock star mansion but could never afford it...

[@_Ben4810]

Littleton Park House...now available to hire for weddings & conferences...

[@brandycat8513]

Pete never managed to scale the composition / hit heights after Tommy and Whos Next in the early - mid 1970s.. that is after his mentor and inspiration, Kit Lambert self-destructed before Quadrophenia was half done. KIt's tombstone reads; " KIT LAMBERT; THE MAN WHO MADE TOMMY " / MADE THE WHO Begs questions, that????

[@76ToneCrome]

Who are they?

[@JJONNYREPP]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJuUiGSoZrtsirMfeature=shared

[@ruddyhell7800]

A Nonce and his mates.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@ruddyhell7800Comments on ‘1979: Return of THE WHO | Nationwide | Classic Music | BBC Archive’ 0834am 18.3.24 are they all nonces again? i wouldn't know... is it ok to say i enjoyed nationwide???

[@apollomemories7399]

@@ruddyhell7800 Yet, here you are. Everyone and their dog knows that's total b/s.

[@Beethoven5th]

Who are You? ....Who, Who?... Who, Who?

[@A14b19]

Go there now Finsbury Park so sad not the same area

[@ivanrainbird2416]

It’s sad to lose the rainbow it was a good venue

[@analogueman123456787]

Undoubtedly a talented bunch of guys. But I've always been somewhat dubious about Townshend, given his well-documented connection to Operation Ore in the early Noughties. On a lighter note, the band grew up and went to school (and initially performed) locally to us.

[@negan2747]

They never attempted to replace keith the best drummer the who had after keith was simon phillips

[@andydixon2980]

Mark Radcliffe has been around a while.

[@67psych]

Sounds a bit like him.

[@hardlines2635]

He wrote, The kids are alright 🤣

[@truthhurts8924]

Is Pete still doing his "Research"..?

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Theres always one that crawls out of the woodwork

[@hardlines2635]

@@brianmorecombe2726you should watch his arrest and his police interview, you’ll probably enjoy it.

[@colincampbell4261]

Who looks at child porn to decide whether it is child porn or not - is that a well paid job for censors?

[@brianmorecombe2726]

@@colincampbell4261 He doesnt and never did look at any child porn images though.

[@TheAdvancedMusic]

Yamaha cs80!

[@tylerthompson1842]

Roger - “Keith taught us all how to live”. 🤔 Yea okay.. but he’s dead

[@marty6779]

In a way, that was part of the lesson. Don't overdo it, or you'll end up dead.

[@hardlines2635]

Never listen to teachers.

[@josefbuckland]

Roger LOOKS LIKE FRANK SPENCER LOL

[@jamesgreenldn]

Who are ya?

[@monty4336]

Too bad Zepp didnt follow suit and continue with a new drummer.

[@rolfdejonge3915]

🤟🥸💥🌟🌀👍

[@wtfsalommy3250]

Who?

[@mickeydodds1]

Who's the bald chap in the moth eaten sweater?

[@_Ben4810]

Bob Pridden, the Who's sound engineer.

[@ruddyhell7800]

"It was research for a book I tell ye!" - Honest Pete 2003

[@RollrightKnights]

Yes, his autobiography. Have you read it? Somehow I doubt it 🙄

[@spango1]

Eeejit

[@apollomemories7399]

said dishonest ruddyhell7800

[@hardlines2635]

@@RollrightKnightsI watched him get arrested and police interview, if he wasn’t a millionaire he’d be in prison on the protection wing. The Kids are alright.

[@RollrightKnights]

@@hardlines2635 once again for the hard of thinking. He told the Police he was going to purchase child porn online, in advance. He was researching for his biography. He was abused himself as a child. The Police operation found that he had viewed but not downloaded the material (viewed in the case of jpegs or similar can mean just clicked on, that's enough to modify the date). He told he Police in advance that he would do this and pay with his credit card. He admits he was coming at the whole thing with a 'White saviour' complex, but thought it should be exposed as he felt banks were complicit. He accepted the caution rather than go to court. The Police officers investigating the incident actually wrote to him in support of his claims.

[@DustyCustard]

The Kinks for welders.

[@peterjonas4971]

How were they NOT consumed with grief? Is this the famous British "reserve"? (A characteristic of British people the folks of India and other British colonies, for example, never felt. ) I'm still sad that Moonie died, even though Jones is great on the amazing "Face Dances" Lp.

[@_Ben4810]

Let us all guess, you can only be American...🙄

[@gingergeezer3685]

John was stone deaf well before his death.