The Who France 31st March 1966

[@dynjarren8355]

Roger in a suit and Keith Moon young and wild! Brilliant early footage that I didn’t even know existed. This is when KZbin shines! Rescuing obscure footage like this for posterity. This is the young, angry Who! And Keith liked Barbara Ann!

[@jackp8583]

The maximum R&B days. Motown covers, Kieth singing Barbara Ann(!), Pete on a Tele! This is SO rare. 😃

[@Keith_M00N66]

K.E.I.T.H It's simple to write

[@angelussilesius5139]

Never I saw such a bassist and drummer like that.

[@katmandew2152]

Yes, ye, yes. Rock and roll gems.

[@thesanfordmethod1905]

hacks..

[@yannfernandes1]

The Who France 31st March 1966 - Setlist: 00:00 1-Substitute. 03:32 2- Man With Money. 06:08 3- Dancing In The Street. 09:46 4- Barbara Ann. 12:00 5- My Generation.

[@jcr4runner]

Amazing how John manages thar trebly growl out of his bass that cuts through even with primitive TV recording. In most television of this or are you can't really hear the bass that well since most is subsonic and gets washed out of the tape. He was really a genius.

[@howardpowers2063]

I know that free music on the internet has killed the record business, but I am so glad that things like this are available on the internet. The sound quality isn't good enough for official release anyway, and in those days they cared more about the energy of the performance more than whether the backing vocals were perfect... but what an incredible performance! I wish there could be two version of live videos; a version for the general public, where the cameras zoom in on a performer and cut between the members of the band, and a static version showing the whole band from start to finish, so that the viewer could watch whichever performer he chooses. I'd love to watch a video like that 4 times over, just so I could watch each of the 4 guys from start to finish. This is a very different band visually than Tommy-era, and very different than Who Are You era, and very different than the Kenny Jones era. I'm not just talking about their clothes and hair; it's the way they move onstage. Well, except for John; he stayed the same until he dropped dead... the fabulous thing about seeing John live was just watching his fingers. Anyway, point is, the footage from the early days is so different, and so rare, it's just great to see.

[@darkhorsejim]

Howard Powers Agreed

[@MarcsWishes5]

This is sooo right. Greatest time ever.

[@sluwisch]

'Zackley!

[@thomasknopf7194]

Bought John a pack of smoked right before gig in San Francisco. Way cool Dude

[@davidframpton8215]

So right!

[@univibe23]

Keith and John were both absolute POWERHOUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They made the WHO essentially a 3 piece band sound like they were a 6 piece.

[@allanjones6415]

Yes, both are powerful and heavy!

[@sdgakatbk]

Arguably the best rhythm section ever in rock. For me the music of the Who has aged very well. I can't say that about all bands.

[@carolbuckley7900]

Amen! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DinoScianimanico-x4b]

Keith is just amazing here

[@dumpwoodhere]

Brilliant. The sound man probably didn't exist in those days but if you listen carefully, you can hear the brilliance of the instruments. The who were the best of the best live.

[@susanpritchard6164]

Incredible footage to see the band in its raw state no monitors still building the reputation ❤😮

[@highdb1]

And the very first Marshall stacks.

[@timblackwood1531]

The drum work is beautifully done with such passionate integrity.

[@tonykramer949]

Unbelievable from the camera work to the sound and editing. Shows the bands growth from their R&B roots to what they would become. As a die hard fan this is the greatest clip I have ever seen!

[@patriciamartins2822]

I AGREE IT IS SUPERSONIC!🤪

[@averyadrian1534]

These Old Marshall’s sound amazing

[@papercup2517]

Thanks for this great footage. Keith Moon singing falsetto on a Barbara Anne (Beach Boys) cover just made my day ..never would've believed it if I hadn't seen it.. F-f-fifty-three years on and still great f-f-f'ing fun

[@brianmiller5265]

Beach boys covered The Regents Barbara Ann which can't be touched. I remember first te I heard Beach Boys version ,I said what is this crap. Awful compared to Regents. Moon js the star and loved his Barbara Ann vocals.

[@johnspooner1403]

On “The Kids Are Alright” movie they do a little but of “Barbara Ann” in the studio.

[@777RockNRollin]

AWESOME - You can always trust the Who to be the Best !! Ever !!

[@davidwright9897]

While Charlie Watts was also a jazz drummer it was Elvin Jones WHO said "the man is a drummer" after listening to Tommy in 1969.

[@PincherVoice]

I didn't know they did Barbara Ann live. I like that we get a glimpse of Keith's real voice at the end. I know he loved surf tunes, and it seems like this helps establish that he could drum "conventionally" and the wildness is a choice.

[@billyjones4309]

i’d say that conventional drumming was a choice for keith but he naturally played the amazing way he’s best known for playing

[@MA_808]

Keith wanted to be a Beach Boy or so I have heard

[@sdgakatbk]

Actually I like their cover of it better than the Beach Boys version. It rocks.

[@davidstowell6462]

Love watching Keith Moon. Honestly he's FLYING on that drum kit. And he looks like he's about 13! Great to hear them without any processing. Very AWESOME.

[@jonharry6293]

Excellent I remember seeing them at the cats whiskers and Wimbledon racetrack stunning in 1966.

[@ktpinnacle]

A live version of the Everly Brothers' Man With Money? What a find.

[@billroyal942]

Keith Moon and Charlie Watts, two of the greatest rock band drummers with completely opposite styles.

[@carolbuckley7900]

Fucking right! Ditto! 💋💋💋💋💋🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jargonellie6630]

Made my day, thanks for posting. Keith on fire here. Fantastic. What a wonderful guy. Rest easy dear boy. XxX

[@carolbuckley7900]

Amen! 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋💋

[@artstarnyc1]

Insane. Keiths cymbal stand falls over and crashes perfectly to the end of the song.

[@1leicaman]

Does anyone watching this have any doubts as to how great a drummer Keith moon was?

[@fllynismydog]

no

[@BarryMiller2956]

I like him a lot better when he's not "blocked up" on amphetamines and speeding up every song. Lucky he didn't have a heart attack back then.

[@xblood1978]

Never had a doubt about Keith

[@YouzTube99]

@Blue In red: IMO, both great and perfectly suited to their bands. Imagine Moon in Zeppelin or Bonham in the The Who. Doesn't work. Neither band ever reached the same heights after each died.

[@InService77]

I just feel so uncertain......... nah

[@pennycarlill1046]

Wow is all I can say! been a fan for a long time, this the kind of footage we all want to see from our heroes, just before they make it really big and still hungry, Keith is the star, what a talent he was, and he clearly wasn't going to "make old bones" to quote my grandma, put it on slowmo, but still can't work out how moonie does it does it..thank you for posting...

[@GG-Wolfhound]

i am still working on my Moon licks after 45 years!

[@alelor04]

What brillant performance....!! Awesome....keith and john were on fire

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

What a treat to see this great vintage WHO footage… such a great band! ❤

[@hydrogen3266]

The Dancing In The Street cover! I love it! Also, watching Keith drum is amazing. It's really entertaining.

[@whatevershebrings]

An excellent set here...very rare to see a live ' Man With Money'!

[@scottlucas9551]

Kevin Ayers.👍

[@smidon]

Thank you Jeanpierre - a fantastic contribution

[@50zepher]

Keith's left foot is just dying for another bass drum! thank you for posting this gem!!!!!!!!!

[@bwdrums1]

Funny you should say that. I was just watching another vid from '66 and he had the double bass set up, so he wasn't too far away from it here.

[@robinday2137]

Sometimes I wonder why Keith didn’t need a chiropractor on tour with the band. He practically breaks his spine drumming like a crazy man.

[@birchward]

A GREAT BIT OF HISTORY !

[@privatejets9992]

Always rocking # 1 ; THE WHO !!!

[@xblood1978]

Keiths eyes on Dancing in the Street are priceless no doubt he downed a handful of french blues before this gig ....obviously his favourite track he goes ballistic lol

[@staypress]

Ye well they were in france so french blues itvwas 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you great channel. Yes, the Who were on another level live. No one could touch Keith.

[@hervevqr1966]

I am so proud to be of this generation and to have seen this band on stage.

[@hughoneill368]

ive just stumbled upon this classic video ive never seen it before & there was me thinking i'd seen all there live footage ! apparently not !

[@scenestealer53]

:-) Gosh so long ago,now..seems like it was a few years ago,yeah,but not 48 yrs...I almost didn't know who I was hearing but then I heard Keith's unforgettable sound..

[@777RockNRollin]

THEY WERE THE HARDEST ENERGY EVER IN ROCK !!!!

[@777RockNRollin]

It's all about 'Man with Money" ,..... THAT'S THE KEY MOMENT ! ,...At this gig ,.............

[@howardpowers2063]

+777RockNRollin I agree... I'm not familiar with the song (I've heard it, but I don't know every note like I do of everything on the original versions of their albums), but wow... Moon is fantastic.

[@dougsmith7083]

Great James Brown cover...oops, Everly Brothers tune with the same name

[@just4music687]

Moon is so beautiful here xoxo

[@finch45lear]

Great footage. Nice to actually see a performance of "Man With The Money", a track appearing on their BBC CD released in 2000. Old Everly Brothers song I believe.

[@lupodelupis3672]

I want a time-machine to see at least one gig of The Who!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

All they needed was an extra mic!! Imagine how epic this was if you were in the audience..Kieth Moon did by accident it seems knock his hihat/cymbal stand over at the end of "My Generation" , he played his heart out!

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Man with Money pure class. Love that mid 60's sound and Townshend's Telecaster twang!

[@dougsmith7083]

Excellent James Brown cover

[@will2741]

Every performance on French tv I've seen from back then, they've either miked the singers but not the instruments, or just got the vocals INSANELY loud. It was definitely 'a thing' over there.

[@highdb1]

It probably sounded absolutely killer with the Cranked Marshall stacks in the room

[@charleshannam]

Many thanks for the upload, Jean-Pierre.

[@anorakthing8968]

Track listing: Substitute, Man With Money, Dancing In The Street, Barbara Ann, My Generation,

[@derekwiegand9311]

what a gem. and to think it's only the vocal microphones we are hearing! with no monitors, they are sounding great!

[@ernestkinas5973]

Amazing. Keith at the height of his powers. And he was only nineteen years old here. Fucking Keith. The GOAT of all drummers.

[@harrykadaras9459]

Very enthusiastic drummer...he was just a kid, but man he was really the heart of this band

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Riveting! Every last beat of Keith's drumming!

[@xblood1978]

Keith "The Master" Moony...Speeded up out his mind

[@bwdrums1]

"......I'm up on the stage again and I'm leaping along......"

Moon and them didnt get into drugs until 67-68.. At least, this is what they claimed. Moon had drummed this way since he was a kid. He was always high-energy and all over the place. If he didnt have the talent and know-how since before drugs, he woulda been a pretty bad drummer, but on the contrary, there is real method to his drumming madness and he really brings the pieces together.

[@xblood1978]

@ am not denying he didn't need any drugs he's my favourite drummer ever... But they were taking speed right from the start in 64/65 as it was part of the Mod movement it's all in his biography Dear Boy ... there was a famous fight where Rog knocked him out in 65 because he got tired of them all doing speed and flushed their pills down the toilet only to have Keith attck him with a Cymbal stand so Roger knocked him out

[@sralyn]

@@xblood1978 Poor baby was then thrown out of the band.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Holy Mozes...Moon carries this whole exercise.....If it weren't for him this would be just so much beat by numbers....

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Great clip with rare version of Man with Money. Fab!

[@jameshenderson9574]

Oh man...This is wonderful:)

[@saguaroboy]

Nice to see Pete NOT destroying that tele....

[@QueenFan12]

but he destroyed rickenbackers. those are much more expensive.

[@optimisticmike1041]

@@QueenFan12 yes but he purchased 12 and had them all repaired other than 2 which were absolutely destroyed -ironically- accidentally

[@skillracoonful]

From what I read the guitars that he destroyed on stage were junk to him

[@tedcopp567]

@@skillracoonful yes i believe that he had a guitar off stage just for smashing that he would switch to quickly at the end

[@joj3734]

crazy to think that keith moon was 19 years old in this video

[@MrKingalow]

@7:57 you can spot Pete's MK1 Tone Bender, which I believe landed at Mick Ronson's feet for Bowie & the Spiders stuff circa 70-73

[@robmac6508]

@Messy Marvin - Great spotting of Pete's Mk1 tone bender, I had no idea he ever used a fuzz box till now, I knew there was a fuzz box on I can't explain's b side , Bald headed Woman, however that was played by Jimmy Page.

[@mrsoul4231]

@@robmac6508 Check out the version La La lies from live at the bbc.He plays a really cool fuzz solo on that.

[@TweedSuit]

The first Marshall Stacks.

[@PatrickRyder-k1n]

That begining of my generation sounded like an airplane taking off!! Amazing footage of an amazing band.. nobody compares on stage to the Who, nobody

[@martinhess7334]

3:28 The lady covering her ears.:

[@Barnekkid]

Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@mhos6940]

Cool with Man With Money! One of their best covers.

[@dougsmith7083]

14 people gave this a thumbs down...they are obviously allergic to awesome

[@DavidMoreno-bn9tg]

Probably they're completely stupid. The Who are an awesone musical asylum.

[@BubbaZen10]

Made me fkn subscribe man

[@duffbaker9554]

Tay Tay fans or something..

[@kenjifuse2234]

Les Who! Parlez de mon Generation! L'Autobus Magique! Keith Loon!

[@MyDreamCrusher]

Were they told not to break their instruments here? Moon's reaction when he "accidentally" tipped over his cymbals was gold.

[@brianshockledge3241]

I think they were told to tone the act down because they were on French tv.

[@jaywhofan]

They did the key change and repeat of the first verse of My Generation. That's pretty rare.

[@Keith_M00N66]

Sweetie Moonie....Merci pour le partage ! Dingue qd on voit la dern prestation de Keith juste avant sa mort en 78 comment les 4 avaient vieilli , seulement 12 ans... Ils sortaient tous les soirs qd ils ne jouaient pas Keith ne ressemblait à rien l'année de sa mort lui qui était le plus mignon😢😢😢😢

[@gustavmarie]

Literally the greatest rock band to ever exist. The cover of Man With Money ..sounds like it could exist today ...and blow minds.

[@hervevqr1966]

The Who and the Ramones, both groups I'v seen on scene.

[@davetetzlaff1317]

Man With Money is a brilliant song, so tragic. As beyond great as they are, the problem with the Who covering it is you can't imagine Roger being so desperate to impress an unworthy crush that he would ruin his life. IMO the best version is by Saturday's Children. The way the vocalist hits the climax of the bridge, you just know he knows he's going to get caught. Made me actually cry out loud first time I heard it. It's on YT. Check it out.

[@beefheart1410]

What a weird sound mix! I can only think that the film crew used a single mic for audio hung somewhere over Townshend's vocal monitor.

[@jameswestley5643]

holy crap, that's some of the best live performance of the who i've seen. and i'm comparing it to the concert film too. keith was on f***ing fire.

[@jamessveinsson6006]

All I can say is wow Keith Boone is a kick ass drummer He is so underrated the drumming on dancing in the streets it’s fantastic

[@jeffkaufman9875]

@james That’s when Keith went by the stage name of Keith Boone in tribute to his idol, Pat…

[@drapedup76]

8:52 The look of utter devastation knowing you are simply not this good

[@Stonecutter334]

This is incredible!! Thanks so much for the post

[@____Ai____]

Pete ALWAYS fails at the lyrics to Babara Ann, it's soo funny :D

[@andymassingham]

JAYSUS, Moonie is amazing!!

[@cookiecat123]

Sooooo great !!! Vive le Who!

[@zigzagwanderer9531]

Moonie loved surf music. He's singing the Beach Boys "Party !" album version of Barbara Ann. That version features un-credited amigo Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean (Surf City, Dead Man's Curve) singing the high parts, not Brian W.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Bucket T on one of the Who's outtake albums is really good, and I think Keith Moon sung on that one, too. They played surf music with everything turned up way past 11.

[@amyh9512]

He's the only one singing the falsetto part on Barbra Ann. But of course 😂

[@ferdinandquerol-iy4ms]

It's a year 1966 but the who are already explosive ,wild especially Kieth moon, Pete , .the Beatles& rolling stones in this year are still very cute to see undoubtedly the who is the pioneer of rock music

[@alzeNL]

thanks for uploading - great stuff :)

[@lupodelupis3672]

They really loved the motown sound and particularly Martha & The Vandella's.

[@dczzzz55]

Is Keith stamping his left foot on the floor? Missing a hi hat or wishing he had a second kick drum?

[@zim1966]

Roger during his Dippity DOO phase thus he was given the name The Duchess

[@skillracoonful]

It was that Dandy look he was going for!

[@sralyn]

Nonetheless he's gorgeous.

[@richwall6304]

Keith must have got hold of some quality French blues.. he’s gurning his head off 👍😁

[@aarongoff1111]

Aside from his bass chops, Entwistle could sing really well and could hit the high notes.

[@chiptmcc8656]

Moon!!!!!

[@franktaconelli9095]

wow what a find; GREAT post

[@haroldhollingsworthesq]

simply brilliant legendary

[@matthewneff6920]

It's so cool to see this

[@nicholasdagostino2127]

Keith Moon didn't play drums, he waged war on them!

[@randybackgammon890]

Theatrics aside I always thought he was a fine drummer influenced by some jazz greats.He cirtainly did play drums I think you'll find

[@healthyone100]

thats what i always said he doesn't play the drums he attacks them!

[@vanessamendoza755]

I absolutely love this

[@daveyvane]

Great camera work

[@peterhinkle6412]

First I ve seen this .. and I ve ran searchs for 66 ? Great though .. sounds like they where running on stage volume .. they must have kranked those marshall . Pete playing a tele as well .

[@LeftistUprising]

This is PRECISELY why the Beatles stopped playing live in 1966. They knew with all their hearts (and all their quarter notes) that there would be so many comparisons between them and the Who. The Who runs for miles and miles around the Beatles as a live act.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Stellar gig. Right at that time between the first two albums. The performance is fantastic. Although I was inspired by him growing up, Moon's look here is almost embarrassing.

[@scottminnella1880]

2:25 I keep going back to the shot of Keith and can't figure out how he did it

[@lonedrone]

+Scott Allennim Heh heh! Keith was the real frontman in those days. He once seriously suggested putting the drums front stage, with the rest of group behind him! No one will ever beat the skins like that boy...

[@therealbarnekkid]

Keith Moon was a total monster.

[@Mr75044]

Keith's left foot is screaming out for double bass drums. It never stops.

[@andrewharvey149]

This is one of the reasons the Beatles quit touring. They couldn't match the insane energy of band like the Who.

[@skillracoonful]

If anything The Beatles fans were as crazy and loud as The Who they made more noise than the Beatles themselves! The Beatles got tired of not being heard due to the crowd screams drowning out their performances and so they stopped touring and remained only to studio work.

[@mattshaheen5333]

There are a lot of things about The Who that the Beatles could never come close to matching.