Pete Townshend & Eddie Vedder - Heart To Hang Onto - The Late Show with David Letterman - 07/28/1999

[@laurawatters914]

That was beautiful!! Eddie singing his idol Pete Townshend!! 😊💓🤘✌️

[@OlafProt]

A truly great song from 1977s Rough Mix with Ronnie Lane. I saw The Who at the Albert Hall in London in 2000, the first all star Teenage Cancer Trust gig, Eddie was a guest that night. He flew to London just to do that gig, then back again. Pete has always been so supportive of Eddie. As always Paul's band back Pete beautifully.

[@Jordan-hs5kf]

One of favorite live performances. So much soul and emotion. And come on, Eddie performing with his hero Pete. That's just a dream come true to Eddie and his fans!

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Too true 👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Autumn_sunflower_84]

I remember watching this the night that it aired! I popped in a blank tape and recorded it on my VCR. Oh to be a young teen in the 90's! Lol! Such a great performance! Love Eddie Veddar. 💜🎙🎸🎶🖤

[@4amazinggrace]

Recently repurchased Rough Mix from which this song was born. Vedder sang Ronnie Lane's part well. One thing about aging rockers: long after the vocals fast, most never forget how to play. Thanks for sharing this gem!

[@markjamison3139]

Pete Townshend is the greatest rock and roller...ever!

[@davemendenhall828]

this is one of my all-time favorites to rewatch over and over...

[@malihareza4754]

'Don't meet your heros' Eddie: "Fine, I'll sing with them"

[@ralpha6064]

this is such a beautiful collaberation

[@LAURAM0822]

Love it miss ronnie Lane... What an album they made superb 👌❤️

[@sticksman1979]

20 years ago! I can't believe it.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Yep it goes not fast, sadly 😢

[@m.e.9974]

Only one Pete, what a wonderful contributer of great music through the yesrs

[@hanpfaall]

Love this Pete Townsend song........such a nice pair with Eddie Vedder

[@MonicaActis]

What a gorgeous song!

[@francesbarrineau4045]

This is sublime. Eddie was at his most physically beautiful at that point, in my opinion. And the blonde locks are appropriate for this band!

[@SandyWolf-]

I was listen to Tom Petty radio and heard this song I'm hooked!!! Big WHO fan!!

[@plk5520]

I remember the exact words to every song from the original Rough Mix album. I think that Eddie Vedder's rendition of the Who songs from Quadrophenia are stupendously amazing, but in the peformance of this song it seems like he was maybe having an off-night, and he flubbed 2 verses of the lyrics. Still, I'm glad he joined up with Pete Townshend to sing it. Ronnie Lane's music lives on!

[@MuckoMan]

Yep one of the strongest versus was Sally crying at night. Pete should have hit him with his guitar lol.

[@xblood1978]

Absolutely... and we know Petes temper he probably knocked fuck out of Vedder after the show

[@jaesenknowles2515]

Nah ya wrong

[@igrowhigher]

@@xblood1978 Except I suspect Townshend OK'ed the Vedder's changes beforehand. Townshend himself changes the tune by starting with the verse about Danny, instead of the one about Johnny Boy, which is the way the tune appears on the Rough Mix album. I don't know why Pete & Eddie changed it -- it's not an improvement. Love the original!

[@randeross4827]

Thanks for posting, this is a gem

[@nevetsnolog]

Ronnie Lane is proud, this tune is from the Rough Mix album Townsend did with Lane. Great album. This tune is one of many on that vinyl record. Great version!

[@raybrown2608]

We all know that 'Small Faces' and 'Faces' had up front vocalists...only the soul was Ronnie Lane.....this is a nice tribute by Eddie, but Ronnie and Pete had a vibe.....'Misunderstood'....

[@jackiesweeney5798]

An amazing album

[@MonicaActis]

One of the best albums! Love it

[@donna1960]

Excellent!! Love this song🎤🎶🎵🎼🎸🎶🎼🎤🎹

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

All the very, very best to Maryville's Children's in my sweet home Chicago. 💪✌💚🍀🖖🌈

[@rebeccahelen502]

Quite the gem💛💜🌟

[@dbeecooks]

Love this song.

[@XCarfaxAbbeyX]

Oh Pete, I do love you so!

[@francesbarrineau4045]

This is a great performance.

[@DarylCote]

Wow. A Pete Townsend song from 1977 redone. Eddie Vedder made it happen.

[@JonDunnmusician]

Epic song

[@IgotidIgot]

eddie with an earring and blonde dyed hair. I mean, doesn't he know he fails to seem silly when he is Eddie Vedder? great video, great men, great performance.

[@njenney]

This is all heart.

[@davidmendenhall5888]

this is too awesome.

[@davidmendenhall5888]

eddie"s outro lyrics are cool as hell

[@RICKNEIGHBOR]

wish I could see what they were playing during the break

[@landlinesandpercolators8822]

Shoot, I tuned in to see Bruce Willis and Barry White! Exquisite performance of a poignant, delicate, and tough song.

[@doorswhofan]

What was the other song they did that we only got to see the end of?

[@inthesurf0766]

Fuck man... remember the bleeding lyrics..... send this kid home with a bag of crisps, yeah?

[@lwplwp]

For Ronnie

[@SteveBobinskiSJB]

This would have been such a great Who song...imagine it on the Who Are You album

[@randbolis]

A prayer for Mr. V.

[@hanpfaall]

Heart to hang on to........

[@annangel4828]

Who's that chick...Edie Something? She might have learned the lyrics to a a short song when accompanying THE MASTER LYRICIST who wrote it. Just saying.

[@greatdude7279]

Lol you do realize Pete and Eddie are close friends right?

[@Keepsu]

Eddie mixed up some of the lyrics----still a great performance.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Really

[@musicstewart9744]

Eddie had every reason to be nervous. “I’m here next to a legend singing a song he wrote and performed with one of his best friends who is now deceased. “

[@brianbullis6253]

@@musicstewart9744 Eddie bounced back by not repeating the verse. Beautiful version.

[@johnwastle3885]

Just wish it was Ronnie Lane singing with Pete.

[@billmoyer3254]

Ronnie Lane's contribution was the best

[@bradhahn9410]

Eddie's good but he ain't no Ronnie Lane.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Obviously

[@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x]

Ladies & Gentlemen, let us live well Now. ✌

[@Avedisdrummer09]

These two are a great example of people who do not actually sing "well" that make up for it with beautiful lyrics and writing to fit their voices. Not overproduced or tuned. You can hear the cracks and strains, and bum notes. It's much better than perfect pop of today.

[@greensombrero3641]

Eddie looks like Lance from Apocalypse Now

[@stedox76]

thanks god you leave gold hair

[@nash444]

The original on rough mix is still better. Ronnie Lane , one of the greatest musicians of the 60s and 70s that so few really know about. Rod Stewart credits him for being one of his greatest influences though he treated Ronnie rather Shabbily in the Faces. Ronnie wrote the ooh la la song

[@bruce369able]

si

[@randbolis]

GO RONNIE!

[@mariasch8954]

He wasn't done for it as it was proved that he was researching into child abuse as obviously it's something he hates. Use of child pornography doesn't get punished with a slap on the back of the hand 'caution'. He was niaive to think he could do this kind of research on his own and paid the price with a tabloid headline which is remembered over anything good he has done.

[@clementnadolny7810]

Vedder made a mistake in the last verse... He doesn't know these beauty lyrics well

[@dhaghighat]

I just noticed that as well

[@dhaghighat]

actually its the second and last verse , last line on both were wrong. But i still love this version

[@crashbeatty5440]

This version is so much better than Pete did with Ronnie Lane on "Rough Mix". Pete leading off with Eddie doing his part from the original, traditionalized this song

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

Is it just me or were they both singing flat?

[@pCeLobster]

not many notes were hit in general. for pete it kinda works because he wrote it and can get around the lyrics in a way that still feels authentic. for the other guy, not so much.