Pete Townshend Slit Skirts(Good Sound) live 1982

With Phil Collins on drums,Dominion Theatre(London) 21/7/1982

[@keithbeck2300]

Just fucking brilliant songwriting. Pete Townshend is a genius.

[@alansharp3018]

One of my favourite Pete Townshend songs ....Chinese Eyes saved my life ...❤

[@JDFloyd]

Something similar for me. 1982 was a difficult year for me. Each time I go through challenges, I listen to the complete album.

[@nizzt]

Phil, Midge and the amazing Mick Karn on bass, what an amazing lineup!

[@torreyhiker9137]

Session players like these are legendary

[@yacawntmiss]

I didn't know who they were but really appreciate the way they play. I didn't think Townsend wouldn't play with mediocre musicians and he is with the greats in this set.

[@therespectedlex9794]

Midge never let's you say his name how he says it.

[@sheridansakura4115]

Mick Karn plays his fretless bass like an alternate vocal - so emotional, so beautiful😌🙌😌 He is so sorely missed✨️🥺✨️

[@mikeking453]

What a beautiful young man

[@jangofett5806]

😅I’ve never heard of Mick Karn and I grew up in this era as a young teen. But all I can say is amazing.

[@TheStuport]

He is not playing a Fretless Bass on stage in this video.

[@windsorcorbin1005]

Still listening to this in 2022

[@jonathanbatturs6359]

No doubt ! I remember the first time I heard this song on 93.3 WMMR in like 81 or 82 I knew this song was one in a million !

[@hershel_van6546]

Me too! This is one of the songs that got me hooked into his solo works.

[@torreyhiker9137]

Bravo! Me too, always circle back to this album. I was only age 14 when it was released. MTV was showing Slit Skirts quite often. That same year, for XMAS , my mom gave me this album… and life was forever changed. ❤

[@randyb2505]

2023

[@randallmmedia9628]

And 2024.

[@coachcarter4244]

wow... Phil Collins on drums... great concert

[@Robert-tu9ec]

Phil Collins brings so much to this. He's the best ever, and Pete Townshend loved his drumming.

[@mindcontrol67]

Not really.

[@henrykaiser8809]

Bravo Phil Collins. This song is so great and I never seen this video b4. Pete truly and an outstanding musician.

[@ERINYES10]

Christ! Mick Karn plays all of the mournfulness of this song PERFECTLY. He should have been the original bassist on this track. The sheer emotion.

[@hoosierfatha]

Still to this day this is one of Pete's Greatest Song's, so emotional. This was a great Album even though it was given Horrible reviews by the So called Music Guard Elite, They Have always been proved wrong.

[@thomasdillman154]

Very, very few have progressed as seamlessly through the prevailing pop culture and tastes as Pete Townshend. From mid sixties Mod hooliganism to selling out arenas to 80's up tempo to bow down respected elder. I wanted to be him when I was 12 and I still do at 53.

[@ronaldyardley8965]

So Do I At 72..well said 👍

[@keytronek]

Now THAT’s a rhythm section!

[@jsomoya8368]

Up there with Townsend's best songs. What I also love about this is that it's back when it was still cool for rock musicians to be able to do musicianly things, like quickly learn a bunch of other people's music in a house band for a one-off show and do it well. By the 90s, having that kind of basic competence as a musician became very uncool in rock ("that's like wedding bands and session players, dude..."). These guys make it seem very cool.

[@pauljoseph8338]

Such a cool version with Pete on the keys and Phil Collins on drums! Never seen this clip. Thanks for uploading.

[@torreyhiker9137]

Phil’s drum fills are so great on this

[@pauljoseph8338]

@@torreyhiker9137 people forget that Phil Collins was an incredibly talented and innovative drummer.

[@demetriadeusch2929]

First time I heard this song was in my uncle's car on the way to my grandma's house I fell in love with this song that day rip uncle Paul

[@cocoboobenstein]

What a great song. Sort of off the beaten path-a hidden gem that never got a lot of airplay

[@davidwhitman1472]

It is! Though it got its share of airplay on rock radio back in the day.

[@Tracey..H]

That’s Pete’s specialty- many hidden gems throughout his career

[@marcomiola9731]

Grande Townshend.....genio assoluto, mi accompagni da quando ero un ragazzino. Sei il più grande genio musicale del novecento.!!

[@ronprewoznik3566]

I love 80’s Pete.

[@johnkarlquist7787]

Absolutely love watching Phil Collins smashing those drums.

[@randyb2505]

Great version! Classic Phil Collins !

[@Robert-tu9ec]

That drummer is pretty damn good. He's making Townsend smile.

[@MrMynameisozzy]

Maybe because that percussionist name happens to be Phil Collins . From Genesis band. Should answer why this drummer is pretty dam good.

[@DWH072]

Love Phil’s barking toms 👍🥁

[@Frederer59]

What a great song, what a great band. Phil Collins superb

[@picnicatlicklerock]

love the jump b/t 34 years old at the begin & 37 years old at the close

[@RayNDeere]

Mick Karn on fretless bass and Midge Ure on guitar

[@melissatyree566]

Sometimes I get lost in the more current stuff...like the foos, ( I know they aren't new but you get my point) then I hear gems like this and pray Pete will put out something new. Long live pete...long live the who.

[@NikkieRoxxx]

Mick Karn, he KNew how to make that bass guitar SING@!

[@weedhawks]

Such a beautiful vocal

[@torreyhiker9137]

And when he gets tounge tied at 3:30 keeps on going without missing a beat. A Master class in live performance here. ❤

[@karlgreenfeld6378]

Daltrey was right in complaining that Pete was saving his best stuff for his solo albums at this point. So many great tracks on his solo work this period. Had they been Who tracks it would have put the late Who catalogue on another level

[@JaymexR02]

True, though I wouldn't like to hear Pete's solo songs with Roger's voice on them. I love Roger, and he's sang every Who song to perfection, but Pete has a nack of singing his solo songs LITERALLY perfectly.

[@msargeant29]

@@JaymexR02Exactly. This is a Pete Townsend song that needs to be sung in his voice.

[@BellsCuriosityShop]

Flatter did a.Sings.Townsend album something like 20 years ago. It didn't have this but I think Sea Refuse s No River from this album

[@ThunderFalcon333]

Townsend is a God dam genius.

[@robinrahmani4705]

Pete!! Awesome.

[@jeffwolinski2659]

This is phenomenal!!!

[@jameskrys5286]

"Girls who lost their children curse the men who fit the coil"

[@Txtalley]

Would love to see this entire show.

[@celine73]

Many of the tracks are actually on YT ;)

[@ieeyore4989]

I do love this version very much but I wanted to see Pete pick up a guitar and rip the album guitar part at the end!

[@berlindonut5444]

Im confused where is the auto tune, the beat tracks and the B S lyrics? Oh yeah this guys are talented...

[@ERINYES10]

Well said. This type of music isn't done anymore. It's all production and Pro Tools.

[@WhiteyMcCracker]

Everyone is looking cool in their New Romantic gear, except Phil who looks like a member of the Beach Boys.

[@pauljoseph8338]

Phil Collins, EFFORTLESSLY, laying down an epic drum part. He looked like, if he had his hands free, he’d be checking his phone while playing this song…

[@seanlydon4157]

when she thinks of me she thinks of me as him....😢

[@David-jf1uj]

Pete's guitarist didn't get to throw a lead at the end of the song!

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

The one and only Midge Ure!

[@yourboyskeeter]

God, imagine what a group Collins and Townshend could have had after The Who. Or, as the Who.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Phil said he was willing to leave Genesis to join The Who after Keith died, but Kenney Jones was already hired.

[@marybull9457]

O I never realized he played the piano.

[@pollypontas2072]

I was surprised to see that also,

[@shawnstarks1743]

Whaaat? Your joking right? It’s all good. That guy is a musical genius. He Always downplayed it tho. He’s a perfectionist.

[@davidkieltyka9]

The piano intro to Love Reign O’er Me is lifted straight from Pete’s demo. All the synthesizer and organ parts on Who’s Next & forward are him too.

[@darrenstewart3162]

Who playing lead guitar ere

[@williamw.boydiii2657]

Midge Ure from Ultravox. Brilliant guitarist.

[@brycekibbey8640]

With Mcauley Culkin on bass!

[@therespectedlex9794]

The drink and drugs do wonders, to darken the complexion.

[@KAFKUBA]

Why did the who ever hire daltrey

[@KAFKUBA]

@@zenlee1109 I think I knew that...maybe Pete had confidence issues in the early days and was too afraid to set out on his own?

[@margaretgordy5390]

@@KAFKUBA Let's see ok good old Pete you are assigned to these jobs: ok get an idea 💡 or concept write a song about it then make a demo playing all the instruments yourself then take it to the band & sing lead vocals at all live shows.!! Lol Pete is the singular " ONE" man band alone unaccompanied by HIMSELF. No need for a side lyricist or melody maker. One of the many reasons I still L💜VE Pete.

[@margaretgordy5390]

This is brilliant I don't remember seeing this with Phil must have been a charity gig. Phil played Uncle Ernie for 3 charity shows of Tommy 1 in LA California & 2 @ RAH in London I was lucky enough to go the 2 RAH shows in 1989 .. ❤ love ❤ Chinese Eyes 💯

[@margaretgordy5390]

As the other person said Rog started the band if there is no original songwriter the Who would exist Roger is the glue that keeps it all together very passionate about his band oh yeah he's talented and drop dead gorgeous with star 🌟 quality too 👢

[@kollelerevwienviennaaustri4690]

I believe it was originally Roger who hired Pete.

[@Bonedadyo]

Not bad considering the mediocre band backing him up….😉

[@JorgeVelezMusic]

Listen again.