THE WHO - A Quick One (While He's Away) LIVE At Stones Rock And Roll Circus | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@johngolden5257]

The beloved spirit of drummers everywhere, Keith Moon is ferocious on this tune! 🌙

[@winstonsmith3690]

I must have watched this performance a hundred times over the years and it makes me smile every time.

[@jons3808]

Great reaction! The Who rocked the Circus to the point of blowing the Stones off the stage. They didn’t release the movie until years later because they knew the Who upstaged them. Classic!

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Townshend did defend the Stones in his book, saying Jagger was working double duty as producer/coordinator of the Circus show, and his voice was shot toward the end. The Stones were also just starting to develop their live sound again, but with Brian Jones almost completely alienated from the group, they were not as honed in as they would become in the Taylor years.

[@Rexerman89]

The Who did upstage them and they were just coming by for a visit from a tour they were on too!"

[@johntarnowski9086]

You just witnessed the Greatest Rock Band Ever

[@russellsmith6671]

05:48 They're singing "Cello, cello, cello, cello.." because Townsend originally wanted to have cellos play that part. His producer wouldn't shell out for hiring cellists, so "Cello, cello, cello, cello..." it was.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Lol now that's rich

[@wayne4444]

I'm sure he was singing jealous?

[@christopherborum6551]

​@wayne4444 OP is correct, it's "cello" because Pete's a devious little prankster

[@frankieboy8414]

@@wayne4444 No.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

This is one of my favorite Who filmed performance. They are so damn dynamic, as they had toured a lot. The Rolling Stones, whose project is from had taken a year off touring, various reasons, and their set is quite good, yet The Who “kick it” -all members are on overdrive! This was Pete’ early version of a “Rock Opera” - they would play it in concert, on occasion.

[@shannonvanpatten8341]

The Who crushed tbe Stones

[@ianbrooke6342]

And that's how drums should be played. Moon was a sheer genius. The show was full of really big names but The Who blew them all off the stage.

[@michaelakkerman407]

So my band plays this song on the regular. Imagine being a 56 year old dude on the drums and this is the last song of your set. It's the hardest and funnest song to play...this is one of my favorite songs. It's great now other are seeing and hearing what we've (our band) have known for years.

[@ed.z.]

When I saw them at the Fillmore East they played the whole “Tommy” rock opera from beginning to the end. It was phenomenal.

[@benmelich8220]

This song is going stick in your head for a very long time!

[@profjohnfrinks]

Only true rockers know the answer to the age old question... beatles or stones? .... THE WHO!

[@MrThumbs63]

spot on

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

THE KINKS (The Who is also a correct answer)

[@dellafenton2417]

Its subjective. I've never been a fan of The Beatles, I admire their standing in the history of British music and probably know every word to each of their songs but I wouldn't rate them as one of my personal favourites. I much prefer The Who, Stones, Kinks, Small Faces amongst others. Each to their own I suppose ❤

[@woverby1963]

All 3 are indispensable to rock n roll, i love em all!

[@michaelwebster8389]

Pretty much as good as rock and roll performance gets.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Seriously, this was amazing

[@timbaker6540]

So WHO !

[@MrThumbs63]

They were the best live band.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

This performance is hard to compete with!

[@johntarnowski9086]

This is the mini opera. 4 songs in one

[@davescurry69]

Nice to see Brian Jones right at the end. For more intense live performances by The Who, check out "See Me, Feel Me" from Woodstock or "Young Man Blues" from the Isle Of Wight festival.

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Thanks for the suggestions 🤘

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

It also marks the last performance or appearance Brian Jones had with The Stones before his exit. Sad. He looked really bad at Rock and Roll Circus.

[@davescurry69]

@fuchsiaswing8545 Yes. He also had a broken wrist which severely hampered his guitar playing.

[@kurtb8474]

What Pete called "The Mini Opera" . A Quick One is four songs combined into one.

[@enchantedwooddesigns3462]

I heard that the song was because they needed to fill 10 minutes on the album. Where it said Jerald was supposed to be cello and bow because Pete wanted one played in the song but the could not get it done )

[@abjr2010]

The Who Live at Leeds My Generation and the rest of the album. A guitar players must have.

[@johnwhitworth9074]

Controlled-Harmoious-Frenzy ...with Townsend and Moon as Ring Masters at the Circus...

[@stephentierney9266]

Maximum R&B as the box set is so adequately named

[@seanbeck2723]

My kids are always bitching about how often I watch this video. I you notice at the end there is a blonde guy clapping; that is Beian Jones, the founding member of The Rolling Stones. Also, the Rock N Roll Circus featured a band called The Dirty Mac; featuring John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards playing bass on "Yer Blues". That one is worth a look as well. However, it was unanimously thought that The Who had by far the best performance of the night!

[@bartstarr100]

Also featured Jethro Tull with Tony Iommi on Guitar.

[@Wizzz28]

It was dangerous being front row at The Who with Pete smashing his guitar & Roger losing control of his microphone - he once hit my hair. Safest place was infront of John. A Quick One is an amazing "Mini Rock Opera" done on the cheap "Cello", "Cello", "Cello". You Are All Forgiven

[@NoExitLoveNow]

This is a good performance.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Roger's vocals and Pete's guitar skills!!!!!!!!!!.

[@davescurry69]

What about John's incredible bass playing?!?!

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

@@davescurry69John’s the tightest musician in the group. And his falsetto is excellent. He could go low or high.

[@davescurry69]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 No argument from me. I regard him as the greatest bassist in rock history.

[@dahveed72]

Yeah read the wiki for the Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

[@blueberrypie8691]

Supposedly the Stones didn't allow this masterpiece or the rest of the performances to be released for 30 years due to the fact they were embarrassed by how much The Who kicked their asses here.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Well, it was their last appearance as The Rolling Stones in the Brian Jones era. He was more or less a futile presence by the end of 1968, and as seen in the video, he was not looking his best. The Stones could not do much because Brian was never around and spiraling out of control, and thus he was terminated from the group. Jagger was also working double duty at the Circus show, and by the time his band performed, his voice was almost shot. It was a huge wake-up call for the group and they knew they had to do something about Brian if they ever wanted to compete with the raw power and potency of bands like The Who.

[@blueberrypie8691]

@@fuchsiaswing8545 I was just informing from what I read of the performance & agreed & I love the Stones :)

[@timmiller5913]

This performance did appear in the1979 documentary The Kids Are Alright. I believe the rest of Circus wasn't released until the nineties.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Yes, true about Brian. Yet during the recoding of “Beggers Banquet” he was together to provide the main riff for “no expectations” according to Keith. Brian does appear “out of his head” during the Circus in Dec’68…one of the last film of him, sad too. That Mick and Keef have lived until they are even 80 years, and made quite a good set of song recent -wouldn’t have thought any Stone would be alive beyond 35 years. Well, Charlie, likely would outlive some.

[@lupodelupis3672]

It's easy: If you don't like The Who, you don't like rock 'n roll😉 BTW the end of the mini opera is powerful like the explosion of an atomic bomb!

[@davidmathewson1088]

More explosive than the bomb scene in the movie "Oppenheimer" 😂

[@Peejay1966]

Of course, it's 'cello, cello, cello...', not Jerrald!

[@kerrykoontz3299]

This show was supposed to showcase the STONES as the greatest live band.....until the WHO came out and did THIS!

[@armandogarza6181]

The Stones put this concert out in the late 60s. John Lennon, with Clapton on guitar and Keith Richards on bass, you really should check that one out Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithful Jethro Tull and the Stones of course all performed over 2 days. It's a darn good concert.

[@davescurry69]

Not quite right. It was filmed in December 1968. It was released in 1996. The reason it was kept on the shelf for years was The Who blew the Stones off their own stage. Even when it was finally released The Who were positioned near the beginning of the show and not where they actually performed, immediately before the headliners. The Who had just got back from a U.S tour and were ready to go. The Stones were rusty having not toured for about 18 months and it showed.

[@armandogarza6181]

@@davescurry69 After reading your comment, I do remember reading about that they shelved it. Cheers.

[@billkeon880]

Original song she’s just a girl not a girl guide, presumably older teen who has a boyfriend and slept with other guys and then a twenties driver. Pete just threw in girl guide as a silly provocative throw away phrase. But in an age of cultural Revolution of youth, a statement like that would troll and outrage the oppressor conservative establishment older generation. A perfect trolling