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THE WHO - A quick one while he's away REACTION - First time hearing
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[@tatethompson1234]

You just witnessed the greatest live band of all time. The Rolling Stones shelved this whole movie/concert for 40+ years because The Who upstaged them and everyone else. Roger has knocked himself out with a mic and Pete has broken fingers and even stabbed a tremolo bar through his hand. It’s one song, it’s a mini opera tale

[@richardyoung3462]

It was a big help that The Who had just come off a North America tour, if I recall. So they were at the top of their live game for this. The Stones, not so much.

[@ronbock8291]

This first showed up in The Kids Are Alright movie. It’s still one of the greatest things I ever saw.

[@mjb0183]

A very unique band. And my favorite. 👍🏻

[@HarriBestReactions]

Knocked himself out??? Damn!!!

[@markallan5484]

You nailed it, Tate. There were some strong performances on the show, but The Who killed it. The storyline is silly (Pete cobbled together five songs for his mini-opera), although the four lads in The Who showed everyone the raw, feral energy that epitomized their live performances.

[@kevinb7126]

To me this is just the best performance in rock and roll music ever .

[@missblondie2393]

Me too 🎶✌️💜

[@bobschenkel7921]

This performance by The Who is THE reason why "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" disappeared for thirty years, because it far surpassed anything The Stones did that evening. They finally released it, and I got a copy on DVD as soon as I could. The Stones stuff is okay, But The Who killed it as did The Dirty Mac, very much worth a listen. The Dirty Mac Is Keith Richards on Bass, John Lennon and Eric Clapton on Guitars and Mitch Mitchell on the Drums, oh yeah and Yoko Ono rolling around in a bag. PFG. This was The Who at their PEAK.

[@jonk6513]

Also, check out Taj Mahal on the DVD outtakes. Saw him live over 30 times in the 00’s. Brilliant then and back then

[@bobschenkel7921]

@@jonk6513 Taj is great. I only saw him once, at an outdoor show with Arlo Guthrie, David Bromberg, Jerry Jeff Walker and Odetta. Great show , great time. Another interesting performance on the Stones R'n'R Circus was Jethro Tull, with Tony Iommi, later of Black Sabbath, on Guitar. He was only with Tull for a couple of months back then.

[@gumbowski]

Pete wanted to have cellos in the song, but it wasn't in the budget, so instead the group sang "cello, cello, cello, cello" at the spot where Pete wanted them. It comes in at 7:02

[@tomhiggins875]

That's hilarious! ROFLMAO!! 🤣

[@woverby1963]

I love it, im sure the cello would have sounded nice but im gonna go out on a limb and say i think id rather have it the way it is!

[@estebanesteban6679]

That's how I heard it also and agree with you. Good ole Kit Lambert. Told Pete to fill the 10+ minute blank space, cram a song into the space. Pete told him the rules of rock is no song is longer than 2 minutes 50, So he created many songs following the story and jammed them together. Turned out extremely well.

[@wickster2121]

LOL I did Not know that!!!!

[@wayne4444]

Sounds and makes sence he was saying jealous?

[@garethwonham]

The who were totally untouchable at this point. On another level to anyone before and since. When you see the other acts and then this performance, you can see exactly why it wasn’t released for decades. Unbelievable performance and band.

[@highschoolbigshot]

After all these years still never get tired of watching Keith Moon

[@jons3808]

Seeing this performance in The Kids Are Alright when I was 13 is what inspired me to play drums. Incredible performance by one of the best live bands in their prime. Love how great their voices sound together.

[@mickwinters3509]

Literally the same, but to play bass!

[@rogerbianchini2982]

Not Mick Jones, BRIAN JONES was the blonde Stone guy WHOOPING it up at the end of the song in the audience. At least he, apparently unlike Mick, Keith, and (maybe) Charlie, wasn't intimidated by The Who's performance at the Stones "Rock & Roll Circus", but reveled in it.

[@solentbum]

Does anyone else remember 'Ivor the Engine' a childrens programme from around the time this song was written?

[@brucer2152]

I agree...I'm fascinated with Keith Moon's energy....it's amazing.

[@elysehfm8797]

Have you seen The Kids Are Alright? Great rockumentary, and Keith Moon is his wild self. Oooh, just saw a documentary, Lambert and Stamp, who were the producers/managers etc. for the band from the beginning. Really interesting. Christopher Stamp is Terrence Stamp's brother.

[@maggieshevelew7579]

I’ve loved The Who ever since I was blown away by the album Tommy almost 50 years ago. “A Quick One While He’s Away” was sort of a precursor to the brilliant rock opera. Townsend would call it a “mini opera”. They had to fill space on an album, and rather than writing a 10 minute long song (unheard of back then), he wrote a 10 minute story made up of shorter songs. Also, Roger Daltrey was VERY good at swinging his mic. He had amazing control of it, so really never hit anyone. Except once, on purpose. He tells a story of getting hit by something thrown at him by someone in the audience. He saw who it was, swung his microphone closer and closer to the culprit, and finally let it fly. The mic hit the guy smack in the nose. Yeah, Roger knew how to handle that mic.

[@briannewell6064]

Yes, Pete Townshend once impaled his hand on the "Wammy Bar".

[@mjb0183]

Yes he did. There a picture of him with his head in hand and his hand is all bloody. It’s the picture on the wall of the actor from the Movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (I think, but not 100% sure)

[@dola921]

I've been a who fan since the '60s and I've never known of him to drop the microphone

[@ptklip]

'Keith Moon, man. I cannot get enough of that guy, man.' I agree, dude.

[@keef7224]

“When Keith Moon joined The Who we became a group of musicians all vying for the audience’s attention, and I have to say that in the end I think Keith and I won. John, of course, never bothered to join the fight, and Roger just lost.”- Pete 🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickhughes4914]

One of the greatest live performances of all time. Near the end Pete adjusted the mic with his nose. Lol

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

This "mini Rock Opera" was invented to fill out their second album, by combining a few fragemtnst by Pete, into one. Paul McC' used the same method for The Beatles on Abbey Road, and a few solo tunes, as did Billy Joel, etc. "A Quick One' full of innuendo, several characters, and change in tune is fun and kooky on their 1966 album. By 1968, and into the early 70's, The Who elevated "a quick one" into the precursor of "Tommy", and a true ensemble by the four men. This version, as another commentator noted really puts much of the Stones 5 sing feature into average performance., in their Rock Circus, The Who had been touring, and playing as a Unit- while the Stones had not performed for over a year, and drugs had degraded Brian J's talent. At the same concert, John Lennon did his first live performance since 1966. Lennon, with talented friends is quite good -but, The Who still outshine! ;) ;) You are forgiven ;)

[@johntarnowski9086]

🤟😎🤟

[@questioneverything-rf3yf]

Likewise...I find Moon literally addicting. A true shooting star...🥁🥁

[@davidcooklock129]

Of all the performances you can find of this, this is the best.

[@bigb6046]

On of the epic performances of the rock generation. I love when Keith put the water on his drum and it went all over.

[@rmac8008]

Same song Pete’s first attempt at a long concept song Yes it’s the Stones Rock n roll Circus TV show

[@cj_m2477]

This is the predecessor to Tommy, or as Pete called it “the mini opera”. Four parts linked together to make one song. Pete didn’t think you could make a record longer than 2:50 because of radio airplay. Kit Lambert said, “what if you made a record with four small sections”. The rest is history.

[@michaelakkerman407]

As a drummer, my band plays this and it is the funnest and most difficult song to play. Takes chops for sure. I really look forward to playing it everytime.

[@lorilove2255]

If you want another who song that keith moon shines in react to amazing journey/sparks live, moon shows why he's the best drummer of all time

[@roger3141]

Springfield Illinois State Fair opening night rock concert (1971?) , someone from the crowd jumped up and played tug-of-war with Roger for a little while with the mic cord. Greatest concert I ever saw.

[@howardhales6325]

One song. Hell of a song. Saw them last in 2016. Roger still throws the mic but Pete doesn't jump quite as high now. Best live band ever.

[@jimbrentar]

it's one song with six "movements" or sections: Her Man's Been Gone, Crying Town, We Have A Remedy, Ivor The Engine Driver, Soon Be Home, and You Are Forgiven

[@frugalseverin2282]

This is one of the best rock performance I know of. The group was mostly known as a singles band at this point but 'A Quick One' was a mini-opera, a pre-cursor to "Tommy" which would put them on the map as an album band. They were fresh off of a tour so they were in peak performing condition. The blonde guy in the audience was Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. My 1st ever concert was The Who in 1981 and I can attest that Daltrey swung that mic with deadly accuracy, he put out a stage light 20 feet above the stage with it. As for Townshend he said he stopped doing that windmill style because he was tired of getting his fingertips sliced off. Entwistle was their secret weapon, he could sing those high falsetto vocals as well as the lows in 'Boris the Spider'. He also played brass instruments on their albums as well as his killer bass.

[@estebanesteban6679]

I thought I read an interview years ago about Pete's windmills; he claimed to have nicked it off Keith Richards. I am dubious cuz I've never see Keef do that. If he did, he would own right up to nicking it from someone else. That's how it works.

[@frugalseverin2282]

@@estebanesteban6679 I've read that too, it might have been in his autobiography. On "The Smothers Brothers Show" he called it bowling, referring to cricket.

[@ltdanu]

Saw this on PBS 15 years ago or so (fundraiser). As a lifelong Who fan this is one of my favorite performances ever.

[@alvarhanso6310]

Townshend did have an accident in 1989 where the whammy bar/tremolo bar went through his hand, and there is video of it. He got stitched up and continued the tour. He says he loses his fingernails from the windmills early on in the tour. Most people don't realize the force he hits the strings with on those. One of the all time great performances.

[@dsfddsgh]

I love how the Who could go from playing country to ending with punk rock energy at the end of this suite of songs showing how ahead of their time they were.

[@RomeoDeltaPapa]

At 7:06 they are all singing "cello cello cello...". The music called for strings but they forgot to book a cello player!

[@curtisjones1714]

Love that you are reacting to old, obscure Who. The Who = G.O.A.T. Pete actually hit one of Keith's mikes early in the performance during one of his "windmills." Also, yes, it was Brian Jones at the end.

[@davidsoares9128]

Saw this live---Fillmore West 1967, been with them ever since...

[@missblondie2393]

Oh WOW That's incredible I missed all the great bands however love all their music Generation X only complaint Old enough to know the music too young to attend concerts Thankfully KZbin has all these incredible videos 🎵✌️🎶🤘

[@BClarke]

Amazing track that is also used brilliantly in “Rushmore”, which is one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@michaelwebster8389]

Pete impaled his hand on a whammy bar on a stratocaster, I think in the 80s or 90s. Roger used the swinging mic as a weapon occasionally. I suspect a lot of injuries were incurred on stage with the Who.

[@daves2058]

Roger hit someone in the front row once. It was on purpose though!

[@vania1917]

This is a great showcase of the band at its peak.

[@hannahdavenport6641]

They destroyed instruments on stage before anyone else. They were one of the first, if not the first, to have a laser show in their live performances. Pete started the windmill. John Entwistle changed bass, he showed everyone bass can be a lead instrument. Keith was a genius on drums. He’s put explosives in his kit before, live on stage and didn’t tell the rest of the band. Rogers vocals blow me away, he’s absolutely amazing. John and Keith were banned from Holiday Inns because they put enough cherry bombs in a toilet to completely destroy it. I love this band RIP Keith and John🖤🖤

[@rickandgen]

A Quick One is a mini Rock Opera.

[@hilarywilliams1909]

Part of the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus which was a concert show filmed to be shown the BBC in Dec 1968. (from wikipedia) "The show was filmed on a makeshift circus stage with Jethro Tull, The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and The Rolling Stones. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono also performed as part of a one-shot supergroup called The Dirty Mac, featuring Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell (also part of The Jimi Hendrix Experience), and Keith Richards. " It was withheld from broadcast by the Stones until Oct 1998, some say because they were upstaged by the Who.

[@OnBleeckerStreet]

It was Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones at the end, whistling :)

[@nazfrde]

Pete used to regularly injure his hands/fingers, but the most famous injury was on The Smothers Brothers Show (available on KZbin) when Keith Moon put a bunch of extra flash powder in his bass drum, and it exploded and perforated Pete's eardrum.

[@clairwalshe9468]

the band that influenced so many...never sleep on Entwhistle though. that guitar could run the show on its own. This band paved the way for so many others.

[@danallshaw1131]

Me either man, Keith, Bonzo, and Bill Ward. Sign me up.😎🎸🎸🎸.

[@jeromemilne561]

The Dirty Mac also played at this show. John Lennon ,Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell from the Hendrix Experience

[@anthonybalistreri5226]

And now we understand how Pete Townsend stays thin. I always loved this performance. As you say great energy and Keith Moon is insane.

[@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!

[@mightyV444]

I haven't heard of any actual physical accidents during Roger's mic lassooing, but I'd seen a clip some time ago somewhere on YT in which his mic cable got entangled with Pete's guitar one, and it then took him forever to separate the two again 😅 Oh! *But:* Roger once did knock an audience member in the head with his mic, and deliberately, too! I don't remember the full story anymore, but he had good reasons to do so. And great reaction! 😀👍

[@seanoconnor2531]

great video, yes it is scary energy. Two things i've noticed when you said 'accident', at 1:40 Townshend swings his arm and hits Moon's mic; at 9:23 Townshend adjusts mic with his nose w/o missing the chord..lol; there is a story that Daltrey was pissed at a photographer in the front row and swung his mic within an inch of his face.... so yeah " accidents" will happen apologies to Elvis Costello). love this performance, nice response video mate.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

This is from ‘The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus’, recorded in December, 1968 for a BBC TV special that never aired. John Lennon put together a band for the show with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards playing bass, and Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums. Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal with Jesse Ed Davis on guitar, and of course The Rolling Stones all played. Between songs there were jugglers, clowns, trapeze artists, a fire eater, strongman, and a tiger tamer. It was a legendary mystery until it was finally released in 1994, 26 years later. It’s definitely worth seeing the whole show.

[@marybaillie8907]

What a bunch of youngsters. Some of the drumming in this song reminds me of "I Won't Be Fooled Again". Just a great song from their early days. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Miss Blondie for another great choice. 👍✌️🇨🇦😍 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@marybaillie8907]

Thanks to Miss Blondie for another great suggestion.Sorry I didn't catch Harri the first time he mentioned you're name. 👍✌️🇨🇦😍

[@chrisburr9124]

before I even notice Keith or anyone else I hear that amazing melodic bass.

[@peterbeard3567]

This is gr8 Blew the Stones out of the water Saw them do it again 2014 still as good 😊

[@weilim10]

1:42 There's one accident right there. Pete's windmill knocks the mic and it hits Keith in the face, Pete picks it back up. Neither missed a beat.

[@Rockingruvin]

Glad you liked…Mini opera… like Tommy, but at 9 minutes vs a double album. Pete had a windmill whoopsie in the first few minutes when his arm hit Moons overhead mic but he caught it quickly. Also, in 1989, on tour, Pete was playing a Fender Strat with the whammy bar in, and as he went to windmill, he impaled his hand on the bar. Super painful. Pretty sure Roger had some mishaps with the mic. First several times he swung it around, the damn mic flew off. So there was always a fresh 15 (or 40) wraps of duct tape to keep it on after that. One thing that makes this performance so amped up is, of course, Pete’s energy… but as you noted, Keith’s energy. Frequently, when they played live, you could hear Keith just screeching out from behind the kit and I think they dropped some water on his snare drum at one point in the song so every time he hit it, they would be a splash of water and the effect was like his snare drum would explode a little bit every time he hit it And let’s not forget when they were on the Smothers Brothers show Keith wanted his bass drum to explode and they had been doing cherry bombs in the drum to blow out the front for months… Well on this one, he put it in like three or four times what a cherry bomb would’ve been , and Pete was standing 15 feet in front of it when it went off like a freaking grenade and a half, and he claims that he is half deaf in that ear because of the Shenanigans of Keith, and whoever advised him to put that much explosive in his bass drum for the final blow out. Lol. These guys were lightning in a bottle, and Keith burned the brightest, rest his soul

[@mybrainhurts1856]

The GENIUS of The Who!!! Love Keef!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ And thank you for exploring a fun deep track!

[@robertknuist9754]

Now you have to watch Young Man's Blues live at isle of Wight 1970

[@garyscharf9232]

It's hard to beat THE WHO's raw power and energy as few bands have ever had such a strong percussion group. Their Live at Leeds album has a number of great songs worth checking out. Young Man Blues, Amazing Journey/Sparks, Magic Bus or my favorite My Generation (a 15 minute medley) are all powerful masterpieces.

[@tlist1970]

You're right about Keith Moon. His talent and energy couldn't be replaced either.

[@jamessollazzo4860]

does the water trick in this one

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

This is the birth of the rock opera style in 1966, which they would expand on later. The Pretty Things came out with what could be the first full album rock opera, "'S. F. Sorrow is born,'' in 1968. The Who came out with their double-album rock opera, "Tommy," a year later in 1969. Yes, Pete has injured himself doing "windmills." I saw the "Who Are You" tour at Madison Square Garden in 1979, and Pete was bandaged up, having ripped his hand open the night before. It did not slow him down, nor did he shy away from providing many more windmills when I saw them.

[@narlycat]

Can you believe that this medley called a tone poem by The Who inspired Paul McCartney to have a medley on the 2nd side of Abbey Road? Paul brought the idea of a tone poem to John and John said to Paul "I don't care what other bands are doing." John was there and performed Yer Blues as the Dirty Mac with Eric Clapton and the drummer from Jimi Hendrix Experience. This performance on December 8th??? 1968 was going to be the Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus. The Stones canned the project because they didn't like their performance at 4am so they sat on it for 30 years until they released it in the 90s. Maybe the Stones didn't want to be outdone by The Who who had just come back from being on the road and were in the top of their game. By the time the Circus was released in the 90s it had become a time capsule because Brian Jones, John Lennon and Keith Moon were gone. The film photographer was Michael Lindsey Hogg who a month later in January 1969 filmed the Beatles at work which later became the Let It Be movie and the Get Back series. The base guitarist who sings high is John Entwistle and he died like in the 2000s. The Who's performance here was the only part released before the 90s and this song A Quick One appeared in the Who's 1979 movie The Kids Are Alright which also had a soundtrack double album.

[@derekmoss7286]

Keith Moon FOREVER!

[@f.murphy8340]

Legend has it that Daltrey fired the mike into the crowd and nailed some reprobate in the forehead who was giving him a hard time. Pulled the mike right back in and continued with the song. Townsend actually impaled his hand on the guitar's whammy bar - went straight through the palm of his strumming hand.

[@bostonwhofan]

I remember Pete performing with a sort of cast-bandage for the remainder of the 1989 tour after the whammy bar went through his hand.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Oh my gosh!

[@sjw5797]

"Did they ever have any accidents?" You missed the part at 1:46 where Pete accidently knocks a drum mic onto Keith's forehead and repositions it, glancing back at Keith. Keith's mouth makes an O shape but he doesn't slow down for a second!

[@Roddy1965]

It's a medley. All so good, but the bass playing and drums, just over the top amazing.

[@leh3827]

Pete once drove the whammy bar through his hand, legend has it.

[@jamespopeko9557]

This video is from The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. John Lennon performed his Beatles song “Yer Blues” along with Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. The Who blew everyone away with this mini-Opera (A Quick one while he’s Away). They really stole the show. Check out the full video. There’s a few other bands on this also.

[@rydelldownward7808]

You should check out their Woodstock performance. John Entwistle (bassist) wrote and sang a bunch of their songs. Usually dark and weird subject matter. Try “My Wife”. He also did several fantastic solo albums.

[@johnlamere2189]

At the end of the clip it was "Brian Jones" from the "The Stones".

[@anthonybasileo1519]

In 1979 Pete cut his hand windmilling at Madison Square Garden.

[@Lowtech14]

Welcome to one of the great all-time performances. I love it all, but especially the You Are Forgiven benediction.

[@dellafenton2417]

Oh my days!! Love The Who and this is one of my favourite performances. All four members of the band on top form - Rogers vocals and mic swing, Petes lyrics, vocals and windmill, Keith just being Keith and throwing drums and The Ox bass playing and opera singing!! If I'm ever having a bad day I just watch this!! Incidentally the band requested a cello player to accompany them but management refused citing financial reasons which is why the band sing cello, cello, cello at the part when the instrument was supposed to be played.......

[@saverioc2929]

i love this guy. I love the who of course

[@benhinds2971]

I saw The Who and Stevie Ray Vaughan in Texas. Pete was doing the windmill thing and jammed the whammy/vibrato bar into his hand and was bleeding.

[@littlejimmy7402]

If you're familiar with the Who breaking up their gear at the end of the show, it all started with an accident. Mr. Townshend is around 6' tall, some little club had low roof beams and evidently while moving around Pete smacked the head of his guitar (I think it was a Rickenbacker at the time) into a rafter, the neck separated from the guitar. Pete went with it and busted it up all the way, the crowd when nuts, the rest is legend.

[@aaronreeves8376]

My favourite Who song, thx!!

[@jaewok5G]

this was from the Rolling Stones hosted "Rock and Roll Circus" … must watch.

[@profjohnfrinks]

If you want to hear John sing... check out my wife, heaven and hell, the quiet one... he sings many, as does pete.

[@junietunes2148]

Great reaction Harri! In their heyday, The Who was one of the best bands to hit the stage. Highly recommend Young Man Blues live at the Isle of Wight

[@missblondie2393]

One of their Best performances

[@loosilu]

At that time, no band could touch them as a live act. AGREED for Young Man Blues!

[@richardfordham931]

It was all one song. This was a mini opera. think of it as their practice run before "Tommy."

[@rastamon52]

Aug 18th 1989 I was at this show: Pete Townshend barely escaped serious injury Wednesday during a Who concert at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash., when the tremolo bar of his electric guitar pierced the webbing between the fifth and fourth fingers on his right hand. Townshend was executing his trademark windmill strum during “Won’t Get Fooled Again"--the final song before the encores--when his hand was snagged by the metal bar. The band went ahead with encores of “Twist and Shout” and “Hey Joe” without its leader, who was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital. It was determined that he had suffered no nerve, bone or tendon damage, and no stitches were needed. --L A Times

[@VSchneidermann]

It's a mini opera, so yes, it is one song. They are telling a story. And yes, Pete hurt himself during one of the windmills. His fingers got bloody. Roger dropped the mic once or twice, but the only time he actually hit anybody with ir, it was on purpose.

[@23theseeker50]

Yes Peter hurt himself many, many times with his windmill actions you see him many times with bandages on his right hand in doubtless pain but still did the show.

[@rydelldownward7808]

I had loved The Who since I was a kid. Tommy got me hooked. But seeing “The Kids Are Alright” film confirmed my madness for them.

[@johntarnowski9086]

Greatest Rock Band Ever 🤘 😎 🤘

[@mikerusso4169]

The story goes that The Who had 10 minutes to fill on their album, and their manager Kit Lambert asked Pete to write one song to fill the time. Pete didn't think he could do it. Kit then suggested that Pete string a bunch of songs together, and voila, the first rock opera, albeit a very small one.

[@MrBunnybusiness]

this song took 6 themes of music and was petes first shot at a "rock opera" and is the predecessor in that respect to tommy, lifehouse and quadrephenia. life house songs featured on whos next mostly.

[@Jiggs2u2]

Yes one song, mini opera, Paul McCartney mentioned it as a inspiration for Sergeant Pepper's

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

In Progressive Rock it is fairly common to split a song in various movements/sections a bit like in classical music. The Who can also do this sometimes.

[@pubudu666]

HarriBest Reactions yes Pete said in one of the interviews that when he did that rotating arm thing , the the steel clip on the right bottom of the guitar went through his hand and starts bleeding...

[@ViscountVile]

You're right about PT's 'windmill' guitar - I'd be terrified attempting this at anywhere near full speed, as it would be so easy to miss the guitar or (worse) be too close and damage your fingers - which he frequently did, but clearly not often seriously enough to put him off doing it!

[@russellburress6240]

The kind of Starts the adventure Pete Townshend did with creating little music venues combined together to make a story wish we can his tooth masterpieces Quadrophenia and Tommy

[@flightofsound2497]

My favourite band in my youth. I'm a pro drummer and Moonie was my first inspiration to start playing. I saw them with him around 77 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. At one point Pete and Keith pretended to have a row and they winched Keith up in the air and off the stage while he was screaming at Pete. Apparently Pete used to have a glass of whisky on his cab to dip his fingers in to numb the pain from the windmilling. Best live band ever? Well.. close - Alice Cooper doing the Wecome To My Nightmare tour at Wembley was my first ever gig so that has to be in the running too..

[@jonk6513]

This is the first Townshend (mini) rock opera

[@jamietfranklin]

There was also Keith's explosives in his kit that damaged Pete's eardrum. Wild ones Tightest wildness

[@jonk6513]

True brilliance

[@JOHNWLOUCKS]

I saw the Who many times (original Four) and don't remember seeing Roger have an accident with the mic but I have seen Pete's right hand bleeding for sure.

[@23theseeker50]

IT'S ONE SONG DEFINATELY THE WHO LEGENDS OF ROCK MUSIC.

[@gregbusch2238]

Towneshend had an accident once when he had the whammy bar from his fender stratocaster go through his hand during his "windmill windup move'...