Townshend & Daltrey interview on The Old Grey Whistle Test 1984

[@user-uq6sz6po3d]

Fascinating to see Pete and Rog together in 84. Used to seeing Pete clean shaven and shorter haired at this time. Great to see him with his shaggy 70s look.

[@JC-im6nf]

The 80s were a good time for Pete and Rog. They both look great here!

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Yeah, they were both in good mental and physical health. By that time, Pete has sworn off drugs; so he was definitely in an overall better state of being.

[@MatthewNorthArchive]

Strange then that, the Who Became one of the hardest working bands of the last 20 years and still put on amazing shows.

[@bluesrocker91]

I think they just needed an extended break to be honest... Their career had been pretty relentless since Tommy came out in 1969. Then Keith's death, the booze, the drugs, Townshend's hearing loss and just general exhaustion all seemed to have caught up with them by 1982. I think Townshend did later say that in hindsight a two or three year break in 1982 would have probably saved the band.

[@jae4me]

@@bluesrocker91 Check out the new Audible Words+Music episode, "Somebody Saved Me" from Pete that was just released, it's fascinating hearing him talk about this time period.

[@bluesrocker91]

@@jae4me Yeah I keep meaning to listen to it... Cheers.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

@@bluesrocker91When bands are younger, everything seems desperately vital, and that's where the fights arise... You tend to feel they time will always be on your side... I've been there, and lived through all that.

[@ldrobarts]

As much as I love Who music, I equally love Townshends solo work, probably even more to be honest.

[@peterraymond8470]

This was uploaded three years ago, but amazingly I'm seeing it for the first time. I knew they were friendly after the breakup especially considering the casual way [ according to Roger ] Pete slipped him "After The Fire," but a joint interview such as this with plenty of smiles and laughing took me by surprise.

[@jae4me]

Check out the new Audible Words+Music episode, "Somebody Saved Me" from Pete that was just released, it's fascinating hearing him talk about this time period.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Yeah, I think that Pete’s, Roger’s, and also John Entwistle’s stress levels all went down considerably after The Who disbanded in 1982. And since all three were no longer around each other and working together regularly like they had been previously, they probably each gained a newfound respect for one another.

[@sralyn]

Absolutely BOOtiful

[@johntobin3923]

Pete was was the creative engine behind the Who. It's always been his band.

[@tb-cg6vd]

It was Roger's Band! That's why he's so livid all the time, Pete nicked it.

[@josephbuckley5961]

@@tb-cg6vd yeah its rogers band pete was the conductor

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

But without John’s joining the band, Pete would never have entered the scene to begin with since Pete and John were best buds growing up and John introduced Roger to Pete in the first place.

[@TheEdie1958]

Abounding lifelong friendship personalities complement one another akin to the friendship between science fiction writer H G Welles, filmaker radio broadcast Orson Welles, and schoolmaster Rodger Hill influential in molding his thinking during his formative years

[@beatleneil]

Right.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Well that lasted about 5 years lol How about a young Mark Ellen at the end???

[@chewk]

It seems like Pete misses Rog and Rog is not comfortable with Pete.

[@jae4me]

As a lifelong observer of these two, I'd say that Roger was just surprised and cautious.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

At the end of the day, they both knew they needed each other. Roger needed Pete to write songs for him to sing and Pete needed Roger to articulate his lyrics. Without the other person present, both men would be out of a job essentially. Neither Pete nor Roger have done much solo work since the 1990s. I know this video was from the 1980s, but still....

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Roger was right!

[@barbaracaroll]

The Who is forever

[@user-jz6to8md3c]

They mean subconsious

[@OlafProt]

Makes all the stuff about them despising the sight of each other, nonsense.

[@danmoran485]

I think they should have stopped in the early 70s.

[@bikerguy5829]

Huh?? Early 70's?? No way

[@danmoran485]

@@bikerguy5829 Yeah, even Townshend felt the same. I think after Quadrophenia, they should have left on that high note. If you read 'Who I Am, he says he even put it in writing to the bands lawyer then sort of chickened out of it.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@danmoran485 Agree completely - like the Beatles did, then we would have been spared all the cash in 'Vegas' tours with casts of thousands etc, etc which did sully their reputation.

[@robertfoshizzle]

While not their best work, I think The Who By Numbers and Who Are You were still good records and feature several classic Who tracks. For me, when Keith Moon died, that's when they should have stopped making records. Sure, they still had some commercial success in the early '80s with hits like "Eminence Front" but, honestly, that song should have been a Pete Townshend solo song. Great song, but it sounds nothing like the Who IMO.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

Pete actually never wanted to permanently be in a band. He wanted to write a good song, achieve commercial success one time only, be done with it, and then return to art school in his twenties. Clearly, life has other plans in store for him at a young age and beyond.