I remember the power chords just grabbing me the very first time I heard this song 40 years ago, and I said this is going to elevate guitar playing to a whole new level. I think Pete Townsend's Guitar Playing has always been overlooked because his biggest talent is songwriting, but the understated Power Chords here just say so much more than any Eddie Van Halen finger tapped 100MPH stuff could ever do. In 100 years people will see that Pete's contributions were far more important overall.
All artists of the present day owe a debt to these guys, especially Pete Townshend. There is no one that plays anything even remotely resembling rock & roll that has not been influenced by them. Punk may not even have existed without them. They were an important influence on my choice of a career in a music that has fed my family for decades. All I really want to say is thank f**king god for The Who, and especially Pete Townshend!
@@boataxe4605 My Generation Came Out 4 Years Before to Kick Out the Jams. The Who Were Mods Which was a Precursor to Punk in Many Ways The Who Invented Punk Long Before The Sex Pistols!!
@@purplebondsaiyan2987 I take your point, but I think My Generation is to polished to be punk. Punk in my mind means musicians much less technically proficient than The Who just going out and bashing it out with feeling. In fact the MC5 were too good of musicians to be called punk, so I take it back
is there anything Pete Townshend CAN"T do ?..what the fuck man?? that was a cool half time drum beat on the original demo he pulled together..fucking brilliant !
To this day, and I am rapidly approaching 60 years on this planet; I still get shivers everytime i hear the opening synthesizer riff of Baba O'Reilly....amazing!
Ia gree Pete is talented, but I believe the analogy you used applies to Steve Jobs more than Pete. I think Pete Townsend is more the Beethoven (with a litle bit of Mozart thrown in) of our time, and unfortunately the hearing loss they both have in common.
I neglected to add the question. Just how many of Eddie Van Halens writtings have been converted into Broadway Musicals. pete wrote not one, but two succesful Rock Operas. Pete Townsend ponder the potential of youth being wasted with his comment "Teenage Waste Land" and was self reflective with "Who Are You" and what did EVH give us, but Hot For Teacher ???
I remember the power chords just grabbing me the very first time I heard this song 40 years ago, and I said this is going to elevate guitar playing to a whole new level. I think Pete Townsend's Guitar Playing has always been overlooked because his biggest talent is songwriting, but the understated Power Chords here just say so much more than any Eddie Van Halen finger tapped 100MPH stuff could ever do. In 100 years people will see that Pete's contributions were far more important overall.
All artists of the present day owe a debt to these guys, especially Pete Townshend. There is no one that plays anything even remotely resembling rock & roll that has not been influenced by them. Punk may not even have existed without them. They were an important influence on my choice of a career in a music that has fed my family for decades. All I really want to say is thank f**king god for The Who, and especially Pete Townshend!
TheSoundgod59 Punk started with the MC5.
@@boataxe4605 My Generation Came Out 4 Years Before to Kick Out the Jams. The Who Were Mods Which was a Precursor to Punk in Many Ways The Who Invented Punk Long Before The Sex Pistols!!
@@purplebondsaiyan2987 I take your point, but I think My Generation is to polished to be punk. Punk in my mind means musicians much less technically proficient than The Who just going out and bashing it out with feeling. In fact the MC5 were too good of musicians to be called punk, so I take it back
@@boataxe4605 I Agree with you. You honestly won't find Music like this these days!!
I see Townshend as a close to a Leonarndo Da Vinci figure as we will see in our lifetime...
you need to hear zappas work ??
is there anything Pete Townshend CAN"T do ?..what the fuck man?? that was a cool half time drum beat on the original demo he pulled together..fucking brilliant !
To this day, and I am rapidly approaching 60 years on this planet; I still get shivers everytime i hear the opening synthesizer riff of Baba O'Reilly....amazing!
The opening is a synth like sound, but that riff comes from the Marimba Effect on the Lowrey organ.
Pete Towneshend is an AMAZING genius
Ia gree Pete is talented, but I believe the analogy you used applies to Steve Jobs more than Pete. I think Pete Townsend is more the Beethoven (with a litle bit of Mozart thrown in) of our time, and unfortunately the hearing loss they both have in common.
I neglected to add the question. Just how many of Eddie Van Halens writtings have been converted into Broadway Musicals. pete wrote not one, but two succesful Rock Operas. Pete Townsend ponder the potential of youth being wasted with his comment "Teenage Waste Land" and was self reflective with "Who Are You" and what did EVH give us, but Hot For Teacher ???
damn that Pete is a limber genius
i love this band
AMAZING BAND
I sure would like to find the WGFA demo played at the end of this clip...good stuff.
Pete reckons himself responsible for his generation which he isn't but it provides a spark for great songwriting
Pete is about as talented as it get's.
THE WHO ARE WICKED
Love u OX!!!!
No one really used a sequencer up to that point.
LUV THIS
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Gosh imagine just what could've been if they didn't have to stick with a click track.
Either Townshend was influenced by Philip Glass or Glass was influenced by Townshend
Philip Who?
@@sirandrelefaedelinoge look him up
7:30: the Who meets R2D2
Here here. You sound like me.
@johnnyjolijt
Because maybe Springsteen had copied one of those for one of his own? Just name it.
Not too shabby for whities ! LOL
Fucking race baiter
AMAZING BAND