The Who London 2012 Performance | Extinguishing the Olympic Flame
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The Who perform a selection of hits during the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games during which the Olympic Flame is extinguished.
Every two years, the world's finest athletes gather at the Olympic Games - a spectacular celebration of sporting excellence that captures the attention of billions of people around the world. However, the Games are about much more than just sport. They bring the Olympic values to life and provide a global arena for a unique combination of sport, culture, education and ceremonies.
At the Olympic Games in London 2012, about 10,500 athletes from 204 countries compete in 26 different sports, comprising 302 medal events. Whether athletes win a medal or not, they can forever call themselves Olympians. The sporting competitions are undoubtedly the central focus of the Olympic Games and participating in the Games is the ultimate goal for most athletes.
Every edition has its own story to tell and will be remembered for some truly remarkable performances from sporting legends such as Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, Jean-Claude Killy, Nadia Comaneci, Katarina Witt, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, to name just a few.
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It's a shame Keith Moon wasn't around for that finale. The man did love his fireworks.
Don't forget Entwistle
John Entwistle as well :(
I believe The Who's performance of see me feel me at Woodstock was the greatest live performance by any band in rock history
Queens performance at the Band aid concert in london was also one i will always remember.
At least they have Ringo's son instead. Quite fitting. :)
The opening and closing ceremonies of London 2012 could just have been two simple gigs featuring only the best British music artists and they would have still been the greatest opening and closing ceremonies of all time.
Keenan
Daz555Daz I didn't watch the opening ceremony,but the Who are tremendous always live đ
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London 2o12
What about queen huh
These guys gigged the original Woodstock. Let that sink in.
Britain Has Many Legendary Bands and Soloist Music Artist's - To-date.
We Are Proud To Be British đŹđ§. đ
This is London!
The best OLIMPIC GAMES of britain ROCK ..EVER !! THE WHO NUMBER ONE for the perfect Closing!!!
Summer 2012 was so exciting: we had the diamond jubilee, the Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Queen parachute jumping. Britain was the centre of the world like never before!
Roger still has a great voice
Yeah he actually has a great voice just as it is - but remembering how old he is and how many screams and feats his voice has performed (endured) it's miraculously awesome. I can't believe he could do these awesome songs such great justice! And seriously, Pete's guitar playing is just getting better...
He's also a great actor! I remember him in the Highlander series as the charming immortal Hugh Fitzcairn!
Johannes Wiberg There's something quite beautiful hearing him do the middle section ("Don't cry...") which is uncommon? I wonder why this was an exception? Olympics Ceremony running low on mics?! Haha
He's also a lovely man if you meet him. I was lucky enough to last year. I will never forget it. He was such a sweetheart- and he hugged me!
@@burnsybaby1987 Ye, perhaps Pete wasn't feeling it? Maybe he had a case of diminutive equine: a little horse (hoarse). Dad jokes! I love em!
Listening To You is the best song to close a ceremony, so passionate
The best opening and closing ceremony of Olympic games history.
The best games ever
I agree
ringo starr's son doing the drumming
Best ending of the Olympic Games ever!
Sax
Best Olympics Ever!!
Setlist:
5:30 Baba O'Riley
8:12 See Me, Feel Me
9:04 Listening To You
10:51 My Generation
Listening to you is part of the See Me, Feel Me song
The best band ever
Not even a band after the loss of John Entwistle.
I actually started to tear up because of this performance. It's great to see them still so energetic on stage. It's so sad that John and Keith couldn't be here with them. They're still great, I can oblige that, because I saw them live March of 2016.
I just saw this again and tears were flowing- crazy
Imagine if the ox was still alive and he played my generation bass solo with his amazing tone there !!! RIP John and Keith we all miss you so much masters of rock...
Let's be honest... The best way for the ceremony to close would be with the Monty Python foot standing on the flame.
ahahahahaahahaaaa
+Innocuoustroll Bloody classic!!!
Yes
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Brilliant
The Who start playing at 5:28
Dude, you're the real MVP.
GJ Man!!
thank u
Legend. Thanks for that
Keith would have loved this. He probably would have blew something up haha
The Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones, Queen, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dire Straits, Rainbow, Motorhead, Marillion, DragonForce, Coldplay, Muse, Placebo, Cradle Of Filth, Napalm Death, Oasis, BFMV, Bring Me The Horizon
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ROCK/METAL
I was with you until you mentioned Dragonforce and it all went downhill from there.
The best songer!!!
ĐĄĐ°ĐŒŃĐ” Đ»ŃŃŃОД!!! ĐĐŸĐżŃĐŸĐ±ŃĐč ŃŃŃŃĐșĐžĐč пДŃĐ”ĐČĐŸĐŽ!
Radiohead , Smiths , Joy Division
Well if The Kinks, Beatles and Small Faces are mentioned, there's John Mayall (The mentor) and the Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, The Hollies,The Jam, The Cure, Moody Blues, 10CC, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, New Order, The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Echo and the Bunnymen,...and Tommy Steele (sarc). So it's not just Rock and Metal where the UK rules
I've never been prouder of The Who. They are a true expression of UK culture, without jingoism, just loud passionate and joyful.
Have seen The Who so many time live......................Roger and Pete still perform as well today as they did when they began back in 1964!!!! 53 years ago. Wonder what bands of today will still be able to belt it out 53 years from now??? Thank you Roger and Pete for such wonderful music..Truly" our generation"
They are rockin 2024đ
The best opening/closing ceremony for any olympics
Wow Roger still sounds amazing after all these years...
The Who broooo this guys voice is still epic af!
I love how Roger sings Pete's line in Baba O'Riley.
Man, I love coming back to this because it's so great, but:
This version of "See me, feel me" is so touching and electric, it really stands out.
Pete Townshend is awesome
He is a killer
Still waiting for that book though eh?
The British really know how to put on a spectacular show! Thanks for the Olympics being there in 2012. I love it with Queen Elizabeth and Bond beginning. This is the end!
Amazing performance. Also Ringo Starr's son at the drums!
why you have such legendary bands Britain ?
+David Eason Well its 1 reason .. BRITAIN IS GREAT AT LOADS OF STUFF INCLUDING MUSIC .. SO THATS WHY WE ARE GREAT BRITAIN !!!!
+David Eason. The Brits are the world's great entertainers. Whether it's writers, actors or musicians the British seem to do it best.
+David Eason its the only good thing we have left maten these bands are the dogs bolox
+David Eason Because we are British.
+David Eason but seriously it's because the Americans invented the Blues then forgot about and came along Rock n Roll and the Brits put a bit of blues back in Rock N Roll with and introspective twist on it.
5:50 Roger Daltrey being too early with the mic bump :D
I was 14 then. I will never ever forget the 2012 olympics, it will treasured in my chest of memories.
The Who one of the best shows in Olimpics London 2012.đ
You can't get any better than this... Absolutely epic!!
To this day Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey don't cease to inspire me. Amazing. I won't die happily if I never get to see at least half of the best band of the world playing live.
Did you ever see them? Itâs not too late
Nobody will believe me when I submit this, but my grandpa actually arrested keith moon in 1975 for being drunk and disorderly in Ayrshire, Scotland although he could have been on the beat in glasgow at the time. my grandpa sadly passed away in march 2015.
+Samodus chronicals sorry for your loss. A story to be told for generations long.
Garry Barlow
You're right, I don't believe you.
Keith Moon was drunk and disorderly?!? A likely story...
Anyone can believe Mooney being arrested
Samodus, your grand papa sounds like he was a decent copper, unfortunately not like the useless rubbish we have to put up with these days.
Imagine still having it after so long just legendary
That is the longest CSI has taken to open.
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Lol xD
Best finish to a Closing Ceremony. Darcey Bussell and The Who!
Only rock and roll band in the WORLD that could pull the closing song off like that with all the fireworks....
THE WHO.
THE WHO was always my favorite rock bands since the 60's, and actually had no idea they would have turned out as successful as they had. Imagine, before TOMMY THE WHO were looked upon as just another average pop group with their earlier hits such as MY GENERATION, I CAN SEE FOR MILES, HAPPY JACK, SUBSTITUTE and others. And of course we can't forget about WHO'S NEXT and QUADROPHENIA.
If Keith Moon was around I have a feeling heâd create fireworks of his own
Just that opening of Baba O'Riley is brilliant
5:27
Baba O'Riley gives you goosebumps every time, and you still don't know why this time.
I can only begin to imagine what sort of surprises Keith Moon would have had for us had he still been alive!
Zak is outstanding when he plays the drums. He is really talented, like his father. :D ;)
Very beautiful, spectacular, I enjoyed the recording!
Zac has always said that Keith, who was a great friend of his father's, was an inspiration to him from when Zac was a small boy (not unsurprisingly, Ringo, who knows perfectly well what a tough business music is, was not actually a big fan of Zac following in his footsteps although he's very proud of him).The Concert for NYC documentary shows Paul & Stella McCartney proudly tell former US Pres. Bill Clinton backstage that it's Ringo's firstborn drumming with The Who.
Roger's voice is incredible here
Beat that old fart McCartney into the ground, Lost his voice, time to quit
GTFO
its lip synced.. I'm so disappointed... look at 9:18
omg, and they start playing the track at 13:24
Axel Döös Billy Nicholls & Simon Townshend keep singing
Roger's voice is so powerful here
The whole closing cero,was a sound nightmare, to gather, yet the end master was the stage presence of the WHO. stunned all of us.
Great great performance! The One and Only Who!
closing ceremonies: your doing it right!
To bad they did not smash everything and the audience would join and smash the stadium ;)
gertiblitz hahahahaa that's hilarious ... and man, I tried to picture that situation in my head and it looks absolutely amazing.
This is what I loved about London's closing and especially Vancouver's closing ceremonies....it felt like a cool party!!! Formality was all done once the flame went out and it was just time to have good fun
Bravo!Thank you for the music!Rock front!Hello from Volga river!
I watched this in England and one friend said when the Who performed My Generation was - 'What? A senior citizen?' There it is!
Great Performance! Especially Townshends guitar solo at the end of Baba O'riley.
fabulous..nothing beats Brit bands...and nothing beats the sheer bloody magnificence of the Who
LEGEND
Takes me back to 2005 when I saw them in concert, Rodger still has the chops and Pete with those moves
Fair play that's a brilliant cover of the CSI theme song.
You know how to make old men angry xD
MomentousGaming Like shooting aging fish in a barrel.
Gibbo118
Response shows how naĂŻve people are on youtube. You weren't even trying.
Jeb Bush please clap
@@Gibbo118 Watch it with that buckshot! - Aging Fish
The who- baba o riley excelent
Boy do I love my nation and its culture. :,)
sadly two key members of the who are gone. John Entwistle and Kieth Moon. Imagine if they were there too
when they transitioned into the âsee me feel me...â melody from tommy i started crying not gonna lie
Greatest band ever!!
I love it that Zac is drumming without hi-hats just like Keith
..and John. He would have loved this gig.
It would be so English if someone, possibly Queen would come up to that flame with a little cup of tea and spill it over it and the fire would just go out
Jackie E. You should, i wrote that with only one hand.... i was holding cup of tea in the other
Before a RA member shot her in the mouth..
nah - they surrendered decades ago....
WRONG - for otherwise they wouldn't had voted brexit !
you IDIOT !
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I heard that the London 2012 organizers reached out to The Who to see if Keith Moon would be able to play... I wish I was kidding.
The Who never old.
I have to admit, the Who were amazing. The moment our hear that guitar, you just know.
Man, you British have created countless legendary bands:
The Who
Led Zeppelin
The Animals
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
The Beatles
Cream
Rolling Stones
Respect from New Zealand, also, my favourite band is The Who, and I'm 16, I also like Led Zepp too, but not as much as the legendary Who...... JB and other modern music are nowhere near as talented/great/enduring/powerful/raw as real music.......
It would've been cool, if they played Who Are You, or Won't Get Fooled Again, or even A Quick One, as well as My Generation........ Long Like The Who......................................
I think you have have missed the greatest of them all, the mighty Queen
MrFluff101 Whoops, sorry mate..... Thank Ya for adding Queen in.....
Shaun Templey Not to sound negative but the Animals are a one song band and that song isn't even theirs. The rest of the bands are top notch.
Shaun Templey Have you heard of Pink Floyd?
Mvern vern Yip, Ive heard of them, they're alright, but I'm not a fan of them...........
Simon Townshend bought his hat from my son's shop.
Yes, they are clearly older and Pete is greyer but Roger and Pete have held up remarkably well, especially Pete, considering all he's been through. Roger still has, as much as it pains a Beatlemaniac like me to admit this, the best true rock and roll voice EVER.
I don't know why but I am glad to see Pete playing so excitedly.
Watched the ceremony again last night,just amazing,made u proud to be British! Yanks didnt show the closing ceremony I heard! Same for the fans of these bands!
So that's just Live Aid, Live 8, The Super Bowl, and The Olympic Closing Ceremony for The Who then.. not much more unless they are the first group to play on Mars.
Woodstock...
Of all the events The Who is in it, you've literally forgot Woodstock, the most important of it all
Never going to Mars bc Mars is a light, and non material, and going there ever, is a total hoax duuuh.
Woodstock? Isle of White 1969? Monterey 1968 where Hendrix was scared to go on after them? Stealing the show at the 2001 The Concert for New York?
The Who is the very definition of Rock and Roll. Every time I watch this I get overwhelmed with excitement and good feeling
wonderful band forever
gosh how did i miss this! it was amazing.
I liked London Olympics opening ceremony; everything was so well dramatized in an imaginative way! ( I'm from Athens. Obviously I also liked Athens 2004 for different reasons)
Only the best bands in the world can do that and they did it the best! The Who, the best and most legendary band ever!
I watch this video 2 times a day for the last two months, The Who sound amazing in here, tears in my eyes!
Pink Floyd with "Comfortably Numb" as in Pulse..or David Bowie with "Heroes" (with some of the text changed). or Led Zeppelin with "Stairway to Heaven" (Better than Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill") would have been good.
why do you want To change Heroes 's text?
for sure, but those songs r clearly not the Olympic vibe.
+Facundo carpceerodos Well, the part with the (Berlin) Wall with shooting guards would not be appropriate I think.
"Comfortably numb" would be for the dopers
better than Eric Idle
Grandes The Who
Londres 2012
Awesome
just mention Morgan Nicholls playing bass over there.
Magistral! Ăłtimo encerramento, e ainda com o The Who, enquanto aq no Brasil... huehuehue.
You can only imagine the solo moon and john would of put on for this would of been insanity nevertheless was a great performance the who have now officially done everything there's is to do
Closed the Olympics, played at Super Bowl halftime show, sold out almost every arena and sold millions and millions of records
Just a farewell tour left!
Ryan Kordziel
No, they did that too. Several, in fact.
Zak Starkey does a great job on the drums
And Woodstock
Excellent
Wow! So much energy, what a brilliant performance!
No dis on Zak because he is a good drummer, but damn I miss Keith and John!
Yeah, everybody misses keith!
***** And John.
vitorbastos123 yeah!
crazedvikingfan28 Man, if it was still, just the four of them, everyone would be screaming and jumping up and down, now with the drums mic,ed, Keith was thunderous, even without a mic'ed drumkit, I reckon he would've blown the power circuitry if he was in this, and John, I play bass because of him, and I play drums because of Keith.......
With his dark humor, he would've thundered through the songs, in fact, I reckon in this, if it was the four of them, all of them including John, would smash their instruments lol, Or aren't they allowed (Hwww it's twoo emature), they would've done it anyway lol......
+Shaun Templey Did you see the vid. in the States where Keith actually blew up his drums by putting twice the amount of fireworks explosive in? That's why Pete is deaf in one ear. Also, I saw a clip when Keith came staggering on stage, determined to play his drums, & passed out, after downing horse tranquillisers with brandy. So a guy in the audience, got to play with The Who!!! Legend.
Am I the only one who wonders where is Paul McCartney's performance on the same night? I mean, the official upload of it.
He played at the opening ceremony rather than this show which is the closing ceremony. As for him not being on this channel McCartney's first song had major sound issues and though they only lasted a few seconds they make the broadcast version unsuitable for uploading here.
It was beautiful, I m just 18 but i can say i have never seen anything like this my entire life =)) xx
Despite waiting about an hour for The Who, it was surely worth it! I'd love to have been there. They still sound awesome:)
frigging love this - can't wait to see them at the O2 this year!
They are amazing!
The Who were sublime that night!
Is it Ringo's son playing drums?
Yes, zak starkey. Drummer for the who after moon and did a bit in oasis aswell.
ytpdude1 Found out a long time ago, though! :P
Was too lazy to do anything... xD
yes. zack has been there drummer for 20 years now
@@jbstrings Let's not forget Kenney Jones, who stepped into the big shoes of Moonie first.
@@bsg2112 ah the small faces drummer +1