MothmanGhost yes! I thought the same thing the first time I saw this clip. He figuratively and literally sat in his corner and grooved the hell out of his bass guitar!
@@mywhimsylifed.3055 I think serious musicians by this time were fed up with having to use canned or lip synced performances. His behavior reflects that.
@@TexTom1981 When part of the kit explodes, a piece hits Keith in the arm, that is why he got up quickly and walked off. You can even see him grab his arm.
Yeah I’ve been playing the base for... ever since I can remember! I love shredding, i think I can almost play this base line. It’s a tricky one, too fast!
@bikersoncall that explosion at the end from Keith packing his drums with extra explosives wasn't planned!! He surprised them, and as a result, Pete Townsend lost a huge amount of his hearing that night!!
I had no problem liking all three plus the Animals, the KINKS, early Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, well you get the point!
@Wenyi108 in the rehearsal , it didn't go off, so the prop guy added a higher "dose" unbeknownst to Moon and another person, who I don't recall, so there were three explosives.
Wenyi108 yes, watch Pete ruffling his singed hair and rubbing his ear , Moon going ouch , he had shrapnel in his arm and Tommy Smothers genuine look of surprise 🤣
The funniest was once Roger realized no one was seriously injured he started cracking up laughing. He probably couldn't believe that just happened nationally across America on live TV! Not sure if it's a rumor, but I heard Betty White was a guest on the show that night and she passed out when the drumkit exploded.
The Who incident The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series. As the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece ended with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it did not go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[14] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. The blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[15]
RIP Tom Smothers (February 2, 1937 - December 26, 2023), aged 86 And RIP the two members of The Who John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002), aged 57 Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 - September 7, 1978), aged 32 You will be remembered as legends.
I liked this sound better than anything else he ever had. It had deep lows and blistering, clean highs. I'm not sure how exactly he got that sound, but I've been striving for it for years. You don't need all kinds of crazy effects for good sound, just the right equipment. I feel bad about Tom Smothers' passing, too. I'm not sure how angry he was when Keith said there's sloppy stagehands, but either that struck a bad nerve, or he was putting on a great act. He seemed much more serious when going straight to the song, so I'm guessing he was upset, but as a professional, he kept it going.
@@pcallas66 I'm sure Tommy wasn't *that* upset, just caught off-guard and improvised. I think John's tone on this recording could have been his Precision Bass (possibly with a pick, after listening to it closer)? Not sure what amp he might have used.
John at 4:32 "They can't blame me if I ignore the rest of the group. Look only at me." Also, imagine having his talent & being that nonchalant over that badass bass solo. Incredible.
@@KlosekRBIsFuckingRetardedsorry, but no. It would be like stating that Vicious was the best musician outta S3x Pist0ls just because he got all the camera...
@@matiasmoulin2126 He smashed Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers... not cheap guitars. The band sometimes went into debt because of the cost of replacing smashed gear.
I heard that Entwistle had light brown hair. He began dying it so Roger would stand out. He dyed his hair and beard until around 1980 or 81. Then went grey and left it.
The story behind this...the band was angry they had to pre-record songs instead of playing live...so Moon and a stagehand decided it was a good idea to put 3X the explosive in the kick drum then they usually used..they didn't warn the rest of the band either...and Moon set it off right when Pete was in the line of fire...has massive hearing problems to this day
@@JaraArtist I think that ou are correct. If you watch closely the drumming is off but the vocals are not. As noted above they had to pre-record but that's better than just playing the record and lip-synching.
@@TheWorld_2099 yeah if you also look closely his voice gets more faint when the mic goes further away from his face that'd also be hard to pull off if he was lip syncing
Grant Schinto different years, man. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, 3 years earlier, paved the way for bands like The Who... and by 1967 the Beatles were already releasing strawberry fields forever and sgt peppers
@Michael H. and everyone else who has replied to my comment so far, I said it was more INTERESTING to me. That's a totally subjective opinion. Of COURSE the Beatles paved the way for The Who and countless others. There's no reason to see my comment as any kind of detraction. I find the banter between Tommy Smothers and the band, and the smashing of their instruments and the exploding amp MORE INTERESTING than the Beatles' appearance on Ed Sullivan. Translation: you're not telling me anything I don't already know and acknowledge.
At 5:20 you can hear Keith scream "Oww, pull it out!!!!". A piece of cymbals shrapnel was stuck in his left arm. They were lucky to get out of there with minimal damage!!
That steady Ox bass though. Aside from the meaning of the song, I’ll always come back to this song to hear one of the best fingerpicking bassists in rock
@@Jjthecoolesttttt Keith is implying to him to not call him Keith because his friends call him it. He can call him John since he is not his friend lol. Basically his way of saying “go f yourself, you’re not my friend”
Such a kick ass way to start a kick ass movie!!! That was the essence of The Who when I first discovered them as a kid. And all these years later I still love that moment on The Smothers Brothers. RIP Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Tommy Smothers.
"The Who" - A slap in the face to the world, to wake up and open their eyes to a whole generation of people who were sick and tired of the corrupt leaders of the world leading them to destruction. We could use such a slap today.
@@rayjohnson2387 Was working with WNEW-FM at the time. Saw many 60's-70's Rock groups. The Who by far were awful. Pink Floyd did a Midnight concert at Carnegie Hall later that year. Now that was their (as per Gilmore) the best concert they ever did. Little Stevie Wonder, as he was billed at the time, did one of his 1st gig at The Apollo in Harlem, NY. Now that was a concert.. A pure talent. Santana, just after their Summer performance at Woodstock was by far the very best concert ever. Plus Double Trouble with Stevie Ray Vaughn at a small venue in Poughkeepsie, NY smashed the house. Nobody knew who he was at the time. They opened for Edgar Winter and stayed on the stage for three encores. Pure professional. That was with WEOK-AM (now WPDH-FM) then. That's why I was there Ray...got paid to see these Who babies. Wanna know about their Hollywood Bowl gigs KLOS covered? Don't have time...maybe later. THE WHO SUCK and Townsend is a pervert. Daltry is a runt and Moon was so whacked out he couldn't keep time. Simply the worst Rock group. The Tommy film was God awful.
The Who in '67 (or any other year) were so good, so unique. And being on the Smothers Brothers show was such a treat. I loved that show. Everything was totally politically incorrect. Great sense of humor. They never took anything seriously.
Besides Pete loss of hearing, Keith injured his arm at the end, you can tell that because roger was checking to see if he’s ok, and you can hear Keith screaming.
@@suburban_guy I've never heard of either of those bands doing that. The most The Doors did that I know of is Jim break a mic stand when drunk, which is a bit different.
I 😂 along with The Who as they endured Smothers Brothers comedy! I loved watching this weekly show that always brought the latest music to my family room.
TH-cam is such a great time machine. I remember watching a (lower quality) version of this upload back in 08 when I was getting into the band. I still remember they way they introduced themselves.
Pete does have some fine chops as a player but I think he was just so amped up and energetic that he preferred doing the crazy rhythm stuff and windmill strums. Playing guitar was a physical experience for him. And it gave them a very unique sound, less wanky guitar solos and more room for the rest of the band to breathe. He gave inspiration to a lot of young guitarists by showing that you didn't necessarily have to play like Hendrix or Clapton to be great. No wonder so many of the early British punk rockers emulated his style.
(According to the several narratives I've read about this performance, no one knew that Keith packed additional explosives into his bass drums! Roger's and John's deflection against the explosive indicate the ending completely came undone -- and now the whole thing is off script with only Tommy Smothers to hold it together...and Tommy rolls with it "allowing" Pete to smash his acoustic guitar, then jumping on it himself and then calling for Dick's double bass! Oh, my!)
I remember seeing that when it happened Pac Z on the show.[12 years old] I was kinda pissed that Keith Moon destroyed those drums. [I'm a drummer] But looking back now that's what made The Who who they are now. A rock legend. Wish we had more time with Keith Moon. One of rock's best who left us all too soon. [1978]
@@rdjraa4983 Agreed. Moonie was one of the best. It's ironic though that his drumming style (which undeniably helped to define the who musically and visually) appeared to reflect his out-of-control life -- a life which sadly went permanently out-of-control in '78. (That said, I'm one of those rare folks that likes the Kenny Jones era -- and those last two Who LPs.)
And, supposedly, the explosion caused Bette Davis to faint into Mickey Rooneys' arms. Rooney loved it and screamed "Yeah!" Dunno if this is true but I think it is mentioned in the book The Who: Maximum R&B.
@@dimbulb1178 Yes, that's the first book I read retelling the incident -- way back in '82 or so... (The book also came with a Flexi-disc. Do you still have yours?)
@@pacz8114 I received the book as a Christmas gift in 1982, so it almost certainly came with the disc. I don't know if I still have it. It was a great book, though, written by an band insider. Lots of pictures and stories. Pics of The Detours up through their 1982 tour. I recently found The Who's Schlitz commercial from 1982, which I hadn't seen in nearly four decades: th-cam.com/video/1zcBBFyzgkI/w-d-xo.html
The Who, Rock N' Roll's Loudest Band! The above was originally broadcast via the television Variety Show _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ on Sun, Sep 17, 1967 @ 9pm [CBS; S2E2]. Reportedly, drummer Keith Moon put like ten times more cherry bombs into his bass drum than the band had planned on. Guitarist Pete Townsend's hair was singed and blown to the side like in a cartoon. It's been claimed that Moon's kaboom caused like 50% hearing-loss in Townsend's right ear. However that could've also been caused by Townsend's long-term playing too close to the stacked amplifiers standard for their live-stage performances.
@@theonewhoknows2 : I don't know that. Besides, no amplifier manufacturing/distributing company at all is paying me so much as a penny to promote their products. Time for more Rock N' Roll now: th-cam.com/video/_EBvXpjudf8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/PQjgMF_20dE/w-d-xo.html
I love how disconnected John is to the rest of the band's antics. He just cradles his bass in the shadows.
He’s like why am I here
He always looks so bored, like he's waiting for a bus or something..
@@spazmobot It's effortless for him. So easy.
MothmanGhost yes! I thought the same thing the first time I saw this clip. He figuratively and literally sat in his corner and grooved the hell out of his bass guitar!
@@joshcastro739a bass actually is a guitar you fucking moron
I just love how John is protecting his bass while Pete and Keith are literally destroying stuff
too bad the Ox didn't get to protect his ears
John once remarked that while the others were smashing their instruments, he was polishing his bass.
That bass is a thing to protect, is marvelous.
he's the one balancing their gimmick - without that cool, all of their acts would have been just stupid shenanigans
He is protecting it because he knows the explosion is coming. He would have been in on it. He was quiet but he was Keith's foil.
John wanted none of that. Funmy how he holds his bass tighter when pete is thrashing
Like "you're not getting this one, Pete!"
i would hold that vox with my life as well such a beautiful bass
funmy
I dont blame him, giiven that only a few moments later, Pete grabbed the acoustic from Tommy Smothers.
Rest in peace, Tom Smothers.
Really makes this clip
I love Keith barely playing drums the whole show, gave me a good laugh
Fined4Refined I call it tossing a salad
@@mywhimsylifed.3055 I think serious musicians by this time were fed up with having to use canned or lip synced performances. His behavior reflects that.
@@TexTom1981 I love The Who and especially The Who live. I agree with you.
@@TexTom1981 When part of the kit explodes, a piece hits Keith in the arm, that is why he got up quickly and walked off. You can even see him grab his arm.
@@scottrichter341 I didn't notice that. Good catch.
4:45 John holds his precious bass like it's his child or whatever while everyone else is smashing their instruments.
Roger never mashed instruments, hitting one of the symbols or 2.
The old Vox….is a prize child!
That base is so satisfying to listen to
Yeah I’ve been playing the base for... ever since I can remember! I love shredding, i think I can almost play this base line. It’s a tricky one, too fast!
Greatest baseist of all time!
You mean bass?
@Henry Dunlap 🅱️ASS
@@eliplaysguitar4634 Where's that annoying white cat when we need him?
you can be cool, but you can never be "john playing a bass solo with a straight face" cool
Roger Waters
While your bandmates are trying to one-up each other.
That’s true!
@@ajaxmaxbitch John Entwistle
@@rc3291 Roger Waters
The night i became a Who fan, and Pete lost his hearing.
James Short you saw this live on tv??
What?
@bikersoncall that explosion at the end from Keith packing his drums with extra explosives wasn't planned!! He surprised them, and as a result, Pete Townsend lost a huge amount of his hearing that night!!
Keith Moon ends up with pieces of drum shrapnel in his arm after the explosion. You see him run off stage clutching his arm.
5:18 he yells in pain here
Luv how Rodger stutters when he names the next tune ♪
Kevin Caldwell nervous little thing
That was intentional the song is meant to be stuttered haha
Such an adorable man
@@brittneyking4361 It was purposely done to mock the media at the time saying that generation of kids were all druggies and stupid.
@@87mjung oh
When everyone else was into the Beatles/Stones, I was totally blazing with The Who. 50+ years later, still blazing with The Who🔥
I was into all three and still am.
The Kinks were also great
the zombies were where it’s at
I had no problem liking all three plus the Animals, the KINKS, early Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, well you get the point!
The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles, The Stones, The Zombies, etc.😎🔥🔥
That escalated quickly. There was a freaking EXPLOSION.
Generic Acoustic Guitar yeah
Keith actually hid explosives in his drum kit without telling anyone
@Wenyi108 in the rehearsal , it didn't go off, so the prop guy added a higher "dose" unbeknownst to Moon and another person, who I don't recall, so there were three explosives.
MareShoop oh damn! I didn’t know that
Wenyi108 yes, watch Pete ruffling his singed hair and rubbing his ear , Moon going ouch , he had shrapnel in his arm and Tommy Smothers genuine look of surprise 🤣
The funniest was once Roger realized no one was seriously injured he started cracking up laughing. He probably couldn't believe that just happened nationally across America on live TV! Not sure if it's a rumor, but I heard Betty White was a guest on the show that night and she passed out when the drumkit exploded.
The Who incident
The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series. As the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece ended with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it did not go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[14] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. The blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[15]
The bass drum blew out. It was loud. A few sparks. Not much smoke. A whole lotta nothing!
@@busterbiloxi3833 That's right~ argue with a report from a witness on the day.
For the band it was a defining moment but for Pete it was a deafening moment.
RIP Tommy Smothers - 2023!! One of a Kind!!!
"My friends call me Keith, you can call me John"
From that sentence alone, I became a fan of The Who
Hardly witty. You’re easy to please.
@@busterbiloxi3833 I have a sense of humour
@@busterbiloxi3833I'm sorry you dont get enough attention in your life so you search for it by edginess in comments sections. Hope your life improves!
Keith's middle name was John.
RIP Tommy Smothers! You were clearly a fan and a friend of The Who.
RIP Tom Smothers (February 2, 1937 - December 26, 2023), aged 86
And
RIP the two members of The Who
John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002), aged 57
Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 - September 7, 1978), aged 32
You will be remembered as legends.
Keith is he the drummer?
John is one of smoothest bass players of all time
God that bass tone is incredible for 1967
Not really. Listen to more songs from '67.
Definitely his P bass with a shitload of treble boosted
It's not incredible for 1967 it's just incredible
I liked this sound better than anything else he ever had. It had deep lows and blistering, clean highs. I'm not sure how exactly he got that sound, but I've been striving for it for years. You don't need all kinds of crazy effects for good sound, just the right equipment. I feel bad about Tom Smothers' passing, too. I'm not sure how angry he was when Keith said there's sloppy stagehands, but either that struck a bad nerve, or he was putting on a great act. He seemed much more serious when going straight to the song, so I'm guessing he was upset, but as a professional, he kept it going.
@@pcallas66 I'm sure Tommy wasn't *that* upset, just caught off-guard and improvised.
I think John's tone on this recording could have been his Precision Bass (possibly with a pick, after listening to it closer)? Not sure what amp he might have used.
John at 4:32
"They can't blame me if I ignore the rest of the group. Look only at me."
Also, imagine having his talent & being that nonchalant over that badass bass solo. Incredible.
You can tell that John is the best musician in the band. Doesn't want his best sounding bass damaged.
No it’s definitely Keith moon. Is probably the only band you will see with the drummer getting the most camera time.
@@KlosekRBIsFuckingRetardedsorry, but no. It would be like stating that Vicious was the best musician outta S3x Pist0ls just because he got all the camera...
except that is was staged. Pete didn't smash his expensive guitars. So this is rather about ethics than about talent.
All he plays is pentatonics. Once I heard Pete's solo albums I knew who the talent in this band was.
@@matiasmoulin2126 He smashed Gibsons, Fenders, Rickenbackers... not cheap guitars. The band sometimes went into debt because of the cost of replacing smashed gear.
WOW!
That bass player is
AMAZING!!😮
Entwistle was the goat 💯
Of course……It’s the god of all bass players!
I heard that Entwistle had light brown hair. He began dying it so Roger would stand out. He dyed his hair and beard until around 1980 or 81. Then went grey and
left it.
The origins of punk rock can be traced back to the who
DoubleBarrel2006 and syd barret
The stooges are what really started it all but the who had a huge influence on it, along with the velvet underground and mc5
Punk rock kinda sucks tho The Who and Syd Barret are good
@@johnmenanno2152 Syd had NOTHING to do with punk. Floyd was progressive not punk.
Actually I think you could go back to Johnny Cash and Rockabilly for the origins of Punk...
The story behind this...the band was angry they had to pre-record songs instead of playing live...so Moon and a stagehand decided it was a good idea to put 3X the explosive in the kick drum then they usually used..they didn't warn the rest of the band either...and Moon set it off right when Pete was in the line of fire...has massive hearing problems to this day
I heard Pete said the stage hand had been fired prior to their performance so he also had an axe to grind
But vocals live though right?? No way Roger remembered every single stutter lol
@@JaraArtist I think that ou are correct. If you watch closely the drumming is off but the vocals are not. As noted above they had to pre-record but that's better than just playing the record and lip-synching.
@@selewachm exactly…
Daltrey even throws in some ‘yeahs’ that would be nearly impossible to get right if he was following a recording.
@@TheWorld_2099 yeah if you also look closely his voice gets more faint when the mic goes further away from his face that'd also be hard to pull off if he was lip syncing
Everyone talks about The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, but this is far more interesting in my opinion.
Grant Schinto different years, man. The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, 3 years earlier, paved the way for bands like The Who... and by 1967 the Beatles were already releasing strawberry fields forever and sgt peppers
@Michael H. and everyone else who has replied to my comment so far, I said it was more INTERESTING to me. That's a totally subjective opinion. Of COURSE the Beatles paved the way for The Who and countless others. There's no reason to see my comment as any kind of detraction. I find the banter between Tommy Smothers and the band, and the smashing of their instruments and the exploding amp MORE INTERESTING than the Beatles' appearance on Ed Sullivan.
Translation: you're not telling me anything I don't already know and acknowledge.
While the Beatles on Ed Sullivan was more important, I would rather see this performance happen right in front of me more than seeing The Beatles.
Can’t really compare them to The Beatles
@@georgemartin813 Oh geez, this shit again? Al hail the almighty BEATLES!!!!!
RIP to Tommy Smothers. And John and Keith.
Entwistle was way ahead of his time with his bass playing and tone. Doesn't even anchor his thumb.
@Stick That explains it.
At 5:20 you can hear Keith scream "Oww, pull it out!!!!". A piece of cymbals shrapnel was stuck in his left arm. They were lucky to get out of there with minimal damage!!
Yeah, you can see him clutch his arm and jump off the riser when the bass drum explodes.
Keith's lucky he didn't get contaminated - cymbals are extremely dirty from being handled and very hard to clean - (I used to be a drummer).
But despite that, Keith probably continued with his pyrotechnic practical jokes that almost get out of hand.
Just a bit of hearing loss in Pete's case but that's all
That steady Ox bass though. Aside from the meaning of the song, I’ll always come back to this song to hear one of the best fingerpicking bassists in rock
I absolutely agree with you! 🎸One of the cleanest I ever heard.
4:30 John: "Just look away and I'll be ok"
“My friends call me Keith; you can call me John.”
😂 Talk about a jab back at him for making fun of Keith’s drumming
I don’t get it
@@Jjthecoolesttttt Keith is implying to him to not call him Keith because his friends call him it. He can call him John since he is not his friend lol. Basically his way of saying “go f yourself, you’re not my friend”
@@clc-gl4jn Keith was a funny one
@@Jjthecoolesttttt indeed 😆
Sloppy? My god, the man was more on time than you had off dinners.
My history professor is making our class watch this for an exam and I am SO GLAD
I always love how bored John looks. But man, these guys were top notch musicians.
I love the exchanges with Keith and Tommy "yeah well you have a sloppy stage act" and Tommy screams "OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH" 😂
He said sloppy stage hands.
I love how at the very end Pete walks up to Tommy Smothers with a "any questions" look on his face!
It doesn’t get much more classic than this.
We lost Tommy smothers today. 😥 Rest In Peace Tommy
saw the original broadcast of this just great
The origins of punk rock can be traced back to the who
"My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John"
That base is so satisfying to listen to
That last explosion was legendary
Such a kick ass way to start a kick ass movie!!! That was the essence of The Who when I first discovered them as a kid. And all these years later I still love that moment on The Smothers Brothers. RIP Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Tommy Smothers.
"The Who" - A slap in the face to the world, to wake up and open their eyes to a whole generation of people who were sick and tired of the corrupt leaders of the world leading them to destruction. We could use such a slap today.
Oh, we, no not US, but the so called "leaders" need some of those explosives, sshhhhh. Don't repeat. ;) just rinse.
Roger Waters is still hard at it.
I was just thinking that on 9/11/19. I am old but not dead, listen up millenials!
@@thomaspalmer8059
To be honest, it's the boomers that need the reminder. You know, with them being the current leaders and running things and all.
@@OGEdger the boomers became worse then the old crew!
I love how nobody talks about the obvious fact that Roger was the only member actually playing his "instrument" in this appearance, lol
So this was mimed, other than Roger's vox?
I think maybe the end was live, although if they lip sync'ed, they were excellent for the time.
@@christopherkalble4373 Typical New Yorker... don't know shit. Only an idiot would say The Who sucked live.
@@christopherkalble4373 if u cant stand them... why were u there???
@@rayjohnson2387 Was working with WNEW-FM at the time. Saw many 60's-70's Rock groups. The Who by far were awful.
Pink Floyd did a Midnight concert at Carnegie Hall later that year. Now that was their (as per Gilmore) the best concert they ever did.
Little Stevie Wonder, as he was billed at the time, did one of his 1st gig at The Apollo in Harlem, NY. Now that was a concert.. A pure talent.
Santana, just after their Summer performance at Woodstock was by far the very best concert ever.
Plus Double Trouble with Stevie Ray Vaughn at a small venue in Poughkeepsie, NY smashed the house. Nobody knew who he was at the time. They opened for Edgar Winter and stayed on the stage for three encores. Pure professional. That was with WEOK-AM (now WPDH-FM) then.
That's why I was there Ray...got paid to see these Who babies. Wanna know about their Hollywood Bowl gigs KLOS covered? Don't have time...maybe later.
THE WHO SUCK and Townsend is a pervert. Daltry is a runt and Moon was so whacked out he couldn't keep time. Simply the worst Rock group. The Tommy film was God awful.
The Who in '67 (or any other year) were so good, so unique. And being on the Smothers Brothers show was such a treat. I loved that show. Everything was totally politically incorrect. Great sense of humor. They never took anything seriously.
I love this performance. Liviest performance ever
Besides Pete loss of hearing, Keith injured his arm at the end, you can tell that because roger was checking to see if he’s ok, and you can hear Keith screaming.
Smothers brothers are underrated love them
The Who always tried to one-up each other. This was just fun to watch.
Does no one notice Johns thumb it is so double jointed he has it over his hand
Hahaha! WTF!!?? The ending is epic! And the bass playing is fricking wicked!!
Rest in Peace Tom Smothers
R.I.P. Tommy Smothers (1937-2023).
Never could understand the silliness of breaking up all those instruments at the end of every concert.
the who could afford to buy new equipment, n could afford to pay for damage done to hotel rooms.
The Yardbirds and The Doors did that
@@suburban_guy I've never heard of either of those bands doing that. The most The Doors did that I know of is Jim break a mic stand when drunk, which is a bit different.
I 😂 along with The Who as they endured Smothers Brothers comedy! I loved watching this weekly show that always brought the latest music to my family room.
Excellent! Love Roger from Oz and bowling guitar.
I always thought Pete smashed his guitar in retaliation but now I can see it was all planed
The Smothers Brothers were simply great.
Quelle merveille, tout y est,1967 déjà des artistes
Dude Keith
Is my inspiration
You mean the guys who's dead of a drug OD? You have odd, dead heroes.
@@demef758 Yeah but he also had talent. And I’m a drummer, I like him for drums. Maybe use logic
Essa banda é muito foda!
Keith sounds so different from his later interviews in the 70's
Yeah, he was speaking in his normal voice. In the 70s, he started using a fake Posh accent, i don't know why though!
Cobwebs And Strange Let me introduce you to cocaine, booze and more cocaine
@@klinkov6393 No shit indeed there! Definitely had WAY too much flamboyance and maniacal character! Funny person no doubt though
Adam Markman I have no hate to the Loon, one of my favorite drummers and biggest influences in making my own music.
Certainly had a personality disorder and adopted a Noel Coward voice in later years
My 19 year old Granddaughter loves this ❤
3:15 here the the bass haha, I just noticed the way John folds his thumb, why? haha
TH-cam is such a great time machine. I remember watching a (lower quality) version of this upload back in 08 when I was getting into the band. I still remember they way they introduced themselves.
RIP today, Tommy Smothers.
I actually saw this happen on the TV back in the day!!! Classic!!!
R.I.P. Tommy Smothers
John Entwistle's extremely casual virtuosity and vibe is amazing
Roger from Oz!
I saw them do Tommy at the Fillmore East. What a memory.
the fact he could sing so well with a stutter, its so impressive!!!
He didn't have a stutter that was just in that song.
Da, no stutter. That was Rog sending up the Mods on meth.
@@timtime9167 still impressive
@@DoobyShoo I dig it.
@@DoobyShoo dont forget he was deaf dumb and blind too! He sure did play a mean pinball tho!
Farewell to Tommy Smothers
RIP Tom Smothers.
RIP Tom Smothers
3:33 Love Pete's little fill. The man does have some chops for someone who is known mostly for his rhythm playing
Oh definitely! He just had to hold back a lot because they had a lead drummer and a lead bassist 😄😉
Pete does have some fine chops as a player but I think he was just so amped up and energetic that he preferred doing the crazy rhythm stuff and windmill strums. Playing guitar was a physical experience for him. And it gave them a very unique sound, less wanky guitar solos and more room for the rest of the band to breathe. He gave inspiration to a lot of young guitarists by showing that you didn't necessarily have to play like Hendrix or Clapton to be great. No wonder so many of the early British punk rockers emulated his style.
@@silversnail1413 well said
What a generation!!!!
When I think of the Smothers Brothers I’ll think of this clip of The Who performing.
R.I.P Tom Smothers
(February 2nd, 1937 - December 26th, 2023)
This was the Eric Andre show before the Eric Andre show
(According to the several narratives I've read about this performance, no one knew that Keith packed additional explosives into his bass drums! Roger's and John's deflection against the explosive indicate the ending completely came undone -- and now the whole thing is off script with only Tommy Smothers to hold it together...and Tommy rolls with it "allowing" Pete to smash his acoustic guitar, then jumping on it himself and then calling for Dick's double bass! Oh, my!)
I remember seeing that when it happened Pac Z on the show.[12 years old] I was kinda pissed that Keith Moon destroyed those drums. [I'm a drummer] But looking back now that's what made The Who who they are now. A rock legend. Wish we had more time with Keith Moon. One of rock's best who left us all too soon. [1978]
@@rdjraa4983 Agreed. Moonie was one of the best. It's ironic though that his drumming style (which undeniably helped to define the who musically and visually) appeared to reflect his out-of-control life -- a life which sadly went permanently out-of-control in '78. (That said, I'm one of those rare folks that likes the Kenny Jones era -- and those last two Who LPs.)
And, supposedly, the explosion caused Bette Davis to faint into Mickey Rooneys' arms. Rooney loved it and screamed "Yeah!" Dunno if this is true but I think it is mentioned in the book The Who: Maximum R&B.
@@dimbulb1178 Yes, that's the first book I read retelling the incident -- way back in '82 or so... (The book also came with a Flexi-disc. Do you still have yours?)
@@pacz8114 I received the book as a Christmas gift in 1982, so it almost certainly came with the disc. I don't know if I still have it. It was a great book, though, written by an band insider. Lots of pictures and stories. Pics of The Detours up through their 1982 tour. I recently found The Who's Schlitz commercial from 1982, which I hadn't seen in nearly four decades:
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Man Pete was right in front of that bass drum!
legend is that he lost a good portion of his hearing in his left ear because of it
Pure gold
R.I.P. Tommy 😢
I like how the rest of the group had no problem taking the piss out of anyone without cracking up but Roger always seemed unable to hold his laughter.
Its 2020 and I've never seen anything like this before. I had to go back for this.
John was holding his bass like it’s a child. Like nobody can touch his bass and John didn’t look happy.
I love the 60’s. I wish I was there, but oh, God knows best. ❤️✝️🕊️😭
incredible quality
It doesn’t get more classic than this
It NEVER gets old
True sixties, the decade that will never be replaced, repeated and or replicated 👍🇺🇸
1:15 I can’t explain the awkwardness here
And yet, you had to express you had nothing to add.
RIP Tommy Smothers !!
The Who are the perfect band.
John was the best musician in that band by far
The Who, Rock N' Roll's Loudest Band!
The above was originally broadcast via the television Variety Show _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ on Sun, Sep 17, 1967 @ 9pm [CBS; S2E2].
Reportedly, drummer Keith Moon put like ten times more cherry bombs into his bass drum than the band had planned on. Guitarist Pete Townsend's hair was singed and blown to the side like in a cartoon. It's been claimed that Moon's kaboom caused like 50% hearing-loss in Townsend's right ear. However that could've also been caused by Townsend's long-term playing too close to the stacked amplifiers standard for their live-stage performances.
What?
YOU MEAN HIWATT AMPS. DONT FORGET IT.
@@theonewhoknows2 :
I don't know that. Besides, no amplifier manufacturing/distributing company at all is paying me so much as a penny to promote their products.
Time for more Rock N' Roll now:
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Memorable performance
Today they would be criticized for making of fun of people a stutter😂 great freakin song!
They were so young and talented