the best line is at the end when he finds a woman who makes him feel like a real good looking boy, that's amazing writing, thank you Townshend and thank you Daltry for singing it to perfection.
Because of mean mother who doesn't show him the love that the boy needs. "son, you're you're an ugly boy" IOW son, you are a failure and no one will ever love you like they love Elvis"
I feel the reason is that we are the child and the who are our guidance. At least that's how I feel. Without them knowing it, they practically raised me. They taught me so much about be beauty and love with some extra thrown in. I love all music but nothing so much as Pete , Roger, John and the ginger bread man
"REAL GOOD LOOKING BOY is a song I wrote quite a few years ago about two young men who worry about their looks. One of them, based on me - hopes and believes he might look like his best friend who is a conventionally handsome fellow. (He is disavowed of this notion by his mother). The second, based on Roger - hopes and believes he will one day turn out to be like the young Elvis. (He, more happily, sees part of his dream come true). They both find love in later life." Pete Townshend
It's Simple---- Simply the best. the best vocalist, the best guitarist, the best bassist, the best drummer, the best writer , the best songs, the best rock band ever ---Simple.
the thing about this song is that every single verse literally describes my life in order. in ways it depresses me but i think of it as a way to shortly explain my life ^_^ but sometimes listening to the ending verse makes me think of her. sometimes makes me tear a little :(
Damn good song. An underrated one at that. The post John Entwistle era of the band has some good songs. This is definitely one of them. Endless Wire is a very good album. For me it's one that gets better with age.
This song b on the Who's "Then & Now" CD. A compilation/best of album. This song & "Ol Red Wine" were 2 nu songs added at the end. Don't kno why but this tune always brings a tear me eye. Not supposed to do that w/ Who songs. But it still kicks ass. Whoo-ya!
This is the greatest Who video montage I have ever seen. I'm glad you put Kenny Jones and Zack Starkey in there. This is one of my favorite Who songs too. Thank you for posting this. God bless you.
Wonderful wonderful! I especially liked the Keith Moon tribute. They will always be my favourite band. This is one of their few new songs that really harken back to the old Who and really fun to play on Rock Band 2 to boot!
I love in the documentary how Roger's voice sounds weak as they're rehearsing, then when they record he turns the clock back 30 years and roars like the beast he is. I believe he suffers from a chronic disease called "Bad-ass-itic."
I saw them in Nokia Theatre on Saturday night, and they played this song (it was the first time I heard it) I almost cried. They are so incredible, I wanted the concert to go on forever.
Their isn't one bad note in this song, sad yet uplifting, modern but at times very nostalgic, showing how relevant this group's sound past and present is. I've been fortunate enough to hear this song live and for me it has been and always will be not just about the music but that well Who's left? I'll tell you some other time. Long Live Rock Long Live The Who
no words can really describe how much this song means to me,reminds me of the best mate i ever had,i tell you this neil pal your star shines so bloody bright,crazy times remembered.and to the person who put this up thank you very very much.
everybody saw the tragic train wreck, no one was crazier, and loved as much (like everybody saw Brian Jones' death coming too, but he became pretty unbearable) ...Keith had a wacky lovable quality; drove them insane , but yeah this is definitely about Elvis (because we get the riff) but also Keith --but seriously genius.. Iove this band and have never seen.. . why am I so insistent--man, i waited months outside the 100 nClub n London's oxford St in the 70's just tryin' to get in or catch a glimpse...(:
I thought my pain would never go away...I thought that having to hide my love would be hard...This song...It's powerful...It makes me feel better about so many things...I love her...and this song tells me why...
Pete wrote it about a young man's insecurity comparing himself to Elvis, and then the release he feels when he finds someone later in life who destroys those insecurities.
You have done a really amazing job. This song will always bring a tear to my eye as it makes me think of my son. This was the first song he listened too at about a day and a half old. Thank you.
It's about Pete and Roger as kids admiring and wanting to become Elvis the 'Rock God.' Roger did but Pete's parents said sorry you're 'too ugly.' It's a great song - very emotional and touching.
I abseloutley think Pete's songs have helped me deal with alot in thru my life, being ill and trying to deal with the frustrations it brings up ,while everyone is trying to get me to fucking meditate and be at one with nature(even though i know Townshend does that with his Mehar baba thing) and I want to get back on me motorbike ,get back playing Rock&roll with a band, yeah The Who , Pete, its fucking therapy thats what it is. Thanks for the songs Pete.
Makes me think of the 1970's A's montages they used to show at the Coliseum. Reggie, Vida, Sal, Catfish, Joe Rudi, Campy, Rollie, Kenny Holtzman, Dick Green, Gene Tenace. 3 consecutive World Series and one of the best teams in baseball history.
this is without a doubt, art!!! best montage i have seen, and not just because i love the who, but this just fucking nails it all!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
Great song and yes we all are good looking boys and girls and we know how to have fun and enjoy life to it's fullest potential so this year we will be celebrating his joy,a Mr. Keith moon all drummers day and we are so lucky as drummer, while we are not electric....although the neighbours are not so happy 🙏🤎💜💙💚💛🧡❤️7Seven come on Roger ,under a raging moon but what about 70.000😊❤🐻🥁🎶😊☀️🤗😉🙃🙂💯
“In this long line there’s been some real strange genes You got ‘em all with some extras thrown in” Who else could write a song with that line and actually make it fit in a song?
MY FAVOURITE WHO SONG, PLEASE LISTEN.......... "Real Good Looking Boy is a song I wrote quite a few years ago about two young men who worry about their looks. One of them, based on me - hopes and believes he might look like his best friend who is a conventionally handsome fellow. (He is disavowed of this notion by his mother). The second, based on Roger - hopes and believes he will one day turn out to be like the young Elvis. (He, more happily, sees part of his dream come true). They both find love in later life." - Pete Townshend
For those that dont know, this song was about 2 the two members (roger and pete) when they were boys, with pete being the self concious one about his looks (mainly from his mother) and comparing to roger, who seems to be the new elvis
the best line is at the end when he finds a woman who makes him feel like a real good looking boy, that's amazing writing, thank you Townshend and thank you Daltry for singing it to perfection.
I always cry listening to this song.
I don't even know why either.
I just... get so emotional...
2021 still do
Because of mean mother who doesn't show him the love that the boy needs. "son, you're you're an ugly boy" IOW son, you are a failure and no one will ever love you like they love Elvis"
Yes I do too. Can't explain it other than somehow pertaining to my own life. It's a great song. Classic who with Pete's guitar playing.
Being a father, it's a great song, god bless all the fathers out there, be proud of your kids ..... :)
I feel the reason is that we are the child and the who are our guidance. At least that's how I feel. Without them knowing it, they practically raised me. They taught me so much about be beauty and love with some extra thrown in. I love all music but nothing so much as Pete , Roger, John and the ginger bread man
"REAL GOOD LOOKING BOY is a song I wrote quite a few years ago about two young men who worry about their looks. One of them, based on me - hopes and believes he might look like his best friend who is a conventionally handsome fellow. (He is disavowed of this notion by his mother). The second, based on Roger - hopes and believes he will one day turn out to be like the young Elvis. (He, more happily, sees part of his dream come true). They both find love in later life."
Pete Townshend
Who are the others giving credit for writing Pete?
Great song Pete .......congrats
Yes what a great song we came up with Big P. 💪🏻
Thanks for taking my advice.
The greatest songwriter to ever live. 💪🎶🎼❤️🎸
It's Simple---- Simply the best. the best vocalist, the best guitarist, the best bassist, the best drummer, the best writer , the best songs, the best rock band ever ---Simple.
Merci c'est exact
I can cry watching these , they will always be leyends
the thing about this song is that every single verse literally describes my life in order. in ways it depresses me but i think of it as a way to shortly explain my life ^_^ but sometimes listening to the ending verse makes me think of her. sometimes makes me tear a little :(
my father used to sing this song to me for years and used to say that i’m the “real good looking boy” i miss and love you dad RIP 6/4/55-4/15/23
I don't entirely understand why, but a little into the song i started crying.
I completely understand👍
This song just evokes all kind of emotion. I really can't put my finger on it. It's just powerful.
Pete is HAPPY Keith and John are dead.
@@petebradt😤
Yes HE said that !! 🤬🤬🤬 "Nos so good musicians" how dare youb,Pete???!!!
This song is phenomenal!
what a great tribute form Pete & Roger to all those years gone, very moving and nostalgic... but you know in the end, The Who never gets old!!!
Damn good song. An underrated one at that. The post John Entwistle era of the band has some good songs. This is definitely one of them. Endless Wire is a very good album. For me it's one that gets better with age.
+Bret Bailey They're incredible!! They really get better with age (if that's possible)
This song b on the Who's "Then & Now" CD. A compilation/best of album. This song & "Ol Red Wine" were 2 nu songs added at the end. Don't kno why but this tune always brings a tear me eye. Not supposed to do that w/ Who songs. But it still kicks ass. Whoo-ya!
@@heynow4512 idk Baba O’Reilly also brings tears to my eyes
This is the greatest Who video montage I have ever seen. I'm glad you put Kenny Jones and Zack Starkey in there. This is one of my favorite Who songs too. Thank you for posting this. God bless you.
Wonderful wonderful! I especially liked the Keith Moon tribute. They will always be my favourite band. This is one of their few new songs that really harken back to the old Who and really fun to play on Rock Band 2 to boot!
Exact
I love this song! 40 years old and the lyrics are still beautiful.
Lucky fucks and angels 👼😬
This montage was obviously a labor of love. Good job!
dedicated to the lovin memory of the great john entwistle and the great keith moon! long live the who!! long live rock!!
I love in the documentary how Roger's voice sounds weak as they're rehearsing, then when they record he turns the clock back 30 years and roars like the beast he is. I believe he suffers from a chronic disease called "Bad-ass-itic."
RIP Greg Lake, the good-looking boy who played bass on this record.
There is nothing like an introspective Townshend.
I saw them live with my dad too and they started playing this song...it was beyond amazing.
Simply one of the best songs ever written from the best band there has ever been. THE WHO R THE BEST.
I saw them in Nokia Theatre on Saturday night, and they played this song (it was the first time I heard it) I almost cried. They are so incredible, I wanted the concert to go on forever.
Without Entwistle, there is no Who. Period.
Their isn't one bad note in this song, sad yet uplifting, modern but at times very nostalgic, showing how relevant this group's sound past and present is. I've been fortunate enough to hear this song live and for me it has been and always will be not just about the music but that well Who's left? I'll tell you some other time. Long Live Rock Long Live The Who
no words can really describe how much this song means to me,reminds me of the best mate i ever had,i tell you this neil pal your star shines so bloody bright,crazy times remembered.and to the person who put this up thank you very very much.
Beautiful song-- so much truth and vulnerability ("God gave me a grace...") AND a superb video-- thank you!!
God bless Peter Townshend
Cette vidéo et cette chanson je l'écouterai toute les années qu'il me reste,le 17.09.2024
great, great, beautiful, excellent clip...
brought me to tears!
LONG LIVE THE WHO!!!!!
best drummer and bassist of ever
That is really a GREAT song, Pete Townshend, Lennon/McCartney, F. Mercury, Brian May and Eddie Van Halen, greatest geniuses of rock.
Great classic The Who album!! Rest in Heaven forever to John "Thunder fingers" Entwhiste and ELP's Greg Lake!!
these clips are a great summary of the band since they have formed.
this song might not be everyone's favorite but it sure is mine!!
I commented a while back but I still watch this video :). It makes me love the band more than I already do. True legends. The best of the best.
Epic tribute, so touching and full of reverence.
Fantastic collage of so many wonderful WHO moments
I love this song so much...also this video is an amazing tribute to the awesome but troubled Keith Moon!
everybody saw the tragic train wreck, no one was crazier, and loved as much (like everybody saw Brian Jones' death coming too, but he became pretty unbearable) ...Keith had a wacky lovable quality; drove them insane , but yeah this is definitely about Elvis (because we get the riff) but also Keith --but seriously genius.. Iove this band and have never seen.. . why am I so insistent--man, i waited months outside the 100 nClub n London's oxford St in the 70's just tryin' to get in or catch a glimpse...(:
@Richard Zcent yes, obviously the song is about Elvis. I said the 'music video' is an amazing tribute to Keith Moon, not the song.
I thought my pain would never go away...I thought that having to hide my love would be hard...This song...It's powerful...It makes me feel better about so many things...I love her...and this song tells me why...
Great band!
this song is melancholy personified to me ever since i listend to it as a child.
Happy birthday Keith. We love you.
Elvis always my favorite. The Who are great
Song is about Elvis, Roger says as much when he performs it live. Old Red Wine is about John.
Pete wrote it about a young man's insecurity comparing himself to Elvis, and then the release he feels when he finds someone later in life who destroys those insecurities.
multiple goosebumps moments in this one. a kick ass tear-jerker!
You have done a really amazing job. This song will always bring a tear to my eye as it makes me think of my son. This was the first song he listened too at about a day and a half old.
Thank you.
Love me some who makes me smile and happy in kind to a shit world
how good is this song they did the king proud! why has it not got more hits??
Gets better every time I hear it.
That was awsome. A really good retro...nice timing on the cuts too. I'm gonna watch it again.
thanks
Amazing song, amazing group.
Still remember seeing The Who in concert like it was yesterday.
Love the clips and pics, one of my favorite to belt out.
Wow, One of the best montages of a rock band I've seen made by a guy on youtube. Well done mate.
Diosssss...! La piel de gallina te pone esto!
Qué bonito!!!!!!
Just love this song!
this just one of those songs that just touchs the heart
roger is just geting better the older he gets
amezing singer from one of the greatest bands of all time
Awesome in tears now
When Buddy Rich got to Heaven, he handed his drumsticks to Keith and said, "Show me how you do that."
It's about Pete and Roger as kids admiring and wanting to become Elvis the 'Rock God.' Roger did but Pete's parents said sorry you're 'too ugly.' It's a great song - very emotional and touching.
While this song isn't classic Who, it perfectly showcases the power of Rogers' voice.
best fucking montage of anything i have ever seen.
the who = the greatest rock and roll band ever
pete townshend = god
in this long line.. there's been some real strange genes... you got em all... you got em all with some extras thrown in... lol
my favorite lyric... :)
This is amazing, a brilliant blend of the song and clips. You have done a fucking fantastic job and one which really does this amazing band justice.
I like when Pete slides on his knees
I abseloutley think Pete's songs have helped me deal with alot in thru my life, being ill and trying to deal with the frustrations it brings up ,while everyone is trying to get me to fucking meditate and be at one with nature(even though i know Townshend does that with his Mehar baba thing) and I want to get back on me motorbike ,get back playing Rock&roll with a band, yeah The Who , Pete, its fucking therapy thats what it is. Thanks for the songs Pete.
When this song came out in the early 2000's, it felt like there was no recording break from the 1980's.
Greg Lake plays bass on this track - ✌🏻🎶🎸
John would have made it an even greater song
This brought me to tears....
Holy Crap!!! What a niice song with a beautiful lyric !!!!
En 2024 , les plus grands c'est toujours the who
Fucking love this song
Just listened to it again... WOW!!
This is an excellent, excellent montage! Thanks for making this.
Good tribute! makes me think about "The King" too!
Labour of love...nice one.
What a song.
3:17-3:58
RIP Keith
The thunder in the sky is Keith's drums in heaven
wow i'm crying, Fantastic video
Makes me think of the 1970's A's montages they used to show at the Coliseum. Reggie, Vida, Sal, Catfish, Joe Rudi, Campy, Rollie, Kenny Holtzman, Dick Green, Gene Tenace. 3 consecutive World Series and one of the best teams in baseball history.
On October 20th, I will be having my first dance with my husband to this song.
it doesn't matter if you are bad looking if you are the guitarist of the best band ever !
What townshend didnt understand about this as a kid is NOBODY had a face like young elvis! Townshends eyes are beautiful!
love this song, sounds like old who, seems like is was written a long time ago.
Thanks for putting this up, it's awesome! ^.^
Thank you for making this video! I'm tearing up.
this is without a doubt, art!!! best montage i have seen, and not just because i love the who, but this just fucking nails it all!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
best drummer ever
R.I.P. keith moon
thank you, it's my band, i have 53 years old and to day i'm happy and sad...very sad...biggest emotion
Amazing! What an awesome tribute!
Great video, last time i saw them live they played montage of old elvis footage during this, moving stuff indeed.....
Great song and yes we all are good looking boys and girls and we know how to have fun and enjoy life to it's fullest potential so this year we will be celebrating his joy,a Mr. Keith moon all drummers day and we are so lucky as drummer, while we are not electric....although the neighbours are not so happy
🙏🤎💜💙💚💛🧡❤️7Seven come on Roger ,under a raging moon but what about 70.000😊❤🐻🥁🎶😊☀️🤗😉🙃🙂💯
Excellent video. Thanks for making it and thanks for sharing it.
“In this long line there’s been some real strange genes
You got ‘em all with some extras thrown in”
Who else could write a song with that line and actually make it fit in a song?
ROCK GODS, amongst mortals!
the who will never die as long as they have their fans
This should've been number 1.
MY FAVOURITE WHO SONG, PLEASE LISTEN..........
"Real Good Looking Boy is a song I wrote quite a few years ago about two young men who worry about their looks. One of them, based on me - hopes and believes he might look like his best friend who is a conventionally handsome fellow. (He is disavowed of this notion by his mother). The second, based on Roger - hopes and believes he will one day turn out to be like the young Elvis. (He, more happily, sees part of his dream come true). They both find love in later life." - Pete Townshend
This is an underrated and mostly unknown masterpiece by Townshend
For those that dont know, this song was about 2 the two members (roger and pete) when they were boys, with pete being the self concious one about his looks (mainly from his mother) and comparing to roger, who seems to be the new elvis
The who is simply FUCKING AMAZING!
TRUE FAN HERE!
Just wish i was born in the 1950's so i could see them with keith !!
awesome song and an awesome vid
Greg Lake on Bass here.