@Mike Daley, Alice Cooper once said, “Everything you’ve heard about me, Ozzy or Iggy is about 40% true. Everything you’ve heard about Keith Moon is 100% true and you’ve only heard 10% of it”
Speaking of CSI: Check out the four CSI theme songs: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” WHO ARE YOU - THE WHO. The original series ran for 15 seasons! ... “CSI: Miami” WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO. ... “CSI: New York” BABA O'REILLY - THE WHO. ... “CSI: Cyber” I CAN SEE FOR MILES - THE WHO
Thank you, William Riddlesworth! I was checking the comments to see if someone had listed the songs used in the various CSI television series. Thank you for listing them! Stay safe and healthy! Peace! :-)
Several years ago when my daughter was around 16 years old she shocked the hell out of me when she asked if I had this song. Of course I said I sure do, so I made her a CD with this song and several others that I never would have guessed that she knew and liked. I was a happy father that day knowing she was listening to great music.
James Kirschling got to keep the younger generation listening to the great music of the past! Because what we have today doesn’t compare! So sad really....
@@mattharvey968 Not true, there is great music today, like in every generation. Look up Larkin Poe, Dodie, Christine and The Queens, dozens of others. I'm 74 years old by the way and knew The Who personally in the 60s
He's not wrong, but we get to look back at yall's greats, and draw corrollaries to our own to see which are worthwhile. But I would indeed do just about anything to see The Who, the Dan, Rush, etc live. OK FINE YALL WERE SPOILED 😂😂😂
Jamel...you don't "listen" to music...you absorb it...which is great to see from a guy that grew up with all this stuff...it was life giving to us...happy memories my man...thanks for your reactions to our great music. ✊🏻
Seen The Who on most tours since the 1982 Farewell Tour. Kenney Jones is a fine drummer, but didn't fit (but his stuff w/The Faces and Small Faces is awesome), Simon Phillips was better on the Townshend solo albums. Zak is just plain amazing IMHO
Scott, Roger talks about Kenny not being a good fit in his book. I do like face dances, but Kenny's drumming. So tight, it was too much of a change from Keith wild style
Fell in love with these guys as a teenager. 48 years ago . I am their number one fan. Man Keith on those drums wow! Enwhistle on bass. Pete on guitar and omg Roger's vocals . Love them forever! 💕
I finally figured out why I like your reactions so much. Others try to be critics, while you approach it from the viewpoint of a fan. You are looking for something to enjoy, which is how I approach music! You rock, brother.
Pete Townsend is one of the greatest song writers ever. Think about it. He was writing pretty much all the who songs and his own career also. That's a lot of songs.
I'm glad you were hooked up with the "original" uncensored version. It took the Morality Police like 35 years to realize they drop 2 "F bombs" in the song. Now they ask "Who the Hell are you?". Sad.....just sad.
Jamel, I know you know this by now, but it's been so COOL for us to know that all the CSI's were opened with the WHO songs. A lot of people don't know they're old songs, but they work SO well as the beginning theme songs for those shows.
@@nellgwenn influences probably don't always come through in the most recognizable ways. Some of my influences just got me to realize the fun of the instrument and not much of their technique is something I use. Usually not like that tho
🤘🤘❤️🤘🤘 Oh Man Pete really gets in his guitar work and Keith just kills the drums like a madman as always!!! And then Roger just delivers the exact right vocals!!!!! Soooooooo good!!!!! This is such a JAM!!!!! 😁🤘🤘
I was cruisin' and smokin' with my pals when this came out in '78. I still have the vinyl LP. Fresh off the record shelf. I was 20 years old. I'm a young 62 now. I was carded at the local Walmart this morning because they were only allowing 60 years and over shoppers. 😀 The 70's rocked bro.
I saw The Who do this live in Houston in '80, Townsend played the guitar overhanded:) They did a version of "Magic Bus" that was amazing, huge bass solo.
Pete Townshend wrote this after being woken up drunk on brandy in an alleyway by a cop who said, "I'll let you go home if you can get up and walk away."
Well, if you're Pete Townshend and you spend a drunken night spouting off and getting into fights at the Hard Rock Cafe and possibly various other locations around London, you write an epic song about it.
Supposedly after fighting with the Sex Pistols who were calling him washed up. Well "who are you?" was his reply. And THEN he wrote a killer song about it! Who are you indeed.....
@@gasaholic47 the entire Mod scene led into the Punk scene in one way or another. Mod started out very working class and DIY until corporations repackaged and resold it.
He'd passed out drunk after collecting a massive royalty check, something like £6 million; he encountered Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols at the pub. They were cool with him, but talking with them made him even more sure that the Who were dinosaurs, sellout. The check was still in his pocket ("Looked back on my busy day" "11 hours in the Tin Pan", like Tin Pan Alley, where songwriters used to work way back in the Sinatra days, etc). When the cop let him off, he was belligerent and hollered "Who the fuck are YOU?!" The Rolling Pin was a pub, so he went and continued drinking. He felt unworthy of all the adulation-- "I spill out like a sewer hole, and still receive your kiss... " and wrote this song with a massive hangover. The whole Who Are You album is about his feelings of being obsolete and a hack. The first song is "New Song", all about him pulling a new song out of his ass, loading it up with what he felt were Who trademark cliches, and people would automatically love it without thinking.
Imagine seeing them live! They have so many excellent songs, it's tough to get them all into a three hour show/concert. Your amazement at the sound of their songs and Who did it is excellent!
@@scottferrell2806 That song is on my list of songs I listen to with some frequency. You can feel the emotion that Roger is feeling with the lyrics. Daltrey did a song for Keith on his Under a Raging Mood about the death of Keith and John Entwistle wanted to play it instead of Won't Get Fooled Again at Live Aid but Townshend vetoed it.
@@stevemundy4511 "Love reign O're me" is their classiest song. I'd add "Boris the Spider" just because it was the ever heavy metal first death singing, sung by Entwistle
So now you know Keith Moon -- 'perhaps' the greatest drummer of all time -- certainly an inspiration to Neil Pert and every other drummer in the history of the universe. Famously in 1973 Keith Moon, after enjoying some elephant tranquilizers with his booz and drugs, passed out in concert. So Pete Townsend asked if anyone in the audience could play the drums for the rest of the concert. And some guy got up on stage, Scot Halpin, and played the rest of the set! .... Ah, the 70's.
There is a High-Quality video of them doing this song in a studio with Kieth Moon and his headset taped to his head...................they really feed off each otherin it. Great tune....great tune. Now you have to listen to Eminence Front.
The expressions Keith Moon did when the Promo Version was made. They were one of a kind. I believe he was the one who had other drummers to start drumming like wild drummers. RIP Keith Moon.
@@waynec3563 You've got the right songs to listen to my friend. I prefer obscure Who music that isn't played on the radio. Quadrophenia in its entity is amazing to start with. Hope he picks from your list next. Happy Who Year!! Long Live Rock 🎸 🎯🎶
A Quick one while he's away - from the rock n roll circus..... on of the greatest live performances ever. The who blew the rolling stones off the stage. This video will give insight into the energy of the Who
A Quick One is one of the reasons that the Rock 'n' Roll Circus film wasn't released for a long long time. The Stones were embarassed at being upstaged that much.
"I know there's a place you walked, where love falls from the trees. My heart is like a broken cup, I only feel right on my knees. I spit out like a sewer hole, yet still receive your kiss. How can I measure up to anyone now after such a love as this?" Pete Townshend said this song is a prayer to God. Just like the song Bargain is.
This is one of their most recognizable songs, as evidenced by you knowing that piece of it is EVERYWHERE lol. It's what they're "known for" to a lot of people, but they have so many other great hits.
gotta give the who their strong due.... this was a good 15 years into their journey & they brought to the table all the goods. no one lost anything here. tour de force.
Pete studied Flaminco guitar and wails on those chords. He also wrote a book called A Horses Neck. I read it as a teenager all this inspiration to learn and teach music... Windmill strums and broken guitars.. ROCK AND ROLL.
@@glynissigrist2442 Not true. This song is based on a day in the life of Pete Townshend. It began with a very long meeting dealing with royalties for his songs: "Eleven hours in the Tin Pan, God, there's got to be another way." The "Tin Pan" he is referring to is "Tin Pan Alley" which is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States. After this excruciating meeting he received a large check for royalties, left and went to a bar and got completely drunk. In that bar he encountered Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, who thought very highly of Pete for paving the way for punk rock music. Townshend was conflicted because he feared The Who had sold out, and seeing The Sex Pistols, who were icons of rebellion, exacerbated him even more. Pete left that bar and passed out in a random doorway in Soho (a part of New York). A policeman recognized him ("A policeman knew my name") and being kind, woke him and and told him, "You can go sleep at home tonight (instead of a jail cell), if you can get up and walk away." Pete's response: "Who the f--k are you?" >>
Gordon Blair I hear what you say and agree the reference to Tin Pan Alley and Soho and Pete Townsend being in New York at the time but he mixed American and English terms in the lyrics with reference to the ‘underground’ and ‘tube’ both of which are definitely in London and are English terms. That is why the misunderstanding about SoHo and Soho.
Don't know what your problem is and don't care. Yes, I've been been watching and enjoying Jamal's videos awhile and have a sense he might like it knowing a little of his taste. Then again, who knows, he might not. Fuck off.
The finest compliment i've ever received, musically, is that the band i was playing with "rocked as hard as the Who." i disagreed, for yes, we rocked as hard as we could, but it certainly wasn't as hard as the Who rocked. We were terribly flattered, but we weren't worthy of that comparison! Still, it felt good. Still does. We love you, Jamel. You rock as hard as the Who.
Nah. The Who were really struggling by the mid 1980s. Eminence Front is a pretty decent song and certainly better than anything else on their later albums. You Better You Bet is catchy but forgettable. But neither are a patch on anything from their 1965 to 1973 period,when they were at their creative peak.
@@montag4516 You Better You Bet and Eminence Front both was a reach out to the younger generation. Those songs got all the air time and it worked. The Who's record sales jumped 500% when Face Dances and It's Hard hit the airwaves.
Jamal i've been binge watching your reactions and you're the best. Your breakdown of the music and the lyrics are incredible. Love how you explain the Moody Blues and The Who as going on a Journey which it is actually how it felt listening to their Albums. Thanks and look forward to listening and watching more.
I knew this one was coming... so great to see tour reaction. My fav bamd. I'd suggest the next songs: 1. "Love reign o'er me" from the rock opera Quadrophenia. Closing song. Probably Roger Daltrey's best vocals and Keith Moon's most symphonic drumming. 2. "Baba O'Riley", from same album as "Won't get fooled again". Some iconic lines also in the lyrics, you will identify immediately. 3. "Young man blues" live version from the Isle of Wight concert in 1970. To fully appreciate what The Who were at their prime. 4. "Pinball wizard", "Oberture" from the (first) rock Opera, "Tommy". A must listen in its entirety. 5. "Bargain", personally one of my favorites, less epic in appearance but deep lyrics and some of Keith Moon's best drumming ever. 6. "The real me" from Quadrophenia. One of the best bass playings ever by the quiet man John Enwistle. 7. "Behind blue eyes". 8. "I can see for miles" 9. "My generation" 10. "You better you bet" And down the rabbit hole you go! Peace out!
Nope, that's Pete on an acoustic, thoroughly coked up. Saw an interview with him some years ago where he talked about it, mostly that he couldn't remember actually doing it.
Wow! What a great song from a great band! I love the music from this band, too! Who the $*^@ are you? That was very risky in the 1970’s! Great reaction, Janel. Thank you for reacting to this song.
He did not die from drugs and alcohol. He had just reached 6 months sober! He died by taking too many of the anti alcohol pills he was prescribed. He was completely sober for months and that was a massive achievement for him. He died just as he was cleaning his life up. Terrible tragedy.
If I lose it I will buy another. I began listening in junior high because John Entwhistle was playing french horn on the back cover. That was my instrument, and still love the sound it produces. Listen to Tommy, either original or the movie version.
You, Good Sir, are aging like a fine bourbon. You are *not* old. If you listen to the Who for a lifetime, it is unlikely that you will *ever* grow old. Cheers to you- and cheers to The Who.
@@TheAmazingSnarf So true! They have talent to keep living as long as we can hear. I still have my first LP with John Entwhistle playing his french horn on the back cover.
@@tyronesharp401 who by numbers is an underrated album. Buyers stay focused here. We need him to hear "The real me" it is truly an epic sound. Everyone is at the top of their game on that song
Give "I Can See for Miles" a listen. It's astonishing, and way ahead of it's time. Pete Townshend has said that's it's the song he's most proud to have written.
I had the same experience with “My City Was Gone” by The Pretenders. I had heard the bass and drum intro on a talk radio show, but never knew where it came from. Blew my mind hearing the rest of the song.
Who are you is Pete asking God Who He is. Roger took the sweet melody and blasted away, completely changing the tone of the song. It was my favorite song for years!
I think The Who get overlooked in favor of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones & The Beatles, but they are right up there with all of them. Very underrated in my opinion🤔
" The most terrifying thing that ever happened to me in my life is when Keith Moon decided that he liked me.." -- Joe Walsh
And fortunately Joe survived it....
LOL! Hysterical!
That's perfect
@Mike Daley, Alice Cooper once said, “Everything you’ve heard about me, Ozzy or Iggy is about 40% true. Everything you’ve heard about Keith Moon is 100% true and you’ve only heard 10% of it”
PMSL.
Roger Daltrey's voice is an unmistakable, one of a kind voice.
And a great showman too
Too cool for school.
He decided on that voice after Tommy, before that he used a lot of different styles. After Tommy well the rest is history.
He and Pete sound pretty damn similar, Pete was too shy to sing.
John Fogerty in USA; Roger Daltrey in UK.
People still ask, "The Beatles or the Stones?". I always answer, "Who?".
Not a good comparison imho, Stones Roll and The Who Rocks.
Stones suck compared to The Who, quality over quantity
Zeppelin
Guess Who?
Beatles
Imagine loving music and just learning about The Who, what a gift.
I still miss Keith Moon and John Entwhistle.
I miss Keith Moon every day!
Entwistle is spelt ENTWISLE not Entwhisle as the Ox once said
Best rhythm section in rock ever.
Moon the Loon and The Ox were the best at their craft
Boris the spider. Entwistle was very underrated.
I love watching expressions on younger peoples faces when they hear real music for the first time..
Especially from 80's-70s-60s
Plenty of real music still being made every day. And it's not all rock. Agree it's cool to turn folks on to great music from back in the day.
Amen Brother, I'm 66 and and new music was weekly. Great times and memories!
LATE 60s and 70s for me WHO rare you was RELEASED IN 1978 .. Love them 70s baby
No way the late 60s and the 70s BABY
Truly one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Loved your reaction sir
Keith Moon was the master of lead drums. along with lead bassists John Entwhistle, made up the greatest lead rtyhym section ever.
~ There's no h in the name Entwistle.
Now THAT'S a bass solo!!
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Well said 😁
Speaking of CSI:
Check out the four CSI theme songs:
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” WHO ARE YOU - THE WHO. The original series ran for 15 seasons! ...
“CSI: Miami” WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - THE WHO. ...
“CSI: New York” BABA O'REILLY - THE WHO. ...
“CSI: Cyber” I CAN SEE FOR MILES - THE WHO
Thank you, William Riddlesworth! I was checking the comments to see if someone had listed the songs used in the various CSI television series. Thank you for listing them! Stay safe and healthy! Peace! :-)
AND the singer Roger Daltry has been included in the main series as a prominent suspect character.
CSI: London was to use Eminence Front but I don't think it got beyond the pilot
Tony Richards I was thinking that but couldn’t recall.
looks like our double murder just turned into a triple..........WHHOOOAAAHHH
Several years ago when my daughter was around 16 years old she shocked the hell out of me when she asked if I had this song. Of course I said I sure do, so I made her a CD with this song and several others that I never would have guessed that she knew and liked. I was a happy father that day knowing she was listening to great music.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL AS AN UNCLE I FEED AND SHOVE GREAT MUSIC TO MY 1O YEAR OLD NEPHEW & SOON TO BE 8 YEAR OLD NIECE DAILY
Dad goals!
James Kirschling got to keep the younger generation listening to the great music of the past! Because what we have today doesn’t compare! So sad really....
@@mattharvey968 Not true, there is great music today, like in every generation. Look up Larkin Poe, Dodie, Christine and The Queens, dozens of others. I'm 74 years old by the way and knew The Who personally in the 60s
Cool story bro 👍
My son tells me that his generation got gypped because mine had all the greatest bands
He's not wrong, but we get to look back at yall's greats, and draw corrollaries to our own to see which are worthwhile. But I would indeed do just about anything to see The Who, the Dan, Rush, etc live. OK FINE YALL WERE SPOILED 😂😂😂
Smart boy has a good point!!
Lol.. I hear it from my son also..
Your son is right. I grew up in the 2000s. Do you have any idea what we have to listen to in the radio now? Its horrible.😞
Listen to the mix....they were really doin new stuff in the studio at the time.
Jamel...you don't "listen" to music...you absorb it...which is great to see from a guy that grew up with all this stuff...it was life giving to us...happy memories my man...thanks for your reactions to our great music. ✊🏻
👍
The Who - Baba O’Riley is a classic one
One of the greatest songs ever.
Keith Moon taught Ringo Stars son how to play drums as kid. Now HE is the who's drummer
I just looked him up and it blew my fucking mind. Thanks mate :)
Seen The Who on most tours since the 1982 Farewell Tour. Kenney Jones is a fine drummer, but didn't fit (but his stuff w/The Faces and Small Faces is awesome), Simon Phillips was better on the Townshend solo albums. Zak is just plain amazing IMHO
Scott, Roger talks about Kenny not being a good fit in his book. I do like face dances, but Kenny's drumming. So tight, it was too much of a change from Keith wild style
I love the synchronicotu of that just the same.
Saw Zac holding down the rhythm for the Who in St. Louis, Mo...fanfreakingtastic job.
That one note at 5:20 is one of my favorite notes. It's just so RIGHT.
Fell in love with these guys as a teenager. 48 years ago . I am their number one fan. Man Keith on those drums wow! Enwhistle on bass. Pete on guitar and omg Roger's vocals . Love them forever! 💕
"Love Reign Over Me" by The Who is another must to react to.
Coolrockndad he did 🤗
@@bapples Please look at the time lines. I posted this before "Love Reign O'er Me" was posted. ;-)
You mentioned the drums, Keith Moon was one of the greatest drummers of all time
THE greatest (my humble opinion)
Its either Moon, Peart, or Bonham
..... And he didn't use a hi hat !
@@cjm-jr9xk three greats but I'll have to go with Moon the Loon.
@@ericloflin3880 pick one, and they are the best. Goats
I finally figured out why I like your reactions so much. Others try to be critics, while you approach it from the viewpoint of a fan. You are looking for something to enjoy, which is how I approach music! You rock, brother.
I'm an old man that loves his old man music. Glad to see you do too
That blistering performance during that middle of the song breakdown you were asking about was their fantastic bass guitar player John Entwistle .
Pete Townsend is one of the greatest song writers ever. Think about it. He was writing pretty much all the who songs and his own career also. That's a lot of songs.
And he is still writing and he is almost 75.
@EriolTolkien Don't forget that on Won’t Get Fooled Again, it was the first time in rock that a synthesizer was used for the musical opening.
Kanye Who?
It's no joke how amazing Pete Townshend was. I try to never even think there was a single GOAT. I am just thankful we have so many great ones.
@@joelgardner1635 yes kanye who?
you've just experienced the greatest "lead" drummer in rock history. He plays the drums like a lead guitar or lead keys. Just incredible.
Keith Moon was an incredibly funny dude. One of my favorite drummers. He has a blast playing this song. Pre punk. Love it! Thank you!
Mooney was the best,him and ginger baker was awesome
I'm glad you were hooked up with the "original" uncensored version. It took the Morality Police like 35 years to realize they drop 2 "F bombs" in the song. Now they ask "Who the Hell are you?". Sad.....just sad.
The slickest f-bombs on the airwaves ever!
This is STILL 🔥 🔥!!
@@designstudio8013 Fuckin’ a right!!
Great f****** music
@@coreynewell9673 Yep. I still do "air guitar" when these songs come up on my iPod. I especially look like an idiot in my car 😁.
Keith Moon sitting in the Not to be Taken Away chair.
And shortly after that album he was taken away.
Sass McG yeah, that was the point of the comment. 🙄
The day they announced his death, I put this on and when I looked at that cover, I legit burst into tears...that "Not To Be Taken Away"....feels.
Moon The Loon is what he was often called.
wasn't long after this
5:43 "Who is that? What is that?"
That's John Entwhistle R.I.P.
bass guitarist not bassist
~ It's "Entwistle, _not_ "Entwhistle." No h. It's actually depressing how many people can't get that right.
@@5jerry1 truly depressing indeed
Music magic! The drums were over the MOON! r.i.p. and the screams are timeless. One of the best groups ever!
Several songs by The Who you must react to are "Magic Bus", "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "I Can See For Miles".
Agreed, also A Quick One, Tattoo, Boris the Spider, etc. 60s Who needs some love too
Bargain
and he has to do Mobile
I Can See for Miles is amazing. The entirety of the Who Sell Out is amazing.
"Squeeze box"
check out "Eminence Front"by the who,cool song
steven lafrance It’s a put on!
@@susanmaggiora4800 "people forget"
Very much so.
steven lafrance “Forget they’re hiding”
EMINENCE FRONT 😎
CSI or Crime Scene Investigation used all The Who tracks on introductions. Great series as well.
Most UNDERRATED band ever!!!!
LOL NOT EVEN THE BEST SONG ON THIS ALBUM!!!UNREAL!!!
Jamel, I know you know this by now, but it's been so COOL for us to know that all the CSI's were opened with the WHO songs. A lot of people don't know they're old songs, but they work SO well as the beginning theme songs for those shows.
I can see for miles. A song of theirs that gets overlooked too often 🙌🏼
Muriel Antone The early ‘heavy metal’ vibe of that song inspired Paul McCartney to write “Helter Skelter”
Again, Keith Moon was one of Neil, Peart's greatest in fluences on drums!
And Gene Krupa was Keith Moon's greatest influences.
Greats influence greats
@A S I don't hear or see anything in Keith's playing that brings to mind Dennis Wilson.
@@nellgwenn influences probably don't always come through in the most recognizable ways. Some of my influences just got me to realize the fun of the instrument and not much of their technique is something I use. Usually not like that tho
@A S true. Moon loved Beach Boys, beach music. Before The Who, he was the drummer for the Beachcombers.
🤘🤘❤️🤘🤘 Oh Man Pete really gets in his guitar work and Keith just kills the drums like a madman as always!!! And then Roger just delivers the exact right vocals!!!!! Soooooooo good!!!!! This is such a JAM!!!!! 😁🤘🤘
Peter Townsend is one of the greatest song writers to ever live. EOS
Definitely Genius..
Dylan is the better..lol
I was cruisin' and smokin' with my pals when this came out in '78. I still have the vinyl LP. Fresh off the record shelf. I was 20 years old. I'm a young 62 now. I was carded at the local Walmart this morning because they were only allowing 60 years and over shoppers. 😀 The 70's rocked bro.
I saw The Who do this live in Houston in '80, Townsend played the guitar overhanded:) They did a version of "Magic Bus" that was amazing, huge bass solo.
Savory Brown Band...that little under-rated band, needs a Jamel listen too!! Tell Mama!! Remember?
Can't be the 70's
Yes, 👍 it was 1978 to be sure.
Congrats on being carded! I'm offended if they don't ask 😂😂
Pete Townshend wrote this after being woken up drunk on brandy in an alleyway by a cop who said, "I'll let you go home if you can get up and walk away."
Well, if you're Pete Townshend and you spend a drunken night spouting off and getting into fights at the Hard Rock Cafe and possibly various other locations around London, you write an epic song about it.
Supposedly after fighting with the Sex Pistols who were calling him washed up. Well "who are you?" was his reply. And THEN he wrote a killer song about it! Who are you indeed.....
And what’s interesting is that The Who, especially their early stuff, was a big influence on many punk bands, especially The Clash.
@@gasaholic47 the entire Mod scene led into the Punk scene in one way or another. Mod started out very working class and DIY until corporations repackaged and resold it.
He'd passed out drunk after collecting a massive royalty check, something like £6 million; he encountered Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols at the pub. They were cool with him, but talking with them made him even more sure that the Who were dinosaurs, sellout. The check was still in his pocket ("Looked back on my busy day" "11 hours in the Tin Pan", like Tin Pan Alley, where songwriters used to work way back in the Sinatra days, etc). When the cop let him off, he was belligerent and hollered "Who the fuck are YOU?!" The Rolling Pin was a pub, so he went and continued drinking. He felt unworthy of all the adulation-- "I spill out like a sewer hole, and still receive your kiss... " and wrote this song with a massive hangover.
The whole Who Are You album is about his feelings of being obsolete and a hack. The first song is "New Song", all about him pulling a new song out of his ass, loading it up with what he felt were Who trademark cliches, and people would automatically love it without thinking.
They were one of the first bad ass bands with limitless talents from all their original members!👍🏻👍🏻
Imagine seeing them live! They have so many excellent songs, it's tough to get them all into a three hour show/concert. Your amazement at the sound of their songs and Who did it is excellent!
"Baba O'Riley"
"Love, Reign O're Me"
MrBobbyz24 when he hears Reign O’er Me he’ll be like “Where have I heard this song before?” Our response. Everywhere! lol
@@scottferrell2806 That song is on my list of songs I listen to with some frequency. You can feel the emotion that Roger is feeling with the lyrics. Daltrey did a song for Keith on his Under a Raging Mood about the death of Keith and John Entwistle wanted to play it instead of Won't Get Fooled Again at Live Aid but Townshend vetoed it.
the whole of Quadrophenia...!
@@stevemundy4511 "Love reign O're me" is their classiest song. I'd add "Boris the Spider" just because it was the ever heavy metal first death singing, sung by Entwistle
I spit out like a sewer hole,,, and still recieved your kiss. How can I measure up to anyone now after such a love as this ??? 👍👍👍😬
Many are surprised that it's basically the story of Homer Simpson. A drunk and the woman who enables him.
@@kellyfehr5240 God bless you women,,,👍👍👍
Thanks for helping us pause and consider just how great these masters were/are, and what a brilliant and powerful song this is!
So now you know Keith Moon -- 'perhaps' the greatest drummer of all time -- certainly an inspiration to Neil Pert and every other drummer in the history of the universe.
Famously in 1973 Keith Moon, after enjoying some elephant tranquilizers with his booz and drugs, passed out in concert. So Pete Townsend asked if anyone in the audience could play the drums for the rest of the concert. And some guy got up on stage, Scot Halpin, and played the rest of the set! .... Ah, the 70's.
I'm really glad you reacted to this version, rather than the AM radio shortened and censored version.
There is a High-Quality video of them doing this song in a studio with Kieth Moon and his headset taped to his head...................they really feed off each otherin it. Great tune....great tune. Now you have to listen to Eminence Front.
i love this band i remember this in the UK charts. love it.
The expressions Keith Moon did when the Promo Version was made. They were one of a kind. I believe he was the one who had other drummers to start drumming like wild drummers. RIP Keith Moon.
Next: My Generation, Magic Bus, the Kids are Alright, Boris the Spider, Happy Jack, Pinball Wizard. They have so many.
PINBALL WIZARD-Needs to be- NEXT on that Playlist, imho ...
Substitute, 5.15, Love, Reign O'er Me, Old Red Wine, I can't Explain, I'm a Boy, Squeeze Box!
Happy jack is one that doesn’t get requested a lot , haven’t heard that in awhile!
@@waynec3563 You've got the right songs to listen to my friend. I prefer obscure Who music that isn't played on the radio. Quadrophenia in its entity is amazing to start with. Hope he picks from your list next. Happy Who Year!! Long Live Rock 🎸 🎯🎶
I love that you're so open minded to vintage music!
"This song is asking me who I am."
"Well, answer the man, dammit!" 🤣
"Who Are You", still sounds new to me. There is something really fresh about that album.
Still amazed that this song escaped the “word” police.
I'm 71 years young. I listened to a lot of Who in my younger years. I just heard that for the first time. Yeah.
It didn't. This was the LP version. There was a shortened and censored version for radio stations.
@@starman6280 I've heard this version on the radio
@@pshore73 Me too, many times!
@@pshore73 I should have specified AM radio. This version was occasionally played on FM, but not often.
Nice. Now you will be more prepared when seeing old CSI episodes.
A Quick one while he's away - from the rock n roll circus..... on of the greatest live performances ever. The who blew the rolling stones off the stage. This video will give insight into the energy of the Who
A Quick One is one of the reasons that the Rock 'n' Roll Circus film wasn't released for a long long time. The Stones were embarassed at being upstaged that much.
Summer 1978 this song was on every rock station on the planet, sadly we lost Moonie in Sept of same year. "Not to be taken away" R.I.P Keith.
"I know there's a place you walked, where love falls from the trees. My heart is like a broken cup, I only feel right on my knees. I spit out like a sewer hole, yet still receive your kiss. How can I measure up to anyone now after such a love as this?" Pete Townshend said this song is a prayer to God. Just like the song Bargain is.
what a waste of a great lyric..
but lots of music is to for or about things that dont exist.
This is one of their most recognizable songs, as evidenced by you knowing that piece of it is EVERYWHERE lol. It's what they're "known for" to a lot of people, but they have so many other great hits.
gotta give the who their strong due.... this was a good 15 years into their journey & they brought to the table all the goods. no one lost anything here. tour de force.
Pete studied Flaminco guitar and wails on those chords. He also wrote a book called A Horses Neck. I read it as a teenager all this inspiration to learn and teach music... Windmill strums and broken guitars.. ROCK AND ROLL.
Keith is sitting on a chair that says NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY, oh the irony
...on the cover of the last studio album before he died...
" I woke up in a SoHo doorway, a policeman knew my name...."
True story that happened to Pete Townsend
"...you can go sleep at home tonight, if you can get up and walk away."
Not SoHo (New York) but Soho in London.
@@glynissigrist2442 Not true. This song is based on a day in the life of Pete Townshend. It began with a very long meeting dealing with royalties for his songs: "Eleven hours in the Tin Pan, God, there's got to be another way." The "Tin Pan" he is referring to is "Tin Pan Alley" which is the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States. After this excruciating meeting he received a large check for royalties, left and went to a bar and got completely drunk. In that bar he encountered Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, who thought very highly of Pete for paving the way for punk rock music. Townshend was conflicted because he feared The Who had sold out, and seeing The Sex Pistols, who were icons of rebellion, exacerbated him even more. Pete left that bar and passed out in a random doorway in Soho (a part of New York). A policeman recognized him ("A policeman knew my name") and being kind, woke him and and told him, "You can go sleep at home tonight (instead of a jail cell), if you can get up and walk away." Pete's response: "Who the f--k are you?" >>
Gordon Blair I hear what you say and agree the reference to Tin Pan Alley and Soho and Pete Townsend being in New York at the time but he mixed American and English terms in the lyrics with reference to the ‘underground’ and ‘tube’ both of which are definitely in London and are English terms. That is why the misunderstanding about SoHo and Soho.
Legend has it, that the screams were made in Mick Jagger's hallway, a very long hallway, in his house.
If you weren't doing the reactions, you would have never got to hear this! Just blows me away how many people will never hear it!!!
“Love, Reign O’er Me” has to be your next Who song!! It’s amazing 🎸🎤
Yes please lol
The WHO "squeezebox"
Daddy never gets NO rest!😅👊
@@allisonyoung4007 Cause he's playin' all night, and the music's alright. Mamma's got a squeezebox, daddy never sleeps at night!
@@thephilster6860 In & out & in & out...😅
The Who has always played with intensity. Keith Moon's drumming was a big part of that , but all members were hard rockers.
CSI!!! I always thought the powerfulness if the song matched the show so well! Love it!!!!
*See Me, Feel Me / Listening To You* .. any live version
Jamal, you're REALLY gonna dig "Eminence Front" by The Who. I can feel it.
So much yes!
You can feel it? Who the fuck are you?
@@Itelkner Did you even listen to the song???
Don't know what your problem is and don't care. Yes, I've been been watching and enjoying Jamal's videos awhile and have a sense he might like it knowing a little of his taste. Then again, who knows, he might not. Fuck off.
@teppolundgren I guess that means you were having a little light-hearted fun quoting the lyrics at me.
You must hear the album “Tommy” entirely, without pauses! The Who is the best!
Watch the movie also. The poek & beans scene is classic.
And then Quadrophenia!!
This was the theme song for the tv show "CSI" (the original). All of the CSI shows had theme songs by The Who.
IM A Proud 70s BRAT,,
This was my Dad’s Favorite Band. All he talked about was the WHO.
Wise man...
The finest compliment i've ever received, musically, is that the band i was playing with "rocked as hard as the Who." i disagreed, for yes, we rocked as hard as we could, but it certainly wasn't as hard as the Who rocked. We were terribly flattered, but we weren't worthy of that comparison! Still, it felt good. Still does.
We love you, Jamel. You rock as hard as the Who.
Try "You Better, You Better, You Bet." That and "Eminence Front" are two great ones from th he 1980s.
Eminence Front is excellent with some depth to it.
You Better, You Bet is pop throwaway.
Agreed on these two Epic Masterpieces!!! Do Both Jamel !!!
Nah. The Who were really struggling by the mid 1980s. Eminence Front is a pretty decent song and certainly better than anything else on their later albums. You Better You Bet is catchy but forgettable. But neither are a patch on anything from their 1965 to 1973 period,when they were at their creative peak.
Those haters are tone deaf. You Better You Bet is a Romp and Eminence Front is one of their best.
@@montag4516 You Better You Bet and Eminence Front both was a reach out to the younger generation. Those songs got all the air time and it worked. The Who's record sales jumped 500% when Face Dances and It's Hard hit the airwaves.
The joy in watching you brother, is when you know what’s coming and watching you at the moment it hits. Priceless and beautiful. Peace
Yea I enjoyed it in the 70’s. So many good songs/bands, the music was everywhere. I enjoyed them and took them for granted.
Love Reign O’er Me
Wait till you see them perform live...
This music is produced in layers as all good classic rock and roll is...
Jamal i've been binge watching your reactions and you're the best. Your breakdown of the music and the lyrics are incredible. Love how you explain the Moody Blues and The Who as going on a Journey which it is actually how it felt listening to their Albums. Thanks and look forward to listening and watching more.
Keith Moon was awesome. His son plays on with The Who. He's great too. It was beautiful to see you share this. Thank you very much.
I knew this one was coming... so great to see tour reaction. My fav bamd. I'd suggest the next songs:
1. "Love reign o'er me" from the rock opera Quadrophenia. Closing song. Probably Roger Daltrey's best vocals and Keith Moon's most symphonic drumming.
2. "Baba O'Riley", from same album as "Won't get fooled again". Some iconic lines also in the lyrics, you will identify immediately.
3. "Young man blues" live version from the Isle of Wight concert in 1970. To fully appreciate what The Who were at their prime.
4. "Pinball wizard", "Oberture" from the (first) rock Opera, "Tommy". A must listen in its entirety.
5. "Bargain", personally one of my favorites, less epic in appearance but deep lyrics and some of Keith Moon's best drumming ever.
6. "The real me" from Quadrophenia. One of the best bass playings ever by the quiet man John Enwistle.
7. "Behind blue eyes".
8. "I can see for miles"
9. "My generation"
10. "You better you bet"
And down the rabbit hole you go!
Peace out!
Great list!! I'd add Bald Headed Woman!! I love the vocals on that!!
That Jamal "DAMN" at 5:33 is courtesy of the late, great John Entwistle.
Nope, that's Pete on an acoustic, thoroughly coked up. Saw an interview with him some years ago where he talked about it, mostly that he couldn't remember actually doing it.
@@johnbode5528 I'm talking about the bass lick behind Pete's acoustic.
Wow! What a great song from a great band! I love the music from this band, too! Who the $*^@ are you? That was very risky in the 1970’s! Great reaction, Janel. Thank you for reacting to this song.
"Won't get fooled again" man you have to listen if you like the "Ahhhhhhhhh"
One of rock’s greatest drummers- Keith Moon , who died of drug and alcohol overdose.
Moon the loOn
He did not die from drugs and alcohol. He had just reached 6 months sober!
He died by taking too many of the anti alcohol pills he was prescribed. He was completely sober for months and that was a massive achievement for him. He died just as he was cleaning his life up. Terrible tragedy.
Passed out behind the kit and gets replaced by 19 year old audience member Scot Halpin.
That’s rock n roll.
He actually overdosed on medication to treat his alcoholism
David Stewart Hence "Drug overdose"
Damn, I remember buying this album. I'm getting old obviously.
I bought Live at Leeds multiple times. Right there with you.
If I lose it I will buy another. I began listening in junior high because John Entwhistle was playing french horn on the back cover. That was my instrument, and still love the sound it produces. Listen to Tommy, either original or the movie version.
You, Good Sir, are aging like a fine bourbon. You are *not* old. If you listen to the Who for a lifetime, it is unlikely that you will *ever* grow old. Cheers to you- and cheers to The Who.
@@TheAmazingSnarf So true! They have talent to keep living as long as we can hear. I still have my first LP with John Entwhistle playing his french horn on the back cover.
Welcome to the club. LOL
Pete Townshend...greatest songwriter in the history of Rock. Congrats on your discovery...makes me smile!
Thank you for working so hard to keep us entertained. We have the “face”...will see it a lot on this Who journey. So fun!
All great songs, but you must try, "The real me" the bass line is so sick you will go crazy
Hell yeah I requested that as well
So did I - let's start a campaign. If he does "Real Me" and "Love Reign O'er Me" back to back, Jamel will be crying like a baby...and so will I! xx
Yeah, the bass line on Dreaming From The Waist is amazing too.
@@tyronesharp401 who by numbers is an underrated album. Buyers stay focused here. We need him to hear "The real me" it is truly an epic sound. Everyone is at the top of their game on that song
Clinic on bass and drums
Give "I Can See for Miles" a listen. It's astonishing, and way ahead of it's time.
Pete Townshend has said that's it's the song he's most proud to have written.
I had the same experience with “My City Was Gone” by The Pretenders. I had heard the bass and drum intro on a talk radio show, but never knew where it came from. Blew my mind hearing the rest of the song.
Love the Pretenders 🙂😘🙋♀️
Who are you is Pete asking God Who He is. Roger took the sweet melody and blasted away, completely changing the tone of the song. It was my favorite song for years!
CSI is Who Are You
CSI: NY is Baba O’Riley
CSI: Miami Won’t Get Fooled Again
And CSI: Cyber used "I Can See For Miles."
A quick one while hes away is a must
Their first mini rock opera.
Nine minutes of original rock bliss!!
First and only time I ever heard the name “Iver”
Gotta tell ya man i dig your honest reactions. Its heart warming and it gives me hope for music history, that classic rock can live on
Keith Moon and his headphones duct taped to his head will never be matched. Best rock drummer ever.
The tv show CSI used this as the opening.
I highly suggest you react to "Love Reign O'er Me" that song is epic, if you get the chance
I think The Who get overlooked in favor of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones & The Beatles, but they are right up there with all of them. Very underrated in my opinion🤔
no one overlooks The Who for "the beatles" not even a little bit..
also who underrates The Who? show me these people...
Brother, you are a good man. Warm hearted reactions.