Pete Townshend ( The Who ) - The Ferryman 1979 1980 live aco

[AuralSynth]

If anyone has a video of Raphael, I would love for you to post it. I miss him.

Rest in peace, my man, my teacher.

[alisidey12]

this is a true gem it is like the version of drowned from the secret police mans ball it is that good pete showing off his finger picking here, epic.

[drumguy58]

Raphael Rudd 1956-2002 RIP

[allaboutWeybridge]

Maybe inspired by Ralph McTell's 'The Ferryman' ???

[hXcemoyuahh]

@allaboutWeybridge No, Siddhartha - Hesse

[dchuk]

Can't get enough of this type of playing from Pete. As a musician he is unparalleled in many ways. The fact that he can attack the electric guitar with the ferocity, energy and anger of a pissed off grizzly bear, and play amazingly, and then turn around and play a song like this is just one example.

[dchuk]

I think this style of performance captures the essence of Townshend as a musician more than any "Who" song, or at least Who'd up version of his songs, ever has. Not to say one style is better than the other, but essentially polar opposites.

[drummer78]

Reminds me of some of the stuff from the great album "Who Came First".

[Nur100etc]

Yes, agree, drummer78. There are times when I think WCF was truly Pete's finest album. Indeed.

[drummer78]

I agree.

[Nur100etc]

Pete's a sensitive soul, like a delicate instrument picking up and channeling beauty from the atmosphere. A musical genius.  So honest.

[Nur100etc]

You know, it occurs to me now:  parts of this song are quite Nick Drake-ish!

Quite! The rest is pure Pete.

[Babyhowdy233]

Yes! From the first notes I too could hear the exquisite ghost of Nick Drake here. Nick-like Pete-never got a catchy monikor slapped on his arse either!

[Nur100etc]

I love Pete's very very esoteric stuff. Which is most of his stuff. :-)

[Nur100etc]

This is beautiful and mesmerizing -- very watery. I must get it; it's next on my list.

(btw, I - for one - have never considered Bruce a boss of any sort.)

[Nur100etc]

Well I made good. I bought the CD of the Oceanic concert -- so happy I did. :-)  The sound quality isn't great, but it's a sweet little gem nonetheless -- for true fans.

[gantock]

by the way: why is only bruce THE BOSS ? and what about mista pete ?

[wwwmikeb]

I heard listening to a now dead and somewhat famous NYC area DJ Scott Muni back in the day was at a Who concert listening to the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" and when the lyric, "Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss" was sang. Muni told Springsteen that he was new boss and became popularized on the radio. Apparently Springsteen didn't like it at first but got used to it and now likes it. There's many versions of how he got his nickname.

[Babyhowdy233]

Pete is such a divine, heavenly creature of indefinable, sheer beauty that I think it's simply IMPOSSIBLE to tag him with a monikor like Springsteen or Bowie have. Pete's BEYOND any label one could put on him!

[gantock]

listen to the orchetsrated versions of THE FERRYMAN, THE SHOUT, FOOTBALL FUGUE, PRAYING THE GAME - on the first scoop album - for these songs I´d give away almost all WHO songs ... this is so much wider and more adventurous than almost all which he did with the band !and - they NEVER play it on the radio !!!

[gantock]

scoop is the most influential collection of great music in the last decades - that has given me more  inspiration than the collected works of john cage and henze and stockhausen and deep purple and whatnot: strange that it seems to have passed completely unnoticed that pete townshend is also a fantastic "classical music" composer!