Keith Moon Collapses at Cow Palace (condensed version)

[deaddoc]

I worked at so many Cow Palace shows. For some reason, it was always a rowdy venue. Industrial district.... Ozzy had to flee the stage due to fans throwing bottles and such.  Looks like the vibe of the place got ol' Keith crazy. Looked like one of us wrestling with a typical out of control fan. Ironic to see a band member become like unto a bad fan!

[justgivemethetruth]

I did not go to this concert, but some of my friends did and told me about this … glad it is on tape.

[artyquet]

Same like yoshiki.....collapse during convert except after he finnished the song hahahahah

[WhittierRickyBassguy]

Kinda neglectful dont you think? Keith Moon is basically dead for a bit and they continue??

[youngpsychedelic60s]

WHY COULDN'T I HAVE LIVED BACK THEN? DAMN, THAT KID IS LUCKY!!!

[fabiotborges]

Can we find the full video anywhere?????????

[1d4nz]

That kid is so lucky man, I would of killed to do that

[MrNategriffin]

that's a dream come true for any amateur musician. i daydream about that. if john entwhistle went down."can anybody play the bass?" i don't know if would have had the balls. i would have been too messed up anyway. top three rock drummers in no particular order 1) keith moon 2) jon bonham. who's three?

[deaddoc]

@MrNategriffin IMHO you've got it a bit off. 1 of all time has to be Ginger Baker as he was incredible and got the entire drum solo style going with his 20 minute solos with Cream. Next, Bonham probably. But there is Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Deep Purple and so many others before you even exit the 60s. I would put Keith Moon in the top ten though.

[SeattleLA]

And that night, some mutha stole the Who jacket he was given for his performance

[SeattleLA]

Also, what courage to come up on the stage, and play THE drum set that Moon played. It is hard to believe the Who had no drum tech, roadie, etc. at this tour who could have played, but makes for one of THE greatest moments in rock history.

[SeattleLA]

One can only imagine the sheer panache of an amateur playing with one of the all-time great bands, The Who, plus to fill in for Keith Moon, my goodness, what an honor!

[jenzeppelin]

oh silly keith what did you think tranquilizers would do? xox

[porkchopsnz]

go keith ya loser!

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

JUST LIKE SOUP - THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN THE CONDENSED VERSION !

[limolimo2012]

How cool was that of Pete to fuffill the gig after all that time waiting and invite a kid from the audience to finish the show!!!!!

[1960toid]

That's the rock and roll lifestyle. If Keith were still alive today he would be as brain dead as Ozzy Osbourne.

[icarosilva16]

historcal ,even if sad....thumbs up,expecially 4 Scot Halpin....

[madhoneydew]

only crackers

[Guitarslinger83]

can anybody play the drums?

[madhoneydew]

@Guitarslinger83 How about, "Is Keith alright??" haha, but seriously!

[Reidii182]

I came across Keith Moon when I was reading Graham Chapman's book, who was a very close friend of his, and Keith WAS on the road to recovery. He just went too far and apparently swallowed 32 pills which he took with alcohol. (Well that's what I read. I'm not really sure.) He was a great musician :/

[wavydavey]

I was at this show. I was sitting on the side and could not see Keith. Both times he collapsed The band finished the song they were on. The first time we didn't know what was happening, (the drums just stopped) until the song was over. When they came back the first time Keith didn't make it through the next song.

[MrTuffgong11]

Total eclipse of the moon ;)

[LesThanEver]

Moon may have been talented but shit! What an unprofessional ass!

[MrSpoon123]

looks more like a stage act then reality

[pleased9]

@MrSpoon123 ~~ I was there!!!!! It was NOT an act.

[briteness]

I thought the story was not so much that he had taken an animal tranquilizer as that somebody had slipped one in his drink or something. But I am not sure, really.

[JPChristian]

@briteness According to Pete, someone told Keith, "If you take half of this elephant tranquilizer, you'll get a good buzz." Keith's response was, "Half of one? I'm Keith Moon!" GULP!

[BaconFrisbee]

@JPChristian It was, I'm Keith Fucking Moon!"

[Blink182DudeRanch]

thanks for halpin, scott

[ffairlane57]

Fookin' drugs, man!

[bjbhappy]

Scot Halpin ~ Rest In Peace ~

[jamirosmajicrocks]

Thanks For Uploading, Never Knew this was recorded on Film.

[74jailbreaker]

Dang lucky kid.

[mariosmashfann]

reminds me of the muppet ANIMAL

[satweavers]

I was at the concert. They tried to set up the Cow Palace for quadrophonic sound, so they had amp stacks in the balcony, and I was sitting too near one stack. The result was as tragic as Moon's performance. I heard nothing but a tuneless dirge blasting from the amps and ended up leaving early. Too bad. I'd heard they were great in concert. I would have liked to HEAR them.

[OrangeHatDrummer]

@satweavers Bad luck mate, it sucks ending up next to one of them, had a similar problem at a festival recently, must of had 5000 watts of bass guitar and drums pummeling me.

[rockonhard77]

Turn on snowflakes

[IwanttoliveinParis]

"He's still a bit...he's still a bit sorta dodgy."

[rubbersole79]

got a big show tonight....damn, where'd I put those animal tranquilizers?

[OGxMizat]

lucky mofo

[MrDlorean]

pobre keith



[vomit49894]

Beyond awesome!

[MrHoolits]

I've heard from people who had friends at this concert. It was really cooled to watch the kid play. I wish there was more of it.

I saw the Who in Dallas in 71 and Roger Daltry was swinging his mike like he does and hit John Entwhestle on the head. He was stunned, Daltry was concerned and he kept playing.

Feel bad for kids today who have to settle for Vegas style choreographed lip sync contrived pretty faces rather than substance by real artists who write and perform their music.

[jkrogstad5]

@MrHoolits

i completely agree with u, but thankfully i am raised in a houshold that showd me real music. i saw roger preform the tommy albam this past october, and he was AMAZING. and i listen to quadrafenia on our record player. if u want, go to my channel, cause i have 5 vids from the concert

[soulagent79]

Heard he was on 'Special K'...

[frase1234]

Rock....... On.........

[pjrox09]

I was at that concert, actually had the binocs when Townsend started kicking the symbls and a hush came ver the crowd..

[MichaelHansenFUN]

2:04 doesnt seem groogy

[MichaelHansenFUN]

funny but i dont notice the missing drums in WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN and Pete mispronounxces ENEMA

Pete Townshend mispronounces ENEMA

[thecoolestdad]

Keith Moon without a doubt influenced many young drummers that grew up in the 60's and 70's,I was one of them.His style of playing gave me a vision of putting in fills and rolls and off beats where they normally would not be.To this day I still incorporate some of his style into my playing.Influences come from many styles and drummers and as we individually combine the styles together unique styles are created to influence someone else.Thus that is why we have the Pearts the Portnoys and so on

[powertothehippiesman]

wow... lucky fucking guy

[MonkeyDacks]

"...He's had a slight touch of the uh.....but he'll be alright..."

[madderbass]

RIP Scot Halpin and Keith Moon.

[gtancer]

Thanks for the upload! I was at the show! In fact I was 2nd in line the morning of November 19. I remember it well! Lynyrd Skynyrd opened. I was at the front of the stage, and had a fallout shelter symbol on the back of my green army jacket. Keith was able to get through "Bell Boy", then something was wrong and Keith's head is bouncing on his snare drum. Then, the people's band my idols were, Pete pulls Scott Halpin out of the crowd to finish the set. A truly history making moment in rock!

[TheHumbuckerboy]

Keith Moon definitely left his mark in the history of rock music ,without a doubt ,because of his musicianship (he actually served the song ) and also his outrageous antics. However I always feel that Moonie became trapped in the role of 'the clown' and that he was sad in his spirit.I believe that he became more and more stressed -out as he tried to maintain this image to the world .

[Tangointheface]

'And what did you do with your life, Dad?'

'I took Keith Moon's place at a Who concert after he collapsed'.

I wish I could say that to my kids.

[Ginger7024]

Thanks sooooo much for posting this - I have read about this show in various places - but I have never seen the footage before...big smile here - any new (to me) footage of the golden era of rock is awesome- but of my favorite of all favorites - Keith - I needed a smile today and this did it!

[discomadame]

I LOVE THIS

[ZachValkyrie]

I think it's interesting to note that, had Keith not survived this night, he would have joined the 27 club.

[DeKleikop]

@ZachValkyrie

Funny that I just read this comment. I thought about this last week.

[GetStuffed88]

Moonie was the best but Bonzo was also a world-class drinker and never missed a gig or let it interfere with his drumming.

[abt7217tc]

Scot Halpin: 1954-2008. R.I.P, luckiest bastard ever concieved!

[Richauri]

Years go by & labels & managers always turn a blind eye to the addicts in bands due to the almighty dollar.Then bleed them dryer after they sadly perish with deft tributes & merchandise for the weak minded.

All the cool rock stories go out the fuckin window when you see this shit.These dudes were an inspiration to me like millions of others & it kills me to see this.....the man was dying before the worlds eyes.Something could have been done to maybe, just maybe deter the bad behavior.

[pinkfloydthewall100]

now that's what you call a thrill of a life time !

[jayfey77]

the last man keith moon saw before he died was paul mccartney.he had dinner with him and linda with his swedish wife.and invited paul back to his place but paul passed it up.and keith went home and died.there is a picture of him and paul from that night with their wives having dinner. keith looks wild as ever.

[41CLA]

@jayfey77 no.

[jayfey77]

@41CLA what do you mean no?there is a picture of it proving it.it shows them having dinner together that night.after seeing the buddy holly story movie.

[41CLA]

@jayfey77' the last man keith saw before he died was paul mccartney', everything you say is correct except that statement. surely he wasn't the last man to see keith alive? what about how keith got home? taxi? someone must have driven him. what about in his hotel or whatever, no door men? nobody around?

(i'm reading too much into it sorry. you were right, i'm just being picky)

[culturevulture123]

Roger Daltrey: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY­YYYYYYYYYYYYYY

best opening of any video ever

[BRAKESUK80]

brilliant, fantastic that the whole thing was recorded and we get to watch it so many years later

[eroentje94]

the lucky basterd

[ChicagoJoe670]

Wow that guy has/had a story to tell for the rest of his lifetime. I hope the who sent him some money or something else to say thanks. That would be a dream come true to play drums for the who at that time. More bands should let ppl from the crowd jam with them.

[snakeweirdo]

I am sorry, but I have to say this: FUCKING ROCK'N'ROLL!

[mothernaturecockbloc]

John hits the same three notes when they bring Keith back as he hits at the beginning of Leeds.

[donnieandsarah]

Cool of the Who to actually finish the show. Now bands cancel of the time when the drummer has a fever or the bassist head is hurting.

[debcook67]

hard to believe i was here how time flies the weed oakland cali moon didnt give a shit what people thought he was his own man on a real mission miss ya moon if i can remember leonard skenord opened.moon lives

[purplehaze5562]

Lemon 714?

[muskiess]

He was from Muscatine Iowa. He just passed away a few years ago. He went to high school with my uncle.

[DogJawz]

... "and without him... we're not... a group"

[bragee]

so sad

[mrchopper]

Ketamine. What a guy.

[armandin2048]

@mrchopper Ketamine - what a cunt!

[ieetemos4breakfast]

they should do a "where are they now" for the dude who got to play with them, if he's still alive.

[JuliusDr]

@ieetemos4breakfast He died in 2008.

[jhonrox]

Luckiest bastard ever... I would kill to play for the who. Keith is my IDOL <3 lol

[laronmaron98]

@MrAlbinoPanther,

I agree with you; it's tragic.

But Keith Moon wasn't going to change. We can wish he lived his life more carefully, but his fans grieve for him today because he WAS so outrageous and out of control.

He was a nut...and an immense talent and influence who did far more in his life than most who live far longer.

[PortsmouthNoir]

@laronmaron98 if he didnt live his life as a rebel, he wouldnt be keith moon. Nor would Ollie Reed, Ozzy Osbourne

[Cathonius]

@laronmaron98 WRONG! because he was good drummer not because he was outrageous... it is not enough to blow up the yoilet to be musician

[magikalsound]

haha "he's had a slight touch of the...... but he'll be alright..."

[MrAlbinoPanther]

Why are there so many likes on this video? It is kind of funny until you realize this kind of stuff is what killed him in the end. Then, it's just sad. RIP, Keith.

[cgeobey]

Moon was the man! Great footage!!!

[machbaby]

Kieth Moon is rock n roll

[Sokker001]

oh, Keith

[Nevigo]

Animal tranquilizers??Hahahaha

[mar1j4ne]

@Nevigo ketamine

[Nevigo]

@mar1j4ne

Yes I was thinking it had to be K. :)

[jhenager]

This isn't the way it happened in the Cow Palace in 1974. He passed out between the second and third songs. Pete said 'He's got a bit of an upset stomach. He might be back, and he might not.'. Moon came back for (ironically enough) Won't Get Fooled Again, and he was pretty upset when Moon passed out again before a rather important drum solo. I feel for the guy that took over. Probably for years whenever he told someone he jammed with The Who, he probably got rolling eyes. Yeah, right!!!

[gaelicviking]

@jhenager His name was Scot Halpin, who afterwards became a professional drummer and composer. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 54. He told interviewers aftewards that he admired the Who's stamina because after three songs he was completely beat (no pun intended). There's actually a Wikipedia article about him.

[mgwilsontex1]

@jhenager No, that is not the way it happened. First of all, the concert was in 1973 at the Cow Palace in S.F., not 1974. The Who were about 70 minutes into their concert, not three songs, when Moon first pasted out during "Won't Get Fooled Again." Pete made some comments to the audience and Moon revived enough from his near fatal overdose on horse tranquilizers (Special K) and a bottle of brandy. He then passed out for good during Magic Bus. That is when Halpin came up and made history.

[Bool1995]

what year is this?

[jhenager]

@Bool1995 1974

[raydeen1]

You like when they're out cold, don't ya  Pete. But I think Keith was too young for you at this time..LOL

[weaselsuit]

@raydeen1 OUCH.

[905Alive]

thats what he said, a guy had horse tranquilizers and told the band that 1/2 to 1 gave you a nice buzz, Moon said "i'm fucking keith moon" and took a handfull

this is not what you are to do when you play

[odihjiohzd]

Keith F"N MOON