Won't Get Fooled Again - Pete Townshend Demo

[mrspock789]

I love how he attempts the epic scream at 4:28!

[juan13579run]

pete is the brain of the who....and for me the best who...

[iamobeliskquake]

i like this more than the released one

[jaqua524]

pete palyed the drums? or drum machine?

[sundayuneedlove]

@jaqua524 No drum machines in those days!

[jaqua524]

@sundayuneedlove so he played a little drums? haha awesome

[iamobeliskquake]

@jaqua524 he did get some help from John Entwistle on a few demos though

[BORNTORUNANDALIVEMAN]

Pete's my idol!

[thedicepticons]

@SAAB7899 I say more Levon, but the harmonies in the chorus are total Rick. I looooove this discussion. It makes me smile uncontrollably to hear this combination of two of my favorite things ever. The Who and The Band.

[stiggs61]

Did anyone make demo's like this ever.WOW!

[benturki]

Although pete wrote this really does make it the who when moon, enty and rog join in!

[benturki]

Fuck i love the who

[tohcrp]

The reason Pete is such a better songwriter then Lennon/McCartney or Jagger/Richards is that he did 99.99% of the writing and arrangements on his OWN! No one to help him, no 2nd input..all from his own head!!

[SuperWhofan1]

@tohcrp Thank you for your post, so freakin true! Long live Townshend and The Who-the greatest band of all time who bleed for their music.

[wnyvideo]

THE musical genius of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.... Jagger, McCartney and Lennon donot come close...

[SAAB7899]

@wnyvideo Wrong.

[bwc3821]

What more can be said? Townshend is brilliant

[TheSanityInspector]

This synth track belongs in the Smithsonian. Hope Pete has it backed up safely on his home machines.

[iws99]

@TheSanityInspector

I know you posted some months ago; but theSmithsonian. Are serious.

English composer, English band, written & recorded in England. I think there are several English establishments with a greater claim to this pice of work.

[TheSanityInspector]

@iws99 Hee-hee, you've got me there!

[nyjetstowshend]

he should just be called god and there should bge a 500ft statue to him in london.

[mullinator7]

petes scream at about 4:30 made me jump lol. it was just cool.

[thedicepticons]

is this album on sale pretty commonly or is it rare? I need this either way.

[AlivePhoenix]

petes drumming is cool... slow and calm mooded... but like the final version better

[yrrebhsuk]

i actually think its a drum machine

that's what he said he uses in home demos in some interview, i forgot which one

[TheSanityInspector]

@yrrebhsuk Probably not a drum machine, this being recorded in 1970.

[joshrulz94]

@TheSanityInspector Yeah, Pete first recorded the songs he wrote (playing/singing) each part by himself. Then he took it to the rest of the band, they rehearsed it, and eventually came out with the finished product.

[EclipseInParadise]

I like this almost as much as the proper version and that has to be one my all time favourite tracks. I t has a really nice slow pace to it. It's almost like The Who covered his song. Townshend is a true genius!

[massiveham]

won't get fooled up on cripple creek again!!

[cril1001001]

Lol, they do sound kind of similar

[thedicepticons]

seriously, I love how he drums like levon.

[Elphir]

"cause the horses were all bet on in the last war ;D"

[TheSanityInspector]

@massiveham We have a thread winner!

[davo2003hd]

This is Great!!! thanks!

[nyjetstowshend]

pete can do evry thing and that is what made him and the who so good

[wnyvideo]

@nyjetstowshend Pete Townshend is The Who

[Pulsar205]

The lyrics mix sounds good. Nice to hear Pete's voice like this.

[nyjetstowshend]

pete is god

[thankyoupourlavideo]

Pete is not God! He's God's God. Sheesh.

[Pulsar205]

he's a brilliant musician that's all thankyoupourlavideo

[GrungeRocker1000]

@nyjetstowshend

exactly man hes a truely unique player. he has so many well known riffs!!

I think pete should be renamed a riff god!!

[TheSanityInspector]

@GrungeRocker1000 This opening guitar chord, and the subsequent synth line....I can imagine it being the soundtrack to the Big Bang, the birth of the universe itself...

[poollija09]

@nyjetstowshend He's Good but no one's that good, Watch yourself

[stu675849]

How good is this? Sheer class.

[seal614]

pete's drumming is chill as hell

[raunchboy]

Reminds me of Levon Helm in the Band.

[screamineagles92]

i love this version wayyyyyyy more.

[Pulsar205]

yup!!

[Shotec1]

better than original. thanks

[Shotec1]

I mean not better but it sounds more vintage

[Pulsar205]

it's something else. alot tidier and should have been on a solo album.

[ImWhiteSon]

Pete is simply brilliant.. Thanks for posting...