Heatwave- The Who

[phantomofthedrivein]

is this live?

[crlaw75]

@phantomofthedrivein, yes it is. Recorded at the Marquee Club, March 1967.

[trevgk]

saw them perform this at the Blue Moon Cheltenham, 1966, brilliant!!

[Shiv5710]

I love how its supposed to be a light poppy song, yet the drums are heavy as shit. Keith Moon was a badass

[trevgk]

@Shiv5710 It's a Tamla Motown song by Martha Reeves & Vandellas

[mylesimax]

john has no bones, keith has 12 arms, pete could write perform and play, and roger could definately sing

[sky8895wave]

かっこいい、さっそくパクろう。

[jonnytheoasisfan]

there's no bad version of this song Ive heard.

Though if some modern shit rnb artist have ruined this I dont know... But everone between Vandellas - The Jam has done it perfect

[GHgirl620]

it it me or does this kinda sound like "girls and boys in love" by the rumble strips :o

Great song by the who :]

[theShowStopper321]

They were all on speed during this point.

[OnlyMoonTheLoonFan]

i love how Moon isn't even playing.

[loaxin]

the jam are virtually unknown in the states,the who are massive but i prefer the jam

[TheFloeMusic]

There's a new cover of this song by new band The Floe. It's well worth looking for - totally different to this but worth checking out if you like your music.

[johlufc]

Now don't get me wrong ,i quite like The Who and The Jam are right up there but Martha and the V's blow this lot out of the water!

[metaldemon213]

Hey Who Freak, word life on the 666 bro, you definitely must know what's up, especially with the extremely rare version of Heat Wave.

[asmorgan88]

This version of Heatwave isn't rare...it's on their second album...at least in America.

[metaldemon213]

@asmorgan88 I know the song ain't I have the record, the video is rare dude.

[rockandroller4ever6]

i love roger daltrey with this look!!!! he is hot

[DRGasMoney]

can't forget lothar and the hand people

[lomasca]

this and The Jam's version are close for me, i think the Jam did a better job with the lyrics, but i like them both equally pretty much in terms of everything else

[asmorgan88]

Fuck yeah, motherfucker!

Weller's opening guitar riff is great on their version.

The Jam epitomized "mod" more than the fucking Who ever did.

Let's remember...The Who were NOT mods...they were a band MADE FOR MODS.

And people...don't bite my head off. That's a quote from Townshend.

[popporokkar]

love＊the who

[BigJiggety]

By far the best @#$ version of this song! Gets the adrenalin going.

[mcnam9999]

Its great, but I prefer The Jam's version by a whisker.

[keithmoonforever1]

the Jam where a decent band but they pretty much took there sound right from the Who

[ronwhycherly]

More like from the Small Faces. And their look too. Have a look at early clips of the small Faces, especially where they were wearing suits.

[asmorgan88]

They took their sound from several different artists...not just The Who.

In fact, Weller dislikes The Who after their 3rd album, "Sell Out"...try to find their interview together (Weller & Townshend) in a 1979 Melody Maker magazine.

But uh...Weller says that they are more directly influenced by Tamla Motown & The Sex Pistols...you can find that clip here on YouTube I'm sure.

[RowanMartin68]

INTENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bassfeile]

Sometimes a cover is better than the original . When it feels good and everyone in the band like to do it, than why not. It's a question of taste all in all . Thank you , rock on !

[SlipKid1717]

so true man.

[biggayone]

the best version of this song, bar none!

what you must remember is that the who were, at this point, still a mod band so covering this made total sense.

funnily enough, less than 10 years later the sex pistols started touring, covering who numbers eg substitute!

[stOOpid68]

a lot of the Sex Pistols' playlist were old Mod (or Mod related) tunes!

"Understanding" & "Whatcha gonna Do About It"

small faces

"Through My Eyes" the Creation

"Substitute" the Who

"Give Me No Lip Child" Dave Berry

"Im Not Your Stepping Stone" the Monkees

there's probly more..

[retronostalgic]

I'm not sure this is the kind of song The

Who should have been singing...

[electricitycomesfrom]

Yeah well they did. And I think its amazing. Its a great song. Theyre a great band. I am sure this the kind of song i would have liked to hear the who play more of.

[GUGUG]

fucking amazing!

[slipkid78]

I think this cover is much much better!

it's like the way it was suppose to be

[pattismithsonian]

This is what I call a proper cover. Also, who says that Rod Stewart is the best white soul singer? Roger Daltrey is far better! This song, plus the Who's versions of "I Don't Mind" and "Please, Please, Please", says it all.

[bonjovilvr3]

i totally agree kwolf68 100%

[bonjovilvr3]

this freakin rocks!!!

i really don't care what people say but...

THE WHO IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!

EVERY SINGLE MEMBER WAS THE BEST AT WHAT THEY DID.

[kwolf68]

The Who is the best band ever. It's all opinion of course, but they had some qualifications I look for

-Chops (as you said musicially this band ruled. Pete was probably behind Clapton and Hendrix though as a solo player)

-Original (the Who sounded like NO ONE and NO ONE sounds like them)

-Energy (anyone with more? It helps to have a locomotive on drums)

-LIVE playing (no band peformed as brilliantly live. NO BAND. Without a doubt one of the greatest live acts in recorded history)

[asmorgan88]

THANK YOU!!!!

Someone who can finally credit The Who for being one of the absolute best bands of all time, all whilst admitting that Townshend is not so much of a decent lead guitarist!!!

Townshend is a fantastic rhythm guitarist...but anyone who says he is a great lead guitarist should be politely ignored.

[johnandlat]

At least I'm not the only person on earth who thinks there were other groups better than the Beatles. They made this song sound like a more beach boy version, The Vandellas is a funk soul masterpeice

[chunk1969]

i saw all the 60's bands..and for sure,,the who played their asses off and you'd walk out totaly soaked in sweat from jumping all around...they were the best live band i saw....till i saw zeplin do their whole first album at a small place here in L A.......but that was 69 and things started to change.

[Wrightwasright]

@bonjovilvr3 That's right!

[JohnnyDepp5115]

Nice!!!!

[johnandlat]

I usually don't like covers, but they sung this song with hearts

[Hexachloraphine]

There seems to be so much unseen The Who footage that another film montage could be made, with the footage going through those restoration supercomputers, experts tweakin' the sound and such like..

[ZosoTownshend07]

The mod-generation Who did an awesome job with this!

[StanHywet]

why is he changing words? I understand changing him to you but he changes other paerts and I don't like this at all

[StanHywet]

now that i listened to it more I like it lol

[Hectorschizoidman]

tve = television española

television española?????

[tomfinchisgay]

does anyone know where i can download this song??? its not on itunes

[Whofreak666]

buy the cd,,,,,,,

[Grafietstift]

A Quick One!

[indydaisy1]

@Whofreak666 just use VIDEO2MP3 FREE JUST PUT THE YOUTUBE LINK IN AND THE REST IS HISTORY :)

[TheYvetteJasmine]

@tomfinchisgay: you can "download" it from a CD called "A Quick One"

[nevaminddabollox]

@tomfinchisgay It's on the album " A Quick One" I think.

[Swesuburan]

Hey, Thanks for this!

Is the quality of the picture bad in it's original, or is that caused by youtube?

[Whofreak666]

a little of both