The Who Doctor Jimmy 1973 live

[don62snodgrass]

Quadrophenia was the MOST underrated album in rock history! It is a classic album and I love hearing the live versions of these songs! Thanks ALOT

[p47paul]

Great live version of the greatest band ever!

[thegreenolivo]

Pete's last masterpiece.

[TheFinkangel]

The best quality bootleg of this track..

[zed0469]

Best song on the album!!

[bartkowskibman]

can never get enough of this. I'm going back soon, home to get that baboon. who cut up my eye, tore up my levi's. something stronger could real hold me down. getting hi, rape, betting...this is our theme! its any of us as younger guys full of piss and vinegar

[indyandsam]

@bartkowskibman Yes there's such a stigma attached to rape these days

[5winston]

damn, Moon sounds like a fucking machine gun back there!

[cory640]

Forget all that other stuff like Won't Get Fooled Again, those were classic, but THIS is The Who I love

[cory640]

If you look into thisd song, it is SO deep. Its a psychological analysis of every band member individually, wrapped into one song. Who does that? Pete is the fucking greatest musician and composer, and overall muscial genius alive in my opinion. I've grown up listening to The WHo, and I've only recently gone back to listening to Quadrophenia, and its just amazing. Their best work imo. It's all SO DAMN thought out. Just wonderful. This is who they are, right here in this song.

[mattleemattlee123]

Look, I saw this performed on a stormy Thanksgiving night, 1973 (Forum, L.A.). The single greatest rock show (and band) I've ever witnessed. Quadrophenia worked, it was amazing, I don't recall any glitches...incredible. After the only true "call them back" encore I've ever seen (15 minutes of non-stop clapping), they ended with Pete smashing his guitar.

Concerts were all downhill after that. As Townshend pointed out "It's raining outside. That's a good sign."

It was indeed.

[npspec34]

If you caught them on the right night

Quad could be pretty good.

BUT and it is a big but,

(Pete will admit) they took awhile

to get it right in concert.

A lot of people got really upset with the

Quad shows (when they weren't clicking).

[dersh65]

Question: How can you beat the Who?

Answer: You can't.

[ilikeylot567]

well put

[dersh65]

Thank you, ilikeylot567. I kept it plain and simple. LONG LIVE PETE!! LONG LIVE THE WHO!!

[ilikeylot567]

for real

[4rainbowed]

Sorry to emphasize this, it's so Keith. I did go out with him a couple times when he was getting bad. And, a friend Redbeard, who has a radio (and online) show hosted an anniversary program for Quadrophenia just 6 months ago, with Pete confirming that the first part of this song was entirely about Keith when he was out of contrrol. The end of the song incorporates the others to some degree, but Moon's love of getting stoned, and doing anything just b/c people tell him not to do it, is legendary

[cory640]

@4rainbowed

"'Dr. Jimmy' was meant to be a song which somehow gets across the explosive, abandoned wildness side of his character. Like a bull run amok in a china shop. He's damaging himself so badly that he can get to the point where he's so desperate that he'll take a closer look at himself. The part where he says, 'What is it, I'll take it. Who is she, I'll rape it.' That's really the way I see Keith Moon in his most bravado sort of states of mind." - Pete

[Continuity09]

Moonie's theme: Bell Boy

Pete: Love Reign O'er Me

Roger: Helpless Dancer

Entwistle: The Real Me

Quadrophenia was the sound of a band hitting full stride.

[4rainbowed]

Moon the Loon- Bell Boy, but also "What is it? I'll take it? Who is she? I'll rape it!"

Devil may care attitude.

Pete- "A Hypocrite, Love Reign O'er Me"

A seeker or truth, who felt he let down himself, his family, and later, Keith

Roger- "A Fighter, A Helpless Dancer" From the start would end the worst arguments with his fist, but changed a bit

John- A Romantic - here Pete said he tried to get the sound of an ox running through a china shop.

Lunatic, Mystic, Tough guy, Romantic. The Who

[dersh65]

@Continuity09 You got that right!! Fucking Masterpiece!! Long Live Pete!!! Long Live The Who!!!

[bjoernswe]

getting high, you can't beat it

[leic1993]

this song is amazing lyrics fantastic(y)

[impman87]

this is roger's theme right

[eameece]

no, this is John's theme (Is It Me?)

[4rainbowed]

NO. This is Keith Moon's theme. He truly was schizophrenic when he got too drunk, and stoned. He was nearly shy sober, but when he got stoned, he was a hell raiser, and quite evil to some of the women in his life. It was the alcohol that was the worst, though.

[wyssmaster]

Keith's theme was Bell Boy ("I'm a bloody lunatic, I'll even carry your bags"). Dr. Jimmy wasn't anyone's theme, but John's theme "Is it Me?" was contained in it.

[cory640]

This is everyone's theme wrapped into one. Each has their own theme

Roger - Helpless Dancer

Keith - Bell Boy

John - Is it Me (which is in this song)

Pete - Love Reign O'er Me

But this song has elements and lyrics from all four of those songs, along with new elements that fit them. This song is The Who's theme as a whole.

[wyssmaster]

not rly. The closest you get to a serious example of a Who theme as a whole is the end of The Rock, when all four themes are being played simultaneously.

I get what you're saying, but I don't think Pete would really agree with you.

[guitarcrazy7]

haha Johns singing at 1:51

Long live the who! best band ever

[eameece]

This is John's theme partly because he wrote an earlier song on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide.

[dersh65]

@guitarcrazy7 Couldn't have said it better.BEST BAND EVER!!

[potsmokerdudeman]

dr jimmy page

[sirdoug3]

Cool vid., great photo of Pete with the sunburst gibson les paul, Awesome Song!

[FLegoFilms]

Keith is fucking amazing in this song. So is Roger towards the middle

[Mele1309]

i heart the who ♥

[longliverock1973]

my dad was at this concert he told me all about it. it was fucking awesome

[li4m]

Alright great thanks for posting this mate, 5 stars & added to my favorites