Pete Townshend - Cut My Hair 1999

[Myklanjlo]

Pete!! I sing this song all the time, and I never ever would have considered your phrasing; it just wouldn't occur to me!... but it really is poignant.  There's a big difference between just singing a song and truly embodying the music. I know that you mean every word when you sing. And I mean every word when I say, "Thank you!"

[fontanalu]

Well, who cares if he made some mistakes that day? I don`t. He is far better in his worst days the most of us in your best ones. That`s the way we love him, doesn it? Besides that, the verses "zoot suit, white jacket with side vents blabla" are difficult to sing. Try for yourselves...

[4fingersinge]

Ouch, suddenly my throat hurts.

[bigragu2001]

uhhh - didn't Roger sing the original version...???

[jolcom]

@bigragu2001 No, it was Pete singing it on the Quadrophenia album.

[spankwilliams]

@jolcom They Both sing in the album version.



[scartissue94]

God, when Pete made that mistake at 5:27, I could instantly tell that he wanted to smash that piano. I have so much empathy for him, no matter how old or how jaded his voice gets, I'll still look up to him.

[nyjetstowshend]

like the glasses

[BryanEddy09]

this is a favorite of mine .its so delicious to see Pete flounder on it a bit .maybe he really is just one of us,after all.i dont think an alien would have bumbled his own song .refreshing!

[muymalmoon]

Cool video. Great song, cool rendition even with the mistakes.

[fatporowski]

townshend is certified 90% def in one ear and around 70% between the both. he makes great use of a hearing implant

[thewho30rb]

He was really out of practice at this point I guess. Still an amazing song. He definitely shaped up for the following tours too :)

[theoxwhocan]

sorry is not good enough pete!! ya fucked it mate!!! BACK OF THE Q c ya later!!!!

[onegreenday]

this one is breathtaking shorthand. great post.

it's been fitting my mood or my mood's fitting it but i just luv it.

[EuchridEucrow1]

5:27 = ouch! Poor Pete.

[EuchridEucrow1]

"Cut My Hair" has always been a classic piano song.

[imperialpod]

Classic yes and bloody hard to pull off too, those vocals will get ya!

[fasima]

here is piano version from 1996 Fillmore show

watch?v=qly7rh0LQ6k

[slotwinski1414]

in a way.... u can feel the Tension in the song in this version, where you can really feel the age in his voice.

in a way he seems older here then he does now, a decade later

[ShorthandedGoal]

Yes, this is not definitely Pete's fines performance. But still I like the rendition of Cut My Hair he does with a piano.

He seemed to have some vocal problems throughout this performance.

[Wattsie]

That's because now he's with a much younger woman - (although she's not young :))

[camcoop25]

@slotwinski1414

Interesting observation - Maybe he felt older in his early fifties than he did later. And maybe his voice was just hoarse that day.