The Who - "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"(Ready Steady Go 1965)

[modladd]

''What's this rubbish then?'' I said to my son.

He replied back with: ''Ready Steady Go''.

''Ready Steady Go? I can sing better than him,'' I replied.

He then started impersonate the drummer of the band by playing air drums.

''Is that how you play a guitar nowadays?'' I said to my son as i saw the guitarist playing bthe instrument strangly.

My son ignored me and turned the tele up higher.

''That'll make you deaf you know,'' I said to my son Jimmy.

[MOONST0MP]

@modladd Bunch of louts! i supose they wear wet jeans as well do they?

[modladd]

@MOONST0MP Tell me bout it. My son's fucked off somewhere now. I don't know where he is. Good riddence to the bastard. His mum found a box of blues under his bed. Just wait till I get my hands on him.

[MOONST0MP]

@modladd He's out of his brain on the 5:15 mate haha!!

[hezarrc]

Very good!

[akibubba1]

now i remember why this is one of my favorite songs ! - also perfect for playing AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE at traffic lights in order to drown out all that idiot rap & such that's always thumping and blaring everywhere these days (but "these go to 11")

[bweber2k]

Roger wrote a song loved when sung by a female artist like susan kerner or jasmin wagner.

[bigmeuprudeboy]

'is that how you play a guitar is it? bunch of yobbos'

[SeattleLA]

One of the few songs written by Roger

[lm014c2414]

beggining of punk rock

[falkirkfirmm]

1:01-1:56.......still the best example of freakbeat ever

[1964Yovra]

What the hell happened there between 1:01 and 1:56? :) It's a Metal-rave and Feedback-fest in a pop-packaging!

[lizazp92]

- what's this rubbish thing?

- ready steady go!

- ready..whoa?

- READY STEADY GO!

[LostInTransition13]

@lizazp92 Is that how you're supposed to play a guitar nowadays... Bunch o' Lads.

[fontanalu]

oh, god, how this is so so great

[petsounds75]

Ever notice in most of these old videos, the most interesting part of the song the camera shakes, zooms like crazy and you can't see how the interesting effects are being made without any pedals or trickery?

Pisses me off. 

[pCriistopher]

...What it would have been like to be there...

[julyarchives]

What a great band .What a great tune . Any one got any blues ?

[icinglover95]

Hey look it's my husband, Roger Datlrey.

[sting231]

Keith Moon was the Jimi Hendrix of the drums.

[MrHeitz17]

@sting231 Please, Keith is the friggin' Eddie Van Halen of drums. He plays everything at once and it's so fast and freakin' amazing!

[Berenueve]

@sting231 Wrong. Jimi Hendrix was the Keith Moon of the guitar ;)

[sting231]

@Berenueve Well we're both right Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix were both awesome.

[JeDaaRe1]

@sting231 *is.

[sting231]

@JeDaaRe1 ????????????

[JeDaaRe1]

@sting231 I know he isn't here with us, but he will always remain a great, great drummer.

[ipanemaish]

Nice to see such an open minded 13 year old.Good for you.

[Squatchmichael]

At 1:04 watch Proto-punk being born....

[joel70228]

KEITH MOON SECOND ONLY TO JOHN BOHNAM ... AWESOME DRUMMER

[jaqua524]

@joel70228 other way around man haha, moon is neons ahead, he was technical in his own way..he would play circles around the rhythm of the song in a way that no drummer could before or after...hes been such a big influence, can he solo like bonham? no but thats irrelovant lmao. Can bonham carry a song the way moon could? NO listen to cobwebs and strange, or bargain, moons energy, with odd talent, and influence on drumming, is what made him the greatest rock drummer of all time without a doubt

[dave8594]

FUCKING ORGASMICLY EPIC!!!!!!!

[chestermod]

This song helped embed Mod in my soul. RIP John.

[jamesyctfc]

"Ready Steady What?" RIP Michael Elphick

[RawIsRegal]

I suppose they wear wet jeans and all? Eh?

[cjstroked]

@RawIsRegal from quadrophenia. im i right

[lunarpollen]

is John plonking away on a Gretsch bass guitar???

[brianpage100]

"Is that how you play guitar now then? I can sing better than that little ape. You call that singing? He sounds like a drowned dog! That'll make you deaf you know"

[TheWembleymod]

youre right sue did you do tiles or the starlight? in the sixties? ps keiths sister still has the pictures of lilly drumkit in the front room!!

[sue2208]

@TheWembleymod Certainly did Tiles, in Oxford Street , is that the one? Was with Keith when they played a gig in North London, even then it was mayhem, great fun. Also went to the Rikkitik club in Windsor with Keith - did you ever go there?

[TheWembleymod]

believe it or not i used to go trainspotting with keith moon when we were kids he lived on my estate in wembley hah!! mad as a march hare even then oh the memories met him when he was famous backstage at tiles club oxford st 1967 and his comment?? hello cunt!!!

[sue2208]

@TheWembleymod Hi I knew keith too, you're right, he was a loon but so much fun. So sad what the silly bugger did to himself. Great memories.

[ConnorG56]

@TheWembleymod ha ha

[1962drob]

This is a real cool song by The Who!!! This song is from "The Kids Are Alright" soundtrack album. Used to play that album constantly!!!

[mythtree]

The WHO are Alright!

...certainly were big - and bouncy when I caught them - O yeah & loud, live! I couldn't hear for days... but I think Bowie did cover the Who righteous, & I'd have died to have seen him do this with them... Bowie with Daltrey, Moon & Townsend & thunderfingers would have dissolved the stage in a stormy wave - of women, or something may have spontaneously combusted, or something. & I don't mean by firecrackers in drumsets!

[theuglyhairmonster2]

it's funny coz when you watch interviews with the who to this day they basically say they didn't give a shit about mods or anything else they just tailored to their audience

[kabeauregardajax]

keith moon @0.58.... yeah man! he understood it!

[shannyzack]

I think The Who is by far the best band in this generation! And i'm only 13 :'D

[ZachWildSuxxx]

@shannyzack This generation? You're an idiot. And WHO cares how old you are?

[Desperada57]

Hey, give the kid a break! At least he knows good music when he hears it.

@ZachWildSuxxx

[lesterroberts1]

Jimmy's dad- "there a bunch of thugs" "is that how you play the guitar theses days?"

"that will make you deaf you know!"

[lily7white]

and how would you know are you a record producer i don't think so fool

[lily7white]

so how was keith Moon miming you shmuck

[DoctorBohr]

@lily7white

by the simple fact that what he was playing there in the studio was different to the backing track being broadcast on tv. We are most likely hearing the latter rather than the drumming we are seeing.

You shmuck.

[DoctorBohr]

This doesnt seem live, but it isnt the original studio version either. I think the vocals are sung live on air, but over a backing track recorded earlier specifically for the show. So Daltrey is singing live, but the rest are miming their instruments. They did this quite often on these shows.

[yodaspriest1]

@DoctorBohr they were sooooo good that you can't tell if it's live or not.

But this is live.....they don't call them best live band for nothing

[noclouds111]

Great, great. The harmonies sound 'angelic'. Thanks!

[SuperSlinkyDudeWHO96]

i would really prefer an actual live performance but this is great footage and an awesome song

[WizLaudan73]

From 1:01 to 1:55 is the best live performance i ever seen on UK TV. The second best is The Stone Roses singing Waterfall live on Other Side of Midnight, Tony Wilsons old show...Both videos show bands at the top of their game.

[WizLaudan73]

I still get goose bumps from watching this video of keith moon going for it...Fuckin amazing!!!!

[powderfinger71]

You have to consider what was around in 60/61/62 to realise how incendiary this was and still is

[DoctorBohr]

@powderfinger71

this is 1965, but still incendiary

[powderfinger71]

@DoctorBohr No what i meant was that this was on a different planet to what was around just 3 or 4 years earlier in the very early sixties. The musical change from the early to mid sixties still seems incredible to me,i envy those who were there to see it.

[DoctorBohr]

@powderfinger71

Ah, yeah. This is very true.

[masseypats12]

Quadraphenia <3

[SuperSlinkyDudeWHO96]

look at moon go!!! they were defenitely the hardest rockin band at the time and on through the 70s

[heywally]

I was 13 in 65', probably a year away from getting into the Who, but it's safe to say that there weren't any bands back then playing like this. The Stones had a fairly hard edge but nowhere near as heavy of a sound. The Who!

[alonenjersey]

@heywally What about the Yardbirds? They had a sound that was pretty heavy once Jeff Beck joined the band.

[Gazolba]

Hard to believe this is 45 years ago!

[ecnalubma696969]

@Gazolba The kids were hip until LSD fixed that.

[1962drob]

@Gazolba I know, right? It's going on Half a Century!!

[VioletDeliriums]

@Gazolba I know, right? It seems like 100! :)

[who27moon]

5 people are complete idiots.

[888anotherusername9]

2:23 Ooops. Pete.

[888anotherusername9]

Keith Moon acknowledged Mel Taylor of The Ventures as an inspiration to his drumming style.

[SeattleLA]

@888anotherusername9 Is that right? It sure makes sense.

[CultureJudge]

Also, the cameramen knew how to get with a band in those days. Check how the camera is just being shook from side to side and up and down to convey to the kids at home the excitement in the studio.

[Bobsmellslikeyourmom]

@CultureJudge camera men for the who never got enough of john though

[CultureJudge]

@Bobsmellslikeyourmom Very true.

[jerryg1964]

@Bobsmellslikeyourmom to paraphrase John, he had to stand still or the whole band would have gone flying off the stage!

[desamator11]

always thought of the young who as a punk rock\mod band.there speed,anger,power,agressivenes­s, rebelliousness,powerchords,sim­plicity,excitment,cleverness,h­ighvolume,orginality,being innovative,catchiness, and the destruction of whatever they come in contact with are all the examples that most punk bands go by today.yes,they have alot of punkrock moments;and this is one of them.

[desamator11]

always thought of the young who as a punk rock\mod band.there speed,anger,power,agressivenes­s, rebelliousness,powerchords,sim­plicity,excitment,highvolume,o­rginality,being innovative,catchiness, and the destruction of whatever they come in contact with are all the examples that most punk bands go by today.yes;they have alot of punkrock moments.

[10ccalanarkush]

omg, the riff at 0:50 is so reminscent of street fighting man...the latter in case folks don't know is from '68. Ya think they stole it? Or were uh, 'inspired'?

[SpeedTriple59]

The man Moon,!! only guy i know that picks a fight witha drum kit and wins..Total legend..

[thed0dgydancer]

I wish I was around when they were; I'd be their biggest fans.

[jablkovastrudla]

it must have been great living in the uk in the 60s

[ThePatJennings]

@jablkovastrudla

My mum was a 60's mod. I was a 79 mod.

I've got all her original vinyl records....too cool!.

It's a bit sad now though...my "cool modette chick mum is now 64 and 79 mod me is now 43.

Age and time sux!

I still have a vespa, but now when i ride it, it aint "look at the cool dude on the scooter", it's now " there's an old man too scared to buy a motorbike". lol.

[ThePatJennings]

@ThePatJennings

Oh yeah, forgot to say, we're Londoners, so were i the best Mod place in the world :)

[MrMcInsane]

@ThePatJennings Nah, u still cool, even if people dont know it!

[ThePatJennings]

Keith Moon....as Pink Floyd said of him: Shine on you crazy Diamond

[corpralkirsch]

@ThePatJennings great reference dude

[YukiMasuho]

若者！！

まずは黙ってこの曲を聴け

[chrismartinsf]

that gesture KM does at :59 ... coiling up and ready to strike. He was pure id.

[evanescencegal101]

My heart, it's all fluttery.

I'm dying of amazing ness.

[nevasnitch]

I Need A time Machine

[Korph88]

the only bad thing about the 60s was that i wash't there

[Smiert63]

THIS is the ultimate music

[1314albagubrath]

'BUNCH OF LOUTS' .The 60s piss over every piece of banal,middle of the road,bland,corporate shite the poor kids have to listen today.My kids listen to all sorts from KOL to OASIS and of course the WHO etc none of your Simon Cowell etc crap.

[freespeech4u2]

wasn't this a theme from a bbc television show?

[Angusgibb]

i love how you can here john so clearly on the rythem microphone

doesnt happen to often

[TheAnn2shoes]

Watching this, it's hard to believe a couple of them are still on the road. Loved them then, still love them now. Moon The Loon. RIP

[semerkhetTER]

And this is why in my opinion The Who are and always will be the greatest band in the world ever.

[tschiibii]

@semerkhetTER

...YES, after The KINKS... :-)

[semerkhetTER]

@tschiibii yeah the Kinks are a great band also

[jaytf123]

Many experts call this song the first psychedelic song.

[koalacatcher]

@jaytf123 not really, this song is not even psychedelic. Still I'm Sad- Yardbirds, Kinks- See My Friend from mid '65 are more obvious choices.

[jaytf123]

@koalacatcher Love that Yardbirds song. Maybe the most underrated group in history.

[anonUK]

@jaytf123

Which experts exactly?

[freespeech4u2]

@jaytf123 are these experts deaf?

[WildwoodFlowerGirl]

I am dying to own a shirt like the one Keith has on. I love their mod apparel.

[Mods130]

is this on Quadrophenia when jimmy is weting hes livis my mum hates me doing that but the thing is when she was my age she did it too i love being a 14 yar old mod

[Beatlemania62]

@Mods130 Yeah, the bit when his dad says "Is that how you're meant to play a guitar nowadays?" Love that film

Mods for life!!

[Mods130]

@Beatlemania62 yer best film ever love it and im mods for life too. school tomoorw its ok because i get to speend more time whit my girlfriend who is a mod too yerrr we are the mods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[huwmac]

I'm guessing the camerman had one coffee too many

[stOOpid68]

I can go anyway, way I choose I can live anyhow, win or lose I can go anywhere, for something new Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose I can do anything, right or wrong I can talk anyhow, and get along Don't care anyway, I never lose Anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose Nothing gets in my way Not even locked doors Don't follow the lines That been laid before I get along anyway I dare Anyway, anyhow, anywhere

[raulbarrientos007]

HOLY SHITTTTT!!!

[cookmoore]

"Oh, I feel good now!"

[jorgekn69]

moon is a fuckin genius of the drums!

[mrmrscosanostra]

@jorgekn69 word up, you cocksucker. that's polite in england. keith was a spunk.

[onein7twist]

LOL, this was a good 10 years before Quadrophenia! Learn to spell it, then look it up.

[KickapooLake]

Thanks 93or93 for the early tape. Nice.

[neilus]

i swear to god at 1;00 Keth has got some speed stashed in his drumstick some how and takes a big hit before he goes mental!

[spanjoar]

Gotta love their early sound. And songs! this is more punk than Sex Pistols ever was.

[cjf799]

Ready Steady Go

[modsheff1]

FUCKIN BRILIANT!

[porridgeeveryday]

take a pneumatic drill to those drums keith, slaughter those drums.

[WizLaudan73]

Keith moon on the drums...i get goose bumps every time i see him on this video. Fuckin intence maaan...It was years before i was bourn but imagine being a teen at that time and seeing this vid for the first time..it must have blew em away.

[modsheff1]

Yeah a know where ya comin from...;)

[jochen538]

Is that how your s'posed to play a guitar nowadays? is it?

[tmua23]

I think it is funny how Pete played so many kinds of guitar. Normally a guitar player might play two types of guitars based on the feel of the song but Pete played everything. He played a 335, a Tele, a Danelectro and a Les Paul. Kinda cool how how the sound transformed with him and not the other way around.

[TheSuperMerc]

he really couldn't play one guitar for long cause it would be smashed

[RockManX9Productions]

Was ths the performance that Jimmy was watching in Quadrophenia?

Great song.

[peutricolor]

Yes mate.

[Whicol2]

On the TV set? Yes.

[Swartenager]

No, I think he was watching "The Kids Are Alright" or at least that's what gets played on the CD

[WizLaudan73]

Yeah mate this was the clip from quadraphenia...great video..Keith Moon rocks!

[baseballeddie1177]

this is one of their greatest, true who sound and style

[marymungoandmidge]

Quadraphenia is an amazin film and soundtrack!!!! happy memories of that time too, I was a mod lol!!

[Sarahfreckle]

I love the contrast of the crazy Keith Moon and Pete Townsend with the cool laid-back John Entwistle and of course Roger Daltrey one of the greatest lead-singers of all time. At this period they defined the word MOD.

[glamfakir]

Thanks for posting this. I remember as a young child skating around Paisley Ice Rink to this song in 1966 as well as their other hits. I was too young to know just how much they were revolutionizing music....Just loved the excitement.

[buckley54]

I liken the performance to Becket's 'Waiting for Godot' in that it's in 2 parts with nothing happening in either.

Love Justin Haywards flares though!!

[cjf799]

Got That Right Evertonion .. I get humbs down for knowing Who history

[cjf799]

These Lads are rubbish I supose you wear wet jeans as well.... :)

[evertonio]

obviously the people who gave you a thumbs down haven't seen Quadrophenia mate.

[cjf799]

Havent any of you idiots seen Quadrophenia??

[atgskater14]

truly one of the best rock bands of all times

[ann2shoes]

I don't remember the Who being banned from RSG - and Cathy McGowan was most definitley NOT a slag.

[TimothyQStanton]

Anyone else hear traces of "Can't Explain" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" in this tune? Man, these guys were not only ahead of the times, they were ahead of themselves! Innovative and awesome band.

[pinkjoey3]

@TimothyQStanton agreed :)

[DustOnTheRoad]

Moon was a true genius, a true prodigy.

[whato1986]

roger daltrey looks like a jim henson muppet here.

teehee

[Captb55806]

I think he looks like Lerch The Adams Family Buttler. Ha Ha Ha,

[NYCadet273]

Ready, Steady, Go used this song as their theme song. it was that good

[whato1986]

wasn't 5,4,3,2,1 used as the theme?

[Armitando]

@whato1986 yes

[edgycharacter]

I suppose they wear sopping wet jeans n all

[cjf799]

Quadrophenia Baby Great Comment Edgy

[nevasnitch]

keith moon was on fire!!!!!!! 

THEFIRSTLOUDESTBANDEVERtheWho"­|"

[DiggermanNo1]

The only time Keith Moon was not on fire was when he was asleep.....

and knowing him, even then he was smoldering.

The band never recovered from his untimely demise.

[stevohorn]

@DiggermanNo1 Great comment.. and so very true!

[boagieking]

@DiggermanNo1 nor john's as well

[biggibson49]

@DiggermanNo1 Yeah! Dah! How can a freight train recover from an engine with a broken crank case?

[Mods130]

@DiggermanNo1 he probley drumed when he was asleep too im 14 and love the who and mod stuff the jam yh im a 14 yar old mod (: so is my girlfriend

[AllisterCooper2008]

@DiggermanNo1 True. The Who ceased to exist the moment he died. Led Zeppelin knew that too about themselves when John Bonham was gone.

[ecnalubma696969]

@DiggermanNo1 Well, duh.

[pretorious700]

madmen those lads

[paulthepill]

dont quote me on this but i think the who were banned from this show after moonie acted in an obnoctious way to cathy mc gowan...slag deserved i think !

[ruttman15]

Its funny, roger daltrey looks like this today, but he looked younger than this about 10 years later.

[redrock1965]

fucking amazing song ,,,love it

[ruttman15]

Man keith moon was crazy from the start!

[marcusguernsey]

same clip, father goes, i could sing better then that ape, sounds like a drown dog

[xcraig1961]

pure and simple the who are a class apart ,,fuking awesome

[keepthefaith63]

proper mod anthem

[seanreillyireland]

For 1965, its unbelievable. Listen to what he's doin' on the guitar. If the Rolling Stones were the antithesis of the Beatles, what on earth is this?! The Beatles / feedback invention / I feel fine? Don't make me laugh!

[sapphiretaurus]

@seanreillyireland There's nothing funny about it.

This TV vid i