Pete Townshend bio Pt.1

[jonanjello]

2:02 The flamenco and flourishes influence. I hear it. I didn't realize that! Great stuff.

[vcx9dfne]

I like the U2 guitarist (what's his name, in the black cap, I'm not a U2 super-fan). He shows up on many of these "tribute" shows, another being for and about Jimmy Page. Seems like a truly nice, humble, and generous guy.

Anyway, Pete is one-of-a-kind. Good guitarist? Could you carry The Who in something like "Live at Leeds"? I don't mean play the notes, I mean create the show, the whole enchilada that Pete brings, the whole sonic experience, the energy, the rhythm and dynamics?

[cowboyx1970]

scalp reduction in 1974, that's why he's not bald in the back

[VERB65]

Finally someone that told the truth about who invented rock & roll 7:43 .Not Elvis who completely rip of the blacks of that era.It was many unnamed unheard of blacks that wrote many songs that they never got credit for,but performed deep in the ghetto where white producers would go to steal.Little Richard, And Chuck Berry are just the known ones.Just venting.It just amazing how the white world tries to bury,or steal everything blk,and beautiful.The biggest buried truth.Jesus was a blk man.THUTH

[johnhwilliams]

Okay, there's a lot of talk about Pete not being very good but I am really good at playing jazz guitarand I love Pete.............he's one of the best of all time.....(I've been playing jazz guitar for 21 years and make my living with it). Long live Pete!!!!

[robmk21]

What most typical guitar fans think is good guitar playing is playing like Yngwie, but no guitar player played like pete, pete would pull shit out of his ass during concerts , chords solos, that no guitarist can pull off. If you listen to live Who no song is the same its always different and its sounds good even if its extremely spontaneus.

Pete and the Who = Greatest Improv Band Ever

[alsaxe1]

@robmk21 i love pete and the who's music. Have loved it since 1970...His style has changed over the last several years.. He leans on the whammy bar alot now and uses a strange two finger technique w/his right hand. Alot of his attempts at single note work are/were horrible. Sometimes he pulled off some amazing solos flying by the seat of his pants, but for the most part they were full of bad notes..

[alexgilbert92]

only pete townshed can have no dislikes :D

[ToLoBaLo]

escuchar esa guitarra es la ostia, aunque subtitulado mejor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! por entender alguna vez lo que dice !!!

[alisterfolson]

I hated the show they did at the Superbowl...I know they could've done waaay better Pino the bassists and the drummer were hot, tho...Pete and Roger just sucked...I mean really? I know they could've done better...

[zombiemonster]

My top 10 of the greatest guitar players who ever lived 1.) Jimi Hendrix 2.) Keith Richards 3.) Pete Townshend 4.) Jimmy Page 5.) Eric Clapton 6.) George Harrison 7.) Toni Iommi 8.) B.B. King 9.) Eddie Van Halen 10.) Stevie Ray Vaughn

[chloewalker8089]

@zombiemonster i strongly agree with your list. good choices : ) it really pissed me off how guitar world magazine didn't list him in the top 30 greatest guitarists of all time : /

[zombiemonster]

@chloewalker8089 Rolling Stone magazine put him at number 50 and not higher WTF

[88napolitano]

A very fabulous acoustic guitar player,man!!!!

[IndieRadioBanana]

can not be different from pete

[zombiemonster]

Pete Townshend is as a matter of fact rated #3 on the list of the greatest guitar players who ever lived

[beatlegirl456]

I don't know how the hell he does that, put he has magic with guitars!!!!

[thisrainykitten]

Oh please, Eddie Vedder....

[hazor777]

THE WHO, Pete, Roger, John, Keith -- will always be GREAT !! Eddie Vedder? "who" the fuck cares?........

[linziandthewhale]

he's amazing and he's my hero. since the age of 3 (and im only 23!) and he always will be. what a genius. <333

[happykilojoule]

They should have made more music videos like Happy Jack, with their four personalities together they were hilarious.

[celtic4eva]

yeh ur right none of no guitar player before or since have the bollocks of pete pure agression and testerone fuelled performance wit the quitar he plays as any real man would want to

[SamuBolado]

i agree to agree to agree.

[Kaeleeman]

no offense to them or anyone, but Vedder and The Edge?

[brenhollhunt]

Pete and Eddie Vedder are very good friends.

[jdenicholls]

They know what they're talking about. The fact their bands sound nothing like the Who is irrelevant I'd say

[sensai61]

pete townsend and george harrison, two ridiculously under-rated guitarists

[whotles]

My two biggest influences.

[ClasicRko]

@sensai61 yeah i agree george and pete never got the credit they deserved, they inspired modern guitarists

[418kate]

@sensai61 My heroes

[ragingbull888]

@sensai61 and dave davies

[Eamuesrtsionn]

Pete is probabley the most under rated guitarist in the world. i think hes top 10, not in the 50s like a bunch of the guitarist lists say. Pete kicks ass. WOAH!

[perfectagrl723]

i completely agree

[ryan49321]

In the top 3 as a guitarist, but by far the top musician. ACTUAL MUSICIAN

[braino2000]

Yeah... And I wouldn't say for raw skill (though he kicks ass in that, too) but just sheer music talent. Fuck rolling stone!! haha

[AmaterasuHeika]

'Guitarists' put Pete down because they can't write songs like that. Or play drums, bass, keyboards, etc. Because they can't write, they scoff at say Who's Next is easy. Copying is not creating.

Plus, none of them can touch Pete as a live performer. In his prime it was chamber music in a commando raid, melodic flair, power and staggering ferocity. All the people putting Pete down forget one thing: he and The Who were the greatest live band to ever walk the planet.

[moronsINglasshouses]

@AmaterasuHeika I think Pete's actually an extremely underrated guitarist. Listen to Eminence Front live and you'll know what I mean.

[marcello1993ful]

@Eamuesrtsionn i think that pete was the best rock composer of all time and one of the best guitarrist

[Eamuesrtsionn]

@marcello1993ful i do agree with that 100%, having to compete with the beatles and the stones, the songs pete were wiriting weren't just that pop song, they kinda sunk in a little deeper, deeper and deeper as the years went on

[Eamuesrtsionn]

@marcello1993ful yeah i agree with that 100% pete was writing against the beatles and the stones, and what pete was writing went a little deeper, and as the years went on, they got deeper and deeper, he is a muscial genious

[frompilios]

@Eamuesrtsionn

i agree that he is under rated and im a big fan of the Who but i dont think that he's top 10. probably more like top 20 id say

[418kate]

@Eamuesrtsionn check out gibson's list its much better then rolling stones.

[WhtevrHpnd2Mary]

I think that's a perfect description of Pete's soloing style:

'He can solo until you think the guitar just wants to be rescued.'

Hell yeah. 8-)

[chriskoob]

thats cause it knows its bout to be smashed to bits

[dockaiser]

what does eddie vedder know about guitar playing?

[eskim0samurai]

He's heavily influenced by Townshend. I guess he knows that.

[dockaiser]

The best rock guitar player and I#m not talking of solos - his rhythm playing is great

[RafalNitkaBialek]

Pete was one of those who inspired me to pick up the acoustic guitar. Much time had passed before I figured out how to imitate his style...

[whonut]

I saw the who in the '70s and they were fucking LOUD! Your ears rang for 24hrs after the show. So no wonder Pete is deaf. LOL.

[jadealone]

Thanks for putting this vid up, it's awesome.  Of course, anything "Pete" is awesome.

[JohnnyDepp5115]

PETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nur100etc]

5:04 "more sound" ?

[RafalNitkaBialek]

Oh yes - Pete's solo is so nice...