pete townshend - the south bank show - part 1

[pharmaceuticus1]

What's the name of the song at 4:27?

[colourscrash]

@pharmaceuticus1 'let's see action.'

[adamtzsch]

Love, love, love Pete!

[adamtzsch]

John Entwistle: present and correct :)

[JohnnyCxviii]

Thank you so much for posting this, colourscrash. Pete never stops intriguing me, impressing me, and blowing me away. Not that he's trying, mind you...it's just Pete being Pete--brilliant, insightful, passionate, ahead of his time. What a creative whirlwind this man is!

[thisrainykitten]

This is so excellent that I am watching 1 part each evening to savor it. Thank you for posting this. It is awesome.

[mstipendiary28]

Sincerest thanks for uploading, .

[EuchridEucrow1]

At what point, exactly, did he leave Faber and Faber?

I know he edited Eric Burdon's biography (Eric wasn't too happy with the result), and that his relationships with Ted Hughes and William Golding came out of this period, but by PSYCHODERELICT and TOMMY ON BROADWAY he had obviously finished with that.

[BrickLaneBetty]

Faber and Faber i believe was from about 1982 until 86ish

[RubHerSoul1]

love those opening hybrid chords.

[Pulsar205]

is that what they call them, hybrid? he learnt to play the banjo first so that's why his playing is a little different to standard guitar

[RubHerSoul1]

@Pulsar205 i could be wrong. it's like an added ninth with a note removed from the original chord. My theory is a bit off these days. haven't been studying much.

[actonstation]

Man, thanks for posting this, nice one.

[colourscrash]

you're welcome!

[kitch77]

He looks like Will Self on this.

I like Townshends music but he does come across as a self important pseudo intelluctual at times. *stands back and waits for the backlash*

[taylor222]

wow he really does look like will self.

and he's a brilliant asshole at times. haha

but i absolutely love him.

[BrickLaneBetty]

That's why we LOVE him! Thanks for posting this

[muttilo]

Yeah they look similiar here >.But You know what ..He is one of a VERY few of smart people..A Bona-fide Intellectual ..If there is such a thing he is one!

[muttilo]

Also 1985 was a wierd period , in that he was a book editor for Faber and Faber opting some Bukowski stuff among others .Newly Sober and wanting to have a healthy family life away from the Dull and Decadant 80's scene of MTV

[230Vince23]

The way this song sounds on this clip (and I seem to recall it's different on the White City album) is awsome!

[TheGoldenSphinx]

It's funny too to see the malfunctioning copy of "The kids are alright". The first VHS release had a sucky picture and it was running to fast! Roger sounds like a cartoon character.

[SnugglySara]

Woof!

[capricious71]

He never looks quite right without a beard.

[TheGoldenSphinx]

Exactly, it's the oposit when you see photos of Mick Jagger WITH a beard and you think WTF?! I can't imagine Clapton or Ringo without a beard either...

[est3inb3rg]

@capricious71 townshend is townshend with or without a beard, but entwistle is not entwistle without a beard