The Who - My Generation

[patricegaudicheau]

So Great !

[jaysteels]

bitching solo

[TheRockEgg]

The host is a comedian who was no doubt in on it from the beginning, son.

[brandocv]

@SantasEvilHelper So arrogant ... did you get fed bad milk as a child? I wasn't even conceived when this came on tv, and I didn't know him, thanks for the enlightenment, fuck off for your attitude.

[EddiTrue]

@brandocv sweet :)

[funcooldrew2]

ok i in need of a drummer thats really good kinda like keith moon or john bonham im going to form a band if your interesting in joining my band text me back? if your around age 16-17

[MrThisplaceisweird]

@funcooldrew2

LOL good luck with that.

[funcooldrew2]

@MrThisplaceisweird with what? so been a while

[131annie1]

the bass is fucking amazing!!

[heat4yoass]

wow that wasn't awkward or anything

[MasssTR]

and john was like, nah dude i'm not doing that to my bass

[emceeslo]

I would not have had the heart to blow up that beautiful drum kit.

[adamjg4]

Is this the first Punk song or what?



[thelivinged]

This is a Punk Rocker! Fucking bad ass! Am I the only one hoped to live in this kind of era?

[TulseLuper]

To everyone bashing the Smothers Brothers: You're missing the joke. It was actually a fairly radical show for its time. They knew exactly what they were doing when they booked the Who. The only thing they didn't plan was for Keith Moon to put THAT much gunpowder into the drumkit.

[juan13579run]

i love when pete destroys the acoustic guitar XD

[Veggieman87]

John Entwistle: Master of not giving a fuck.

[vl5150]

It looks like the show made them do a lip synch?

[seabornlee]

@vl5150 Yeah, from what I understand many of the shows in this era had bands record in advance either at rehearsal or prior (may have been mainly for technical reasons as sound reinforcement was still kinda stoneage then, can't recall for sure); sometimes you can see the vocals are live over backing tracks though.

[spacewithace1997]

at 2:12 does roger yell SATAN? just wondering

[P90madness]

Dude...everybody's got their things blown up except John...at 4:38 you can see him holding his bass and almost running away :D

[marcfedak]

Wow, this show still packs a wallop. Every guy in The Who were entertaining to watch and they sure upped rock's ante. And the host (Tommy Smothers?) actually aided and abetted them....

[nirvanafan91ify]

what's great about john is the total lack of effort or enthusiam he seem's to put into playing the bass

[Beatlelover7]

I completely love how Rodger, Pete, and Keith are just destroying everything in the end and John is just walking holding his beloved base for dear life XD

[mravantgarde123]

...and Pete goes deaf...

[MichaelHansenFUN]

you should see the full performance on the smothers brothers dvd

[210zach]

are you kidding me? this host is a prick. a PRICK. I'm not sure if it was planned, but either way he came off as a total tool.

[RevelationAlphaOmega]

@210zach

The host is Tom Smothers and is only acting like a prick, it is his character on the show. Watch some other videos of them and you will understand the humor of what he is doing.

[seabornlee]

@RevelationAlphaOmega Yeah, I'm reading a book about the show now and he had a great eye for talent - he was at Monterey Pop a few months prior to this and they were one of the groups he handpicked to come on (and he had this show rushed to air a week early after it was taped; he knew it was hot).

[m0nkEz]

People Try to put us down (talking 'bout my generation)

Just because our music sucks (talking 'bout my generation)

[DCow000]

Rog is a midget compared to the rest of them.

[steveOo0o]

Lip sync :(

[TheMachinimaTheater]

@steveOo0o nope.

[Dandyincursive]

Ahhhhhhhh.....happy birthday John!!!!!!

[GemTones]

This video is a classic. Like The Beatles on Sullivan. The Smothers Brothers had a great variety show back in the day and Tommy (always the comic foil) was great introducing the band. Check out when he introduces Keith. Moon is freakin' pinned!

[snowboarder12ify]

Love how the host how to pick up the symbol

[TheGingaSlayer]

love the end where he smashes the other guys guitar

[BAZZROISKY]

is that tv presenter being serious.

[MusicIsHealing]

@BAZZROISKY It's Tom Smothers, he's never serious.

[coalb389]

Pete Townshend> Kanye west

Roger Daltry > Justin bieber

John Entwistle > eminem

Keith Moon =  Chuck Norris

[SolidarityIX]

@coalb389 Yeah because comparing a guitarist to a rapper, a rock singer to a pop singer and a bassist to a rapper is completely logical.

[MXInmortal]

¨The who¨ are the most peaceful band 4:17 they are angels!

[iownedu89]

Happy Birthday Keith Moon

[MXInmortal]

@iownedu89 that´s are my words Happy Birthday Keith Moon!

[BrokenHeartxox]

John Entwistle the only guy who can make the bass seem sexy

[TheMusicvent]

3:00

LIKE A BAWS

[PaulThePuppetier]

I think John's like "You guys won't touch MY bass"

[TheBeatlesRoooock]

"Now, we move right along-- ...eh."

[ReeseMac]

@SocialOutcastsMusic ....he ran in pain.

[A10thunderbolt]

John Lennon said his favorite moment in music was Roger stuttering during this song, He was right.

Ad almighty God but John Entiwistle was a great musician..

[brandocv]

Host - And where are you from Pete?

Pete - London

Host - London where?

Pete - London, England.

*Then Chuck Norris came and kicked the host in his crotch*

[TulseLuper]

@brandocv That was the Smothers Brothers' act. They played uncool idiots. Obviously he wasn't serious, and actually, this show was taken off the air for daring to criticize the Vietnam war.

[SantasEvilHelper]

@brandocv I don't think you understand who the host is, you uncultured fuck. That is Tom Smothers, one half of the Smothers Brothers

[armadafanforever]

In this video, I notice four things:

1) Keith knocking that host down a peg and blowing up shit LIKE A BOSS!

2) John standing there looking bored while throwing out awesome bass solos LIKE BOSS!

3) Pete doing the windmill and smashing his guitar into amps LIKE A BOSS!

4) Roger stuttering and hypnotizing us with beautiful blue eyes....... what? Sorry sorry, I was miles away. Now, where was I?... oh yeah, LIKE A BOSS!

Love these guys, especially Moonie. He was muh fave :)

[StanKindly]

If the bomb had gone off about 5 seconds earlier the World may have never heard masterpieces like Tommy, Who's Next, etc etc...

What was Moonie thinking??

[ernesttubb]

You cut off the bet part, where he asks for Dick's bass!

[armadafanforever]

@SocialOutcastsMusic I think it's cause he got hurt. A piece of a cymbal sliced his arm I think, that's also why he starts yelling "OW!" at the end :( Poor Keef

[MrGb1965]

@SocialOutcastsMusic

A piece of broken cymbal is said to have gashed his arm.

[dablueman21]

4:36

one word- BOOM.

[miraeja]

the who were awesome but you gotta admit they were fucking ugly

[jamaral81]

I love how Roger justs busts up laughing when Keith makes that fart sound when Tommy Smothers is talking and then when Tommy flips out Roger laugh even harder.

[ernestocheguevara95]

I find those bastards who put seven I do not like

[thedavielama]

Foo fighters need to do that!

[jaqua524]

@thedavielama Foo Fighters will never be even close to what the who was

[Conacostock]

That guy kind of violently grabbed Pete's head at the end there around 5:05, was he actually pissed or what?

[timthemanager]

was keith even playing or was there a backing track for the drums?

[MrGb1965]

@timthemanager

The whole piece was recorded, I'm pretty sure.

[afzoomie67]

it's funny at 1:52 when he flips shit.

[spangle69]

Where are the bands today to match this? Mumford and Sons? Kings of Leon? Please...

[wolfganggrrrr]

@spangle69 The Dillinger Escape Plan. haha

[porkypigbig50]

4:20 best part

[JackHaveman52]

Funny!!!! A variety comedy show in the late 60's. I remember this like it was yesterday. It was unprecedented at the time. Just one of the reasons the Smothers Brothers ended up being kicked off American tv. back then.

[RoggRox]

4 : 53

Give me that shit motherf*

[jandean61]

VOX GUITARS



[sethash540]

the host looks a bit like daniel tosh from tosh.o

[fhb3isback]

@sethash540 Hey! That's an insult to the Smothers Brothers!

#bwahhahahaha

[cbr0oks]

hahahaha holy shit. that was awesome.

[filippone55157]

5:12 that expression says "are we still on air?"

[ConquerTHEgreat221]

I would give my left nut to own that set!

[whyteay]

LOL, that ole' Brits v Americans thing; kinda miss that..

[Stephen17249]

What a pathetic compere! I bet he didn't last long !

[nickjames46]

sloppy playing crap,you know nothing about moon

[Mushkill666]

well tommy was right that drummer is kinda sloppy playing...

[TulseLuper]

@Mushkill666 You are aware that the Smothers Brothers were a comedy act, right? Being that square was their shtick.

[TulseLuper]

@Mushkill666 Shit, that wasn't directed at you. Sorry. :-/

[unfortunatebeam]

i love the proto-oasis attitude shown by them, esp Keith Moon the way he talks to so rudely to the host lol

[musoshi]

@unfortunatebeam

Proto-Oasis?

Holy fuckin' shit.

[unfortunatebeam]

@musoshi haha why? don't you think, kind of in a way hey hey?

[Kev501st]

Got to love the clothes.

[RubbeRevolver7740]

haha keith at the end

[eXPerienceyeah]

OMG he plays the bass solo WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE BASS. Absolutely sick!

[ZeRoSuB103]

#1 problem with rock bands nowadays, they don't have the balls to pull this shit off ever

[FiestyMclovin]

@ZeRoSuB103 So you want every band to be The Who? Me too, especially mine ;)

[homer0383]

this shits cheesy, like the music though...im 3 years old

[landrykkb]

@ZeRoSuB103 That's because The Who already did this before them.

[JabberCT]

@ZeRoSuB103 In todays music business, no one can outshine the ONE lead singer in any way. We will never again see a mainstream group with more than 1 person singing, which is why group names are almost extinct and its a endless sea of crappy solo artists. No more stand-out instrumentalists or background vocalists wanted either. They are lawsuits waiting to happen. Lawyers and agents tore music a new asshole. It will never recover.

[IDONTKN0WY0U]

@ZeRoSuB103 umm my band plays this song and we kick ass.

[ZeRoSuB103]

@IDONTKN0WY0U really? i've never heard of your band

[JayGirl1800]

This song always makes me giggle, because when he does the whole "g-g-g-generation!" or "b-b-b-big!",it makes me think that he's like...trying to think of the word and then he finally thinks of it xD Especially at 2:43 xDD

Ah, I love this band <3

[fredb3]

No one has noticed, because of the stage hands and lack thereof that the cymbals aren't making any noise on the recording.

[ZiggyPeterLewis]

Rock'n'roll !

[ZiggyPeterLewis]

Rock'n'roll !

[Bitshitter]

Townshend says the final drum explosion is where he got his hearing loss from....

[Wut88]

lol fuck the lip synching .... its not about that , its about moon being a crazy motherfucker and the explotion... fucking hillarious, lol and the bassist holding the bass is funny isnt he got like half deaf or something cuz of that?

[IC114283]

@Wut88 No Pete got half deaf, not John :P

[cst14789]

John is looking like " MAN THESE GUYS IS CRAZY"lol

[dfrye4]

john enthwistle is the epitome of cool

[smithw5]

now THAT is rock n roll

[manukanu]

@koriki69 according to Wikipedia they were lip-synching.

[tsimurda]

5 people wont die before they get old

[guitarman459]

A bunch of stupid morons!!

[Rimmez]

At 1:51 is he genuinely shouting at them or is he messing around?

[koriki69]

I dont think this is live there is guitars when he isnt playing.

classic explosion though. You see where nirvana got it froml

[noremac91]

@koriki69 There is no way in hell this is live. Notice there is no microphones over keiths drums, How far away from the mics john and pete are when they are singing, the fact the their mics have no cords, the guitar you hear when pete isn't playing, and the stick clicks you hear while keith is doing nothing. This is some of the worst lip synching ever lol.

I agree tho, pretty awesome explosion and stage show.

[ecnalubma696969]

@noremac91 NO shit, dumbass.

[belllsey]

@noremac91

um, go away.

[koriki69]

I dont think this is life there is guitars when he isnt playing.

[coribsmith]

holy shit is this the one were keith kept putting the explosives in the kick drum.....my aunt told me that pete chased keith around trying to kill me screaming "you've deafen me!"....is that what happened here?

[Lanerama9]

@coribsmith Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it is, lol! Pretty insane!

[Ranbo316]

volume

[abridgedfan107]

haha, i love how john's just standing there, holding his bass like a baby.

CLASSIC moment in television. =)

[yescure6]

@abridgedfan107 Me too, but I think he was protecting his bass:) hihi

[abridgedfan107]

@yescure6 he's like, 'yeah, i'd rather not destroy it...'

[XTVking333]

4 people are gonna die when there old

[bdawg1982]

I dont think Keith is playing the drums, I think it is recorded...

[SuperMegapj]

lol you can call me john

[TurtleMooseKitty]

thia ia fucking how its done

[TurtleMooseKitty]

I lol at pete tryna smash the guitar "IT WONT FUCKING DIE"

[TurtleMooseKitty]

I was just havin the absolute worse day of my life. I was sobbing when I turned the video on and just watching these guys being themselves, before they even started playing, by 2:02 I didnt remember what had just happened, all I knew was I was smiling.

[sparkytrick]

and did you know, that lad on the sloppy drums grew up to drum for, jesus?

[MigelRivera]

Epic Presentation !!!!!!!!!!!

[heresjohnnnyy1]

pay attention to keith, why is he playing so weirdly... it almost looks like there is a pre recorded drum part but he is pretending to play it

[adrianBonk1979]

@heresjohnnnyy1

They were all playing to a backing track-but Roger was singing live vocals[if I remember correctly]--but Keith Moon never worried much about miming properly.

[slimv29]

i think keith is the one saying ow

[tonymontana1974]

haha blew keith right off his drum stool.

[rvhawkeye]

tom smothers acted like a dope

[Alexandernero666]

Awesome!Damn I miss Keith and John!

[slimv29]

1:43 is that a censor? lol

[Minhist]

Probably took too much speed in those days making Roger stutter in the beginning.

[T0MMY1969]

What day is this？

[lucayfaby]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­a!!!

[petemeade]

Daltrey did indeed have a stutter, though he exaggerated it quite a bit once they realized how well it worked in the context of this song. Keith Moon is reported to have plied a stagehand with booze that afternoon at rehearsal and was then able to more than double the amount of explosives in his drum kit. The blast that resulted set Townshend's hair on fire, and you can see him patting at the back of his head to put it out. He also permanently lost hearing in one ear because of this explosion.

[TurtleMooseKitty]

@petemeade i read that they hadnt practiced before they recoreded it and so daltrey was stuttering to try to figure out where the lyrics fit in and they realized it worked

[LennonLover66]

How many guitars and drum sets do you think Pete and Moony went through throughout theire lives?

[AmazingJourneyTheWho]

oh how i wish that this was my generation.

[ecnalubma696969]

@AmazingJourneyTheWho It's a state of mind.

[unfortunatebeam]

@AmazingJourneyTheWho that's dumb. I don't. My generation is just as good enough. and why limit yourself to be restreicted to one generation or this generation why not just be transgenerational, in other words see yourself, you whole life and everyone elses just one long generation that everyone is a part of. Pete Townscend is still performing today, sitll alive. therefore he's part of your generation you can go see him if you want.

so there

[AmazingJourneyTheWho]

@unfortunatebeam haha ok man i am chill with what your saying. today has lots of great music. heck, one of my favorite bands, MGMT is not old. but i will never ever be able to see the music i absolutly love and have dedicated my life to, like it was before. I will never see the real Who. Never again will there be John Entwisle, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, and Pete Townshend playing together. i will never be able to see the real Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. and those who have are incredibly lucky.

[swordbellums]

@AmazingJourneyTheWho u might be dead right now

[AmazingJourneyTheWho]

@swordbellums it happens

[amazonjn]

It seems many of you did not know that the charges in Moon's kit were inadvertantly doubled as he did not know the s.m. stage crew had already set them or vice versa so the explosion was way too much. Pete's hair got singed and he wonders if his hearing problems were not exacerbated at that moment.

[bluevelvetchair]

nice windmill invention pete!

[Staszu13]

They're really messing with Tommy :-)

[panchomanygonzoman]

and this kids it's how rock 'n' roll borned

[Vogdiesel]

why does roger have trouble saying words? i thought it was on purpose, but i don't think it is.

[Udabuda1]

@Vogdiesel : Originally the stutter was a mistake, but it was then incorporated as part of the lyrics. He did not stutter habitually.

[1993DaVinci]

@Udabuda1 Both wrong, he was meant to be on speed lol, they're mods so they try and convey like they are on drugs like the rest of 'their generation' probably was :)

[kfag101]

love Keith!

[Bobsmellslikeyourmom]

Was this recorded earlier, cus keith isnt hitting what would make the sound that comes out like he hits a crash and it makes a snare noise

[yooperwholigan13]

john looks so cute at 1:00, definitely the most under rated member of the who, if you look closely at about 4:58 hes grinning at the destruction.

[dobravery]

@yooperwholigan13 Love how when the destruction starts, he cradles his guitar as if to say 'not my baby!'

[TurtleMooseKitty]

@yooperwholigan13 Underated?? Anyone with sense recognizes him as one of the greatest bassists in all of rock

[ComedicArtist866]

Poor Roger the dude just passes him by :( 0:52

[TurtleMooseKitty]

@ComedicArtist866 I love how he hangs his head

[thresher4]

The last comment was by Tommy Smothers,it was "Hey Dick can I borrow your bass?" Bwhahahahahahahaha

[thresher4]

The last comment was by Tommy Smothers,it was "Hey Dick can I borrow your bass?"  Bwhahahahahahaha

[willy14916]

is it me, or all they all wearing absurd amounts of make-up

[XPHALCON]

Pictures of Lilly drum set. Fricken worth a fortune now, and beautiful.

[VegasBuggMan]

How in the hell can John be so relaxed ? Its had to tell if he's oblivious or just not paying attention lol

[kml2f]

Guys I dont understand something, y do people hate justin bieber so much, i mean, im not writing this to defend him, i love the who, but im sick of all the hate towards him. Isnt he really just another genre and I thought we should respect other people's taste in music. Seriously, he doesnt suck that much, of course he doesnt deserve to compared to the who or any other legend, but the hating should stop. How would we feel if some1 said the who sucks.

@kml2f