Pete Townshend - Won't Get Fooled Again LIVE 1979

A 1979 Live performance of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by Pete Townshend on acoustic guitar accompanied by Classical Guitarist John Willams at the 1979 Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Ball.

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[Sam DobinsonMusic]

This moves me so much more than the original, the subtlety of it makes it awsome

[ace69er]

The Aussie didnt even GET a look in! Still a gr8 performance by Pete!

[rakles11]

Totally untrue. I have the original vinyl without the edit. I am not sure why it was cut for the video.

[BstrangerUK]

He says himself he was drunk during the performance and was an alcoholic during the 70s, no doubt you know his own life better than he does?

[seth1066]

Bullshit.

[massiveham]

the news at the time was that pete actually fell asleep during the number and had to be roused to complete it, hence the weird edit. i remember reading that in rolling stone. who knows??

[905if6was9]

I didn't believe in God until that last segment, where Townshend sang lead and closed out with the most underrated acoustic guitar in rock history.

[hamstergirl4444]

A different dimension? That's interesting - I was looking for this clip. When me and & my old man - who's a damn fine guitar player himself :) - saw this in '82, we were just floored. I'd never heard Townsend play acoustic, and afterwards, we both agreed on one thing - he sang this song like he KNEW something nobody else did, and so wanted his audience to understand. I know, it sounds like pretentious twaddle, but it really had an effect on us both.

[ace69er]

Yerp!

[Surfer1721]

haha yea mate lolz Pete on rhythm and the Aussie on lead!