THE WHO - LIVE ON THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW
What a disaster. I mean its a great show but its a miracle anyone didn't get seriously dismembered or killed! Keith Moon put a couple of kegs of dynamite into his bass drum.... literally. When it went off Pete Townshend lost part of his hearing and his arm was pelted with tiny shards of
cymbol. Depending on who you talk to its still lodged
into the flesh of his arm. John Entwistle, the bassist, seems bored while all of this is going on or maybe he's just used to it.
Roger Daltrey is doing his best to look like either Florence Henderson or Mrs. Reed Richards, (The Invisible Girl) from the Fantastic Four comics. That hair is unmistakebly from a 60's astronaut housewife who holds Tupperware parties and serves powdered Tang. Its odd, its kooky..... its.... THE WHO.
This was as close to a Hannah Barbara cartoon as I could get. Besides looking totally goofy and gangly they were all sexually frustrated. As a kid I clung to them for dear life because they became heros of mine. I could somehow relate to them -- that is -- when I could figure out what they were ranting about.
The other song they did on the Smothers Brothers show was, "I Can See For Miles". This was their first television appearance in America. From here they went on to play the Filmore and do a mini tour. These shows were little more than 2 1/2 minutes of about 5 songs and they would smash up their gear and leap off the stage.
This is the opening scene for the newly restored dvd release, "THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT". That movie features all the television spots, videos and some live performances. They left out all the tracks from, "Quadrophenia" which is a shame because that is their most prolific project.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
What a disaster. I mean its a great show but its a miracle anyone didn't get seriously dismembered or killed! Keith Moon put a couple of kegs of dynamite into his bass drum.... literally. When it went off Pete Townshend lost part of his hearing and his arm was pelted with tiny shards of
cymbol. Depending on who you talk to its still lodged
into the flesh of his arm. John Entwistle, the bassist, seems bored while all of this is going on or maybe he's just used to it.
Roger Daltrey is doing his best to look like either Florence Henderson or Mrs. Reed Richards, (The Invisible Girl) from the Fantastic Four comics. That hair is unmistakebly from a 60's astronaut housewife who holds Tupperware parties and serves powdered Tang. Its odd, its kooky..... its.... THE WHO.
This was as close to a Hannah Barbara cartoon as I could get. Besides looking totally goofy and gangly they were all sexually frustrated. As a kid I clung to them for dear life because they became heros of mine. I could somehow relate to them -- that is -- when I could figure out what they were ranting about.
The other song they did on the Smothers Brothers show was, "I Can See For Miles". This was their first television appearance in America. From here they went on to play the Filmore and do a mini tour. These shows were little more than 2 1/2 minutes of about 5 songs and they would smash up their gear and leap off the stage.
This is the opening scene for the newly restored dvd release, "THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT". That movie features all the television spots, videos and some live performances. They left out all the tracks from, "Quadrophenia" which is a shame because that is their most prolific project.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of http://www.beautyloungestore.com he has contributed to several blogs and podcasts such as…..http://911copywriters.podomatic.com. He served as a top rated art director for Interactive Web Marketing groups in Chicago and New York City.
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