The Who's final performance with Keith Moon

[pinkoos]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos...n-20130110

Interesting story once again.

The linked video is 4 months before Keith died and the Who's last performance with him.

The story is pretty interesting because I didn't know the bit about what I think is one of the iconic pictures/videos in rock history: Pete sliding on the stage at the climax of Won't Get Fooled Again.

Here's where I mentioned that about a year ago:

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1093942

EDIT: Guess I got the part about it being from the Isle of Wight festival wrong....

[hal]

That is one hell of a last performance

SO grateful that I managed to see them once with the original cast...

[Black]

Interesting-- I cone across that video frequently on Youtube, and of course have to watch it every time like a dope... but I've always thought that slide looked contrived/staged, i.e. something someone would do at the behest of a director but not in the context of a concert. Didn't know why though...

[JoeM]

Thanks, interesting background to one of my most favorite rock moments caught on film.

I bought the Who Are You LP as soon as it came out and was always struck by the irony in the cover photo:

[hal]

I NEVER noticed that Joe...

[JoeM]

hal wrote:
I NEVER noticed that Joe...

Me and my band at the time were pretty bummed out seeing that. It was such a tragic loss and we were all very big Who fans.

[DP]

"Keith Moon was only 31 at the time, but his endless partying had taken a severe toll on his body. He was bloated and out of practice."

No sh!t! The first thing I noticed was what a lard butt Moon looked like and he surely doesn't look like that energy he usually has is there.

[Black]

DP wrote:
"Keith Moon was only 31 at the time, but his endless partying had taken a severe toll on his body. He was bloated and out of practice."

No sh!t! The first thing I noticed was what a lard butt Moon looked like and he surely doesn't look like that energy he usually has is there.

There's also that little thing called "the aging process"...

[deckeda]

His weight gain was the reason the photog put him behind the chair back for the cover photo.

[Wailer]

Thanks for sharing this. I've never seen the full version of this. Man, he destroys that Les Paul at the end. Now I want to see the whole concert.

The Kids Are Alright has got to be the best rockumentary ever! It turned me into a huge fan when I first saw it when I was around 12 or so. I think "Baba O'Reily" from that same concert followed footage from "My Generation" the Smothers Brothers. They looked so different to me so I thought they were different bands!

I only saw them on the "It's Hard" tour. Man that album sucked (except for Eminence Front, of course). I "recently" saw Daltry and Townhsend at the Hollywood Bowl about a week after Entwhisle died.