Post #160316 by PapeToaTane on Fri, May 20, 2005 9:07 AM

On 2005-05-19 21:17, donhonyc wrote:
Hits the big 6-0 today. That's 60 years!! How many years is that in Townshend years??

I saw The Who for the first time a few years back...before Entwistle died, and didn't expect much. I was a huge fan, but thought I was just going to see some geezers at play. WRONG!! They were amazing! Towshend: Still COOL, and always will be.

Happy b-day Pete. Glad you didn't die before you got old.

Amen!! Still my favorite rock-n'-roll band of all time - during my concert-going senior year of H.S. - the Summer-Fall of 1975 - throughout the year I saw Grand Funk, Alice Cooper, Tull, Zep, Humble Pie, The Stones and finally - The Who (with Keith on drums - on Thanksgiving night!) all at the Forum in L.A. With the exception of the David Bowie show I went to at the Santa Monica Civic in November of 1992, it was the greatest show I ever saw live!! They played all of Quadrophenia (it had just been released) - a bunch of Who's Next and Tommy stuff. Smashed up their gear durning an encore - I think I remember it was "Summertime Blues" (the brain was a bit "altered" at the time!) Pete was incredible! Like he was made of rubber, jumping around and spinning his arm like a windmill!

60 years! Wow. Now I feel old!

[ Edited by: PapeToaTane on 2005-05-20 09:09 ]