Such a pleasure. Pete is an authentic guy.

As a huge Who fan im always listening to Pete's interviews. He's a brilliant song writer and has a mind that wont stop. What a musical genius Pete is. Long Live Rock!

I saw Pete solo 3 times over the years. All shows were excellent. Looking forward to the box set.

Pete has always (for the most part) been an articulate interviewee. In earlier times although articulate I couldnt always understand what he was going on about. But nowadays he is articulate and very interesting to listen to as well. I thoroughly enjoyed his 'audible' autobiography spoken by him.

I've always loved Pete Townsend outside of THE WHO . WHO CAME FIRST back in 1972 I absolutely love. Love his Demo work as well. Scoop and now Lifehouse from New Box Set. Looking forward to this new release.

Pete..... Mr Townsend..... everybody is lost and confused in their 30's.... They may appear to be confident... but inside they are quivering just like you and me... I feel sad that you found no joy in performing, although when I saw you in person it was at the Tacoma Dome in 89 and you hurt your hand pretty badly.... It was 20 years to the day of you playing Woodstock... and again, one of the most important dates in music history.. not just rock music but MUSIC... and you were there... a performer... one of the most popular bands in the world... and you couldnt enjoy what you were doing.... you have played many of the most important dates in history.... YOU made a difference in how the world is and always will be. You need to find happiness in that. I wish you luck.

I cannot wait till I get this new box set,I love Petes solo work....

that new box set is going to be amazing. so glad he decided to release this for his fans

@randyzeitman1354

24 күн бұрын

?... as opposed to????

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

Never did release that book about CP did he ? Only 'researched' it 🤮

@dctab

22 күн бұрын

@@BigStuCorby it is in his autobiography, genius.

@jeffsimon9594

21 күн бұрын

@@BigStuCorby Cheers for that, Paedofinder General

@BigStuCorby

20 күн бұрын

@@jeffsimon9594 nonce

Pete always had his own distinct style outside of The Who. The bodies of work are drastically different.

I ordered this and eagerly await listening to these solo shows. I saw Pete in 93 and it remains one of my favorite shows and I went to alot of shows.

@Raelspark

22 күн бұрын

me too

Over the years I have all of these CD's bought through Pete's web site, 30 + years. you'll enjoy them.. Especially for me House of Blues Chicago.. My very favorite.. love Pete and the Who..!!

@sixstrings1063

21 күн бұрын

@@jeffl1879 forget that he was on a CP site "researching"?

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

​@@sixstrings1063you're a annoying nuisance please shut up it's not true

He is a genius just look at Tommy and Quadrophenia which he wrote when he was in his early 20’s. Who can do that today?

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

Ah nobody nope

Pete's solo stuff was great.

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

Is not was

Just tried to pre-order the box set but it's already sold out! Wonderful interview.I just saw Roger live at Wolf Trap in Northern VA. He never sounded better! As long they play I will be there.

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

I saw him in Connecticut at Mohegan it was fantastic 😍 still got it at 80

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

You can order it from Germany just Google it and the link will come up ❤

I was in high school when he released Empty Glass. Had it on 8 track.

his output in the 80s was staggering, with the solo albums, Who albums, Scoop collections. the box set is way overdue.

I wish this interviewer asked Pete which songs from the solo albums might have been superb Who songs. I keep thinking Gonna Get You, The Sea Refuses No River, Give Blood, Secondhand Love, English Boy, and many more.

@markdaniell7633

9 күн бұрын

Good suggestion

Terrific interview....well done......

As a Who fanatic since 1970, when i did hear "See Me Feel Me" for the first time (very late at night) on the tiny little radio my father bought me, i am very sad that Roger Daltrey does not want to record a new album. He still has the voice and energy. They are both saying the need to find a reason and way to tour again, but what more could be so fullfilling that touring behind a new album?

@quad1000

24 күн бұрын

Because there's absolutely no money in it anymore. And they don't connect on new material anymore. On Who, the last one, Daltrey didn't call Pete about the songs Pete sent him for five months. Then finally said he didn't "get them." Only money is in touring now. Even James Taylor said so himself.

@Luileadolfo

24 күн бұрын

@@quad1000 And the same happened to Bon Jovi, with their new record. It appeared only one week on Billboard s chart. Now, there are many artist with small but faithfull followers, like Marillion, Steve Hackett and IQ to name a few, that keep recording and releasing new albums on their own labels. They do sell 60,000 to 100,000 CD's or Lps and go on the road to sell their music and please their fans and themselves. Seems to me that there Is a untold issue bettween Daltrey and Townshend.

@alvarhanso6310

24 күн бұрын

​@@quad1000 it was still their best album since Who Are You. Roger sounded better than he had for decades.

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

Never did release that book about CP did he. Only researched it 🤮

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

​​@@LuileadolfoThey are very different men but still life long partners and don't have much in common besides their band

Excellent interview .👍

I loved his solo work around 1980 or so as much as any of the classic Who stuff. And he was over 30!

The most complicated man in Rock and Roll

@sixstrings1063

23 күн бұрын

Sadly I always remember him busted on a kiddie porn site with his credit card

@MrDuds1984

21 күн бұрын

Most geniuses are complicated

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

Not really

@sixstrings1063

16 күн бұрын

@@daveyvane9431 wasn't he caught on a kp site with his cred card?

Great job on this, Mark!

Tyley Ross was Tommy in Toronto in ‘94. A superb talent. I acted in a play with him when he was 15 😂

this man wrote quadrophenia - imagine that in your resume - my greatest musical here - PT!

Great interview Mr Townsend is a one of a kind nice man and god bless him and his family the question I would have loved you to ask that I never heard anyone ask is why he quit playing a Gibson SG no man alive have ever played a SG like Mr Townsend case in point live at Leeds the greatest live LP ever recorded -- Anthony ( queens NYC)

have always liked his baba-birthday album.

Scoops for All, Barney Kessle smiles upon you Pete! Cheers from Denver!

Very nice interview 😄

great interview

Acoustic version of Quadrophenia, please.

@2bluemoonalpha

15 күн бұрын

Ooooooo. Great idea !!!!

For example - The Benefit Show for the Coumbian Natural Disaster is difficult to find as a VHS on the HENDRING Label that got a few thousand copies in the USA when it was released - but it's a treasure to see so... Look it up! The interview segment is sweet & he's serious about what he says & yet jovial at the same time w/a Dry sense of humor. A Rarity! The humor is also backed up with him strumming Acoustic to a_?_(I don't give it away, nor give it up 🤔. An interesting Show w/a fantastic Set list from the early to mid '80s w/Gilmour Touring 'Face' I think & a lot of people might be new to see/hear that entire Show, one track by a Duo but You've/One'd never heard of or thought would happen. To me, it's full of surprises by Chucho Merchan(sp-?) & the era available to lean on doing other things from & with others. Freshly.

The problem with Townshend interviews is that they're always 4 hours too short.

Never did do the Moon thing just a bish bash kind of thing but suited the Who well enough . Great music maker is Pete ...

Massive fan and I do look forward to the box set, but I have the impression it is top-heavy on live shows. But I want more studio outtakes, alternates, demo's for all the solo albums too!

@WhiteyMcCracker

23 күн бұрын

It's all live shows. Seven shows on fourteen cds.

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

Never did release that book about CP did he ? Only 'researched' it 🤮

@SingleMalt77005

22 күн бұрын

@@BigStuCorby What is CP?

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

@@SingleMalt77005 Google it. I can't even bring myself to say it ☹️☹️☹️

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

@@SingleMalt77005 you know,,,

Simon Phillips on Drums...!!

The Chairman never disappoints.

White City very good

Ameise.Ein Super Musiker.👍🎸👍👍👍

great news

Pete...record a solo album in the vein of Empty Glass or All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

How's the book coming along, Pete?

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

It came along in October of 2012 guess you missed a decade of your life WHO I AM released October 2012 read it before you spout lies

@majorred5433

16 күн бұрын

What was the title?

@majorred5433

16 күн бұрын

Ahhh.... Who I Am.... I see..😂 I'll check it out..

@margaret513

15 күн бұрын

@@majorred5433 Yes read it then come to your actual conclusions after being fully informed

Big Pizza fan

You wonder if he had been a stronger singer if The Who would have ever happened.

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

Pete is a fantastic beautiful singer 😍

WHEN THE F IS EMPTY GLASS GONNA GET FIXED??????

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I thought the interviewer was a jabbering idiot, but give Pete a keyword and he will talk intelligently for several minutes. Good stuff from from Pete.

@markdaniell7633

13 күн бұрын

Jabbering idiot 😂 Well, I was a bit nervous - Pete’s a rock legend

Never did release that book about CP did you ? Just resesrched it

@GjpgrD

21 күн бұрын

It's called Who I Am, his autobiography & was a bestseller, genius.

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

​@@GjpgrDReleased in October of 2O12 WHO I AM is the title

@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504

13 күн бұрын

It served it's purpose as an alibi at the time, his fans obviously bought the story, job done!

@GjpgrD

13 күн бұрын

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 FYI, the police bought his "story", too, & never charged him with anything.

@margaret513

13 күн бұрын

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 It's not a " story" it's what happened to him as a young child and how it affected him Still a free man over 20 years later. Still Pete Townshend and you're just a troll and probably jealous you have no talent ! 😁

Is he still on the sex offenders register?

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

No it was for 5 yrs ended in 2008 or 2009

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

No

Pete over analyzing everything. Reads way too much into this stuff.

the who were just hired hands ..pete was the who. If you listen to his home demos this is obvious.

@williamlangan5902

25 күн бұрын

All of the Who were the Who. Pete was the best writer, yes. I love his songs. He’s always evolving as a guitarist. John was the “behind the scenes” guy and had one of the most innovative bass players. Keith was a drumming genius. It may seem like Roger had the voice and without it, he’d be nothing. But he was also most sane people. He helped keep the Who together off the stage. That said, I’d love to hear this upcoming box set.

@bepitan

25 күн бұрын

@@williamlangan5902 ..listen to pete's solo demos ..the bass playing and the drumming are all pretty much the same as the final record.

@aaronrogers8846

24 күн бұрын

@@williamlangan5902It was all Townsend, you should search for bootleg CD’s “The genius of Pete Townsend” & the 5 CD boot “The Genuine Scoop”. The man is a musical genius, too bad he’s a miserable & bitter human being.

@alansharp3018

24 күн бұрын

​@@bepitani couldn't disagree more ....they are both nothing like the demos ,although i love the demos too.

@bepitan

24 күн бұрын

@@alansharp3018 take for example the real me demo... there is no trace of any personal input from john and keith on the final cut because all the feel and style, even the notes and phrasing are already there in the demo.

seems like hes had alot of time to write new material for a new solo album. like 25 years or so. passing on annual repackaged bs

One of the few times I disagreed with Roger Daltrey is when he considered Petes solo work A BUNCH OF SAD TRASH. It is NOT. I recently listened to WHITE CITY again and I was again taken by just how few or none other artists are able to produce such stuff.

The Who was a spent force by the late 1970s. The band should have broken up at that time and preserved their legacy and place in rock history. They could have ended like the Beatles or Led Zeppelin rather than lingering around like the Rolling Stones.

@MrDuds1984

21 күн бұрын

They did essentially the farewell tour was about 1982. That was pretty much the end

@leonardhevia5452

21 күн бұрын

It was supposed to be the end, but Entwistle was broke and needed the money. The band rallied around him to get him back on his financial feet. @@MrDuds1984

@bartrobinson2103

8 күн бұрын

Yes they should have stopped by nineteen eighty

Is he talking about his hard drive at around 2:30 ?

@davidstanton3868

25 күн бұрын

Cheap shot...

@alansharp3018

24 күн бұрын

Cabbage

@simonholyoak8869

24 күн бұрын

Old news

@Bosworth123

23 күн бұрын

​@davidstanton3868 you keep defending a monster

@jeffkaufman9875

23 күн бұрын

@Bosley Hey Boz, as the burden of proof lies with accusers such as yourself rather than with a man who was not tried, let alone convicted of anything, if you would, please provide your objective evidence that this man is what you purport him to be; personally, I believe there is more than sufficient evidence at hand to make a case about you, your intentions, and your nature…

What photos are or were on his harddrive? Is he catholic?

@davidstanton3868

25 күн бұрын

Another cheap shot...

@sspbrazil

25 күн бұрын

Not the photos that you hoped for.

@jeffkaufman9875

25 күн бұрын

@true Oh, I get it…🥱🤤😴😵👈

@jeffkaufman9875

24 күн бұрын

@Olaf E’tu, Brute?.. 🤷‍♂️🥦💨👈👀

@jeffkaufman9875

23 күн бұрын

@Stevie I think that the regurgitation of the subject by persons such as yourself, when taken in consideration of the facts, IS quite boring, predictable, and an untoward glimpse into your nature…

Love The Who and his solo work. But, his interviews are gibberish. You can’t take any of it seriously. He just makes stuff up.

@alansharp3018

24 күн бұрын

You will never get it .

@vitorbastos123

24 күн бұрын

Totally opposite of that to be honest.

@steveallen3434

24 күн бұрын

I understood every word he said

@ConglomerationCat

22 күн бұрын

Gibberish can often be misunderstood as intelligent.

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

Never did release that book about CP did he ? Only 'researched' it 🤮

Probably a kids show

Didn’t ask about his book.

@tubewayreplicas7899

24 күн бұрын

You mean the book that was released in 2012? Nice try. Next.

@pablocortando1

23 күн бұрын

@@tubewayreplicas7899 no,the research on .Operation Yewtree.

@pablocortando1

23 күн бұрын

@@tubewayreplicas7899 you don’t get put on the sev offenders register for writing a book.He was caught downloading child abuse pictures.

@rockrollmusicman1107

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, so many of these old rock stars did some pretty bad things with underage kids. It's crazy that none of them have ever been really held accountable and they definitely should. That said, I still enjoy much of their music and Pete's bokk was great. In the book he talks about the child porn and says he was doing investigation on it and not watching it for enjoyment lol hahaha. Sick fuck!!! Jimmy Page, David Bowie, Steven Tyler, MickJagger, and Pete have all been documented having sex with multiple underage boys and girls in the past. Somehow it's just passed over. Imagine if a normal person like you or I did that sick shit we'd be in prison forever as it should be I might add. ​@@pablocortando1

@GjpgrD

21 күн бұрын

​@@pablocortando1Absolutely wrong, brainiac. Do some research.

Wasn't he involved in some kind of shameful scandal a few years back?

@whofan1967

24 күн бұрын

This really isn't that kind of forum.

@Bosworth123

23 күн бұрын

​@whofan1967 you're defending a monster

@whofan1967

23 күн бұрын

@Bosworth123 I'm sorry, but no images were discovered in any devices of Townshend's, and no victim has ever come forward to claim they were abused. In his naive attempt to show banks are complicit in having their cards used for accessing child porn, he was caught up in the process he was trying to expose. Yeah, that was dumb. But you don't know Townshend. And to describe him as a monster without knowing a shred more than reading headlines is ridiculous.

@simonholyoak8869

23 күн бұрын

@@Bosworth123 fortunately, we live in a civilised country which has the concept of innocent until proven guilty as the basis of our justice system

@whofan1967

22 күн бұрын

@@Bosworth123 Has there ever been anyone who came forward and said they were a victim? Scotland Yard found zero downloaded images on any of Townshend' computers. You read headlines and don't follow up to find out what really occurred.

Nonce

@margaret513

16 күн бұрын

Stop taking about yourself fool

Will this boxset include a harddrive of the child "research" he was caught with?

@jeffkaufman9875

23 күн бұрын

@Bosley I don’t believe so, but it might include a mirror for you to take a long, honest look at yourself, if you should dare to use it…

@Bosworth123

23 күн бұрын

​@jeffkaufman9875 why do spend time defending a pedophile?

@BigStuCorby

22 күн бұрын

Never did release that book about CP did he ? Only 'researched' it 🤮

Good to know you're out there "protecting" the children, Pete.🤥

@davidmorton9722

25 күн бұрын

People like you will never see the facts. He was acquitted of all charges and the police officer that charged him personally apologized. Did he make a mistake, yes he admitted that but there was no child pornography on any of his computers or hard drives. Let it go, there is nothing there!

@admarhermans1

25 күн бұрын

@@davidmorton9722 don’t bother, David. Actual facts have become something of a subjective phenomenon these days... ‘Won’t get fooled again’ does not ring a bell with some humanoïds anymore. 🖖

@davidstanton3868

25 күн бұрын

A third cheap shot.

@alansharp3018

24 күн бұрын

Another cabbage makes a comment .

@simonholyoak8869

24 күн бұрын

@@davidmorton9722thank you! All factually correct

He was on a sex offenders list for using his credit card to buy kiddie porn.😮

he needed to go solo as the rest of the band fed up with his paedo antics! guy isnt a bit sorry,entitled type

@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504

13 күн бұрын

Trouble with this guy is he thinks people will forget about his dalliances with cp. He needs to realise when it's kids people don't forget.

will he address his lust for young boys>?

@jeffkaufman9875

25 күн бұрын

@mark Considering the facts, I think you dost protest too much, and what’s more, your virtue preceeds you gracelessly like a lawnful of Rainbow and pro-Palestinian flags…

@alansharp3018

24 күн бұрын

Will you ?

@Bosworth123

23 күн бұрын

​@jeffkaufman9875 what facts?

@jeffkaufman9875

23 күн бұрын

@Bosley Exactly, Boz; before you make such vile accusations, present your proof first, otherwise, your apparent virtue precedes you, exposing a certain repugnance in the place of character…

@2bluemoonalpha

15 күн бұрын

- That whole thing was a load of BS. ANYONE that has those tendencies has a long history of it. It’s not something that can be turned off or on at will. Pete has always been a seeker of truth and was sure he was abused in that way as a child but couldn’t quite remember the details. After years of therapy he decided to just let it go and move on because he saw people who finally DID remember and ended up committing suicide. I don’t mean to be rude here but sometimes people speak out without much thought and that can be so dangerous.