Nothing but pure power. Nobody could touch them back then.

@marcelocoluccimacca1524

4 ай бұрын

and no band in the future

Pound for pound I don't think any other band could match The Who for their raw, unadulterated power and pure energy. Their music was a mix of chaos, anger, and unlimited talent that no band has ever been able to equal, and probably never will. The Who is nothing short of legendary.

@JaLa248

Жыл бұрын

I Agree!!!! I absolutely love Roger’s vocals on this!!!! I Never get tired of listening to them!!!

@lhunt480

Жыл бұрын

I was 18 when they played there..EPIC!!! Still are!

@petebest22

Жыл бұрын

I think this live show is brilliant! , but other bands from the 70s are as wild live also , deep purple being one of the many 😊

@chriskroll4166

Жыл бұрын

@@petebest22 the who are the kings of heavy metal 🪙

@Nickepickeparonpung

9 ай бұрын

I say Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple 100procent better

Moon is a force of nature on drums. Nobody could touch him for sheer raw energy.

@marcelocoluccimacca1524

Жыл бұрын

yes indeed, sir. that speed with total control of both sound and rythm was unique

@earlfranklin432

Жыл бұрын

That and Moon on drums, John on bass and Pete playing lead. There has never been a band that's just hard rock n roll like the Who.

@godbluffvdgg

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, only about a thousand or so...Drummer for 45 years...I was there...Ginger Baker, Ian Paice, Carl Palmer, Cozy Powell, all of zappa's drummers, etc etc etc...Love Mooney too; seeing him in this chokes me up, I love him so much.

@funkenstien1155

Ай бұрын

Daltrey said it was like a jet engine starting the first time he heard him play. "I can play better than that guy."

In my opinion they're the best hard rock band ever

The fury of this band is unreal. This is exactly the way rock and roll should be played.

Four top notch musicians at the very top of their game, there was simply no one else who came within a country mile of them. As for this rendition of "Young Man Blues", it has to be the most aggressive five and a half minutes of hard rock music ever recorded.

This video of The Who should have 50 million views. Easily the most exciting and aggressive heavy rock performance of all time!

Just a personal opinion, but I think this is the best live performance I have ever seen by any band. I have watched this countless times and it is just amazing!!! This is the template for pure, unadulterated, raucous, on-the-edge-of-chaos rock and roll!

@marcuslauder4007

5 жыл бұрын

They took live performance to a level never equaled...ever

@nomadman123

5 жыл бұрын

I've always considered The Who to be the best live band ever. From this performance to the tribute to 9/11 to the last time I saw them live around 2008. The best!

@dougsmith7083

4 жыл бұрын

And, the sheer amount of swagger and confidence to open their 70/71 sets with "Heaven and Hell" is just crazy. On stage cold...oh, let's do that number John wrote...

@mrstratau6513

4 жыл бұрын

like it's about to explode, but somehow they keep it from blowing it's self apart..

@fivelinus432

4 жыл бұрын

I think I might agree

Ironic… Now they’re the old man that has all the MONEY!!!! Love it….!!!!!❤

The glory days of youth! I'm now 73 and getting old does indeed suck.

So many music fans do not understand that unlike Paul Stanley, when Towshend windmills, he really windmills. He tears his fingernails off and there is blood everywhere. You can see it just by googing the images. 04:42-04:46 - in those 4 seconds, Pete demonstrates what rock n' music is about and its purpose. Just 4 seconds. Nothing more needs to be said. That is a man possessed on stage. As he said in The Kids Are Alright movie, when he's on stage, he has no control over his behavior. He's knocked people unconscious with his guitar before, kicked security people in face, etc. As he says, in order to perform, he has to go into a zone which is dangerous. It's the only to get The Who's across.

@stevenniemiec8872

2 жыл бұрын

Nicely put!

Moon put a lifetime’s worth of drumming into one gig for crying out loud. Just look at the guy, flat out from beginning to end. Little wonder he never made it past 1978, this was past human endurance! What an incredible f....g band, the combination of these four guys was the greatest thing to happen to rock music EVER!

@vincentrathbone26

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more.

@RocksteadyRuth

5 жыл бұрын

So bloody true!

@1surfrider4life

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, Bonham and Moon pushed the envelope in their drumming and lifestyle. Paul Rodgers wrote a great song about it " Shooting Star "

@Slinkygal

4 жыл бұрын

They really gave it their all!

@MrBamcito

4 жыл бұрын

that's nothing, look at live tanglewood, Keith is a god.

The Who at the peak of their power blew EVERY other band off the stage. Period.

John Entwistle, carrying the whole rhythm of the song single-handedly. Kudos

does live music get any better than this?? - The Who at their absolute best!

@Michael-on4ti

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck no, this performance should be shown in schools about rock music

@brentblough6901

5 жыл бұрын

oldtime jam

@timprescott4634

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t...

@NovaSaputra

4 жыл бұрын

try to listen live version of BAND MAID ;-) few titles for starter: play, dice, onset

@djcouncilestateboy

4 жыл бұрын

just posted it facebookcouldnt of said it betta myself

Pure, unadulterated badassery.

@strictlynorton

5 жыл бұрын

Nicely worded!

@TheFord1932

11 ай бұрын

Fuck yeah bloody awesome.

Pete - “Sometimes, I think we are the only band that knows fuck all about rock and roll”.

THE WHO THE VERY BEST LIVE BAND EVER AND EVER WILL BE.

@davidwood9718

4 жыл бұрын

23theseeker apparently you've never heard of led zeppelin.

@billb5690

4 жыл бұрын

The who were better live in their primes.

@davidwood9718

4 жыл бұрын

Bill B is this video in there prime?

@heftosprod

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidwood9718 the who pretty much always bettered zepplin...

@davidwood9718

4 жыл бұрын

heftosprod lol

in spite of the endless "better and best" clashes among fans, nobody played the drums like Keith Moon. He remains alone in the cathegory

This is Punk and Metal, before Punk and Metal.

@robertschaffer1598

4 жыл бұрын

Can't argue with that

@stewbeattie4316

4 жыл бұрын

Rock and roll invented 😁

@MattSmith-iq1ld

3 жыл бұрын

It's why the Pistols covered Substitute. The punks admire The Who,

@gerthie

3 жыл бұрын

No this rock

@billweb

3 жыл бұрын

I think it transcends Punk and Metal, but I'm Old School...I saw them when I was 19 and will never forget it.

Singing solo + guitar solo + bass solo + drum solo = The Who

@joestrummer32

11 ай бұрын

The only band with 4 front men...

@aspjake123

10 ай бұрын

Well said

No one come close to play this tight, loud and alive musically like The Who. Definitely one of the best live performance from that era. Long Live Rock.

@TGiannini007

5 жыл бұрын

bernardino testa absolutely true

@popyflower

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry not one of the best. But the no.1 live acts thanks.

@namensomerton5381

5 жыл бұрын

Best live band ever!!!!!

@labrakis

4 жыл бұрын

the stones 72-73 both where amazing at the time

@tedgreen6

3 ай бұрын

@popyflower No WHO for you.

The pure explosive drums by Keith will last for eternity

Keith moon, I simply LOVE YOU

It's 2022 and this song is even more relevant now then back then

John is playing killer bass, looking like he's waiting for his washing machine to finish.

@webow88

5 жыл бұрын

Unlike many others, he didn't bob and weave and jump around, trying to call attention to himself. Like another great, Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones, John Entwistle stood there like a rock and let his fingers do their job.

@jonbarrett7054

5 жыл бұрын

@@webow88-Supposedly that skeleton outfit was so tight, all he could do is stand in one place! (according to his account)

@webow88

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonbarrett7054 Ha ha! Could be true, Jon. But he didn't wear that costume at other shows, yet he always maintained the same stance. ☺

@x00p3

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Kelly He channeled all of his energy to his fingers.

@albert_moli_

4 жыл бұрын

Yea man, at not one point does that bass get lost amidst Pete tearing that guitar up or Moon shredding them drums. Excellent!

Townsend might have been underrated guitar player. He jams with the best

@daveyvane9431

Жыл бұрын

Under rated by whom? He is universally recognized as one of the greats

The loudest band at the time,my ears still ring.Kids these days have no idea of the power of the old days.......

@ricksmith7357

5 жыл бұрын

Get off my Lawn Old Man

@philipclayberg4928

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Kaye: Deep Purple still have the world's record for loudest concert ... in 1972. Hasn't been exceeded yet. In the early 1970s, the Who were almost as loud. 150 feet from the stage and you were still at stage volume. Or what used to be called the nose-bleed section. Farmers used to complain about rock concert volume and that it was bothering their livestock ... miles away from the concert venue. Jimi Hendrix once said in 1969 in between songs, "We'll be tuning up between each and every song. Because we really care for your ears. I know you think that's ungrateful." I went to a Kiss concert in 1979 (I was 12 at the time; it was my oldest brother's birthday present to me) and my ears rang for about two or three days after. During the concert, my brother and I had to yell at each other so that we could hear each other. In the tourbook, Kiss said that they wanted to give their audience a souvenir ... yeah, like hearing loss. My oldest brother got a button at a Ted Nugent concert in the late 1970s or early 1980s and I remember the button said, "If it's too loud, you're too old." I guess I was too old back then and too old now (I'll be 53 in July).

@SkullPts

3 жыл бұрын

@@philipclayberg4928 I believe Guinness Book of Records had The Who as Loudest in 1976 Charlton Athletic FC concert en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudest_band - doubtless this has been overtaken since

The interplay between Moonie and Townsend is nothing short of astounding. And then you've got The Ox. Somehow keeping the two from going completely off the tracks. Incredible!

@veritasrex66

4 ай бұрын

Exactly!!! You get it man!

THIS IS WHAT ROCK IS ALL ABOUT. NUFF SAID. NO DEBATE.

The greatest rock band of all time........absolutely.....

Peter is still kicking himself today for burning all of there live recordings back in the day!

There are no words to describe this performance ! Its total rock madness ! It so good !

Like a freight train barreling down on the rails. The Who were a mighty engine live. No one topped them.

@michaelscott7462

4 жыл бұрын

You read my mind!

Moon is balls to the wall here on drums! Not just his hands but watch his feet! Theyre moving like a jackrabbit! I always knew townshend could play a mean lead guitar also!

When Pete stomps on that Super-Fuzz and starts windmilling through those Hi-watts almost brings tears to my eyes and makes me want to rip my own face off!!! What a f@&king sound!!! I can only imagine what that must have been like to see/hear in person at the time!

JESUS CHRIST!!!!!! I wasn’t prepared for this attack!! Wow!!! HEEEEEEEEEAVY!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

You will never see bands rock like this ever again. Cream, Hendrix, and The Who will always be the best live bands of all time.

These guys could rock harder than any Metal band.

@monkabrahms7997

5 жыл бұрын

Diff. Speil.

@johnnynbk

4 жыл бұрын

@Alchemist he's fucking right. they sure as hell could

@garywilson3042

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnnynbk These guys could out rock any 'edgy' metal group.

@garywilson3042

4 жыл бұрын

Performances like this is pure, raw unbridled rock! It outclasses most metal bands today and then.

@scottgreen0

4 жыл бұрын

Seattle 89

Insane intensity

I remember when this album came out wow it put the WHO in a great live band performing

By far the real "True" GREATEST ROCK N ROLL band of all time !! THE WHO !!

@brucemcintosh7466

8 ай бұрын

Just a nice band from Shepherds Bush

If you watch closely Moon did the whole song with a drum tech trying to repair the kick bass he broke in the first few seconds of the song. Moon points as the drum right at the beginning to let him know that it is gone. Fascinating and incredible! Remember this next time a lip syncer runs off stage at SNL.

I Love watching this! Roger’s vocals so strong, Keith’s expressions are great, Pete keeps looking at Keith trying to provoke him and John in that outfit….. Doesn’t get any better than THAT!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

THAT BASS!! With Keith's bass drums!! The earth shook that night!!

This is hard rock at it's finest, such a massive wall of sound.

The Who are the most genuine image about a rock and roll band could be. It's everything in there.

The raw power of The Who in this video is breathtaking. So good in fact I just bought the Isle of Wight 1970 bluray. I MUST SEE MORE!!

@huascar66

5 жыл бұрын

I have both DVD and Blu Ray. A word of note: whoever edited The Who's concert at Isle of Wight put the songs out of order. They put the whole Tommy Suite in succession and had it end with See Me Feel Me when, in fact, the Tommy Suite was bookended by other songs. I think they wanted to get some dramatic effect like in the film of Woodstock. They explain it in the booklet that comes with the disc. Still, an amazing example of The Who at nearly the peak of their powers.

Something happened to Roger Daltrey's voice in 1970. It became muscular, confident, authoritative. Live at Leeds, Who's Next and Quadrophenia are all stellar performances. Daltrey became a rock God. The band was firing on all cylinders. 1970-1973, what a great time for British hard rock. Led Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple , Black Sabbath, etc.

@granribeyro6671

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah black Sabbath

@kevinmcnamara2082

5 жыл бұрын

Confounded Bridge I think at least in my opinion that tommy helped roger figure out his part in The Who. I think he realized how he fit finally in a band who went from English mod to full on rockers. Plus he started working out and feeling better about himself. Either way this was when he rose up and earned it for sure.

@davethomas2251

5 жыл бұрын

"To be a mod with curly hair is like having the pox... so I said 'fuck it' Im just gonna be me" -Roger Daltrey.. that would explain the vocal change circa '69 and '70 in the Tommy era.

@The1Vampire1

4 жыл бұрын

He said that Tommy changed him and brought out a different side.

@kottmeier

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! And Deep Purple with Blackmore does it for me. :-)

When you can actually hear the volume at a gig. This would have been stunning!

Well that song moves right along now doesn't it? Holy carp!

Two Rock Operas!! Need I say more?

That rolling, thundering BASS!! John may have taken the lead on this one. Pete...wow.. brilliantly controlled chaos...and Keith..Keith..the twirling sticks in the middle of the fracas was amazing!! One of their most aggressive, sinister and darkest performances! This was when they were at their TOP!!

There'll never be another band like The Who. They were way ahead of their time.

I got this DVD when I was 12. After that The Who was my favorite band and I never looked back

That gig at The Isle of White 1970 was possibly their peak live.

@ottconsulting7

5 жыл бұрын

Nigel Filer Tanglewood in the same year is great too.

The power! The intelligence! The righteous indignation! The effing who!

No one could touch Moon here

The Who reigned supreme that night

You have to be kidding me- The ultimate live rock act of all time. It just cannot be any finer than that. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never was a better live band to ever walk the face of this earth, these were plane and simple the gods of rock!!

A million songs by The Who I've heard, and this one, live version, is my favorite.

@big_fat_hen

5 жыл бұрын

This is superb. My Generation on Live At Leeds really does it for me.

Rolling Stones called themselves "the Greatest Rock N' Roll Band in the World"...The Who are the REAL deal

@popyflower

5 жыл бұрын

The stones are pop music anyway not rock

@beaufordepusser

4 жыл бұрын

This is not Rock and Roll. The Stones are by far the greatest band ever in that genre... this is something else. This is ROCK. This is savage. The Stones swing and chug and menace and jive and seduce and astonish... the Who plunder and destroy... they are like a beautiful avalanche of boulders thundering down a mountainside, annihilating anything in their path... it is magnificent, synchronized, terrifying chaos...

@xblood1978

4 жыл бұрын

The Stones didn't release the Rock n Roll Circus until 30 years later because the who totally blew them off the fucking stage

@kenrex1126

4 жыл бұрын

Plus they had Moon.

@GravityBoy72

4 жыл бұрын

It's different music. The Stones are/were sloppy, groovy, loose in a great way. It's pointless to say which was greater. Is wine better than cheese?

Most powerful and unique band in history!

There it is. 4:00 onward. Maybe THE high water mark in Rock history. Was any band tougher, tighter, and full-on ferocious as that?

@halcyon289

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. The camera trained on Pete, from there on in it's all over for other bands before or since. Queen at Live Aid were great....but....this is the defining moment in rock.

@johnoberle9750

5 жыл бұрын

None! to this day.

@fattwat1

5 жыл бұрын

100% agree with you absolutely amazing band and performance

@diesekaltewelt807

5 жыл бұрын

theres one

@stewartnicol3028

5 жыл бұрын

NO....

The reckless badassery displayed here is the essence of rock.

Entwistle was just an amazing bassist, insanely fluid. Moon was an insane genius of a drummer with such excellent timing and rapport with Entwistle. Daltry had awesome pipes and sang his heart out. While Townsend always seemed a reluctant soloist. Great Rythm guitarist with many skills and gimmicks, but his solos always seemed stilted and hesitant. JMHO Good live video.

God, Roger is fucking awesome, such a strong and clean voice. No wonder he is the lead vocalist.

Best Power Trio with a singer....!!!

As a drummer I've always enjoyed Mooneys playing exuberant free flowing creativity Puts a smile on your face.

Greatest live rock band ever

KEITH AND JOHN SO SADLY MISSED HOW I MISS THEM THEY WERE BOTH FANTASTIC MUSICIANS IRREPLACEABLE LEGENDS THANKS GUYS.

Having a bad day?? Watch pure rock and roll from 50 years ago from the best live band ever.

Raw energy of the young man!

Entwhistle appears to be waiting for the bus. The Magic One.

@amyveith3613

3 жыл бұрын

So true! He's got a ticket to ride. Looks bored.

This is what LIVE is all about. Keith Moon is kicking some ass

Utterly fantastic performance. One of the greatest bands ever. Townsend was one of my guitar heroes growing up.

May be the best live performance in history of rock!

i heard some random radio station far to the left of the dial perhaps accidentally play this,..the Live at Leeds version ,..and though I have heard it like a 1000 times, I was completely "transfixed" and blown away in awe ,... as I sat in my car in disbelief ,....

The definition of musical geniuses in one single night!

NO OTHER BAND CAN TOUCH THIS ENERGY ! !!!!

There isn't a single rapper that can come even remotely close to this for pure adrenalin and excitement.

@ElrodtheAlbino420

3 жыл бұрын

Come on. We love The Who. Let's not randomly call out another form of music just to proclaim superiority. There are a lot of hip hop shows that do match this for "excitement", maybe just not for you. The complete line-up of Wu-Tang Clan was completely roaring from start to finish when I saw them. Ditto The Roots. Ditto Beastie Boys. Don't be that guy. No one asked about rappers; you just decided to be a dick.

I have listened to this many times. It is maximum R & B!

Beyond music, it's a sonic assault with Bass, drums, vocals & guitar as weapons

the who on fire then ,and have given a lifetime of great live music.

This video is almost perfect--Only being there in person would be perfection.I cannot imagine a performance that defines rock music more than this one.

The Who at the height of their powers. The definition of rock and roll.

No one can beat this kind of energy ! This is incredible !

the most fantastic rock performance in all music history . The Who were a legend .

Three killers and one very serene bass player. Incredible.

50 yrs on and it still get's me going like I young once more. Rock n Rool Baby!

Keith Moon definitely from somewhere else!

It's moving to see Keith and the ox so vibrant...THE GOATS of Rock!

I love the who because they always, invariably went all out and rocked.

Keith Moon was a genius.

Mind-blowing. The definition of rock.

Why is this so flipping awesome? Who cares, it just is! It's like a messy pizza that all comes together to form perfection. The Who!

All four Londoners in fantastic shape!

Greatest live band ever