This extremely rare massacre took place in 1974 while The Who's Pete Townshend was rather long-windedly waxing poetic about the positive attributes of Rock Music. Interviewer Melvyn Bragg, usually possessing a keen eye and ear for journalistic detail, swears to this day that this mishap never occurred. Well, as much as I admire Bragg as a journalist, I must respectfully disagree here, as the footage clearly tells the tale.
As for Townshend, he was so inebriated during this interview that he didn't realize what had happened until The Who started assessing footage to be used in The Kids Are Alright almost three years later (The Who, perhaps mercifully, opted not to use this part of the interview for the film).
Click on the image to view the footage. Enjoy.
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ReplyDelete01/05/2009, 12:59:24
Very true. I need to be careful what I wish for, or Horse's Neck II: Back and Horsier may suddenly appear on the shelves...
ReplyDelete01/05/2009, 12:52:20
Yeah, there is a definitely correlation between this bit of rambling and the Kennedy Center debacle. It's like they say: "Be careful what you wish for."
ReplyDelete01/05/2009, 11:30:35
In YOUR The Face, Melvyn Bragg!
ReplyDeleteOr is it on your The Face?
I am on your The Face?
Either way, bravo!!! It shows the indestructible tenacity of Chairman Pete marching his way towards his eventual Kennedy Center honor. He was just getting warmed up! After this past week, now he can REALLY retire and write that book he's been researching.
01/04/2009, 14:14:50