Pete Townshend tips his hat to Obama - "...same as the old boss,” and suggested, “Maybe not.”

Reuters ^ | November 9th, 2008 | Reporting by Dean Goodman

[weegee]

Pete Townshend is so impressed with President-elect Barack Obama that he has had to rethink the sentiment of his archly anti-political song “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

Who guitarist performed a solo acoustic version of the 37-year-old anthem in front of a few hundred fans at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Friday.

Before playing it, Townshend said Obama’s decisive election victory on Tuesday was “the most wonderful result,” a comment that earned the loudest cheers of the evening.

And afterwards, he mused over the song’s cynical parting shot, “meet the old boss, it’s the same as the old boss,” and suggested, “Maybe not.”

[Sherman Logan]

He was right the first time.

[weegee]

Rock and Roll Ping.

Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss.

[andy58-in-nh]

Apparently, he did get fooled again.

[oh8eleven]

Pete Townshend is so impressed with President-elect Barack Obama
Wow, Obama even gets the pedophile vote.

[Dr. Ursus]

Now,Now,he was only doing research.Of,course,if you did
his research,you’d be doing twenty years.

[Post Toasties]

Pete Townshend tips his hat to Obama - "...same as the old boss,” and suggested, “Maybe not.”

Maybe a lot worse than the 'old boss'.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Want to instantly look like Pete Townsend? Look into the back of a spoon.

[autumnraine]

Oh please.

Pervert Pete Townsend.

[Frantzie]

Pete Townsend lucked out not getting send to jail for child pornography. Anyone non-celeb in the UK or USA would be in jail for a long time. I liked their music but he was always a whiny wanker. Ray Davies is a better song writer too.

I think Dave Davies said if the Kinks had not got banned for a few years from the USA by the Democreep entertainer’s union for a Ray punch up - the Who would have never made it in America.

Townsend should slink away in disgrace. Another creep - Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, who treated other band members like a tyrant, loves O too. Another fool.

[massgopguy]

Abbie Hoffman grabbed Townshend’s mic at Woodstock and yelled “Free Rubin Sinclair”. Townshend “el kabonged” him with his SG.

[Secret Agent Man]

Meet the new boss

(I met him)

I want the old boss

[BlueStateBlues]

Who?

[caver]

Shut up and sing.

[mmichaels1970]

I refuse to let Pete destroy that song’s meaning to me. It will always make me feel like punching a hippy when I hear it.

[bmwcyle]

Peter is wrong about Obama but you do not have the whole story about the arrest about perversion. Please do not make false posts like the one you just did. He was arrested by the British police after he could not get them to act to cover their lazy butts. That is the real story.

[DogBarkTree]

I wonder if he molested a little boy after tipping his hat. Add one more Brit to the growing pile of $hi+ otherwise known as England.

[exist]

That’s great. Hey remember when Pete Towshend was arrested for child pornography?

I bet Barack Obama won the child pornographer vote overwhelmingly.

[RichInOC]

[cue “Eminence Front”]

[Dansong]

From “The Dirty Jobs” :

I am a man who looks after the pigs
Usually I get along okay
I am a man who reveals all he digs
Should be more careful what I say...