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ROGER DALTREY, PETE TOWNSHEND Recall THE WHO Concert Tragedy For WCPO TV Special (Cincinnati)
Blabbermouth ^ | November 21, 2019 | N/A

Posted on 11/21/2019 6:02:39 PM PST by DoodleBob

THE WHO bandmembers Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey share their detailed personal accounts of what happened the night of December 3, 1979, when 11 young people were killed outside a coliseum before their concert started. In the WCPO documentary "The Who: The Night That Changed Rock", they talk about how this single event forever changed rock and the lives of so many people. While they didn't know about the deaths until after the concertended, they have lived with the pain of the losses for 40 years.

"You know, I'm still traumatized by it," says Townshend. "It's a weird thing to have in your autobiography that, you know, 11 kids died at one of your concerts. It's a strange, disturbing heavy load to carry."

"That dreadful night of the third of December became one of the worst dreams I've had in my life," recounts Daltrey.

The band's longtime manager, Bill Curbishley, witnessed the deaths and made the call to let the band play. "Despite everything," says Curbishley, "I still feel inadequate. I don't know about the guys, but for me, I left a little bit of my soul in Cincinnati."

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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cincinnati; daltrey; townshend; who
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To: DoodleBob

**”That dreadful night of the third of December became one of the worst dreams I’ve had in my life,” recounts Daltrey.**

It wasn’t a dream mister.


21 posted on 11/21/2019 6:57:20 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: DoodleBob
I attended the Who concert in Pittsburgh that preceded the Cincinnati show (they had festival floor at that show, as well), then a good friend actually attended the Cincy show. He was in the crush that was trying to get into the arena when the doors opened, and mentioned that he thought it was strange that he was stepping on winter coats that were on the ground. He later heard what had happened to the 11 people, and started wondering if there were people in those coats that he had stepped on while trying to get into the arena. The show after Cincy was in Buffalo, which that friend's brother attended.
22 posted on 11/21/2019 6:58:41 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Soon. Boom. Bombshell. Did I miss any?)
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To: DoodleBob

That they were died in line wanting to see Quadrophenia made it even more tragic.

I saw the documentary The Kids are Alright a few months ago. One thing that was clear from the movie was that Pete Townsend was a royal asshole. I hope he has gotten better over the decades since.


23 posted on 11/21/2019 6:58:52 PM PST by be-baw
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To: be-baw

Ha. That post needed to be edited. I apologize for the “were”


24 posted on 11/21/2019 6:59:36 PM PST by be-baw
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Meh, Altamont was a forced issue, damned idiots insisted on bringing in Hells Angels and Boozefighters for concert security.


25 posted on 11/21/2019 7:01:52 PM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: DoodleBob

In Europe, there have been plenty of tragedies at soccer matches.

Ibrox in 1971, Heysel in 1985, and probably the most infamous, Hillsborough in 1989, where 96 people were killed.


26 posted on 11/21/2019 7:02:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: be-baw

After reading the Townshend and Daltrey autobiographies, you realize those two couldn’t be any more different.


27 posted on 11/21/2019 7:05:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Spacetrucker

It was the Hells Angels who stopped the dangerous lunatic who was waving the gun around near the front of the crowd. And they were acquitted for killing that AH.


28 posted on 11/21/2019 7:06:04 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DoodleBob

I remember this event.

I was visiting my friend, Andy who was a newly hired manager of a old radio station that played really outdated song. His boss, Arthur liked my friend but was afraid of the real owner, his mother. Met some really good DJs, Doctor Fervor and Venus.
Plus a really hot secretary, too.

They covered the episode and it was really sad.

Cincinnati, what a turkey of a town. Only Lester thought it was “hog heaven”


29 posted on 11/21/2019 7:15:28 PM PST by RedMonqey
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To: LS

I remember they did that WKRP episode about it.


30 posted on 11/21/2019 7:16:26 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: RedMonqey
Good ole Doctor Fervor.
31 posted on 11/21/2019 7:17:23 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: dragnet2

Kind of like now?


32 posted on 11/21/2019 7:22:26 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: dfwgator; Robert DeLong
Soccer matches seem to bring out a certain element that I find more scary than that at a heavy metal show.

There was also The Station nightclub fire that occurred on Thursday, February 20, 2003, in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people including Great White guitarist Ty Longley and injuring 230.

33 posted on 11/21/2019 7:27:30 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

Yeah I saw that too. Soccer matches seem to be deliberate violence among groups of opposing fans though, not tragic accidents.


34 posted on 11/21/2019 7:34:28 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: RedMonqey
The closing theme, "WKRP In Cincinnati End Credits", was a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis, an Atlanta musician who recorded some of the incidental music for the show. According to people who attended the recording sessions, Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of how it would sound.

Mad tooth bar chin-up, box zing outta her hair now
Still do the modern day whack-a-mole ditto-o-o
What's that? Good bartender, i'da hat-beer 'n' head out
I said I wouldn't do it if a poodle had a lid on

35 posted on 11/21/2019 7:35:51 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: DoodleBob

I might add, that the same thing occurs when the Eagles play at home, especially when they lose. Or at least that used to be the case when I watched the NFL. 8>P


36 posted on 11/21/2019 7:36:14 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Vermont Lt

Uh no...The 60s were not like current day in regards to the drugs and how young folk reacted to rock and roll concerts etc. Going to a concert back then was like a zombie fest, where people over-dosed as a matter of routine and pushed everything to the limit. Even most all be big RR players back then had to go to rehab on a routine basis or die and many of the biggest names did just that. Ya it goes on today, but nothing like the 60s.


37 posted on 11/21/2019 7:39:01 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DoodleBob

Soccer matches/football etc., are made up of two opponents...Many of which go into it wanting to kill each other. Comparing sports violence to rock concerts is a bad analogy.


38 posted on 11/21/2019 7:41:48 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Robert DeLong
Oh come on....we Iggles fans are better than the way we used to be, when we had the Vet and municipal court in the basement.


39 posted on 11/21/2019 7:42:32 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: dragnet2

I am not suggesting you spend the money to go see a concert today, but it hasn’t changed all that much.

I know we like to think we did everything better, but when it comes to walking around like a zombie, the kids today have access to more money, higher quality, and more promiscuous playmates.

I used to work at venue starting when I was 15. My eyes were opened really wide at a Grateful Dead concert in 1974. My eyes were opened wider at a Phish concert a few years ago in Vermont, in the rain.

I gotta to hand it to some of these kids—they paid attention to the woodstock movie and try to improve on it.


40 posted on 11/21/2019 7:47:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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