Posted on 02/14/2020 8:16:13 AM PST by DoodleBob
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Abbie Hoffman's version:
"I grabbed the microphone all right and made a little speech about John Sinclair, who had just been sentenced to ten years in the Michigan State Penitentiary for giving two joints of grass to two undercover cops, and how we should take the strength we had at Woodstock home to free our brothers and sisters in jail. Something like that. Townshend, who had been tuning up, turned around and bumped into me. A nonincident really.
The Who were in many ways the first punk band, and I agree on some levels Live At Leeds is a heavy metal album. The audio (sadly, there is no video; the party line isn't they were switching cameras during the incident, but many believe the footage was destroyed at the behest of people sympathetic to Abbie)
At Woodstock in 1969, Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance to attempt a protest speech against the jailing of John Sinclair of the White Panther Party. He grabbed a microphone and yelled, "I think this is a pile of s#%*! While John Sinclair rots in prison. . ." The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, unhappy with the interruption, cut Hoffman off mid-sentence, shouting, "f*** off! f*** off my f***ing stage!" He then struck Hoffman with his guitar, sending the interloper tumbling offstage, to the approving roar of the crowd.
Pete says "I can dig it" and The Who launch into a bad and out of tune version Do You Think Its Alright, then retune. Townshend, still peeved, yells "the next f***ing person that walks across this stage is gonna get f***ing killed. ALRIGHT? You can laugh, but I mean it."
I agree that on many levels The Who was the first punk band, and that in some ways Live at Leeds was a heavy metal album. -
And while The Who never sold nearly as many albums as Zeppelin, and notwithstanding Zeppelin's Royal Albert Hall show in 1970, The Who was the better of the two live, especially after 1971. Indeed, watching the Quadrophenia tour a few years ago in Atlantic City and seeing "The Rock" live MAY have been the closest thing to a religious experience I ever experienced at a rock show...and there was only two of The Ooo left.
Fun fact: at that Atlantic City show, they closed with Tea & Theatre, a very poignant acoustic and vocal number. Roger told the crowd to "shut the f*** up" and they cheered. Some folks kept it up, and Roger, holding a cup (presumably) of tea, said "I said...shut the f*** up!" And Roger held up his finger, waited for quiet, and then sang when he got what he wanted....punks till the end.
Well, he didn't punch Abbie...he hit him with his Gibson SG.
Abbie Hoffman's version:
"I grabbed the microphone all right and made a little speech about John Sinclair, who had just been sentenced to ten years in the Michigan State Penitentiary for giving two joints of grass to two undercover cops, and how we should take the strength we had at Woodstock home to free our brothers and sisters in jail. Something like that. Townshend, who had been tuning up, turned around and bumped into me. A nonincident really.
The audio (sadly, there is no video; the party line isn't they were switching cameras during the incident, but many believe the footage was destroyed at the behest of people sympathetic to Abbie)
At Woodstock in 1969, Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance to attempt a protest speech against the jailing of John Sinclair of the White Panther Party. He grabbed a microphone and yelled, "I think this is a pile of s#%*! While John Sinclair rots in prison. . ." The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, unhappy with the interruption, cut Hoffman off mid-sentence, shouting, "f*** off! f*** off my f***ing stage!" He then struck Hoffman with his guitar, sending the interloper tumbling offstage, to the approving roar of the crowd.
Pete says "I can dig it" and The Who launch into a bad and out of tune version Do You Think Its Alright, then retune. Townshend, still peeved, yells "the next f***ing person that walks across this stage is gonna get f***ing killed. ALRIGHT? You can laugh, but I mean it."
I agree that on many levels The Who was the first punk band, and that in some ways Live at Leeds was a heavy metal album.
And while The Who never sold nearly as many albums as Zeppelin, and notwithstanding Zeppelin's Royal Albert Hall show in 1970, The Who was the better of the two live, especially after 1971. Indeed, watching the Quadrophenia tour a few years ago in Atlantic City and seeing "The Rock" live MAY have been the closest thing to a religious experience I ever experienced at a rock show...and there was only two of The Ooo left.
Fun fact: at that Atlantic City show, they closed with Tea & Theatre, a very poignant acoustic and vocal number. Roger told the crowd to "shut the f*** up" and they cheered. Some folks kept it up, and Roger, holding a cup (presumably) of tea, said "I said...shut the f*** up!" And Roger held up his finger, waited for quiet, and then sang when he got what he wanted....punks till the end.
Kieth Richards did it too! So did the bass player for Social Distortion!
Billy Bonebrake of X?
Billy Bonebrake of X?
No that’s DJ Bonebrake. I stole his last name due to my fondness for the band (not Exene, so much) ...
Thanks!
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The WHO,
The Original Punk Band!
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Love it!
What a Great band!
a little late but- THANKS!
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