TOWNSHEND NO FOOL FOR MICHAEL MOORE

World Entertainment News Network ^ | 10/31/06

[presidio9]

PETE TOWNSHEND refused to let documentary maker MICHAEL MOORE use THE WHO's WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN in his FAHRENHEIT 9/11 film because he didn't want the anthem to become an anti-PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH song. The rocker claims the tune has been misinterpreted many times and he didn't want to add to the confusion by letting Moore use the song against Bush. He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "When ROGER (DALTREY) sang it, suddenly it became almost an anthem of the counterculturalists. "You say to somebody, 'I'm not doing it,' and they hear you say, 'I'm doing it.' Like, 'I'm not going to tell you President Bush is a bad man.' And people go, 'Oh, OK, so President Bush is a bad man.' Let me tell you again, 'He f**king is not a f**king bad man, you f**king idiot!' "The debates I had back and forward through HARVEY WEINSTEIN (producer) with MICHAEL MOORE were beyond belief. He wanted to use my song Won't Get Fooled Again. "I said to Harvey, 'The guy wants to misuse the misuse of the song.' It's not political or partisan or parochial." The rock anthem is now the theme to TV hit CSI: MIAMI.

[dirtboy]

Google Pete Townshend childporn

Try reading the thread instead - Townshend was cleared of all charges.

[Skooz]

Amazing that now our music is cooler than our kid's music.

I've noticed that, too.

Of course, I think it's because we're cooler than our kids. :)

[dirtboy]

For the price of one Who concert, we got to see them as well as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Flaming Lips, the Drive-by Truckers, the Killers, the Raconteurs and a few others.

About the only other band out of that list I would have wanted to see would have been Drive-By-Truckers. Flaming Lips? Most annoying band of the last fifteen years, IMHO.

[Skooz]

Google Pete Townshend childporn cleared of all charges

[Petronski]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" was used pretty extensively at Bush/Cheney 2000 rallies, along with Van Halen's "Right Now."

[thinkthenpost]

The one song, (Not Enough, I believe) I've heard was pretty good, I'll have to check out the rest of the disc, don't buy much music these days.
IMO, the best album out in '066 so far for the geezer circuit and maybe over all is the Rockford disc from Cheap Trick. Again IMO: It Rocks.

[I still care]

Which album is that?

[BluesDuke]

Third word: The Who Sell Out. It may be their most underrated album . . . and it just might be the best of their concept albums. Might. The pleasures merely begin with "I Can See For Miles" . . .

[dfwgator]

"Too Late the Hero."

[oyez]

Pete was a Mod not a hippie.

[Skooz]

Yeah, that's it. I had forgotten the name. I bought it as soon as it came out, being a huge Who and Entwistle fan.

I saw them in December 1982 at the Cotton Bowl. They were amazing. By far the best concert I had seen (and I had seen hundreds).

What surprised me was how LOUD they were. Here they were in a windy outdoor venue, and they were louder than any indoor concert I have ever attended.

[conservonator]

Their best album.

Right after Quadrophenia

[presidio9]

In their investigation of the matter, the Crown was satisfied that he was not.

In a related story, Michael Jackson has been cleared of pedophilia charges not once, but TWICE. I suppose that makes him less guilty than Townshend.

BTW, Pete was involved in a second incident a couple of years later. The details escape me at the moment.

[Steve_Seattle]

Within a week of each other, I got my son free tickets to the Who and the Stones. By far, he preferred the Who.

[Skooz]

Jacko was not cleared of any charges. He was found not guilty by a jury.

Big difference.

[philled]

Townsend is musical hero to me as well- as much for his direct influence on me as for his influence on another of my musical heroes, Paul Weller.

I didn't fall for all the no-nukes brouha in the early 80s and thought Peace through Strength was an excellent strategy. I could never quite get my head around the lyrics to Athena (pro v. anti nuke). I felt they were pro-deployment and that Townsend may have realized that Europe was indeed safer because of the US buildup and defense. I believe history may have proved them to be correct:

Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her
In peaceful times I'd hold her close and I'd feed her
But my heart starts palpatating when I think my guess is wrong
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl- she's a bomb
Athena, all I ever wanted to do is please her
My life has been so settled and she's the reason
Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone
But I think I'll get along
She's just a girl- she's the bomb

[wideawake]

Michael Jackson has been cleared of pedophilia charges not once, but TWICE.

He was not "cleared." He was prosecuted, but was not convicted.

In Townshend's case the prosecutors themselves agree that there was no case.

Jackson's prosecutors tell a far different story.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Third word: The Who Sell Out. It may be their most underrated album."

I agree, and "Tattoo" might be their most underrated song.

[Maynerd]

Won't Get Fooled Again

Truly a great tune that is a part of our culture. My professional colleagues and I refer to

"Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss"

when the situation fits and everyone instantly understands the point.

[presidio9]

Try reading the thread instead - Townshend was cleared of all charges.

That's not exactly true. The British Government agreed to let him off with a caution, in return for his pleading guilty of the crime. The child pornography charges are on Townshend's criminal record. His "research" excuse always sounded lame to me. Either you are using your credit card to put money in the pockets of child pornographers, or you are not. It's as simple as that.