a song that brings me back to that time like few others...
Posted on 07/20/2018 7:30:52 PM PDT by DoodleBob
In the seconds immediately after The Who concluded "Pinball Wizard", from Tommy, Hoffman, who had ingested LSD after working the past few hours at the medical tent, abruptly walked onto the stage and began addressing the crowd from Pete Townshend's microphone. He shouted, "I think this is a pile of sh**! ... While John Sinclair rots in prison ..." Alerted to the disturbance, Townshend (who apparently had been too distracted to notice Hoffman ambling onto the platform), snarled at Hoffman, "F*** off! F*** off my f***ing stage!" He then struck Hoffman with his guitar (which you can hear in the sound clip), sending the interloper tumbling. As the crowd let out an approving roar, Townshend returned to his microphone to add a sarcastic "I can dig it!"
Following the conclusion of the next song, the short "Do You Think It's Alright?" (on which the guitar is horribly out of tune, presumably due to it being used to beat Hoffman), Townshend issued a stern warning to those in attendance: "The next f***ing person that walks across this stage is gonna get f***ing killed, alright? You can laugh, [but] I mean it!"
Townshend later said he actually agreed with Hoffman on Sinclair's imprisonment, though he insisted he would have knocked Hoffman off stage regardless of his message. The incident can be heard in its entirety on unedited Woodstock tapes and bootleg CDs of The Who's performance. Additionally, an edited fifteen-second sound bite of the incident can be heard on The Who compilation set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (Disc 2). The Woodstock documentary also depicts this event.
And say what you will, but Peter Cetera was no slouch on the bass. I just wish he stuck to playing it and not singing David Foster written dreck.
Your wife owes you..
Steve Howe is incredible. A lot of Yes fans don’t care for the “Drama” album, but it’s some of Steve’s best work.
And always remember to credit Pete Townsend for “Something in the Air” by “Thunderclap Newman”.
Steve Howe gets mega-props for composing AND playing Mood For a Day. But oh my, he looks like Mr. Burns nowadays.
It seems the guy who caught the guitar didn’t get to keep it very long.
http://www.thisisull.com/music08/misc/1938434226_malcommthewho16feb1970.html
I wonder what “retrieved by a roadie” means exactly.
Like the Moody Blues it took far too long for Yes to be inducted to the Rock N Roll HOF.
“If you watch the Who’s performance to the end, the last thing Townshend does is toss the guitar to a fan in the crowd before he leaves the stage”
Watch closely, I’m pretty sure you see a Roadie with said Guitar come up from the crowd onto the Stage as the Who are exiting.
I’m Selling Out
My rarest Who Collectible. Priced at an “I’m not sure I really want to sell it price”
Never seen this complete Press Kit before.
And The Ox was wearing that skeleton outfit looking completely bad ass.
I always thought Townsend was rather cool for doing that.
lol! Anyone know what time it is?
a song that brings me back to that time like few others...
I think that's the same lead singer that sang "Armenia City In the Sky" on "Sell Out".
You'd be cautious too. When tremolos attack:
Doesn’t Pete Townshend hurt his hand when he does that windmill thing on the guitar?
Even worse than you think. During a 1989 Who concert in Tacoma, Washington, Townshend missed the encore when he sliced open his hand on his guitar strings and was rushed to the hospital. During another show that year, Townshend actually impaled his right palm on the guitar’s whammy bar.
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#29. Sinclair was a “Huey Newton wannabe” but not as smart, just crazy.
If it weren’t for this post, nobody would have ever remembered him.
“(The) Who was a better stage band”
I saw the Stones at RFK, Stevie Wonder saved the day. The Stones were terrible. I saw them in the 80s for a 2nd time... they were still really bad. They put out some good studio work tho.
Saw The Who, which was much better live.
I’m going to see Howe with Yes in a week. Saw them a few years ago, when Chris Squire was still alive, and they were performing all of both Close to the Edge and Fragile. It was fantastic.
If anyone would have braced Hoffman, I would have thought it would be Roger Daltry. He was known to be a bit of a rounder.
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