The Who on Keith Moon's Death and his replacement

The Who - Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey

[MikeGervasi]

Keith had everything stacked against him. His inner demons, his hyperactivity, idle time, and always feeling like he had to be on when anyone was around.

[JaymexR]

I think Pete never really processed it as the fact it was, he was a lot closer to Keith than he lets on. He might've been expecting the inevitable for a long time, they had saved each others lives multiple times before Keith finally kicked the bucket.

[stevehammond]

Keith was one of the most unconventional but at the same time brilliant drummers of all time. His personality and addictions predictably ended in an early demise.

[l.salisbury]

...And Kenny Jones wins the not-so-coveted Shemp Howard Award for the thankless task of having to replace an irreplaceable performer...!

[cgfftrophilessspursfan]

RIP Keith and John. 1/2 of the best band ever.

[JohnBarrylizard]

Keith Moon was an amazing drummer. I'm a rudimentary ordinary drummer and can do what most mediocre drummers can... keep 4/4 in time, a tasteful fill. I cannot play like Keith Moon. He was a genius drummer.

[satyrosphilbrucato]

The one Who classic that benefited most from Kenny's presence is "Eminence Front." Moon couldn't have played that hypnotic minimalist style if his life depended on it. Though Moon was my favorite Who drummer by far, Jones' steady timekeeping made that song possible.

[orionwarren]

Keith Moon used drums the way other musicians use their instruments: as a form of self-expression versus simple 'time keeping'.

[IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

The Who were such a unique band: they had a lead drummer, a lead bassist, a lead singer, and a rhythm guitarist who wrote awesome songs. Nothing against Kenny as a person or as a musician but it was never going to work with a normal drummer.

[katkk]

Rest In Peace Keith Moon and John Entwistle.

[juanrozas]

De lo mejor del rock en sus especialidades.

[jhouse]

Fucking hell, all these guys are/were such great artists!! The fact that we're still talking about them to this day proves it. Kenny Jones is a brilliant drummer in The Faces, he was just given impossible shoes to fill. It was never gonna work.

All this music just seems to be getting better and better the further away we get from when it was made, like a fine wine.

[AvailableHandle]

It's not Kenney's fault that they were all out of good ideas after Who Are You.

[dougmurray]

Either Keith got lucky and his style just happened to fit so well with what Pete wanted to do; or he was really good at changing his style to fit with what a band wanted to produce. Either way, The Who is my fav band.

[JackTheSkunk]

I know nothing about drummers but Keith Moon and Dino Danelli were alot of fun to watch back in their heyday.

[TheGravygun]

I saw The Who 1989 a giant stadium 45 minutes of Tommy I was convinced from that point on

[Keith_MN]

"The Who" without Moonie = THE END.
I don't say that just coz i LOOOIVEEEDDD this man and for many reasons BUT
Keith was their soul, their energy, their publicity with all his "dramas" and he was a sweetheart IRL

Daltrey said he could cry and laugh 50 times in a same day.

At first, Pity said he seemed for him he missed a leg

I didn't understand why like a catharsis, Pity didn't write a song for Moonie coz Keith is dead loving VERY MUCH Daltrey and John of course, or Ringo, or even Kenny BUT Townshend was his big bro, he loved him from all his heart

They would have changed the name of a band without a maestro

OR
Working on theirs own careers solo

In a french documentary, Pity said he had conscience how much "they sounded different"

Imagine Grohl and Novoselic saying in 94 "okay, Kurt is dead tragically BUT Nirvana is okay, we'll find a charismatic blond haired, blue eyed guy with a raspy voice."

When "The Who" has been introduced in Rock n Roll hall of fame in 90, they were named on stage with " The Keith Moon's band" and when we asked a word from the U2's drummer he said "Tribute to Keith Moon" and everyone chhered
..

The promo video of "Who are you" showed HOW MUCH Moonie was genius, yes but soooo important for the whole group.

[joeflint]

Kind of sad to see Moon's last kit in pieces as Kenney sets up and tries out his kit (which was a little smaller than what he later used on the 79 tour)

[alexjewell]

Were these vids from a Who documentary or something? Some great interviews in your YouTube collection, particularly with Pete, they all look to have been filmed at the same time, Mid 80's -early 90's maybe?? Thanks for uploading these snippets, I'd love to see the whole documentary if you could poont me in it's direction.

[DAGDRUM]

I saw The Who with Moon and with Kenny. Despite Kenny telling Pete he couldn't play like Moon, he sounded exactly like him, faithfully recreating
the necessary classic fills, stops and starts, etc. But, honestly, I didn't enjoy a single Who song the band recorded after Moon's passing.