Roger Daltrey on Keith Moon's Final Days and The Kids Are Alright Film

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[ramalama]

Roger loved Mr Moon. You can hear and feel it in his voice every time he speaks of him.

[MrMjp]

I always thought Roger had the strongest determination of all rock frontmen. His performance in the Tommy film is amazing. He is a captivating speaker and (I would imagine) rather impressively intimidating when pressed.

[robotron]

"spitting image of Robert Newton". Had to look that one up. Roger was right on the money!

[flashesofblack]

I am a rock drummer, and in my humble opinion, Keith Moon ranks as one to the greatest drummers of all time.

[Alan-twyo]

Saw The Who at the old Boston gahden. Two songs into the show Keith falls over his drum set, out cold. The curtains close. About 15 minutes later roger comes out and says they’re canceling the show because Keith was “Ill”. About 6 weeks later they came back. Keith came out center stage and took a bow to a standing O. They played for what seemed like three hours. It was awesome

[williammacdonald]

My dad was drunk everyday, addiction is a terrible thing for your loved ones to deal with.

[paulkirkland]

A strange coincidence - Keith Moon and 'Mama Cass' Elliot (of the Mamas and the Papas) died in the same bedroom of the same apartment in London, four years apart. The place was owned by singer Harry Nilsson. He subsequently sold it to Pete Townshend of The Who.

[digitalstring]

At one time Neil Peart's favourite drummer.We went to see them in Toronto at The Rock Pile.

[robertkees]

I can still remember seeing an interview with his daughter Mandy where she recalled Keith punching her mom right in the face and she came crashing down to the ground. So dude had issues some of them very dark, and that's sad to think that drugs and booze led to that. By those standards he's no hero, but he was a gifted flawed rock star that burnt out just at the beginning of his decline. He just barely died before he got old, made it under the wire of the forever young club. He painted himself into a corner with his lifestyle and need for attention, aging was going to be truly rough on him had he not passed. It was going to get ugly with the Who, no way he could have toured or anything like that, so he was just about spent when he bowed out. There wasn't much music left, we got just about all he had, he left it all on the field as they say in sports.

[johndefenderfer]

Keith could be cruel, charming, sweet, giving, manic, depressed and tortured too. I would not have wanted to live his lifestyle, but I am glad he lived amongst us, albeit for a relatively short period of time.

[vernongriffin]

Could not have been without Keith Moon that simple !

[pidster]

oliver read said he showed kieth the way to the bar and kieth showed him the way to the bizarre.. he was a one off and probably one of the most original rockstars to take things to another level

[allenthorne]

First concert I ever seen was the who in Toronto Ontario Canada I believe 1980 mind blowing loud.

[jamesjournalist]

I met Keith Moon in 1975 and he was the sweetest, most charming and intelligent person I'd ever met. His image was not the person he was.

[patnewman]

This is sort of a long story. In the mid to late 70’s I drove Limos in Los Angeles and Keith Moon was a client and we drove him a lot. Keith was called, “Moon the Loon” and I can verify this as true. I received an order one day to go and pick up Keith In Van Nuys, CA and to take him to his home in Malibu. The pickup point was at a Jewish Synagogue. When I arrived Keith was dressed in a German Army Uniform goose stepping his way on the sidewalk in front of the Temple. Thankfully no one was around to catch his craziness and I drove him to Malibu. Shortly after that the US Government quietly asked Keith to please leave the country. This was probably in ‘76 or ‘77. In 1978 The Who released their Who Are You album. They came to Los Angeles for a release party at MCA Records located in Universal City, CA and I was to drive Keith. My orders were to stay with him 24-7 for the 3 days that he was in town and told not to drive him anywhere that he could get into trouble. For a total of 54 hours I stayed with Keith at his home in Malibu and did as I was told. I left him at the Los Angeles International Airport and that was the last time that I saw him. Shortly after that he died.

[paulfildes]

I was fortunate to be at the 'Live at Leeds' Valentine's Day 1970 gig that set the bar for live albums. There were no seats at all and it was really packed. People were hanging off the side of the walls and onto things. It was packed to the gills! There for the first time, the full force of the band was caught on record with all their unequaled ferocity and power.They were truly at their peak and ready to let loose with the sheer power and energy of the true rock band that they were. “I knew we had hit a roll, ” Townshend told Classic Rock. “This mainly depended on Moon, of course. He was at the apex of balance between his drug use and youthful good health. Five years later he would start to slide. Moon as a musician was a great listener, and followed what John and I played. Roger feels, looking back, that Moon followed what he did vocally as well. So Moon was everywhere in these times, but playing with great affection. We also all seemed to have boundless energy.” I had just turned 19 and I still remember the immediacy of the gig.

[johnwright]

Had I had unlimited funds in my 20s and 30s I wouldn't be here today at 65.

[captaingrub]

Moon as Robert Newton's pirate! Spot on.

[john]

I'm a huge fan of the who's music always have been . I didn't understand most of what Roger said. Two countries separated by a common language

[Mark-eess]

Just looked up the actor Robert Newton playing the part of long John silver ... Actually thought it was Keith moon at first glance ... Scary how the 2 looked so much alike ..