The Who My Generation Smothers Brothers, 1967

I love how disconnected John is to the rest of the band's antics. He just cradles his bass in the shadows.

you can be cool, but you can never be "john playing a bass solo with a straight face" cool

I just love how John is protecting his bass while Pete and Keith are literally destroying stuff

John wanted none of that. Funmy how he holds his bass tighter when pete is thrashing

The night i became a Who fan, and Pete lost his hearing.

I love Keith barely playing drums the whole show, gave me a good laugh

The origins of punk rock can be traced back to the who

4:45 John holds his precious bass like it's his child or whatever while everyone else is smashing their instruments.

That base is so satisfying to listen to

That escalated quickly. There was a freaking EXPLOSION.

Rest in peace, Tom Smothers.

Keith Moon ends up with pieces of drum shrapnel in his arm after the explosion. You see him run off stage clutching his arm.

"My friends call me Keith, you can call me John" From that sentence alone, I became a fan of The Who

When everyone else was into the Beatles/Stones, I was totally blazing with The Who. 50+ years later, still blazing with The Who🔥

Luv how Rodger stutters when he names the next tune ♪

The Who incident The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series. As the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece ended with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it did not go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[14] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. The blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[15]

Entwistle was way ahead of his time with his bass playing and tone. Doesn't even anchor his thumb.

RIP Tommy Smothers! You were clearly a fan and a friend of The Who.

I heard that Entwistle had light brown hair. He began dying it so Roger would stand out. He dyed his hair and beard until around 1980 or 81. Then went grey and left it.

RIP Tom Smothers (February 2, 1937 – December 26, 2023), aged 86 And RIP the two members of The Who John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002), aged 57 Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978), aged 32 You will be remembered as legends.