Pete Townshend

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Let My Love Open The Door 00:00 Tools
Rough Boys 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (Live) 00:00 Tools
Face The Face 00:00 Tools
Give Blood 05:46 Tools
And I Moved 03:23 Tools
Slit Skirts 04:53 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes 03:44 Tools
A Little Is Enough 00:00 Tools
I Am An Animal 03:47 Tools
Jools And Jim 02:37 Tools
Gonna Get Ya 06:28 Tools
Keep On Working 00:00 Tools
Corrina, Corrina 02:35 Tools
Pure And Easy 00:00 Tools
Cat's In The Cupboard 00:00 Tools
Sheraton Gibson 00:00 Tools
The Sea Refuses No River 00:00 Tools
Empty Glass 05:23 Tools
Hiding Out 03:01 Tools
White City Fighting 00:00 Tools
Secondhand Love 00:00 Tools
Brilliant Blues 00:00 Tools
English Boy 07:06 Tools
Stop Hurting People 03:55 Tools
Save It For Later - Live 00:00 Tools
I Am Secure 00:00 Tools
Time Is Passing 00:00 Tools
Crashing By Design 00:00 Tools
My Baby Gives It Away 04:04 Tools
The Real Me - Demo 00:00 Tools
Let's See Action 00:00 Tools
Magic Bus 04:23 Tools
Predictable 00:00 Tools
A Friend Is A Friend 00:00 Tools
North Country Girl 00:00 Tools
Won't Get Fooled Again 00:00 Tools
Come To Mama 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard 00:00 Tools
Misunderstood 00:00 Tools
Exquisitely Bored 00:00 Tools
Somebody Saved Me 00:00 Tools
Prelude 00:00 Tools
Street In The City 06:08 Tools
Communication 00:00 Tools
Save It For Later 04:59 Tools
Heart To Hang Onto 00:00 Tools
Cut My Hair - Demo 00:00 Tools
Face Dances Part Two 00:00 Tools
Bargain 00:00 Tools
Evolution 00:00 Tools
Mary 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door - E. Cola Mix 00:00 Tools
The Seeker 00:00 Tools
Parvardigar 00:00 Tools
Love Reign O'er Me 00:00 Tools
Punk - Demo 00:00 Tools
Uniforms (Corp D'esprit) 00:00 Tools
Overture - Demo 00:00 Tools
Dirty Jobs - Demo 00:00 Tools
Now And Then 00:00 Tools
Keep Me Turning 00:00 Tools
Love Reign O'er Me - Demo 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenia - 4 Overtures - Demo 00:00 Tools
Is It In My Head? - Demo 00:00 Tools
Forever's No Time At All 00:00 Tools
You Better You Bet 00:00 Tools
Content 00:00 Tools
Annie 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenic Four Faces - Demo 00:00 Tools
It's A Boy - Demo 00:00 Tools
I Am Afraid 00:00 Tools
Any More - Demo 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 1 - Get Out And Stay Out - Demo 00:00 Tools
Amazing Journey 00:00 Tools
I've Had Enough - Demo 00:00 Tools
Drowned - Demo 00:00 Tools
1921 - Demo 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Dog 02:56 Tools
I'm One 00:00 Tools
There's A Heartache Following Me 00:00 Tools
Stardom In Action 00:00 Tools
Pure & Easy 00:00 Tools
It Must Be Done (From "The Americans") 00:00 Tools
Dirty Water 02:09 Tools
Is It Me? - Demo 00:00 Tools
Outlive The Dinosaur 00:00 Tools
Day Of Silence 00:00 Tools
His Hands 00:00 Tools
Amazing Journey - Demo 00:00 Tools
We Close Tonight - Demo 00:00 Tools
The Real Me 00:00 Tools
Doctor Jimmy - Demo 00:00 Tools
Don't Try To Make Me Real 00:00 Tools
Nowhere To Run 00:00 Tools
You Came Back - Demo 00:00 Tools
Zelda 00:00 Tools
I'm One - Demo 00:00 Tools
Begin The Beguine 04:09 Tools
April Fool 00:00 Tools
The Love Man 04:54 Tools
Drowned 00:00 Tools
Get Inside - Demo 00:00 Tools
Joker James - Demo 00:00 Tools
Dream One - Demo 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard - Demo 00:00 Tools
Cut My Hair 00:00 Tools
Helpless Dancer - Demo 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M3 00:00 Tools
Let's Get Pretentious 00:00 Tools
Prologue 1945 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley 00:00 Tools
Rough Mix 00:00 Tools
Sparks - Demo 00:00 Tools
Lantern Cabin 00:00 Tools
I Won't Run Anymore 00:00 Tools
I Want That Thing 00:00 Tools
Substitute 00:00 Tools
Face Dances - Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Early Morning Dreams 00:00 Tools
I Am The Sea 00:00 Tools
Teenage Wasteland 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open the Door (Philip Steir Remix) 00:00 Tools
Recorders 00:00 Tools
You Came Back 00:00 Tools
Christmas 00:00 Tools
All Shall Be Well 00:00 Tools
Long Live Rock 00:00 Tools
Wizardry - Demo 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 2 - Demo 00:00 Tools
Catmelody 00:00 Tools
Christmas - Demo 00:00 Tools
Till The Rivers All Run Dry 00:00 Tools
Politician 00:00 Tools
The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind) - Demo 00:00 Tools
Sea And Sand - Demo 00:00 Tools
Eminence Front 00:00 Tools
Melancholia 00:00 Tools
Fake It 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box) 00:00 Tools
Can You See The Real Me 00:00 Tools
The Acid Queen - Demo 00:00 Tools
Pure And Easy - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Was There Life 00:00 Tools
Things Have Changed 00:00 Tools
Bell Boy - Demo 00:00 Tools
Sally Simpson 00:00 Tools
Underture (Dream Two) - Demo 00:00 Tools
Getting In Tune 00:00 Tools
Pictures Of Lily 00:00 Tools
Happy Jack 00:00 Tools
Dance It Away 00:00 Tools
Rough Boys - Dancefloor Killa Mix 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Girl In A Suitcase 00:00 Tools
There’s A Fortune In Those Hills 00:00 Tools
You're So Clever 00:00 Tools
Go To The Mirror! - Demo 00:00 Tools
Body Language 00:00 Tools
Finale - The Rock - Demo 00:00 Tools
(Nothing is Everything) Let's See Action 00:00 Tools
Cookin' 00:00 Tools
Who Are You 00:00 Tools
Tommy, Can You Hear Me? - Demo 00:00 Tools
Popular 00:00 Tools
Brooklyn Kids 00:00 Tools
Smash The Mirror - Demo 00:00 Tools
Flame 00:00 Tools
A Fool Says... 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenia 00:00 Tools
Football Fugue 00:00 Tools
The Punk and the Godfather 00:00 Tools
Stardom in Acton 00:00 Tools
The Kids Are Alright 00:00 Tools
I Put a Spell on You 00:00 Tools
I've Had Enough 00:00 Tools
Love Ain't for Keeping 00:00 Tools
Is It in My Head? 00:00 Tools
Greyhound Girl 00:00 Tools
Classified 03:49 Tools
I Am An Animal (Alternate Vocal) 00:00 Tools
I'm Free - Demo 00:00 Tools
Sensation - Demo 00:00 Tools
Overture 00:00 Tools
Call Me Lightning 00:00 Tools
Circles 00:00 Tools
After the Fire 04:36 Tools
Mary Jane 02:39 Tools
Vivienne 03:37 Tools
Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi) 02:35 Tools
And I Moved (Alternate Vocal) 00:00 Tools
Initial Machine Experiments 00:00 Tools
English Boy (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
To Barney Kessell 00:00 Tools
Marty Robbins 01:42 Tools
Holly Like Ivy 00:00 Tools
Man Watching 00:00 Tools
We're Not Gonna Take It - Demo 00:00 Tools
Cache, Cache 00:00 Tools
Dig 00:00 Tools
Keep On Working (Alternate Vocal) 00:00 Tools
Never Ask Me 00:00 Tools
Sally Simpson - Demo 00:00 Tools
So Sad About Us/Brrr 00:00 Tools
Gonna Get Ya (Long Version) 06:28 Tools
Goin' Mobile 00:00 Tools
Sea And Sand 00:00 Tools
I Like It The Way It Is 00:00 Tools
Goin' Fishin' 00:00 Tools
Uneasy Street 04:39 Tools
Barefootin' 04:25 Tools
Welcome - Demo 00:00 Tools
The Real Me (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Guantanamo 00:00 Tools
Too Much of Anything 00:00 Tools
Helpless Dancer 00:00 Tools
Sister Disco 00:00 Tools
Now And Then (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
Baroque Ippanese 00:00 Tools
Eyesight To The Blind 00:00 Tools
Man Machines 03:48 Tools
Let My Love 00:00 Tools
Squeezebox 00:00 Tools
La-La-La-Lies 00:00 Tools
Music Must Change 00:00 Tools
Over The Top 00:00 Tools
I Always Say 00:00 Tools
I Don't Even Know Myself 00:00 Tools
971104 Arpeggio Piano 00:00 Tools
Dialogue introduction to "Outlive The Dinosaur" 00:00 Tools
The Shout 00:00 Tools
Song Is Over 00:00 Tools
I Eat Heavy Metal 00:00 Tools
Flame (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Join Together 00:00 Tools
The Dirty Jobs 00:00 Tools
Driftin' Blues 03:16 Tools
Night School 00:00 Tools
Relay 00:00 Tools
Slip Kid 00:00 Tools
No Way Out (However Much I Booze) 00:00 Tools
Tough Boys 00:00 Tools
Bell Boy 00:00 Tools
Fast Food 00:00 Tools
Prelude #556 00:00 Tools
Praying The Game 00:00 Tools
Captain Walker / It's A Boy 00:00 Tools
Fire 00:00 Tools
Doctor Jimmy 00:00 Tools
Dialogue Introduction to "Predictable" 00:00 Tools
Love Reign O'er Me (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Lonely Words 00:00 Tools
Collings 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard (Demo) 00:00 Tools
5:15 00:00 Tools
I Won't Run Any More 00:00 Tools
Ask Yourself 00:00 Tools
Put The Money Down 00:00 Tools
Punk (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Elephants 00:00 Tools
Piano: Tipperary 00:00 Tools
Commonwealth Boys 00:00 Tools
Squeeze Box 00:00 Tools
The Ferryman 00:00 Tools
Is It In My Head? (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Evolution (w/ Ronnie Lane) 00:00 Tools
It's A Boy 00:00 Tools
Dirty Jobs (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Baba M1 00:00 Tools
Theme 016 00:00 Tools
Theme 015 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (e.cola mix) 00:00 Tools
I've Had Enough (Demo) 00:00 Tools
How Can I Help You 00:00 Tools
Don't Let Go The Coat 00:00 Tools
Drowned (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Travelator, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Any More (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Prelude, The Right To Write 00:00 Tools
Face Dances Part 2 00:00 Tools
Cut My Hair (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Cat Snatch 00:00 Tools
Doctor Jimmy (Demo) 00:00 Tools
On the Road Again 00:00 Tools
Is It Me? (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Squirm Squirm 00:00 Tools
My Generation 00:00 Tools
The Acid Queen 00:00 Tools
Did You Steal My Money? 00:00 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes (new version) 00:00 Tools
Welcome 00:00 Tools
Captain Walker/It's a Boy 00:00 Tools
Wistful 00:00 Tools
Prelude 970519 00:00 Tools
Variations On Dirty Jobs 00:00 Tools
Piano: 'Tipperary' 00:00 Tools
Unused Piano: Quadrophenia 00:00 Tools
Teresa 00:00 Tools
Poem Disturbed 00:00 Tools
Iron Man Recitative 00:00 Tools
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere 00:00 Tools
Who Are You (Gateway remix) 00:00 Tools
Maxims For Lunch 00:00 Tools
Can You Really Dance? 00:00 Tools
Uniforms 00:00 Tools
The Rock 00:00 Tools
Sparks 00:00 Tools
New Song 00:00 Tools
Dialogue Introduction To "Now And Then (Reprise)" 00:00 Tools
Sheraton Gibson - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
The Song Is Over 00:00 Tools
It's In Ya 00:00 Tools
Theme 017 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard (Live) 00:00 Tools
We're Not Gonna Take It 00:00 Tools
Hiding Out (12" Mix) 00:00 Tools
Man And Machines 03:48 Tools
The Magic Bus 00:00 Tools
I'm Free 00:00 Tools
Acid Queen 00:00 Tools
Sea & Sand 00:00 Tools
Heartache 00:00 Tools
Little Is Enough 00:00 Tools
Forevers No Time At All 00:00 Tools
Wired To The Moon, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley (Instrumental) 09:49 Tools
Dirty Jobs 00:00 Tools
1921 00:00 Tools
Save It For Later (Live) 00:00 Tools
Parvardigar (German Version) 00:00 Tools
Hinterland Rag 00:00 Tools
Evolution - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Smash The Mirror 00:00 Tools
Sensation 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley [instrumental Version] 00:00 Tools
Fantasia Upon One Note 00:00 Tools
Circles (Instant Party) 00:00 Tools
Going Mobile 00:00 Tools
So Sad About Us / Brr 00:00 Tools
(Nothing Is Everything) Let's See Action - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Can You Help The One You Really Love 00:00 Tools
Punk 00:00 Tools
No Face, No Name, No Number 00:00 Tools
So Sad About Us 00:00 Tools
Good Question 00:00 Tools
Dialogue Introduction 00:00 Tools
So Sad About Us / Brrr 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (E Cola Mix) 00:00 Tools
Catsnatch 00:00 Tools
It's Not True 00:00 Tools
Unused Piano 'Quadrophenia' 00:00 Tools
Pete Dialogue [Live] 00:00 Tools
Silly Little Man 00:00 Tools
Only You 00:00 Tools
King Rabbit 00:00 Tools
Lazy Fat People 00:00 Tools
Air 00:00 Tools
Overture (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Pete Dialogue 00:00 Tools
Tragedy Explained 00:00 Tools
Face Dances (Pt. 2) 00:00 Tools
Tragedy 00:00 Tools
All Lovers Are Deranged 00:00 Tools
1921 (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes (Live) 00:00 Tools
One Note - Epilogue 00:00 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes (acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Unused Piano: 'Quadrophenia' 00:00 Tools
A Quick One While He's Away 00:00 Tools
Dogs 00:00 Tools
Don't Look Away 00:00 Tools
Baba M2 00:00 Tools
All Lovers Are Deranged (Pete's Version) 00:00 Tools
I Can See for Miles 00:00 Tools
baba o'riley (orchestral version) 00:00 Tools
Any More 00:00 Tools
It's A Boy (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard - Live 00:00 Tools
Vivaldi 00:00 Tools
Forever's No Time At All - Remastered 2017 03:05 Tools
Tommy, Can You Hear Me? 00:00 Tools
Don't Let Go Of The Coat 00:00 Tools
After The Fire (Live) 00:00 Tools
No. 6 In D Minor 00:00 Tools
No. 4 Aria 00:00 Tools
New Life/Reprise 00:00 Tools
Cut My Hair [Demo] 00:00 Tools
That Motherland Feeling 00:00 Tools
Love is Coming Down 00:00 Tools
Is It Me? 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenia - 4 Overtures 00:00 Tools
Save It For Later (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Amazing Journey (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Minuet 00:00 Tools
Dig (Simon's Vocal) 00:00 Tools
No. 2 Giga 00:00 Tools
Sonata K:212 00:00 Tools
Tommy's Holiday Camp 00:00 Tools
Jig 00:00 Tools
Unused Piano: "Quadrophenia" 00:00 Tools
Love Is Wine 00:00 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes - Live 00:00 Tools
The Seeker (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Dream One 00:00 Tools
Psychomontage 00:00 Tools
I'm One - Live 00:00 Tools
There Is No Message In A Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
Flying Boy 00:00 Tools
T.V. Studio 00:00 Tools
I'm A Boy 00:00 Tools
Go to the Mirror 00:00 Tools
I Believe My Own Eyes 00:00 Tools
Mother and Son 00:00 Tools
Time Is Passing - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Night School (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
Eyesight To The Blind (Live) 00:00 Tools
Townshend: I'm One 00:00 Tools
I'm One (Live) 00:00 Tools
Gonna Fight To Make You Mine 00:00 Tools
There’s A Heartache Following Me - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Allegro 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenic Four Faces 00:00 Tools
No. 3 Adagio And Allegro 00:00 Tools
Chaconne 00:00 Tools
Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything) 00:00 Tools
Man Machines (Simon Townshend) 00:00 Tools
Dream One (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Rondeau Minnet 00:00 Tools
Sparks (Demo) 00:00 Tools
I Won't Run Anymore (Pete Townshend & Deborah Conway) 00:00 Tools
The Acid Queen (Demo) 00:00 Tools
After The Fire - live 00:00 Tools
Man Machines (Long Version) 00:00 Tools
Townshend: The Punk And The Godfather 00:00 Tools
Mary Jane (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
Girl from the North Country 00:00 Tools
One Note 00:00 Tools
New Life / Reprise 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 1 - Get Out and Stay Out 00:00 Tools
A Little Is Enough - Live 00:00 Tools
I Eat Heavy Metal (John Lee Hooker) 00:00 Tools
Barefootin' - Live 00:00 Tools
I Put A Spell On You (Live) 00:00 Tools
Content - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
I Put A Spell On You - Live 00:00 Tools
Go To The Mirror! (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Drowned (live) 00:00 Tools
I Always Say (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
I Am An Animal (demo) 00:00 Tools
You'll Never Be Alone Again 04:18 Tools
Christmas (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Underture 00:00 Tools
The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind) 00:00 Tools
Unused Piano 00:00 Tools
Rough Mix [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Dig (The Who) 00:00 Tools
1929 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenia - 4 Overtures (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Wont Get Fooled Again 00:00 Tools
Parvardigar - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Over The Top (John Lee Jooker) 00:00 Tools
Smash The Mirror (Demo) 00:00 Tools
We Close Tonight 00:00 Tools
Stop Hurting People - Live 00:00 Tools
Heavy Metal (Demo) 00:00 Tools
I'm Free (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Get Inside 00:00 Tools
Drumming 00:00 Tools
Underture (Dream Two) (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Baba O' Riley 00:00 Tools
His Hands (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
A Man Without A Woman 00:00 Tools
Baba O' Riley (orchestral version) 00:00 Tools
The amazing Journey 00:00 Tools
Run, Run, Run 00:00 Tools
Eyesight To The Blind - Live 00:00 Tools
Begin The Beguine (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Dog (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Uneasy Street (previously unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Go To The Mirror! 00:00 Tools
Crashing By Design (demo) 00:00 Tools
The Hawker (Eyesight To The Blind) (Demo) 00:00 Tools
A Fool Says 00:00 Tools
All Shall Be Well (Pete Townshend, Deborah Conway & Chyna) 00:00 Tools
Tommy, Can You Hear Me? (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Joker James 00:00 Tools
Let Me Love Open the Door 00:00 Tools
Joker James (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (Lyrics in description) 00:00 Tools
Sensation (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Fire (The Who) 00:00 Tools
Underture (Dream Two) 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley [Demo Version] 00:00 Tools
How Can You Do It Alone? 00:00 Tools
Latin Thing 00:00 Tools
Tattoo 00:00 Tools
I'm One (Demo) 00:00 Tools
There's A Heartache Following 00:00 Tools
Man Watching (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
One Note (Prologue) 00:00 Tools
Bell Boy (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Cool Jerk (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
We're Not Gonna Take It (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Heart To Hang On To 00:00 Tools
Exquisitely 00:00 Tools
You Came Back (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Looking For Words 00:00 Tools
Sally Simpson (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M4 00:00 Tools
I Wish I Was As Good As I Look 00:00 Tools
the shout (rehearsal) 00:00 Tools
Instrumental 00:00 Tools
New Life - Reprise 00:00 Tools
Fast Food (Nina Simone) 00:00 Tools
A Fool Says (Pete Townshend) 00:00 Tools
Blue Light 00:00 Tools
We Close Tonight (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Emminence Front 00:00 Tools
I Am Secure (demo) 00:00 Tools
Sonata K213 00:00 Tools
Helpless Dancer (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Rat Run 00:00 Tools
Do the Strip 00:00 Tools
La-La-Lies 00:00 Tools
Was There Life (Pete Townshend) 00:00 Tools
Rough Boys (Dancefloor Killa Mix) 00:00 Tools
The Love Man (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
The Seeker - 2017 Edit / Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Kill My Appetite 00:00 Tools
Run Run Run 00:00 Tools
The Relay 00:00 Tools
Tommy Can You Hear Me? 00:00 Tools
How Did You Love Me Then (Version 1) 00:00 Tools
Get Inside (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Quadrophenic Four Faces (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley - demo 00:00 Tools
The Seeker - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Day of Silence (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard (live acoustic) 00:00 Tools
His Hands - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Barefootin' (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sea And Sand (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Welcome (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Vivienne (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
English Boy (live acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Disguises 00:00 Tools
Wizardry (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 1 - Get Out And Stay Out (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Flame - Demo 00:00 Tools
Hiding Out (12" Mix) (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
The Lifehouse Radio Play Part 1 00:00 Tools
Why D'You Stand So Close To That Man Last Night 00:00 Tools
What Is Love 00:00 Tools
Finale - The Rock 00:00 Tools
How Did You Love Me Then (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
Save It For Later - Bonustrack 00:00 Tools
Night Train 00:00 Tools
New Life - Reprise (Pete Townshend, Chyna & Nicola Emmanuel) 00:00 Tools
Extra, Extra, Extra 00:00 Tools
Flame [Demo Version] 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 2 (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M5 - Vivaldi 00:00 Tools
Statements Pete Townshend 00:00 Tools
Baba O' Riley - Demo 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Dog - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Pure And Easy (Remastered 2017) 00:00 Tools
Face Dances 00:00 Tools
Accidents 00:00 Tools
Variations: Dirty Jobs 00:00 Tools
Lantern Cabin [*][Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Wizardry 00:00 Tools
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley - Instrumental Version / Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Dialogue Introduction To Now And Then - Reprise 00:00 Tools
Riot In A Female Jail 00:00 Tools
Finale - The Rock (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Ascension Two 00:00 Tools
Can't You See I'm Easy 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba In Italy 00:00 Tools
English Boy - Reprise 00:00 Tools
A Little Is Enough (Live) 00:00 Tools
Dance It Away (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Won't Get Fooled Again (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
Captain Walker 00:00 Tools
Guitar And Pen 00:00 Tools
Do You Think It's Alright? (I) 00:00 Tools
OT: CSI: Miami ("Won't Get Fooled Again") 00:00 Tools
Lantern Cabin (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Fill No' 2 00:00 Tools
Good Question - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Day Of Silence - Remastered 2017 00:00 Tools
Only You - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Now And Then - Reprise 00:00 Tools
OT: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Who Are You") 00:00 Tools
Won't get fooled again (acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Gettin' in Tune 00:00 Tools
CSI: New York 00:00 Tools
If I Were A Carpenter 00:00 Tools
Harlem Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Uniforms (Corp D'Espirit) 00:00 Tools
Broken Nails 00:00 Tools
Fiddle About 00:00 Tools
Love Reign Oer Me 00:00 Tools
Parvardigar - German Version 00:00 Tools
Won't Get Fooled Again (Live) 00:00 Tools
Keep On Turning 00:00 Tools
Seige: Theme 019 00:00 Tools
451 - Pete Townsend - Rough Boys 00:00 Tools
No Road Romance 00:00 Tools
The Punk Meets The Godfather 00:00 Tools
English Boy (Long Intro Version) (instrumental) (Bonustrack) 00:00 Tools
Stop Hurting People (Live) 00:00 Tools
Behind Blue Eyes (demo) 00:00 Tools
Cousin Kevin 00:00 Tools
Do You Think It's Alright? (II) 00:00 Tools
Magic Bus (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Mary Jane - Stage A / Alternative Take 00:00 Tools
The Lifehouse Radio Play Part 2 00:00 Tools
Who Are You (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Only You [Outtake][*] 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Silly Little Man - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Seige Theme 019 00:00 Tools
Rael Pts 1-9 00:00 Tools
O'Parvardigar 00:00 Tools
Good Question [Outtake][*] 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M5 00:00 Tools
All Shalll Be Well 00:00 Tools
Disc & Music Echo Interview 00:00 Tools
That's Alright Mama 00:00 Tools
A Quick One (While He's Away) - Live 00:00 Tools
I Eat Heavy Metal (Demo) 03:58 Tools
I Always Say - June 2017 Edit 00:00 Tools
Silly Little Man [Outtake][*] 00:00 Tools
His Hands - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Drowned - Live In India 00:00 Tools
Begin The Beguine - 2017 Mix 00:00 Tools
Townshend: Baba O'Riley 00:00 Tools
Wired To The Moon - Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (original) 02:44 Tools
Three Steps To Heaven 00:00 Tools
Lifehouse: Radio Play #1 00:00 Tools
Do You Think It's Alright? 00:00 Tools
Day Of The Silence - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Psychomontage (Bonustrack) 00:00 Tools
Baby Don't You Do It 00:00 Tools
I'm An Animal 00:00 Tools
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 00:00 Tools
English Boy (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Let My Love Open The Door (remix) 00:00 Tools
Save It for Later [Previously Unreleased] 00:00 Tools
Life to Life 00:00 Tools
The Right To Write [Prelude] 00:00 Tools
Pinball Wizard - Stereo Demo 00:00 Tools
Townshend: Tragedy 00:00 Tools
Lets See Action 00:00 Tools
Townshend: Drowned 00:00 Tools
There's A Doctor 00:00 Tools
Gonna Get Ya (Long Version) - Bonus Track 11:23 Tools
I'm One [Demo] 00:00 Tools
Acid Queen-(Live) 00:00 Tools
Night School - Bonustrack 00:00 Tools
Baba O'Riley (instrumental version) 00:00 Tools
OT: CSI: NY ("Baba O'Reilly") 00:00 Tools
Join My Gang 00:00 Tools
A Legal Matter 00:00 Tools
Baba M1 (O'Riley 2nd Movement) 00:00 Tools
Let's Get Pretentious (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Sleeping Dog - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Cat’s In The Cupboard 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M3 (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
I Am An Animal (Alt. Vocals) - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Pure and Easy (Original Demo Reworked) 00:00 Tools
1921/What About the Boy? 00:00 Tools
Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box) (instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Pavadigar 00:00 Tools
Give Blood (featuring David Gilmour) 00:00 Tools
Now and Then (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Predictable (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Man Watching - Bonustrack 00:00 Tools
Sea And Sand [Demo] 00:00 Tools
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Contact in Solitude 00:00 Tools
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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the rock era, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for the Who, writing well over one hundred songs for the band's eleven studio albums, including the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia and the well-regarded rock radio staple Who's Next, plus dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations such as Odds and Sods. He has also written over one hundred songs for his solo albums and rarities compilations. Although known mainly for being a guitarist, he is also an accomplished singer and keyboard player and has played many other instruments on his solo albums, and on some Who albums (such as banjo, accordion, synthesizer, piano, bass guitar, drums). He is rated as the 50th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone. But become deaf by play far to loud and hard , and its forbidden by his Doctor to play real hard He has also written newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts. Born into a musical family in London at the end of the Second World War, Townshend quickly found himself at the forefront of the British musical boom of the 1960s, as a member of one of the most rebellious, outspoken groups ever to emerge: The Who. Formed through a school friendship dating back to the late 1950s with John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, the band spent its formative years covering jazz and skiffle standards, with the young Townshend performing admirably on banjo. Those early years saw the band go through a couple of name and personnel changes, including the recruitment of one Keith Moon. The changing face of the music scene, however, and in particular the emergence of Lennon and McCartney, meant that groups could no longer rely on cover versions and were required to produce original work in order to compete. In the case of The Who this responsibility fell mainly on the shoulders of Pete Townshend. The group had already hit the headlines with their outrageous stage antics long before Townshend's first composition for the band, 'I Can't Explain', was released in January 1965. It was an instant hit with the trendy young British 'Mods' (a youth movement which idolised the band for their music, attitude and fashion). Further releases followed that year: the rebellious 'Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere' and the anarchic 'My Generation' with its pseudo-destructive finale. In the space of ten short months Pete Townshend was fêted as 'the spokesman for his generation'. Despite regular internal fighting, the group's longevity was assured thanks to Townshend's knack of producing great three-minute singles that reflected the mood and feelings experienced by his audience. In later years he would say that his writing reflected what the band's early Shepherd's Bush audience wanted him to write about. In the three other members of The Who he had found the perfect vehicle through which he could express himself to that audience. For the first time British youth had someone who could put into words all those feelings of despair and worry that we all experience whilst growing up. No subject escaped the scope of Townshend's literary prowess, although some had to be heavily disguised to avoid falling foul of the prurient radio censors! Divorce, transvestism and masturbation were just some of the subjects he turned into top thirty hits, and all before he was 22. Few of his contemporaries could match this ability to take such serious subject matter and turn it so eloquently into acceptable 'pop'. The happy run of hit singles continued, but Townshend no longer felt content to restrict himself to this three-minute limitation. Spurred on by co-manager Kit Lambert (who encouraged Townshend to widen his musical base, exposing him to more classical and baroque influences) he experimented with longer pieces of music, the first of which 'A Quick One (While He's Away)' dealt with the sordid world of sex, unfaithfulness and...train drivers! It was, essentially, a few three-minute segments thrown together to make one story, but the idea of a prolonged musical piece had caught Townshend's imagination. The following year he produced the album track 'Rael', based around a futuristic political and religious theme and originally intended as a full-blown opera for an orchestra. At that time, though, the world still wasn't quite ready for its first rock opera, and the eventual track was trimmed down to a neat six minutes. During their first major tour of the US in 1967 Townshend began writing songs which were to become the central pivot of his next project. 'Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy' as it was originally known, dealt with the spiritual enlightenment of a young boy who had witnessed traumatic events throughout his adolescence. When it was released, 'Tommy' as it was now known, became an instant worldwide success. The 'concept album' was born and Tommy's story was played out over twenty-four interconnecting songs. The Who spent two long years touring the U.S. and Europe with Tommy, but it's ironic that a piece of such mystical relevance was to quickly become Townshend's own cross to bear. The success of Tommy, and its feature in the Woodstock movie, turned The Who into superstars, particularly in the States, where they began playing to larger and larger audiences. The Who became the first band to regularly play large stadiums as ticket demand outstripped the supply. Pete Townshend's music had turned a whole new audience on to rock music and the band played in some of the most celebrated opera houses throughout the world. Luminaries, such as Leonard Bernstein, hailed Townshend's work. Tommy mania was so great that some of the bands less 'enlightened' fans even believed it to be the name of the band! In retrospect, Pete Townshend regrets this unavoidable 'distancing' of the band and its audience, although his songwriting abilities never suffered. Whilst maybe not wishing to bury 'Tommy', Pete certainly wanted to preside over the last rites and he threw himself back into writing. Anxious to continue with the concept theme, Townshend's next project was ambitious to say the least. 'Lifehouse' was an idea twenty-five years ahead of its time. Wrapped up in a world of virtual reality and computer technology that was unheard of at the time, the band found the ideas unworkable - it was after all only 1970 and the nearest thing to a pocket calculator at the time was a huge IBM mainframe! Originally intended as an album and a multi million dollar film he was undeterred and pushed on with the project, which included interactive concert performances at the Young Vic Theatre in London. The live shows failed to give Townshend the response he had hoped for and the film deal fell through. The project as a whole was shelved but the material he had written for the project was whittled down to a single album worth of songs and released as 'Who's Next'. This, to some, represents Pete Townshend's finest work and it was certainly groundbreaking. As one of the first musicians to experiment with the musical possibilities of a synthesiser Townshend indulged himself completely and the result was staggering. Nine songs covering love, peace, mysticism, revolution and life in general made this a top five album on both sides of the Atlantic and became the mainstay of the band's live set. Lifehouse, however, was still seen by Pete as a critical project for himself and the band and one he was to return to a number of times over the subsequent years. Pete needed time to recharge his batteries - the previous two years had seen the band move from the edge of bankruptcy to the top rock attraction in the world, earning the title of 'The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World' for their live performances. In the mid sixties Pete had been tuned into the preaching of an Eastern mystic, Meher Baba, by friends. Pete cited Baba as a major influence on his work and the main inspiration for Tommy. In 1972 he released his first commercial solo album 'Who Came First', which was devoted to Baba (he had previously released two privately pressed albums, Happy Birthday and I Am, for Baba followers). The album was released as a result of these private, limited edition albums being bootlegged or sold for extortionate sums. The style of songwriting was totally different to that employed with The Who. A softer, more contemplational Townshend was in evidence. The songs were mainly spiritual in nature and included solo versions of work originally intended for the 'Lifehouse' project, such as Pure and Easy and Let's See Action. Refreshed, he threw himself into the next Who project with renewed vigour. Under the working title of 'Rock Is Dead - Long Live Rock' the concept of the album evolved from a twenty minute piece into another of Townshend's grand ideas. When it was released in 1973, 'Quadrophenia' was hailed unequivocally as a masterpiece. Again Townshend had woven the story of a disaffected youth, Jimmy, a Mod, into an astonishing 17 songs. Once again the underlying story involved a spiritual triumph over Jimmy's earthly disappointments and the quality of the lyrics summed up perfectly the disillusionment felt by teenagers throughout the world. Love, hatred, violence, drugs, pettiness, desperation and serenity are all dealt with in a way that anyone can easily relate to. All this backed up by the powerhouse that was The Who.......perfection! Playing the set live, however, was a different matter. The complexity of the piece, which required the extensive use of backing tapes, proved too much and the resultant tour was often shambolic. As a result, Quadrophenia was effectively dropped as a live piece. In 1974 Pete was persuaded to play a solo charity gig at the Roundhouse in London. The set list consisted of a mixture of Who classics and cover versions. Over the next decade or so Pete would sporadically perform solo concerts, all of which would be in support of favoured charities. After 'Quadrophenia' Pete suffered some well documented problems of his own. The phoenix of 'Tommy' had risen again in the shape of Ken Russell's feature film version, for which Pete was required to write new music. It was something he didn't relish but it gained him an Oscar nomination in 1975 for 'outstanding musical achievement' for the film score. The film was an international success and opened up a whole new audience for the band. In October 1975 The Who released their 7th studio album, 'The Who By Numbers'. The songwriting reflected Townshend's own battles in songs such as; 'However Much I Booze', 'Dreaming From The Waist' and the sublime 'Blue Red and Grey'. His disillusionment with the music business was plain for all to see as he exposed his own failings and concerns to the public with brutal honesty. Although lyrically brilliant the album was very dark and sombre and many saw this as the beginning of the end for Townshend and The Who. Eager to prove his critic's wrong, 1977 brought Townshend's next solo effort away from the band. 'Rough Mix' is a collaboration with the late Ronnie Lane (a fellow Baba follower) and is a quirky, upbeat collection. Although 'coerced' into the project originally, Townshend is much more relaxed than with the previous Who offering. Proving (as if necessary) his prowess as a wordsmith, Pete and Ronnie provide a delightful collection of feel good songs with a definite Babaesque influence. 1978 brought the usual concerns about the condition of the unit known as 'The Who'. Prolonged layoffs were now becoming the norm for the band, mainly at Pete's behest, but it had been three years since their last record and two years since they had performed live. July that year, however, saw the band bounce back with 'Who Are You', a dynamic single inspired by Pete's association with one of the music business' more unsavoury characters and his doubts about his role in the changing face of the music industry. The album that followed concentrated on those changes and Pete's position as one of the elder statesmen of rock but as usual it was put over with much more honesty and finesse than any of his contemporaries could match. Soon after the release of the album Keith Moon, the bands drummer, died in London and once again doubts were cast over the future of the band. Although the band themselves didn't make any quick decisions about the future their continuation was almost assured. In 1979 two feature films were released directly associated with The Who. The first, a bio-pic called 'The Kid's Are Alright', treated audiences around the world to one and a half hours of vintage Who performances played, at almost concert level, to a backdrop of Townshend classics. The second was a feature length adaptation of 'Quadrophenia'. The timing was perfect, co-inciding with a Mod revival in Britain, and the band was once again flavour of the month. The death of Moon seemed to spur Townshend on to a new level and on stage he seemed to have almost re-invented himself. The self-doubt had gone, or so it seemed, and all was well once again with Mr T. Although enjoying himself again on stage, Pete was finding it more and more difficult to write for the band. He felt he could no longer provide them with the type of material they required and so he began to look for other outlets for his material. 'Empty Glass', released in 1980 was, as Pete described, his first 'real' solo album. The devotion to Baba was not as evident on this collection which dealt with Pete coming to terms with, and exorcising, his own personal demons. Taken from the album, 'Let My Love Open The Door' provided him with his first major solo hit in the U.S. A further solo album, 'All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes' hit the shelves two years later and continued the themes explored previously. Songs such as 'Slit Skirts', 'Exquisitely Bored', 'Somebody Saved Me' and 'The Sea Refuses No River' are a testament to a man who had seen all of rock's excess' and survived. Sandwiched between these two solo albums were two efforts from The Who, 'Face Dances' and 'It's Hard', the latter summing up the problems Pete was having within the band. Although producing some classic tracks, such as 'You Better You Better' and 'Eminence Front', the products fell short of both the band's and the fans' expectations. After a trying U.S tour in 1982, the band decided to call it a day and quit. The band re-united, briefly, for a one-off show for the Live Aid charity in 1985 which saw a short, unexceptional performance. Although it wasn't performed on the day, Townshend wrote a special song for the event, 'After The Fire', which was later recorded by Roger Daltrey on one of his solo projects. Other than that show, Pete kept a low profile, returning in 1985 with the successful semi-concept album and video 'White City'. For the album, Townshend put together a new band, 'Deep End', which included Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour and many of Pete's musical friends who had played with him on earlier solo projects. A few live appearances followed with the band, including two nights at London's Brixton Academy, which were met with critical success. His next musical excursion was the musical adaptation of 'The Iron Man', a children's story by Ted Hughes. 'The Iron Man - The Musical' dealt with a world-wide environmental catastrophe, and Townshend wrote an entire score of twelve songs, updating Hughes' original work, two of which, 'Dig' and 'Fire' (the old Arthur Brown number) saw Townshend reunited in the studio with John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey. In 1989 the band reunited for a 25th Anniversary tour of the UK and USA, looking very different to their previous line up. The band was augmented by extra musicians, including a new guitarist that allowed Pete to concentrate on playing acoustic as well as electric guitars, a brass section and backing vocalists. The set list was made up mainly of the band's back catalogue, although all three original members were allowed their own solo set pieces as well, which included songs from The Iron Man album. It wasn't long before his old nemesis, Tommy Walker, resurfaced on the West Coast in the form of a stage musical. Pete became involved with the project in 1992. When the show opened on Broadway it broke all box office records and won many awards, including 5 Tonys, 6 Drama Desk Awards and the 1993 Astair Award. Productions followed in Canada, Germany and London, where it was nominated for 8 prestigious Oliver Awards. Spurred on by the success of Tommy, Townshend mounted a live theatrical version of 'The Iron Man'. Aimed at a children's audience, the show completed a very successful run at London's Young Vic Theatre, scene of the aborted Lifehouse project, in 1993. The same year Pete returned to the rock stage for his first solo tour. The reason for going on the road, something he dislikes immensely, was the multi media presentation of his latest work, 'Psychoderelict'. Again a conceptual piece, the album broke new ground by being in the form of a radio play, with actors playing out their roles on the stage. The individual songs were brilliantly crafted and performed whilst the stage presentation was eagerly and enthusiastically received. Pete looked again at the 'Lifehouse' project, resurrecting ideas and music for 'Psychoderelict'. In 1996, Townshend looked again to his past and brought the band back together again to tour with a theatrical version of Quadrophenia. Once again the touring band included many new faces, including Pete's younger brother Simon, who were deemed necessary to give justice to a musical piece that had eluded the band twenty or so years earlier. Other than the all too infrequent solo show over the past couple of years (some of which have been released via www.eelpie.com), Pete has been developing both new and old ideas. In September 1999, he released a live album, 'Pete Townshend Live', recorded the previous year at the House of Blues in Chicago. The album benefits the Maryville Academy charity in Chicago, which helps underprivileged children. It was that very charity which also saw The Who reunite at the end of 1999. The band arranged a benefit show in Chicago, which resulted in other shows being added, including two London shows. The shows were such a success that a live album 'from the blues to the bush', was released in April 2000. Such was the success of those few live shows the band decided to embark on a full US and UK tour, which saw them receive critical acclaim wherever they went. They proved that they were still the rightful heirs to the mantle 'greatest rock and roll band in the world'. Pete's main project, however, over the past couple of years has been Lifehouse. Having seen the project falter in 1971, he finally saw it through to fruition. Pete resurrected the project primarily as a BBC Radio drama, which was broadcast on December 5th 1999, but the project has grown further. In February 2000 he released the 6 CD box set, The Lifehouse Chronicles, which contained all the music associated with the project as well as the radio play. The release was the first released through his official commercial website www.eelpie.com, which will be the exclusive outlet for most of the new Pete Townshend material. The box set release was followed in the States by the Lifehouse elements, a single CD which pulled together tracks from the main box set. Further releases on the web site have followed, such as remastered versions of Scoop and Another Scoop. To celebrate the release of Lifehouse, Pete also performed two special shows at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre, at which he performed many of the songs from the project. A live album (released exclusively through eelpie) and DVD of those performances are now available. In June 2001, Pete performed two charity shows in aid of the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California. Both nights were hugely successful raising in excess of $300,000 for the Playhouse. In 2001 Pete was awarded a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Ivor Novello Awards in London. He was also due to receive the 'Internet Pioneer Award' and the award for best live Webcast for 'Lifehouse' at the 4th Annual Yahoo Internet Awards in New York in September 2001. However, the tragic events of that month meant that the awards were cancelled. At the start of 2002 the band again returned to the live circuit with two hugely successful charity shows at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, as was their Nov 2000 outing at the same venue, preceded by three low key club shows in Watford and Portsmouth. In 2002, the band embarked on a further tour of North America (scheduled to begin in Las Vegas on June 28th) after a week of rehearsals at Oceanic Studios. On the eve of the first gig John Entwistle was found dead in his hotel room in Las Vegas. Shocked by the news of the death of another bandmate (and schoolboy friend), Pete and Roger had to make a very difficult decision - whether to carry on with the tour or cancel. The tour was entirely sold out in advance, and the crew were committed and ready to go. They agreed to continue, in honour of John's memory and to combat financial problems that could have occurred, and drafted in long-term collaborator Pino Palladino on bass. The tour comprised of 27 shows and was well received by fans and critics alike. Later that year, Pete's Lifehouse show, recorded at Sadlers Wells, won an award for its DVD presentation (as did The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall) at the annual Surround Sound Awards in Los Angeles. In January 2003, Pete Townshend was arrested by the police in connection with their investigations into child pornography on the Internet. Over the previous year or two, Townshend had been dealing with the problem of child porn both on his website and in private, talking to the authorities involved. Nonetheless, a highly publicised police operation saw him arrested. He was subsequently given a police caution and his name was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years. During the investigations Townshend returned to his studio to work on new projects. He remixed Tommy into 5.1 surround sound from the original 8 track tapes and saw its release in both SACD and DVDA formats meet with critical acclaim (The DVDA release was nominated for two Surround Sound Awards in September 2004). Towards the end of 2003 The Who (or Who2 as Pete referred to them) reunited at Oceanic Studio to record their first new material in two decades; Real Good Looking Boy (with Greg Lake on bass) and Old Red Wine. The band returned to the live arena in March 2004, when they played three fairly low-key dates at the Forum in London prior to taking part in the now annual Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. For the first time since 1982, the band had some new material to play live: Real Good Looking Boy and Old Red Wine (written for John Entwistle) both of which are included on their latest compilation Then and Now. In May the band went to the States to play for CBS TV in Carnegie Hall at the launch of their new fall schedule. A new show of the phenomenally successfully CSI Investigates franchise was launched utilising another Townshend-penned track as its title. The band played all three numbers from the three shows (CSI Vegas, Miami and New York): Who Are You, Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again. The summer of 2004 saw the band returning to some old haunts. In June they topped the bill at the Isle of Wight Festival, returning there for the first time since 1970 and in July / August they embarked on a round the world trip, taking in Japan (for the first time), Australia (for the first time in 36 years), Hawaii (for the first time in 37 years!) as well as a couple of shows on the West Coast. The plans at the present time are to go into the studio and build on the success of the two new tracks and to record a new Who album. Away from The Who, Pete has been busy working on a new novel 'The Boy Who Heard Music.' TBWHM is likely to expand into more than just a novel, though, and Pete recently said that he can see it developing into an animated film. Workshops have also taken place with a view to presenting it as a theatrical production. He has also released the third volume of the highly successful Scoop series, 'Scoop 3', available exclusively through www.eelpie.com. A compilation album of songs from the first three Scoops 'Scooped' was released in May 2002. The Pete Townshend 'signature' series of live solo shows also expanded further with the release of his 'Psychoderelict' show from the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next up for the 'signature' treatment is his 1985 show with Deep End at the Brixton Academy. Over the past few years, filmmakers have seen the worth of Pete Townshend's songwriting. These days the soundtrack to a movie is as important as the film itself, and Townshend's special qualities have recently been used in 'Jerry Maguire', 'Apollo 13', 'Fever Pitch', 'Bugs', 'Rushmore', and 'Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me', amongst others. TV advertisers and serial producers have also been quick to see the value of using his work; 'My Generation', 'Magic Bus', 'Who Are You', 'You Better You Bet', 'Baba O'Riley', 'Won't Get Fooled Again' and 'Eminence Front' are among the titles that have been used. Thirty-five years ago he was described as the 'spokesman for his generation' - that's not true. Pete Townshend is a spokesman for every generation. The sentiments in his songs are as vital today as they were 30, 20 or 10 years ago, and they will remain so. Nobody puts our thoughts - fears and joy, so eloquently into song as he does. www.petetownshend.co.uk Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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