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Leonard Hatred 10:22 Fri Aug 23
Keith Moon
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Would've been 73 today.
But then again...he wouldn't, innit.
One of those blokes who was never gonna make old bones.
Keith Moon was GOOD.
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Northern Sold
9:29 Sat Aug 31
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jack Flash.... Jimmy the Pill was a drug dealer... a mate of Jimmy Saville..... the Jimmy in Quadrophenia was Jimmy Cooper... or James Michael Cooper
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LeroysBoots
10:28 Fri Aug 30
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"fucking blackbird would settle on top of the street light outside my bedroom window & start singing it's bloody heart out! "
Aretha ?
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jack flash
10:08 Thu Aug 29
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Council Scum~
Yes Scratchwood was the choice back then as there weren't too many places open after we'd finished work. It was handy as we used to slip through the service road as a shortcut
It was OK for a coffee
Sometimes we'd get on the M1 & carry on to Toddington
Thinking back, I'm probably lucky to have survived. Great days!
What made thinks worse though was I'd just get back home to bed at about 4.00am when this fucking blackbird would settle on top of the street light outside my bedroom window & start singing it's bloody heart out!
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Council Scum
5:32 Thu Aug 29
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"usually went to Scratchwood Service station for a coffee to wind down"
Blimey, slow down son, how have you made it to still be alive today, living like vicariously.
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jack flash
2:06 Thu Aug 29
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Here's a funny thing that happened to me once
Back in the 70's I worked with a mate as a dj in a busy motel near Borehamwood
We never got finished till late & usually went to Scratchwood Service station for a coffee to wind down
Sometimes, if we were still fairly awake we'd burn up to Stevenage Bowl, which was open till very late back then
So, about 2.00am, standing at the bar, waiting to get my coffee, I was lifted off the ground by someone from behind. Feet back on the ground, I swung round expecting trouble as my mates fell about laughing
"Sorry, I thought you was my mate' Jimmy the Pill'" said the comical little muscular character with a massive grin on his face. You couldn't help but burst out laughing!
The bloke offered to buy me coffee but I said it was OK still laughing
The bloke did look familiar & it wasn't till a while afterwards that one of my mates said he was sure it was Keith Moon!
I think it probably was, though I'll never know for sure
It was about a year or so before Quadraphenia was released, with the main character of course being 'Jimmy the Pill' so it most likely was him. Also I later learned that he lived somewhere around Stevenage!
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Far Cough
2:00 Thu Aug 29
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Yeah, she could have eaten more that's for sure
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Far Cough
8:41 Tue Aug 27
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To be fair Karen Carpenter was pretty good on the drums
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Far Cough
8:30 Tue Aug 27
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joe, yes, Chester Thompson, man's a beast on the drums
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joe royal
11:11 Mon Aug 26
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Far Cough 11:21 Fri Aug 23
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The black bloke that drums when Genesis tour?
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geoffpikey
9:03 Sun Aug 25
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You got me , Mike Hunt.
I dislike Led Zeppelin. Most overrated band ever.
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mashed in maryland
8:56 Sun Aug 25
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From wiki:
Moon's favourite stunt was to flush powerful explosives down toilets. According to Fletcher, Moon's toilet pyrotechnics began in 1965 when he purchased a case of 500 cherry bombs.[97] He moved from cherry bombs to M-80 fireworks to sticks of dynamite, which became his explosive of choice.[98] "All that porcelain flying through the air was quite unforgettable," Moon remembered. "I never realised dynamite was so powerful. I'd been used to penny bangers before."[97] He quickly developed a reputation for destroying bathrooms and blowing up toilets. The destruction mesmerised him, and enhanced his public image as rock's premier hell-raiser. Tony Fletcher wrote that "no toilet in a hotel or changing room was safe" until Moon had exhausted his supply of explosives.[97]
Pete Townshend walked into the bathroom of Moon's hotel room and noticed the toilet had disappeared, with only the S-bend remaining. The drummer explained that since a cherry bomb was about to explode, he had thrown it down the loo and showed Townshend the case of cherry bombs. "And of course from that moment on," the guitarist remembered, "we got thrown out of every hotel we ever stayed in."[99]
Entwistle recalled being close to Moon on tour: "I suppose we were two of a kind"... We shared a room on the road and got up to no good."[100] Consequently, both were often involved in blowing up toilets. In a 1981 Los Angeles Times interview he admitted, "A lot of times when Keith was blowing up toilets I was standing behind him with the matches."[101] In Alabama, Moon and Entwistle loaded a toilet with cherry bombs after being denied room service. According to Entwistle, "That toilet was just dust all over the walls by the time we checked out. The management brought our suitcases down to the gig and said: 'Don't come back ... '"[100]
A hotel manager called Moon in his room and asked him to lower the volume on his cassette recorder because it made "too much noise." In response the drummer asked him up to his room, excused himself to go to the bathroom, put a lit stick of dynamite in the toilet and shut the bathroom door. Upon returning, he asked the manager to stay for a moment, as he wanted to explain something. Following the explosion, Moon turned the recorder back on and said, "That, dear boy, was noise. This is the 'Oo."[102]
Hahahaha
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sanfrancis-co-uk
7:18 Sun Aug 25
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Northern Sold 9:41 Sun Aug 25
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Anyone remember when moonie collapsed behind his kit in San Francisco after taking a few elephant tranquilizers...footage of roadies dragging him backstage...ha ha...
Townshend..."errrr... is there anyone in the audience that can play the drums"?
Fella Scott halpern? Jumps out of crowd and the ooo finish their gig...
Met his son a few years back ...he owes a memorabilia shop in pier in San Francisco...his place has loads of who stuff...they still send him stuff to say thanks for his Dad helping them out !!!
Didn't know that Sold0,I'll have to check that out.I assume you meant to put 39 after pier.
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oioi
6:01 Sun Aug 25
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Mrs oi found her childhood autograph book yesterday. Loads of great autographs including all 4 members of The Who. It was 1966, she was 12 and remembers sitting at a table with them in the BBC canteen. Roger Daltrey kept trying to get her to have a fag.
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mike hunt
4:23 Sun Aug 25
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geoff pikey 1.49
mate ,if you think bonham was just a big heavy metronome , with all due respect, you either know little about drum technique, or just dislike led zep
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Northern Sold
9:41 Sun Aug 25
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Anyone remember when moonie collapsed behind his kit in San Francisco after taking a few elephant tranquilizers...footage of roadies dragging him backstage...ha ha...
Townshend..."errrr... is there anyone in the audience that can play the drums"?
Fella Scott halpern? Jumps out of crowd and the ooo finish their gig...
Met his son a few years back ...he owes a memorabilia shop in pier in San Francisco...his place has loads of who stuff...they still send him stuff to say thanks for his Dad helping them out !!!
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BillyJenningsBoots
1:28 Sun Aug 25
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Brilliant drummer and completely mental.
Loved the video of him recording vocals and him saying..
"I can't clap and sing"
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Northern Sold
4:55 Sat Aug 24
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Quadrophenia and Who's Next he was peerless... his drumming on The Real Me is magnificent....
This 9 year old Indian lad would not be a bad understudy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMe4Q9L-3tU
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Ridikzappa
3:40 Sat Aug 24
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Cymbals indeed, ta 😆
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geoffpikey
3:10 Sat Aug 24
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Cymbal, I think you mean.
Unless you are referring to him dressing as a Nazi for a joke. Prince Harry obviously a fan!
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