Who, The - A Quick One While He's Away Lyrics

genuinely the best performance in rock history

Is no one gonna talk about how amazing the bass sounds

Always under appreciated but always a force to be reckoned with!

Absolute classic movie any rock fan must watch. Amazing this has half a million views and dropped nov 2019 ❤️❤️👍👍

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I'm totally astounded by how good The Who's live performances are!
They sound so much better and clearer live than in studio! They're one of my favorite bands, either way, but their live music is just something else! They can take a song and turn it into a whole different, better song!

Perfection recorded in JUST ONE TAKE! I bet a band nowadays will take more takes than the number of views that this video has to get their shit right!

No-one could match this, even amongst the talent in the studio that day.

Kathy moon melhor batera

The who for ever. Kathy moon de mais

4:41, y 6:19 climax...

Great song!

Hard to find the words to describe how brilliant this performance was.

the rolling stones realizing their guests stole the show and that they had to play after 😳😳

Happy Valentine's Day? Ha. More like Happy 50th Anniversary to the Leeds gig!

Fucking brilliant. Approaching their full glorious power.

I'm sure a lot of people here know this, but it's a great side note. The Who's performance was so good that the Stones went back and re-shot all their numbers. They were freaking out that The Who had just completely blown them off their own stage.

roger was so hot damn

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Don't ask me how John has the time to go from pick to fingers to pick at various points throughout the song. I never use a pick on the bass, but if I did, I'd be too klutzy to keep switching back and forth.

I think they filmed it three times and edited, hence some continuity issues

So psychedelic!!! All that is missing is a light show!!!!!!

Entwistle's bass is so badass wearing headphones

4:30 on is when this song gets good.

It's good from the start what are you talking about.

The Who are the only rock band that have played live in:
Isle of Wight
Monterey Pop Festival
Woostock
Rock and Roll Circus
The Concert for New York City
Live Aid
And the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. (Only Roger).

Are the only band that have been in the most important rock concerts in 35 five years.

Throw in Live 8, Super Bowl 1/2 time Show and closing the London Olympics!

You cut off Keith Richards saying "And now dig The Who."

I saw Led Zeppelin three times live, The Who six times. The Sex Pistols once . Take one guess who was best live .

Keith owned this performance. His endless energy throughout...amazing.

Stones might have more album sales then The Who. But i always thought The Who were a tighter more complete outfit then The Stones

My favorite of all time so glad i got to see them with the OX before he passed.....

I remember watching this on The Kids Are Alright when I was 7 or 8 and knowing it was an epic performance for the ages.

This is such a great performance, and such a great song. It could perhaps be seen as the seed which Tommy eventually grew.

I love "Rock and Roll Circus!" I can't believe it was on the shelf for decades. One of the things I dig the most is how it was filmed. The colors are so vivid--it's a feast for the eyes. And lots of great performances.

It's always weird cause John Entiwistle just stands there and plays while Roger, Pete & Keith play with so much energy

7:18 I love Roger's delivery and Pete is too cool

Insuperables The Who

Cameraman should’ve been on moony the whole time just wow what a band

Fucking amazing.

You know the Who are legendary when Keith Moon alone blew the motherfucking Stones off the stage. The drummer!

When Roger stopped being 'just the singer,' as Pete once called him, and started becoming a proper frontman and equal member of the Who.

They are the only worth buying for this crap show.Stones and Lennon etc.total addled by drugs.You can smell the drugs and filthy occult coming off your screen.Young millionaires with too much.Dig Tony Iommi playing with Tull though!

I can Imagine IT would be hard to Play in this Band with this Drummer

Keith Moon at 1:50 good lord

My ultimate favorite band of all time!!

I have this Rock'n'Roll Circus on VHS. Simply the best.

Кит Мун...Светлая память.Мегабарабанщик 60-70х

Los jovenes de ahora deberían ver este video para que aprendan a tocar la batería de verdad.

Far superior to the studio version.

pete has the cutest accent

This live performance is leagues ahead of the studio version!
It amazes me how much better The Who could play live than in studio! Not only did they turn their early mod songs into total rock songs, but they also brought the rock opera Tommy to life!
You just can't find bands like The Who nowadays.

Great comment and I fully agree with all the points , can I add the bit that has me transfixed the most, it's between 2:20 - 2:30, just watch Keith's pure speed and precision his hand speed is just incredible and what a amazing live performance all round, the guys smashed it and in my opinion the Stones could never touch The Who as a live act and I also love The Stones by the way.

I love the audible scream that goes with it :)

Keith playing was amazing

The Who blew the Stones out of the water and because of this (and the Stones having an off), Jagger didn't want this to air.

Love The Who, but never liked this track, still their stage presence was fantastic as ever - from a Led Zepp fan :-)

Puta madre aún recuerdo cómo quedé de pendeja a mis 14 años cuando ví este video y me obsesioné con The Who y más con Keith Moon. Jooooooderr. Siempre será mi banda favorita junto a Rolling Stones.

Amazing how quickly The Who's star rose. From virtual nobodies who broke big by sheer musical brute force music that demanded to be heard! This complex song shows off all their talents! Moonie looks like he's going to miss the beat with his gyrating but never does. Roger is the Rock God prototype. Pete's at his full powers and his best voice. Speaking of voice, The Ox's high register shows that he's never limited himself - Best bassist, High falsettos and once in a while tosses in a friggin' french horn - and IT ALL WORKS!!!!

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Other bands in the 60s: DOO DOO DOO WEE OOO OOO

The Who in the 60s: FUCKY FUCKY FUCKY FUCKY

Moon gives everything he's got in this performance..........what an unbelievable drummer he was

Believe it or not there are a lot of people that are who fans or just rock and roll classic music people who never heard of this song

It's utterly silly to compare the two bands. I mean really Rush. Is more of a progressive rock band? The who is a classic rock and roll band. With a much better singer Rodger Daltrey a much better drummer, Keith Moon. A much better bass player John Entwistle and of course Mr. Pete Townsend it's like an all-star band.

THE Greatest Performance in the History of Rock 'n Roll (sordid genre that it may be)!!!!!!

they say the rolling stones didnt perform that night after seeing the who on fire as they feared looking bad . cant blame em

it’s impossible to take your eyes off of keith while he’s playing. he never looks bored and he’s always just so.... into it. he pulls you into his playing

I assume he no longer needed that drum...

Charlie who?
Mitch who?
Ginger who?
John who?

Keith moon was the best drummer ever

You ever just have a Who night?

Just found this. Brilliant. Had so many unofficial versions deleted.
Thank you powers that be for uploading.

Truly one of the greatest videos ever.

When it comes to rock music I say with no hesitation that The Who is the best rock band of all time. All the elements were there; explosive live playing, great lyrics, and a great frontman. In addition 3 freaking album masterpieces (Tommy, Who’s Next and Quadrophenia), in addition to gems like this, and early hits like “Pictures of Lilly”, “Substitute”, “My Generation”, etc.

Pete, genio HDTPM!!!!

They don't even seem winded at the end!

Finally!!! This is the version from Rushmore that was is the movie but NOT on the official soundtrack. I was looking for this version (which is unequivocally the greatest) for years, must have gotten 10 different versions of the song, but it was never this one. I had given up on ever finding it; and YouTube recommendations, of all things, finally brought it to me!

Wow oh, what a great song Simply Amazing the drummer never gets tired he's fast as fuk, everybody talks about Neil Peart God Rest his soul, but the drummer here seems to me he could be the fastest drummer I ever saw great song three part harmony. A talented bunch of guys

There is no denying the awesome stage power of The Who.

keith's shirt is so pretty.

The use of this song in the revenge scene from the movie Rushmore was brilliant..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxvwa1t-yA

Certainly knocks the balls of the studio version.

Great drummer there

4:44🤘🤘🤘🎵🎵

Это высший класс! Такой музыки к сожалению больше не будет!

Que loco estaba Keith Moon <3<3<3

The Stones did great, The Dirty Mac was awesome, Jethro Tull was also amazing, and so on... but The Who, they've completely owned it.

Sexy 4 part Harmony. Didn't know they could fill that.
snap!
My mother didn't like it and beat my brother.
I'm on the amazing journey

This performance made the Stones hide their film for decades because it was so good (they had just come off a tour), and their set was flat (the Stones hadn't performed in a while and were cold).

it's like getting an electric shock which gives you addiction

Me gustan los Beatles, pero los the Who era otro nivel
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Love, love, love, love. When did I get so old?

«Allright lads, we’re next in twenty minutes; what would be a good song to fuck-up the Stones’ day?»

Moon the beast! Best drummer ever!!

Stones were probably grateful that for this gig The Who opted to not smash their instruments...

The perfect, acapella intro belies the absolute hurricane that follows...

Wow what a blistering performance. The Who had been touring for months so they were tight as hell and just blew everyone off the stage that night.

Microphone/Arms/Sticks.....everything spins in this!!

THE WHO'S rock and roll circus.....Stones...hahaha

Además de excelentes músicos, estos Who eran un portento de energía en escena. En una biografía de Los Stones, ellos mismos afirmaron que quienes se robaron el show durante el circo fueron The Who y no ellos.

Keith Moon eleito 3x o melhor baterista .....

I am so happy to have live in that great musical era, it doesn’t get any better than this