Who, The - Young Man Blues Lyrics






Oh well a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days

You know in the old days
When a young man was a strong man
All the people they'd step back
When a young man walked by

But you know nowadays
It's the old man,
He's got all the money
And a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said nothing

Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
Everybody!
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
He got nothin'
Nothin'

Take it easy on the young man
They ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said they ain't got nothin'!
They got sweet fuck-all!





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  1. S.... ....

    Punk got NOTHING on these guys...MY GOD!!! 
    No weak link in this band. 
    Pound for pound the hardest rocking band EVER.

  2. t.... k....

    The greatest live Rock 'N Roll Performance of All Time!

  3. C.... J....

    MY GOD....

  4. k.... s....

    i hope everybody in the audience knows how lucky they are

  5. D.... M....

    Damn I was just about to record a cover of the original of this song... they already did it and did it soo much better than what I could do. Damn

  6. a.... ....

    Perfect timing by Keith Moon. What great drummer he was.!!!!

  7. P.... W....

    Who is watching in 2019 ?
    Just me ?
    Greetings from the Netherlands
    21/09

  8. R.... E....

    I love an angry Pete Townsend

  9. J.... B....

    "And now........the who"

  10. R.... M....

    Just when I think John Bonham is the greatest rock drummer of all time, I watch this and say, "man...I just don't know ".

  11. P.... M....

    Electrifying! Moon more restrained than usual. But what chops Roger Daltrey had! I heard them live a few months before this and it was an unforgettable evening.

  12. d.... j....

    you know this is a cover. The orginal is ok, but when Pete got a hold of it he made it into an angry song. listen to the original, nothing like this. And Woodstock version the best!!!!!! Love the WHO!!!!!

  13. m.... ....

    R.I.P BILL BANYARD LOVE AND PEACE!

  14. m.... ....

    I get it now... Eventually you feel sorry for the Young man. But as it turns out, the young man is the guitar as a metaphor and you end up feeling sorry for it instead.

  15. j.... g....

    The best live band ever, it’s so brutal, so perfect, Keith was in his highest level, Pete and his SG pure adrenaline, The Ox bass blow your head up, and Rogers voice so powerful

  16. B.... C....

    3.45 is my dream.

  17. A.... ....

    All I can say is WOW! One of the best Rock combos that ever existed. How come music today doesn't sound like this? BTW, this isn't the album version.

  18. c.... b....

    My favorite song from The Who.

  19. N.... T....

    THANK YOU Rock and Roll, YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!!!

  20. B.... C....

    The WHO!the best!

  21. J.... J....

    To quote Ron Burgundy, "Boy that escalated quickly!"

  22. b.... w....

    goddamn dat's good!

  23. T.... U....

    I think The Doors got tried after watching this and that's why Jim didn't have energy

  24. H.... F....

    Pete bashing that SG on the floor punishing those Hiwatt Amps- and note those holes in the Cabs.

  25. M.... S....

    Always preferred Townshend playing the SG.

    M.... S....

    Mohammad Seddon same! It’s the only guitar I associate with him tbh

  26. S.... H....

    If Pete’s playing an SG in a boiler suit you’re gonna watch it.

    S.... H....

    Stefan Hamilton I had to laugh. That is so true!

    S.... H....

    Pete at his best!

  27. T.... B....

    Listen to this on a good quality audio system, awesome!

  28. M.... K....

    Great version of the song. My favorite though is the London Coliseum one on The Kids are Alright soundtrack, so raw. You can see at 3:48 when Pete let's go of the neck on his SG how top heavy they are. I played SGs for quite a while and just recently got a Les Paul. Still like the SG but I can see why Les Paul the man himself didnt like when Gibson yanked his name off of his namesake guitar and put it on the SG. Still have both, but the SG is definitely gathering some dust on it.

  29. L.... M....

    Similar a Black Dog

  30. P.... O....

    So I am "happy" beeing 65 years OLD ?

  31. s.... ....

    Thanks to my dad I grew up listenning this band...

  32. R.... ....

    best drum performance of all time. what a show Keith could put on. Legend

    R.... ....

    I love the drum fill he does around 1:03. I've seen many versions of this song but Moon doesn't quite do it in other versions like he does here. That bit just knocks me out every time!

  33. m.... ....

    I get so fed up of people proclaiming Queen's Live Aid set as the greatest performance in rock history. I rate this showing by The Who far more.

    Why have one amazing frontman when you can have three (and the greatest bass guitarist ever)?

    m.... ....

    I think yer right who iow 1970 its the best performance ive seen 🙂

    m.... ....

    I agree! Pete at his best!

  34. R.... 9....

    Non c'è ne sono loro sii

  35. R.... B....

    No one kicked it out like The Who. Rock n' Roll baby!

  36. J.... B....

    What a shame Live at Leeds was never filmed.

  37. T.... G....

    RiffAGE

  38. M.... S....

    Why do I have to be born in the 80s 😭😭😭

  39. W.... L....

    When the bassist upstages everyone

  40. A.... R....

    yup .thats rock and roll kids..Greatest band known to man...hands down.

  41. T.... M....

    Power house vocals by Roger !

  42. C.... ....

    Man, Kylo Ren sure plays a mean guitar

  43. D.... G....

    F$Ck YES!

  44. B.... S....

    Fuck Republicans

    B.... S....

    Duck Democrats.

  45. h.... ....

    Maximum R&B

  46. B.... C....

    Wild and real rock!with 4 leaders like THE WHO!unic!all in live;talking about them,Iggy Pop said:"like an instinctive bubbling energy".That's right.i discovered the Who in the 70th and when i see and hear them even now,i feel that,the same schock!.This live at Isle of Wight is one of their best performance,especially this song.It seems like chaos but intense and controlled.Thanks to the WHO..

  47. m.... j....

    nobody ever can copy this it's like Hendrix glad I was around to see it

  48. V.... D....

    Wouah wouah Wouah!❤

  49. M.... A....

    Follow that !!!!! boom

  50. G.... T....

    Watch this video and try to remember that at the time the Who held the Guinness world record for loudest rock band. You know when there is a thunder storm and a lightning bolt hits and it goes BOOM and the walls and windows vibrate? That's 120 decibels. These guys played at 126 decibels. It must have been like listening to an atomic bomb

  51. N.... ....

    Maximum R&B or Heavy Metal before there was heavy Metal! *\m/*

  52. J.... M....

    the who fighters?

  53. s.... ....

    Back when the Who was the best live band in the world.

  54. d.... ....

    Same here...the Who’s Stage Presence was Insane as well.

  55. C.... H....

    Between the albums Tommy and Who's Next. No better band on the planet at this time.

  56. B.... C....

    The WHO bomb of rock!!all the people they step back!!ouhhou!!

  57. B.... C....

    les Who c'estl'energie du rock en feu!ouahhhouuu!!cette version est epoustouflante d'energie!Ils etaient incroyables ces 4 mecs!!Pete est sur une autre planete,Roger est pret à tout defoncer,John est un magicien de la basse et le tout est emporté par le génialement déjanté KEITH!!hallucinant!un putain de bon groupe qui influencera le hard,le punk et compagnie..unique!LES WHO!!

  58. H.... ....

    Townshend may not be the greatest guitar player in the world , his style and energy easily make up for that , same with Moon ....Entwhistle is a Bass god

  59. M.... S....

    Makes me sad that the Young Men of today (Dec.25th 2017) really have got nothing, lobotomized, feminized, brain-dead, self-obsessed emotional cripples. The UK music scene - Ed Sheeran, Adele, Simon Cowell fodder, Noel effin' Gallagher King of Plagiarism . At least Grime has something to say. UK used to ROCK, now it sucks. Long Live Rock n Roll!

    M.... S....

    Worst of all is Drake. B-O-R-I-N-G!

    M.... S....

    Mark.....you are so right mate. I'm 56, and I remember how it was. The British Isles used to ROCK . Now ? Soy Boy Beta males are everywhere and I'm sick of it.
    It just needs enough young men to put their mobile phones down for 5 minutes to actually communicate verbally with each other about the current state of the music scene, go back to their parents albums and learn how to play their instruments with a fire in their gut.
    And.....you young singers out there........sing like men not like sissy boys

  60. d.... ....

    When they will ask over a 1000 years, what a real rockband was all about, they just look and listen to this video.

  61. B.... L....

    Pete thousound is fucking grazy guitar player man✌✌✌✌✌✌✌

  62. B.... L....

    He play fucking grazy on his guitar fuck man ✌✌✌✌✌✌✌

  63. N.... ....

    Just put a camera on John Entwistle and let me see what he's doing over there on his mad bass lines. the focus on the guitarist is complete miss of the true genius of the Who...

  64. B.... m....

    世界一のライブロックンロールバンド。

  65. S.... N....

    After a lifetime of playing drums and listening to The WHO - Keith Moon was actually born to be a singer, however he played drums instead! He played drums along with the vocal line of whatever song the WHO did. Keith was unique! Love Peace and Moon!

  66. G.... G....

    excellent‼

  67. t.... n....

    the who at there all time best I love it . hope you do too

  68. R.... B....

    This is the fiercest, most adrenalized shit! Fun to listen repeatedly, first the whole song, then Pete, then Keith, then John Alec, then crank it up really loud for the fifth time around. Have to wait 5-10 minutes in between. They move collectively into a very positive yet completely insane place. Quality of this video is superb, too.

  69. C.... N....

    No other band played blues with so much style and soul

  70. T.... W....

    THE FUCKING BEST LIVE BAND EVER !!!!!!!

  71. L.... B....

    1:48 mister John Entwistle

  72. s.... t....

    Classic

  73. �.... ....

    やっぱりThe Whoは最高のライブバンドだよ。

  74. 2.... ....

    How I miss Keith @ John who could replace these geniuses I'll alway's miss them great bass guitarist and drummer they don't make  them  like that anymore hope they are rocking @ rolling up there. P.S. I'M A WHO FANATIC LONG LIVE ROCK?

  75. S.... S....

    No band on Earth could follow this

  76. w.... b....

    What would have been Pete's setup??????????

    w.... b....

    wilfred bornais you'd probably be able to find it on equipboard.com

  77. K.... M....

    R.I.P Mose Allison

  78. B.... ....

    Watch this and then watch an episode of X factor and see what world we now live in

  79. T.... O....

    Why the fuck the camera man doesn't stay enough with John Entwistle??? What a god damn genius he was.

    T.... O....

    Story is that that famous skeleton suit worn by Entwistle was deliberately put on to scare off the cameraman as the bass player didn't want to be shown on camera. Apparently that was the cameraman's phobia - skeletons!

    T.... O....

    JE features minimally in most old Who footage, as does Moon, it's always the singer and guitarist..shame.

  80. G.... O....

    1:24 epic!

    G.... O....

    Portnoy inspired by this

    G.... O....

    and many more!

  81. j.... �....

    Rip Keith

  82. B.... a....

    13 assholes got no taste in music these days

  83. C.... O....

    PQP ,q tesão q é ver e ouvir isso.............

    C.... O....

    Foda demais

  84. J.... C....

    now all the people are looking at their smartphones when a young man walks by

    J.... C....

    Yup, if I walked around looking on a phone, within 5 seconds I'd get ran over!. I see other people walk around with their phones crossing the street and it's like WTF?!.


    I've always shaken my head seeing people walk or even drive when looking at their phones!. No shit, I was going up town one day and I saw a group of about 6 - 8 people all older than me, and all of them were looking at their phones standing in a circle!.


    If they were standing there texting to one another? Who knows?. But that was probably one of the stupidest things I've seen yet lol. Funny how people look at you like you're crazy, then you see them take out their phones next minute and just standing in no mans land!. Yup, tried that once and almost lost balance!.

    J.... C....

    this is a stretch

    J.... C....

    ok boomer

  85. T.... ....

    Just saw a video of the Foo Fighters playing this with 3 guitars and it sounded weak as piss compared to Townsend's one but there was never going to be any doubt there was there....

    T.... ....

    yeah i saw that, i think its down to more then Pete tho, Keith's drumming and John's bass fill up so much sound too

    T.... ....

    This is back when they could turn their amps to 11. Pete aint deaf for no reason.

    T.... ....

    Foo fighters is for pussies

  86. a.... b....

    this is what my old mans been telling me about & being a 43 yr old chap now, now i get him x

  87. D.... C....

    nadie toca el rock como ellos, enseñaron como tocar ésta música en directo.

  88. J.... T....

    Then hiwatts shaking

  89. T.... N....

    It's amazing that this song might fit even more with todays times as most young people struggle to find jobs while their are plenty of Rich old baby boomers.

  90. B.... ....

    This shows in its purest form where art in music takes over the person and they can lose themselves in it and make something incredible. Pete looks like he has gone into another dimension with Keith driving that magic bus after him. Simply incredible

  91. W.... M....

    What an amazing wall of noize ...

  92. A.... P....

    Townshend's off the roof !

  93. k.... z....

    When The Who played that night...the Earth went off it's axis.....

    k.... z....

    hahahaha

  94. s.... ....

    I love the fact that Moon is using a cymbal instead of a hi-hat:)

  95. S.... T....

    John Entwistle playing lead bass, Keith Moon playing lead drums, Pete Townshend playing lead guitar and Roger Daltrey on lead vocals, amazing........

    S.... T....

    Magic happens, one of the best formations in rock and roll history!

    S.... T....

    Just thinking about this, they really were a super group.

    S.... T....

    Or, replace lead with sole and you'd still be right.

    S.... T....

    One of the best Rock combos that ever existed.

    S.... T....

    Awesome

  96. M.... A....

    You know Nowadays , the old man, he's got all the money, and a young man ain't got nothing in the world these days.

  97. s.... ....

    They're all playing lead at the same time. Rock on.

  98. F.... L....

    Pure power and energy...straight rock n' roll!

  99. T.... M....

    This is the culmination of rock and roll excellence. It's painfully obvious that The Who is the greatest band ever. No one could create that kind of music. It just wasn't, and probably still isn't, possible. It's easy to see the influence they had on all kinds of rockers, from metal heads to punks everywhere