Book-Pete Townshend-Who I Am-Harper-October 8, 2012

Promotional video for the book on YouTube. Pete says that he will have some "brutal comments" about the Who's music.

 

I wasn't expecting much with Keith Richard's book, and it turned out great IMO. Townshend's book may be too long, or in multiple releases, but I'll be patiently waiting for it's debut.

 

Nothing new there.

 

I believe Pete is a very neurotic guy, and that he means what he says at that point in time. But his viewpoint could change the following day.

 

Things have changed at the last minute before re: touring/shows, but word has been fairly recently that there was supposed to be a Quad tour with Pete, Roger, and the touring band sometime the end of this year.

 

Pre-order for $17.87 at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062127241/

From the voice of a generation: The most highly anticipated autobiography of the year, and the story of a man who. . .

... is a Londoner and a Mod.

... auditioned for Roger Daltrey while sitting on a bed that hid a fugitive.

... wanted The Who to be called The Hair.

... loved The Everly Brothers, but not that drawling dope Elvis.

... wanted to be a sculptor, a journalist, a dancer and a graphic designer.

... became a musician, composer, librettist, fiction writer, literary editor, sailor.

... smashed his first guitar onstage, in 1967, by accident.

... heard the voice of God on a vibrating bed in rural Illinois.

... invented the Marshall stack, feedback and the concept album.

... once speared Abbie Hoffman in the neck with the head of his guitar.

... inspired Jimi Hendrix's pyrotechnical stagecraft.

... is partially deaf in his right ear.

... stole his windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards.

... followed Keith Moon off a hotel balcony into a pool and nearly died.

... did too much cocaine and nearly died.

... drank too much and nearly died.

... detached from his body in an airplane, on LSD, and nearly died.

... helped rescue Eric Clapton from heroin.

... is banned for life from Holiday Inns.

... was embroiled in a tabloid scandal that has dogged him ever since.

... has some explaining to do.

... is the most literary and literate musician of the last 50 years.

... planned to write his memoir when he was 21.

... published this book at 67.

 

Hope that's a typo....lf not, I'm sure it won't be the only mistake in this book....

 

... stole his windmill guitar playing from Keith Richards.

I thought he stole it from The Honeycombs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-juca-sFWBU

 

Haven't seen this mentioned, Pete will be at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Oct 10 to promote the book:
http://libwww.freelibrary.org/authorevents/index.cfm?ID=35538&type=2

 

i got tickets for this and can't wait

 

The latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine (with Adele) on the cover, has a nice length excerpt preview of the book in it as well as a review of the book itself.

 

And remix some of the 5.1 tracks already released on that sample disc. Some sound great, others... not so much!

 

The Who are doing the Quadrophenia Tour in 2013. Columbus Ohio in Feb

 

I hope the stacking of Marshall amps is a typo as well as I believe that was initially Entwistle's idea so he could compete with Townshend's volume onstage.

 

He had been smashing guitars since at least 1965.

That Pete Townshend invented the Marshall stack must be news to Jim Marshall. That Townshend invented the concept album must be news to Frank Sinatra and the Pretty Things, among others.

I believe he was on STP, not LSD, when that happened.

That must be news to Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Morrissey, among others.

 

Driver 8,
In the excerpt that I read, Pete said it was LSD. This part was pretty fascinating. His description of what he saw was really something. He also heard a woman's voice who was not Karen.

 

The previous books I've read always described it as STP, which was supposed to be even more of a head trip than LSD. I suppose, however, that it doesn't really matter which psychedelic drug he was on at the time.

 

Pre-ordered!

 

Driver 8,
He said it was a "Purple Owsley".

 

I'd love to read this on my iPad but my 7 year old daughter now "owns" it.

 

I need to get this for the surgeon who took care of my carpal tunnel, I'm sure everyone of his patients is going to get him one. I don't know if I mentioned it, his name is Dr. Peter Townshend.

 

you are right mate,even amazon says he's gonna clear this issue!!

 

Pete must have a calendar that tells him to say something stupid to get press every 6 months. Did we really need to know this?

September 27, 2012 11:59

http://www.nme.com/news/the-who/66340

The Who's Pete Townshend: 'Mick Jagger's the only man I've ever wanted to ****'

Rocker reveals his lust for Rolling Stones frontman in autobiography 'Who I Am'
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The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is the only man he's "seriously wanted to ****".

In an excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography Who I Am, the legendary guitarist admitted lusting after his fellow rocker and also refuted stingy allegations made by the likes of Stones' guitarist Keith Richards about the size of the singer's manhood.

Townshend, who has been writing the memoir for 15 years, says:

Mick is the only man I've ever seriously wanted to ****.

He also described Jagger's ***** as "long and plump" and insisted the singer was "very well endowed", echoing comments he had made about the frontman's member being "huge and extremely tasty". His description, however contradicts less complimentary claims made by Richards in his million-selling autobiography Life which reportedly led to a rift between the pair.

Who I Am will be published on October 11 by Harper Collins. The book will share details of Townshend's "incredible life and elaborates on the turbulences of time spent as one of the world’s most respected musicians – being in one of rock’s greatest ever bands, and wanting to give it all up".

It was during the writing of the book in 2003 that Townshend was cautioned by police for accessing child pornography on the internet. When questioned by police about the material he cited researching for the book as his reason for doing so.

He said at the time: "I believe I was sexually abused between the age of five and six and a half when in the care of my maternal grandmother who was mentally ill at the time. Some of the things I have seen on the internet have informed my book."

He added: "If I have any compulsions in this area, they are to face what is happening to young children in the world today and to try to deal openly with my anger and vengeance toward the mentally ill people who find paedophilic pornography attractive."

The Who recently performed at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, playing the band's hits 'Baba O'Riley' as well as 'See Me, Feel Me'/'Listening To You' and 'My Generation'.

 

I suspect that Pete has done more than just want to **** other men.

 

How nice for you.