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As their debut single, I Can't Explain, enters the UK singles chart at No47, The Who appear on BBC-2 tv show, The Beat Room, at BBC Television Theatre, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, UK.
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Robert Wyatt : My listening was very catholic as a child. My dad would play Bartok and Benjamin Britten, my mother would play Monteverdi and Mozart, and they both liked Fats Waller, so I was hearing all that but I was also listening to Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly. Then, in the sixties, I was knocked out by all these wonderful bands, especially The Who, because of their sheer exuberance and their lack of believing that they had to play like Americans.
I mean, Keith Moon was a wonderful drummer because it didn't occur to him that he had to compete with Buddy Rich. He just whacked it out. I love the way Pete comes up with this thing, and he's very exciting to watch but he's such a thoughtful, reflective and lovely man. The musicians in the band contributed so much, really got the most out of his songs. Roger Daltrey is a wonderful bloke, and for me, that kind of spirit and camaraderie and wallop was a great inspiration. And that carries on, in my mind, with people like Paul Weller.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, January 2009)
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I mean, Keith Moon was a wonderful drummer because it didn't occur to him that he had to compete with Buddy Rich. He just whacked it out. I love the way Pete comes up with this thing, and he's very exciting to watch but he's such a thoughtful, reflective and lovely man. The musicians in the band contributed so much, really got the most out of his songs. Roger Daltrey is a wonderful bloke, and for me, that kind of spirit and camaraderie and wallop was a great inspiration. And that carries on, in my mind, with people like Paul Weller.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, January 2009)