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"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album Who's Next, released that August.
The Kids Are Alright is a 1979 rockumentary film about the English rock band the Who, including live performances, promotional films and interviews from 1964 to 1978.It notably features the band's last performance with long-term drummer Keith Moon, filmed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978, three months before his death.
"Won't Get Fooled Again" (with Noel Gallagher) "Substitute" (with Kelly Jones) "Let's See Action" (with Eddie Vedder) "My Generation" "See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You" (with Eddie Vedder and Bryan Adams) Note: "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" and "Getting in Tune" (with Eddie Vedder) were also performed, but were not released on the DVD.
The Who at Kilburn: 1977 is a film of two live performances by British rock band the Who released as a two-disc DVD set on 17 November 2008 by Image Entertainment.The first disc included the band's performance at the Gaumont State Cinema on 15 December 1977, while the second disc featured the band's performance at the London Coliseum on 14 December 1969.
The band went back on tour, and "Baba O' Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" became live favourites. [155] [156] In November they performed at the newly opened Rainbow Theatre in London for three nights, [157] continuing in the US later that month, where Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the Who as "the Greatest Show on Earth ...
The track listing refers to "Won't Get Fooled Again" as an "Extended Version". The track is in fact an edited version released as a single on the American release and the full version on the British release. The track listing for the UK CD edition included unedited versions of "The Kids Are Alright" (3:05) and "Won't Get Fooled Again" (8:31).
He refused to let Michael Moore use "Won't Get Fooled Again" in Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), saying that he watched Bowling for Columbine (2002) and was not convinced. [159] In 1961 while in art school, Townshend joined the Young Communist League and was a prominent figure in their 1966 "Trend" recruitment campaign.
The Kids Are Alright is a soundtrack album by the British rock band the Who, a companion to the band's documentary film of the same name. [6] As a compilation album, it serves as a retrospective look at the band's biggest hits throughout their career to the point it was released.