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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.
"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 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 ...
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 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 song is the first of three non-album singles by the Who, [1] that were intended for the aborted Lifehouse project. [2] Pete Townshend's demo version, which appears on his first major label solo album Who Came First as "Nothing Is Everything (Let's See Action)", is longer than the version on the single and contains the additional lines, "Rumor has it minds are open.
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.
The band changed North American labels again in 1981, to Warner Bros. Records. [3] The label released Face Dances and It's Hard and their singles, before the Who disbanded. In later years, MCA would acquire the US rights to the Warner Bros. albums.