The Who, Michael Lindsay-Hogg - A Quick One (While He's Away) | FIRST TIME REACTION
19K views · Jun 22, 2025 · Music
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@prestonfromgreensboro851 · 1 year ago
It's about a woman whose boyfriend is gone for a long time and she ultimately cheats with someone else, but her boyfriend gives her grace and forgives her
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@Wizardjudge · 1 year ago
After recording all the other songs they realized they had an extra 9 minutes they needed to fill. Pete ( guy in blue) wrote a mini opera “A Quick One While He’s Away.” It tells short story of infidelity forgiveness and redemption. Pete went on to write Tommy which the “first” rock opera. He’s done all sorts of other concept albums. But this was the sketch that got him thinking in those terms
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@johngolden5257 · 1 year ago
This is the perfect example of Moonie’s brilliance and creativity!
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@GrimChuckles · 8 months ago
John Entwistle, the secret falsetto singer
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@VintageWanderer · 1 year ago (edited)
Yes!!! First mini opera. Tommy came soon after. Also the drummer Keith Moon was the inspiration for Animal on the Muppet show.
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@jeffputnam3582 · 1 year ago
That's the Who that I saw perform in the spring of 1968. A fun rock band full of energy and talent! Of course, finished the night with "My Generation" and blew our minds. One of my favorite musical memories through decades of live concerts. I miss that band!
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@funkmeisterB-5000 · 1 year ago
From the Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus, Video taped to be broadcast later but never was due to the fact the Who out performed them. As for the song's lyrics, it's just about Dirty old Iver who, knowing the town men are off fighting a war, "Cheers up" (wink) all of the lonely ladies while doing his routes. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfTPWmodstc&t=607">10:07</a> That's from a woman's point of view..she'd kissed a few, But Iver, Ladies smoothie that he is, she wound up sleeping with.
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@FishManLA · 1 year ago
Right when you said, "I need the captions on now", actually they would have hurt you because they are seriously wrong. What they were singing right then was "cello, cello, cello, cello, cello...." because when they recorded the studio version of the song they wanted a cello to come in at that point and their producer refused to pay for a cellist. So, they sang "cello, cello, cello..." instead! 😄
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@Roddy1965 · 1 year ago
Kieth Moon, mimicking the sounds of a steam locomotive on the drums during Ivor the Engine Driver. Seriously amazing.
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@M17jayvee · 1 year ago
Man goes away. Woman is sad. Iver steps in. Man returns. Woman confesses. Man forgives.
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@AndyMatts44 · 5 months ago
"and had a nap"<br><br>Slept with him. C'mon, it's not THAT complicated.
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@winstonsmith3690 · 1 year ago
The whole show is definitely worth a watch but this performance was the star of it.
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