Pete Townshend - Can You See The Real Me video free download


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Uploaded: 2012/01/26

From Pete Townshend's 2001 compilation Scoop 3.

Pete: "This was recorded in Spring 1973 at my home studio in London on a 3M 8-Track machine using Dolby A systems to reduce hiss. The tabla sound was cooked up on my ARP2600 synthesizer.

What is a bit of a give away here is the verse about 'rock and roll' doing 'me an evil wrong'. The subject is meant to be Jimmy of course, or one of his facets, and this line belongs to the Godfather who is yet to be introduced into the tale.

The Who's version of the song was terrific, like everything we did on Quadrophenia, but this demo has its own style. I played everything on this. "

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Comments

9 years ago

Thomas Lark

GENIUS.

10 years ago

Nancy santamaria

love this!!!!!! awesome!!!!!!

10 years ago

Playtime Hulot

Where is TERESA? Please !!!

10 years ago

trfesok

Sounds great! A bit more exotic than the straightforward Who version. I put this in my Townshend playlist along with the movie remix of the Who's version. Thanks a lot for the upload!.

12 years ago

trollslandan

Yes Pete, I can see the real you and you surely are a funkman below the skin ;D

12 years ago

Gary Kirby

Pete's demos are better than most bands finished stuff

12 years ago

Culture Fusion

Great demo of a fantastic song but can't prefer this to The Who version. Pete does a fine job on bass but Entwistle makes the song with his (first take) bass parts. Also, Keith ignites the song with his drumming. All the basics that make this an emotionally stunning song are here but John and Keith were needed to create a great ensemble performance. Oh, Roger also sings it better: Pete does good here but Roger comes across with more force and and desperation.

12 years ago

brandnutopian

I concur. When I bought the Scoop albums years ago when they were released, I was blown away at how completely the songs had been worked up before The Who got hold of them. There are quite a few demo versions that I preferred to the band's.

13 years ago

Oh Bungalow Bill

Pete's demos are so fucking great

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