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progressoid

(53,075 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:28 PM Friday

Pete Townshend Takes The Colbert Questionert

Might be in the top 5 versions of the Questionert.





Here's the extended version of the rest of the interview...

Pete Townshend On The Who's Farewell Tour, "Quadrophenia," And The Best Thing He's Ever Written
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Pete Townshend Takes The Colbert Questionert (Original Post) progressoid Friday OP
"Let My Love Open The Door" - The Late Show's Commercial Breakdown progressoid Friday #1
Loved the questionert! Thanks for posting. MLAA Friday #2
My, he's mellowed with age. JohnnyRingo Saturday #3
As one of the youtube commenters said, progressoid Saturday #4
hahaha That's hilarious. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #5

JohnnyRingo

(20,793 posts)
3. My, he's mellowed with age.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:11 AM
Saturday

I half expected him to reply "none of you're bloody business" at least a couple times.

progressoid

(53,075 posts)
4. As one of the youtube commenters said,
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:28 PM
Saturday
"So glad he didn't die before he got old."

I saw them in 82(?) and Pete didn't break anything.
Roger Daltry put his mic stand though a speaker. I found out later that the speaker was malfunctioning so Daltry "fixed" it.

JohnnyRingo

(20,793 posts)
5. hahaha That's hilarious.
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:07 AM
Yesterday

I had to reply to that comment. I didn't see it. I'll be using that in the future

I was very disappointed when they played in front of a massive global audience at Super Bowl in 2010 and Townsend couldn't be bothered to deliver his signature closing move. I felt rather insulted actually, but that seems to have been Pete's goal in those days.

Nothing says "we don't do encores" like destroying the instruments.

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