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#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #Kid

The Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979

I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)

One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.

They fucking kill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog

#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic

#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #Kid

The Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979

I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)

One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.

They fucking kill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog

#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic

#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #Kid

The Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979

I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)

One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.

They fucking kill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog

#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic

#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #Kid

The Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979

I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)

One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.

They fucking kill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog

#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic

#AlternateFridayMusic
This is for Jan 30, 2026, #Kid

The Who, “The Kids Are Alright” soundtrack, 1979

I encountered this film at the height of my Who mania, and it was EVERYTHING to me. It has grainy black-and-white footage of early gigs, TV appearances including the moment on the Smothers Brothers when Keith destroyed Pete’s hearing with explosives (not a metaphor), performances at The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus and at Woodstock, the video for “Success Story,” an outstanding deep cut of John’s (with the studio recording from “Who By Numbers," not included on the soundtrack album), their last appearance with Keith at Shephardson Studios, staged expressly for the film, and more. What it didn't have is the song “The Kids Are Alright.” (Seems they’ve added it onto the later DVD and Blu-ray releases behind additional closing credits, but I liked their little joke better.)

One of the best segments of the film/selections on the album, and itself somewhat in keeping with the “kid” theme, is their performance of Mose Allison’s “Young Man’s Blues.” The attitude of the original was already pure punk; in The Who’s hands, this jazz/blues piano piece becomes muscular, even menacing.

They fucking kill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Xy7qRffog

#TheWho #MoseAllison
#KeithMoon #PeteTownshend #JohnEntwistle #RogerDaltry
#SmothersBrothers #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #RockAndRollCircus #Woodstock
#60s #60sMusic #70s #70sMusic #Rock #RockMusic

OMG, #GenX, you're gonna DIE watching this... 🤣

▶️ Tommy Smothers Walks Out As Johnny | Carson Tonight Show
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UyFb45x_zgA&si=0hrEz0dQgn9l9XDM
#tonightshow #johnnycarson #smothersbrothers

Jefferson Airplane 

November 10, 1968 ~ Jefferson Airplane makes their third appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and this time their lead singer Grace Slick does the black power salute at the end of their performance. #jeffersonairplane #graceslick #60srock #smothersbrothers #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/11/10/jefferson-airplane/

Jefferson Airplane 

November 10, 1968 ~ Jefferson Airplane makes their third appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and this time their lead singer Grace Slick does the black power salute at the end of their performance. #jeffersonairplane #graceslick #60srock #smothersbrothers #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/11/10/jefferson-airplane/

Jefferson Airplane 

November 10, 1968 ~ Jefferson Airplane makes their third appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and this time their lead singer Grace Slick does the black power salute at the end of their performance. #jeffersonairplane #graceslick #60srock #smothersbrothers #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/11/10/jefferson-airplane/

Jefferson Airplane 

November 10, 1968 ~ Jefferson Airplane makes their third appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and this time their lead singer Grace Slick does the black power salute at the end of their performance. #jeffersonairplane #graceslick #60srock #smothersbrothers #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/11/10/jefferson-airplane/

When all we had were the "big three," I don't remember it ever being this bad. Well except for the #SmothersBrothers Maybe that #fairnessdoctrine policy established in 1949 by the FCC did us some good. You know, up until - https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/topic-guide/fairness-doctrine#:~:text=Inventory%20PDF%20Cite-,Description,under%20FCC%20Chairman%2C%20Mark%20S.

Regarding Stephen Colbert and censorship... Looking backwards to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdAVIKtiHY
#censorship #authoritarianism #comedy #satire #StephenColbert #SmothersBrothers #CBS #Paramount #resist

So good to see Father Guido Sarducci again #LaughIn #SmothersBrothers #SNL #Cobert
https://youtu.be/mmRVuB5exLM?si=OjIFxMB3srmVXBjy

Allan Blye, Emmy-Winning Writer for ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,’ ‘Van Dyke and Company,’ Dies at 87
#Variety #News #AllanBlye #SmothersBrothers

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/allan-blye-dead-smothers-brothers-comedy-hour-1236169449/

Martin Mull was a terrific guitar player-- and of course, Glen Campbell was one of the greatest guitar players ever. This clip is a classic! #classicTV #1980s #comedy #glencampbell #martinmull #smothersbrothers

https://madlyodd.com/martin-mull-glen-campbell-guitar/

Song of the Day June 8 2024

In honor of the birth of Keenan Ivory Wayans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenen_Ivory_Wayans

Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier - The Brothers Brothers Interview Angry Black Guy (from "In Living Color")

https://youtu.be/ACCW71GsipI?si=4IBc163tdkCjMpUd&t=15

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #June8 #KeenanIvoryWayans #InLivingColor #DamonWayans #DavidAlanGrier #Comedy #SmothersBrothers #BrothersBrothers #AngryBlackGuy #Parody #1990s

Song of the Day June 8 2024

In honor of the birth of Keenan Ivory Wayans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenen_Ivory_Wayans

Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier - The Brothers Brothers Interview Angry Black Guy (from "In Living Color")

https://youtu.be/ACCW71GsipI?si=4IBc163tdkCjMpUd&t=15

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #June8 #KeenanIvoryWayans #InLivingColor #DamonWayans #DavidAlanGrier #Comedy #SmothersBrothers #BrothersBrothers #AngryBlackGuy #Parody #1990s

Song of the Day June 8 2024

In honor of the birth of Keenan Ivory Wayans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keenen_Ivory_Wayans

Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier - The Brothers Brothers Interview Angry Black Guy (from "In Living Color")

https://youtu.be/ACCW71GsipI?si=4IBc163tdkCjMpUd&t=15

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #June8 #KeenanIvoryWayans #InLivingColor #DamonWayans #DavidAlanGrier #Comedy #SmothersBrothers #BrothersBrothers #AngryBlackGuy #Parody #1990s

Somehow this musical nostalgia blast from my childhood past popped up on one of my feeds recently. Though I don't remember this particular video clip from a Smothers Brothers show, my whole family were big fans of their music and show back in the 1960s. The cheeky/trippy way they staged this mime-for-the-tape performance is so typically clever. And so dang '60s.

#MasonWilliams #ClassicalGuitar #1960s #SmothersBrothers
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1xHJRHWOlw

How the Smothers Brothers Embraced the Counterculture, Defeated the Censors and Set the Stage for ‘Saturday Night Live’
#TV #TVFeatures #SmothersBrothers #TomSmothers #Tommysmothers

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tom-smothers-tribute-cbs-censor-battles-snl-1235776628/

Tommy Smothers leave us
The guitar-playing comic
Laughing 'till the end

#tommysmothers #smothersbrothers #comedy #cancelculture #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tommy-smothers-dead-dies-comedy-censorship-rcna131355

An article about Tom Smothers in 1969, not long after CBS canceled the Smothers Brothers.

https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,901314,00.html

#TV #television #CBS #censorship #vietnam #nixonadministration #TomSmothers #SmothersBrothers

The #SmothersBrothers show that never aired...and got them fired.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbdAVIKtiHY&si=lQUo0j4mYla0o3sc

Famed comedy duo
Tom and Dick Smothers shone
Now one is gone forever

#tomsmothers #smothersbrothers #comedy #rip #haiku #poetry

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html

There's always one over the holidays... 😪​
rest in perpetual loop-de-loop orbits
#RIP #YoYoMan #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers https://youtu.be/_81L5EbU6KQ?si=9KwcPcFUgLZpd9KT

https://apnews.com/article/tom-smothers-dies-smothers-brothers-3e1727faf1b6469da7b2cfc7b2874c56

#SmothersBrothers #TomSmothers #TommySmothers
#TommySmothersDies

#SlowHorses is now trending across Mastodon

#SmothersBrothers is now trending across Mastodon

R.I.P Tom Smothers (left)
.
#TomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #RIP #celebrities

#Deaths #SmothersBrothers. #TomSmothers #DickSmothers.

Sad, but what a life he had and right up to his mid 80's. I cut my teeth on the Smothers Brothers show and laugh in. It informed my sense of humor and my political awareness.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/tom-smothers-one-half-of-smothers-brothers-comedy-duo-dies-at-86/ar-AA1m6VTM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=b47351b4acb14a088c2d7cc6806add20&ei=49#comments

On my mental soundtrack today, in honor of Tom Smothers, who left an indelible imprint on my sense of humor, not to mention my political awareness. His memory for a blessing.

#TomSmothers #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers #FolkMusic #ComedyMusic #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/kH0IZZRd0bI?si=jrYIqBX7wDCgd82y

On my mental soundtrack today, in honor of Tom Smothers, who left an indelible imprint on my sense of humor, not to mention my political awareness. His memory for a blessing.

#TomSmothers #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers #FolkMusic #ComedyMusic #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/kH0IZZRd0bI?si=jrYIqBX7wDCgd82y

On my mental soundtrack today, in honor of Tom Smothers, who left an indelible imprint on my sense of humor, not to mention my political awareness. His memory for a blessing.

#TomSmothers #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers #FolkMusic #ComedyMusic #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/kH0IZZRd0bI?si=jrYIqBX7wDCgd82y

On my mental soundtrack today, in honor of Tom Smothers, who left an indelible imprint on my sense of humor, not to mention my political awareness. His memory for a blessing.

#TomSmothers #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers #FolkMusic #ComedyMusic #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/kH0IZZRd0bI?si=jrYIqBX7wDCgd82y

On my mental soundtrack today, in honor of Tom Smothers, who left an indelible imprint on my sense of humor, not to mention my political awareness. His memory for a blessing.

#TomSmothers #TommySmothers #SmothersBrothers #FolkMusic #ComedyMusic #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/kH0IZZRd0bI?si=jrYIqBX7wDCgd82y

Here is the last part of this clip, where they talk about CBS canceling them. They were telling the audience what was going on & being funny at the same time.
#Comedy #SmothersBrothers #TommySmothers #Antiwar

@BlueWaver22 @serge @researchbuzz @aliza @maddad @brightheart
@tdwllms1 @WmShakesp3are @3x10to8mps @PandaChronicle @Pourroy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6h7ePOSvo

Last week I posted a #Christmas song of #TommySmothers.
On Christmas day I showed my 91 year old father-in-law some #SmothersBrothers clips. He saw them perform at the Hungry i in San Francisco.
Here's one of the clips we watched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6h7ePOSvo
Note the jokes he slipped in, as well as talk about how CBS wanted to cancel them for talking about reality.
#RIP I liked you best.
@serge @researchbuzz @aliza @maddad @brightheart @tdwllms1 @WmShakesp3are @3x10to8mps @PandaChronicle @Pourroy

RIP Tom Smothers. When I was like 5 I got Yo-Yo Man for my dad's birthday off a TV ad. It was full of Smothers Brothers jokes as Tom teaches you to yo-yo. But best of all, it teaches it in a tongue-in-cheek spiritualism, the mystic art of Yo, and as an adult atheist it's still I think the best religious pitch I've ever heard. I got back into yoyoing like 4 years ago and sometimes just go for a 4 mile walk yo-yoing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rusqc41h8Hk #tomsmothers #smothersbrothers #yoyo

Oh man, pour one out for Tom Smothers, one half of the Smothers Brothers, here's my favorite clip #music #SmothersBrothers #TheWho #MyGeneration https://youtu.be/OiSKu7SbGNQ?si=wjg0Sd45o-zGHz8p

#TomSmothers (left), the older half of the musical comedy group, The #SmothersBrothers has died at 86. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” which ran for three seasons on #CBS, became controversial for its political critiques and sympathy to counterculture amid the Vietnam War era. The show was suddenly canceled by CBS in 1969.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/tom-smothers-dead-smothers-brothers-1235851343/

#RIPTommySmothers #TommySmothers

Photo: Comedic Productions, Inc./CBS via NYT
#TomSmothers #RIPTomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #SmothersBros

#RIPTommySmothers #TommySmothers

Photo: Comedic Productions, Inc./CBS via NYT
#TomSmothers #RIPTomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #SmothersBros

#RIPTommySmothers #TommySmothers

Photo: Comedic Productions, Inc./CBS via NYT
#TomSmothers #RIPTomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #SmothersBros

#RIPTommySmothers #TommySmothers

Photo: Comedic Productions, Inc./CBS via NYT
#TomSmothers #RIPTomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #SmothersBros

#RIPTommySmothers #TommySmothers

Photo: Comedic Productions, Inc./CBS via NYT
#TomSmothers #RIPTomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #SmothersBros

Tom Smothers of the legendary comedy duo the Smothers Brothers has died at age 86.

The Hollywood Reporter has an obituary: https://flip.it/TASqQA

#TomSmothers #SmothersBrothers #Comedy #Hollywood

Tom Smothers, Musical Comedian of Smothers Brothers Fame, Dies at 86
#Variety #News #Obituaries #SmothersBrothers #TomSmothers

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/tom-smothers-dead-smothers-brothers-1235851343/

Tom Smothers, Half of Smothers Brothers Comedy Duo, Dies at 86
#GeneralNews #News #Obituaries #SmothersBrothers #TomSmothers

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tom-smothers-dead-smothers-brothers-comedy-duo-1235775301/

Tom Smothers, one half of the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers, has passed away. R.I.P.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html

#TomSmothers, #SmothersBrothers

Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/arts/television/tom-smothers-dead.html

#arts #comedy #music #folkmusic #counterculture #leftist #deaths #whodied #smothersbrothers #tomsmothers #rip #obits #obituaries #restinparadise

Smothers Brothers Christmas Song #santaClaus #santascoming #badsanta #SmothersBrothers #ComedySong #ChristmasCarol