[HN Gopher] The night an audience member filled in for Keith Moo...
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The night an audience member filled in for Keith Moon (2016)
Author : thunderbong
Score : 135 points
Date : 2023-07-23 14:38 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| permo-w wrote:
| the irony this and the central tenet of Baba O'Riley is palpable
| 3327 wrote:
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| op00to wrote:
| This reminds me of the amateur hockey goalies that stand in
| reserve for NHL hockey in the US.
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| https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/30/598263399...
| jmvoodoo wrote:
| Another example. Emergency goalies can also be called in to
| play against their home team.
|
| https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2020/2/24/21150841/carolina-hur...
| bombcar wrote:
| The reason this is needed is that the goalie has tons of
| specialized equipment (and training) and you can't play
| without a goalie.
| toast0 wrote:
| The training is a much bigger deal than the equipment IMHO.
| The equipment is clearly important and an experienced
| goalie is going to prefer their specific equipment, but it
| wouldn't be hard to have a small pile of extra goalie
| equipment that would fit a range of players.
|
| Not sure about NHL rules, but in youth hockey, you have to
| start with an equiped goalie, but you could continue
| without one, although it's not very advisable except in
| certain circumstances (which is why sometimes teams pull
| their goalie). In friendly leagues, you can put a 'shooter
| tutor' on the goal as a goalie replacement, but that
| doesn't fly in competitive leagues.
| vr46 wrote:
| I very much miss Pete Townshend's articulate and incisive
| commentaries on music and society which were more frequent in the
| press many years ago. I knew this story but not the part where he
| wrote a message to the family on Scott Halpin's death, very
| kindly.
|
| He lives just up from my local, but now closed, record shop,
| Sleeve Notes, and popped in on the way back from shopping one
| afternoon to sign copies of the last album and chat with Ken, the
| owner. Top lad, old Pete. RIP Scott Halpin, immortalised in rock
| legend.
| kitd wrote:
| Here's a similar story from 1974, from the opera world, about an
| audience member finishing off a performance of Carmina Burana at
| the Proms after baritone Thomas Allen fainted:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJAdGvFNncU
| aardvarkr wrote:
| That's an incredible story, thanks for sharing it!
| samwillis wrote:
| Agreed, perfect Sunday HN material.
| hackitup7 wrote:
| The greatest instance like this that I've seen on the internet:
| https://youtu.be/TjVOWOKa-lY
| oxguy3 wrote:
| Knew this was gonna be Kiss Guy before I even clicked it.
| Yayo's a legend!
| myself248 wrote:
| Pure joy! Thank you for sharing this, what a trip.
|
| "He brought his own pick!"
| sharksauce wrote:
| I was at this show, and it was just as enjoyable as you'd
| imagine.
| mimimi31 wrote:
| More of these can also be found at
| https://old.reddit.com/r/CrowdPulledOnStage/top/?t=all.
| leeoniya wrote:
| also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll7lfZZjR4A
|
| but if you want to see something truly mind blowing, here's
| Danny Carey, quite possibly the greatest living drummer:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FssULNGSZIA
|
| RIP Pete Zeldman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69md7aLuo2I
| syncsynchalt wrote:
| One more, here's 10-y/o Collier doing Enter Sandman w/ them:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-NkVcJiqPo
| KRAKRISMOTT wrote:
| Guess the old chestnut about talent being everywhere but not
| opportunity is true
| thazework wrote:
| See also Thiago Silva ft 'Dave' https://youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo
| InsaneCatheter wrote:
| Wow, reading Pete Townshend's message for the funeral gave me
| goosebumps. Thanks for the share!
| indymike wrote:
| This story never gets old. It's a lot like the SR-71 air traffic
| control, and the battleship arguing with a lighthouse
| stories.They never get old.
| tiahura wrote:
| 1. He passed in '08 of natural causes at 54. Set the life
| insurance to autopay.
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| 2. "On a whim, Halpin's wife Robyn wrote to Pete Townshend's
| office to tell him her husband had passed away. But she was
| astonished when Townshend replied with a message to be read out
| at Halpin's memorial.
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| "Scott is often in my mind and always with the greatest gratitude
| and affection," Townshend wrote. "He showed such youthful courage
| and humour standing in for Keith Moon that fateful day. Scott
| played so well too... He played drums brilliantly, smiled and
| went home...
|
| "I measure my life by great and good people I have occasionally
| met," he said finally. "Scott is one of the great and good ones.
| I worked that out in 30 minutes. That must surely say something
| about the man.""
|
| I don't know if Townshend wrote that or not but what a marvelous
| sentiment to convey to a widow.
| Scarblac wrote:
| Probably the most amazing story like this in football (soccer):
| https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/sep/05/harry-...
|
| A fan complains about a striker during a practice match of top
| flight team West Ham, coach actually puts him on the field, he
| ends up scoring.
|
| Unfortunately the article is extremely long.
| smitty1e wrote:
| One need not be The Star; the key thing is to be qualified to
| stand by, as related in this anecdote.
| ilamont wrote:
| Tangential: I can't for the life of me understand why The Who
| chose Kenney Jones as the replacement drummer after Moon died,
| and kept him for nearly ten years. While competent, his playing
| on It's Hard is about as inspiring as a metronome, and if that's
| the way he played live, it would have really taken away the
| dynamism that The Who were famous for. Live at Leeds (1970) is
| one of the most driving, passionate live rock albums ever
| recorded, and other Moon-era live recordings (check out "Thirty
| Years of Maximum R&B") underline how important Moon's drumming
| was to the band.
|
| They would have been better off with this kid.
| whstl wrote:
| Yeah I always wondered too. I assume they chose him because
| they wanted a "peer" from the old days that had its own thing
| rather than an anonymous player/fan that could replicate Moon's
| style. Also at this point I guess they were ok with a change in
| style.
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| Similar to, for example, Metallica picking Rob Trujillo, Dio in
| Sabbath or maybe Dave Navarro in Red Hot Chili Peppers.
|
| He's not too bad live, though:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w0RB6A9vak I still miss Keith
| Moon, though.
| ilamont wrote:
| True. The online articles all note that he was a peer and
| friend from the Mod days. And being able to "get along"
| counts.
|
| OTOH the names you mentioned are arguably brilliant in their
| own right. I just don't see that spark in Moon's replacement.
| OfSanguineFire wrote:
| Could it be the case of hiring an uninspiring player so that
| the surviving members can enjoy the limelight and preserve
| their existing brand? Think of how, after Bill Berry retired
| from R.E.M., that band hired various drummers who were supposed
| to remain quietly in the background, not represent the band in
| the press, etc.
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