I read that as "honored with plague."

i believe his favorite tipple was brandy. just sayin'....

Way to go Uncle Ernie... you sick bastard.

I miss that guy more than any other dead musician, with the exception of Jimi Hendrix. John Bonham would be a close second, though.

One would have expected some corrosion from exposure to acid in there.

He was great, and did over-the-top fast so very well, but never meant to make it long term.

then got put in a Cadillac and dropped like a stone at the bottom of a pool

I thought he drove his Rolls into his pond.

"Now, Keith. These are horse tranquilizers. Take half of one for a nice trip."
"Half of one? I'm Keith Moon!"

If Keith Moon had 24 more hours to live, he'd die in 12.

Moon was great but why not give it to Entwistle? You know someone who was in the same band but didnt go out as a junkie. If he hadnt died young would they have bothered dedicating it to him? I guess we will never know.

Gunny Highway: Moon was great but why not give it to Entwistle? You know someone who was in the same band but didnt go out as a junkie. If he hadnt died young would they have bothered dedicating it to him? I guess we will never know.

You really don't know what you are talking about, do you?

CrankMyBlueSax: You really don't know what you are talking about, do you?

I guess not why dont you actually try to explain your position instead of just leaving a snarky comment? Was he not a junkie? Or was there something that i dont know that wasnt included in the article that you know. Are you against giving it to Entwistle? Why not give it to the whole band? Clearly I need to be enlightened.

/severe alcoholics are junkies in my book.

hogans: then got put in a Cadillac and dropped like a stone at the bottom of a pool

I thought he drove his Rolls into his pond.

Actually it was a Lincoln.

Gunny Highway, did you know that Entwistle died of a coke overdose? Now you do, so stop being an ass.

Gunny Highway: Moon was great but why not give it to Entwistle? You know someone who was in the same band but didnt go out as a junkie. If he hadnt died young would they have bothered dedicating it to him? I guess we will never know.

Keith accidentaly OD'd on drugs he was taking to combat his alcoholism. John was addicted to cocaine, found in his system, at the time of his death.

That said, the whole band should have been honored. Rarely is the sum of the parts so much greater than the indiviual parts.

Gunny Highway: I guess not why dont you actually try to explain your position instead of just leaving a snarky comment? Was he not a junkie? Or was there something that i dont know that wasnt included in the article that you know. Are you against giving it to Entwistle? Why not give it to the whole band? Clearly I need to be enlightened.

/severe alcoholics are junkies in my book.

I'm all for giving Entwistle an award. I don't have any hard facts about how he went out, but this is what Wiki has to say about Entwistle's death.

"Entwistle died in a hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on 27 June 2002 one day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour. He had gone to bed that night with a stripper, who woke at 10am to find Entwistle cold and unresponsive. The Las Vegas medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine. Though the amount in Entwistle's bloodstream was not great, the drug caused his coronary arteries, already damaged due to a pre-existing heart condition, to contract. Entwistle used cocaine throughout much of his adult life."

Denying an award to Moon because he had addictions so you can give it to another guy that had addictions didn't make much sense. Perhaps I misunderstood what you meant when you wrote:

Gunny Highway: Moon was great but why not give it to Entwistle? You know someone who was in the same band but didnt go out as a junkie.

Let me know if you require further explanation. I understand how much it sucks to be wrong on the internet.

Mmmmm my favorite.

Thanks for keeping me in check. Sorry about that.

CrankMyBlueSax: You really don't know what you are talking about, do you?

I'd say that Moon, given more time, could have done little more than ruin his legacy with his out-of-control behavior as the rest of the band tired of him. As their chemistry waned, their work would suffer and so would his reputation. As it was, we have our brief span of time with him whaling away on those drums to love, and no lame-ass "world music" or "stripped-down" phase to weather. Even Elvis lived too long, thus the lingering stink of his bloated, "sequin" stage.

Now, whether anyone else deserves this over him, or the whole band? They'll get their accolades... nobody's getting shorted here.

Well upon being informed (thanks again) I say give it to the band as a whole.

Gunny Highway: Well upon being informed (thanks again) I say give it to the band as a whole.

Agreed. One of my all time favorite bands.

Gunny, I see you are a fan of crow. I eat a lot of that bird myself when I don't have my foot in my mouth. :-)

CrankMyBlueSax: Gunny, I see you are a fan of crow. I eat a lot of that bird myself when I don't have my foot in my mouth. :-)

I have certainly acquired a taste for it. Cant be too proud to admit when you are wrong, especially when you are painfully wrong. I will no longer assume old people dont die of over doses. I just figured by then you should have that shiat sorted out.

It's going to be a Who day. Gotta show some respect to the dead despite their obvious flaws. Cheers.

At the time of the recording of the "Who Are You" album Keith's alcoholism had gotten to the point where a lot of his tracks were horrible, and had to be overdubbed by others just to be included on the album. It's sad to say but at the rate he was going he probably wouldn't have lasted much longer.
/still, it sucked that he died on the first day of my senior year of high school
//an omen of all the crappiness to come that school year
///still, RIP Keith
////and a big post-moretm thump on the head to John E for dying on my birthday!

My favorite Moon story:

After The Who started bringing in piles of cash, Keith was not able to be trusted with a bank account. He was given a weekly allowance of some ridiculous amount (something like $5k a week) that he could pick up from their accountants.

One week after burning through his cash for the week in a day and a half or so, he went down with a briefcase to get some more money.

The accountant said something to the effect of "Sorry Keith, no more till next week".

Keith said something to the effect of "fark you, it's my bloody money" and cold-cocked the accountant in the head with the briefcase.

He left with his money soon after.

Gunny Highway: Moon was great but why not give it to Entwistle? You know someone who was in the same band but didnt go out as a junkie. If he hadnt died young would they have bothered dedicating it to him? I guess we will never know.

Um, John died as a result of cocaine if I recall correctly.

Litterbox: Um, John died as a result of cocaine if I recall correctly.

Yea I know that now.

Gunny Highway: Mmmmm my favorite.

Nononono, you're on *FARK*--if you admit you're wrong they'll set upon you like wolves on fresh meat.

Obfuscate, then deny deny deny, then claim you were talking about the *other* Keith Moon...

Amirite?

/I should probably keep that photo handy for my own use

CrankMyBlueSax: Gunny Highway: Well upon being informed (thanks again) I say give it to the band as a whole.

Agreed. One of my all time favorite bands.

Gunny, I see you are a fan of crow. I eat a lot of that bird myself when I don't have my foot in my mouth. :-)

That's nothing... just the other day, I had to eat my hat.


/tasted better than my words

/Tosses plaque out of hotel window.

The Who are great because of their excess.

It's a shame he passed on before learning to play the drums. Sounded like a fun guy though!

Porsche914: /Tosses plaque out of hotel window.

he only had hihat in his setup for the studio - almost never live

Moon, damm, you taught me everything about bombastic over the top drumming ...

/glad i quit drinking

Porsche914: Beats and kicks the crap out of, then Tosses plaque out of hotel window.

FTFMoonie

Moon was crazy. How he managed to drum at all with so much crap in his system was astounding.

Was he the best and most skilled drummer? No. But he had soul and spirit.

I'll take him over Neil Peart or any of the other technically proficient yet soulless drum machines out there.

AdolfOliverPanties: Moon was crazy. How he managed to drum at all with so much crap in his system was astounding.

Was he the best and most skilled drummer? No. But he had soul and spirit.

I'll take him over Neil Peart or any of the other technically proficient yet soulless drum machines out there.

Peart really isn't anything special. People seem to think he's the end all be all of drumming.

Also, being technically brilliant doesn't negate any "energy and passion"...energy and passion...those are the only two compliments people can use when speaking of guys like Keith Moon and John Bonham. Like they have this unique gift of being able to hit their drums REALLY hard and shake their heads from time to time.

when i first heard "quadrophenia" when i was about 16, I was blown away by Moon's drum work on it. to this day, i still think it's great.

Gunny Highway: Well upon being informed (thanks again) I say give it to the band as a whole.

In England, these plagues are only given to the dead. [Ref.: The Daily Mail.uk.co...don't remember what day I read it, but yeah, I believe every thing The Daily Mail says...like that Heidi Klum is fat...]


That's why John Lennon's boyhood home has one and Paul McCartney's doesn't.

/When I die, I want to be honored with a plague of locusts. No wait, a plague of boils. Yeah, gimme the plague of boils upon mine enemies.

And another thing...

Me and my girlfriend Larc used to talk to Keith via Ouija board in High School.

Well, he said he was Keith Moon. But the freaky thing was that EVERYTHING he ever told me came true, down to how many kids I would have, who I would marry, what grade I was going to get on the test.

Yeah, yeah, you can't just go around trusting everything the undead says because they can't show you, like, an ID badge.

Whatever became of that Keith Moon biopic? Last I heard was from a few years ago, and it was going to star ::shudder:: Mike Myers.

I still to this day think Jason Schwartzman should play Keith, at least in the earlier years of his life. He's practically a dead-ringer for him, and as a bonus he's already an experienced drummer! It doesn't get any easier than that!!

Fav Keith Moon story. When he first heard I Can See For Miles on the radio, he thought he must have been fired from the band, because he couldn't remember recording the song.

Lando Lincoln: I miss that guy more than any other dead musician, with the exception of Jimi Hendrix. John Bonham would be a close second, though.

Agree completely. I even named my oldest son Keith in Moon's memory.

/lotta good it did, the kid grew up to be a singer!

My favorite Keith Moon story was the waterbed story.

Moon Keith Moon approves