Well, he did write “Band on the Run”

Paul McCartney threatened with suicide bombers for playing concert in Israel — and not for singing, “But in this ever changing world in which we live in…”

Of course, the Who are better than the Beatles:

(Don’t miss the last 5 seconds.)

Having a real drummer helps:

It takes a special kind of cool to make the “edgy, controversial” liberal Smothers Brothers look like wets:

Oh well. There goes the rest of my morning….

Speaking of suicide: I had the chance to tell Pete Townsend, in person, that his music kept me from killing myself as a teenager. I kept my mouth shut, thank God. How lame. But if you’re mad I’m still around, blame him.