The Who founder, Pete Townshend, shared his thoughts about the manager of the band and spoke about their relationship in a new interview.
The rocker sat down with Financial Times, and during the interview where he talked about creating music with The Who, he touched on his relationship with their manager, Kit Lambert, whom FT referred to as ‘an upper-class gay man with a glamorously raffish Chelsea lifestyle.’ Townshend expressed his feelings:
“I loved Kit. I wasn’t homosexual, I didn’t have any homoerotic feelings, and I wasn’t sexually attracted to him, but I really wanted him to be sexually attracted to me — and he wasn’t.”
‘The Who Were Difficult to Create Music For’
Apparently, despite the group’s achievements, their internal dynamics were tense. Townshend thinks The Who was not the easiest band to create music for. In the same interview, the rocker talked about the challenges of working with the band:
“I don’t remember us ever going into a studio and having discussions about what we were going to play. I expected the demos to be honoured as though they were written on manuscript paper. This is the definitive version of this song, and I want it to sound like that.”
Though the band was difficult to work with, the members of The Who were distinctive. Townshend described Keith Moon’s style as anarchic, unmusical, and decorative, resembling a section of a symphony orchestra with gongs, tam-tams, numerous drums, and minimal rhythm. John Entwistle, in his words, innovated the bass guitar and transformed it into a lead guitar. Townshend also acknowledged Roger Daltrey’s evolution as a singer.
