Pride and prejudice
May 29, 2020

An essay about - Pete Townshend's nose

A great and funny read in the Tablet magazine by David Yaffe, a professor of humanities about - Pete Townshend's nose. "Townshend’s nose is the heavyweight champion. It’s an English nose unlike most any other, turned up to eleven... When Daltrey first met Townshend, he described him as 'a nose on a stick'. Daltrey seemed like a bully. Townshend seemed like the kid getting bullied, until he would, one day, rise up and take it out on all those guitars... [Townshend] was old when he was young, too. He strode the world’s largest stages with a certain reluctance. The music was aggressive, but he was taciturn, and kind of awkward. Exceedingly neurotic, he questioned himself and his role as a rockstar throughout his whole career".