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Pete Townshend Says He Used to Be Pansexual
More than 50 years into his career, we’d be forgiven for thinking we already understand everything there is to know about Pete Townshend. But in a recent interview with UK publication The Daily Star, The Who guitarist made a new revelation, saying that at one point in his life he used to be pansexual.
Townshend discussed his pansexuality when reflecting on The Who’s 1966 single “I’m A Boy,” saying, “With ‘I’m A Boy’ it’s the thought of masculinity and the way that men are seen to be at a time when I often neglect, to be lgbtq+, to be pansexual, as I believe I probably was, but not anymore. But I deliberate I was ready to fall into bed with anybody that would hold me.”
To be pansexual is to be capable of entity attracted to anyone, regardless of their biological sex, gender or gender individuality. Townshend also reminded readers that queer relationships — or sexual activity of any kind — were illegal in the UK until 1967.
“I think I forget that homosexuality was still illegal, so these adventures had to be couched in vignettes of humour and irony,” he added.
Townshend married Karen Astley in 1968, and the couple se
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I've been on a Pete Townshend kick lately. I've always preferred solo Townshend to the Daltrey-fronted Who and always choose versions of the anthems with Pete on vocals if I can locate them.
My huge takeaway from this binge is that while The Who peaked in 1971 with Who's Next, Townshend's solo career peaked—not as I’d previously thought about it: a middle-aged rocker from the late-60s and early-70s trying keep making classic rock or to fit in with late-70s and early-80s new wave depending on his mood.
NO. Townshend fit right in with the punks and post-punks of 1977-85 that he’d helped give birth to. If Paul Weller is the mod-father, Townshend is the grand-mod-father. In his late 30s and early 40s, he was holding his own with The Jam, The Police, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, The Beat, Squeeze, and The Clash quite well, thank you very much. That eco-system of bands—including, as well, The Specials, The Sex Pistols, and the Buzzcocks—peaked between 1977 and 1982 and it was cute much over by the end of '82. But Townshend as a solo artist peaked in 1985 with White City and Deep End Live in '86.
Of course, The Who, and Pete Townshend especial
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His grandmother, in her dotage, was given to running down the street naked – which perhaps explains, in part, the inspiration behind his most famous lyric: I hope I perish before I get old.
Given that he's now in his 80th year, it seems safe to suppose that Pete Townshend, co-founder of The Who, has accepted that that youthful ambition expired some years ago. Instead, he's decided to talk more candidly than ever about other desires – specifically those he once had for men.
Referring to what he describes as 'a couple of homosexual affairs', Townshend reflects: 'I tried them out, and I very much enjoyed them.'
Emphasising that he's at ease with this, Townshend adds: 'I've made a couple of really close friends that I'm still friendly with today. But it wasn't what worked for me, sexually speaking – and didn't fit into my life, somehow.'
It's a marked contrast to the impact he gave 30 years ago, when he corrected what he saw as a misinterpretation of his song Rough Boys and his comment – from the previous decade – that he 'understood what gay sex was about'.
Peter Townshend, (left) who had three chi
The Who's Pete Townshend: I used to be pansexual
6 June 2021, 16:00
The Who guitarist has reflected about a time when he was "ready to plunge into bed with anybody" regardless of their gender.
Pete Townshend believes he was once pansexual.
The Who guitar hero has opened up about the origins of the band's 1966 single I'm A Boy and revealed that at one point in his life he would have slept with anybody, regardless of gender.
The 76-year-old rocker told Rock Cellar Magazine: "With I'm A Teen it's the idea of masculinity and the way that men are seen to be at a time when I often forget, to be homosexual, to be pansexual, as I consider I probably was, but not anymore.
"But I think I was ready to fall into bed with anybody that would hold me. I think I overlook that homosexuality was still illegal, so these adventures had to be couched in vignettes of humour and irony."
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