Pete Townshend Not Deaf! Clever Trick to Avoid Roger Daltrey’s Complaining.

In a shocking admission today Pete Townshend confessed that he has perfect hearing and was just pretending to be deaf in order to avoid the never ending complaining by Roger Daltrey.

“I actually have perfect hearing” said Townshend. “I have the hearing of an 18 year old, the prostate of a 20 year old and the colon of a bear. Anyway I digress but this genius idea has served me well and has probably kept The Who together for all these years. It definitely has kept me from strangling Roger.”

Smothers Brothers

“I got the idea after the Smothers Brothers show in 1969 when Keith Moon blew his drum kit up” said Townshend. “It was loud but not a big deal so I pretended like it blew out my hearing. I was flailing all over the place and fingering my ear. Really hamming it up. I knew I could use this to my benefit.”

Pete Townshend Not Deaf! — The Who 1971 Illustration By Paul King Art

“From that day forward, whenever Roger would start bitching about singing ‘My Generation’ or that we should record some songs that Roger wrote, I would just cup my ear and continually say eh whats that? I can’t hear you, can you speak up? and eventually he would give up and go away.”

“Its a genius idea and has worked like a charm. Our relationship has never been better and it has also helped out the other relationships in my life. I think everyone should try it. I use it with my publicist, manager, annoying fans and all of my wives.”