“Keith Moon Lived His Entire Life As A Fantasy” ~Roger Daltrey
It’s long been trapped in development hell since 2013, but it looks like a movie about the wild life and times of The Who drummer Keith Moon looks to finally be heading for theatres.
Moon’s friend and former bandmate Roger Daltrey is collaborating on the film.
“Who Are You seems like yesterday but, more importantly, it’s 40 years since we lost Mooney, The Keith Moon project is one close to my heart so I am excited to reinvigorate it and grateful to Wendy, Toby and Da Vinci (financIers) for their enthusiastic support,” Daltrey said to BBC’s Radio 6.
When asked if he’s planning to make an appearance in the film, Daltrey said:
“No, certainly not a cameo, I mean, where would I fit in? Hahaha! It’s not about The Who, it’s going to be about Keith, and one of those things is that you can’t re-create the Who, you have to tell the story through people’s eyes, so obviously the Who will be in it, but it’s all about perspective, and it won’t ever be people looking at The Who through a crowd perspective.”
Using the working title of The See Me Feel Me: Keith Moon Naked For Your Pleasure the project, spearheaded by Daltrey, and at the request of both Daltrey and Pete Townshend, Mike Myers has reportedly agreed to portray Moon.
Moon died on September 7th, 1978 at age 32.
His death, which was ruled accidental, caused by an overdose of Heminevrin, a medication prescribed to help alleviate alcohol withdrawals, mixed with alcohol. According to police reports, there were 32 pills found in Moon’s system, some of which were not yet dissolved.
He died while staying in Harry Nilsson’s London apartment — which coincidentally was where “Mama” Cass Elliott had died four years earlier. Moon was survived by his daughter Mandy and his fiancée Annette Walter-Lax.
To paraphrase Charles Shaar Murray’s fitting testament, it was Pete Townshend who wrote, “I hope I die before I get old,” it was Roger Daltrey who ended up singing it, but it was Keith Moon who actually went and did it.
I’ll leave a few classics here I think…
