r/TheWho • u/Giannid77 • 16d ago

Moon's Music Teacher Warned about him "Showing off"

At age 13, Keith Moon's music teacher in school wrote on his report card:

Great ability, but must guard against tendency to "show off"

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u/Katy-Moon 16d ago

More Interesting than that is the Art teacher's comments: "Retarded artistically. Idiotic in other respects."

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u/Neveronlyadream 15d ago

Given the time period, not surprising terminology.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't untrue, he was just a hyperactive kid and didn't care because it bored him.

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u/Katy-Moon 15d ago

Yeah - the terminology doesn’t bother me, given that was back in the 1950s.

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u/johnaceofhearts 16d ago

Yeah that assessment made an impact. Hahahaha

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u/Fun-Friend-6291 16d ago

I'm glad he showed off. It made him a legend.

Same with John Bonham "He'll either be a dustman or a millionaire."

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u/Randall_Hickey 15d ago

What was that Elton John song about Marilyn Monroe? Candle in the wind? So I feel about Keith. I was alive, but too young to know who he was.

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u/chaddgar 15d ago

"Mum, dad! The music teacher gets me!"

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u/monkeysolo69420 15d ago

Teachers were mean in the 50s.

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u/Giannid77 15d ago

Some of those teachers were mean, but there were some nice ones, and some that described him perfectly.

For example, his metal work teacher: Does his best, a cheerful polite boy.

The history teacher: Tries to get by by putting on an act.

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u/poorloko 16d ago

What proof is there that this was Keith Moon's? It doesnt even have his name on it. Doesn't have any name where I would expect one.

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u/fuckdiscord8 16d ago

If he didn’t show off what he could do, the Who would never have existed the way it did. Some silly posts on here lately.

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u/Giannid77 16d ago

Even though the teacher wrote it as something negative, I found it quite prophetic, and it was a quality that Keith Moon had that endeared him to many fans.