{"id":1143717,"date":"2026-08-23T07:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/1143717\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T07:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:27:17","slug":"keith-moon-aurait-eu-80-ans-retour-sur-le-legendaire-batteur-de-the-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/1143717\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Moon aurait eu 80 ans : retour sur le l\u00e9gendaire batteur de The Who"},"content":{"rendered":"<p itemprop=\"description\"><strong>N\u00e9 le 23 ao\u00fbt 1946, Keith Moon aurait f\u00eat\u00e9 ses 80 ans ce dimanche. Batteur de The Who jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa mort en 1978, il a marqu\u00e9 l\u2019histoire du rock par un style aussi explosif qu\u2019inimitable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9 \u00e0 Wembley, dans l\u2019ouest de Londres, le <strong>23 ao\u00fbt 1946<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/9277\/the-beatles-l-histoire-de-all-you-need-is-love-avec-l-aide-de-mick-jagger-keith-moon-ou-encore-eric-clapton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Keith John Moon<\/strong><\/a> se passionne tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t pour la musique. Enfant hyperactif et dot\u00e9 d\u2019une grande imagination, la batterie devient rapidement son terrain de jeu, avec une approche d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9crite comme <strong>chaotique<\/strong> mais particuli\u00e8rement talentueuse. En avril <strong>1964, \u00e0 seulement 17 ans<\/strong>, il rejoint <a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/9268\/the-who-l-histoire-de-john-alec-entwistle-considere-comme-l-un-des-meilleurs-bassistes-de-tous-les-temps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>The Who<\/strong><\/a> apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 un concert du groupe en affirmant pouvoir <strong>faire mieux que leur batteur<\/strong>. Une fois install\u00e9 derri\u00e8re les f\u00fbts, il manque de pulv\u00e9riser la batterie : <a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/9537\/pete-townshend-the-who-les-experts-est-mon-fonds-de-retraite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Pete Townshend<\/strong><\/a> et les autres comprennent imm\u00e9diatement qu\u2019ils ont trouv\u00e9 leur homme.<\/p>\n<p>Un batteur iconique<\/p>\n<p>Avec <strong>The Who<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/9009\/the-who-quand-une-bagarre-eclate-entre-pete-townshend-et-keith-moon-en-plein-concert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Keith Moon<\/a> participe \u00e0 tous les albums et singles du groupe, de \u00ab\u00a0I Can&rsquo;t Explain\u00a0\u00bb jusqu\u2019\u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Who Are You\u00a0\u00bb, sorti en 1978. Son jeu est imm\u00e9diatement reconnaissable : <strong>roulements de toms incessants, cymbales fracass\u00e9es et double grosse caisse<\/strong> composent un v\u00e9ritable mur sonore. Loin d&rsquo;une approche traditionnelle de la batterie, Moon consid\u00e8re son instrument comme un \u00e9l\u00e9ment presque soliste, capable de dialoguer avec la guitare et de suivre la m\u00e9lodie du chant.<\/p>\n<p>On l\u2019entend notamment sur des classiques comme \u00ab\u00a0<strong>My Generation<\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0, \u00ab\u00a0Magic Bus\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0Won\u2019t Get Fooled Again\u00a0\u00bb. Sur sc\u00e8ne, cette \u00e9nergie se traduit aussi par <strong>une r\u00e9putation de casseur <\/strong>hors pair, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>faire exploser sa batterie<\/strong> \u00e0 la fin de certains concerts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Une influence \u00e9ternelle<\/p>\n<p data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Mais derri\u00e8re le personnage de\u00a0<strong>Moon the Loon<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/8408\/the-who-quand-keith-moon-frappe-roger-daltrey-avec-un-tambourin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Keith Moon<\/a> reste surtout un musicien d\u2019une inventivit\u00e9 exceptionnelle. Il participe notamment \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0Beck&rsquo;s Bolero\u00a0\u00bb aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page et John Paul Jones, appara\u00eet dans plusieurs films dont\u00a0<strong>Tommy<\/strong> et publie en 1974 son album solo \u00ab\u00a0Two Sides of the Moon\u00a0\u00bb. Sa vie est toutefois marqu\u00e9e par les exc\u00e8s, l\u2019alcool et des comportements autodestructeurs.<\/p>\n<p data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Le\u00a0<strong>7 septembre 1978<\/strong>, \u00e0 seulement 32 ans, il meurt \u00e0 Londres d\u2019une surdose de clom\u00e9thiazole, un m\u00e9dicament destin\u00e9 \u00e0 traiter son alcoolisme. Quelques semaines plus t\u00f4t,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/virginradio.fr\/news\/rock\/8935\/the-who-devoile-you-better-you-bet-en-live-un-nouvel-extrait-de-l-album-live-at-eden-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Who<\/a>\u00a0avait sorti \u00ab\u00a0Who Are You\u00a0\u00bb, son dernier album avec le groupe. <strong data-is-last-node=\"\">Quatre d\u00e9cennies plus tard, <\/strong>son style continue d\u2019influencer les batteurs et son nom reste indissociable de<strong data-is-last-node=\"\"> l\u2019histoire du rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"N\u00e9 le 23 ao\u00fbt 1946, Keith Moon aurait f\u00eat\u00e9 ses 80 ans ce dimanche. Batteur de The Who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1143718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[1586],"tags":[1111,11,650,19312,7734,11500,2889,2263,1777,674,1779,19311,1011,27,1922,6417,1114,19315,4662,19313,12,19314,19316,3725,1825,19310,66653,25,7040,3758,1778,364,19307,19309,19308],"class_list":["post-1143717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-europe","tag-actu","tag-actualites","tag-cinema","tag-dab","tag-ecoute","tag-electro","tag-emission","tag-equipe","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-fm","tag-fr","tag-france","tag-info","tag-information","tag-infos","tag-interviews-rock","tag-journal","tag-musique-rock","tag-news","tag-nouveautes-rock","tag-playlists-rock","tag-podcast","tag-radio","tag-radio-en-ligne","tag-radio-rock","tag-republique-francaise","tag-rock","tag-station","tag-ue","tag-union-europeenne","tag-virgin","tag-virgin-radio","tag-virginradio"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@fr\/117143643553845388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1143718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}