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| From | "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Early Who By A Landslide |
| Date | Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:41:18 +0100 |
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On 4/4/06, Sager, Greg <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:49:16 -0400
> > From: rob@splitsville.com
> > To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org,
> > audities@smoe.org
> > Subject:
> > =?US-ASCII?B?UkU6IFJlOiBUaGUgRWFybHkgV2hvIEJ5IEEgTGFuZHNsaWRl?=
> > Message-ID: <200604032249.k33MnGjE083386@mmm1912.dulles19-verio.com>
> >
> > I've always felt that some of the earlier stuff you site, ie
> > the Beach Boys-sounding stuff, while fun, was a bit silly and
> > not really indicative of the band.
>
>
> Sorry, Rob, but my mileage varies considerably. I think that the early stuff was *very*
> indicative of the band, precisely because silliness was one of the prime elements of their
> music back then. The more seriously Pete Townshend takes himself, the less
> approachable and enjoyable his music becomes.
Just want to say I agree with every word of Greg's post. Come on,
overblown self-important 'voice of a generation' rock opera or clangy
pop-punk with Beach Boys harmonies and silly lyrics? I don't think
this is a difficult choice.
To me the difference between pre- and post-Tommy Who is about the same
as that between pre- and post-Lola Kinks. The later stuff has a lot of
good in it, but I'll always choose pop over rawk.
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