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| From | garypig@aim.com |
| Subject | Re: The Early Who By A Landslide |
| Date | Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:19:30 -0400 |
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Hey everyone!
This has been a most enjoyable thread.
The Who have LONG been a huge favo(u)rite of mine
.....hell, I even launched my career as a "journalist" over thirty
years ago
in order to commemorate the band's 1975 Toronto concert
(with my fake Official Who Tour Programme,
aka Pig Paper No. 1,
which almost got me busted outside the venue that night by an irate MCA
rep)
(though I later heard Roger and even Pete quite appreciated my literary
efforts on their behalf).
I thought Greg Sager's post especially
was not only spot-on indeed,
but serves as a damn near ideal encapsulation
of the band's entire career
....and not just because he realizes "Surfin' Bird" is indisputably
the most perfect r 'n' r song ever recorded
(not to mention a very strong candidate for First-Ever Power Pop Song
...at least a year before, well, "I Can't Explain," correct??!)
nevertheless,
Though while I can appreciate their stadium rock years
("Who's Next"),
and "Who By Numbers" remains my all-time second-fave Rock Star Mid-Life
Crisis elpee
(after "John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band" of course)
it's the early (Sixties) Who
that should continue to amaze, amuse, and inspire most all of us the
most:
as has already been said,
Just take one look at the band's "Rock and Roll Circus" performance,
as therein lies perhaps THEE quintessential rock 'n' roll performance:
Each member, each note, each leap and laugh,
utterly crazed, conflicted, yet somehow still seamlessly complimentary
with, to, and even against one another.
There are absolutely NO passengers on this ride!!
Perhaps Tony Fletcher sums it all up best in his "Moon" biography
when he states
"In the Truly Great Band, the sum is always worth more than its
individual parts"
(which reminds me to keep out of The Great New Cars Debate),
Gary "NP: 'Who?' by The Mayflowers, I kid you not" Pig
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