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| From | Tony Steen <lowtunes@aol.com> |
| Subject | Re: Loud criticism of The Who? |
| Date | Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:16:59 -0500 |
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> I guess I'm from the "artists have to eat, and they own intellectual property that they can license in order to make money to live" school of thought..
> Yes, artists do have to eat, and PT certainly has the right license out whatever he likes. But was he in danger of starving? He's hardly been a starving artist for quite some time. And if I'm not mistaken, didn't he help the Broadway producers re-write Tommy for the stage? I'm not trying to be a rock n roll purist-snob here, but I just can't give into a "... gee, isn't that wonderful that Pete is exercising his artistic freedom by emasculating his greatest work" either. Authors of books are a bit different because The Who were supposedly the " World's greatest rock 'n roll band" and that's supposed to mean something. Rock, for better or worse, has/had it's own set of ideals. PT and the Who are free to do what they like with their music, but it doesn't mean I have to feel comfortable with it.
Tony
On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Michael Myers wrote:
> interesting point..... I guess I'm from the "artists have to eat, and they own intellectual property that they can license in order to make money to live" school of thought... do you feel the same way about authors who sign agreements for their books to be turned into movies (that may end up being kind of Hollywood-schlocky) ? I'm really not trying to be a bear on this, but I'm always interested in what is at the heart of criticisms like this... I guess another question for you is AFTER Pete signed over the rights for Tommy to the Broadway producers and was finally able to see what their interpretation looked like, do you think he should have walked away from the contract if in fact he thought that it wasn't, what, rock'n'roll enough? just truly curious....
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> From: "lowtunes@aol.com" <lowtunes@aol.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 10:37:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Loud criticism of The Who?
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> My thoughts: It's not that the Who didn't live up to "...hope I die before I get old." It's that they DID live up to their album entitled "The Who Sell Out". Whether it was the Broadway-ization of Tommy (anyone who saw it knows what I mean) or selling soft drinks or E-Trade on TV, Pete seemed not only to sell out quietly, but with relish. That's what eats at me, a long time fan, the most.
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