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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Lefsetz On The Who? |
| Date | Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:29:06 -0500 |
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Ah, I see. Then agreed.
I call that The Pete Townsend Orchestra, Featuring Roger Daltrey.
I enjoyed hearing the 30-somethings at work trying to fathom why this
dinosaur band was at the superbowl (and playing all songs released before
any of them were born.) Favorite comment: "Roger Daltrey looks like an old
lady."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Katcher" <ronkatcher@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Lefsetz On The Who?
>I no longer regularly read Lefsetz, generally regarding him as a
>self-involved blowhard. In this particular case, though, I think he is
>pretty much on the mark. Enough of the greatest-hits medleys from dinosaur
>acts trudged out at half-time. Can anybody who has seen or listened to
>Live at Leeds seriously tell me that the Sunday night half-time show in
>Miami really featured "The Who"?
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "govango" <govango@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:06 AM
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Lefsetz On The Who?
>
>> Yeah, I am. I used to enjoy reading some of this stuff. But man is so off
>> base about this thing. The superbowl halftime show is not about music, it
>> is about spectacle. Who cares if a band for 12 minutes plays to a click
>> track or has pre-recorded music. This is not a concert.
>> As for the whole age thing, I never hear anyone complain that BB King is
>> still doing shows. Or Buddy Guy. Bill Evans played a series of show then
>> went home to die.
>> Thing that cracks me up is he complains and complains but never offers up
>> any solution. It must be a miserable existance.
>>
>> michael
>>
>> --- On Tue, 2/9/10, John L. Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: John L. Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net>
>>> Subject: Lefsetz On The Who?
>>> To: audities@smoe.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:09 PM
>>> ... anyone been reading Lefsetz's
>>> latest kvetching about The Who's half-time show?
>>>
>>> Is anyone else as tired as I am of his Boomer
>>> self-absorption?
>>>
>>> JLM
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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