very erudite dissertion of the pop-rock divide by Greg

>I've always held that the only reason why a lot more power 
pop bands
>sound like the Beatles or the Byrds or Big Star or the Kinks 
than they do
>the pre-*Tommy* Who is because the Who is one of the most 
difficult
>rock'n'roll bands in history to imitate, if not *the* most 
difficult.

Well, the British punk bands of '77 like the Pistols 
("Anarchy in the UK"), the Jam ("Art School"), the Clash 
("1977") & Buzzcocks ("What Do I Get") certainly knew their 
Who vocabulary well...