Re: QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK

["Kevin Winn" <kwinn@chrome.com>]

Marty asked the musical questions:
>1) Is it essential for your experience as a WHO fan to be a completist in 
>terms of band member's solo efforts? In other words, do you, as a WHO fan, 
>need all the solo albums in order to fully understand/appreciate the scope 
>of the WHO's importance/artistic development?

It's not essential for me to RETAIN all the solo work - I've HEARD all the 
various efforts, including Keith's album.  Some stuff I like better than 
others.  But I don't keep *everything* - just what I like to listen to.  I 
don't aquire things for collective purposes, I aquire things for active 
listening!

PT is a special case because he fascinates me so much as a person.  I've 
heard all his solo stuff and have kept everything but "Iron Man" and 
"Psychoderelict."  I find that the farther he gets away from the Who, the 
less interested I am in his work.  Broadway shows do not thrill or impress 
me, but I'm from the West Coast - what the hell do I know?  :)

I'm biased, being a bass player, but JE's albums are just *killer*, 
especially "Smash Your Head..." which I was just listening to this weekend.  
I have all of his solo albums, and pray daily that they will be released on 
CD so that I can retire the poor things!

Daltrey isn't a good writer - his best efforts are written by others (PT, 
namely), but I like "Ride a Rock Horse,"  so I kept that one.

Moon's album was mildly entertaining, but I didn't like it enough to keep 
it.



>2) What is your stance on WHO bootlegs? For or against? Does listening to 
>and/or owning/collecting have an effect on your appreciation of the WHO's 
>overall body of work?

Boots are interesting. As far as being for or against, I don't think that 
live boots are a bad thing, as the artist has already made the money from 
the show(s).  Just knowing that a show would be taped would *not* make me 
say "Well, I guess I won't go, because I can just get a tape from 
so-and-so."

I enjoy hearing performances, but the low sound quality really detracts 
from the overall experience for me.  I like hearing different versions of 
songs I know, however.  I own a couple (thanks to Daniel in Australia!!), 
and will probably pick up a few more.

I think that in the case of the Who, boots are less a big deal, because we 
have what I consider to be *the* finest live rock album ever produced (and 
recently expanded/remastered!!) as an official release.  All boots pale in 
comparison to Leeds.  I listen to my boots occasionally, but for sheer live 
terrifying ear-bleeding Who, I ALWAYS return to Leeds.


Good questions, Marty!

OK,
KLW
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