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What if Keith had lived and somebody else died????
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- Subject: What if Keith had lived and somebody else died????
- From: James L Jackson <jacksonj@battelle.org>
- Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:12:02 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-thewho
dan'l wrote on 12/6/95:
>Okay, as long as we're playing make-believe, suppose that some
>other of the band had died, and Moon were still alive. Who should
>they have gotten to replace Pete? Or John? Or Roger?
>My nominations:
>Roger -- Robert Plant is a fairly obvious choice; he's always been a
>Roger Daltry wannabee.
--with a hairier chest (one hair would be hairer than ole
Rog's). Plant in the Who kind of scares me. I would think
that Pete and John could have taken over the vocals, if Pete
had wanted to. Certainly the man could sing his own songs by
then! In fact, I highly doubt that Pete would have wanted to
recruit a new singer. Roger's "death" would have been a
sure-fire way for Pete to get the Who he wanted, just so
long as they played out and pleased Entwistle. Roger was a
real roadblock to advancing the Who's sound--he wanted that
three-piece thrashing. Pete finally figured that Roger was
never gonna allow for a change in the Who's sound.
>John -- Tony Levin. One of the few bass players who can play lead
>like that.
What about the more obvious choice--Chris Squire? The man
was really influenced by Entwistle; hell, he mentions
Entwistle in about every interview. Also, now with Chris's
recent weight gains, he would undoubtedly be an Ox. Gotta go
with Squire in terms of melodic bass playing and Rotosound
strings! Of course, sometimes Yes gets carried away with
three people wanting to be the lead instrument! BTW, Howe
and Wakeman are back with Anderson, Squire, and White. Rabin
bailed for his solo career, and Tony Kaye finally realized
his limitations, I guess. He's gonna be a part of Yes's
management.
>Pete -- This one's tough! I'd probably say Todd Rundgren,
Sorry, my make believe has to stop here. Pete's death would have
been the undeniable end of the band. I wouldn't want to listen to
'em without him (the Daltrey-Entwistle tours notwithstanding,
because they do not proffer themselves as the Who nor do they
attempt to add offer new material and call it the Who)
--jim