Re: What got you hooked ?

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

Pete asks:
>I thought that it might be interesting to find out
>what event or song or person got you hooked to "The 'Oo".


I was about 14 (in 1975) and heavily into Pink Floyd and Zep when a friend lent 
me Quadrophenia.  Side One really knocked me out.  It literally did not leave my
turntable for two months (JUST SIDE ONE!), because I was afraid that the other 
three sides couldn't possibly be as good.  I was gladly proven wrong.  I soon 
picked up By Numbers, and that was it!  For an adolescent male to hear the words
"how many friends have I really got?" come out of a stereo speaker is just too 
much... PT's honesty and frankness in his lyrics and the beautiful layering of 
the music at that time were spell-binding to me (still are).

I later filled in my collection with every stich of work I couldfind by any of 
the members.  I learned to play guitar and bass about the same time, and modeled
my bass playing after John Entwistle (and Chris Squire of Yes, but that's 
another story!).

As I learned more about PT, I investigated his Avatar (I was raised a Catholic -
but I'm feeling much better now...  :)  ), and adopted Baba's teachings into my 
own philosophy.

Yeah, I gues you could say that I've been influenced by these guys...

OK,
KLW

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