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Re: White City
Kevin:
>- First of all, I *love* this album. I think it's as good or better than
>Empty Glass and Chinese Eyes in many ways. And far superior to Iron Man
>and Psychoderelict. There. I said it.
I would tend to agree with its superiority over IM and
P-DERELICT. But, hey, at least Pete was trying. I think
Pete's at his best when he's creating a story rather than
writing commentary. EG and ...CE will always be Pete faves
of mine because of their context with my life in the early
80s as I was discovering the Who, and I appreciate them both
so much more now that I'm close to the age Pete was at when
he wrote them. SLIT SKIRTS is so true (perhaps one of my
all-time favorite Pete songs, with or w/o the Who). I have
WC on vinyl, but my turntable's been out of commission for
quite some time, so I don't listen much to it, but I
remember that I liked most of the music on the record.
>- What's the story behind White City (the place)? Is it a London slum?
I believe it's a post-war housing project...yeah, a slum. It is an actual
place in London. Our British contingent can certainly inform us on this
one.
>- I happen to think that this would have made a *killer* post-Moon Who
>album, as good as Empty Glass and better than Chinese Eyes.
What makes you think that if the Who had done it, it would have been better
than the other post-Moon Who albums? I am convinced that by the end of
1980 that Pete didn't give a shit about writing for the Who anymore--EG was
a hit and it finally confirmed what Pete had been searching for all
along--he could be popular on his own. I just don't think Pete can write or
make Who records anymore. He simply can't give himself enough to them; he
simply doesn't want to anymore. His material is better without the Who
nowadays. I would like to see Pete continue working with Entwistle cos
John can make any rock music sound better--why he's not in a major band
amazes me. I don't think Pete can write for Roger-as-Who-vocalist anymore
("After the Fire" is not really a Who song, IMHO, even though I've read
that the band was slated to perform it at Live Aid, but couldn't tolerate
each other enough to do proper rehearsals for it).
>- "I Am Secure" sounds to me like a sequel to "I'm One" from Quad. Sort
>of checking back in with Jimmy after he's 35, married and has a couple
>squirrely teens of his own. Especially in the last two lines of the song.
Interesting thought. Sad to see that things haven't gotten
any better for Jimmy.
--Jim