Re: The Who Digest Vol 3 Num 45

[Slipkid@gnn.com (Ian Derby)]

>I'm not a who fan, I'm just a music fan.  It just seems that I've loved the
>Who since I 1st heard My Gen on AM radio in '65, own all their 45s up
> through
>Tommy & quite a few after), never did like Tommy, but happen to feel
>passionately about them.  
>  I just feel sorry for those who only can feel pasionately about a single
>band.  You can be "who-ier" than me, I don't care, I'll be the 1st to admit
>it!!  (FYI, I bought tommy as a new LP, listened to it & gave it to my
> little
>brother who was 5 years younger - he still has my original copy!!)
>

Gary,

"I love you maaaan".  No I don't want your Bud Light.  Anyway, I totally 
agree.  Even though the Who are my favorite band (just because I like to 
choose favorites) that doesn't mean I can't listen to anything else.  I find 
it silly how some go out of their way to collect a mono mono mono mono 
stereo version of Magic Bus from Thailand.  Why!?!?  What's the purpose in 
this?  Instead of spending the tens to hundreds of dollars  on one band, why 
not use that money to discover other bands or types of music?  I have a 
modest jazz collection, a small but growing classical collection (I'm the 
most picky here) and a very large rock collection of a wide range of 
artists.  I enjoy talking to list members like Mark Leaman because bands 
like the Who should open bigger discussions about bands of it's time.   This 
is how the uninformed can learn and maybe understand why the Who sound the 
way they did.  


Personally if I listened to the Who constantly, I'd go insane!  Does that 
make me no less a fan than the person who might have 100 boots and 100 
various copies of released albums?  Anyway, it would be nice to see more 
open minds on this list.  




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