RE: Billy Idol

I remember seeing Billy on CNN the day before.  He had the lyrics on a
sheet of paper, and joked about having to learn the words in time for
the show.
Even though i didn't think it was possible, it made me think even less
of him.
Patti, Steve and Elton have historical ties to the band. That's cool.
Uncle Phil paid his respect to Keith in his performance.  I'm not a big
fan of his, but that was a nice gesture.
But Billy?
That little "speech" by him at the end, where he introduced John, Pete
Roger and Keith, then screamed "The Whooo", was a backhanded complement
in my opinion.
Thanks for the show, but you're old and dead now, so go away.
20 years from now, we'll see if anyone even remebers "Rebel Yell", let
alone plays it.
(while we listen to Quad.)
Mike

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>From: 	Alan McKendree[SMTP:amck@eden.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, July 10, 1996 11:07 AM
>To: 	TheWho@igtc.com
>Subject: 	Re: Billy Idol
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>> From: Biggsk@aol.com
>> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 07:24:00 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Billy Idol
>> 
>> I was at the LA Tommy show - I wanted to hit the guy with a two by four.
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>I'm with Greg on this one (well, maybe not to the extent of breaking
>Idol's head...).  It sounded to me like he couldn't even be bothered
>to learn the words to his one song; on _many_ lines he'd wait for the
>backup singers to start the line before he'd sing it.
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>Bleah.
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