RE: Billy Idol

I thought it was great the way Billy Idol introduced The Who.  Up to that 
point, everybody else had been introduced and that LA crowd needed to get 
more involved.  From my understanding, Townshend and Idol are good 
friends and Pete asked Idol to do the '89 show.  I can't say that I like 
the song all that much anyway and Phil Collins was doing his usual "ham" 
it up for the camera gig.

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Kamesh Nagarajan					(315)425-7942

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Syracuse University College of Law			3L Demigod
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On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Michael Hanley wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Bleah.
> >
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