Fwd: Re: IH > WAY surely you jest!?!

[SlipKid@gnn.com (Ian Derby)]

>Date:	Sun, 05 May 1996 00:09:38
>From:	SlipKid@gnn.com (Ian Derby)
>To:	WFang01@aol.com
>Subject:	Re: IH > WAY surely you jest!?!
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>>>Phillips has a tendency to overplay which can get quite annoying.  
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>>Can you cite a few examples? I never picked up on that...
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>Try the '89 performance of Tommy for starters.  There is a difference to 
>what Simon attempts and what Keith did.  Simon doesn't feel the music, he 
>only reacts.  I know this can be hard to explain to the musically inept,
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>it's there. (please don't take that as an offense) 
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>>>>On of rock music's most unique arrangements needed the oddball on drums.
>> Of course the band is still passable, but the magic isn't there.  
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>>I think the "magic" ended as they all started getting older and got tired
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>>doing the same thing day in and out... Unfortunately, a very natural
>>evolution..
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>Age isn't an excuse since bands like REM are now at the very same age when 
>the Who had their first of the farewell tour series.  Of course in 1982
> the 
>Who were considered old, but this doesn't pertain to chemistry (or what I 
>defined as magic).  As much as many might hate the Grateful Dead for
> various 
>reasons, the interplay between the two drummers, Lesh, Weir, and Garcia 
>continued until Jerry's last concert in '95.  The Stones still have the 
>special lock with Richards and Watts.  Unfortunately the Who were built
> upon 
>Townshend, Entwistle, and Moon.  When one of them dies, it's not the same.
>At least Led Zeppelin knew better.
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