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What the h-ll are you talking about?



First of all, to the guy who bashed "bulls--t" comments on the mailing
list, cool! But how about asking for less personal messages and less
off topic talk rather than relevance and importance? "Relevant" and
"important" are relative things, ya know. I had thought those sort of
posts had been dying down, but maybe I just skipped over them and
didn't notice, which is always a good option. :)

Second of all, what's wrong with being upset by Pete's homosexual
tendencies? Let me tell you something about rock n roll. The songs take
on meanings beyond the music per se. There really is this star-fan
relationship that Pete keeps talking and writing about. The rock star
is putting himself on the line to fight for his ideals, his way of
life, and who he is as a person. A true rock song is only rock in the
context of its creator, or else it's just music. One of the things that
made the Quad tour kick so much ass was that Pete was up there, on
stage, performing an integral part of his opera live in the
front line. The rock song is more than a song, it is an intimate
communication between the song-writer and his audience. The rock
composer performs his music because only HE knows how to REALLY say
it! He and his music are one! Therefor, if Pete is gay (a point which
I am still not completely convinced about though I am being more and
more convinced as these posts continue), it really does change
the music itself! For those of us who have no homosexual tendencies
whatsoever, there is a great barrier between us and a gay rock star,
especially if a lot of the rock star's material is about romantic
relationships. Even according to the recent Rough Boys interview that
was posted, Pete said he HAD had a gay life, and he wouldn't tell
whether he had actually had a gay experience because he didn't want
to break the his gay's fans feelings of solidarity with him. If Pete
actually had had a gay experience, what feelings of solidarity with his
gay fans would be broken if he said so? That's a rhetorical question,
BTW.

Also, Who fans should be the last people on earth to be politically
correct. What is "homophobia"? That means a FEAR of homosexuality. Many
people disapprove of getting stoned, but few people FEAR stonedness.
Many people dislike oysters, but few people FEAR oysters. Anyone who
uses pansy little pop terms like "homophobia" is just trying to
impose the quality of fear on people who disapprove of or dislike
homosexuality in order to get false sense of security about his own
views of homosexuality. And obviously, it IS a false sense of security
for anyone who uses that offensively stupid term, because anyone who
is secure about his stance on an issue doesn't need to resort to
false attacks on his opposition in order to feel okay about himself.

SO CUT IT OUT! Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let Pete Townshend bite.
;)

- -Hart