Re: New Who

["J. Goodwilling" <jgood@anet-stl.com>]

I have to disagree. I have seen/heard The Who three different times since
1980 and the last tour was the best I have ever seen Roger. For a guy his
age, he looked great and sounded great.  I think he is in the best physical
shape of his life.  I really loved the show and I had the privilege to see
The Who kick off their tour in St. Louis.

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> From: Hart Deer <D.Deer@students.oglethorpe.edu>
> To: TheWho@igtc.COM
> Subject: New Who
> Date: Sunday, August 31, 1997 8:34 PM
> 
> >From: Ryan Moore <moorerm@erols.com>
> >Subject: new album?
> >
> >The Who can't make a new album, because it's not really The Who anymore.
> >At the Nissan Pavilion show Pete called it "what we still refer to as
> >The Who" it was a great show but it really seemed to be a Pete Townshend
> >show.. Roger's voice seems cracky and Pete is actually singing stronger
> >than him these days. John is still great but it just seemed like Pete
> >and his band- Roger said in '89 he knew he was manipulated into playing
> >with Pete's band and now it's even more the case.
> 
> An interesting point you make about Roger there. The first time I had the
> opportunity to see the Who (in my four years of fandom) was NY last
summer,
> and I noticed that Pete's vocals absolutely kicked the tarmac out of
Roger's.
> 
> Ah, but I saw the Lakewood show on August the 13th and, damn! Roger
Daltrey
> was
> incredible! I have never heard such a voice, not in classical opera, not
in
> rock,
> and not even in rock opera! The way he hit "Is It Me..." was
heart-striking. I
> really think this Quad tour was as much Roger's thing as Pete's thing.
> There was
> an article in our Atlanta paper on the Sunday before the concert all
about how
> Roger Daltrey did the video, the dramatization, and the staging and the
like.
> Now that I've heard Roger perform Quad from the heart (and with a healthy
> pair of
> vocal cords), I know that we are at least up to a Pete-and-Roger show,
not
> just
> a Pete show.
> 
> As for the amazing Mr Entwistle, I feel for the brother. All of us who
have
> had
> the pleasure of catching John's solo show know how damn good a bassist he
is.
> These Who shows tie John's hands behind his back because John can only
play
> these
> bass lines that are already tightly composed for the songs being played.
> Room for
> John's true genius has to be gerry-rigged(sp?) into the middle of a song
like
> 5:15. I think if we're up to 50% Who now. If John gets the space he needs
> (when
> appropriate), I think we'll be at 75% Who.
> 
> -Hart Deer
> 
>