Who facts

["jim sigel" <drjimmy_mrjim@hotmail.com>]

Hey folks.

I too think that this discussion stuff if good, be it negative or 
positve.  I hope that I didn't rub anybody's rhubarb with my statements 
about art previously (I got some strong emotional responses).  I stand 
by everything I said, but my intention wasn't one of antagonism.  But 
enough of the disclaimer...

One thing that really encourages me are the number of young Who fans 
that have added to the discussions.  I think that's great.  The Who is a 
band that should always be remembered because they contributed so much 
to rock music, but they haven't gotten the recognition/respect that they 
so deserve.  While the Beatles have reached deity status, and the Stones 
are considered the "greatest rock and roll band", The Who are left in 
the cold.  Yet, The Who has had the MOST profound impact on modern music 
than ANY other rock band.  Period.  

Fact:  The Who created the form of modern rock that has remained 
UNCHANGED since they started in the early 60s.  They were the first band 
to be loud, the first band to play distorted, and the first band to put 
a physical twist on their live performance (Mick Jagger doesn't count 
because, although very unique in 1964 for a rock singer, he was only 
dancing).  All of these elements created by The Who remain the basic 
foundation for the rock format today.  See Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Foo 
Fighters, etc... etc... etc...  It may be packaged differently, but it 
still is The Who.  That, to me, makes them more influential and 
important than even the Beatles, whom I love.  That friends is only ONE 
facet of the mutli-faceted Who.  And I didn't need to be a PhD to figure 
that out.

Take it easy all,  and don't get fooled again.

"The simple things you see are all complicated." P.T.

Final note:  Somebody said that Pete wasn't good with metaphor.  Read 
the lyrics to "The Sea Refuses No River" and if you can't find superb 
use of metaphor there, you just aren't looking.  "Remember that when a 
beggar buys a round."

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