Re: Pete Strikes Again

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Some folks have reported seeing this already, and say the group in the 
background laughs when Pete says that.  I haven't caught it yet.  Damn.  
They should put up a schedule of when they're showing their ads so we'll 
know when to watch.  

keets


>Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:17:15 -0600
>To: TheWho@igtc.com
>From: Carol Zimmerman <bczimmer@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Pete Strikes Again
>
>From the January 15, 1999 edition of Entertainment Weekly, an article 
about
>the new VH1 spots featuring various artists, including our boy Pete:
>
>"WHO-MOSEXUAL LEANINGS"
>
>........But the spot that really rocks - one of two featuring Townshend 
-
>has yet to make its debut. Filmed in a pub in London, it shows the 
Who's
>major-domo, surrounded by friends and barflies, reminiscing about 
seeing the
>Rolling Stones in the early '60's.  The guitarist casually recalls his 
gut
>reaction to watching Jagger dance backstage: "It was the first time I
>realized that I wanted to f--- a man."
>
>Of course, rock stars' talking boldly about their sexuality is nothing 
new.
>Nonetheless, Townshend's revelation caught the spot's director, Jon 
Kane,
>off guard. "When he said it, there was this sort of uncomfortable 
silence,
>and then everyone started laughing,"  says Kane. "I think I may have 
said,
>'Okay, good, we're done here, and I'm going home now.'"
>
>Kane subsequently edited the commercial, with the randy quote intact, 
and
>Townshend approved the finished cut with no problem. Not surprisingly, 
the
>guitarist's candor presented something of a dilemma to the powers that 
be at
>VH1. "We weren't expecting it," says VH1 prexy John Sykes, laughing. 
"my
>first reaction was, wow, 30 years later, he's still catching us off 
guard.
>He really is the consummate rebel. He just laid it on the line, as if 
to say
>'Let's see you get that one on the air.'".
>
>After much discussion, the station has decided to rise to Townshend's
>challenge, and VH1 will begin airing the spot soon - but with the 
offending
>verb bleeped out.
>
>
>
>
>There's also a silly charicature of Pete and Mr. Jagger with Pete's 
nose
>screaming red.   Also in the same edition, VH1 has an ad featuring a 
photo
>of Pete from the spots and it says "Bloke. Wizzard. Composer. 
Destroyer."
>
>
>Carol Z. 
>
>


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