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RE: Personal Ravings From Working Overtime
You know, Jim, I was trying to have some respect and reverance for old
Brucie, but now that you mention it, I would've been there staunchly
defending Pete with you as well, so now I hate Brucie, too. Your speech
did it for me. I wanted to say that Human Touch was a rather reflective
and sensitive song for Bruce to write but now I know he was trying to
compete with Pete! LOL!
Anyway, I just had to write back and take your side. I now officially
dislike Bruce Stringbean and I can say that the only album I HAD of his
was a Born in the USA tape that someone shlubbed off to me because THEY
hated it! But I was a freshman in high school and the tape bearer was a
nice looking woman, so I HAD to take the tape. OK, enough of my sorry
defense of myself..
Peace and out....
> John Keen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim sigel [SMTP:drjimmy_mrjim@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 1999 8:32 PM
> To: thewho@igtc.com
> Subject: Personal Ravings From Working Overtime
>
> How the Who are you all? Good, glad to hear it.
>
> First of all, I must say, "Dawser for President" (just stay away from
> my
> girlfriend!) I think that the Tarentinophobia posting from the recent
>
> past was right on the money! Nice work!
>
> Also, I think that John Keen was right-on too when he said that Bruce
> Springsteen was over-rated. I do disagree with John, however, about
> Brucie having any great stuff at all. You see, I have personal
> reasons
> for hating The Bruce. First of all, I hated Bruce BEFORE it was cool
> to
> hate Bruce. (But seriously folks...) When I was in high school in
> the
> early 80s, discussions of music used to get awful colorful when the
> argument came up over who was a better songwriter, Pete or Bruce
> Stringbean (Ron Wood's name for Springsteen). It used to come damn
> close to punches when myself, standing alone in defense of Pete, would
>
> get cornered by flocks of that damn Springsteen's fans. "Bruce's
> songs
> are about life, man. They have meaning" was their battle cry. Yeah,
> Pink Cadillac is really inspiring, isn't it? Yeech. I'd rather stick
>
> my private parts into a blender than listen to Bruce for an extended
> period of time. Sorry to those of you who like Bruce; I'm not saying
> that Brucie is DEFINITELY shitty, I just PERSONALLY think so. But
> enough about the draft dodging, Mr. Born in the USA. (Please somebody
>
> ask why I called him a draft-dodger).
>
> Another item of note: Pete's sexuality. I also agree with the person
>
> who said that Pete's sexuality should not be "off limits" in this
> discussion group. I did say "who cares" in a previous post, but
> that's
> not to say the topic is taboo. There are new people on this list each
>
> week and closing topics is not a good thing. Actually though, I
> really
> don't have anything to say on the matter. I do recall hearing Pete
> himself say that the origional article that pegged him as "coming out
> of
> the closet" was taken out of context.
>
> Also, MOJO magazine: I'll have to check, but I'll find the date of an
>
> old MOJO from about 3-4 years ago. Neil Young was on the cover and
> inside there was a FANTASTIC Daltrey interview. He pulled no punches
> and went for the bullseye on each topic. In other words, he (in his
> usual frankness) called it the way he saw it. At one point when asked
>
> about his well-publicized feelings about Kenney Jones, he flatly
> stated
> that he thought that Kenney should never have been in The Who. "Wow"
> says I. As mean as that sounds, he was, ironically, very supportive
> of
> Kenney's abilities as a drummer. I'll never forget the quote Rog
> made:
> "Putting Kenney Jones in The Who is like putting Cadillac wheel covers
>
> on a Rolls Royce. Their both excellent, but they just don't match."
> (loose translation). I heartily agree with the "little singer" as
> Ringo
> used to refer to Rog. This particular issue of MOJO has a couple
> other
> Who related articles too.
>
> Finally, as we've discussed great Who albums, Who Are You gets
> mentioned
> almost as an afterthought. I don't know why, I think it's one of
> their
> best and is indicative of the next great musical plane The Who were
> about to reach before Keith went to that great Holiday Inn in the sky.
>
> Sorry, but one of my personal favorites of ANY Who song is "Guitar and
>
> Pen" and I know Who fans that hate that one. Never could understand
> why. All right, my ravings are complete for now.
>
> Have a great week Who-ligans.
>
> Jim in Chicago
>
> "We try harder and harder trying to get our way, but it's a long, long
>
> way 'til Judgement Day. So settle your affairs and take your time;
> everything in the world is yours and mine. Yours and mine." PT
>
> "Could you keep it together?" KM
>
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