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RE: The Who Mailing List Digest V6 #246
> From: "Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>
> Subject: The WHO Are Everywhere !!
>
> I don't think this has been mentioned but, in light of The WHO's music
> "appearing"
> in movies & on TV, did anyone out there see Spike Lee's last film, SUMMER
> OF SAM?
> One of the lead characters is a punker from '77 who's a WHO-freak ! He
> has WHO
> posters plastered all over his bedroom. He tells a girl that The WHO are
> the
> godfathers of punk, to which she tries to impress him by telling him that
> she knows
> Pete Townshend wrote his favorite song, Baba O'Riley ! Both WGFA & BO'R
> are played
> LOUDLY in this movie ! It was truly weird watching it because I never
> expected
> so many WHO references (& songs) in a Spike Lee film !
>
[O'Neal, Kevin W.] Great film. Like watching a Who concert at
times. It turns out that Spike is a big Who fan. Can't blame him :) .
Stay in Tune,
Kevin