Re: Why we love Keith Moon

[joseph manfredi <joseph9@home.com>]

Brian Cady wrote:


> Why we love Keith Moon
> Last Saturday, I watched a documentary about Keith Moon, the late drummer of
> the Who. Narrated in his usual lugubrious tone by John Peel, the programme
> was unedifying.
> Moon was portrayed, as always, as a drugged-up, drunken moron, whose idea of
> a laugh was to let off explosives, throw a television set out of a hotel
> window, or take a car for a drive in the nearest swimming pool.
> 
> This is not the reason why we get to love pop stars. The charm has more
> subtle forms of expression. Years ago, I edited a biography of the Who,
> written by a man who was there. The best Keith Moon story runs as follows.
> The group were in Manchester. It was their second headlining tour of the
> country, and on the first, they had been banned from the best hotel in town.
> Kit Lambert, the band's suave and urbane manager, and Pete Townshend, the
> highly intelligent guitarist, visited said hotel after the concert and
> pleaded with the manager to let the group stay the night. They promised that
> there would be no repeat of the previous shenanigans. They pleaded. They
> prostrated themselves on the sumptuous carpet of the lobby.
> 
> The manager weakened and was on the point of allowing the Who plus entourage
> to enter the sacred portal.
> 
> At that moment, Keith Moon walked in, dressed from head to foot as a wasp.
> He stood there and grinned, not saying a word. The effect on the hotel
> manager was galvanic.
> 
> The whole party was thrown out within the beat of a hummingbird's wing.
> That's why we love Keith Moon. The true spirit of rock 'n' roll is not
> located in the obvious places.



	Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!  I hadn't heard that one before!! 
That was a RIOT to read!!!!  MAN, I can JUST picture that scene!!!



							Joseph