My 2 cents on this lively discussion: A band doesn't need new songs to be creatively viable. They are musicians. As such PLAYING music is a creative process. If you need to compare The Who (at this advanced age) to others; try BB King, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, other blues and jazz legends. If they can play with the fire and virtuosity that they are capable of - they (and we) deserve the chance to hear and see them play. There is no need to invent new rhythmic structures, riffs and lyrics(aka songs) to hang their playing on. The classic, simple stuff does that just fine. Oh yeah, I almost forgot: Bite me. Jeff ------Original Message------ From: Jeff House <jjthandmeh@juno.com> To: CaptainSpaulding@ameritech.net Sent: June 23, 2000 1:54:15 PM GMT Subject: Who
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A band doesn't need new songs to be creatively viable. They are musicians. As such PLAYING music is a creative process. If you want to compare The Who (at this advanced age)to others; try BB King, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, etc. If they can play with the fire and virtuosity that they are capable of - they (and we) deserve the chance to hear and see them play. There is no need to invent new rhythmic structures, riffs and lyrics to hang their playing on. The classic, simple stuff does that just fine. Oh yeah, I almost forgot: Bite me. Jeff
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